"Hohoho! Is that what they told you? Looks like I need to take back what I said earlier about your relationship. After all, true friends wouldn't deceive each other."
Emily covered her mouth and laughed as she said, "These two Weasleys, actually, were punished because they were spying and secretly sketching couples getting intimate in Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop!"
"How did you kno... You! You were in the tea shop at the time? With Link?"
Hermione's expression instantly became spectacular.
She reached out and pointed at Link, her face full of disbelief and heartbreak, as if the one who had truly done something wrong was Link.
"Link! I never thought you would be this kind of person!"
Hermione angrily threw out that sentence, and then no longer looked at Link.
Link looked helpless, while beside him, Emily kept grinning mischievously.
Ever since she noticed Hermione had some feelings for Link, she especially enjoyed seeing Hermione flustered or angry.
And her mocking expression made Hermione even angrier.
She gasped heavily and rapidly, and suddenly glanced sideways to discover the three Weasley brothers beside her were actually also snickering.
"You still have the nerve to laugh! I sacrificed my precious time that was meant for classes to help you clean! And even the reason for your punishment, you lied to me about that too!"
Hermione gritted her teeth and scolded, but George's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he turned his head to say, "Don't talk nonsense! I never asked you to come help!"
"Yeah yeah! Just like I said earlier, you guys were only here to watch the fun."
Fred also spoke up, and while speaking, he winked at Hermione.
Unfortunately, Hermione wasn't buying it now. She took a deep breath, calmed down a bit, then sneered at Link and said, "Link, did you know? Just before you came, George and Fred were spitting on your medal!"
"Hey! Hermione! You can't say things like that!"
"Don't listen to her! Link! We definitely didn't do something that childish!"
George and Fred scrambled to defend themselves.
Unfortunately, the way Link looked at them had already changed.
"You two really are something. I'll be reporting this to the professor."
Leaving those words behind, Link and Emily turned and left the trophy display room without looking back.
Only George and Fred were left inside, wailing miserably.
After they left, Link took Emily and headed upstairs.
After the earlier incident, Emily's mood seemed to have improved a lot, and she even started humming a little tune.
"I admit, that was actually pretty fun." Halfway up, Emily suddenly said with a smile.
Hearing that, Link also let out a soft laugh and said, "That's nothing yet, the really fun part is still ahead."
As soon as he said that, Emily let out an "Oh?" and her expression immediately turned curious.
But Link didn't say anything more. Instead, he pulled Emily along and quickened his pace.
Just like that, the two of them made their way up to the tapestry of the Troll Bashing Barnabas on the eighth floor.
"Watch closely."
Saying this, Link began pacing back and forth under Emily's confused gaze.
Then, a wooden door suddenly appeared on the wall.
This startled Emily, while Link stepped forward, pushed the door open, and made an inviting gesture as he said, "My dear, please enter."
Emily walked in as led, and what appeared in front of her eyes was a laboratory covering nearly 100 square meters, filled with all kinds of workbenches, boilers, alchemy circles, and other alchemical equipment.
"This is... the Room of Requirement?"
Emily said in a daze, and hearing that, Link who had followed her in raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? You know about this place."
"Yeah, it was mentioned in The Slytherin Record. I always thought it was just a legend, didn't expect it to be real." Emily looked around in surprise and asked, "How did you find it?"
"A gift from a friend," Link said with a smile. "Filch."
Emily suddenly understood, it wasn't strange for Filch, who had worked in Hogwarts for most of his life, to discover this place.
At this moment, Emily noticed Link had already pulled out the box containing the "Skar embryo" from his magical extension pouch, along with a large mechanical device inside a transparent jar, which he placed in the center of the lab.
Afterward, Link opened the box and began placing the embryos into the machine one by one.
"Come on, activate."
As he said this, Link inserted his wand into a slot in the machine, and the machine began to rumble.
"What are you planning..." Emily curiously leaned in and said thoughtfully, "Using the Skars to help that Weasley find his pet? Wait! You also collected that black hair! You're trying to capture Black too!"
Link gave her an approving smile and nodded, then shook his head and said, "We definitely need to find Scabbers. As for Black, that depends on how Dumbledore and the others perform."
"What do you mean by that?"
"A lot has happened recently, Emily." Link said seriously, face stern. "I didn't tell you before because I didn't want you to worry. But now, I think it's time you knew everything."
With that, Link pulled out another wand, cast a soundproofing charm, and began telling Emily everything.
Link was very thorough. Except for the fact that he was a transmigrator and his fear of being possessed, he told Emily almost everything.
As she listened, Emily's expression kept changing.
She was shocked when she heard Dementors had no effect on Link.
She clenched her fists nervously when she heard his guess about the uniqueness of his own body.
Finally, when she heard that Link had already figured out a solution to deal with Snape via negotiation, but was still forced by Dumbledore to prove his capabilities, she angrily clenched her teeth.
"Dumbledore! He's tricking you!"
Emily said angrily, "He wants you to catch Black directly, but he doesn't want to give you the answer!"
Hearing this, Link nodded seriously.
He had already realized that this old honey-badger Dumbledore wanted to freeload his efforts.
But that didn't mean he had no countermeasures.
Helping Ron find his rat Scabbers was Link's way of showing his strength.
He believed that if he could pull this off, Dumbledore wouldn't continue to doubt his abilities.
Besides, that special rat Scabbers had other uses too. Link had to make sure it stayed completely under his control.
Only then could he lure Black into Hogwarts repeatedly and put more pressure on Dumbledore and Snape.
Thinking this, Link gently held Emily's hand and said softly, "Don't worry, Emily, I already have a plan."
Saying this, Link paused, then turned his gaze to the machine still operating in front of them and added, "The Skars will be fully formed before Christmas at the latest, I'll have them give me the answers."
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