Hermione paused in the middle of her sentence.

Harry and Ron slowly turned to look at Professor Snape standing not far from them, smiling.

"Good evening." He said in a sleek tone, as if thinking about how many points to deduct from Harry and the others.

They stared blankly at him.

"You shouldn't be here at this point in time."

Snape whispered, the muscles on his face twisting and twitching uncontrollably, as if he couldn't suppress a strange smile.

"We we're in—" Harry said, not knowing what he was going to say.

"We were just asking Professor McGonagall a question and we were delayed, so she allowed us to hurry back to the dorm at this time."

Hermione instantly picked up Harry's topic, and added at the end:

"If you don't believe me, ask Professor McGonagall, I'm sure she'll be happy to testify for us, provided you're not in a hurry, of course."

Maybe Hermione's words worked, maybe Snape really had something to do in a hurry, but he let go of an opportunity to deduct Gryffindor by at least 50 points so easily.

"You'd better be careful," Snape said, "and people will think you're trying to do something bad, and Gryffindor can't afford to lose any more points, can they?" ”

Harry blushed, in fact, if it weren't for Hermione, I'm afraid Gryffindor would really be deducted a negative score by Professor Snape.

They were about to walk briskly outside, away from Snape's aggressive gaze as quickly as possible, but Snape turned around and stopped them:

"A word of caution, Potter...... If you dare to wander around in the middle of the night again, I will definitely fire you personally.

When the time comes, I'm going to personally wish you a happy last few days at Hogwarts. ”

Harry was terrified, but seemed to think of something, and mustered up the courage to stare at Snape with three points of pity, three points of unwillingness, three parts of innocence, and a point of stubbornness, and took the initiative to find his eyes.

"Are you really going to fire me with your own hands? I still have a lot to learn about potions, and it will be the biggest regret of my life to leave Hogwarts and never be able to listen to you again. ”

Under the pressure of Harry's pale green eyes, which flickered with candlelight, Professor Snape blushed.

Fortunately, the candlelight in the hallway was dim, and Harry and the others were so weak that they didn't notice the spectacle at all.

Coughing lightly twice, leaving a phrase of "hurry back to the dormitory", Snape took the initiative to leave.

It's a pity that Li Fei couldn't see that back, otherwise he would have to laugh at Snape's classic reproduction of "running away".

"Yours, Harry."

Ron's eyes widened into a shape of "_", he didn't expect Harry to have a way to force the infamous Professor Snape back.

"Don't talk about that, I think Hermione can go back to the dorm first, and the two of us had better stay outside the hallway on the fourth floor tonight to avoid any trouble." Harry said to Ron, "Well, brother, you're going to be with me, aren't you?" ”

Although Harry had already thought of a good reason to move Hermione back to the dormitory first, this part of the plan was not carried out after all.

No sooner had they reached the doorway that separated Louwe from the rest of the school into two different worlds when Professor McGonagall suddenly appeared, and this time she couldn't help but throw a tantrum at Harry.

"I guess you think you're better than the magic spells that a whole bunch of professors have put together, right?"

She roared and roared, "Enough, stop messing around!

If the next time I hear you're coming here again, I'll have to deduct 50 points from Gryffindor!

Yes, Weasley, listen to me, watch Harry Potter, or I'll deduct 50 points from my own house!" ”

Harry and Ron slumped back to the common room.

As soon as Harry said "at least Hermione went to sleep, no one would see us look ashamed", when he saw that the portrait of the fat lady had just been turned away, and Hermione was sitting on the couch in the common room waiting for them to come back.

"I guessed it, Harry." Hermione pursed her lips, her state almost like Professor McGonagall possessed, "I put myself in the shoes of Professor McGonagall and think about what I would do if I were her, after hearing your inexplicable but sworn words."

The obvious answer is that Professor McGonagall will definitely check the arrangement of the guards, and you are undoubtedly throwing yourself into the net by doing so.

The reason why I didn't stop you is because Li Fei once said to me, 'If you blindly stop them from making mistakes, then they will never be able to understand what guilt is'.

