Chapter 18: The Secret of the Living Point Map

The bell rings for the end of class.

The young wizards, who had just finished a Defence Against the Dark Arts class, chatted excitedly and left the faculty lounge together.

"Did you see how I took down that female ghost?" Seamus yelled.

"And that hand!" Dean said, waving his hand.

"And the big spider!"

"And my mummy!"

"I really don't understand, why is Professor Lupin afraid of the crystal ball?" Lavender said thoughtfully, but didn't care about it.

"It's the best Defence Against the Dark Arts class we've ever had, isn't it?" Ron said excitedly as they walked back to the classroom to get their school bags.

"He's a very good teacher," Clark said with rare approval, "Unfortunately, I wish I had a chance to deal with that Boggartβ€”"

"Oh my God, Clark, I feel like you're showing it off," Ron said with a grin, "what do you think it's going to be in front of you?" Is it a failure in the exam? Or an assignment that didn't get a perfect score and only got a nine? ”

They were talking enthusiastically, but Harry was the only one who was sullen.

Professor Lupin deliberately didn't let him deal with Boggart, why is that? Was it because he saw himself fainting on the train and thought he had no skills? Did he think he would faint again?

Harry was in a state of self-doubt, and Clarke, sensing this, patted him on the shoulder.

"What's wrong, Harry?"

"It's okay," Harry looked at the excellent Clark and subconsciously shook his head, "It's just strange, Professor Lupin gave me five points, but I didn't do anything." ”

"Maybe it's because you answered his questions correctly when you first started class." Ron said lightly, "Clark and Hermione have also added points, okay, don't think about it, I'll go back to the break room, you can copy the homework for me......"

A group of people giggled down the stairs.

Soon, with word of mouth from these young wizards, this year's Defence Against the Dark Arts became a favorite course for most people.

Professor Lupin's humorous and amiable nature made the little wizards both adore and get close to him.

With the exception of Draco Malfoy, he often spoke ill of Professor Lupin with his fellow Slytherins.

"Look what has become of his robes," Malfoy said deliberately so that everyone else could hear him as Professor Lupin passed by, "and he was dressed like a house-elf in our house." ”

But no one but them cared that Professor Lupin's robes were patched and worn.

And his next few lessons were as lively and interesting as the first one.

After learning the Boggart, they learned about the Red Hat, an ugly little goblin-like thing that likes to lurk in places where blood once flowed, such as castle dungeons and abandoned battlefield tunnels, waiting to attack the lost with a big stick.

After the red hats, they began to learn about the Kaba, a reptile that lived in the water, resembling a scaly monkey with webbed hands, ready to strangle ordinary people wading through their ponds.

In the face of these strange dark magic creatures, even Clark felt that it was very rewarding.

On top of that, with the help of a time turner, he and Hermione were getting better and better on several other electives.

Whether it was arithmetic divination, ancient runes, or Muggle studies, they were able to learn with ease, and were praised by several professors.

Only the divination class, the one in the suffocating tower classroom, gave Hermione a headache.

They had to decipher all sorts of strange shapes and symbols in that dreary, sweet air, and force themselves to ignore Professor Trelawney's cryptic words.

In addition to these lessons, after being instructed by Clark, Hagrid also really took care of the Magical Beasts class.

After consulting Harry and the other students, he regrouped and tried to overcome his unique tastes, first introducing them to the "fairy", a very beautiful little creature.

This made the little wizards forget about the exciting first lesson for a while.

Then he took the students to introduce themselves to all kinds of strange magical creatures such as the ball escape bird, the moon beast, and the fire ash snake, which successfully restored his image among the students.

After more than a month of study, Clark began to prepare his next plan.

Later that evening, after dinner and returning to the common room, Clark found George and Fred.

The two of them were preparing an advertised rental plan for the merchants of Hogsmeade Village, and Clark was not polite, and directly asked them to borrow the map of the living spots.

As the twins' cousins, their boss and partner, the two revealed their little secret to Clark when they went to Egypt during the summer vacation of their second grade.

So for Clark's request, the Weasley twins readily agreed.

"We thought you'd never borrow it." George Weasley winked at Clark.

"Looks like our good baby Clark is going on an adventure." Fred exaggeratedly pulled something out of his cloak and placed it on the table.

It was a large square piece of parchment, the edges of which were so worn out that it looked like it had been used a lot, but there was nothing on it.

"It looks like just a plain piece of old parchment." "But this is the treasure we got from Filch at the risk of being disemboweled." ”

"We reckon Filch never figured out how to use it." Fred smirked, "But this little baby has taught us more than any teacher in the whole school." ”

"Yes, yes!" George drew his wand and tapped the blank parchment, "I solemnly swear that I will not do anything good. ”

As the incantation was pronounced, in an instant, thin lines of ink spread like spider webs from where the tip of George's wand had touched, as if an invisible pen had drawn on it.

These ink lines are interconnected and criss-crossed, extending to every corner of the parchment.

Then on the very top of the parchment appeared the words, which were large green letters:

Moon face, worm tail, big feet, and pointed fork

Introducing the Gentlemen of Magic, who help the magic pranksters, the Living Point Map!

Gu Ya

"How's that, it's amazing, isn't it?" Fred looked at Clark and saw a look of surprise on his face.

