Chapter 18: The Midnight Duel

In fact, Malfoy wasn't going to have any wizarding duels at all, he just had to tell the school's administrator, Mr. Filch, that there was a night tour of the prize room tonight. Harry Potter will be caught red-handed, deducted points, locked up or even expelled.

But Harry and Ron's little brains weren't thinking about it so much, he only thought that Malfoy's sarcastic face kept showing up in the darkness - it was a great opportunity for Harry to defeat Malfoy face-to-face, and he couldn't let it go.

Even Hermione tried to persuade the two of them: "You must not wander around the school at night, think about it, if you are caught, how many points will be lost to Gryffindor, and you will definitely be caught." You guys are so selfish. ”

However, Harry and Ron responded coldly, "It's none of your business. "Goodbye."

The cold attitude of the two men was so angry that Hermione's lips pursed into a line, like Professor McGonagall's.

"It's half-past eleven," finally Ron whispered, "we have to go." ”

They donned their robes, picked up their wands, and tiptoed through the rooms above the castle, down the spiral staircase, and into the Gryffindor common room.

What they didn't expect was that the lights in the lounge were still on, and there were three people inside. George and Fred were busy with their alchemical creations, and only glanced up at the two of them before returning to their work.

Hermione Granger. She was dressed in a pink dressing gown and was napping in one of the chairs closest to them. Hearing the movement of the two of them going downstairs, he was immediately awakened, and said to the two of them with a frown, "I can't believe you did this, Harry." ”

"You!" Ron said angrily, "Go back to sleep!"

"George, Fred, take care of your brother." Hermione asked for help from the other two people present.

Who knew that one of the twins said slowly: "Night travel, it's not a big deal, Hermione, don't be nervous, they will have a long memory when they are caught by Filch." Hermione listened and wanted to smash their alchemy work.

Harry and Ron couldn't believe that there was such a nosy person.

"Let's go." Ron said to Harry when he heard what his brother had said.

Harry pushed away the portrait of the fat lady and climbed through the hole. Hermione wasn't going to give in so easily. She followed Ron into the cave and yelled at them like an angry lioness, "You're going to lose all your Gryffindor scores." Think about it, Harry, how many points you've been deducted from Snape. If he catches you tonight, he's going to have to fire you!" ”

The three of them saw Neville locked out of the portrait at the entrance of the cave, and it was only then that Hermione realized that the fat lady had gone out late at night, and the four of them were locked outside the Gryffindor common room.

Ron said, "We've got to go, we're going to be late." ”

"I'll go with you." Hermione said angrily as she looked at Ron.

"You are not allowed to go."

"Do you think I'm going to stand out here and wait for Filch to come and get me? If he finds out about some of us, I will tell him the truth, and I will say that I am trying to dissuade you, and that you may testify to my words when the time comes. ”

"You're not bold—" Ron exclaimed.

"Don't leave me!" Neville said, rising from the ground, "I don't want to be left here alone, the ghost of Barrow the Bloody has passed through here twice. ”

The four of them tangled for a while at the door of the Gryffindor lounge, and finally the four decided to go to the prize showroom together.

Harry and the others soon arrived at the prize showroom, but instead of seeing Malfoy, they heard Filch's voice.

"Run!" Harry shouted, and the four of them ran down the hallway at full speed, not daring to look back to see if Filch was following.

The four of them fled like headless flies and walked into the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor in a panic. They fled for their lives until the end of the hallway, where they slammed into a door, which was locked.

"It's over!" Ron whimpered. They pushed the door in despair. "I'm going to be fired! Mom is going to kill me!"

Just as Hermione was about to use the lock-picking charm to unlock the door, a figure suddenly appeared in the darkness, grabbing Hermione's hand holding the wand: "Don't move." ”

Harry screamed inwardly, "It's over. "I was caught by a professor at school.

Calvin glanced at the four of them with blood-red eyes and whispered, "Don't make a sound." ”

Then he waved his wand: "Phantom without a trace." "Envelop the four of them with a phantasm spell.

Filch, who had hurried in, sensed as if someone was at the end of the hallway, and asked aloud, "Who's there?" ”

"It's me, Mr. Filch." Calvin replied calmly.

"Oh, it turned out to be Professor Capet." Filch lost his temper for a moment, looked around Calvin for a while, and asked hesitantly, "Professor Capet, did you just see a student passing by here?" ”

"Students?" Calvin continued to speak in a flat tone. Harry's heart was pounding, and he couldn't breathe with nervousness.

"I seem to hear which direction they're going." Calvin casually pointed in the opposite direction. Filch and his cat went in that direction.

It wasn't until Filch had left the place completely that Calvin lifted the Illusion Charm for the four of Harry.

Calvin's scrutinizing gaze scanned the four of them, and finally his gaze rested on Harry.

"Four people, don't sleep at night, travel at night, and want to enter the forbidden place that Professor Dumbledore has strictly ordered to enter, do you need me to count how many school rules you have violated tonight?" Calvin lowered his voice and confronted the four of them in a cold voice.

Harry felt uncomfortable, and Calvin's way of speaking reminded him of Professor Snape.

"And you, Miss Granger. Even if Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley are so reckless, have you lost your mind? ”

Hermione hung her head and began to cry silently, wiping tears from the corners of her eyes with her clothes.

In the end, Neville stumbled and asked, "Professor Cape, will you deduct points from us?" ”

Unexpectedly, Calvin shook his head: "When I was at Hogwarts, I also knew four students who were adventurous and didn't follow the school rules. Some of them were friends with me. So I won't deduct your house points this time. ”

The four of them were overjoyed to hear this, and they all looked at Calvin with grins.

Just as Calvin was about to leave, Harry asked, "Professor, Professor Capet, what's behind this door?" ”

"It's nothing, Headmaster Dumbledore just has a big dog in there." Calvin opened the door and stopped the four of them out, leaving them to look inside.

A dog, big enough to fill all the space from the ceiling to the floor, stands on a trapdoor. It had three heads, three pairs of vicious eyes that were spinning around and three drooling mouths.

Before Harry and the others fainted, Calvin closed the door. Now they know why it's off-limits.

They returned to the common room, where George and Fred were still working on their alchemical creations. Seeing them returning, he asked lightly, "Have you been caught?" ”

Ron nodded, "We were caught by Professor Capet, but he let us go." ”

George and Fred looked at each other: "You're lucky." ”

Harry went straight back to bed, seemingly having figured out the whereabouts of the filthy little parcel in Vault 713.