The Death Knell

Hermione shook her short legs, but when she was held in the professor's hand, she was like a cat, and her feet couldn't even touch the ground.

She was a little lucky that the other students had been taken away, otherwise she would have been embarrassed if she was seen like this. She lowered her head in resignation: "Professor, we can really find the troll before the principal and others." Is it? If it wakes up, there’s no telling where it might go.”

"It seems that you have known about the existence of the troll for a long time. What did you see?" Su Ming put her down after arriving at the door of the auditorium.

"I saw that Professor Quirrell put it in, but I just couldn't figure out why he did it." Hermione replied quietly, and quickly patted her robes and straightened her appearance.

"Very good, you have good luck and good observation skills." The professor turned his head, as if identifying something, and then walked towards the stairs upstairs: "But you didn't pay attention to the chaos in which the students were taken away. , Quirrell, who was unconscious by the gate, has disappeared. As long as you can find where he went, you will know what he plans to do. This is just a very basic attack on the east and west. It seems that I have to fill in some tactical theories for you. ah......"

"Huh, no!"

The little girl turned her head away, but her eyes were watching the professor's reaction from the corner of her eyes, wanting to know what prize would be offered to tempt her this time.

Sure enough, the prize this time is the 'Hairy Fantastic Beasts Universal Care Kit', which can be used to get rid of fleas, reduce odor, and make Crookshanks' hair smoother. It is said to be from the book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" A secret elixir invented by the author himself.

Hermione scratched her arm. She also felt itchy when talking about fleas. She was also attacked by fleas when she had a cat at Hogwarts. Later, she had to bathe the cat more frequently, which wasted a lot. time.

And if you have this set of potions, you will definitely save more time, right?

It’s strange, why do I suddenly feel like my cat was arranged by my professor?

Maybe he is overthinking it. After all, before buying a cat, who would have thought that Crookshanks likes to run around and catch mice so much? It is obvious that many cats today can do nothing but eat, drink and sleep.

She remained silent, as if she agreed to this arrangement.

In fact, she was still willing to learn even if there were no prizes. Many of the professor's knowledge gradually aroused her interest, and she didn't think there was anything wrong with learning magic and firearms and driving at the same time.

When Hannah and Susan were driven by her on the tractor and pulled for a ride by the lake, their envious eyes were unmistakable. Hermione learned many things from the professor that they did not know.

She knew vanity was bad, but being looked at with admiration by peers was really addictive.

‘You know so much, it’s amazing! ’

This is what Hannah often says. She is gradually impressed by Miss Granger's knowledge in all aspects. She considers herself a fool and feels that the genius she imagined should be like Hermione.

As a gifted friend, I seem to have learned a lot and feel less bad.

‘Your hair is so thick, your face is so thin, and you smell good. ’

This is what Susan, who wears round glasses, often says. The little chubby girl's parents are dead and she was raised by an aunt who was always strong. She is very unsure of herself.

However, after becoming friends with Hermione, she could often use Hermione's potion cosmetics and wear Hermione's skirts. Fortunately, she only had a fat face.

Although the beautiful clothes were still worn under the robe during class, it gave her a lot of confidence, at least she could hold her chest up and raise her head.

Often at this time, Hermione would smile sheepishly and tell them: 'You are also very smart and beautiful. You must be confident. Professor Wilson often says that you are very talented. ’

As a result, the relationship between the threesome became better and better under the control of invisible black hands.

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While reminiscing about the past, the little girl followed the professor up two floors. While waiting for the movable staircase to return to its original position, she heard the professor ask again:

"What would you do if you were looking for a troll in a castle?"

"Smell, professor, the smell dissipates very slowly in a confined space, and the troll never takes a bath. I have smelled the same smell as a zoo even from a distance."

Hermione gave her own answer. She liked to answer questions. After speaking, she was very satisfied with her answer and raised her chin.

"Yes, but Principal Dumbledore and the others also know this method. How can we find the troll before him and Snape?"

The torches on the wall swayed, causing the two people's shadows to waver. Su Ming raised a second question. If finding the troll was a competition, how could he get ahead of the principal and the others?

The little girl frowned and lowered her head to think. If this was a competition, her side would obviously be at a disadvantage.

The other team was all adult wizards and had more people. She also heard that the principal was super powerful.

Everything I know is from books, and the professors know everything, but I don’t know the knowledge and information they possess.

She was originally supposed to enter the Lion Academy, but she also had a competitive side in her heart. Even though this was a competition between professors, she didn't want her professor to lose.

"If you want to find the troll earlier than the principal and others...how about I return to the auditorium now to hold them back?"

She came up with an idea.

Su Ming rubbed her head and shook her head slowly:

"Originally, I came to the troll to teach you, not to mention that it is absolutely taboo to move separately. We can't be separated. But your idea is right. As the saying goes, you don't necessarily need to outrun the bear, but as long as you are better than your peers, As long as people run fast, if you want to interfere with your opponents, you just need to work more on intelligence collection in the future. Our course begins now, watch how I do it."

He tore off his tie, took out a red remote-controlled detonator from his pocket and handed it to it. The tie turned into a cloak, floating in the air.

"Go and blow up the door at the end of the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor." He asked the cloak to do the work. After the cloak left, Hermione saw the professor take out some more bottles: "First analyze our advantages. You know it was Quirrell who took out the giant bottle. The monster got into the castle, but the professor and the others didn’t know about it, so we just focus on this, and this is our advantage.”

"Because Lao Deng didn't know the suspect, he faced an unknown threat. He was very smart, so as long as there was a little more noise, he would immediately think that the appearance of the troll was an attack from the east, leading him to take people to check himself. The treasure was stored on the fourth floor and therefore missed the opportunity to find the troll."

"These bottles contain garlic essence, a basic potion used to deal with vampires. It has a very pungent smell. Quirrell asked Snape to prepare a lot of it." As he spoke, he unscrewed the bottle cap and let the bottle purr along the stairs. Rolling downwards, a strange odor instantly filled the air. Hermione frowned and covered her nose: "In this way, even if the principal and others return from the fourth floor to check that the treasure is safe, they will not be able to smell it in a short time. Which floor did the troll go to? By the time they find us, the troll must be dead."

"On the other hand, Quirrell probably went to the fourth floor to steal something. I lured the principal and others there, which can be regarded as helping the school. Even if the principal wants to settle the account with me afterwards because I stole Snape's potion, I also have a reason to retreat and dump all the garlic essence on Quirrell."

"Do you understand now? To collect intelligence, start from scratch. When other people's thoughts and psychology are under control, you will find that the world is actually very simple."

After talking a lot quickly, Su Ming returned to the movable staircase. He stepped on it, took out the second batch of garlic essence, and threw it up the stairs on the higher floor, filling the stairs on several floors. It smells strange.

He turned to look at Hermione, who was looking surprised and holding her nose, and said, "Come on, we should only have three minutes, and I will teach you how to remove the troll's head."

Hermione quickly followed up with an awkward look on her face: "Can I eat it even if the head is removed?"

However, the professor just pinched her face and threw the bottle on the ground: "...Trolls cannot be eaten. I don't remember when I taught you to be such a child."

Hermione rolled her eyes, slapped the professor's hand away, and ran away.