Harry Potter: Who cares about belated motherly love?

Chapter 294 Brother and sister live in a daze

——————Ginny was found petrified.

She was found in the corridor near the infirmary, clutching a Chocolate Frog wrapper and a sick card, and it was speculated that she had sneaked out of her dormitory late at night to visit Harry.

At the same time, Colin Creevey, a first-year student at Gryffindor College, was also found petrified with a camera in his hand on the stairs not far from the infirmary.

It was Dumbledore who found them. Dumbledore was about to go to the kitchen to make a cup of hot cocoa and take a walk to relax. Colin was the first to find them. On the way to the infirmary, he found the second victim, Ginny.

My brother and I listened to these things in a daze - after all, Ginny was our sister. Although she often gave us headaches, especially because Ginny and I were not particularly close, she was still our family after all. And now, such a family lay in front of us, and it had become unrecognizable.

That day, we first learned that when the shock is too strong, emotions will fall into numbness. Unable to recover from the shock, my thoughts were also confused, and I didn't realize the passage of time until two weeks later. When I came to my senses, the "Dueling Club" hosted by Lockhart had ended. Harry and Hermione did not participate because of my state at the time.

My brothers were in almost the same state. In the whole Gryffindor house, everyone was very careful with us, as if they were treating a wound. Although I was in a daze in class and life, Harry and Hermione said that I often made mistakes in class that I would never make in other days, and the professors seemed to take care of us and pretended not to see it.

Even Professor Snape only deducted points and did not ridicule or punish me. Harry and Hermione said that I seemed to be absent-minded all the time, and no matter what they said, I just responded perfunctorily.

When I realized how haggard I looked, I saw bags under my eyes and dry hair. It was obvious that I had lost interest in taking care of myself. I hurried to the box to find my owl, Puff. Fortunately, it was still healthy, which made me feel a little relieved. It seemed that even unconsciously, I was still taking care of it.

―――While my brother and I were living in a daze, all kinds of speculations about the "secret room" and the heir were flying around.

Especially, although Colin is of Muggle origin, Ginny is one of the pure bloods in the pure blood family, she is from the Weasley family of the Holy 28 family. Although our parents were expelled from the family, we still have pure blood flowing in our bodies.

Since Ginny also became a victim, the heir's enemies were not only "Muggle-borns", but also "traitors who betrayed pure blood". This rumor began to spread in Hogwarts, and the whole school was filled with a tense atmosphere.

Under this fear of uncertainty about who will be the next victim, a very small number of pure-blood students still acted indifferent and continued to live their lives as usual. Most of these students were from Slytherin, but not all of them.

Everyone became suspicious and afraid to act alone, always walking in groups (Charlie always accompanied me except in class). Those students who dared to act alone were also suspected of being the heir, and although everyone suspected it, no one dared to say it directly, fearing that they would become the next target.

It was at this time that the third and fourth victims were discovered at the same time.

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Second year student Justin Finch-Fletchley and Gryffindor ghost Nearly Headless Nick are found petrified, exactly two weeks after Ginny was petrified.

The extraordinary situation that even ghosts were petrified caused an uproar in Hogwarts. As the Christmas holiday approached, students made reservations for the Hogwarts Express to go home. However, even though things had developed to this point, the school still did not suspend classes, which made me more determined to be dissatisfied with the wizarding world.

As described in the book, Harry and his friends were supposed to use Polyjuice Potion to sneak into Slytherin during the Christmas holidays, but the reality was different. Due to the Ginny incident, our mother Molly strictly ordered us to go home during the holidays.

Harry's godfather Sirius Black also wrote frequently, urging Harry to go home for Christmas, so he will spend the holiday at the Black family. Hermione also had to go home, so the holiday plan was postponed.

As for the students who remained in Hogwarts, almost all of them were from Slytherin, including Draco, Pansy Parkinson, Theodore Nott and others.

Draco wanted to go home, but Lucius told Draco to stay in school to avoid trouble because he learned that Malfoy Manor was about to be searched by the Ministry of Magic. The Ministry of Magic usually notifies the search in advance, which is actually more like a formality to avoid offending the pure-blood families who donated money. The corruption in the wizarding world is really disgusting.

But then again, Draco telling me these things also proves his trust in me. As the heir of the Malfoy family, he must be careful in choosing who he confides in.

On the first day of the holiday, we took the Hogwarts Express back home (Harry went to the Black family). Charlie held me in his arms and refused to let go, fearing that I would become the next victim if I left his arms. Harry and Hermione were also closely guarded by their brothers, and everyone was ready to respond to any emergency.

――――As for Ginny, she stayed in the infirmary with Colin and Justin.