Although it was already curfew point, there would be no surprise professors on the stretch from the Hufflepuff common room to the kitchen.
Even Filch, the Hogwarts caretaker most hated by the students, and his wife, Mrs. Norris, don't patrol here after curfew.
The little badger and the kitchen are connected. The first house elf working in Hogwarts was Helga Hufflepuff, a good companion. From the founding of the school until now, this rule has not been written into the school rules. The unwritten rules have always been effective. Although some people once tried to cancel this privilege of Hufflepuff House, after a day or two, they became honest.
The elves will no longer provide meticulous room service, you will no longer see any of the food you like on your table, and you will even have to beware of the pumpkin juice and lemon juice you drink that contains a lethal amount of Hufflepuff. Flavored vinegar, there is no doubt that the elves are loyal to Hogwarts, but they are even more loyal to Helga Hufflepuff, because most of the elves in the kitchen today are the original ones. Descendants.
After chatting with the fat monk, it was past twelve o'clock. Harry went to the kitchen for a late-night snack, rubbing his stomach to digest his food, and walking briskly in the empty Hogwarts Castle at night.
Although the fat monk told him a lot of information about the senior, most of it was gossip that could only be used as a casual chat. There was almost no content about the awakened person, but it was no wonder, unless it was As the same kind, otherwise it would be difficult for other wizards to notice the specialness of the awakened person.
One thing that Harry recognized very much about Setiraris was his evaluation of himself as inhuman. Harry also felt the same. As the leader who led the battle group to perform magic training, in a few months After training, he obviously discovered the difference between himself and others.
They also used magic to strengthen their bodies. Harry's progress was almost three to five times that of theirs, and the effect was more than three to five times stronger. The first person to discover this was Qiu. Her body did not reject the fusion with magic. , the pain was also very low, and because of this, her progress was the fastest in the group. However, it took her almost a month to temper her palms, and Harry could only do it before he found the trick. Been using it for a little over a week.
As for strength, if Harry can crush a coconut, Qiu can probably only crush a walnut. Although there is a factor of female strength being inherently weak, the gap is still obvious.
As the degree of completion of magic body refining became higher and higher, Harry also felt that his five senses were being continuously enhanced. He could hear wider range of audio, softer sounds, and could taste and smell what he was eating. How many different spices are added to the food, and even the recognition of colors has become more and more acute. It is not easy for boys to distinguish lipstick numbers, but Harry can see the same color number but different batches of lipstick. Subtle differences.
This made him feel that he was evolving more and more in the direction of inhumanity, or superhumanity. Humanity had paid too much to evolve an intelligent brain, and at this moment, he seemed to have once again found those things that had been abandoned. Ability.
He was very curious, curious about what inhuman changes had occurred in Setiraris as an awakened person, and what kind of changes made him comment that he might not be considered human.
Hogwarts is very big. Even if no one disturbs it, it would be very difficult for Harry to visit the entire Hogwarts in one night. The length, width and diameter of the castle seem to be no more than five or six hundred meters, but The internal space is large enough to fit several castles the size of Hogwarts into it. Space magic such as the Traceless Stretch Curse is used to a very high level in this school.
If one day, Dumbledore suddenly wants to hold a full marathon at Hogwarts, the venue does not need to be moved to the grass outside the castle. Students only need to run along the outermost corridor surrounding the castle. After a few laps, the race will be declared complete.
If not, the half-hour or even hour-long break between two classes is not just to leave enough time for people to go to the toilet, nor is the various convenient and fast secret passages popular in Hogwarts. There is no reason.
The location indicated by the words conveyed by the fat monk was already very clear. At the end of the corridor, there should be a decoration similar to a grandfather clock. If you want to open this secret room, you need to enter the password about the clock and the stars.
Although this was a decoration a hundred years ago, Harry didn't think it would be found now. The decorations in Hogwarts have changed very little. Many of the decorative paintings and blankets hanging on the walls have not been touched for hundreds of years. Well, even if the Hogwarts students from a thousand years ago traveled here, they could easily identify the directions and roads in the current Hogwarts Castle.
However, Harry's luck was a little lacking. During the two hours of purposeful walking, he did not find the corresponding location or object. He did see a few grandfather clocks, but they were not the ones he was looking for.
Fortunately, students who go out at night can always encounter surprises when they turn the corner.
Our cute and quirky Peeves had a surprise encounter with Harry in a very timely manner. Peeves was startled and ran away, even though he had been shouting "big brother, big brother" before, But who is Peeves? Those are all forced and unwanted compromises.
A man is a man who knows the current affairs. Peeves can bend and stretch, which is nothing.
