Chapter 197

In the second week of school, one morning, the students came to the cafeteria and learned a new piece of news.

"From now on, except for special circumstances, tables will no longer be distinguished by house. All students can sit at will."

This was naturally Murphy's proposal. In the next step, he also wanted to connect the common rooms of the four houses, but he hadn't found a very suitable implementation plan yet.

Tom, Harry, and the three of them took the opportunity to gather together, preparing to discuss their "Hero Team" project proposal.

The so-called "Hero Team" was a name given by Miss Hermione, taking one letter from each of their four names: Harry's h, Hermione's e, Ron's r, Tom's o, simple, easy to understand, and pleasant to hear.

"I have evaluated it with other classmates. It is unlikely that most students' topics will have any progress because they are too difficult," Hermione said, "We think Professor Murphy might just be testing our learning ability and won't really let us complete them. That's too unrealistic."

"What if we just choose a simple topic? For example, what we learned in Transfiguration last time, turning a toothpick into a needle. I think it's quite difficult too," Harry said.

"Oh, I don't think it's difficult at all, you just need to concentrate..."

"Please, don't let me listen to the lecture now..." Ron covered his ears, "I won't be able to eat."

"I think it's a bit of a waste to just choose a simple topic," Tom said, "If we really want to research some profound topics, we must need a lot of profound knowledge. Perhaps we can let the professor open the permission of the Restricted Section for us."

Hermione's eyes lit up, "That's a good idea. Then what topic should we choose?"

Tom said: "How about the topic of the soul? It is not only related to the effect Harry wants, but may also be able to improve my memory problem."

Hermione's wish to solve the "time" problem was not urgent, and Ron's so-called wish was directly ignored.

Harry nodded, "Okay."

"But how to write this project proposal?"

All three looked at Hermione.

The latter sighed, "Okay, but I have to ask Professor Murphy for advice. I haven't written such a thing yet."

Thursday.

The first flying lesson was about to start, and the freshmen were very excited. Only young wizards like Harry and Hermione who had never been exposed to flying were very nervous.

At noon, an owl sent everyone's letters and packages.

Hermione received a newspaper. Anyway, the price was cheap, so she subscribed to the "Daily Prophet" for the whole year.

"'St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries welcomes a large number of werewolf patients, the hospital calls for giving werewolves normal social status...'" Hermione read the title of the front-page article.

"I heard that Professor Murphy is the backer of St. Mungo's Hospital," she said.

"He is very rich. The Supreme Potion Shop and several shops are all opened by him. But my dad said he might have other gray income."

"At least he uses the money to help others," Hermione said.

"You're hopeless."

"Look here," Hermione saw another article, "There is still no clue about the Gringotts bank robbery. The goblins have repeatedly emphasized that the things in Vault 713 had already been taken away before the case occurred."

"Does your dad have any comments on this?" Hermione asked.

"He's not an Auror!"

"Sirius seems to know something, but he won't tell me," Harry said.

"Look, Neville received a Remembrall!" Suddenly, someone called out, and everyone's attention was attracted to the chubby boy next to them.

"Oh, poor Neville. He always forgets things," Hermione sighed, "Ah, by the way, the project proposal, almost forgot, I haven't asked Professor Murphy how to write it yet."

She stood up and glanced at the teachers' table, but found that Murphy had finished his meal and had just left.

"Okay," the girl sat back down in disappointment.

As soon as Murphy finished eating, he came to Hagrid's hut.

"Professor Murphy," Hagrid was in the yard in front of the hut, looking very happy to see him, "I have prepared the wood you want for you."

"Look," he pointed to a large pile of branches placed in front of him, "This is fir, this is holly, this is hazel... they are all very suitable as wands. I asked the Bowtruckles to help me find them. I gave him a big handful of woodlice."

"Bowtruckles?" Murphy was a bit surprised. Hagrid's communication ability with magical creatures was truly very strong, which could also be considered a quite remarkable talent.

"Thank you, Hagrid."

Murphy had recently been practicing making wands. He tried with ordinary branches, but the effect was not very ideal, so he asked Hagrid to help him get more branches suitable for making wands.

And the big guy was also very happy to have a professor communicate with him. Although he was several rounds older than Murphy in age, his mind was still about the same as a child's, very simple.

This might be the influence of giant blood.

Taking the branches, Murphy returned to his office and was just about to start making them when suddenly, an owl flew in from outside the window.

Murphy opened the window and took the letter.

He saw a big golden M drawn on the green envelope.

This was a letter from the Ministry of Magic.

"Dear Mr. Murphy:

Regarding the Gringotts robbery, the Auror Office and the Watchers are currently tracking and investigating. We learned that the school's gamekeeper, Mr. Hagrid, had been to the event vault, Vault 713, before the robbery occurred. According to our records, Mr. Hagrid once had a very bad file record. Therefore, the Auror Office will conduct a comprehensive inquiry. As a school governor and professor of Hogwarts, you have an obligation to cooperate with the investigation. If you have any clues about this matter, please reply to inform us.

Ministry of Magic Auror Office, Rasmus Mitchell."

Murphy raised his eyebrows.

"Finally here."

He had been at Hogwarts for more than a week, and Dumbledore hadn't said anything about letting him participate in the Sorcerer's Stone plan. He didn't know if it was because the layout had been completed and he didn't need to participate, or if he didn't trust him.

Perhaps both were possible.

But, Murphy didn't intend to wait any longer.

You're not coming to find me, right? Then I'll go find you.

He arranged for Rasim to take the opportunity of investigating the Gringotts incident to send him a letter, giving him a reason to intervene.

As a school governor, as a teaching investigator, receiving such a letter, can I not ask a couple of questions?

Holding the letter, Murphy went directly to find Professor McGonagall. The latter was in class, so Murphy waited outside the classroom for a while.

After class, Murphy stopped McGonagall and handed the letter to her, "Professor McGonagall, what is going on?"

"Why is Hagrid related to the Gringotts robbery?"

"And what did he do when he went to Gringotts?"

"Also, what is the very bad file record mentioned in the letter?"

On the other side, Hermione, who saw Murphy outside the classroom during class and was just about to find him to ask about the project proposal, was stunned.

She subconsciously hid under the stairs.

What?

Hagrid is related to the Gringotts robbery?

(End of chapter)