But I would like to add that I want you to understand one thing: my wisdom is not so cheap, and my help to you is entirely out of mutual support between friends, but it is clear that you have not given me enough respect, even if I have analyzed everything correctly. ”

Yes, Harry and Ron would have argued loudly with Hermione on a normal day, but tonight Hermione's analysis was not wrong at all, which made both Harry and Ron feel a little guilty.

"So what the hell is to do?" As soon as Ron spoke, the common room fell into a deathly silence.

No one has a better way, or rather, everyone knows what the only and least feasible way is at the moment.

"Well, that seems to be the only way to go, right?" Harry said.

Both Hermione and Ron stared at him, only to see that his face was pale and his eyes were shining.

"You're crazy!?" Ron said.

"You can't do that!" Hermione's eyes widened, "Didn't you hear what Professor McGonagall and Snape said?" You're definitely going to be fired! ”

"So what?" Harry exclaimed, "Don't you understand? No, you certainly understand all this.

You know all too well that if Snape gets his hands on the Philosopher's Stone, Voldemort will return!

Haven't you heard what the whole British wizarding world was like when he wanted to dominate the world?

If he had succeeded, Hogwarts would not have existed, and it would not matter if he was expelled or not!

He will raze the school to the ground or turn it into a school dedicated to teaching black magic!

Can't you see that it doesn't matter if you lose points or not!

Do you think that as long as Gryffindor wins the House Cup, he will let you and your family go?

If I had been caught before I could get my hands on the Philosopher's Stone, I would have to go back to the Dursleys and wait in the closet for Voldemort to come and find me.

That's just a little later than now, because I'm never going to join the underworld!

I'm going to try to get my hands on the Philosopher's Stone first, everyone says I've defeated Voldemort, but only I know that I was too young to have that memory.

Maybe this has nothing to do with you, and that's probably why I came to this school.

Ever since Hagrid rescued me from the Dursleys, Hogwarts has become my true 'home', and I may be naughty and have arguments with my siblings, but at times like this, even if I am expelled, I will try to give it a try!

I'm going to have to go through that trapdoor tonight, you two can't stop me with anything, and don't forget, there's a grudge between me and Voldemort that can't be reconciled.

Voldemort killed my parents, and I killed him, right?

Maybe you can all escape, but I'm the only one who doesn't want to escape, and I don't want to escape. ”

By the end, Harry was no longer angry, just staring at them calmly, as if he wanted to keep the figures of his two best friends in his heart forever.

"You're right, Harry." Hermione said softly.

"I'm going to use my invisibility cloak," Harry said, "and I've been able to get it back by chance." ”

"But can it cover all three of us?" Ron asked.

"We ...... The three of us? Harry was stunned.

"Oh, don't be stupid Harry, do you think we're going to leave you alone?" Ron held out his palm first.

"Of course not," Hermione said harshly, "how did you think of leaving us alone to find the Philosopher's Stone?" I'd better go through my books and maybe find something useful......"

Hermione then dug into her hand, covering Ron's palm.

The warm touch made Hermione blush instantly, but it was only for a moment for Hermione to straighten out the expression on her face.

"But if we get caught, you two will be expelled." Harry hesitated, as he said, it was actually a feud between him and Voldemort, and he didn't want to implicate the two friends.

"Probably not," said Hermione firmly, "Professor Flitwick once told me secretly that I had scored a hundred and twelve in his class.

With such a high score, I believe they would never be willing to drive me away. ”

Fortunately, it was already late, everyone went back to the dormitory to sleep, and at this time there were only three Harry in the common room, and without hiding from the concerns of others, Harry and the others directly began to discuss the plan of action.

Hermione busied through all her notes, hoping to stumble upon a spell they were going to break later.

Harry and Ron rarely spoke, both thinking about what they were about to do.

Finally, there was a soft "click" of the clock at twelve o'clock, and the whole castle should be silent at this point.

