Ryan's Suspicion

It was 3:25. Hagrid and Harry were staring at each other.

"Hagrid, is there anything wrong with Professor Snape helping me? Is he a bad person?" Harry asked.

"No, no, no, that's not it." Hagrid hurriedly shook his head, causing Fang to turn around and pounce on Hagrid again.

"Dudley said that Professor Snape was my mother's friend and even knew my aunt. I asked him about it Potions Class, and he said that Snape grew up with my mother and was the first wizard she ever knew," Harry said, frowning.

"Fang, now is not the time to play around. Here, have a chicken leg."

"Oh, so you still have contact with that annoying Dudley?"

"Well, since Harry knows, to be honest, before you mentioned it, I only thought they were good friends. I didn't expect they were childhood sweethearts," Hagrid said in surprise.

Then, Harry told Hagrid about what happened in Snape's class.

"Ah, he probably thinks you're more like your mother than James. You know, Lily is also very good at Potions, smart, and gentle." Hagrid spoke too quickly and let slip the secret.

"My dad? Professor Snape obviously doesn't like my dad," Harry said.

"How did you know???" Hagrid cleared his throat and continued, "Yes, those two were rivals from the moment they enrolled."

"I can't say any more," Hagrid said.

"As expected, Ryan was right," Harry muttered to himself.

"Ryan? Oh, it's you. How did you know? Who are your parents?" Hagrid noticed Ryan eating a biscuit on the side, while Ron became invisible, much like Ryan's character.

"My father is George Smith," Ryan said, curious to hear Hagrid's impression of his father. After all, even if his father was Smith, people would still remember him just by mentioning his name, like Ollivander.

"That lucky guy who married the Ravenclaw flower!"

"Great, you're Lucia's son," Hagrid said enthusiastically.

After a long conversation, Ryan finally managed to picture his parents' faces and voices when he was still young. The most painful thing was that he couldn't tell anyone about their deaths. Their identities were managed by House-elf, since doing business always required the involvement of wizards.

Perhaps it was getting late, Hagrid changed the subject and started talking to Ron about how his brother Charlie was very good at dealing with animals.

He also inadvertently revealed the teapot cover behind him, under which was a small piece of paper, a clipping from the Daily Prophet.

Latest report on the Gringotts Break-in Incident:

The investigation into the Gringotts Break-in Incident on July 31 is ongoing. It is widely believed to have been carried out by unidentified male and female wizards from dark forces.

The Goblin of Gringotts reiterated today that nothing was stolen. The underground vault, which was searched by the intruders, had in fact been emptied earlier that day.

A Gringotts Goblin spokesperson said this afternoon:

We cannot disclose what is stored in the vault; it is best not to interfere in this matter.

Ryan also noticed this. Combined with Harry's inexplicable arrival on the fourth floor and Snape's timely appearance, Ryan suspected that Dumbledore was deliberately giving Harry some information, leading him to the Fourth-Floor Forbidden Area.

"Hagrid!" Harry said. "The day of the Gringotts break-in happened to be my birthday. It's quite possible we were there when it happened!"

"Could that little cloth bag be—" Harry suddenly thought.

Undoubtedly, Hagrid was not good at hiding his emotions. In Ryan's eyes, he was simply trying to cover up his true feelings. He turned his head, snorted, pretended not to hear, and handed Harry another piece of Rock Cakes, trying to shut him up.

Harry couldn't help but reveal his pained expression; he had just barely finished the first piece of Rock Cakes, and his stomach was still churning.

"Hagrid, it's getting late, I'll be going now." Harry quickly excused himself, pulled up Ron was standing there in a daze, and Ryan followed closely behind, waving goodbye.

However, even in this situation, Hagrid did not forget one thing: he filled the pockets of Harry, the other two with Rock Cakes.

It was already 6 o'clock, the time for dinner in the Great Hall. As soon as they returned to the castle, Harry and Ron hurriedly handed the Rock Cakes they were carrying to Ryan, Ryan gladly accepted it.

"Harry, what was it you asked Hagrid about?" Ron asked curiously.

"On my birthday, Hagrid accompanied me to Gringotts to withdraw money, and at the same time he took a dirty little bag from Dumbledore's Vault 713."

"The newspaper said the Dark Wizard broke into Gringotts on my birthday," Harry explained.

"Hagrid was so obvious just now. What was in that little bag? Could it be the long-lost Ravenclaw's Diadem?" Ron shouted, completely unaware that the two of them had already entered the Great Hall.

"Ravenclaw's Diadem? You just mentioned it," Terry Boot asked curiously from the side.

"I heard that the Ravenclaw's Diadem disappeared along with Ravenclaw himself many centuries ago. People have searched for it, but no one has found a single clue," Lisa Turpin chimed in.

"The Ravenclaw's Diadem is said to resemble a royal crown and possess magical properties that enhance the wearer's Wisdom," Hermione added.

"How dare you eavesdrop on my Harry talk!" Ron said, taking a big bite of his chicken leg.

"Ron, you were talking too loudly," Harry pointed out.

"If you want to see what the Ravenclaw's Diadem looks like, I can take you to the common room, where I can point it out to you directly." Penelope leaned over and secretly pinched Ryan.

"Ah, could this be a secret only Ravenclaw Prefect can know? I want to—" Ron asked excitedly, but before he could finish, Hermione interrupted him.

"Ron, I really doubt whether you are a Ravenclaw student or not. The statue we see every day has Ravenclaw's Diadem on its head."

"There are also tiny inscriptions on it: 'Exceptional intelligence is mankind's greatest treasure,'" Hermione said.

"That's it," the students around them said in unison, then focused on eating.

However, after today, Ryan finally made up his mind that he could still produce one of Smith's inventions from past generations in Smith Castle, Smith's Alchemy Cabin.

Now, Ryan finally figured out which item to bring.

However, first, Ryan needs to complete a magical ritual, which is essential to the next step of the plan.