Chapter 45: The Blame Is on Snape

Hermione told Harry and Ron that what Momo was guarding was the Philosopher's Stone. The two were shocked when they knew the power of the Philosopher's Stone.

"No wonder Snape wanted to steal it." Ron said calmly, "Having that stone is equivalent to having endless wealth."

"And a long life." Harry added.

Hermione rolled her eyes silently in her heart. These two guys really put the blame on Professor Snape all the time!

"Ahem! Now we know that what Momo is guarding is the Philosopher's Stone, and..." Hermione paused slightly when she said this, "and someone wants to steal it."

"Correction, it's not someone, it's Snape." Ron said.

"We don't have 100% evidence that Professor Snape wanted to steal it. Almost everyone wants the Philosopher's Stone, right?"

"What more evidence do you need?" Ron sneered, "He's almost written his motive on his face.

Besides, we saw him curse Harry on the Quidditch field with our own eyes. Doesn't this prove the problem?"

Harry nodded. Snape is the only suspect at the moment, and he makes things difficult for him. Who else could it be but him?

"Okay!" Hermione looked at the determined look of the two people in front of her, and could only shake her head and pretend to surrender. "Snape wants to steal it, so the first level he has to pass is Fluffy.

And passing a three-headed dog is very dangerous, so we have to pay attention to Hagrid. Once someone, no, once Snape asks Hagrid this question indirectly, then..."

"That means he's going to act." Harry's eyes lit up, and he suddenly felt that Hermione was not just a nerd, but also very sharp when analyzing problems.

"That's right!

Not only that, that thing is too precious, there must be more than just Mao Mao guarding it, Dumbledore must have set up other levels.

And Snape might have participated, otherwise there is no way to explain how he knew about the Philosopher's Stone."

Ron was instantly amazed, "I always thought you could only draw inferences from one thing during exams, but I didn't expect you to think so much. It would be a pity if you don't become an Auror after graduation."

Hermione's face was a little embarrassed when she heard this. This was all Aaron's analysis, and she just explained it by copying.

But now the "credit" seems to have fallen on her head, which makes her a little uncomfortable.

"Let's not talk about this for now.

In short, the situation is not as bad as we thought.

At least there will be no accidents with the Philosopher's Stone in the short term."

"That's good!" Harry breathed a sigh of relief, "Let me tell you about our current plan. First, keep an eye on Snape."

"Understood!" Ron immediately responded, "This is easy. He is the one I see the most every day."

Hermione rolled her eyes, but nodded.

"Second, find a way to find out from Hagrid who else is involved in the protection of the Philosopher's Stone.

If Snape wants to get it, he will definitely find a way to break other levels. If we find out this, we can understand his progress in breaking it."

"Third, it's still Hagrid. We have to keep an eye on whether he tells others about the method of passing through Momo."

"Don't forget the fourth point." Hermione reminded, "We have to prepare for the exam."

"Exam?" ×2.

Harry and Ron looked at each other and were immediately overwhelmed.

They were not good students. Exams were a necessary hurdle in their lives, and also the most difficult hurdle.

"Not really! Hermione." Ron said embarrassedly, "The holiday is just over, and the exam is still hundreds of years away!"

"We have to prepare a review plan." Hermione's tone was not to be disputed, "We have wasted too much time on Nicolas Flamel.

If we don't make up for the knowledge we learned in class, we may not even pass the final exam."

"You will fail?" Ron seemed to have heard a big joke. If this was not a library, he would definitely laugh out loud.

Harry also tried to hold back his laughter. "Hermione, besides Aaron, you are the least likely to fail at Hogwarts.

You know everything, you don't need to review at all."

"I don't need to review?

It seems that you have forgotten that Draco and I have a bet!

If I lose, Aaron will have to pay a favor on behalf of the family.

Although I don't know as much about the wizarding world as you do, I also know how important this bet made in the name of the family is.

