Matthew Wakefield didn't know that his two friends were facing such a crisis at this moment.

He could not think of this at all.

Because from his perspective, Hermione and Neville should have finished lunch in the auditorium and returned to their respective common rooms.

The afternoon class is the Black Magic Defense class.

Matthew came to the classroom with the rest of the first-year Slytherin students.

The Dark Magic Defense class was attended by Slytherin and Ravenclaw College; however, among the group of students in Ravenclaw, Matthew did not see Hermione Granger.

She is late?

This is not common in the past.

While thinking secretly, Matthew opened his book "Black Magic·Self-Defense Guide" and looked through it boredly.

Time passed minute by minute.

Class time has begun for several minutes.

However, Vice President Professor Rozier has not appeared in the classroom for a long time.

This is an extremely rare situation in the past.

Will something happen?

Matthew noticed it keenly.

...

They couldn't wait too long, and about five minutes later-

Administrator Mr. Pringer suddenly broke into the Black Magic Defense Class classroom.

He shouted: "Professor Rozier's course today is cancelled, everyone stays in the classroom and does not move; your dean will come to pick you up and return to their respective common rooms!"

"What's going on?" Draco Malfoy stood up and asked loudly.

"This is not something you need to care about." Mr. Pringer glared at Malfoy: "Whoever dares to appear rashly in other places in the castle will be responsible for any consequences."

"What consequences?" asked Padma Patil of Ravenclaw in curiously.

Mr. Pringer smiled coldly at her: "Missing, injured, or dead..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he strode out of the classroom, and the golden retriever followed behind him happily.

With Mr. Pringer's departure, the entire classroom fell into chaos.

"What's the situation!" Malfoy, Crab and Gal got close to Matthew and began to discuss it enthusiastically.

"Isn't it seem like a Hufflepuff student was attacked in the morning?" Nott calmly analyzed: "Is it related to that matter?"

"But, then they should contact us in the morning!" Malfoy was not convinced of this reason.

"Matthew." Gole looked at Matthew: "What do you think?"

"Maybe..." Matthew hesitated for a moment and replied, "What happened again since the Hufflepuff student in the morning?"

After looking at the group of girls in Ravenclaw, she still couldn't see Hermione Granger. Matthew suddenly thought of a very bad situation.

Matthew's words instantly caused a panic among the boys.

If there were two attacks in Hogwarts in one day, then they had to start thinking about their own situation.

"I'm so stupid, I'm really wrong!" Malfoy said with some regret:

"My father originally wanted to send me to the Demstrong Magic School, but I heard that Hogwarts is the best magic school in the world, so I have to come here... If I hadn't come to Hogwarts, I wouldn't have been attacked by a black magic item and stayed in the school hospital for several months... If I hadn't come to Hogwarts, I wouldn't have encountered these bad things..."

"Okay, Draco." Malfoy signaled Matthew not to continue.

Because Professor Frieve, the president of Lavenclaw, and Professor Slughorn, the president of Slytherin, have arrived here.

...

"Children, come with me!" Slughorn, who had always been smiling, had a serious expression on his face at this moment: "I'll take you back to the common room."

More than a dozen first-year Slytherin students lined up in two rows, following closely behind their dean.

"Hogwarts hasn't been peaceful lately!" Slughorn sighed: "Remember, today and the next weekend, you are strictly prohibited from leaving the Slytherin's common room."

"What?"

"We're going to stay in the common room for two and a half days?"

"What should I do if I eat?"

"That's true, Mr. Crab," replied Slughorn, who looked at Crab first, and then at Greengrass: "And Miss Greengrass, don't worry about eating, the house elves will send food to your dormitory."

"What the hell happened, professor?" Malfoy asked in confusion.

"Draco, I'm afraid I can't tell you about this..." Slughorn spread his hands.

He stopped answering everyone's questions, but just took them towards the Slytherin's common room.

At the same time, he looked around from time to time with vigilance, especially when passing the gloomy forks in the corridor.

Nothing to say along the way.

...

They successfully arrived at the stone door of the Slytherin Common Lounge.

First-year students walked in one after another, but Matthew Wakefield stayed alone at the end of the team.

Until he and Slughorn were left outside the door.

"Professor Slughorn." Matthew asked softly: "What happened? Can you tell me... I swear, I will never tell anyone else!"

"Well, Matthew...if you only tell you one person..." Slughorn sighed, and lowered his voice:

"The school hospital was attacked, and it is now in a mess, with blood everywhere... Mrs. Pomfrey was knocked out and should not have woken up yet... Also..."

Slughorn looked hesitant for a moment.

"There are other victims?" Matthew asked with a serious expression.

"Yes, two first-grade children...Nevil Longbottom and Hermione Granger." Slughorn sighed: "They are all missing...Professor Rozier is leading people to search for them throughout the school..."

Matthew couldn't help but feel heartbroken. It seemed that he had really guessed the worst.

He took a deep breath and continued to ask:

"By the way, professor, you said before that we were forbidden from leaving the Slytherin's common room these days..."

"...Yes, Matthew." Slughorn smiled: "I know this must be hidden from you. I changed the stone gate's password and made it effective for trying to leave the public lounge... No one of you know the password, so you can't leave the public lounge."

"But, professor." Matthew said seriously: "Have you forgotten that there was an accident in the public lounge before... If there were any more troubles here these days, we would not be able to leave... There is no worse situation than that!"

"You're right, Matthew." Slughorn said thoughtfully, nodding.

"You should at least tell the seniors the password." Matthew suggested.

"You bring me the message to them, I have to go and participate in the search for Longbottom and Granger." Slughorn agreed: "Remember, don't let anyone other than the prefect know the password..."

"Of course!" Matthew nodded without hesitation.

"The new password is-" Horace Slughorn lowered his voice:

"Merlin!"
Chapter completed!