"Yeah, the books he read are indeed profound and complicated, and they have always been like this." Harry said indifferently, "Ivan and Hermione are the most learned little wizards I have ever seen."
"Harry, this is not easy to learn, don't you understand?!" Ron raised his head and looked around, and said eagerly in a low voice, "Ivan is different from Hermione, although I don't understand Hermione Why can we have so many classes at the same time, but at least we know what she is doing, but Ivan can read those magic books"
"What are you trying to say?" Harry looked away from the parchment.
"What I mean is that all the magic books Ivan read are in the restricted area. He must be researching something behind our backs. I secretly read his research notes a few days ago, and there were some terrible patterns drawn on them. Doesn't look like any decent magic." Ron stammered, "Harry, he might be researching"
Harry looked up at Ron in surprise, he finally knew what the other party wanted to say.
Neither of the two spoke, and a terrible emotion spread in the uneasiness.
Judging from Ron's expression, he obviously suspected that Ivan was studying black magic.
Harry instinctively wanted to refute, but didn't know how to say it. Aiwen has always given people the impression of being omniscient. He knows a lot of magical knowledge. After Ron was controlled by the Imperius Curse in the past, Aiwen was the first to discover the clues. If Aiwen hadn't studied it, how could he know that those magics were black magic? !
But if it was said that Ivan was studying black magic, Harry didn't believe anything. In his impression, black magic is extremely evil and should be absolutely banned, and those who study black magic are all wizards like Voldemort and Peter Pettigrew.
They are cruel and ruthless, and Ivan cannot be that kind of person.
But for what Ron said, Harry had no way to refute. The fact that Ivan was studying black magic was like a big stone weighing on his heart, making Harry breathless. He felt An unprecedented panic.
"Maybe, he just wants to understand" Harry said softly after a long time.
His voice was low, and he didn't want anyone to hear about his conversation with Ron.
"Harry, this is not something to joke about. I have been controlled by a mysterious person before, and I know that feeling. Black magic should be absolutely forbidden." Ron also lowered his voice and said anxiously, "We must take action."
"What do you want to do?"
"I don't know, but at least we need to figure out what Ivan is doing first." Ron continued, "If he is really studying black magic, we can tell other people, let everyone know about it, and recognize his true colors .Such as Dumbledore or Sirius, they will never allow Ivan to do this, he will help us."
There was another short silence, and Ron saw that Harry was obviously hesitating. Strange emotions spread in Ron's body again. After guessing that Ivan was studying black magic, he was first briefly surprised, followed by a strong sense of unfairness.
He thought of the way other people looked at him, and the rumors in the school.
Ron felt very unfair, he was just innocently controlled by the Imperius Curse twice, and he was also a victim. But the eyes of other people looking at him, the unspoken sense of distrust, as if those bad things really seemed to be what he wanted to do.
Aiwen is studying black magic, which is much more evil than those things he does. But no one said anything about him. The fact is completely opposite. Many people worship him and think he is a hero. Ivan's reputation in the school is even louder than Harry.
In Ron's view, everyone was deceived by Ivan.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case, everyone was blinded by Ivan's appearance, Harry was like this, Hermione was like this, his family members and others were also like this.
Everyone trusted Ai Wen, but he failed everyone's trust. He's researching black magic behind everyone's back, and he's doing very evil things secretly.
A strong sense of mission arose deep in Ron's heart, and he felt that he had an obligation to expose Aiwen's true face and stop the ongoing conspiracy. There was also the strange feeling that had occurred on the Quidditch pitch a few months ago, which was also the main reason for Ron to do this.
"Harry, we"
"I know what you mean, Ron, but I believe Ivan, there is no evidence that he is studying black magic, he can borrow those magic books from the restricted area, he must have the consent of the professor and the headmaster." Harry After thinking for a while, he continued to persuade, "Ivan is different from those dark wizards. Even if he is studying black magic, he just wants to study it. I believe him!"
"But"
"If you are really worried, we can talk to Ivan, no matter what he is doing, he will definitely tell us."
"Ask him if he's doing evil black magic research and who he's going to choose as a victim. That's an interesting topic," Ron murmured.
The atmosphere was a little awkward, and the two of them didn't talk about this topic anymore, but the seeds of distrust grew slowly and sprouted invisible.
Harry and Ron didn't bother Ron in the library, nor did they dare to disturb Hermione, who looked a little grumpy, and the two of them finally asked Sirius to help them complete the paper on various undetectable poisons.
Although potions were not Sirius' strong point, the difficulty of homework in the third grade was too easy for him, and he gave Harry and Ron a lot of useful advice.
In all fairness, with the help of Sirius, Harry should at least get a good grade in this paper, but Snape gave him an extremely bad evaluation. But Harry didn't care, he had expected this outcome.
As long as the little wizard's after-school homework and potions that had a good relationship with Sirius didn't get any good comments from Snape.
Ivan was probably the only exception, because he had studied all the homework assigned by Snape and the potion that the second-year wizard was required to brew, and he had come up with the optimal formula and brewing method, even if Snape I can't find any faults.
Snape tried several times, and even required Ivan to complete the advanced wizard level exam before he could get involved in the difficult potion.
But Aiwen can complete it smoothly every time, and the process is more perfect than the textbook.
While his face became more gloomy and terrifying, Snape's attitude towards Ivan returned to the previous one, that is, to ignore him.
If his name must be called, say "Mr. Jack of All Trades" instead.
Ivan is now in the Potions class, and he is the only Gryffindor student who can prevent Snape from criticizing or deducting points from him, which makes others envious. (.)