Unfortunately, Draco has been working very hard recently, and even Professor McGonagall, who doesn't like Slytherin, has praised him.

So, do you want to see Draco win?"

Harry and Ron immediately became serious. Malfoy was the person they disliked the most, no one else, not even Snape.

If Hermione really lost due to negligence and let him "get ahead", they would definitely be very depressed before the start of the second year of school.

And if they face Malfoy in the future, they will be at an absolute disadvantage, because the "strongest" Hermione on their side has lost.

Thinking of this, the eyes of both of them are full of seriousness.

"Hermione, I think what you said is very reasonable." Harry said, "Learning is the most important thing for students, we can't neglect it."

"I think so too." Ron said solemnly.

Hermione:......

She worked so hard to say so much, but in the end, there was no Malfoy who was useful.

For this, she can only blame herself for making friends carelessly.

As a top student, Hermione quickly made a review plan for the two, and generously gave them her own notes, and supervised their study very seriously.

The teacher also gave a variety of homework, and "study hard and make progress every day" became the norm in their free time, which made the two poor students miserable.

But even in the face of the storm in the sea of ​​learning, they still divided most of their energy to supervise Snape... and Hagrid.

......

A few weeks later, the gamekeeper's hut.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione came here to visit Hagrid as usual. This was their eighth visit to Hagrid in recent times.

When they first came to him, they told him straight away that they knew that what Momo was guarding was the Philosopher's Stone. Every time after that, they would "inadvertently" mention: Has anyone asked how to get through the three-headed dog?

But every time Hagrid's answer made them feel particularly reliable, "Except for me and Dumbledore, no one knows how to get through Momo, and I will never tell anyone else."

And Snape didn't show any abnormality. He always had a long face every day, and sometimes he would be particularly irritable, but the more he was like this, the more relieved Harry and Ron were.

Because it meant that the Philosopher's Stone was still safe and Snape hadn't succeeded.

This time they planned to ask other questions.

"Hagrid!" Harry hesitated for a while and asked, "We want to know what other switches are there to protect the Philosopher's Stone besides Fluffy."

Hagrid's face suddenly became serious, "Why are you so concerned about this!

Harry, I remind you again seriously that this has nothing to do with you."

"Does that mean there are really other mechanisms?" Hermione asked, "Like spells, magic, etc."

"I can't tell you that this is a very important secret." Hagrid frowned and said, "Of course, I don't know."

"Uh..." Hermione pondered for a while, "Then do you know who designed those mechanisms?"

"I do know that, Yes..." Hagrid smiled proudly, and then his face became serious again, "You almost tricked me again, Hermione.

It would be troublesome if I let it slip."

"But it's not that troublesome!" Harry begged, "Please, Hagrid, tell us!

We all know about the Philosopher's Stone, so this is not a big deal."

"Don't give me that, Harry." Hagrid smiled and pushed Harry into the chair, "Ever since I accidentally let Nicolas Flamel slip, you guys have become more and more lawless."

"But someone has already tried to steal the Philosopher's Stone." Ron interrupted, "We are sure it's Snape."

Hermione curled her lips and hesitated.

She wanted to say 'not sure', but she didn't say anything.

"Snape?" Hagrid was stunned for a moment, "I know that almost all Gryffindors dislike him, but this is not a reason for you to doubt him.

And Snape is one of the people who designed those mechanisms, he can't possibly steal that thing."

"That's even worse." Harry looked grim, "It would be much easier for him to steal this way.

Hagrid, does he really not know the method of using the fur?"

"I've said it more than a dozen times, no one knows except me and Dumbledore." Hagrid said impatiently.

"Hagrid, you better tell us!" Hermione pointed at Ron and Harry, "You don't think they will give up so easily!"

Hagrid looked at the two of them, seeing that their eyes were full of determination, and sighed helplessly, "Okay! But I have a small condition.

Aaron's pet cat Abe, please help me borrow it."