Chapter 465: A Dog Who Loves Music
"Who are you looking for, do you need my help?"
In the men's dormitory of Gryffindor House, George, who was watching Fred and Lee Jordan play cards, looked at Albert suspiciously, who had been staring at the map of the living spot just now, and couldn't help but ask.
When George found out that Albert had returned from Hagrid's hut, he had no idea who he had been following.
In fact, the three of them were eager to ask Albert when he was going to venture into the forbidden area on the fourth floor.
Albert just told them to wait for the time being, Fred and Lee Jordan had played several rounds of the Wizard card, and they were a little impatient, especially since Albert didn't reveal anything to them.
"Not for now!"
"Have you already heard from Hagrid about the way to get through that big dog?" Lee Jordan casually found a topic and asked what the three of them were most concerned about.
If they didn't subdue the big dog, they wouldn't even be able to pass the first level.
"That's the three-headed dog of Greece. Albert said without looking up, "In the Muggle system of Greek mythology, there is a detailed record of how to deal with the three-headed dog. ”
"Muggle records, are you sure that thing is reliable?" Fred frowned, reminding, "You should know that the wizarding world is not the same as the Muggle world. ”
"I tried it when Hagrid started raising that three-headed dog. Albert said calmly, "It does work, and it puts the three-headed dog to sleep." ”
"At the beginning, the monster that made a fuss in the Forbidden Forest was the big dog in the room at the end of the corridor of the forbidden area on the fourth floor?"
"Hagrid secretly kept it in the Forbidden Forest?"
"I remember you lying to us that the big dog was a watchdog raised by Professor Kettleber in the Conservation of Magical Creatures class. Lee Jordan complained in feigned anger.
"I don't remember saying anything like that. Albert said calmly.
"Well, who said that, Fred, or George. Lee Jordan immediately turned his gun on the other two roommates.
"We remember you saying it. Fred and George said in unison.
In fact, the three of them have forgotten who had said these words in the first place.
"What's the Muggle method?" Fred asked.
"You'll find out later. ”
Albert stares at the map of the living spots, where Hagrid's ink dots are moving towards the periphery of Hogwarts. Hagrid was apparently planning to make his way to Hogsmeade's Hoghead pub through the path frequented by Hogwarts students.
As for Professor Quirrell, he was still in the Defense Against the Dark Arts office on the second floor.
Albert believed that Quirrell would soon get the news after Hagrid left Hogwarts and followed Hagrid out of the school to the Hogwarts Bar to carry out his plan to lure the dragon eggs.
In fact, Albert's judgment was quite accurate, and shortly after Hagrid left Hogwarts, the ink dots representing Quirrell also began to move, and he had already walked out of his office and under the cover of night, towards the outskirts of the castle.
"The one who gets in the way is finally gone!"
Albert took a deep breath as he watched the ink dot representing Quirrell disappear from the map of living spots, and a happy smile appeared on his face.
At the same time, Quirrell, who had just left the forbidden apparition range, suddenly stopped, looked back in the direction of Hogwarts Castle, and always felt an inexplicable strangeness in his heart, but Quirrell didn't think much about it, and immediately the apparition appeared and left.
Albert put away the map and began to sort out the things he would need as the three roommates looked at him with delight.
He took the music box he bought for Christmas from the carousel's leash, tucked it into his jacket pocket, and said to Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, who were full of anticipation, "Let's go, go to the restricted area corridor on the fourth floor, and our adventure begins." ”
"However, we need to move separately so as not to attract the attention of others, and we will meet again in the secret passage near the restricted area corridor on the fourth floor. ”
"Is it finally going to start?" Fred happily put away the half-played wizard cards in his hand, and Lee Jordan was a little upset about this, because he was going to win the game soon.
It's a complete sham!
However, Lee Jordan's dissatisfaction didn't last long, and he also put away the Wizard cards. The exciting adventures that are coming are obviously more interesting than playing the wizard cards.
"Tom, stay in your room, don't run around, I'll be back and I'll give you a little dried fish later." Albert raised his hand and tickled Tom's down, put it on the cushion next to him, looked up and said to the three of them, "Prepare it, let's go!"
"We've been ready for a long time. The three of them said in unison.
