Chapter 22: The Hapless Scamander

Rove found out that tonight was probably his own bad luck night.

First, as he left the principal's office, he ran into Professor Snape.

After the professor put out a wave of yin and yang weirdness, he used the excuse that Rove was walking too loudly, which affected the rest of the Slytherin students...... Five Hufflepuff points were deducted.

Merlin's briefs!

Lady Luo was on the eighth floor, and the Slytherin common room was under the Black Lagoon, and at this vertical distance, even if he set off fireworks on the roof, the little snakes couldn't hear it!

Why don't you say that the smell of your big greasy head also affects the air quality and smokes the little wizard of Hufflepuff?

Of course, Rove didn't say that, and he didn't want to let Hufflepuff deduct twenty points on the first night of school, and by the way, he received a confinement package.

Then, when the boy returned the way he came, he suddenly found himself ...... Lost.

There are 142 stairs in Hogwarts, and they can be moved everywhere, and there is no such thing as "the same way".

Some of the steps are still veritable road killings, when you step on them, they will suddenly disappear, you close your feet, it will appear again, you want to step over, it will rise directly...... Bordering on provocation!

Some roads are blocked by walls at the end, you have to poke the right place for it to open, stab the wrong place, solid as a rock.

As a beginner, Rove plunged headlong into Hogwarts' intricate staircase system, like navigating the Pansi Cave, with dense paths like cobwebs, nine twists and eighteen bends, and traps in the bends...... No matter how good your driving skills are, you have to get lost!

It's really not that he can't do it, it's that the enemy has too many tricks, and he can't hold out for too long before he has to disarm and surrender, and he is frequently taken down by the tricky stairs.

Rove could have imagined the bad taste, the excitement and the wilting of Ravenclaw when designing the staircase, and she might even have often looked through the crystal ball to observe the little wizard's embarrassment.

Poor Rove walked around for ten minutes, still on the fourth floor, and he had to open the window, ready to jump out of the window, and then come in from the first floor.

Rove stood diagonally near the window, about to roll out, when he jerked his head to look into the corner.

A scrawny, gray-haired cat stared at him with bulging eyes like a light bulb.

When it saw Rove, it turned around and ran, and Rove hurriedly chased after him.

As a senior professor at the Cat Ethics College, he has plenty of experience in cat petting and cat petting techniques, and at the fastest time, he once captured the heart of a cat within a minute.

This cat always knows the way better than Rav, right?

After chasing two corridors, the cat was gone, and Rove heard a slight sound and turned his head to look, creepy.

A hideous face appeared by the window, and the man hung a lantern on the shelf of the colony, but the lamp was dim, fluttering in the wind, and poof, the light went out.

The fleeting light adds to the terrifying atmosphere.

Rove scared Hermione all day, and he himself was now a little scared.

The man took off the lantern again, took out a new candle with bright red blood from his sleeve, lit it instantly, put it in the lantern, and hung it on the pillar again.

The lantern shook slightly, and the light shone in the corridor.

Filch, who was patrolling the night with lanterns, was excited when he saw Rove, and he smiled and said:

"On the first night of school, I caught the students on the night tour, and Mrs. Loris did a great job! Let's see which little villain it is!! ”

"Sir, I'm a student at Hufflepuff House, and after dinner, I was called to the office by Dumbledore." Rove explained.

"Am I going to believe your lies?" Filch sneered: "Last school year, I caught a Gryffindor student, and he said that he had sleepwalking, and he came out of sleepwalking!" ”

"There is also a Ravenclaw student who was still stiff-mouthed when I found out, saying that he didn't want to disturb his dormitory classmates and wanted to study by the corridor light."

"I've also met Slytherin students who said they were kidnapped from their beds by dark wizards and taken to the library exclusion zone!!"

"Which of these reasons isn't more creative than yours? Your reason is rotten, and among the night tour students I caught, the frequency of appearances can be in the top five. ”

“……”

Rove was speechless, this reason has been compiled to the year 2022 of the Temoxi calendar, and there is no reason to use it.

"But I'm not lying, you can go to Professor Dumbledore and prove my words to be true."

"Still stubborn, you must be trying to escape halfway, I'm going to send you to Snape." Filch laughed.

