Hogwarts Card System Chapter 156

Chapter 157: February Knowledge and Lost Diary Again

Jerry and the other person walked in and saw Neville’s face flushed and his forehead covered in sweat. They couldn’t help but ask, “Neville, are you okay? Is it that hot?”

Neville wiped his forehead and realized he was drenched in sweat.

“Ah! This… I just, just did some exercise. It’s fine, it’s fine.” Neville stammered, telling a lie.

Because Neville usually exercised frequently, in addition to morning exercises with Ted, he would also do some push-ups, sit-ups, and wooden sword chopping at night. So Jerry and the other person didn’t suspect anything.

Ron also pulled out a large bag of food from his arms: “Haha, Neville, you really should go to the kitchen. It’s so lively there now, full of hidden talents, flames and iron pots flying everywhere!” Ron was rarely so high-spirited.

Neville forced a smile and ate something with the two of them, but he couldn’t even taste anything.

That night, Neville didn’t know how he got through it. He tossed and turned like a pancake, unable to sleep. His mind was filled with Hagrid and the scenes he saw in Tom’s memories.

Finally, he fell asleep at some unknown time and had a nightmare.

He dreamed that a mysterious door opened, and an indescribable monster was led out by Hagrid, pouncing on the Hogwarts students.

He was woken up by the nightmare before dawn, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, got up, took out Tom’s diary, and began to inquire about the details of the Chamber of Secrets opening.

Not long after, Jerry also woke up and found that Neville was already sitting at the table writing.

He was startled and leaned over: “You’re also secretly working hard like Ron! Are you guys trying to work me to death?!”

Ron heard someone call his name, opened his hazy sleepy eyes and looked at the two: Who’s calling me?

…

February arrived.

“Ding~ Talent [Otherworldly Knowledge (Gold)] triggered, discovered [Great Quail’s Way of Magic Nourishment (Blue)].”

[Great Quail’s Way of Magic Nourishment (Blue)] records a Tauren Druid, who was obsessed with the Moonkin form,’s research and insights on magic nourishment. Requires 550 experience to exchange.

Magic nourishment? Why don’t I know anything about magic nourishment?

Ted was a little confused.

As an old WoW player, this shouldn’t be the case.

Great Quail should refer to the Moonkin form of a Balance Druid, a Druid specialization that primarily uses Nature magic.

Exchanging it, it’s at least blue quality knowledge, so he wouldn’t lose out.

In an instant, experience was consumed, and information entered his mind.

Ted finished receiving it in a dozen seconds.

There wasn’t too much information, after all, this was just an in-depth study of a certain magic within a certain specialization of the Druid profession, incomparable to the vast and profound information of Druid shapeshifting.

However, after going through it, Ted was delighted to find that this thing had great potential.

This Way of Magic Nourishment turned out to be this Great Quail Druid’s research on temporarily increasing magic power.

With this ability, he could temporarily increase his magic level by one or two levels in battle!

Wow, leveling up in battle, this is the protagonist’s treatment!

Although it was temporary, it was still very valuable.

I profited, I profited! Research! Research it!

…

Neville’s stress resistance was still very strong. He couldn’t figure this out and endured for two or three days before finally finding Ted.

“Ted, I have something to tell you…”

The two came to a secluded corner, and Neville began to talk about how he found the diary, how he saw Tom’s memories, and how he learned that the Heir of Slytherin was Hagrid.

Neville looked pained, his face flushed, and tears welled up in his eyes but didn’t fall. He had already learned that crying was useless.

“Sorry, Ted. I didn’t notify you immediately, I… I didn’t know what to do?”

Neville looked up, trying his best to stop the tears from falling.

After listening, Ted frowned and patted Neville’s shoulder: “Don’t be sad, Neville. I have to remind you, Hagrid is unlikely to be the Heir of Slytherin.”

“What? You, what did you say?” Neville was stunned, his mind a mess.

