The Silent Witch of Hogwarts

Chapter 500: Having a tattoo disqualifies you from taking the civil service exam.

Chapter 500: Having a tattoo disqualifies you from taking the civil service exam.

The following days were uneventful. Fudge didn't seem to cause any trouble for Royla, and Dumbledore didn't talk to Royla about anything. Everything seemed the same as before.

The only difference is that Loila has not yet been discharged from the hospital.

"You'll need to stay here for a few more weeks," Mrs. Pomfrey said to Loila with a serious expression. "This is a very serious case of splitting."

Well, it looks like Loila will have to stay in the school hospital for a while.

However, things did change. As her health improved significantly, no one stopped her research into the magic array.

But now, what's hindering her research into magic arrays isn't her body anymore, but her magic wand.

Ever since Voldemort snapped her wand in half, Royla has been in the awkward situation of being wandless. As a wizard, not having a wand makes her feel very insecure.

Fortunately, after learning about this, Mr. Lupin went to Mr. Ollivander's wand shop on Loila's behalf and ordered one for her.

Loila's wand cores are all very special, so it takes some time each time.

However, according to Mr. Lupin, Mr. Ollivander seems to have made some breakthrough in his research on magic circles and wands—he is eager to meet him.

Ollivander's special wand is indeed very useful, but it's too extravagant to only be used once. I wonder if it has really made great progress this time?

Lying in bed and letting her mind wander is now Loila's main activity.

But then again—it seems like I haven't seen Miss Ambach since I was hospitalized—to be honest, Loira really wants to see her now.

After all, she still had some things she wanted to say to Muller's family after meeting him.

However, she seemed to hate herself—which makes sense, considering she was the one who caused Muller's death, wasn't she?

It's perfectly normal for them to dislike themselves.

However, Loila no longer worries about such things. She gently raised her head and looked at the sunlight streaming into the school hospital, feeling an unprecedented sense of tranquility.

"Clatter".

Clearly, someone doesn't want this tranquility to last too long.

An uninvited guest dressed in a black robe opened the door to the school hospital. Loila was clearly taken aback when she saw him.

"Snape—Professor?"

Loyla never imagined that Professor Snape would come to visit her one day, given the strange state of their relationship.

Whenever Loira felt her relationship with him was improving, his reaction always told her otherwise.

Now he's suddenly visiting, don't give me the impression that we're friends again—it's all just wishful thinking.

But wait, surely no one would wait a month after a friend has been hospitalized to visit them—no, no, no, Professor Snape visiting me is already quite an achievement.

Let's not ask for too much.

As Snape strode in and slowly sat down, Roy nervously pursed her lips and said, "Hello—you."

"Your body seems to be recovering quite well, Professor Hamilton," Snape said slowly with a cold snort. He was one of the few people who could make his likes and dislikes clear the moment he opened his mouth.

He definitely didn't come here to be my friend.

Loila's body trembled slightly as she said, "Pomfrey—Madame Pomfrey said it will take a few more weeks—"

"That was physical, right?" Snape said, leaning back in his chair. "The split shouldn't have affected your brain, right?"

"No—no!" Loila quickly shook her head.

"I can't say for sure," Snape chuckled and shook his head. "I have some questions for you."

"About Störberg—that is, the Mystic—" Snape paused and asked, "Did you observe him when he was at Hogwarts?"

"Hmm?" Loila blinked, not expecting Snape to suddenly ask about Voldemort—and why he didn't call him by his real name?

Instead, it was a mysterious person—ah, Loila looked at Snape's arm as if remembering something. She remembered that Professor Snape was a double agent, wasn't he?

He has a small Voldemort tattoo on his body—but Hogwarts is really open-minded; someone with a Voldemort tattoo can still become a professor—

As a member of the UMNO party, I don't think I'm qualified to discuss this.

In short, was she asking Voldemort? — After thinking carefully for a few seconds, Loila said, "He — he's very interested in magic circles."

He even attended my magic array class back then, and chatted with me at the central hub of the maze magic array at that time.

Now that I think about it, he was probably trying to modify the magic array.

"Don't tell me you've shared all your magic array knowledge with a stranger." Snape's words made Loira purse her lips.

I wasn't exactly a stranger to Voldemort—we had quite pleasant exchanges in our diaries back then.

Wait, does Professor Snape mean he's afraid Voldemort will also learn the magic circle and then use it against us?

You used my magic circle against me?

Okay—he seems to have just done that—but I don't think I taught Voldemort much—after all, most of our conversations focused on the case—

Loila thought for a moment and then shook her head: "He—he didn't ask too many questions about the magic array—"

"Very good." Snape snorted softly upon hearing this. "We should also thank him for not having a high thirst for knowledge."

"Besides that?" Snape continued, "What else did he do?"

"Hmm—" After thinking for a few seconds, Loila's ears twitched as she said, "Right—right!"

"I saw him go to the Room of Requirement once."

"Then—then he left with something in his hand."

Royla didn't think much of it at the time, but now that she thinks about it, it seems really suspicious, especially after she found out he was Voldemort.

Did he plant a bomb in the House of Requirement?

When the time comes, just blow up the Room of Requirement and paralyze the entire Hogwarts magic system.

Hmm—he probably doesn't know about the magic array hub there, since I only found out after investigating for a while.

"He took something?" But Snape was clearly more interested in this, frowning slightly as he asked, "Did you see what he took?"

"No—no." Loila shook her head. "He hid it very well—"

"—" Snape paused for a few seconds, then asked in a low voice, "Do you remember what I asked you before?"

"Something you asked me about?" Loila looked at Professor Snape in confusion, wondering what this meant and when.

"It's about Horcruxes," Snape had to explain.

Horcrux?

Isn't this a bit too long ago?!

"It's a Horcrux," Snape said softly. "What he took from Hogwarts—it might be a Horcrux."

Ok?

Why is there a Horcrux in Hogwarts? Isn't it something like a life-saving box?