Chapter 175: The truth 15 years ago

Ma Xianxian returns to Slytherin's common room with Elaine Shafik.
　　 They are still talking about topics related to the Christmas holiday...even though it has been more than a month since Christmas.
　　 just when they passed the auditorium--
　　 Suddenly, Miss Shafik covered her forehead and screamed in pain.
　　 "What's the matter?" Matthew frowned and asked quickly.
　　 "Matthew... my head... hurts..." Elaine said tremblingly.
　　 Something unexpected happened to her.
　　 "Would you like to take you to the school hospital?" Matthew asked with great concern.
　　 It's quite a long time since the lights are turned off, so it must be too late to take her to the school hospital.
　　 "No..." Elaine said weakly, "Send me to Professor Slughorn..."
　　 Matthew frowned again in an instant.
　　 "I beg you, Matthew...I feel I can't do it..." Elaine Shafik pleaded.
　　 "Well, I'll take you there now!" In this case, Matthew Wickfield had to nod his head.
　　……
　　 helped Elaine Shafik, and they returned to Horace Slughorn's office again.
　　 To be honest, Matthew felt that the girl beside him seemed a bit weird...
　　 It's not just the sudden "sickness attack" behavior...including many things before, Matthew felt weird.
Many times, for herself, she behaves like two people at once... Sometimes she is very enthusiastic about herself, like a friend who can talk about everything; sometimes she is very cold, even deliberately avoiding herself... …
　　 But when this situation occurred, he couldn't ignore it. He had to listen to Elaine's words and send her back to Slughorn's office.
　　 Soon, they returned to the office of the potions professor again.
　　 After knocking on the door lightly, Horace Slughorn poked out his head.
　　 He has changed into a green velvet pajamas and is wearing a nightcap of the same color.
　　 "Matthew...what's the matter?" He asked loudly, "I am ready to rest."
　　 Before Matthew could speak, Slughorn’s expression changed when he saw Elaine Shafik’s behavior.
　　 "Oh, my God!" he exclaimed.
　　 Then, Professor Slughorn didn't hesitate to pick up the little girl, and then ran to an inner room with her.
　　 Then he ran out again violently, holding a small bag in his hand.
　　 Matthew had to stand a little boringly, watching Slughorn open the medicine bag and add this and this to a small crystal bottle...all the medicine materials that have already been processed.
　　 His movements are so fast that Matthew can't see clearly.
　　 Only a few minutes later, he picked up the crystal bottle, stirred it, and ran back to the room.
　　 Matthew couldn't even see the final color and shape of the potion inside.
　　 After handing the potion in the crystal bottle to Miss Shafik, Slughorn was finally relieved.
　　 Matthew didn't say anything during the whole process, and he didn't show any interest.
　　 After Slughorn finished his work, he asked, "What's the matter, Professor? Elaine, how is she?"
　　 "Of course...thank you for sending her here in time..." Slughorn replied quickly, "Poor Elaine, she has a congenital genetic disease since she was a child, and she needs to take potions in time to suppress..."
　　 "That's it." Matthew smiled and nodded.
　　 But in the bottom of my heart, Matthew is even more confused...
　　 Because he felt that what Slughorn said was not like the truth, on the contrary it was more like an excuse to find out temporarily.
　　 Just a few minutes after taking the medicine, Elaine got up from the bed... She looked the same.
　　 "Then let's say goodbye again, Professor." Matthew said calmly while restraining his confusion.
　　 Slughorn hadn’t spoken yet, and suddenly, the door of his office was knocked again—
　　……
　　 "Wait a minute, Matthew," Horace Slughorn frowned, "There are still guests on such a night!"
　　 He walked slowly towards the gate.
　　Matthew can only stay in place and wait...
　　 The door was opened, as if it was forcibly pushed open.
　　 "Severus?" Slughorn exclaimed.
　　 "Professor Slughorn!" The voice of "Severus Snape" was indeed heard outside.
　　 However, the voice of the present professor of transfiguration is far from being as gentle and affectionate as in the usual classroom.
　　 "Don't try to be a grassroots!" he said coldly, "Now is the time to make a choice!"
　　 "Severus..." Slughorn's voice sounded terrified, "I have students here..."
　　 "This is the final warning!" "Severus Snape" continued, ignoring Slughorn's words, "You are a smart man, you should be able to guess what is about to happen..."
　　 "Okay..." Slughorn stammered and nodded, "Thank you, Severus...I'll consider..."
　　 "You don't have much time left..." "Severus Snape" dropped one last sentence, then turned and left.
　　 Through the figure observed in the crack of the door, Matthew can confirm... that familiar black suit, it seems that the one who has just left is indeed their transformation class professor...
　　……
　　 The two children in the room looked at each other a little.
　　 They seem to have heard something bad.
　　 Horace Slughorn returned with a decadent look, his face full of worry.
　　 "What's the matter, professor?" Elaine Shafik asked naively, "What do those words that Professor Snape just said just now mean?"
　　 Matthew thought Slughorn would definitely refuse to answer.
　　 But he didn't want him to open a bottle of mead directly, and then waved his wand again, and three wine glasses appeared.
　　 "I...Should we go back?" Matthew asked in a low voice, "It's not far from turning off the lights..."
　　 "No, there is still time for a few drinks with a decadent old man..." Slughorn shook his head bleakly, and then started pouring his head down:
　　 "By the way, let me tell you another story!"
　　 "The story fifteen years ago..."
　　……
　　 To be honest, Matthew was originally not very interested in any "story".