"It's time to go get the Cloak of Invisibility."

Ron poked his head into the dorm room and lip-synced into Harry.

Harry took off his shoes at Hermione's reminder and ran lightly upstairs barefoot, creeping into their own pitch-black dorm room and removing the Cloak of Invisibility.

It was then that he stumbled upon the flute that Hagrid had given him this Christmas.

He pocketed the flute and prepared to use it against Louwe...... He felt that he was not in the mood to sing to the big dog, even though Li Fei had inadvertently praised himself and Ron's singing voice "Seven tricks opened six tricks".

Ron, who had followed Harry into the dormitory, swept his gaze across his bed, a hint of reluctance in his eyes.

He is the sixth child of the Weasleys, all of whom are Gryffindors, and the eldest brother and second brother are also prefects and student council presidents.

And I, the sixth child of the Weasleys, am afraid that he will become the first Weasley to be expelled from Hogwarts, right?

Forget it, the penultimate is also the first, the first, it sounds a little similar to the first grade of Brother Li Fei.

His eyes wandered over the bed until he saw the exquisite [Knight] shaped wizard chess on the bedside table, and Ron couldn't help but smile.

This is a meeting gift from Li Fei's eldest brother, a set of twelve Hogwarts limited sealed jars, when Ron opened countless empty boxes in a row, and only drew a card, with this chess piece.

Perhaps it was this beautifully shaped knight's chess piece that brought Ron good fortune and gave him the honor of winning the biggest prize of all, a full ten gold gallons!

After much hesitation, Ron slowly walked to his bed and put the beloved chess piece in his pocket.

As Ron hurried back to the common room, he saw that Harry and Hermione had already begun fiddling with the invisibility cloak.

"We'd better put on the invisibility cloak here and see if it can cover all three of us, I remember the last time I sent Noble, the invisibility cloak wasn't long enough at all, and Li Fei had to cast a spell to help us make our legs invisible.

If, I mean if, Filch sees a pair of feet walking on the ground on his own......"

"Don't talk about it, I guess Filch has been at Hogwarts for so many years, and he must have seen a little wizard who practiced the [Transfiguration Charm] and accidentally exposed a leg or a pair of heels."

Ron laughed and teased Harry, and then, at Hermione's urging, pulled the other corner of the Cloak of Invisibility and held Harry firmly in the middle.

There was a small episode while out of the house, when Neville got out of bed and happened to be wrapped in the Cloak of Invisibility by Ron and Hermione.

The moment he saw Harry lose his upper body and become a "headless corpse" in an instant, Neville's young mind was instantly shattered by a huge sense of fear, and he collapsed to the ground.

Hearing this, the three of them hurriedly helped Neville to sit on the couch and tried to rescue Neville.

Perhaps the power of this fear was too strong, and no matter how much Harry and the others slapped and shook Neville, they couldn't wake him up from his slumber.

Eventually, Hermione, who couldn't wait, resorted to the trick of "gently waking up the sleeping mind", which really worked, and Neville slowly opened his eyes with a stick down.

Neville, who knew everything, began to try to stop Harry and the others from violating the school rules, and Hermione was using magic petrification.

"Hey, I said, shouldn't you have woken him up in the first place, you see you didn't want him to faint in the end."

"Shut up!"

Hermione's glaring glare caused Ron to snap a joking mouth.

Thankfully, with the help of the Cloak of Invisibility, the trio managed to traverse countless corridors and reach the outside of the four-hugging corridor—the trapdoor guarded by the three-headed dog Luwei.

Unfortunately, the door at the end of the hallway had already opened a crack.

"How. See," Harry whispered, "Snape has made it through the Lowe level. ”

Seeing that ajar door, they seemed more aware of what they were about to face.

Harry said to Ron and Hermione under the Cloak of Invisibility, "Actually, you don't have to be implicated by me, I don't blame you."

You can take the Cloak of Invisibility with you, I don't need it anymore. ”

"Don't say stupid things." Ron's eyes were steadfast.

