Mysterious Walker at Hogwarts

Chapter 112 Quirrell’s trick

After dinner, the Gryffindors held a warm celebration in the common room as usual, but Dean arranged the bed in the dormitory and pretended to be asleep, then quietly slipped out of the castle and entered the forbidden area. Forest.

Dean felt that choosing this time to disguise himself as a Mysterious Walker and meet with Quirrell was the best choice to avoid exposing his identity.

To be on the safe side, he also specifically chose the Forbidden Forest as the meeting place.

Dean entered the Forbidden Forest half an hour before the appointment time. He felt that it was necessary to make some arrangements in advance, just in case Quirrell or Voldemort suddenly took action against him.

Dean also has a small purpose, but he doesn't know whether it can succeed.

Dean has been thinking about the main mission "Rescue". He remembers that only Quirrell died in the first semester. He has not yet decided whether to save Quirrell, nor has he found a good way to save Quirrell.

In order to avoid failure of the mission, Dean must find a spare tire to save - without a suitable candidate, Dean chooses the unicorn who was later killed by Quirrell.

Although he is not sure whether rescuing unicorns qualifies to complete the mission, Dean is still willing to give it a try - even if there is no mission, Dean does not want any unicorns to be harmed, let alone two unicorns.

After seeing too many magical animals in Newt's magical animal suitcase, Dean discovered that he had the potential to become a magical zoologist. He had a heartfelt feeling of closeness to every magical animal.

Dean wasn't sure if he was affected by Newt's bond, but he was willing to save the unicorn who was about to be killed.

The first step in Dean's plan to save the unicorn is to find a way to contact the centaurs.

But... Dean plans to meet Quirrell first.

The snow during the Christmas holidays has not yet melted. In order to prevent the footprints left on the snow from showing flaws, Dean moved forward carefully and used a smoothing spell to erase the footprints.

After Dean arrived near the Whomping Willow, he stopped - the place he and Quirrell had agreed upon was here.

Dean was not very familiar with the terrain of the Forbidden Forest. He was only impressed by the Whomping Willow, which played a full role in the original work, so he chose this place.

Dean made several small arrangements nearby to ensure that if he was attacked, he could successfully hide in the secret passage under the Whomping Willow.

Dean's estimated time was just right. Not long after he finished the arrangement, he discovered Quirrell's sneaky figure.

Dean checked his attire again to make sure that nothing was revealed. He was about to show up when he realized that there was someone behind Quirrell, and it was Snape!

Dean then realized that he had made a mistake. There was indeed a secret meeting between Quirrell and Snape in the original novel, but Dean didn't remember the time clearly. It seemed that they had coincided with each other?

What's worse is that if I remember correctly, Harry is also wearing the invisibility cloak and following Snape at this moment.

Dean suddenly felt a little troubled. He didn't want the Mystic Walker to be exposed to anyone except Quirrell so early.

Dean clearly knows that the more people he knows, the greater the possibility of falling off the horse. With his current strength, it is already the limit to ensure that the secret is not exposed in front of Quirrell in school.

Thinking of this, Dean activated the invisibility function of Prokos's robe, and then cast a phantom spell on his body, holding his breath and trying his best to reduce his sense of existence.

"Quirrell, why are you going so deep into the Forbidden Forest?" Snape asked with some dissatisfaction after catching up with Quirrell.

"I, I think it's safer here." Quirrell stammered, looking around nervously.

Dean had every reason to suspect that if Quirrell was threatened by Snape, he would definitely seek help from the Mystery Walker, and even try to use the Mystic Walker to teach Snape a lesson.

Below, in a shadowy clearing, stood Snape, but he was not alone.Quirrell was there too.Harry couldn't see the expression on his face, but he was stuttering harder than ever.Harry listened intently to what they were saying.

"Is it safer deep in the Forbidden Forest? I don't think so." Snape said sarcastically.

"Isn't this the place you chose? I just accidentally walked a little further in. I don't know why you chose to meet here, Severus..." Quirrell forcefully argued.

"Oh, I think this matter should not be made public," Snape said in a cold voice, "You know what I am going to tell you - the Philosopher's Stone, students are not supposed to know."

Dean couldn't help but sigh to himself. Snape probably never dreamed that Quirrell came here because of an appointment with the "Mysterious Walker", let alone that Harry was actually hiding nearby.

"I understand what you mean. Discussing here can avoid being overheard by students to the greatest extent..." Quirrell muttered.

Snape interrupted: "That's not the point, Quirrell. Have you figured out how to subdue Hagrid's monster?"

"But, but, but, Severus, I-"

"That means no, right?" Snape pressed.

Quirrell was so nervous that he couldn't speak.

Dean noticed that Snape's expression relaxed significantly.

Dean had just wondered why Snape was still asking Quirrell when he knew Lu Wei's weakness, but now he understood that Snape was planning to use this to judge Quirrell's progress in stealing the Philosopher's Stone.

"You don't want me to be your enemy, Quirrell." Snape took a step closer to him and asked with a double entendre.

"I, I don't know, you..."

"You know exactly what I mean." Snape made a broomstick gesture with his hands.

"No, no, no, you wrongly blamed me!" Quirrell said in a panic.

"Stop your little tricks," Snape warned.

"But, but, I don't, don't, don't-" Quirrell was eager to argue, but couldn't even say a complete sentence.

"Very well." Snape interrupted him, "We'll talk again soon, after you have had time to think it over and decide who you will serve allegiance to."

After saying that, Snape covered his head with his cloak and strode out of the Forbidden Forest.

It was so dark that it was almost impossible to see. Quirrell stood there motionless, like a clay and wood sculpture.

After a while, Dean noticed that a place with dense branches suddenly shook for no reason. He understood that Harry also took advantage of Quirrell's daze and slipped away quietly.

Dean sighed, Quirrell was so cunning, he must have sensed that someone was watching nearby.

What he just said sounded chaotic on the surface. In fact, if you didn't hear it completely, it would be easy for people to misunderstand him and think that Snape was coercing him into trying to pass a series of tests on the Philosopher's Stone.

There is no doubt that Quirrell's conspiracy succeeded. Harry, who only listened to a few words in the distance, undoubtedly misunderstood that Snape was the one who wanted to steal the Philosopher's Stone.

Dean wasn't sure whether Snape was aware of Harry's presence nearby, but with his awkward personality, even if he knew Harry would misunderstand him, he probably wouldn't bother to explain.