　　 But when Slughorn suddenly mentioned the "story of fifteen years ago", his expression was instantly lifted.
There is no doubt that all the strange things that have happened recently, whether it is the fugitive of Azkaban, the change of the Order of the Phoenix, or the surging Hogwarts, seem to have happened with Hogwarts 15 years ago. Something about...
　　 But the truth about that incident can't be found in any book.
　　 If the only way to reach the truth, I am afraid there are only people like Slughorn.
　　 Matthew hastened up.
　　 Slughorn handed the two glasses of mead to the two children separately.
　　 Then he picked up his own glass again and drank the mead inside.
"I'm afraid you are all curious, the three Azkaban fugitives... Why did they break into Hogwarts after escaping from Azkaban?" Slughorn's face was because of the effect of alcohol. , Rose red, and he also spoke:
"Because the three of them were once Hogwarts students, just fifteen years ago...their names were James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pediru... "
　　 This passage, Matthew once overheard Slughorn mention it through Hermione's wiretap device in the two broomstick bars.
"In fact, there are not only the three of them..." Slughorn continued, "The students at Hogwarts in that year were so talented that they were all concentrated in Gryffindor College... In addition to the three names just mentioned, there are Remus Lupin and Severus Snape..."
　　 Matthew was stunned. Could it be that Severus Snape in this world really graduated from Gryffindor College?
"...It's hard to imagine that the five boys in an academy are all very smart and talented; maybe Peter is a little worse, but he's also good enough... It's the first time I have seen each other in Hogwarts for so many years. Until...I will bag them all in my arms..."
"Wait, Professor..." Matthew couldn't help but interrupted him. "The'Severus Snape' you mentioned just now refers to our potions teacher, Professor Snape. Huh?"
　　 "Of course not," Slughorn sneered, and then said without hesitation, "He is fake!"
　　 This view is not shocking in Matthew's view; but when it comes out of Slughorn, it is somewhat intriguing.
　　 "Fake?" Elaine Shafik said in surprise.
"Because of that incident fifteen years ago, the real Severus Snape has been missing," Slughorn continued. "For fifteen years, no one knows what he is like now. No one knows what he is doing... and the person who claims to be'Severus Snape' is naturally very likely to be in disguise..."
　　 "...Others may not be able to see it," Slughorn said coldly, "but I am still familiar with my proud students!"
　　 Matthew only felt that the amount of information in it was a bit too large, making his mind even a little bit overwhelmed.
　　 "Then what happened fifteen years ago?" He asked softly.
　　……
　　 Slughorn suddenly paused for a long time, as if lost in thought, and as if retrieving his memory...
　　 "Fifteen years ago, the five kids at Gryffindor College... They were so smart, so smart... that they found things they shouldn't have discovered..." As if he had made up his mind, he said quietly:
　　 "They discovered the secret of Gellert Grindelwald!"
　　 "What's the secret?" Elaine Shafik asked curiously.
　　 "It's about the secret of the principal himself..." Slughorn continued, "I held these words in my heart for many, many, many years... Now I finally decided to say them--"
　　 "Gellert Grindelwald is not the principal of Hogwarts at all. He seized control of Hogwarts through violence, so he does not have the authority of the principal of Hogwarts..."
　　 "...The children didn't know how to sneak into the principal's office and learned the secret..."
　　 "But it's not just this!"
　　 Slughorn paused for a long time again.
　　 "Principal Grindelwald used a very powerful obfuscation spell, allowing him to have certain authority in Hogwarts, but this is far from enough..."
　　 "...Because Hogwarts itself is a very powerful magical creature, after a thousand years of life, it has been strengthened and reformed by a headmaster, and its power is incredible!"
　　 "Even wizards like Principal Grindelwald are incomparable... In other words, the children seem to have found a way to wake the sleeping Hogwarts Castle..."
　　 "...With the power of Hogwarts Castle, you can even drive Principal Grindelwald away!"
　　 "Did they succeed?" Elaine Shafik asked nervously.
　　 "There is no doubt that they failed..." Slughorn shrugged, "It's mainly because of—"
　　 "There is a traitor among them!"
　　……
　　 "Traitor?" Matthew shouted in surprise.
"Yes," Slughorn nodded. "The traitor betrayed them when their plan reached the most critical step~EbookFREE.me~...the people who were loyal to Principal Grindelwald shattered Their conspiracy..."
　　 "...More than the five of them were involved in this project. Many students at Hogwarts at that time agreed with their views, such as my favorite Lily Evans... They should have been swept away!"
"However, there was a spy who was hiding in Hogwarts. He issued a warning at the end... Those children have escaped... There are also those who agree with their views but have not yet exposed themselves, destroying everything that is not conducive to Their evidence..."
"... From then on, the wizards involved in this incident were either imprisoned in Azkaban or kept incognito... Only Lily Evans, she still opposed Grindelwald with a clear-cut stand, and was free... …"
　　 Slughorn shook his head regretfully:
"To be honest, I sympathize with those children... No, I can't say that they are children anymore. If they are all alive, they are at least in their thirties now... But they are only limited to sympathy, they are too passionate. It was taken advantage of and eventually went astray..."
"So..." Matthew said solemnly, "The three Azkaban fugitives, since they have returned to Hogwarts, they are trying to awaken the sleeping Hogwarts Castle once again. Did Principal Woo drive away?"
"Yes," Slughorn nodded, "It's not just them, all the strange things that have happened in the castle recently are all around this purpose... So, in the near future, there may be something in the castle. Field Fusion..."