Chapter 174: Old Grievances at Hogwarts (15)
When it was finally done, Phyllis packed a large pot of wolf poison potion into a large glass bottle, stuffed it with a frosted glass stopper, and carried it by Amy to Professor Lupin's office. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Originally, Professor Lupin said that he would take it himself, but Phyllis denied that she was not sure when she would be able to match it, and it was better for her to send it after making it, and it was not far away anyway. Of course, Phyllis didn't suddenly become so enthusiastic, she just wanted to find a chance to visit Professor Lupin's office, even if it was a glance, she needed to have a more intuitive understanding of this down-and-out but powerful professor.
When Phyllis knocked on the door of Professor Lupin's office, she was surprised to find another guest in the modest room.
Phyllis said, "Mr. Potter, you're there too." ā
Harry stood up and greeted, "Professor Kate." Harry couldn't say whether he liked or liked his professor of the history of magic: the disgust was mainly due to the fact that she had a pride similar to that of Slytherin, and yes, anyone who could clearly feel at the first sight of Professor Kate was that this was a proud woman, and although she was outwardly polite to everyone, there was always a sense of distantness; As for liking, it was mainly because of Hermione, who had a lot of respect for Professor Kate, and she often said that Professor Kate met almost all the requirements of the ideal female image in her heart. Of course, both of these emotions were weak in disgust and liking, and overall Harry's feelings for Professor Kate were mediocre.
Professor Lupin said politely, "I'm sorry for you." ā
Phyllis smiled and said, "It's nothing, what you want has already been prepared." Amy, who was following her, struggled to put the large glass bottle on the table.
Professor Lupin said again, "Thank you, Professor Kate. ā
Phyllis waved her hand and said, "It's okay, since you have guests, then I'll leave first." With that, she turned to leave, and Professor Lupin sent her to the door.
When Professor Lupin returned, Harry asked curiously, "What is this?" ā
Professor Lupin took the bottle of potion, found a cup and found some, and said, "I'm a little unwell, please ask Professor Kate to help me make some potion," he picked up the cup and sniffed it, shivered, and said, "It tastes really bad, this may be what is commonly said to be good medicine and bitter taste." ā
Professor Lupin closed his eyes and took a large sip into his mouth, his face turned a little pale after drinking, and he sat down on the table.
Harry asked with concern, "Professor, are you alright?" ā
Professor Lupin said, "It's okay, don't worry, it's just a little problem, I'm not good at potions, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered Professor Kate." ā
Harry said with some emotion: "Professor Kate is indeed very powerful, she is proficient in almost all subjects, whether it is transfiguration, charms, herbology, and even potions. ā
Lupin smiled and asked, "Who did you listen to?" ā
Harry said, "I heard from some of my senior classmates that Professor Kate was said to have been a minor girl when she first came to Hogwarts as Professor of the History of Magic, and she would often follow the students to her classes, and Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, including Snape, and some people said that Professor Dumbledore also taught her for a few more months. To this day, Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick sometimes mention in class that Professor Kate is the most capable of learning and comprehension among the students they have taught, and by the way, Professor, I heard that Professor Kate can go head-to-head with Lord Voldemort just like Headmaster Dumbledore, is that true? ā
After a period of relaxation, the stimulation brought by the wolf poison potion has been reduced a lot, and Lupin's face is not so white and scary, he said: "I don't know much about this, but Professor Kate should not be as good as Headmaster Dumbledore, she is only in her twenties after all, and she is still too young." ā
Harry muttered, "It's pretty powerful, no one can kill her, Professor, do you know how Professor Kate is immune to the Death Curse?" "Two years ago, in the school auditorium, in front of many students and professors, Voldemort, possessed by Quirrell, cast the Avada Curse on Professor Kate, but what everyone didn't expect was that after being hit by the Curse, Professor Kate did not die, although she became very weak afterwards, but she did not die, and after a summer of recuperation, she fully recovered. A wizard who can't be killed, an eternal, makes this previously unknown professor of the history of magic suddenly become mysterious and terrifying, isn't it terrifying that a wizard who can't even kill the Avada Death Curse?
Professor Lupin said: "I don't know this, the Avada Spell directly affects the soul, as far as I know, no kind of magic is immune to this terrible curse, although I don't want to admit it, but being able to obtain such a powerful ability is probably related to Professor Kate's bloodline." I've heard that Professor Kate's parents are also Asian, but their eyes are the same as ours, with clear eyeballs and whites, but you also know that Professor Kate's eyes are pure ink, and there is no difference between the whites of the eyeballs, which should be a manifestation of some kind of powerful bloodline awakening. By the way, why are you asking this? ā
Harry said a little lonely, "Professor, you said that if my mother also had this powerful ability, would she not die?" ā
Professor Lupin opened his mouth, not knowing how to comfort the poor boy, and finally he could only pat Harry on the shoulder and say, "Don't do this, it's over, and it will get better and better." ā
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It's Halloween, and after a sumptuous Halloween dinner, Phyllis returns to her lodgings, where she has just taken a shower and changed into comfortable loungewear when she hears a quick knock on the door.
When Phyllis opened the door, she saw an anxious-looking Professor Flitwick standing outside the door, and he quickly said, "Something's wrong, Sirius Black has broken in, help me gather the students in the auditorium, and we need to keep the students safe." ā
Phyllis quickly accepted the surprising news, and said in a deep voice, "Okay, I'll go get my wand." To keep herself comfortable, she didn't have a wand with her at this time.
Professor Flitwick couldn't wait, and said, "Hurry up, I'll go to Ravenclaw Tower first." With that, he turned and ran down the stairs.
