Chapter 187: Old Grievances at Hogwarts (28)
After dinner, Bella came to Professor Kate's office, and Phyllis was grading her homework, and when she saw her coming, she took out a boxy box from the bookshelf next to her, put it on the table, and said, "Open it and take a look." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Bella opened the box, and inside were three crystal balls about the size of Bludgers, which were not very transparent, and there was some white mist inside.
Bella asked suspiciously, "What is this?" "This thing looks a lot like a prophecy ball, but it's a lot bigger than a prophecy ball.
Phyllis handed Bella a pair of sunglasses, and after watching her put them on, she pulled out her wand and tapped one of the crystal balls.
With the touch of Phyllis's wand, the crystal ball began to flicker, and soon, it emitted a strong light, and even with sunglasses, Bella couldn't help but squint her eyes.
Phyllis waved her wand, the light of the crystal ball disappeared, and she smiled and said, "How's it going?" ”
Bella was stunned for a moment, what is it, but she quickly understood the role of this crystal ball, and she said happily: "Great, with this we will have several times more training time than other teams." ”
After telling Bella the spells that activated the three illuminated crystal balls, Phyllis said, "Okay, this is for you, in order to prevent you from training too late, I have set them up, and these illuminated crystal balls will go out at half past nine in the evening." ”
Bella's face was disappointed: "Will it go out?" "She's going to let her teammates practice all night...... Well...... I don't think it's okay to stay overnight, but I have to practice at least until after 12 o'clock.
Phyllis added, "And you have to wait twelve hours before you can use it again. "So don't think about going out and restarting right away, twelve hours is the next morning, and this is completely useless.
Looking at Bella's desperate face, Phyllis smiled and said, "Okay, let's go to training, pay attention to the combination of work and rest, so that you can achieve good results." ”
Although she always felt that there was not enough time, Bella knew that the school would never allow them to continue practicing after curfew, and Professor Kate was by no means able to convince her. Regardless, with these three Illumination Crystals, the Ravenclaw team gets a lot more training time than any other house.
Putting the box away, Bella said, "Thank you, Professor." With that, she hurriedly turned around and left, she needed to gather her teammates immediately, and the training was about to start again.
After Bella left, Amy suddenly appeared next to Phyllis and said, "Master, I have already found out where it is." ”
Phyllis continued to bury her head in grading her homework and said, "Say." ”
Amy said, "On the thirteenth, the cat stole a lot of bread and sausages from the school kitchen, and a house-elf saw it go out of the castle and went in the direction of the Forbidden Forest, on the fourteenth it stayed in the Gryffindor girls' dormitory, and on the fifteenth, that is, yesterday, it went to the Forbidden Forest again, but did not bring anything to eat. ”
Phyllis said, "Very well, keep tracking." ”
Amy bowed deeply and said, "Yes, master." ”
Crookshan, a cat, no matter how smart it is, is just a cat, according to some intelligence, this ginger cat seems to be deeply involved in this matter, and it is possible to track Sirius's movements if he knows his whereabouts. During the Christmas holidays, Phyllis made a plan, this plan needs Sirius's cooperation, of course, it doesn't matter if he knows it or not, Phyllis just needs to know when and where he will appear, she can do the rest, Sirius only needs to react when the time comes.
Phyllis was lucky, and she got a nice opportunity three days later.
On this day, Phyllis had just sent away several students who had come to ask questions, one of whom was Anthony Goldstein, Mr. Goldstein's only grandson, and he had brought Phyllis his grandfather's greetings, apparently hoping that Phyllis would take care of his grandson. For Mr. Goldstein, it is completely legitimate and appropriate to make full use of the power of the family, and there is no problem in allowing Anthony to obtain a higher status in the school through the influence of the Goldstein family, and he has worked hard all his life, not to let his children and grandchildren continue to suffer, besides, hardship does not help Anthony to inherit the Goldstein family. But Anthony, who is now in the fifth grade, obviously doesn't think so, using the power of the family is nothing for Slytherin, but for Ravenclaw it will be looked down upon, Ravenclaw advocates wisdom, not the so-called family power, if he really does what his grandfather asks, I am afraid that he will lose all his friends, and only those who tend to be attached to the flames will be left around him. Although Anthony couldn't refuse due to his grandfather's order, he didn't stay in Professor Kate's office for long, and he schemingly pulled a few classmates together to ask questions, and inadvertently brought his grandfather's greetings to him.
After Anthony and the others left, Phyllis looked at her watch, it was almost seven o'clock, it was time to eat, sometimes Phyllis would choose to ask Amy to bring dinner over and eat in her bedroom, but this time, Phyllis chose to go to the auditorium to eat because Amy brought a message.
"You're saying the cat quieted the beating willow?" Phyllis asked.
"Yes, master, I saw with my own eyes, the cat touched the root of the trunk of the beating willow, and I don't know why, the beating willow quieted down, and a secret passage appeared under the root of the tree, and a big black dog came out of the secret passage, and a long box was tied to it." Amy said respectfully.
"A long box? How long is it? Phyllis said.
Amy thought for a moment and said, "It's probably more than two meters long. ”
Phyllis closed her eyes and thought about it, and said, "Okay, I know, I'll go to the auditorium for dinner today, and you clean the room." With that, he got up and walked out.
By the time Phyllis arrived at the Great Hall, there were already a lot of students, Dumbledore wasn't there, Hagrid wasn't there, Snape wasn't there, they all chose to eat at their quarters, and the other professors came. Phyllis sat down in her place and tapped her glass, and it wasn't long before dinner made by the school elf appeared on the plate in front of her, made with her taste in mind, a steamed sturgeon, five shrimp dumplings, and a glass of white wine.
