Chapter 99 97 Sharp Granger

Chapter 99 97. Keen Granger

On Christmas night, it snowed at Hogwarts.

Dolohov didn't stay with them long. He suddenly returned to the castle early as if there was no purpose at all. He gathered the Mudblood students and rewarded each of them with a small cake. At 9 o'clock, the students He returned to the dormitory and locked the basement door.

After Hermione returned to the dormitory, her heartbeat had not yet calmed down.

She knew very well how bold her move today was. Once she failed to find Jon at the place she guessed, she didn't know whether Jon would be able to escape in the end, but she would definitely be doomed.

Dolohov will definitely ask someone to change her memory again, turning her into a robot like Taylor who only knows obedience and has no other emotions.

But she still made up her mind to do it, because Hermione knew clearly in her heart that just relying on these children in the castle, they would not be able to resist the oppression and rule of pure blood in their lifetime, and they needed to rely on outside power.

And Jon is this outside power!

The night gradually deepened, and she lay quietly on the bed, not feeling sleepy at all, nor having the slightest intention of sleeping like this.

Waiting like this until midnight, there was suddenly three slight knocks on the door outside her room.

The sound was so subtle that if Hermione hadn't been so focused, she might not even have noticed it.

After the knock on the door, she immediately sat up from the bed, got out of bed wearing a thin and worn nightgown and opened the door.

The moment the door was opened, Jon walked in very quickly, and then turned around and closed the bedroom door again.

The dormitory was located underground, with no windows, and there was no way for the moonlight to shine in. Only one candle was lit, and the light dimly illuminated the narrow space.

Jon watched Hermione not speak first, but instead took out the Marauder's Map that had been opened and placed it in the most conspicuous position in front of him. This would allow him to observe the movements around the dormitory at all times and prevent Doroho from doing so. My husband conducted another surprise inspection at night.

After completing the protective work, he looked at the girl sitting in front of the wooden bed, wearing a gray and worn-out nightgown, with a thin figure, her arms folded in the cold and her body was trembling slightly.

"I suggest you put on some thicker clothes first, because I may have to ask you a lot of things next."

Although Hermione's face was a little pale from the cold, her eyes were unusually bright when she looked at Jon.

Seeing her obediently wrap her slender body in quilt, Jon took a deep breath, looked serious, and spoke in a volume that only the two of them could hear.

"First of all, I want to thank you very much for your help tonight, Miss Granger. If it weren't for you, I would probably have been exposed by now. But after all, I still have a mission, so I have to ask some questions. It’s clear, you must answer me truthfully.”

He asked, staring into Hermione's eyes without blinking.

"When did you realize there was something wrong with me?"

"It's your first night in the castle." Hermione said softly, blinking.

Jon couldn't help but frown.

"First night?"

"You got a reward from Dolohov for your outstanding performance in practice during the summer vacation. When I looked at the sandwich he rewarded you with, you took the initiative to push it to me." Hermione explained softly, "I know Randy is very timid and would never take the initiative to do such a thing. The most he would do is not touch the sandwich and let me take it away.”

Jon's face became weird. He had actually been careful about his performance and tried his best to imitate Randy's habits, but who would have thought that a 12-year-old girl could notice this?

"Just because of this?"

"As for your performance in the first spell-casting class, Randy actually has no talent in gesture-casting. When he was learning various gestures last semester, in order not to be punished, he always invited me in private. I came to help teach him, but you learned the first cleaning spell in only one class. Moreover, I carefully observed that your waving habits are completely different from his. Although your movements are standard, they seem very unfamiliar. , just like a beginner, this is very unreasonable.”

Hermione spoke seriously about the various problems she had found with Jon.

The two points before were just her noticing that something was wrong, but what really made her sure that Randy was no longer the same Randy was actually the day when they were preparing to clean the public washroom together for the second time.

"Before I went there, I reminded you not to eat too much for lunch. I said that when you were in first grade, you were made to cry when you went to clean the bathroom for the first time. After that, you forced yourself to get used to it, and you gradually became able to accept it. In fact, it was a lie. What Randy hated most was cleaning public bathrooms. For most of the semester, whenever he had to work in the bathroom, he would cry while doing it. It was not until the end of the semester that things got better. Some.”

Jon listened to the girl's story and recalled that day, and the expression on his face became increasingly weird.

So what sounds like a casual question is actually a test?

Hermione stared at Jon's face, but there was no trace of complacency on her face, but she continued cautiously.

"After I said that lie, your reaction was very calm, as if you completely agreed with what I said. It was at this time that I was really sure that you were not the previous Randy."

It sounds like the reason why Hermione was able to discover Jon's identity was purely because he was careless and did not prepare well.

But no one can completely play another person, and Dumbledore did not use Legilimency on Randy. After all, those high-ranking professors in the castle generally would not pay any attention to a timid mudblood. The classmates around him were all 12-year-old children, and they had known each other for less than a year. No one would have thought that such a young child would have any keen observation.

And Hermione just went against common sense. Even if Jon had read the original book and knew that she was actually the most careful of the trio, he did not expect her to be so careful.

It can only be said that in such a harsh and difficult environment, it catalyzed her growth, making her more cautious and careful, and paying close attention to her surroundings at all times.

For example, when she was answering questions now, she was always paying attention to Jon's expression and emotions, as if she was afraid that if her tone was a little bit boastful and ostentatious, it would cause him displeasure.

Jon rubbed his eyebrows and temporarily put aside the sigh in his heart. He looked at Hermione and continued his questions.

"It's understandable that you can judge that I'm not the real Randy through these, but why do you want to help me? Aren't you worried that I'm actually helping those pure-blood wizards?"

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