"Let's go together." Hermione shook her teeth.

Harry pushed the door open.

With the creak of the door opening, a low roar immediately sounded in their ears, and although the big dog was pretending to sleep with its eyes closed, its three noses were all twitching and sniffing frantically towards them.

"What's that at its feet?" Hermione asked quietly.

"It looks like a harp," Ron said, "and it must have been left behind by Snape." ”

"Which of you can play the harp?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was quiet, and the scene was extremely embarrassing.

"Okay, I'll give it a try......"

Harry put Hagrid's flute to his lips and tried to play it softly.

Obviously, he couldn't blow out of tune, but as soon as he blew the first note, the big dog's eyes began to shake violently, as if he was about to wake up!

Hermione snatched the flute from Harry's hands almost instantly, nonsense, let Harry blow it again, I'm afraid they won't even be able to pass the first level and will unfortunately die in the dog's mouth.

The sound stopped, and slowly, the trembling barking of the big dog stopped...... Its head shook and it waited for half a minute before finally purring again.

“how dare you？ (How dare you?) ）”

Hermione turned into an environmental girl, staring at Harry with awe-inspiring eyes, and that expression seemed that if Harry dared to make half a voice, she would have to share the sky with someone Harry.

"Ron, you sing."

Ron's face flushed, although he had hummed some country tunes in the past, but he couldn't listen to that thing at all, and at this time Hermione was staring at him, and suddenly opened his mouth and sang in a hurry:

“happy birthday to you……”

“happy birthday to you……”

“happy birthday to you……”

By the time the third line was sung, the three-headed dog had already begun to tremble all over his body, as if he had recalled some extremely tragic and terrifying memories in his dreams, and desperately shoved his body into the corner!

It seems that only a dark, narrow corner can save his poor and helpless puppy!

"Don't stop, keep singing."

At Hermione's orders, Ron had to continue singing Happy Birthday at his broken gong throat, while Harry and the others took the opportunity to take off their invisibility cloaks and tiptoe towards the trapdoor.

When they approached the three huge heads, they all felt a very strong sense of fear, and even felt the hot, smelly breath of the big dog.

The only thing that gave them a sense of security was Ron's "miserable" singing, and seeing the three-headed dog still trembling in the corner of the wall by the song, Harry promised that he would never want Ron to sing "Birthday Song" for him again.

Pull open the trapdoor suddenly, and it will be completely dark.

Harry waved his hand for himself to come first, but his gaze was slightly hesitant.

After seeing that Hermione was also reluctant, Ron signaled that he could be the first to come.

Hermione's expression was a little moved, but as Ron's mournful singing had just stopped, the three-headed dog's body instantly stopped shaking, and immediately showed signs of waking up again!

Forced to be helpless, Ron had to spread his hands and make a "no way" expression, Harry had already done his mental construction at this time, only to see him slowly slide down the hole, and finally only rely on ten fingers to climb the edge of the hole.

He looked up at Ron and said, "If anything happens to me, don't go down with you, go straight to the owl's cupboard, and send Hedwig to deliver a letter to Dumbledore, remember!" ”

"Okay." Ron said.

"I'll see you later, I hope ...... All the best. ”

Harry let go of his hand, and the dark hole seemed to swallow him completely, without a sound or the echo of the weight as it landed.

Hermione couldn't take it anymore and jumped down, saying the same thing Harry had said before leaving.

After a long time, when Ron had sung his throat and cheeks a little congested and swollen, Hermione finally responded in fits and starts.

"It's okay, oh no, you come down, it's a soft landing, it's comfortable, hiss, tap ......"

ps: Mr. Takahashi, the founder of "Yu-Gi-Oh", has passed away, hey, the soul of the dark game was drained from him, and now he can play cards with Pharaoh Atum forever.

I feel a little sad in my heart, the experience of youth is leaving us little by little, I hope everything is well.

The word count of this chapter is 5560, the billing is 4100, and the others are sent without charge.

So don't think I'm watery when I sing Happy Birthday three times.

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