Chapter 35: Diverting Attention

Charlie informed Ron that he would have a few of his friends pick up the dragon from the tallest tower at Hogwarts in the middle of the night. After that, Ron went to the library to inform Maca and asked him if he would like to join them that night.

Not long after, however, Maca met a blue-faced Ron in Hagrid's house.

He slumped on Hagrid's couch, his hand almost swollen into a ball, and the wound was still tinged green.

"Dragon tooth toxin," Maca said as she looked at his hand, "you were bitten by it?" ”

"Oh-I guess Noble didn't mean it, it was just a little scared......" Hagrid looked apologetic.

"I think it must hurt." Harry also looked apprehensive.

"It's not just my hand," Ron whispered, "though it hurts like it's going to break." To make matters worse, Malfoy laughed at me as much as he could, and he took the opportunity to touch my wound hard by pretending to ask me to borrow a book—"

Harry and Hermione tried to calm Ron down.

"By midnight on Saturday, it's all over." Hermione said, but that didn't comfort Ron in the slightest. On the contrary, he rose from the couch and broke out in a cold sweat.

"Saturday midnight!" He said hoarsely, "Oh, oops! Oh oops—I just remembered that Charlie's letter was sandwiched between the book Malfoy had borrowed, and he must have known we were going to get Norbor! ”

"It's too late to change our plans," Harry said to Hermione, "we don't have time to send another owl to Charlie, and this is probably our only chance to get rid of Noble." We had to take a risk. ”

"We've got the Cloak of Invisibility! This is something Malfoy doesn't know. ”

"It's okay, I'll be fine too. Ron, you'd better go to the hospital than that," Maca laughed, "before your hands start rotting." ”

"Or I'll make you some ointment for dragon tooth toxin."

A week passed quickly.

But that night, when Maca stood in the hallway and saw Harry and them, he had come out from under his invisibility cloak. He saw Harry looking at him with an embarrassed look.

"I'm sorry, Marka," he said, "I mean, I can't fit you in the Cloak of Invisibility." ”

"Oh, no," Maca said with a smile, "you can be invisible without an invisibility cloak, let's go!" But I can't speak when I'm invisible, you don't have to worry about me, I'm there for you. ”

With that, he took out the Immortal Hidden Elixir and took a sip. Suddenly Harry realized that he couldn't even figure out how Maca had disappeared, as if there was no one there.

This is the most outstanding advantage of the Immortal Elixir - it can make people disappear from the sight of others in the most inconspicuous way.

"Well, let's go!" Harry scratched his head and put on the cloak again, hiding everyone's bodies.

It was a dark, overcast night, and they were a little late when they arrived at Hagrid's cabin, as Peeves was playing tennis against the wall in the foyer, and they had to wait until he left.

It wasn't until they laboriously carried the large crate containing the little dragon Noble to the top of the tower that they suddenly heard movement ahead.

The little lions were so frightened that they almost threw away the boxes in their hands. In a panic, they seemed to forget that they were invisible, and they all squeezed into the shadows of the staircase.

Maca had to take a few steps out of the way because he almost got hit.

He saw two black figures scuffling each other about ten paces away from them. A lamp flickered in the darkness.

One of them appears to be Professor McGonagall.

She was wearing plaid pajamas and a hairnet, and was angrily tugging at Malfoy's ears.

"Confinement!" She shouted, "Slytherin deduct twenty points!" Strolling around in the middle of the night, how dare you-"

Malfoy hurriedly retorted, "You don't understand, Professor, Harry Potter is coming—he's got a dragon with him!" ”

"Utter nonsense! How dare you make up such a lie! Let's go—I'd like to see what Professor Snape does with you this time, Malfoy!" ”

Professor McGonagall took Malfoy's ears and left, looking at Malfoy's slightly flushed face with interest as she walked past Maca.

Once they had gotten rid of Malfoy, the steep spiral staircase leading to the tower was unobstructed for them. Harry and his party had to wait until they were under the cold night sky before they took off their cloaks of invisibility.

They giggled and laughed at Malfoy as they waited, and Noble moved violently in the box.

"Where's Maca? Are you still following? ”

Harry suddenly remembered Maca, and he looked back, but there was no movement. Seeing this, Hermione couldn't help but be a little worried.

About ten minutes later, four broomsticks suddenly landed out of the darkness.

