Maple and Harry are now good friends, and after Harry meets Professor McGonagall and Gryffindor Quidditch Captain Wood, Harry tells Ron and Maple about his role as a secret Seeker.

But apparently there is no secret between the Hogwarts classmates, and although it is unknown when the news will come out, everyone knows the secret before the first game Harry participates.

Since this secret is going to be leaked sooner or later, Maple doesn't mind the news being made public sooner. Because Maple found out that after he changed the plot of history, it is unknown if the midnight duel between Malfoy and Harry will take place.

And once it was announced that Harry had become the first first-year Seeker in Hogwarts' history, and all of this was thanks to Malfoy, Malfoy, who was jealous and angry, would definitely challenge Harry.

Three days later, Maple finally began to "inadvertently" spread Harry's secret. And indeed as he expected, during these three days, the midnight duel that Maple was expecting never happened.

"Malfoy, thank you so much for giving Harry and Gryffindor a big gift. With Harry's talent for flying, your House Cup this year may be hanging in the balance. After the news spread that Harry was a Seeker, Maple decided to find an opportunity to taunt Malfoy. Seeing Malfoy's instantly ugly face, Maple and Ron, who was also happy because of Malfoy's depression, smiled at each other and left the restaurant.

"Do you dare to fight me alone, Potter!" Malfoy said, "If you're okay, it's tonight." Duels between wizards. Only use a wand, no contact, and you are not allowed to ask Maple for help. What's wrong? I guess you haven't heard of wizard duels yet, have you?"

"Of course he's heard of it." Ron said, turning suddenly. "I'm his assistant, who is your assistant?"

Malfoy looked at Crabbe and Goyle, and weighed them one by one.

"Crabbe." He said, "It's midnight, how's that?" We meet you in the prize showroom, where the door is never locked. ”

After Malfoy left, Ron and Harry looked at each other.

"What's the Wizard Duel all about?" Harry asked, "What do you mean by being my assistant?" Oh, if you die, the assistant will follow. Ron said lightly, finally starting to eat his cooled pie again. He caught the look on Harry's face and hurriedly added,

"You know, though, people only die in a formal duel with a real wizard. At best, you and Malfoy can only shoot sparks at each other. You two know too little magic to really hurt each other. Still, I dare say he thought you'd say no. ”

"What if I wave my wand and I don't react at all?"

"Then throw away the wand and punch him in the nose." Ron suggested.

"Sorry for the excuse."

The two of them looked up and it turned out to be Hermione Granger.

"Can you let people stop eating here?" Ron said.

Hermione ignored him, but said to Harry, "I heard what you said to Malfoy"

"I knew you would." Ron grunted.

"You must not wander around the school at night, think about how many points you will lose to Gryffindor if you get caught, and you will definitely get caught. You're so selfish. ”

"It's really none of your business." Harry said.

"Goodbye." Ron said.

Ending the day with a duel was not a wonderful thing to end in any way, and he wanted to hammer Malfoy to the ground for a long time. Harry lay on the bed and thought, while this might be a school rule, does Gryffindor care about that?

In addition, at the thought of Malfoy's sneering face appearing in front of him, Harry decisively did not want to admit it, this was a great opportunity for him to defeat Malfoy face-to-face, and he could not let it go.

"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. There was still a glimmer of embers in the fireplace, and the armchairs seemed to turn into black shadows. They were just about to reach the portrait tunnel when they heard someone in the nearest chair say, "I can't believe you're doing this, Harry." ”

A light flickered, and it was Hermione Granger. She wore a pink nightgown and frowned.

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

"I almost told you brother," Hermione replied unceremoniously, "Percy - he's a prefect, he's going to stop this." "Harry couldn't believe there was such a nosy man." Let's go. He said to Ron. He pushed away the portrait of the fat lady and climbed into the hole. Hermione wasn't going to give in so easily. She followed Ron into the hole, shouting at them like an angry she-goose in a low voice.