At this moment, it was close to eight o'clock, the sky had completely darkened, and the library was almost closed. If the four of them go out together, it is easy to attract the attention of the other students in the lounge, so the four of them leave in batches.
As Albert and Lee Jordan walked out of the common room together, they happened to run into Percy, who had just returned from the library, and the Gryffindor prefect looked tired.
In order to be able to be able to be in L got an excellent score on the exam, and Percy was working hard to revise her homework.
Five minutes later, they came to the agreed secret passage on the fourth floor, met Fred and George, and secretly opened the door when no one was around, and sneaked into the forbidden area corridor on the fourth floor.
After Fred backhanded the wooden door to the restricted area corridor, he asked Albert again, "How are you going to subdue that dog?"
"Use this. ”
The four of them passed through the dimly lit corridor and appeared at the end of the restricted area corridor on the fourth floor, and Albert took out the music box from his pocket, and also copied several music boxes, and handed them to the other three.
At this moment, Fred, George and Lee Jordan are all at a loss, and they don't understand what's going on?
Albert twisted the clockwork, giving the music box a crisp sound.
"The music box only lasts for about twenty or thirty seconds, and then you take turns loosening the strip to let the music continue, and the three-headed dog will fall asleep when he hears the music. Albert arranged the order, then took out his wand, knocked on the door, and whispered, "Alajo Cave Open!"
There was a click, and the door lock opened.
With the creaking of the door, there was no low barking in his ears, and the moment the music box sounded, the big dog's eyes began to droop.
It staggered a few times, and soon fell to the floor and fell into a deep sleep.
"Open the trapdoor. ”
Albert began to direct the trio of men.
"Don't let the music stop, I don't want it to be torn to shreds. Fred glared at Lee Jordan in a daze, and he vowed to keep him with the three-headed dog if Lee Jordan fell off the chain later.
"I'm sorry. Lee Jordan muttered, apologizing for the mistake.
As they approached the three huge heads, they could feel a hot, foul breath coming out of the big dog's mouth.
"I'm sure Hagrid didn't brush his teeth on time. George couldn't help but complain.
"George, don't forget. Albert reminded.
"Got it. ”
"Fred, Lee Jordan, you use the levitation charm together to move the three-headed dog aside, and it is holding down the trapdoor. Albert commanded his little friends to complete the task in an orderly manner.
As soon as the three-headed dog's body moved away from the trapdoor, Albert bent down and pulled the tab on the trapdoor, and the door suddenly opened, revealing a pitch-black hole below.
"What do you see?" Fred and Lee Jordan moved the three-headed dog aside, then let go of their own clockwork and let the music continue.
Lee Jordan's face was full of nervousness, the presence of the three-headed dog Lu Wei put too much pressure on him, and it was definitely not safe to stay by the side of such a big dog.
"There was nothing to see down there, there was no ladder to go down, we needed to jump straight down. Albert looked around at the three and asked, "Who went down first?"
"I can go down the second one. Fred muttered quietly.
There was no way, the pitch-black passage below really didn't give him much security.
"George, you go down first, remember to put a shock absorbing charm on yourself, I think you must have learned it, right!" Albert waved his wand and conjured a ball of light to make it fall down the hole, "Next is Fred, Lee Jordan is third." ”
"Okay. George gritted his teeth.
"Hurry up, don't waste time, you don't have to worry about falling to your death if you can absorb the shock absorbing spell. Albert urged.
George looked down through the hole, there was no bottom below, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, slowly slid down the hole, and finally only relied on ten fingers to climb the edge of the hole, the speed was terrifying.
"Don't let the music stop. Albert threw another ball of light down and reminded loudly, "Otherwise, you'll be in bad luck if you get bitten by this thing." ”
Seeing that a few people were still procrastinating and didn't want to go down, Albert couldn't help sighing, and didn't care if George wanted to go down or not, he said "See you below", and went down directly next to George.
Fred, George, and Lee Jordan were all taken aback by Albert's crisp movements, and their cheeks couldn't help but burn slightly when they remembered their actions just now.
The three of them were reluctant to stay on it, and there was a three-headed dog next to them, which made them really insecure.
After Albert jumped, George followed, and after Fred and Lee Jordan looked at each other, they also jumped down, except for the music box on the ground, which was still making sounds, but the music would soon stop, and the sleeping three-headed dog would eventually wake up again.