Seeing that Phyllis was coming, Professor Flitwick, who was sitting next to her, said, "Thank you for the illuminated crystal ball for Bella." "The illuminated crystal ball really helped the Ravenclaw team to train, and under the light of the three crystal balls hanging in the air, the whole Quidditch pitch was already lit up, and although it couldn't be compared to the daytime, it was still okay to see the ball clearly. The reason why Flitwick knows about this is because Bella came to him yesterday, hoping that he can help break the ban that Phyllis cast on the crystal ball, it is too early at half past nine, and the lights are out at eleven at Hogwarts, and what are you doing when you go back to training at half past nine!
It's just that the ban on the three illuminated crystal balls is very strong, and Professor Flitwick will not be able to lift it for a while, and under his questioning, Bella tells him what happened, and the result is obvious, Professor Flitwick will not agree to let them extend the training time.
"Nothing." Phyllis smiled and said, "I also like Ravenclaw House and hope they win this year's House Cup." ”
Professor Flitwick ate a large piece of pumpkin pie and said, "I didn't expect you to be so proficient in alchemy, I've heard of illuminating crystal balls, but it's really not easy to provide such a strong light and last so long. Although he did not agree to Bella's request to contact the prohibition on the crystal ball for him, Flitwick still made some exploration and analysis of these three alchemy products with powerful illuminating effects, and in his opinion, the production process of these three crystal balls is already quite complicated, and the wizard who can make this thing can already be called first-class in alchemy.
Phyllis said as she ate her own sturgeon, "I taught myself some alchemy, and I was fortunate enough to have the guidance of Headmaster Dumbledore. ”
Professor Flitwick nodded and said, "Headmaster Dumbledore is indeed very proficient in alchemy, and he is one of the greatest alchemists in the world. Sometimes I really envy your talent, Professor Kate, you can be so proficient in every subject, I can't do that anyway. ”
Phyllis waved her hand and said, "No, it's just that I know a little bit about it, and I can't talk about how proficient I am." ”
While Phyllis and Flitwick were chatting, Sirius managed to infiltrate Hogwarts Castle with the help of Crookshank, and he heard that Harry's broomstick had been damaged by Beater Willow due to the previous accident. Harry, like his father, had an extraordinary talent for Quidditch, and the loss of the broomstick was a huge blow to him, and he had some savings of his own, so he might as well have given Harry a gift, just like he had given Jaime twenty-three years ago - Sirius still remembers Jaime's joy at receiving the latest broomstick he had given him.
Sirius carefully avoided the students and professors who came and went, but it was dinner time, and most of the students and professors were eating in the auditorium, which gave him a chance to sneak into the entrance to the Gryffindor common room, and to his surprise, there was no one in the portrait guarding the entrance to the common room.
Sir Cadogan, though brave enough to take the place of the Fat Lady to guard the door of Gryffindor's common room, was not a cautious man, and in fact only needed a few small means to lure him away from the portrait.
Strange as it sounded, as if someone was deliberately paving the way for himself, Sirius burrowed into the Gryffindor common room, first to Harry's quarters, put the gift he had brought on his bed, and then set out to find the damned mouse, the heinous one.
But to Sirius' disappointment, he searched around the dormitory and found nothing, the mouse was not here, although he was very unwilling, but the time had dragged on a little longer, dinner was about to end, and the students were leaving the auditorium one after another.
I'll let you go this time, Sirius said fiercely in his heart, and walked out, he didn't notice that behind him, there were always a pair of eyes watching him.
Sirius left the Gryffindor common room and tried to sneak out of the castle when he collided head-on with a student around the corner of the third-floor hallway.
Damn, it had been going well, but at the end something went wrong, Sirius looked at the frightened student, pulled out his wand and said, "Pass out." ”
It was just a student, not at all a match for a powerful wizard like Sirius, and a man with no backhand in his face was put under the spell, and he fell hard next to a statue.
After the student was dealt with, Sirius was ready to continue his escape, but Peeves came out of there without knowing it, and when he saw Sirius, the guy screamed, "Sirius is here again!" ”
Sirius cursed in his heart, not caring about the mischievous ghost, when he heard a rush of footsteps, and someone was about to come. Sirius turned into a big dog and ran straight out.
No one noticed that as the student fell to the ground, the statue next to him shifted slightly, and the student's temple hit the sharp horns of the statue's base. This can already have fatal consequences. Of course, it doesn't mean that you will die if you hit something sharp on your temple, but you only need to have this possibility, as far as Phyllis knows, the wizarding world's research on the science of autopsy is very shallow, and they can't confirm the real cause of a person's death, besides, it's about brain damage, let alone clear. Anyway, the student's temple slammed against the base of the statue and died, and that's it.
When Peeves shouted, Phyllis had already finished her dinner and was walking with Professor Flitsch, when she heard the call, Phyllis and Flitwick hurriedly walked towards the corridor on the third floor, and when Phyllis arrived, there were already some students and professors gathered there, Phyllis opened the crowd and looked inside, and one student was lying in a pool of blood.
"Anthony Goldstein!" Flitsch screamed, this was his student, one of the best students in the fifth year of Ravenclaw Academy, how could he die here!
At this time, Headmaster Dumbledore had already arrived, and when he saw Anthony's body, he looked around with a solemn face, the faces of the students were all frightened and frightened, Professor McGonagall looked incredulous, Professor Flitwick was full of grief, Professor Kate looked gloomy, and Professor Snape was expressionless.
Mr. Goldstein, the Death Eaters killed your two sons, and the Order of the Phoenix killed your only grandson, now you should make the right choice, Phyllis said with a sneer in her heart.
PS: In the original text, Sirius gave the Firebow Bolt to Harry as a Christmas present, but in this story, I pushed it back to a day after the start of school for Christmas. (To be continued.) )