Chapter 20 The Two-Way Mirror
Harry chatted with Hagrid in a casual manner, trying to find out from him the relationship between the filthy little parcel in the underground vault 713 and the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor.
But every time he was about to succeed, Calvin interrupted Hagrid. This annoyed Harry greatly.
Ron remembered George and Fred's admiration for Calvin, and he was now very interested in the alchemist-savvy Magical Beasts professor.
"Professor, Professor Capet," Ron asked Calvin a little shyly, "I've heard that you beat the entire Slytherin students in your first year, is that true?" ”
"Rumors, there are always strange rumors circulating at Hogwarts, such as Slytherin, one of the Big Four, having a secret base in the castle." Calvin categorically denied it.
Hagrid laughed on the side, "It's not the entire house, it's 41 Slytherin students, even including 8 seniors. The entire hospital was crammed with students, exhausting Ms. Pomfrey. ”
Both Harry and Ron looked at Calvin adoringly.
"Hagrid," Calvin glanced helplessly at his old friend, then at the two young wizards, "I hope you can keep it a secret for me, and don't spread this around the school." ”
"Why?" Ron muttered, "Professor, don't you think that's cool?" ”
"If the same thing happened to you Gryffindors, you wouldn't want to hear about it." Calvin decided to give a lesson to these two young wizards who didn't know the height of the sky.
"Gryffindors are brave and upright wizards, unlike Slytherin, who are obnoxious and dark wizards." Ron said.
"That's right, like Snape and Malfoy." Harry chimed in.
Somehow, Calvin saw Jaime's shadow in Harry. He looked squarely at the two young wizards who hated Slytherin, and said solemnly, "Harry, you should call him Professor Snape." ”
"But......" Harry's eyebrows drooped, trying to say Snape's hostility towards him.
"No, Harry. I can assure you that Professor Snape is by no means a bad man. As for Malfoy......" Calvin chuckled.
"Draco Malfoy is nothing more than a spoiled young master."
Harry seemed to be persuaded by Calvin, and Ron said stiffly, "All the dark wizards are from Slytherin." ”
"Ron, Ron," Calvin shook his head, holding his hand to his forehead, "you're far worse than your brothers." ”
"You mean Percy?" Ron was a little discouraged, "Model Percy. ”
"It's not just Percy, Ron, George and Fred have something to learn from you."
"Learn from them to play pranks?" Ron scoffed.
"As far as I know, they set big goals in Year 2 and they worked hard to achieve them." Calvin stared into Ron's eyes, which made Ron a little flustered.
"Harry, Ron. Students from the four faculties each have their own strengths and weaknesses. Too much kindness in Hufflepuff can turn into cowardice; Ravenclaw's curiosity can turn into greed if it goes too far; Gryffindor's bravery can turn to recklessness.
And what about Slytherin? What you see are its shortcomings: apathy and conceit, but this corresponds to their strengths, their calmness, their lofty goals, their pursuit of glory. ”
Calvin took out a Nat and tossed it upward, then caught it, and said, "The strengths and weaknesses of each college are like two sides of a coin, interdependent and indispensable. When you only see the shortcomings, you should ask yourself if you are ignoring the strengths of the other person. ”
Calvin slowly transformed the Nat in his hand into a mirror and handed it to Harry: "I've given it to you, take care of it when you're angry." ”
Harry took the mirror and saw his slightly thin face and lightning scars, then turned to the back, and he saw a rosacea, thinning-haired, pale, slightly angry wizard in the mirror. But the scar made it easy for him to recognize that this was him.
"What is this, Professor?" Harry quickly flipped back to his face, remaking sure he hadn't turned into that weird look.
"That's your fault, Harry." Calvin patted Harry on the shoulder, "Don't let you become like that. ”
Ron also took a look in the mirror, and he saw a man on the back with a crooked nose and slanted eyes, messy hair, and everyone looked like Ron Weasley who owed him 30,000 Galleons.
The two were no longer in the mood to stay in Hagrid's cabin, and hurriedly said goodbye to Hagrid and Calvin and returned to the castle.
"Is that useful to you?" Hagrid watched Harry and Ron leave, turned to Calvin and asked, "He's Jaime's child, not like he listens to people." ”
"yes," Calvin took another sip of hot tea, "but he's Lily's baby, too." ”
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"I think Professor Capet has a point." Ron said to Harry suddenly.
"What did you say?" Harry didn't understand what Ron was referring to.
"Professor Capet is right, there will be good people in Slytherin House."
Harry looked at Ron in surprise.
"I mean, Cynthia Shafiq, one level older than us, I think she's very nice."
Harry watched as Ron grew a little flustered, and cruelly interrupted his dreams, "Professor Capet does have a point, Gryffindor also has annoying wizards. ”
"Hermione Granger." The two thought of the name at the same time and looked at each other tacitly. Harry took the mirror from Calvin from his pocket, glanced at the back, and handed it to Ron.
The two little wizards walked silently on the road, and finally it was Ron who spoke first: "I think, well, a lot of times, Hermione is actually right, and we are wrong. ”
"I think we blamed her wrong, she always gave us extra points and we always deducted points. We should have listened to Hermione last night. If it weren't for Professor Capet, we'd be finished. Harry admitted his mistake.
"Shall we go back and apologize to her?" Ron asked, imagining in his mind apologizing to Hermione, his hair standing on end. Harry also said, "I'll apologize to her when I have a chance later." ”
Ron nodded. Boys at this age have their own pride.
As night fell, Calvin said goodbye to Hagrid, leaving with two bags of crust cakes, and promised to help his cutie see a doctor when he was free. Although he was happy to be reunited with his old friend, Calvin still didn't get the information he was looking for: where the Room of Request was.
The Forbidden Forest Warden, who had spent 50 years at Hogwarts, had spent most of his time caring for Fantastic Beasts, and knew even less about the castle than he had only studied at Hogwarts for one year.
Calvin looked up at the majestic castle, Hogwarts, how many secrets are you hiding.
However, Calvin was not worried that he would not find the Room of Requirement, he was not only a friend of Hagrid at Hogwarts, but he was going to visit another friend, a real, old friend.