Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Night Tour
In the dead of night, Hogwarts was peaceful.
Ricardo followed Filch through the hallways, waving his wand boredly, reminiscing about the patterns he had recently learned.
With his right hand tied behind his back and a lamp in his left hand, Filch walked cautiously down the hallway, observing everywhere as he went, and the old cat, Lady Loris, walked in front of them.
Moonlight poured in through the high windows, and struck the ground one by one.
"The stairs are so quiet today," he said as he walked, "and as usual, the stairs move back and forth day and night. ”
Ricardo agrees. The staircase was tickling like Peeves' brother, tickling, day and night.
He practiced the magic pattern too late a few days ago, and wanted to go to the kitchen to make up for a supper, but he was stuck in the stairwell, and he still called the house-elves to help him, so he passed by a few Hufflepuffs who came to the kitchen to steal food, which was what the house-elves told him.
It's really doubtful whether the wizard who built this thing was really trying to stall for time or if he was just idle.
"If you want me to say, these damn stairs shouldn't be moving!" Filch said angrily, "I've almost caught the Weasley twins a few times because the staircase movement interfered with my chase!" I've been working here for decades, and I haven't figured out the rules of these old antiques! ”
"What are we doing here?" Ricardo asked, "What exactly is the friendship project tonight?" ”
"Mr. Malfoy told me," Filch explained his reason, "that Mr. Savior is going to go to the prize room at midnight, and if I arrive in time, I can catch them." ”
"Horse ...... How does Mr. Malfoy know? ”
"I don't know, but he wouldn't dare deceive me."
Don't know the source's small report?
Ricardo couldn't help but think about tonight. Are they ready to go to a duel? So why did Malfoy tell Filch?
Then it is clear that the duel is fake, and Malfoy wants Harry Potter to be caught by Filch before it is true.
Thinking of this, Ricardo couldn't help but have doubts about the savior's IQ.
Who gave him the courage to make a date with someone else two weeks after the start of school? Is it true that your family opened the school?
Also, a duel with a pure-blood family? Even if this kind of pure-blood kid is incompetent, he will have a little bit of magic when he hears it, right?
Anyway, when he was in the first grade, he endured everywhere and tried his best to enrich himself, and it was not until the third grade that he counterattacked and became famous.
The savior doesn't really think of himself as a savior, does he?
Ricardo sighed, that's what your savior looks like......
Whatever, Ricardo comforted himself, anyway, he defeated Voldemort in the end, why did he have nothing to do with it? Isn't it fragrant to study magic?
"Smell everywhere, my dear, in some corner they might be hiding."
Filch said to Lady Loris.
Ricardo made his way to the prize showroom, where the crystal glass case glittered in the moonlight. In the dark, trophies, shields, medals, and statues shimmer with silver and gold light.
He noticed that a trophy called the Special Contribution Award glowed with an eerie glow in the moonlight.
Tom Riddle?
For some reason, Ricardo remembered the name.
"They're somewhere here, Mr. Silva," Filch muttered under his breath, "probably hiding." ”
Ricardo didn't speak, he closed his eyes slightly, his magic spreading, and his spiritual power was urging, looking for traces of the creature.
The ability to perceive the living body, which has saved him countless times, is used today to find the place where the student is.
However, apart from two people and one cat, there were no other living forms in the room.
"Don't look for it, Mr. Filch," Ricardo said, "probably because your voice was too loud, and the kids ran out. ”
"Don't let me catch them!" Filch said indignantly, following Ricciardo out of the prize showroom.
Ricardo stood there, searching with his senses again, then pointing to a hallway full of armor.
"I feel like they're hiding here, Filch."
As soon as the words fell, a terrifying scream came from there, and the sound of "boom, boom, boom" seemed to wake up the whole castle.
Ricardo saw that the little boy who had been in the sky in the afternoon was in a panic and got up from the red-haired boy who was following the Savior, who jerked the red-haired boy up and fled, and the lion-headed girl was among them, and she ran last, pushing down her armor as she ran, giving her pursuers a thwart.
Good guys, I have this awareness at a young age.
Ricardo admired as he applied a levitation charm to his armor to make it easier to walk.
Still, these things hindered them, and all of a sudden, he and Filch really couldn't find the students.
They searched, and just as they were a little upset that they couldn't find it, Peeves' voice resounded through the hallway:
"Students don't sleep! Students don't sleep, in the hallways of Charms class!"
"Where did they go, Peeves?" Filch said, "Hurry up, tell me." ”
"Say 'please.'"
"Don't mess with me," Filch said impatiently, "Peeves, tell me, where have they gone?" ”
"If you don't say please, I won't say anything to you." Peeves said in his annoying humming tone.
"Okay. Please...... Please tell me. ”
"What words! Ha ha! I told you that if you don't say please, I won't say anything to you! Ha ha! Hahahaha! Peeves said as he wanted to leave.
"Hurry up and be imprisoned!"
Ricardo stretched out his wand and pointed it at Peeves.
Peeves was caught off guard, and it looked at Ricardo with ...... eyes A kind of sadness of betrayal?
"Peeves, I don't have time to roleplay with you for a while," Ricardo's tone softened, "Please tell us, where are those kids?" ”
"Would you like to play with me, then? You really have a talent for mischief! ”
“…… Sorry, not at all. ”
"They're going that way!" Peeves' body suddenly became illusory, and the rope had no effect on it, and it snorted through the wall and left, leaving Ricardo with a moment of thought.
"This guy can't catch it," Filch reassured him, "and almost no one can catch Peeves, that bastard can't catch him." ”
"I'm fine," Ricardo laughed, "just thought of something." Mr. Filch, go catch them first, I suppose I'm a little tired. ”
"Then you get a good night, Mr. Silva," Filch nodded, "good night." ”
He quickly left, chasing the children who had broken the rules.
Ricardo stood there, his chin in his hand, thought for a long time, and said aloud: "Quiet staircase...... Disturbed perception...... The armor that fell without being touched by Miss Lionhead......"
"I don't know what you're doing, but I think it's probably a training session."
"But training is training, and I'll still punish you if you get caught, won't you?"
"Alright, good night, Headmaster Dumbledore."