This is indeed very magical, although Clark has already learned about it from the original book, but when he actually sees the real thing, he is still very surprised.

Because on this map of the living spots, all the details of Hogwarts Castle and grounds are mapped.

Yes, all the details!

Even all the people who are living in this castle at the moment.

You can clearly see that on the map, there are many small black dots with markings moving around the castle, and each little black dot has a name in very small font.

Clarke leaned over in surprise to see a marked black dot in the upper left corner showing Professor Dumbledore pacing the study; Filch, the caretaker's cat, Lady Loris, is patrolling the third floor; Peeves, who has a penchant for pranks, is bouncing around the prize showroom at the moment.

The only trouble may be that this map does not have the name of the person to search for credit, and if you want to find someone, you have to keep your eyes open and lie on the map for a long time.

In addition, even though Hogwarts Castle is a complex three-dimensional structure, you can use the floor symbol on the side of the map to point on it with a magic wand to reveal a detailed floor plan of each floor of the castle, just like using the Rode map.

That's so convenient!

Clark was secretly surprised by the strength of the mischievous foursome in the first place, and at the same time, he also felt strange.

The map is very detailed, and it can be said that Harry's father was extremely familiar with the terrain of Hogwarts because they were mischievous and often wandered around at night.

However, it is a bit of a stretch to say that it can monitor the entire Hogwarts and update it in real time.

You must know that according to Clark's guess, this kind of ability is generally only possessed by the headmaster of Hogwarts, and even the deans of the four major houses do not have this kind of authority.

So how does this live map achieve this function?

And in addition, this map can also provide feedback on the movement of the outside world, and in the original book, Snape, who confiscated this map, was severely ridiculed by the map.

This suggests that the map is an alchemy item similar to the Sorting Hat, which is incorporating the ideas of the maker.

Judging from these points alone, the Living Point Map is far from being made by a few young wizards who have not yet graduated.

Clark admits that Harry and his father are very good, but based on his current knowledge, it takes a great deal of knowledge of charms, transfiguration, ancient magic, and the magic of names to create such a map.

This is only the basics, and the most important thing is that they must be able to sneak into the Hogwarts authority system, obtain information about Hogwarts Castle, and not be discovered by Headmaster Dumbledore.

If Sirius really had such a skill, could fully grasp this knowledge, and flexibly use it to bring forth the new, it would be impossible for them to be unknown and end up like this.

Unless, they are only the discoverers of live point maps, not the inventors.

Clark took the map in his hand, and didn't plan to go any further, anyway, the specific situation, after he asked Sirius Black, he would know everything.

"Thanks, I'll give it back to you when I'm done with it." Clark stood up.

"No, just treat it as a Christmas present from us to you in advance." George grinned and said, "We made a lot of money selling magic cards for you last year, so I haven't had time to thank you yet." ”

"Well, though I really don't want to give it to you, since you have spoken, take it," said Fred, "after all, we already know the route of the road on it." ”

"By the way, one last word of advice, remember to erase the traces when you're done with it-"

"β€”or anyone else will be able to see it." George and Fred warned in unison.

"Just strike it with your wand again and say, 'The prank is over!' It'll be a blank slate again. ”

After the two of them finished speaking, they turned around and went back to their work, as if they hadn't spoken to Clark at all.

Clarke smiled, put away the map, and turned to find Harry again, borrowing the Cloak of Invisibility from him under the pretext that he wanted to visit the library at night.

With everything in place, when it was not too early and there was no one in the lounge, he secretly got up alone and passed the portrait of the fat lady.

The clouds were thick tonight, and there was not a trace of moonlight to be seen.

The entire Hogwarts castle was silent, and Clark walked cautiously down the dark corridors, soon reaching the eighth floor.

He wandered around here for a long time, and according to his relatively clear memory, he soon found the place described in the original book, that is, in front of the huge tapestry in which Barnabas the Fool tried to teach trolls ballet, and on the opposite side of this tapestry was a white wall.

Clark took out the map of the living spot again, and after making sure that there was no one around, he put away his invisibility cloak, and under the gaze of the troll drawing, he calmed down while silently reciting in his mind:

"I need a room to hide things."

"I need a room to hide things."

"I need a room to hide things."

Turn back from the window at one end of the white wall, walk to the one-man tall vase at the other end and turn back.

In this way, when he turned around for the third time, on the white wall, magical lines and patterns gradually emerged, together outlining a smooth and shiny bronze gate.

Clark put his hand on the copper handle and pulled the door open.

Then, in front of him, there was a huge, messy-looking room.

It's so big, bigger than the Great Hall of Hogwarts, it's hard to imagine that just behind a wall, there's a room as huge as a palace.

Only the Enchanted Castle of Hogwarts can find such a place.

However, at this time, the huge palace was full of all kinds of miscellaneous items, which had been discarded by generations of Hogwarts students, piled up into countless small hills, leaving only some narrow roads for people to pass.

Clark walked along the path between the clutter, the bright pillars of light cast overhead, blending with the strange shadows around him, illuminating the place as if it were a city of high walls, twisted and disordered, but with a lot of mysterious magic.

This is the Room of Requirement, a magical room that only appears when people really need it.

And one of the Hogwarts authorities that Clark is looking for, the Ravenclaw crown, happens to be hidden here by the former Voldemort.

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