Coming out of Flourishes and Blotts Bookstore, Hannah pointed to the open space at the door and said regretfully.

"If you had arrived a few days earlier, you would have been able to meet Professor Lockhart. He has been holding a book signing here during this period, and many of our classmates have gotten the professor's signature.

Professor Lockhart seems to be obviously much more reliable, I have been reading his books these days, and I believe I will definitely learn a lot of useful things in this year's Defense Against the Dark Arts class."

As Hannah said this, Gretel nodded in agreement, and did not choose to break the little witch's fantasy before school started.

There was no regret on his face, but full of joy.

Then the little witch said that on the days of the book signing, the Weasley family took Harry to Diagon Alley to buy textbooks.

Mr. Arthur Weasley had a big fight with Lucius Malfoy for some reason, and both of them lost the prize.

In those days, the wizards in the tavern kept talking about this incident.

Hearing this, Grete's face showed a little regret.

He remembered that in the original world line, Lucius took this opportunity to mix the notebook Horcrux into Ginny Weasley's textbook.

If you missed the battle between Arthur Weasley and Lucius Malfoy, you would have missed the simplest opportunity to get the notebook.

If he had been there at the time, he would have definitely found a way to add fuel to the fire so that he could take advantage of the chaos and get the notebook.

He had no other ideas, he just wanted to ask young Professor Tom for advice.

Maybe he can draw parallels and make it easier for him to absorb the intellectual legacy left to him by Professor Tom.

Now that he has missed this opportunity, it will not be that simple if he wants to get the notebook out of Ginny Weasley.

Grete felt that he had to speed up, at least get the notebook before the secret room incident started.

Only in this way can the whole thing be nipped in the bud, otherwise once Ginny is controlled and the basilisk is released, there will definitely be casualties.

As long as there are casualties in Hogwarts, Dumbledore will definitely pursue the matter to the end.

——

Returning to the bar, Grete did not expect to receive an unexpected letter.

My dear student Grete:

I'm glad you can return to the UK. I thought you were afraid of your teacher and planned to transfer to America.

I don’t know how your current situation is. How much have you studied the things I left for you, and how many problems have you encountered?

If you need my guidance, you're welcome. You can bring your questions and come back with the servant I sent to invite you.

I've asked them to prepare a room for you.

In addition, can you tell your teacher why the two loyal servants I sent to America to invite you have not come back yet?

Your teacher, Tom.

Professor Tom is really cautious. Here Grete just finished reading the letter and didn't even put it down.

The entire letter spontaneously ignited and soon turned into a pile of ashes.

Grete felt funny in his heart. It seemed that Teacher Tom did not trust him as much as he said.

It was obvious that he was afraid that Grete would sell him out, so he sent a confidential letter.

Hannah was originally looking at Gretel with curiosity, but after seeing the letter in Gretel's hand spontaneously ignited, she decisively looked away.

She didn't want Gretel to think that she was prying into his secrets.

"Hannah, do you have an owl messenger here that I can rent?

I need to send a letter to Hogwarts to see if it's possible to check in early."

——

Gretel never expected that it would be Snape, an old bat, who came to pick him up.

And the first time they met, Snape gave him a big surprise.

Snape drawled, his tone full of impatience.

"I hope the barbaric land of America has not rusted your brain. If you can't answer my question, you can take the train back to Hogwarts by yourself.

Let me ask you, how many methods are there for brewing potions?"

"Professor, seven kinds, decoction, brew, maceration, ointment, poultice, tincture and lotion."

"What materials are needed for the beauty potion?"

"The beauty potion has two stages. The materials required for the first stage are fairy wings and morning dew.

The second stage requires ginger, mantle, rose and unicorn tail hair."

…

The moment Snape appeared, Hannah seemed stunned and sat there motionless.

Gretel did not recover until Snape took her away from the tavern.

After the two of them had left for more than ten minutes, they took several sips of the brandy that was to be delivered to the guests' tables, and then let out a long breath as if they had survived the disaster.

"Uncle Tom, have you seen it? Gretel is so handsome. Professor Snape is so strict, and he got all the answers right."

Hannah's tone was very excited. She had long known that Gretel was excellent, but she didn't expect that he was so knowledgeable.

Gretel was able to answer all the questions that Professor Snape asked about how to brew the potion, questions that she had never even heard of before.

Judging from the professor's expression, Grete's answer was obviously approved by him.

She even saw a smile on the face of Professor Snape, who was known as the devil. Merlin, this is incredible.

Hannah couldn't wait for school to start now. She couldn't help but tell others the secret that Snape would actually laugh.

After apparating with Gretel near Hogwarts, the two stopped.

"It seems that you have not wasted your three months in America, but I don't think it is worthy of praise, so I put down the showy expression on your face.

In my opinion, if you can forget what you have learned in three months, then you should give up the subject of Potions as soon as possible."

Grete was too lazy to pay attention to this arrogant person, and just lowered his head silently and rolled his eyes.

No one is a fool, how can we not see the corners of your lips that just turned up?

However, Gretel did not expect Snape's praise, and he did not care at all about Snape's venomous instinct that had been engraved in his bones.

After getting along with him for a school year, he had already become accustomed to this kind of verbal attack that existed all the time.

On the contrary, he was grateful that Snape would take over the task of escorting him back to school.

You must know that the time of any potion master is extremely precious, and being able to put down your own potions to pick him up is enough to show your favor.

After all, at first he thought it would be Professor Flitwick coming.

There is no way, who makes his dean the most idle? In the whole Hogwarts, he is the only one who has time to receive the little wizards who are in a bad mood every day and listen to them talk about their sorrows.

By the way, let the little cakes dance to make them happy.

"The next step is Hogwarts. You can't use Apparition here, so you can go back with me on the broomstick.

Don't tell me you can't ride a broom. I asked around and found out that your flying lessons were pretty good.

Moreover, Rolanda Huo Qi said at the regular teacher meeting that you have good talents, but you are a little too lazy to show them.

If you insist that you can't ride, then just run from here to Hogwarts, I won't take you."

In order to pick him up, Snape made preparations, even preparing two broomsticks.

It looks like it's not the crappy brooms used in flying lessons.

Although they still look a bit old, at least the tail hairs of these two brooms are still intact.

However, Gretel did not take the broom from his hand, but smiled slightly and took out his wand.

In Snape's shocked eyes, Gretel soared into the sky, leaving only Snape's back fading away.

Snape was stunned for a moment, then with a sharp look in his eyes, he kicked his feet and hurried up.

When Hogwarts Castle could be seen in the distance, Snape motioned for Gretel to fall to the ground.

"Mike Gretel, if I were you, I would never show off my flying spell in front of anyone. This is a piece of advice."

He didn't explain much, he just dragged out the other broom and threw it in front of Grete.

As one of the Dark Lord's most trusted servants, he knew more than most Death Eaters.

From Gretel's flying spell, he could see the figure of that person.

Although he has turned from darkness to light, it does not mean that he has abandoned everything in the past.

He knew what the Dark Lord looked like in the eyes of others.

He was not the only one who had seen the Dark Lord's flying spell.

If anyone else sees Gretel flying, even if only one person thinks of the Dark Lord, Gretel's future will be filled with darkness.

This is the case with British wizards. They dare not deal with the Dark Lord, and can even bow before the Dark Lord without dignity.

However, if there is a person who is somewhat similar to the Dark Lord, and they have enough ability to handle it.
To be continued...