He had been so engrossed in that “personally experienced memory” that he hadn’t considered whether Hagrid was the heir—he had actually defaulted to Hagrid being the Heir of Slytherin, which was why he had been in pain for several days.

But now, Ted actually said that Hagrid might not be the heir?! No, that he was unlikely to be the heir.

Ted sat on a stone bench nearby, plucked a piece of mint from a flowerbed, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly, speaking softly: “I can understand your entanglement and pain, it’s been hard on you to struggle until now. But have you ever thought, is Hagrid really the Heir of Slytherin?”

He glanced at Neville: “Fifty years ago, although Dumbledore wasn’t the Headmaster yet, he had been teaching at the school for many years. If Hagrid really was the Heir of Slytherin, and had opened the Chamber of Secrets, killing a female student, would he still be here unharmed?”

“What’s more, Dumbledore made him the gamekeeper, which already shows that he didn’t accept the accusations against Hagrid…”

Neville’s breathing quickened: That’s right! Dumbledore didn’t believe Hagrid was the Heir of Slytherin, he wasn’t the murderer!

Ted continued: “Although I shouldn’t speak ill of our friend behind his back, I have to remind you that Hagrid’s physique is different from ordinary people…”

Neville was stunned: “What? What do you mean?”

Ted sighed: Your comprehension! Hermione had already suspected it a long time ago. I’ve gotten to this point and you still haven’t reacted~

“I mean, Hagrid is a half-giant.”

“A half-giant?!”

“Shhh~” Ted motioned for Neville to lower his voice, “Do you want to let the whole school know?”

“Hagrid is a half-giant Gryffindor, he absolutely cannot be the Heir of Slytherin, understand? If according to legend, the Heir of the Chamber of Secrets would even put Hagrid on their purge list.”

Just by looking at Hagrid, no rational person would believe he was the Heir of Slytherin.

If Hagrid could become the Heir of Slytherin, then Slytherin would have no reason to purge Muggle-born wizards.

So back then, they happened to catch Hagrid with leverage, and used him as a scapegoat to suppress the matter of the student’s death.

“Ha! Haha! That’s great~ That’s great, Ted!” Neville vigorously patted his chest, looking like he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

But Ted’s expression became serious: “Neville, don’t be happy too soon!”

“Huh?”

“That diary you mentioned, where is it now?”

“In the dormitory.”

“Take me there!”

“What, what’s wrong?”

“Neville, I have to warn you, be wary of magical items that have their own thinking abilities! Those things are often very high-end, even dark and dangerous! You might not know, Jerry and I received several similar ones during the summer, and they were all deadly!”

He looked at Neville: “And, I’ve never heard of any magic that can leave a piece of one’s own memory. And it can even let people see their own memories like a Pensieve. This is too bizarre!”

“Pensieve?”

“That’s not important, what’s important is to go and see what that diary is first!”

On the way, Ted kept thinking about his preparations.

He wondered if his arrangements could completely control Voldemort’s first Horcrux.

He had been thinking about dealing with Horcruxes for over a year.

He couldn’t deal with the diadem, so he wouldn’t touch it for now.

But the diary couldn’t be avoided. Should he directly hand it over to Dumbledore to destroy, or should he secretly keep it—after all, this was Voldemort in his fifth year, who had already mastered a lot of forbidden knowledge, but the danger was also extremely great.

Horcruxes are very high-end, very high-end. Ted had seen relevant records in Secrets of the Darkest Art in the Restricted Section.

To be honest, he couldn’t even understand how Voldemort made a Horcrux in his fifth year. Did he also have a cheat?!

As a result, as soon as the two arrived outside the Gryffindor dormitory, before they could even say the password to the Fat Lady, they heard a commotion inside, with many people talking chaotically.

The two quickly rushed in and found a group of people gathered in the corridor—Neville’s dormitory had been turned upside down.

Neville rushed in and opened the drawer, and as expected, something unexpected happened—the diary was gone!

(End of this chapter)