Chapter 101: The Banquet of the Dead Next
"I think we'd better see if there are any acquaintances, no, familiar ghosts. Ryan said to Hermione. Because it seems a bit silly to stand in the doorway like this all the time.
Soon they saw a familiar ghost: the Fat Friar of Hufflepuff, who was chatting with a knight with an arrow stuck in his head.
After seeing Ryan and them, the fat friar quickly floated over and said to Ryan. "I've heard from Nick that you've helped him a lot with this feast, so I'd like to thank you as a member of Hogwarts. ”
The fat friar was just about to leave after thanking him, when he suddenly found that Ryan and Hermione were looking at the ghosts on the field a little dazed, patted their heads and floated back and said, "I think you may not know everyone, let me introduce you to a few interesting people." ”
After saying that, he brought Ryan and Hermione to the knight of the arrows he had just talked to, and then introduced: "His name is Earl the Brave, and he held a stronghold for three days in the first goblin rebellion until reinforcements arrived, but when he was about to win, he was plotted by a goblin crossbowman during the pursuit. ”
"Wait, I know you. Hermione said, "I also introduced you in the Magicians, and I think you are the perfect embodiment of the bravery and tenacity of the wizards of the time. ”
"Really?" the knight ghost subconsciously touched the arrow on his head, "Is my business really known? This is great, after all, I have been living in an abandoned castle in Wales, and I am not well informed. ”
Later, the fat friar introduced them to several ghosts, all of whom had participated in some major historical events during their lifetimes, and even one or two of them were key figures in historical events like Earl.
They were also interested in wizards like Hermione, who cared about their great achievements in life, and began to talk around Hermione. Hermione was also very happy to get first-hand historical information up close, and even took out a paper and notebook from her bosom to record something.
Lane began to look around boredly, and he saw a long table with a black velvet tablecloth at the other end of the classroom.
On the table were dozens of neatly arranged plates, each covered by a silver cover. Looks like Nick is ready to surprise everyone at the end.
Several ghosts stood at the table, looking curiously at the plates, discussing why Nick had covered them. After all, the Ghost Banquet had never done this before.
At this moment, a figure suddenly came out from under the table: "Ha, Hogwarts little ghost." What are you doing here?"
It turned out to be Peeves, and it was the only one of all the ghosts in color.
"I did Nick a favor, so he invited me to the party. ”
"I think you're a little bored at this party, so let me have some fun for you. Peeves grabbed a corner of the tablecloth and looked like he wanted to knock everything to the ground.
But just as Pipsqueak was about to pull the tablecloth, a hoarse voice came from behind him, "What, interesting thing, can you tell me what?"
Peeves suddenly stiffened there. Then he trembled and said, "Sir, sir." I didn't do anything, trust me. ”
Barrot the Bloody grabbed Peeves by the neck and said in his low, hoarse voice, "Finally found you, Nick, please I'm going to watch you today." After all, today is his big day, and he doesn't want you to ruin his party. I don't want you to disgrace us Hogwarts, either. Now, you come with me over there and sit down. ”
After saying that, Barrow left with a frustrated Peeves on his face, at which point Nick emerged from the crowd, "It seems that your companions enjoyed the party as much as you do." ”
Ryan followed the direction of Nick's finger and watched Hermione, who was a reporter, jot down something with a notebook, surrounded by a circle of ghosts, each of which seemed elated.
"It's really interesting. Ryan's words were not perfunctory, because this time he saw so many ghosts in one breath, and observing this species that was hovering on the verge of death was very helpful for him to improve the level of life magic he mastered.
"Alright, I think it's time for me to give a speech, see you later. Nick floated off the table.
No sooner had Nick stood on the platform than he heard the sound of a hunting trumpet. Twenty ghost horses burst out of the walls, each with a headless rider on top of it. Everyone's attention was drawn to them.
The horses ran to the middle of the dance floor, and the lead horse rode a headless horseman with his head tucked under his armpit. He then jumped off his horse and raised his head high to observe the people on the field, which naturally drew cheers from the ghosts on the field.
When he saw Nick again, he shoved his head around his neck and walked up to Nick and said, "Nick, how are you? Is your head still there?"
Nick plucked off his head, prompting another round of exclamations from the audience. He held his head in one hand and patted the Headless Horsemann on the shoulder with the other and laughed, "Thank you for your thoughts, now you shouldn't be able to stop me from joining the Headless Hunters, Patrick." ”
Patrick should be Nick's old rival, and this time he came with the goal of smashing the field. As a result, the division was unfavorable, and the place that could attack Nick the most in the past was completely cracked by Nick.
After seeing his centuries-old rival deflated, Nick strode up to the podium and began to speak.
And Patrick, after being frustrated for a while, got up and continued to mess with his old rival. He and the rest of the Headless Hunters played a game of overhead ball, and everyone turned to watch. It seems that the ghost days should be quite boring, so a performative sport like headless hunters is easily popular.
Nick tried to get the audience's attention, but unfortunately the dry speech was certainly not as interesting as the head flying.
At this time, Ryan ran to the rostrum and whispered to Nick, "Sir, let's start dinner." ”
"Yes, yes, how did I forget this. Nick suddenly made a gesture to Barrow, the bloody man in the audience, and Barrow immediately lowered his head and said something to Peeves.
Peeves waved his hand reluctantly, and the silver lids on the plates on the table flew up and folded into a stack on the edge of the table.
Soon, an ethereal smell that was very different from the smell of ordinary food permeated the basement classroom. Quite a few ghosts were drawn to the dining table. It's just that all the ghosts can't figure out what is on the table, so they can only stand awkwardly on the edge of the table.
Ryan saw that at Hermione's instigation, Earl, who had been shot in the head, first reached out and took a large piece of meat from the whole roast lamb in the state of the soul on the table and put it in his mouth.
As soon as the meat entered his mouth, he saw Earl's expression freeze, and then began to stuff meat into his mouth frantically.
The movement here also attracted other ghosts, and soon the table was filled with ghosts who had come to eat. Nick toasted the people at the table with a barrel of wine under his arm, one by one.
Patrick was embarrassed for a while when he realized that no one was watching them, and then joined the group of ghosts who were grabbing food at the table.
It seems that the law of true fragrance cannot be escaped in any world.