Chapter 041 Night Tour (II)

Filch was furious, but he also knew that he could not do anything about this elf, so he angrily said to his pet: "Loris, smell everywhere, find out that dishonest fellow for me." ”

Lady Loris looked around with the bright eyes of the two thieves, and then it suddenly rushed towards where Catherine had been, raising its claws and clutching at something on the ground.

"What did you find, darling!" Filch ran over happily, only to see a candy beneath Lady Loris's paws.

"Hahahaha!" Peeves laughed and rolled in the air, "Honey, you're hungry!" He mimicked Filch's tone vividly, causing Filch's face to go completely black.

"Shut your foul mouth!" Filch shouted, waving the oil lamp vigorously at Peeves, and then he began to rampage through the hallway again, as if that would find the man.

Peeves, on the other hand, follows Filch in mid-air, while designing a dialogue between Filch and Lady Loris, and also plays a very exaggerated expression and movement as if in a stage play.

In the end, Filch couldn't stand Peeves' performance and left with his cat in a huff.

"Eventually—" Peeves made a sword-raising gesture in the direction of Filch's disappearance, "the great Peeves Lord has defeated the evil Filch Demon King!" ”

"Rescued the emaciated Lady Loris!" A girl's voice suddenly rang out in the foyer.

"Huh! You haven't left yet! Peeves turned in surprise to look at the source of the voice, then saw Catherine sitting on the deadbolt of the oak gate that was at least 10 feet above the ground, "How did you get there?" ”

"Climb up!" Catherine dangled her legs and tossed a piece of candy to Peeves.

"Is it any wonder Filch can't find you on the ground?" Peeves tossed the candy into his mouth, "But why didn't you make a sound when you climbed up?" ”

"You don't forget I'm a wizard, do you?" Catherine jumped off the deadbolt, and the ground where she landed immediately kicked up a cloud of dust, but she made no sound.

"So you know magic?" Peeves circled around Catherine in surprise, "I'll just say how you can be a Squib like Filch!" ”

"Is Filch really a Squib?" Catherine asked as she walked.

"Of course, if it weren't for Dumbledore's 'mercy', he wouldn't have been able to stay at Hogwarts at all." Peeves looked disdainful, "And he wouldn't have been able to make it at Hogwarts without his cat." ”

"Is there anything special about Lady Loris?"

"It's a magical creature, and it's because of the contract with it that Filch is able to sense magic. Uh......" Peeves suddenly stopped in front of Catherine, "aren't you going back to Slytherin?" He had just noticed that they had made it to the second floor, and the Slytherin common room was underground.

"I've got something to do with Gryffindor." Catherine said.

"What are you going to Gryffindor for, Miss Catherine?" A stern female voice suddenly sounded next to them, and they followed the prestige past them, and then saw the stern Dean Gryffindor.

"Professor McGonagall!" Catherine realized that she was now outside the door of the other party's office, and she didn't keep her voice down at all.

"I can't help you now! Young－Fairy!” Peeves shrugged, a malicious expression on his face.

"I'll remember your help, Peeves." Catherine suddenly showed a bright smile, which made the other party shiver.

"I won't disturb the two ladies' party." Peeves bowed and floated backwards into the dark hallway.

"Can you tell me your purpose now?" Professor McGonagall looked at Catherine with sharp eyes.

"Professor McGonagall," Catherine smiled calmly, "do you know what friends mean to Slytherin?" ”

There was a sudden silence in the hallway, so quiet that even the laughter of Peeves in the distance could be heard.

"Maybe we need to have a good talk." Professor McGonagall said to step aside.

Catherine hesitated for a moment before entering her office.

Compared to Snape's office, Professor McGonagall's office was very bright, with a pale gold ceiling and red carpet, which made it feel very warm in the light of the fire.

The walls around him were the same as Snape's office, with wooden shelves neatly arranged for all types of books and materials, and in the center of the office was a large desk with seven stacks of parchment neatly placed on it, apparently for the seventh grade.

"Sit down." Professor McGonagall beckoned, "How about a hot cocoa?" ”

"Okay, thank you!" Catherine sat down on the red couch next to the small coffee table.

Professor McGonagall took out her wand, pulled a steaming cup of cocoa out of the air, and placed it in front of Catherine. "Drink it while it's hot." She said kindly.

Catherine did not refuse her kindness, and took a few sips of it, and did not put down the cup until her cold body had warmed up a little.

"What do you want to talk to me about? Professor McGonagall. Catherine looked up at the stern lady.

