Early the next morning, the Great Hall was restored to its original state by the professors, and the students were also woken up to eat breakfast.
Perhaps because last night's event was too explosive, many students hadn't slept well and looked very drained.
This included Emily.
Only, the first thing she did upon waking up wasn't to complain like the others, but to quickly gulp down a bottle of energy potion, and then search for Link's figure in the Great Hall.
Fortunately, Emily quickly found Link.
At this moment, he was eating breakfast bathed in sunlight.
"Link! Are you alright?"
"Oh! Of course I'm alright." Link looked up and said with a smile.
Seeing Emily's hair was a bit messy from sleep, he didn't use his wand but directly reached out to smooth it down.
Emily shook her head and flung off Link's hand, saying a bit unhappily, "But I clearly saw you being taken away by Professor Snape last night!"
"He was looking for me about something else."
"What thing?"
Emily pressed on, refusing to let go, while Link just smiled, "Let's eat breakfast first. After classes are done, I'll take you to do something interesting this afternoon."
Link emphasized the words "something interesting," which made Emily think of something not-so-decent, causing her to blush.
This also made her stop pressing further. She sat next to Link and started eating breakfast.
Because they had Transfiguration class today, Link and Emily didn't part ways afterward but went to the classroom together.
Professor McGonagall also seemed to have been busy all night and was in a very bad mood.
As a result, the atmosphere in the Transfiguration classroom was very heavy the entire period. Even the usually naughtiest students didn't dare cause trouble at this time.
It's worth mentioning that the low pressure around Link also largely came from Emily.
Ever since Link had brushed off her question at breakfast, she refused to speak to him no matter how hard he tried. It even made Link wonder if she was truly angry.
Fortunately, after class she still followed behind Link, and the two of them arrived at the entrance of the Gryffindor common room together.
The entrance to the Gryffindor common room was behind a magical painting on the seventh floor of Hogwarts. Anyone who wanted to pass had to say the password, and only then would the painting move aside to reveal the round tunnel inside.
Because the Fat Lady had been attacked the previous night, the painting was now replaced with Sir Cadogan and his fat grey horse. This was not good news for the Gryffindors, as Sir Cadogan was famously insane at Hogwarts.
He would often challenge people to duels without any reason, and the words he used to provoke others were extremely unpleasant.
At this moment, a lot of students from other houses had gathered here.
All of them came to see the "crime scene," and there were even a few Gryffindor "tour guides" among the crowd passionately explaining things.
Link didn't squeeze into the crowd right away to join the fun, but instead activated the Sensory Charm.
With the help of extraordinary perception, Link clearly "saw" the traces left by Black's visit last night.
For example, there were some slash marks left on the edge of the frame, footprints of various sizes on the floor, and some black short hairs scattered in the corners.
"Ha, found them."
Link smiled and said, then tapped with his wand, and those hairs automatically flew into the kraft paper bag he held in his other hand.
"This is the 'interesting thing' you talked about? Just picking up some black hairs here!?"
Watching Link carefully seal the kraft paper bag and store it in the Undetectable Extension Pocket, Emily crossed her arms and spoke with heavier dissatisfaction.
For some reason, Emily's expression at this moment not only showed displeasure, but even a bit of disappointment.
Hearing this, Link blinked and quickly leaned in to coax her, "Don't be anxious, the even more interesting part is still ahead."
After speaking, Link half-pushed Emily and walked downstairs, and although Emily still had a stern face, she also started walking.
The two of them went all the way down to the fourth floor, turned a few corners, and finally arrived at the Trophy Room.
The moment they stepped in, the slight teasing expression on Emily's face completely disappeared.
Because the Trophy Room was bustling, Harry and the others were all here.
More importantly, so were George and Fred.
"Link? And Vi–Victoria?! What are you two doing here?"
George and Fred exclaimed in unison.
Link smiled and said, "We came to check whether you two are working properly."
"W–working?"
"Ah! Of course we are working properly! Look how hard we're working!"
George and Fred quickly spoke, and at the same time, swiftly picked up rags and began wiping the trophies and medals on the display cabinets.
At the moment, the clever George and Fred didn't touch any of the "old antiques." They focused on Gryffindor's past Quidditch trophies and, Link's own "Special Award for Services to the School" medal.
As if afraid Link wouldn't see them polishing his medal, George even smiled and held the medal up in front of Link and shook it.
"Ha!" Link sneered and turned to Emily, "After they returned yesterday, the two of them were caught by Professor McGonagall. Gryffindor lost 100 points, and these two were sentenced to 30 hours of punishment labor. Right now, they're serving the cleaning punishment."
He continued with a bit of glee, "And 20 of those hours were stolen by Professor Snape. From what I know, they spent three hours in Snape's office last night skinning toads."
"Without dragon-hide gloves," Link added.
"Yeah yeah! That old bat Snape was deliberately torturing us! It was horrible! You know, toad mucus is poisonous! Our hands are still a mess!"
At this point, George and Fred responded.
One of them shouted, and the other showed his messy, wrecked hands, his face full of pain.
"Ah, looks like Professor Snape gave you two some nice hospitality." Emily said with a smile, seemingly a bit less angry now.
But soon she changed the tone again, looked at Link coldly and said, "But… you brought me here just to plead for them?"
Hearing this, Link put on a serious face and replied, "No! My dear!How could you think that?! I only wanted to show you how miserable they are, so you could vent a bit!"
As soon as he finished speaking, George and Fred began dramatically clutching their hands and howling in pain.
As if their hands weren't just corroded by toad mucus but bitten by the Norwegian Ridgeback Norbert.
Unfortunately, Emily didn't even look at them. She just coldly stared at Link and said, "Repeat what you just said!"
"I just wanted you to vent."
"The line before that!!"
Link pretended to be confused, "How could you think that?"
"The one before that!!!" Emily shouted and pinched the soft flesh under Link's armpit.
The sudden pain made Link completely abandon the idea of teasing Emily and he cried out loudly, "My dear!!"
Hearing this, Emily finally laughed.
Then, seeing Link still gritting his teeth and hissing from pain, she also softened and rubbed the spot she pinched.
After that little routine, George and Fred even forgot to keep screaming.
Harry and Ron looked on with envy.
Only Hermione's face darkened a little.
At this moment, Link, pretending to be all healed by Emily's rubbing, finally turned his head and said, "By the way, George, Fred, I also came to borrow something from you."
"Just say it, Master Flamel!"
George and Fred winked and said, "As long as we have it, it's yours!"
Ignoring their antics, Link continued, "What I want is... the Marauder's Map!"
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