Phyllis closed the door and muttered, "Sirius Black, let him run in, Amy, get me that black robe." ā
Picking up her wand and changing her clothes, Phyllis went out, and when she reached the Ravenclaw Tower, she found the students gathering in the common room under the command of the prefect.
The sudden gathering of everyone for no reason obviously frightened the children, the students chattered and listened to each other, and the rumors were spreading wantonly in the uneasy atmosphere, and the more they talked, the more mysterious they became, some people were already worried about whether the Dark Lord had come in, and some of the girls didn't know if it was because they were frozen or frightened, and their faces were pale.
"Alright, be quiet." Professor Kate came in and said that she had used a teleportation magic to make sure every student could hear her clearly.
Seeing their "vice president" coming, the Ravenclaw students were indeed relieved, and one of the senior girls asked, "Professor, what's wrong?" ā
Professor Kate cut through the crowd, sat down on the couch next to the fireplace, and said, "Sirius Black has infiltrated Hogwarts Castle. ā
Sirius Black was really here, and the news sparked another round of discussion, and while it wasn't the most terrible Dark Lord who had come in, this terrible villain could still scare these children.
Phyllis frowned and said, "Everyone be quiet. ā
Presumably calmed by Professor Kate's majestic voice, all the students stopped talking, and a first-year girl who had just entered the school timidly asked, "Will we die?" "Looking at the way her eyes are red, it looks like she has cried just now.
What a timid little girl, Phyllis took her hand and made her sit beside her, and said, "Of course not, Hogwarts will keep everyone safe." After a pause, Phyllis continued, "And I'm here, Sirius doesn't dare come here. ā
This slightly domineering remark obviously reassured the Ravenclaw students, their professor of the history of magic was a powerful wizard, and she would not dare to come to Sirius.
After pacifying the Ravenclaw students, the prefect had gathered all the students, and Phyllis told them to count the number again, and not to leave any student in the tower.
At this point, Phyllis saw Leah and called her over and asked, "Is Professor Flitwick here?" ā
Leah said, "I have been here, but I was called away as soon as I came, saying that I was going to search the castle. ā
Phyllis nodded and said, "Well, okay, got it." She saw several girls in simple pajamas hugging their bodies and shivering, and said, "You and the prefect accompany them back to get dressed."
Leah said with some hesitation, "Wouldn't this be unsafe......"
Phyllis smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm here, I'll catch a cold on such a cold day." ā
After tossing for a while, all the students were ready, Phyllis stood up, clapped her hands and said, "Okay, everyone follow the prefect's leadership to the auditorium to gather, pay attention to order, don't mess up." ā
The Ravenclaw students slowly descended the stairs in three loose columns led by the prefect, Phyllis stayed last, and by the time they arrived, the students of the other three houses were there. Headmaster Dumbledore reassured the group, moved the dining table in the Great Hall aside, got a lot of sleeping bags, and told the students to rest in the Great Hall first, and ordered the professors to search Hogwarts Castle.
Phyllis was assigned to the third floor, she walked in the slightly dimly lit corridor, her mind was not on the search, in her opinion, Sirius had already run away, in addition to many powerful professors in this school, and Dumbledore, who was known as the greatest wizard, he would not be stupid enough to stay here and wait for death, right?
Phyllis asked Professor McGonagall about the specific situation, and while everyone was enjoying the Halloween dinner in the auditorium, Sirius forcibly broke into the Gryffindor dormitory, and brutally tore up the portrait of the fat woman at the entrance.
This also confirms Phyllis's previous suspicion that Sirius was not here to hunt down Harry, or else he would not have chosen to break into Gryffindor's common room when no one was around.
But there was one thing Phyllis didn't figure out, except for Gryffindor's dormitories, there were no signs of destruction left by Sirius in the rest of Hogwarts Castle, and it seemed that he had a clear purpose. If he really came to find Peter Pettigrew, then could it be assumed that the guy who faked his death to get the cicada out of his shell was hiding in the Gryffindor dormitory? How did he know about this?
Peter Pettigrew was in the same class as Sirius, and was already an adult, so how did he get into the Gryffindor dorm room, did he use Polyjuice Potion? If it's a polyjuice potion, then it means that one of Gryffindor's students was dropped, and by chance, Sirius found out about it, so he decided to come to Hogwarts Castle to hunt down the enemy who framed him. No, all the students and professors were in the auditorium at that time, including the so-called dropped student.
I really couldn't figure it out, and Phyllis sighed a little annoyed.
Sure enough, as Phyllis thought, the professors searched Hogwarts Castle twice, but found nothing, and Sirius seemed to have really left.
After checking the situation of the students, in the small room next to the Great Hall, Headmaster Dumbledore and the professors were there, and everyone discussed how to strengthen the defense of Hogwarts Castle, and discussed for a while, and the final conclusion was nothing more than to step up patrols, and each dean should take good care of the students of his own house, and must not let the students be harmed.
It was then that Phyllis realized that she had been too blindly optimistic about Hogwarts' defenses, in fact, the defenses of this so-called safest place in the British wizarding world were full of holes, and it was not difficult for outsiders to sneak in, as long as they avoided Filch and his cat who patrolled at night.
Come to think of it, although the school rules that all students should stay in the dormitory at night to sleep, this rule has never been strictly enforced, and there have always been students who run into the hallways at night, and Phyllis knows that Leah and they have all run out at night, and they can even run out of the school and run outside to the Forbidden Forest.
A defense system that can be broken through by a student can be imagined, and it is not difficult for a powerful wizard to sneak in. (To be continued.) )