038-Sneaking out

Saying goodbye to the Weasley brothers, Ivan returned to the Gryffindor common room alone.

On the way, Ivan found that there was an additional piece of information about the Marauder's map magic items tab in the system bar.

[Magic Items: Marauder's Map

Magic: strong

Explanation: This is a map that depicts Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It can show all the people currently in the school unless some special methods are used, no one can escape its detection.]

The power level of the map made surprised Ivan, but after thinking that the map could even monitor Dumbledore's whereabouts, Ivan accepted it.

'I don't know how James, Sirius, and Lupin made such a powerful magic item more than ten years ago.'

Peter, the only Marauder present, may know something about it, and Ivan who has the map could catch Peter Pettigrew, but Ivan was not prepared to do so at the moment.

Firstly, Sirius escaped Askaban because he saw peter in the newspaper. Secondly, he was still under suspicion, and he didn't want to face Dumbledore again soo soon.

With the Marauder map in his hand, Ivan became assured of his plan to sneak out to buy the necessary potion ingredients. All he needed was some free time.

In the Gryffindor common room at the same time, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were gathered around the fireplace, but the expression on their face was not as relaxed and happy as Ivan thought.

"Hey, Ivan, where did you go?" Seeing Ivan coming in from outside, Ron immediately pulled Ivan aside.

"You have to ask your brothers," Ivan answered briefly, and then changed the subject. "Are you here to celebrate Harry's successful capture of the Snitch?"

"No, we were just discussing why my broom suddenly lost control during the game." Harry shook his head.

"That must be Snape's doing, that git!" Ron said angrily.

"Yes, I saw Professor Snape using black magic with my own eyes before, and that happened when Harry's broom suddenly had a problem. When Harry's broom returned to normal, Snape stopped using magic." Hermione didn't have any objections this time, after all, she had seen everything with her own eyes, and Harry was one of her best friends.

Since Ivan "handled" the problem in time this time, Harry had already recovered safely before Hermione could act, so there was no fire in the stands.

Ivan listened to the three of them talking about the possibility of Snape trying to murder Harry, and after thinking about it, he retorted.

"Harry, it's Professor Quirrell who caused your broom to shake. I sat next to him during the match and interrupted his spell."

Ivan briefly explained that he found Quirrell pretending to be sleeping and casting a spell, but Harry couldn't believe it.

"Professor Quirrell? How is that possible?"

"Then what about Hermione... she saw Snape chanting a spell too." Ron refused.

"Obviously one of them will reciting the counter-curse again to save you. If Quirrell was saving you, then he doesn't have to hide like this at all!" Ivan explained to them.

"Perhaps Professor Quirrell was afraid of Snape's revenge!" Harry said unsurely.

In fact, after Ivan explained his side of the story, Harry had already believed it a little bit, but in his heart, Harry could not accept the possibility of Snape saving him.

Ron and Hermione were also skeptical. Every time Snape was in class, Snape's eyes and behavior were clear that he wanted Harry to die!

Ivan sighed and didn't make any excuses for Snape's behavior. After all, the entire incident was too complicated, and it would be better for the person involved in it to talk about it himself.

"Anyway, you should stay away from them this semester." Ivan can only warn them in the end.

"Of course I'll stay far away from them! they are ready to kill me!" Harry said angrily. Since entering Hogwarts, he has been targeted by Snape, and now Quirrell and Harry didn't understand why so many people wanted to kill him.

Everyone was feeling somber, and Harry gradually calmed down, and then several people told Ivan the information they had obtained from Hagrid after the game, and Hermione finally concluded.

"So, there must be a trap door guarded by the three-headed dog between Snape and Quirrell someone wants to sneak through the trap door guarded by the three-headed dog to find what Dumbledore is hiding inside."

"By the way, Ivan, do you know Nicolas Flamel?" Hermione suddenly thought of the question that was still bugging them.

Ivan hesitated for a while, not knowing what to say, because they shouldn't know about the Philosopher's Stone at the time, Ivan finally shook his head.

First, during the time he was making potions, the more stable he was, the better. Second, rashly undermining Dumbledore's savior development plan could lead to serious consequences, Ivan knew he didn't want to be interviewed by him a second time.

Even though his Occlumency has improved to the second level, but against Dumbledore's Ligilimency, it was still far from enough.

As for whether Quirrell will get the Philosopher's Stone? Ivan was not worried, because Dumbledore, that sly old man, hadn't put the Mirror of Erised in yet, it would have to wait until Dumbledore was sure that Harry could pass the test of the Mirror of Erised before placing the stone in the room.

Quirrell can try going to hell but he won't find the Philosopher's Stone...

Seeing Ivan didn't know who Nicolas Flamel was, Hermione, Harry, and others were a little disappointed, but they soon began brainstorming speculations.

Ivan was not interested in the Philosopher's Stone that he could never get. He was only interested if Hagrid's dragon egg was cooked.. ah no, whether it's hatched or not...

But from the timeline, maybe they haven't got it yet. Ivan decided to prepare the potion ingredients first in the meantime.

Two days later, Ivan quickly found an opportunity. After a boring lesson on Defense Against the Dark Arts, the whole afternoon was a pleasant time to rest.

This time was enough for him to visit Hogsmeade...

After repeatedly confirming that there was no one besides the secret corridor leading to Hogsmeade Village on the map, Ivan tapped the statue of the one-eyed witch with his wand and whispered "Dissendium"

A slight sound came, and the statue's hunchback separated from its main body, revealing an irregular passage. Ivan waved his wand and used Lumos to sneak into the short and narrow secret passage.