65. My Dudley likes nothing more than to say 'no' in front of self-righteous people
'Good question! ’
Why did he come here, Dudley also wanted to know.
He was 100% sure that he had followed the route he had come from, and that there was absolutely no way he could go wrong.
On the one hand, it's because Dudley is confident in his memory, and on the other hand... This is the only staircase from the prize showroom on the third floor, leading to the Gryffindor common room.
It was very obvious that the position of the staircase changed as several people entered the prize room.
Move the staircase that led to Gryffindor directly to the corridor on the fourth floor where access is prohibited.
"Do you want to go over?"
Harry was asking, but he was actually eager to find out.
Ever since he heard Dumbledore mention this place, he had been very curious about it, and he had been suffering from not having a chance to give up.
Now that I happen to be here, I won't be able to go back to Gryffindor if I don't go through this corridor, is this the will of God?
Curiosity kills cats.
Well, lions are also felines.
Providence a hammer?
Dudley scoffed.
Where are there so many coincidences in the world, and this kind of situation where it is clear that there is a problem will not be fooled.
Turning to the others, he said, "Come with me to the Slytherin Lounge..."
Anyway, there are enough rooms in the Slytherin dormitory, and it's not a big deal to add three more people.
The Slytherin Lounge is below, so just go back the way you came and go down the stairs.
"Look... The road behind is gone? ”
Malfoy's panicked voice sounded behind him, and several people hurriedly looked back, only to see that the bottom of the stairs was empty, and the end of the stairs was already in the air, and there was no way back.
Dudley: "..."
If you don't think about taking the corridor on the fourth floor now, then you can only wait for this staircase to slowly turn to other places to dock, but I don't know when it will be, maybe it won't change until dawn.
Dudley smiled disdainfully, "No matter what the purpose is, but I'm Dudley Dursley..."
"I like to say 'no' to those who think they are right!"
"Hermione, hold on to me."
Hermione: "? ”
With a low roar, Dudley put his right hand around Hermione's waist and quickly stepped on the edge of the stairs, kicking his feet hard and jumping to his feet, and at Hermione's screams, Dudley jumped directly onto the stairs closest to them.
The whole process was very smooth and took less than three seconds.
Dudley, having done all this, jumped back like an ape, and Malfoy, Harry, and Ron were carried up the stairs like chicks.
It seems to be just a simple jumping action, but in fact, there is at least a dozen meters between the two stairs.
"I'm scared to death, talk to me in advance next time."
Hermione's face turned slightly pale, and she pounded her chest with a small fist, complaining very dissatisfied.
Ron was also frightened, and his face turned a little pale, but you would not dare to expect him to complain to Dudley.
'It's so exciting'
Harry and Malfoy were slightly better, but they were also scared, but the two of them were faintly excited after the excitement.
"Now we can continue."
Dudley clapped his hands and beckoned the group to continue their way towards the Gryffindor common room.
Harry glanced back at the hallway behind him, with some regret.
Ask yourself, he personally wants to see it.
However, now that they have reached the stairs on the fifth floor, no matter how much the stairs change, it is impossible to get to the fourth floor, unless they go down on their own initiative or make a U-turn on the stairs.
"Meow~~"
Just as they were about to pass through the corridor, a sudden cat meow sounded and directly raised the hearts of Harry and the others to their throats.
A scrawny, dark-gray cat appeared at the end of the hallway with graceful steps.
It was staring at a few people with its bulging eyes like light bulbs.
"Oops! It's Lady Loris! ”
Ron screamed, apparently recognizing the cat's identity.
There is only one such cat in the whole of Hogwarts, and that is Filch, the dormitory keeper.
Lady Loris's presence meant that Filch was definitely not far away, and as soon as the cat called, Filch would soon be over.
They're going to get caught!
"It's over, it's dead this time!"
Ron let out a low growl of despair.
I don't know if it's his delusion, he seems to see the corners of Lady Loris's mouth slightly raised, laughing, it is actually laughing!
Laugh at them and get caught? Definitely, yes.
"We can go back and find a place to hide on the fourth floor."
Malfoy's reaction was quicker and calmer than Ron's, and he immediately thought of a solution.
Even if Filch was nearby, it would take a while to hear Lady Loris's scream, and as long as they seized the opportunity to get back to the fourth floor and find a place to hide, there was still hope.
As for whether it is forbidden or not, it doesn't matter now.
For their current situation, not getting caught is the most important thing.
Hermione was also a little panicked, nervously pinching her wand so that her knuckles were a little white, and her mind kept thinking about what spell she could use to solve the problem at hand.
'Petrify it all?' ’
Just when the other little wizards were gone, Dudley made another unexpected move, and instead of running away, he leaned down and waved at Lady Loris, making a strange sound in his throat.
Because of the distance, Ron didn't hear too clearly, only felt like something... Snoring?
'Crazy?' ’
However, a jaw drop appeared, and Mrs. Loriss not only did not call Filch for the first time, but ran quickly to Dudley's side under Dudley's call, and began to rub Dudley's trouser legs back and forth, seemingly... It seems like... Probably... At... Currying favor with Dudley?
"Ten pieces? You're too greedy. ”
Hermione, who was closest to Dudley, could vaguely hear him whispering something.
And Lady Loris?
'Talking to cats?' How can it be? ’
That was Hermione's first reaction.
But when I think about it, it's all in the wizarding world, and what's impossible.
Cat whisperers, although not much recorded in history, still exist.
As soon as Malfoy and Ron saw that things were turning around, they were even more excited and about to hug each other, and when they were about to make contact with each other, they reacted violently, bounced off like an electric shock, and began to retch, holding on to the fence of the staircase.
Soon, under the gaze of a few of them, the cold, sinister, cunning, and bad pus who was cold, sinister, cunning, and bad pus in the eyes of other little wizards, who had never accepted any little wizards' feeding, and who only followed Filch, lay directly in front of Dudley, rolling back and forth on the ground, constantly making 'purring, purring' sounds in her throat, and even revealing her soft belly.
This... Are you spoiled?