Soon, Harry, who was also looking for Hermione and Ron, came over following the sound of crying. Seeing Hermione crying in Draco's arms, Harry looked at Draco with a strange expression and asked:
"Draco, what did you do to Hermione?"
Draco immediately said anxiously:
"I didn't do anything! It was Hermione who threw herself into my arms without even looking at the road ahead. Before I could even say a few words, she started crying. I really didn't do anything!"
At this moment, Hermione, who had finally stopped crying, heard the conversation between Harry and Draco. She quickly organized her words and then told Harry and Draco everything that had just happened in sobs.
After hearing Hermione's account of what happened, Draco and Harry both widened their eyes in disbelief. Draco said in surprise:
"I didn't expect it to be Ron. I really underestimated him before!"
Hermione quickly defended Ron:
"No, no, this is not what Ron meant. Ron said that someone was hiding behind him and deceiving him!"
Harry on the side quickly interrupted the two of them and said, "Now is not the time to discuss this!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Harry drew his wand and ran in the direction Hermione came from. Seeing this, Draco hesitated for a moment, but finally followed.
However, when Harry and Draco arrived at the place where the incident happened under Hermione's guidance, they were surprised to find that Ron and Luna had disappeared.
"What about the people? Where did they go?"
Harry looked around and found nothing, so he asked Hermione anxiously.
At this time, Hermione also had a bewildered look on her face, and she said, "I don't know, they were right here, they were here just now, and I don't know what happened afterwards, or where they went!"
Draco looked around for Ron and Luna and asked, "What should we do now? Should we report Ron?"
After hearing Draco's words, Harry and Hermione fell silent at the same time. After a moment, Hermione seemed to remember something and suddenly said excitedly:
"I know, I know who we should go to! Go find Wentworth! Before Ron asked me to leave, he asked me to find Wentworth! He stole the diary from Wentworth, and Wentworth must know what to do."
After hearing Hermione's words, Harry and Draco looked at each other, and then the three of them ran straight to the Hufflepuff common room without hesitation.
"You're looking for Wentworth? I'm sorry, he's not in the common room right now. He hasn't been back there since Cassandra was attacked!"
Cedric looked at Harry and the other two who looked anxious, shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly.
Hearing Cedric's words, Hermione immediately said anxiously:
"Do you know where Wentworth went? We really need to find him for something urgent!"
At this moment, a voice came from behind Hermione and the others: "I think Wentworth should still be in Dumbledore's office!"
Harry and the others looked back and saw Green coming back from somewhere.
Seeing Green coming back, Cedric quickly asked:
"How's it going?"
Green shook his head and said without hiding it from Hermione, Harry and others around him: "The Gryffindor girl who first discovered Cassandra is indeed innocent. I have investigated and she does not have the diary!"
Hearing Green's words, Hermione and the others were moved. The three of them looked at each other, and it was Hermione who stood up and said, "Senior Green, maybe I know where the diary you are looking for is."
"Wait, the Luna you're talking about, is that Luna Lovegood, a first-year Ravenclaw?"
Hearing Cedric's question, Hermione nodded quickly. Seeing this, Cedric and Green looked at each other, smiled bitterly, and said:
"Well, this time, it's really going to be a fight to the death!"
Green also nodded silently, then turned to Hermione and the others and said, "Okay, let's not talk about the rest. Let's save time and go find Wentworth now!"
As the president of the Hogwarts Student Union, Green still had some privileges. Under Green's leadership, the group quickly arrived at the door of the Hogwarts principal's office, but was surprised to find that the office door was open.
Cedric called out tentatively, "Excuse me, is Headmaster Dumbledore here?"
A moment later, Wentworth poked his head out of the principal's office. Seeing the group of people outside the door, Wentworth was also startled and said quickly:
"What are you doing?"
Seeing Wentworth coming out, Green hurried forward and said softly:
"Wentworth, is Headmaster Dumbledore in there?"
Wentworth shook his head and explained:
"No, someone from the Ministry of Magic has come. Things like this keep happening in Hogwarts, the Ministry of Magic won't sit idly by. Just now, Headmaster Dumbledore took Fudge and the others to look for Hagrid."
Hearing Wentworth's words, Cedric, Harry and the others were all surprised, and Harry blurted out:
"What does this have to do with Hagrid?"
Wentworth glanced at Harry, then said calmly, "Because Hagrid has a criminal record! When Hagrid was in school, the same thing happened. The girl who died was named Myrtle. At the time, everyone thought that Hagrid was the murderer! Of course Dumbledore didn't think so, so he had no choice but to fire Hagrid and give him a job as a gamekeeper."
Having said this, Wentworth couldn't help but sighed, and then continued:
"Poor Hagrid, I'm afraid he'll have to stay in Azkaban for a while!"
Hearing Wentworth's words, Hermione quickly stood up and said anxiously:
"Hagrid is not the murderer!"
Wentworth spread his hands and said helplessly:
"I also know that Hagrid is not the murderer, but now, as long as the murderer is not found, Hagrid can't be cleared of suspicion!"
Hearing what Wentworth said, Hermione no longer cared to cover up for Ron and could only say, "I know who the murderer is! No, what I mean is that he might have been used by the real murderer just like Hagrid!"
Wentworth looked at Hermione, who was at a loss, with a bewildered face. Seeing this, Draco stood up. Draco first patted Hermione on the shoulder, motioning her to calm down. Then, Draco told Wentworth what had just happened.
After a moment of silence, Wentworth said slowly:
"So, the Luna people?"
(End of this chapter)