Chapter 20: Classroom No. 13
Feeling Brandy's gaze, Peeves stopped what he was doing, happily dropping his paintbrush and floating in mid-air with his sketchpad, speaking in his annoying humming voice.
"Oops~ It's another annoying freshman, who actually went to the principal's office in the middle of the night without sleeping to steal things, and took it to the empty classroom to sweat and abuse himself. The screams are so loud that they can almost wake up the entire castle, tsk~ I'm really curious about what you've experienced. ”
"Oh, come on, Peeves, I didn't scream at all! And it's so late, what are you doing here? What are you holding in your hands? Brandi tried to make himself look more normal, and then secretly asked the Sorting Hat nervously in the back of his mind. (Hey...... Broken hat, did I really scream out before I passed out? )
"Give you a look, you can experience it for yourself! And also... Your focus is on whether you are speaking out rather than whether you are masochistic... This hat was served, too! The latter was obviously not in a good mood, and the Sorting Hat replied coldly. Hurry up and put ...... Remember to give me a shower when you get back! ”
Forehead...... Ha? This inexplicable request knocked out Brandi's already somewhat nervous mood.
(What are you doing?) I just sweated too much on my head? Aren't you dirty in the first place...... )
"Got a fart! When you didn't wake up just now, Peeves practiced art on us for more than half an hour! The Sorting Hat scolded angrily. Brandi hurriedly lowered his head and looked at his robe...... Damn, the light is too dim to see anything.
But it's scary because I can't see clearly!! Peeves, isn't that just a blind drawing based on feelings?!
"What do I have in my hand? It's nothing, nothing~ I like to give him a nickname when I see something, I'm afraid I'll forget it, so I'll just write it on paper, oops, it's just a little personal hobby, and I can't get it on the table. Peeves waved his hand contrivedly, his smirking eyes narrowed into slits.
…… Indeed, this hobby is not on the table.
"So~ I'll wait for you to pack up your things tomorrow and get out, what should I call you? There's a lot written on this paper, do you want to pick one yourself? Hat thief? The shame of Gryffindor? Or Mr. Three-Seconds? ”
Oh, my God! How long the hell has this guy been watching from the sidelines!
Although I don't quite understand what the last nickname means, I still vaguely feel that my personality has been severely insulted! A nameless fire burned in Brandy's chest, and his face flushed, and he suddenly slammed into Peeves. He now knew what it was like to hit a ghost, like he was in a bag full of water. He slammed the unsuspecting Peeves headlong into the wall on the other side of the gate, and while half of his body was embedded in it, he himself was horribly cold, as if he had been splashed with a bucket of ice water from head to toe.
The good news is that he bought himself a few seconds to escape.
- The bad news is even more sad, though, that a half-entity like Peeves will be fine even if it is embedded in the wall. And...... They can fly, and they are fast.
"Come on! Students don't sleep and steal from the dean's office! Peeves screamed and tried to pull himself out of the wall, and Brandi ran past him, hurtling down the hallway. After running a long way, you can clearly hear Peeves' yelling. The portraits in the hallway were awakened in amazement, and they looked at the figures that flashed past them.
"He's in the hallway on the first floor! Just about to run up the stairs! As soon as he ran out of the intersection, Peeves chased after him from behind, giggling and slapping his sketchpad on Brandy's body.
Oh! Damn it......
The ghost doesn't have much strength, and the drawing board doesn't hurt that much. But as long as Peeves keeps making noises around him, Brandi is as invisible as a light bulb that lights on in the middle of the night.
Brandi could already faintly hear footsteps not far away, and Filch was excitedly following Peeves' instructions. He remembered in despair that this guy's office was on the first floor! It's a self-defeating trap......
Absolutely no running upstairs! Filch knows all the shortcuts to the upper floors! He's going to get caught!
But...... Where am I now? Brandi struggled to swing her legs, trying to make sense of her surroundings. These corridors are so similar! He didn't come to the first floor much at night, and he seemed to be ...... Lost!
"Go this way! This door is to the underground idiot, do you want to be caught by Filch at the door of the Slytherin common room! ”
Just as he was about to make his way through a curtain-hung door, the voice of the Sorting Hat finally rang out like rain from heaven. He didn't bother to express his displeasure with the Sorting Hat's rude call, he braked sharply to a halt, then jerked right, and threw his right fist to send Peeves, who was stunned by his sudden stop, flying. It felt like playing a volleyball, which Brandi had wanted to do for a long time, and he kept buzzing around him, as annoying as a mosquito that couldn't die.
"How dare you hit me! Peeves-sama has sworn to make you pay! Peeves held his face in disbelief, and followed in a rage, yelling in his ear.
"Oh~ Welcome to find faults, I just need a subject to practice boxing!"
Brandi ran down a hallway, following the Sorting Hat's instructions through what appeared to be a door that looked like it was leading to the faculty lounge. The scenery next to it became more and more familiar, but Brandi became more and more flustered.
"Nasty little ghost, walk into a dead end~" You can't run, Lord Peeves wants revenge today~" The Peeves next to him smiled brighter and brighter. "He's in the hallway of the faculty lounge, and the damn freshman is going to be expelled~"
"Well done, Peeves~ yes, my dear, he's right here~ those cute things in my office are finally going to come in handy~" Voices could be faintly heard outside the hallway, it was Filch talking to Lady Lori, who had a cat he had...... I really don't know why this person is so distorted in his heart.
Brandi was terrified, and he ran frantically down the hallway and into the faculty lounge. Peeves followed him.
