Chapter 27: Cloak of Invisibility
News of the attack on Colin Creevey, who is now lying like a dead man in the hospital, only spread on Monday morning.
So much so that all of a sudden, the little wizards of the entire school were in danger and did not dare to act alone.
During this time, everyone exchanged amulets, exorcisms, and other things to protect themselves without telling the teacher. The practice quickly took the school by storm, and Neville Longbottom bought a stinky green onion, a spiky amethyst, and a rotting newt tail.
As a result, there was always an indispersible stench in the common room, and even Sellers couldn't stand it.
"Neville, you don't need these things, you're a pure-blood, you won't be attacked." Cyrus fanned his nose and tried to let in the fresh air.
"But he did it to Filch first, and everyone knows that I'm pretty much a squib." He said in trepidation.
Cyrus couldn't stand the smell, so he simply returned his body to Ginny first, and continued to study alchemy and magic in his diary.
"Hmm-"
"Hello, Mr. Riddle - is the Quidditch match over?" Ginny asked, confused.
Hearing Ginny's question, Cyrus remembered that he hadn't returned his body to Ginny for a few days, but fortunately, he had memorized all the scenes of the Quidditch match, and although his brain wandered for a while, his eyes did not let go of any details.
"It's been two days, Ginny, and today is Monday." Cyrus said solemnly.
"Monday?" Ginny paused for a moment, not expecting Mr. Riddle to use her body for so long this time, "Is something happening, Mr. Riddle?" β
"Colin Creevey, attackedβ" Sellers struggled to make his expression more solemn.
"Colin?" Ginny's eyes widened and she looked very uneasy, she had been at the same table with Colin Creevey in Charms class, and the two of them were good friends who could communicate together. But now, Colin has actually been attacked!
"Yes, it's all my fault! - When the cat was killed before, I thought it was a prank, and I didn't pay much attention to it. Moreover, I had suggested that he sneak up to see Harry at night, if he hadn't been killed, he wouldn't have been killed. Cyrus said in a charged tone, "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened again, and I want to find out who is the murderer, so I plan to break into Slytherin with Harry and the others to see if I can find some clues." β
"It's not your fault, Mr. Riddle!" Ginny said forcefully, "Who knows how crazy that Slytherin heir is, if not Colin, someone else, his purpose is to rid Muggles of Muggles!" β
He also told Ginny about the compound potion to prevent revealing the filling.
"I'm sorry Ginny, but I'm probably going to have to borrow your body a lot during this time."
"It's okay Mr. Riddle, if only the Slytherin heir could be found sooner." Ginny shook her head.
Ginny fully understood "Mr. Riddle's" self-reproach at this time, so she agreed to Cyrus's request without hesitation. And she's pretty much forgotten about Quidditch.
So in the following period, Ginny's consciousness was awakened even less.
In December, heavy snow began to fall at Hogwarts.
Professor McGonagall brought a large stack of slips for those who wanted to stay on campus to fill out the applications.
"Malfoy intends to stay on campus for Christmas!" Harry said in surprise.
"It's so suspicious."
"But the compound potion hasn't been boiled yet." Hermione said urgently, "We've got to steal the potions in this Thursday's Potions class, or we'll be in time." It's best to strike at the west! β
Both Harry and Ron's faces were ugly, and they were told to steal the potion, and Harry would rather go and fight Voldemort.
"I'll steal it." Cyrus took the initiative to take the job, "You guys are causing some chaos in class, I'll sneak in." β
"What, no! I can't let you get expelled! Ron looked at death and said, "I'd better go!" β
Hermione hurriedly refused: "I can go because I have no criminal record." β
"It's hard for Snape not to notice that there's one student missing from the class, right?" Sellers asked rhetorically.
"But, Snape's office is at the back of the classroom, how could you possibly sneak in while we're in class?"
"There's a way......" Cyrus looked at Harry, who was determined to go to Snape's office, "borrow your invisibility cloak." β
"I forgot I still have the Cloak of Invisibility." Harry said suddenly.
Every time he used up the Cloak of Invisibility, he threw it everywhere, as if it weren't some Deathly Hallows but a ragged trench coat.
In the evening, Sellers got Harry's invisibility cloak, and that night, he wore his cloak and wandered around the castle.
"What's so special about the legendary Deathly Hallows?"
In his opinion, the magic of this invisibility cloak was no more powerful than a perfect illusion charm, and it was indeed a little unremarkable compared to the invincible Elder Wand, the resurrection stone that could revive the dead.
"If you can't hide from Moody's magic eye, how can you hide from the eyes of death?"
"Or maybe the legend is just legend, as Dumbledore said, the three Peverell brothers were just very powerful, dangerous wizards who succeeded in creating these powerful objects. The story of the Deathly Hallows is just some kind of legend that has emerged around these inventions. β
This possibility is indeed more likely, since Nicol Lemay can create a magic stone that turns stones into gold and immortality, it is not so difficult for the three brothers to make a resurrection stone that can bring people back from the dead.
The strength of the Elder Wand also seems to be linked to the curse.
But whether the legend of the Deathly Hallows is true or not, all three artifacts do have their own special features.
Cyrusmo put on his cold cloak and slowly made his way to the eighth floor.
"I need a room where I can study magic items."
"I need a room where I can study magic items."
"I need a room where I can study magic items."
As he read the words in his heart, and turned around for the third time under the portrait of the troll, a door appeared on the blank wall.
Sellers took off his cloak, pushed the door open and walked in. The door was gone in an instant.
This is a room that bears some resemblance to a Potions classroom, but is not identical. In addition to the various crucibles, there are also many mechanical objects, or in other words, they look like mechanical objects. In fact, they are all products of alchemy.
In the wizarding world, alchemy and potions are not completely separate, but an intersection.