"Matthew!"

Hermione and Neville, who were in charge of "Looking at the Wind", soon noticed the strangeness shown by Matthew.

They hurriedly surrounded.

"What's wrong with you, Matthew?" Neville asked with some concern.

"Did Professor Slughorn and Shafik say anything secretly?" As for Hermione, she looked very interested.

"No...No..." Matthew quickly denied, "I just slid my hand..."

He bent down, picked up the soft little ear, and put it back in his ear...

But at this time, except for the obvious noise in the bar, there was no other sound... neither the sounds of Slughorn or Rosmerta disappeared.

It sounds like Professor Horas Slughorn and Miss Elaine Shafik have both left the two broom bars.

But at this moment, what Matthew was thinking about at this moment was the sentence Miss Shafik said before leaving:

"He's in Hogsmeade!"

There is no doubt that the "he" in the subject of this sentence refers to the person who had been communicating with Miss Shafik for the goods smuggled from Italy some time ago, and the name had not been mentioned.

Mr. Shafik had been in contact with two people, one of whom Lucius Malfoy, and the other-

"Tom Gunter!"

There is no doubt that it can only be the name that appeared on the account book of Lihen Bookstore!

...

Whether it is "Tom Gunter" or "Tom Riddle".

During the period after school started, Matthew had searched for news related to these two names in the library many times.

However, the information found is pitifully small...

To this day, Matthew only found out in some information from fifty years ago that Tom Riddle was a Slytherin College student who enrolled in Hogwarts in 1938.

In 1943, he won the Special Contribution Award for his outstanding contribution to Hogwarts; that medal is still in the prize showroom.

In addition, in 1945, the year when Gellert Grindelwald had just arrived at Hogwarts, Tom Riddle graduated successfully from Hogwarts. He got O (Outstanding, excellent) for all the courses in the exam.

But Mr. Riddle's resume ends here.

In records after 1945, Matthew found no information related to Mr. Riddle.

Yes, I can't find it at all... No matter which book in the library or which newspaper...

It was as if Voldemort, who had been a powerful figure in another world, had disappeared from the earth after graduating from Hogwarts.

Maybe it was because of something he had...or maybe he had been hiding his identity...

But now...Matthew suddenly knew that he appeared in Hogsmeade again!

Matthew's heart suddenly became thrust.

Why did he appear in Hogsmeade?

Is it just a coincidence?

Or...

He was looking for the whereabouts of that book... The book that fell into his hands more than a year ago, its original "master" should be the "Tom Gunter" Mr....

The reason why he came back to Hogsmeade... was to find himself and take back the book from himself...

"Matthew...Matthew...Matthew..."

A series of calls "awakened" Matthew.

Neville and Hermione surrounded him, and both looked at him with great concern and called him by his name.

"What's wrong with you Matthew... Your face is so pale... It looks like you're sick?" Hermione asked while pressing Matthew's forehead.

...

Matthew Wakefield, who was "waking up from a dream", glanced around.

There was no one around, and there was silence.

And on the top of the hillside, there is a dilapidated hut.

It looks a little taller than other houses in the village, with windows tightly sealed and covered with weeds next to it.

"Where are we?" Matthew asked in a low voice.

“There is a 'screaming shack' over there, the legendary most haunted house in the UK,” Hermione explained. “Because of this, no one wants to approach this hillside… You just said you were going to find a quiet place, and I’ll take you here…”

"…even the ghost of Hogwarts would not want to get close to it," paused, Hermione continued, "I have smelled Ms. Grey, who had heard that there was a very rough guy living here..."

"Okay, I understand!" Matthew nodded, then sat on the stone steps next to him and took a breath.

He hesitated for a moment, glanced at Hermione and Neville respectively, and spoke actively, "It's nothing... Professor Slughorn didn't say anything important... but I suddenly felt a little tired..."

"Do we want you to take you back to the school hospital?" Neville asked hurriedly, "You look ugly now, Matthew."

"No... it's okay... I said it's okay..." Matthew shook his head, "You guys go back first, go back to Hogsmeade, go to Honey Duke... I'll sit here and rest for a while, and I'll go find you later... Or I'll have a rest, just go back to Hogwarts..."

Matthew's tone of speaking was a bit intermittent.

Hermione looked at Matthew with some doubt, and at the same time, there was a little worry in her suspicious look.

"How can that be done!" Neville retorted without hesitation, "If you really can't walk, I'll carry you down the mountain..."

"Matthew," Hermione bent down and asked softly, "Is there anything wrong..."

"Nothing happened, I told you to leave!" Matthew Wickfell looked a little angry, and he shouted angrily:

"Get out of here quickly, you two!"

"Matthew..." Neville still looked a little hesitant.

But Hermione thought about it and she nodded.

At the same time, she pulled Lanawei's sleeve and signaled Nawei to leave with her.

She said, "Then let's go back to the village first, Matthew, we'll be waiting for you at the Honey Duke Candy Shop."

"Yeah." Matthew nodded weakly.

...

Neville and Hermione slowly walked down the hillside, and their figures soon disappeared from Matthew's sight.

Matthew's pale face soon became alert.

He had to leave Hogsmeade quickly... and leave as quickly as possible...

As long as you return to Hogwarts, it is safe... With the deterrence of Principal Grindelwald, the "Tom Gunter" may not dare to break into Hogwarts... Matthew thought secretly.

He stood up and his eyes turned to the top of the hillside.

Without hesitation, he ran towards the dilapidated, desolate, weird "screaming shack".
Chapter completed!