Regardless of whether this reason is true or not, according to Snape's character, as long as he is not a student of his own house, he will deduct ten points first...... There are so many professors at Hogwarts, and Snape is on Filch's stomach.

If Filch were a professor, he would have to hang from the ceiling and get a leash to pump a student if he caught him.

"Even if you go to Professor Snape, you'll have to take me to the Headmaster's office." Rove chuckled:

"When I came back from the principal's office, he was just about to go in."

Filch frowned, wondering if Rove's words were true.

Just when the administrator was embarrassed, Mrs. Loris, who was at his feet, suddenly sneezed a few times in a row, and her eyes moistened a lot.

Rove observed Lady Loris and walked towards it.

"Boy, what are you going to do?" Filch roared, "Why are you so close? ”

"Your cat looks sick." Rove explained.

"!" Filch was furious: "Under my care, Lady Loris doesn't know how good her health is! ”

Rove sighed and looked at the cat that was constantly sneezing, his voice was not heavy, but his tone was firm:

"Has it been sneezing and coughing lately, tearing, increased nasal secretions, loss of appetite, and depression?"

Filch opened his mouth, his throat a little dry.

"Look at you like this, that's right, these symptoms...... I'm pretty sure it's feline magic virus rhinotracheitis. Rove shook his head and said in a professional tone:

"This disease, adult cats generally do not die, but they will be sick for a long time, very tormented, you see what your cat has become now......"

Filch panicked suddenly, he stared at Rove, and said viciously:

"If you dare to lie to me, I'll have Professor Snape lock you in a dungeon......"

"What am I lying to you for?" Rove seemed to casually leak through: "Alas, just now in the Headmaster's office, Dumbledore wanted to see me, and he thought Professor Snape's potions were unpleasant. ”

"You can also take Lady Loris to the Magical Beasts Store in Diagon Alley and see if their judgment is the same as mine?

But they are expensive, and I charge very cheaply, and they are not as skilled as mine. “

"You're still going to heal?" Filch was surprised.

"Of course, every Scamander is the best vet of all." A smile tugged at the corner of Rove's mouth.

Filch decided to send an owl tomorrow to consult, but tonight......

"Come with me! I'll take you back to the Hufflepuff Lounge! ”

"Thank you, Mr. Filch." Rove said politely.

Filch walked at the front with a lantern in his arms, and with a sick Lady Loris in his arms, although he was a squib, he looked like a humanoid map, and took Rove through a few secret passages to lead him to the first floor.

"I'll find you at the Hufflepuff table tomorrow!" Filch said.

"No problem, I'll wait for you."

Rove waved his hand and walked down the hallway towards the Hufflepuff Lounge, but halfway through, he suddenly remembered that he didn't know where the entrance to the Hufflepuff Lounge was, let alone how to get in!

Ah, the foreplay is enough, and I almost shuddered at the door, but I couldn't find the entrance, what's going on?

Rove walked aimlessly down the hallway, and found a large pile of barrels on a dark stone trough, and a teenager sitting there.

"Neville, why are you here?" Rove was surprised.

"Thank goodness you're finally back, Rove." Neville stood up and happily trotted toward the boy.

"I'm worried that after you came back from the principal's office, you didn't know how to enter the academy, so you've been waiting for you here......"

Rove raised his head and looked seriously at Neville's sincere eyes, he was used to seeing indifference, and for a while he was a little moved, and he was a little uncomfortable.

"Thank you." Rove patted Neville on the shoulder.

"Thanks what, we're good friends." Neville laughed as he walked over to the barrel and whispered:

"The prefect said that the entrance to our academy is behind this pile of barrels, and that if you want to enter the common room, you don't need to give a command, just tap the barrels according to the rhythm of 'Helga Hufflepuff'......"

Rove looked at Neville expectantly, only to see the boy draw his wand and strike the barrel twice before his body suddenly stiffened.

"That's the end of it?" Rove asked.

Neville was embarrassed for a moment, and said with a sad face, "Rov, I seem to have forgotten how to knock it......"

“……”

A wooden barrel suddenly opened, and only to hear an uproar, the vinegar in the barrel fell on the heads of the two men, and they both poured soup chicken.

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