(What to do next!) )
"Don't talk, you delay for a moment and let me think about it...... I remember there was a passage to Room 13. Gryffindor would come out of there with a smirk to scare his most proud apprentice. ”
While the Sorting Hat was trying to remember, Brandi reflexively closed the door and locked it. But he knew it wouldn't work, and Filch would definitely have the key to the door. He wanted to move something to block the door, and the only thing that seemed to weigh enough in the staff lounge was the big cabinet! But first, he couldn't move, and second, he ......
"Bang!"
The large cabinet suddenly shook on its own, making a terrible noise.
"Scared!" Brandi and Peeves stood on the spot at the same time, and Peeves froze for a moment, then suddenly let out a scream. "Help! There's a ghost in this house! ”
Nonsense, aren't you a ghost yourself! Brandi nervously listened nervously to the movement in the cabinet and the hallway behind him, while spitting fiercely in his heart.
The footsteps are getting closer, and the occasional cat can be heard. Filch seemed to enjoy the feeling of chasing his prey, and he walked slowly, but probably less than twenty meters from the door.
"Hah! I remember! There was a sudden shout from the bottom of his heart, and Brandi was taken aback. Come on, behind those two big dark chairs, yes, those two are not the same shape! ”
Brandi hurried to stand still and looked up at the ceiling as the Sorting Hat had instructed. The ceiling is full of dense patterns carved out of the shadow, which seems to be painted one after another large and small ovals, which look irregular.
"Look! Jupiter's position in orbit at two o'clock in the morning! Point your wand at it! Enter the state of supermagic! Then chant the mantra, Doros. ”
(What?) He was stunned for a moment, and then looked hard at the ceiling, only to be surprised to find that the patterns did look a bit like celestial maps, but they were far more complex than the stars they had studied in their astronomy class!
"What are you doing? Gryffindor's stinky boy! ”
Peeves looked at Brandi's strange behavior, and forgot to lose his temper for a while, and asked curiously next to him.
"Shut up!" Brandi spoke viciously. His eyes were still fixed on the intricate patterns of the ceiling.
The footsteps stopped at the doorway, and the door was pushed a few times, but it didn't move. He heard a curse, a series of metal crashes, and Filch began to pick up the keys!
"If I were you, nasty freshman." Peeves floated around Brandi, "I'll be polite, at least I'll shave off a bunch of hair on your head." What do you think about leaving you three? ”
The key is inserted into the keyhole and it starts turning! Brandi gritted his teeth, he had never been so focused, his eyes wandered over the cluster of stars, resting on a black dot that looked like it had been accidentally stained with ink, he had found the damn Jupiter!
At that moment, the door was slammed open! Filch hugged Lady Loris, a hideous smile contorted into her ugly face.
"No surprise! No surprises! Damn little ghost~ You've been chasing me for a long time! ”
To his surprise, the little imp in his eyes ignored him, his back to him, his wand raised high, pointing straight to the ceiling. Peeves shouted loudly beside him, and his already pale grimace was now even less visible. "Stop him!"
Although I don't know what's going on, the other party obviously doesn't seem to want to be restrained, and even plans to blow up the ceiling? Filch angrily let go of Lady Loris and hurried towards Brandy.
"What are you going to do! Stop! ”
Brandi turned his head and looked at Filch as he lunged at him, looking so cute, even though he was angry and his mouth was long, revealing the glittering yellow teeth that had been gilded by the inextinguishable candlelight of the faculty lounge.
"Hey, it's so angry~ Mr. Filch~ Happy nightlife!"
Magic Link Building! Brandi had never felt so relieved to feel like he was exhausted by his magic, and he roared out with joy!
"Spell Casting - Doros!"
A bright light poured down! Peeves and Filch stopped at the same time, covering their eyes with their hands.
After the bright light, the location was empty.
That damn Gryffindor freshman...... Gone!
Half-night...... A hysterical roar came from the corridor on the first floor.
…………
It echoes the pain of another space at the same time.
It was as if he had been roughly stuffed into a water pipe, and then pushed in one direction by a powerful thrust, and Brandi only felt that all his internal organs were squeezed together. I can't even breathe. I don't know if it's a few seconds or a few minutes...... The tube has finally come to an end.
"Ouch!" Brandi was thrown out all at once. Falling from the void to the ground......
"Pain, spain, my God, my ribs! It's a bit too brutal, because it was so hard for Gryffindor to perform magic in those days......"
With the painful experience of the last time, Brandi skillfully used his mental power to cut off the magic link that was maintained, and because of the severance of the timely relationship, this time he was lucky not to be tired to the point of passing out. He lay on the ground and breathed a sigh of relief, then got up, rubbing his aching shoulders and looking around.
It was an ordinary classroom, with old desks, chairs, and corner cabinets still neatly arranged, just like in other classrooms. He glanced out the window, the sky was still gloomy, and he estimated that there were still two or three hours before the sun rose, so he withdrew his gaze and walked towards the door, but after a few steps, he suddenly froze.
"Huh?" He thinks it's a little weird?
He thought for a moment, then suddenly shuddered, and he walked briskly back to the window.
Although he hadn't explored the magical secret passages that had been passed down by generations of Hogwarts students, and he didn't know how many magical secret rooms were hidden in this grand castle, he was sure that he had definitely visited all the exposed classrooms at Hogwarts through these two months of classes and exploration.
But this one...... He looked out the window at the dim fields and the dark woods.
It must have been one facing the Forbidden Forest...... But why? Brandi was puzzled.
If his memory was correct, if he looked up from the bottom, he would be where he was now......
That's when the Sorting Hat spoke. Its voice is strange, as if it is a proud introduction, and it seems to be reminiscing and lamenting the passing time.
"Welcome to Classroom 13, Brandi...... Where I was born. ”