Trelawney's prophecy did not cause much of a stir. After all, it did not point to any specific person, nor was it clear what event it referred to. There were not many prophecies like this, but neither were they rare. The many prophecy orbs in the Department of Mysteries each corresponded to a genuine prophecy.
Thus, among everyone present, Murphy was the only one deeply shaken.
Even Tom, the protagonist of the prophecy as Murphy understood it, had no reaction at all.
The five young wizards were given detention for breaking school rules, and Murphy also checked the antidote Severus Snape had made. It seemed there were no problems with it.
So Harry returned to his male body that very day and could finally attend classes normally again.
When Snape woke up, his head felt as though it were splitting apart. He still remembered Murphy tying him up and dragging him off to drink yesterday, and he seemed to have said many things he normally would not have said. Yet even when he used Legilimency on himself, he could not remember whether he had said anything he should not have besides mentioning Lily.
Murphy seemed deeply dissatisfied with Dumbledore. Had he even said he wanted Snape to become headmaster?
But they were drunken words, after all, so Snape did not take them seriously.
Everything seemed to have returned to normal, but the moment Tom returned to the dormitory, he discovered that the Book of Guidance had updated.
"Main Quest: Obtain the formula for the Elixir of Life. Completed!" "Quest Reward: Disillusionment Charm."
This time, there was no reminder telling the holder to prepare to receive the reward. Tom only felt his mind jolt, and the knowledge of the Disillusionment Charm surfaced in his memories.
Yet he felt no