Charlie's friends are all cheerful people. They showed Harry and Hermione the ropes they had improvised so they could hang Noble between them.

The four of them strapped Noble to the rope safely, and then Harry and Hermione shook hands and said many words of thanks.

Finally, I watched the four men take the boxes far away and disappear into the night sky.

They crept down the spiral staircase, finally freed themselves from the heavy burden of Nobel, and even their steps became much easier.

Is there anything more joyful than the dragon is gone, Malfoy will be locked up?

It's true that there are no more happy things than that, but there are obviously many worse things than that.

As soon as they stepped into the hallway, Filch's face suddenly emerged from the darkness.

"Oops, noos, noos," Harry whispered, "we're in trouble. ”

They were overjoyed for a moment and forgot about the cloak on the top of the tower. Just as they were anxious, a thin object suddenly covered their heads.

"Maca?" Hermione exclaimed.

Maca smiled wryly at them, because it was too late. At the moment when the cloak was closed, Filch had already seen him.

"Hermione, you're observant." He and Filch looked at each other eye to eye on each other, but they didn't bother to whisper a joke.

The biggest drawback of the Immortal Hidden Elixir is this, as long as you take the initiative to let people see it, the effect of stealth will be completely gone. Just now, Maca was obviously hiding in the shadows behind them, but she was still seen by Hermione for the first time.

"Oh yes, Mr. McLean!" Filch looked at him with a vicious look and said in a gruff voice, "I think I should hand you over to Professor McGonagall—Professor Sprout is too gentle with his students. ”

Under Harry's worried gaze under the cloak of invisibility, Maca caught up with Filch. He even had time to quietly wave his hand at them, telling the three lion cubs not to be too impulsive.

When Filch led Maca to Professor McGonagall's study on the second floor, they discovered that Professor McGonagall was not there. After waiting a few moments, Maca realized that Professor McGonagall was followed by a short, stocky, cowering little boy - it was Neville Longbottom of Gryffindor.

"Maca!" As soon as Neville saw him, he blurted out, "Why are you here?" Malfoy said he was going to arrest—"

"Neville," Maca interrupted immediately, "I think Malfoy must have tried to trap me, but it doesn't matter. Also, thank you for your concern. ”

With that, he turned to Professor McGonagall and said apologetically, "Professor, I'm really sorry. But please let me explain. ”

Professor McGonagall was visibly angry that she had seen Maca again in this situation.

"Do you have to tell me, Mr. Potter and Miss Granger, where are they now?"

Maca knew with her ass that Neville must have been reckless and confused, and told the truth.

He didn't look at Neville, but looked at Professor McGonagall with a calm gaze, and said very calmly, "That's right, Mr. Malfoy had a feud with Harry before, so when I was discussing dragons with Harry, he overheard. I think Mr. Malfoy was mistaken for thinking that we really had a dragon, but how is that possible? ”

"As for tonight's events, I'm sorry to say it, it's really my fault." Maca said, placing a bottle of potion on Professor McGonagall's desk, "I accidentally mentioned to Harry a new type of potion I had developed, which I had intended to test tonight, but they seemed to be interested. ”

"A new potion?" The anger on Professor McGonagall's face suddenly disappeared, and instead a shocked expression appeared, "You mean, this is a potion you invented?" ”

"Yes, Professor." Maka continued apologetically, "Harry, they wanted to come out to find me, but I persuaded them to go back early. Maybe they're on a wrong side of the road with Neville. ”

Maca couldn't help but sigh secretly when she saw Neville with a bewildered face - don't look at Neville's usual boldness, but he is so brave and reckless at a critical moment that he is worthy of being a Gryffindor student.

Professor McGonagall apparently hadn't listened very closely, and she was still looking incredulous!

"Mr. McLean, I would like to know, what is the effect of this potion you invented?" Professor McGonagall cautiously picked up the potions vial on the table and asked with a serious expression.

When Maca explained to her in detail the usefulness and advantages and disadvantages of the Elixir of the Immortal Hidden Potion, Professor McGonagall immediately decided to tell Dumbledore and Snape the good news overnight. Although Maca had expected it, she was still moved by Professor McGonagall's spirit of caring for her students and the school.

"So, you invented it?" Snape recorked the Immortal Elixir he had sniffed, a rare look of surprise on his face.