Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

In the office, everyone's eyes turned to Sherlock.

Sherlock also came to his senses at this time. He recalled the scene where Mr. Weasley and Malfoy scuffled.

"Yes, I was there at the time." He said lightly, "Malfoy was mocking Mr. Weasley's family, and then they fought, and I went up to help and punched."

Suddenly, Professor McGonagall looked at Sherlock in disbelief, and even Dumbledore and Snape were a little surprised.

"You fought!" Professor McGonagall raised his voice and asked.

Sherlock said calmly, "What he said was ugly, and he wanted to insult my mother."

Hearing what Sherlock said, only the three Professor McGonagall showed their original expressions.

Indeed, according to the original owner's character, he would not act easily at all.

At Hogwarts, the only two hands-on experiences of the original owner were that they were directly sent to the school hospital for three days.

When it comes to himself, there is no need for Ginny to go on, Sherlock will directly tell what happened next.

"Malfoy was beaten hard by me. After he suffered a loss, he left immediately without staying in the bookstore..." Sherlock pondered the memory of that day, "but before he left, it seemed that The book is in Ginny's hands."

As soon as he said these words, everyone in the office found the point.

Professor McGonagall and Snape held their breaths.

Dumbledore looked at Sherlock expectantly.

"What about that book?"

"That book..." Sherlock looked at Ginny, who also blinked at him.

"That book was in the pile of old books I threw back in the bookstore. I bought Ginny a new set of textbooks as a gift for her."

"..."

The whole office went quiet.

Now everyone knew what the crux of the problem was, and even Sherlock himself knew who caused all these accidents.

Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall and Snape were speechless, and Sherlock himself was speechless.

Who knew that he was just an inadvertent act of giving away books, which caused such a big deviation.

Dumbledore sighed lightly, and he could hear that he was very tired.

"The root of the matter should lie in the old book that Sherlock put back. Lucius wanted to take revenge on the Weasleys through that book. As a result, Sherlock made this accident happen, and the book was left in the It went to the bookstore, but someone else took it from the bookstore, bought it, and brought it to Hogwarts."

Professor McGonagall's face gradually showed a happy expression.

"That matter is easy now. As long as we inform the students and ask who among them bought a strange old book, then the source of the problem can be solved!"

But Dumbledore's expression was not so optimistic. He tapped the table with his fingers and said softly.

"I can't tell you about the old book."

Professor McGonagall looked at Dumbledore in astonishment, and Snape's expression was also quite puzzled.

Only Sherlock could guess the reason why it couldn't be done.

"That old book is likely to be something that has its own consciousness. Since there has been an attack in the castle, it means that some students have been bewitched by him, or have been completely controlled by him. If we publicize the old book at this time. Going out, not only will you not find the book, but you will also startle the snake and let the person who opened the secret room know in advance that we have found him."

After Sherlock finished his analysis, Dumbledore looked at him with more surprises.

"Your way of looking at things has changed a lot from before." He said approvingly, "I look forward to your changes after the end of this school year."

Sherlock bowed his head slightly, as if to express that Dumbledore was over the top.

Seeing that they were still in the mood to talk about these things, Professor McGonagall couldn't help turning black, she asked eagerly.

"It can't be publicized, so how do we find that old book? We can't let things continue like this. No student has died because of this, but no one can guarantee it!"

Dumbledore waved his hand, indicating that Professor McGonagall should not be in such a hurry, he explained the countermeasures to be implemented next.

"Tonight, on the grounds of vigilance and the search for the hidden murderer in the castle, the students are gathered in the auditorium. Sherlock, Severus, Minerva, and Pomona, the four of you search the lounges of the four academies. , don't let the prefect intervene in the middle."

"This side of the auditorium, I will arrange for Filius and Filch to ask the students what they were doing when Malfoy was attacked. It is best to find the book."

After everything was assigned, Sherlock, Professor McGonagall, and Snape left the headmaster's office together.

Professor McGonagall frowned, and went to arrange for the students to gather in the auditorium. Sherlock and Snape stood in front of the door and looked at each other.

From the beginning of the year to now, Sherlock has rarely dealt with Snape.

Because he didn't know how to characterize Snape~www.NovelMTL.com~ He knew very little about the original book, so he couldn't figure out the outward appearance, obviously not how friendly the potions professor is. Is it good or bad? .

"I'll go check Slytherin and Hufflepuff's boys' dormitory, you go to Gryffindor and Ravenclaw." Snape coldly divided the tasks between him and Sherlock.

Of course, Sherlock said there was no problem with this. It was the same for him in which academy's dormitory he checked.

Just when the two were about to separate, Snape suddenly asked indifferently.

"Do you think you can find that old book today?"

Sherlock froze. Although he didn't know why Snape asked him this, he really thought about this question seriously.

"There is a high chance of finding it." Sherlock's voice was equally indifferent. "There was an attack just today, and the student who was controlled by the old book should not have time to hide it in a sufficiently concealed place."

This is indeed what he really thought.

However, there are other reasons that make him confident.

Although his presence disrupted the original plot, it was precisely because of his appearance that Dumbledore and the professors at Hogwarts knew more clues about the attack in advance.

In the original book, it should be the last to reveal that the monster in the secret room is a basilisk.

No one knew in advance that all these things were triggered by an old book.

After mastering so many clues, Dumbledore immediately took action, and Sherlock felt that there was a good chance that the problem could be solved this time.

"I hope it's really like what you said."

Snape turned and left in front of the headmaster's room.