"I'd love to persuade you to tell you why you went to Gryffindor after the lights went out, but since you've said you're not going to say anything, I'm not going to insist on it," Professor McGonagall tugged at her glasses, "I just hope that Gryffindor won't be deducted points tonight." ”

Professor McGonagall made a rare joke, but Catherine didn't laugh, she just looked at each other calmly.

"You don't look like a child." Professor McGonagall pursed her lips and said, "Although you look like Lily, your personality is not at all like her. ”

"That way, people won't confuse me with her." Catherine smiled slightly.

"I've always disliked Slytherin," Professor McGonagall said with a straight face, "and your expressions have always been so stereotypical. ”

"You keep a straight face too."

"I'm Yan sù!" Professor McGonagall said displeased, "Or maybe you can't even tell the difference between rigidity and strictness!" ”

"No!" The smile on Catherine's lips became even more pronounced.

For a moment, Professor McGonagall realized that she had been tricked by this little girl, and she was a little angry, but at last she couldn't help but shake her head and say, "You really don't look like a child. ”

"You've already said that." Catherine said with a smile.

Professor McGonagall was stunned for a moment, and Yan Sù's expression suddenly relaxed.

"I was a little unimpressed to hear Dumbledore say that about you, but now," Professor McGonagall looked at Catherine with his glasses off, "I believe he was right. ”

"What does he say about me?" Catherine asked curiously.

"You can ask him yourself." Professor McGonagall said, rubbing her glasses.

Catherine was stunned for a moment, she realized that the strict Professor McGonagall could also play tricks, and she did not play ambiguously at all.

"Drink the contents of the cup!" Professor McGonagall put on her glasses and her expression regained.

Catherine raised her eyebrows slightly, and drank the cocoa in one gulp.

“Follow－me!” Seeing that Catherine had finished drinking, Professor McGonagall suddenly stood up and said, and the girl quickly got up and followed.

It was the third time she had heard it today, and the first time she heard it, Catherine realized how much she hated it, because every time it came with it was the powerlessness of fate being controlled by someone else.

Professor McGonagall led her down the stairs to the basement, which made Catherine's heart flutter at once.

"She's going to take me to Snape," Catherine guessed to herself, "after all, Professor McGonagall is the strictest professor at Hogwarts, and she's never seen her take sides." ”

Catherine couldn't imagine Snape's expression later, and the new Seeker, whom he had decided on in the afternoon, was actually wandering in the evening. She couldn't think of any excuses at all, and didn't expose Harry. The girl's eyes stared blankly at Professor McGonagall's shadow, which looked like a monster ready to attack in the dark hallway.

Suddenly, Professor McGonagall stopped, and Catherine almost couldn't stop hitting her back.

"Let's go inside!"

Catherine looked up in confusion and found that instead of the stone door to Snape's office, they were facing the stone wall that entered the Slytherin common room.

"Professor McGonagall ......," Catherine didn't know what to say.

"Don't take it as an example!" Professor McGonagall said, with a rare smile on her face.

“Thank－you!” Catherine thanked her excitedly before giving the order.

"Catherine, do you have ......" As soon as the girl entered the common room, she heard Draco ask anxiously.

"I've been caught! Now you're satisfied! Catherine's anger resurfaced at the thought that Draco had been the cause of what had happened today.

With that, Catherine ran back to her dorm without looking back, and now she could only hope that Hermione would stop Harry.

The next morning, Draco knew he had been tricked when he saw that Slytherin's scoreline had not changed, and he couldn't believe his eyes when he saw Harry and Ron walking into the auditorium a little gleefully. Harry's safety made Catherine happy, after all, she already regarded him as her own brother, and she didn't want to see him in trouble.

But for Draco, Catherine felt very conflicted, although she knew that this practice was a very normal method for Slytherin, but she suddenly felt very awkward, and even lost her temper about it, as if her feelings had become easily agitated since she realized that she could forget about it.

Unable to figure out why, and not wanting to clash with Draco again, Catherine got up and left the Great Hall for the Potions classroom after seeing him sit down, only to find Draco staring at her back with a complicated gaze.

After two Potions lessons, all the first-year students understood how strict Snape really was, so Slytherin consciously rearranged their groupings to avoid more scolding, and Gryffindor to avoid being deducted more points.

There were ten people in the first year of Gryffindor, and after Hermione and Neville teamed up, the remaining eight were divided into exactly four groups. There were nine people on Slytherin's side, with Catherine, Draco, Theodore, and Daphne being the best potions, with the latter three partnering with the worst scorers, Goyle, Crabbe, and Millicent, respectively, leaving Pansy and Blaise to form a group, so Catherine became an extra person.