Chapter 42: In the Headmaster's Office

"Oops!"

In the darkness, Harry stumbled to the handrail of the stairs as if he had tripped over someone.

"What's going on?" Ron held his breath and squinted at the corner of the wall.

"It's... Neville? ”

Neville, cowering in the corner, turned pale and woke up after being kicked by Harry.

"Oh! Thank goodness you guys are coming for me? I was out there for hours. I can't remember the new password, I can't get in. ”

Depend on!

Anthony, who had already walked up the spiral staircase, jerked back and saw Neville shivering from the cold.

He retracted what he had just said!

There will really be someone stupidly squatting outside blowing the cold wind!

Anthony covered his face and looked at Neville helplessly.

Immediately, his eyes turned to Harry Harron's face, he was asleep, and it didn't matter if he didn't notice it, didn't these two guys find out that there were few people in the dormitory?

What kind of weird roommate is this?

If it had been winter, Neville would have gone to see Merlin by this time.

At this point, Harry and Ron had no choice, and the fat lady went to the door, and even if he told Neville the password, he couldn't enter the common room.

"Neville, we're going somewhere, and you're... Continue to squat here, and when the fat lady returns, you will be able to enter the lounge. ”

"Don't leave me!" Neville screamed in horror as he quickly got up from the ground and said, "I don't want to be left here alone, the ghost of Barrow the Bloody has passed through here twice. ”

"Shhhh Be quiet. Harry looked nervously around to make sure there was no one around. Turning to look at him, he said, "Okay, then you follow us." ”

As he spoke, he beckoned everyone to walk quickly towards the spiral staircase.

Neville looked around, and as if he had made up his mind, he gritted his teeth and followed.

The crowd walked briskly along the corridor.

The noble moonlight poured in through the window and covered the ground piece by piece.

From the eighth floor to the third floor, they walked very carefully, and every time they ascended a new staircase, Harry would stick his neck out and look around to see if there was anyone else around.

In this way, they made it all the way to the third floor safely.

Then I tiptoed to the prize showroom.

Sure enough, as Anthony expected, they didn't see Malfoy or Crabbe.

In the dark, the moonlight illuminates the crystal glass case where the prizes are displayed. Trophies, shields, medals, and statues shimmer silver and gold.

Harry looked at his father's medal again, and was momentarily distracted.

Time passes slowly.

After a few moments, Malfoy was nowhere to be seen, which made both Harry and Ron a little nervous.

"He's late? Maybe it's because you don't dare to come? Ron shrunk his head, not daring to look into Anthony's eyes.

Holding his mouth shut, he refused to admit that they had fallen for Malfoy.

"Huh! Two fools were played around. I guess Filch is on his way right now. Anthony laughed mockingly.

And hear Harry and Ron.

The faces of these two fools were more or less ashamed and annoyed.

Just as he was about to continue to lecture the two guys, there was a sudden sound of another man's footsteps in the hallway.

"Smell everywhere, my dear, they might be hiding in a corner somewhere."

The moment they heard Filch's voice, the three of them didn't think about it, and just ran away.

Anthony was also very kind to pull Neville and didn't leave him.

Lady Loris.

It was Filch's cat, and they knew best that the cat belonged to the dog.

It's obviously a cat, but its nose is unusually sensitive.

Don't even try to hide in front of it, smell it and you'll find you.

Only by keeping a distance and letting the smell dissipate will it not be detected.

"This way!" Anthony let out a low roar and ran towards the end of the hallway.

The rest of the people stumbled and followed him one after another.

In the distance, an ugly giant stone beast was getting closer.

Anthony immediately began to guess the password.

"Chilled lemon juice!"

Well? No response?

Looking at the motionless stone beast, he immediately changed his password: "Cockroach piles? Toffee finger cake? ”

"Bang"

I don't know if the password is correct.

The giant stone beast seemed to wake up and jumped to the side wildly, the wall behind it splitting in half, and a spiral staircase leaked out.

"Get in." Anthony beckoned to his friends and took the lead up the stairs.

"What is this place?" Ron looked at the grand entrance in amazement, then leapt forward.

The rest of the young wizards followed.

"Headmaster's Office!"

"What?" The other three exclaimed in unison.

"You're saying we ran into the headmaster's office to avoid Filch?" Harry swallowed and said with difficulty.

"Aren't you throwing yourself into the net?" Ron shouted.

"Am I that stupid again?" Anthony rolled his eyes and then explained, "The stairs lead to the principal's office on the eighth floor, we don't have to go up, we just hide in the stairs, and when Filch outside walks away, we go out." Dumbledore wouldn't know. ”

"Really? It's you, Anthony, you're so clever! Ron excitedly patted him on the shoulder.

"Be quiet, Ron, we don't know if Dumbledore is in the office yet." Harry reminded in a low voice, his mind full of scenes of panicked and fleeing for their lives.

Slowly, the voices around everyone receded.

Nothing could be heard in the spiral staircase except the panting of four people.

In the corridor on the third floor, they couldn't figure out whether Filch was going or not, so they could only squeeze at the staircase and wait silently.

"I... We're not going to hide until dawn! Concern was written across Neville's round face, and he had just risen from the corner of the common room entrance to the spiral staircase of the principal's office in the blink of an eye.

No matter how you look at it, his situation seems to be even more dangerous!

"Damn Malfoy!" Ron gritted his teeth and said, "This despicable guy actually uses this kind of indiscriminate means. ”

"Don't talk Ron." Anthony suddenly noticed that there seemed to be some unusual noise coming from the stairs.

"What's wrong?"

"There's a noise? This is? Mew? ”

"Is it Lady Loris?" Harry said in horror, does Filch have a password for the Headmaster's Office?

"It's not!"

With that, Anthony got up and walked cautiously upstairs.

On the dark staircase, there was a soft meow of a kitten, not the voice of a Burmese cat like Lady Loris.

Filch's cat was just like his own, with a high-pitched, piercing meow.

This soft sound is definitely another cat.

Soon, he came to the end of the spiral staircase, in front of a gleaming oak door.

"Shylock?"

In front of the gate of the sphin's head, a white kitten is squatting.

It's Hermione's cat.

Shylock's two front paws were pulling at the wooden door, and when he heard Anthony's voice, he leaped into his arms.

"That's..."

Ron's voice came from behind Anthony, who stared in horror at the two figures that had fallen in front of the oak door.

Red hair, Gryffindor robes.

The identities of the two speak for themselves.

"No... Woooooo The heart-rending scream was just raised when Anthony, who reacted quickly, covered his mouth.

"Don't, Ron."

He covered Ron's mouth vigorously and whispered, "The people who attacked George and Fred haven't left yet, they're in the principal's office." ”