It's just that Harry and Ron fell on deaf ears to what she said. Then Hermione turned around to find that the portrait of the fat lady was missing, and she didn't know which portrait to go to the castle, and Hermione was locked outside the Gryffindor Tower.

Hermione became even more popular at this time, but Harry and Ron ignored her completely and insisted on dueling Malfoy, and Hermione eventually followed with them.

When they arrive at the prize showroom, they find that Malfoy and Crabbe are not there. Soon Filch and his cat, Lady Loris, arrived, and Harry and the others found out about the scheme.

Dumbledore, who could check most of the castle at any time, took advantage of the situation and began to arrange for Harry and them to be led to the corridor on the fourth floor, which was the Philosopher's Stone.

Without Neville's burden, Harry and the three of them quickly escaped Filch's sight, but just as the three of them were relieved, Peeves suddenly jumped out. As soon as he saw them, he screamed with joy.

"Shut up, Peeves—please—you're going to get us expelled."

Peeves giggled.

"Nasty freshman, wandering around in the middle of the night. Tsk, tsk, tsk, naughty, naughty, you're going to be caught. ”

"No, as long as you don't betray us, Peeves, please."

"Should have told Filch, should." Peeves said it seriously, but there was a mischievous glint in his eyes. "It's for your good, you know?"

"Fuck off." Ron said fiercely, smacking Peeves hard, and that was a big mistake.

"Students don't sleep!" Peeves roared, "Filch, come here, there are three students here!" ”

They looked down and flashed Peeves, fleeing for their lives. Seeing Peeves floating behind them, they kept changing directions, not noticing that Peeves didn't scream loudly anymore to get Filch's attention.

The three of Harry, who had no idea of all this, ran as hard as they could in the hallway of Charms class, running all the way to the end of the hallway, slamming heavily into a locked door.

"It's over!" Ron whimpered as he saw Peeves floating around that corner, and they pushed the door in despair. "It's going to get Filch in, and we'll be finished!"

"Alaho Cave Open!" The young wizard of the first year easily opened the door where the Philosopher's Stone was located, and it was hard to imagine that Dumbledore did not mean it.

After Hermione opened the door with a spell, they swarmed in, quickly closing the door, putting their ears to it, and listening.

At this point, Peeves' mission is complete, and it's time for it to leave. Peeves didn't seem to realize that he had just been chasing three first-year students, and just floated away.

"I guess we're going to be okay, Ron, what's wrong?"

Harry turned and saw it, and saw it clearly, Hagrid's three-headed dog, Louwe.

Three heads, three pairs of vicious eyes that were spinning around the water, three noses and three drooling mouths, saliva like slimy rope hanging from the yellowed dog's teeth, now they knew where they were, and why they were forbidden to enter here.

With a deafening roar, they immediately exited the room, and ran back into the hallway, they didn't see Filch and Peeves, let alone didn't care about it, they just wanted to get out of the monster's sight as soon as possible. They didn't stop until they reached the Gryffindor tower, and by this time the fat lady had returned.

"Where have you all been?" The fat lady asked, looking at their robes draped over their shoulders and their sweaty red faces.

"Don't ask, Pignose! Pig nose! Harry gasped as the portrait spun forward. They stumbled into the common room, shivering and slumping into their armchairs.

"What the hell are they trying to do? Lock that thing up in school!" Finally, Ron said, "If there's one dog that needs to be trained, it's this one." ”

Harry and Ron were scared, and Hermione was the only one who found Hagrid's Lowe standing on a trapdoor.

Hermione had fired at Harry and Ron and went back to her bedroom to sleep. She didn't notice that a purple bat had just flown into the Gryffindor Tower through the window. And while they run for their lives, the purple bat has been watching them in the dark, watching their jokes all the time.

Hermione's words alerted Harry, and he immediately thought of the thing Hagrid had taken from Gringotts, something that a dark wizard would not hesitate to force his way into Gringotts.

Harry remembered Hagrid saying that Gringotts was the safest place in the world if you wanted to hide something, except for Hogwarts, presumably.

It's just that what the hell is that, Harry, who was aroused by his curiosity, couldn't help but think.