Chapter 19: Blake Infiltrates Hogwarts?
What if he taught Harry's Patronus Charm?
Soon, he dismissed this idea of his own, which... It's so unrealistic. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Harry needed a sample to practice with, but he didn't have a Boggart, so it was up to Lupin.....
Thinking too much and to no avail, Xingzhe didn't want to think about it, returned to the bedroom, and began to nibble on the book again.
In the evening, Luna came to Seije, and Penelope was there, and as soon as they met, Penelope handed each other candy and started talking.
"Owen, I really paid attention to it for you when I went to Hogsmeade today, some places are really good, if you use them to open a store, it's really good..."
"Wow, Penelope, it looks like you've really gone to the field?" Xingzhe laughed, "Thank you, you have a heart." β
The three of them were talking and laughing, and they went to the foyer and walked towards the auditorium. The auditorium was adorned with hundreds of candle-lit pumpkins, a swarm of live bats flying around, and many flaming orange banners that fluttered lazily across the stormy ceiling like colorful water snakes.
The food is delicious, although Xingzhe's grilled fish raises the taste of most people very badly, but many people also add a portion of everything. Xingzhe casually went to see the faculty table. Professor Lupin looked happy, no different from his usual life, chatting energetically with the little Charms teacher, Professor Flitwick. Xingzhe's gaze swept over the faculty table and landed on Snape's seat. Could it be his hallucination? He felt that Snape's eyes were glancing at Lupin too often, unusually.
"This thing.... Do you really care about the time of Lupin's transformation.... Or is it out of sheer jealousy of Lupin's position? Xingzhe thought to himself.
The feast ends with a show performed by the Hogwarts ghosts. They leapt out of the walls and tables and glide in various formations. Gryffindor's near-headless Nick reenacts his beheading experience to great success.
After it was over, Xingzhe and his party returned, and today was generally really good.
However, before everyone could enter the lounge, they suddenly received an order to return to the auditorium.
It was Professor Flitwick, who informed the Ravenclaw students with a loud spell.
Ten minutes later, the Hufflepuff and Slytherin classmates returned to the auditorium one after another, everyone with confused faces.
"The teachers and I need to conduct a full search of the castle." Professor Dumbledore told everyone that McGonagall and Professor Flitwick closed all the doors to the Great Hall, "For your own safety, I'm afraid you'll have to spend the night here." I want the prefect to guard the entrance to the auditorium, and I entrust the president of the boys' and girls' student council with the management. If anything happens, report it to me immediately," he said to Percy, who was very proud and pretentious, "send a ghost to deliver the news." β
Professor Dumbledore stopped talking and was about to leave the Great Hall, but then said, "Oh, by the way, you need ......"
With a flick of his wand, the long tables flew to the edge of the auditorium, and they stood against the wall; With another flick, hundreds of soft purple sleeping bags appeared on the ground.
"Sleep well." With that, Professor Dumbledore walked out and closed the door.
Immediately there was a lot of chatter in the auditorium, and the Gryffindor students told the other houses what had just happened.
"Everybody's in a sleeping bag!" Percy shouted, "Hurry up, don't talk anymore!" Lights out in 10 minutes! β
"Penelope, are you going to keep vigil tonight?"
"I'm afraid yes, I'm a prefect." Penelope said this, Xingzhe nodded, and then said to her, "Then Luna and I will choose a location close to you, and you can come and talk to us later." β
"Huh?"
"Don't worry, Blake won't be in the castle, listen to me." Xingzhe smiled mysteriously, and Penelope was puzzled every time he saw Xingzhe's expression, because Xingzhe would only show such a look if he was very sure or extremely confident.
"Luna, don't worry, I'm fine." Seung-cheol looked at Luna, who nodded, and then the two of them found a place against the wall.
"Lights out now!" Percy exclaimed, "I ask everyone to get into their sleeping bags and stop talking!" β
The candles were all extinguished at once. Only the silver ghosts glowed slightly, floating around and talking solemnly to the prefects. The enchanted ceiling looks like the sky outside, dotted with stars. Under such a ceiling, listening to the whispers that still resounded in the auditorium was like sleeping in the breeze outside.
Penelope naturally believed in Xingzhe, and she walked around the Ravenclaw area a few times before returning to Xingzhe's side, and then the three of them whispered.
The lights were out, Percy Weasley was sneaking around, seemingly finding nothing, and finally he had to return to the Gryffindor area, and Xingzhe noticed his move, and he was already wondering if he should do something to Percy, saving him from Penelope.
Every hour, a teacher appears in the auditorium to see if everything is okay. At about three o'clock in the morning, many of the students finally fell asleep, and Professor Dumbledore walked in. Xingzhe couldn't sleep, so he changed to a deep meditation method to practice. Percy patrolled the rows of sleeping bags, reprimanding the classmates who spoke. Dumbledore walked straight up to him.
What they said was heard clearly.
"Professor, do you have any clues about him?" Percy asked in a whisper.
"Nope. It's okay here, right? β
"All is fine, sir."
"Good. There is no need to alarm them now. I got a temporary guard at the Gryffindor Portrait Cave. You'll be able to get them to move back tomorrow morning. β
"Where's the fat lady, sir?"
"Hiding in a map of Argyll County on the third floor. It seems that at that time, she didn't hear the password and didn't let Blake in, so Blake made a move. She was still in a bad mood, and when she had calmed down, I asked Mr. Filch to fix her. β
The door to the auditorium creaked open again, and more footsteps were heard.
"Headmaster?" Snape said, "The entire fourth floor was searched. He's not there. Filch had also visited the basement classroom, but there was none. β
"Where's the Astronomical Tower? What about Professor Trelawney's room? What about the owl shack? β
"I've searched ......"
"Good, Severus. I also expected Blake to stay here. β
"Have you ever wondered how he got in, Professor?" Snape asked.
"There are many ideas, Severus, but all of them are equally untenable."
Xingzhe closed his eyes and moved his eyebrows, as if he could see Percy's flying preoccupation as the co-actor, and even the silhouette of Snape's angry anger.
"Do you remember that conversation we had, Headmaster, just before school startedβuhβjust before school started?" Snape's lips barely moved as he spoke, as if he didn't want Percy to be involved in their conversation.
"Remember, Severus." Dumbledore said, something like a warning coming out of his voice.
"Blake broke into the school without relying on internal help, which seemed impossible. I expressed my concern when you specified-"
"I don't believe there's a single person in this castle who can help Blake break in." Dumbledore said, his tone making it clear that the subject was over, and Snape didn't say anything more. "I'll have to go down and find those Dementors," Dumbledore said, "I said I'd let them know when we're done." β
"Didn't they come to help, sir?" Percy said.
"Oh, yes," Dumbledore said coldly, "but as long as I'm headmaster, I'm afraid no Dementor will be able to cross the threshold of this castle." β
Percy looked a little embarrassed. Dumbledore left the Great Hall, walking quickly and quietly. Snape stood for a moment, staring at the headmaster's back with a deep grudge on his face. Then, he also left.
"Sirius, this guy.... I'm going to have to get in touch with him, and if he does that, I'm not going to have to sleep in the auditorium very often? Xingzhe thought to himself, and then gradually fell asleep.
(To be continued.) )