But Peeves has absolutely no intention of dealing with Harry a second time. This guy can catch him! In the history of Hogwarts, this guy is the first bastard to catch himself from the sky with his bare hands and play with it! My mother has never done anything so extreme. Wait, what? I, Peeves, was born and raised without a mother? Oh, that's okay.
"Why are you running?"
Harry, who flew several meters away, stepped on the wall to use his strength, and directly pulled Peeves down from mid-air. He looked at Peeves with a half-smile, and said in a gentle and kind tone: "We Aren’t you good friends, Peeves?”
"Brother DaDaロ!"
After learning two and a half chicken crows, Peeves smiled a very bright and sunny smile and greeted Harry with an upward cheerful tone.
"You are also basking in the moon, brother. The moon is really round tonight. I know a good place for sunbathing. How about I take you there to see it?"
"Don't be so nervous, Peeves, I won't eat you." Harry let go of his hand, and a considerate black hand helped Peeves straighten his slightly crooked hat.
After being calmed down by Mo Ran, Peeves was indeed not that nervous anymore. However, he held his thighs and posed in a vaginal posture, a bit like the toilet was still blocked when frequent urination and urgent urination suddenly struck. .
"I want to ask you something."
"No problem, I'll take care of it! I, Peeves, don't say anything else. I am very familiar with Hogwarts. Those elves don't know as much as I do. The one who knows everything about Hogwarts is me, Peeves." Ghost, big, big, uh, big brother, you can ask whatever you want."
"Hey hey hey." Peeves rubbed his hands and spoke very eagerly. When he saw a satisfied smile on Harry's face, he cautiously asked: "Then can your brother go home and sleep? I I'm just worried that the dark circles under his eyes are so heavy, I need to get a good night's sleep and don't get tired."
Although Mogu Ran has restrained the chaotic and evil will that made up his body, when he was touched by Mo Ran, this pure dark power still made Peeves feel like he was in an ice cave, and he was shaken from the inside out. Liangxin was so excited that her little heart almost jumped out of her chest.
"Anyway, the dark circles under my eyes have spread all over my body. It doesn't matter whether I sleep or not." Harry glanced at his obedient Obscurus. Peeves was really a wonderful person, and he even had dark circles under his eyes. "I just asked. Just ask me one thing and I’ll leave.”
"You say it, you say it, brother," Peeves said impatiently. If he had hair, he would have exploded into a hedgehog by now. He doesn't want to stay with a ghost like Obscurus for a moment longer. .
"I need you to help me find a place, at the end of the corridor where a grandfather clock is placed. Hogwarts is too big. It will probably take me several days or even a week to find them one by one. If you can help me, , I promise he will go back to sleep obediently."
Harry pointed at Obscurus, who was holding Peeves in his hand, but after hearing this question, Peeves did not immediately jump up and lead the way. Of course he knew Hogwarts very well, and a thousand years were enough time for him to Peeves knew every corner of Hogwarts, but it was still a bit difficult for Peeves to immediately find the location corresponding to what Harry said.
"One hundred and two years ago, a Hufflepuff student named Setiraris Scrooge must have been there many times. Do you have any impression of him?"
“Uh that’s huh???”
Peeves suddenly widened his eyes and looked directly at Harry, "How do you know that big fool? I mean, that distinguished gentleman who is handsome, personable, knowledgeable, humble and friendly. name?"
Looking at Peeves's appearance, it is estimated that Setiraris played happy games with Peeves, games that made him happy.
In front of that murderous senior, Harry was as well-behaved as a good baby, but he was a real boss who was stained with blood when he debuted, and suppressed the entire Forbidden Forest in an instant, playing games with Peeves, of course. It was also much more exciting than it is now.
Harry just looked at Peeves with a smile and didn't say much. Under the half-smiling gaze, Peeves, whose buttocks were jumping up and down as if on fire, led the way diligently, and they passed through. After climbing many corridors and climbing the stairs to the third floor of Hogwarts, I stopped at a remote corner.
"This is it, brother."
Some restless Peeves pinched his clothes and showed a forced smile, "If you are talking about that gentleman, this is a good place."
Peeves pointed to the back of the wooden stairs at the corner, where a cabinet-like object could be vaguely seen standing.
"Thank you, Peeves. I'll play with you later when I have time."
Peeves, who was granted amnesty, ran out several meters in the blink of an eye, and flew away quickly without looking back, as if some savage beast had opened its mouth and planned to bite half of his butt off.
Although it is a bit dark here and there are no windows to let in the moonlight, it is not gloomy at all. It seems that the broken grandfather clock is not covered with too much dust. The regular cleaning of the elf has kept the grandfather clock generally tidy.
The glass cover used to cover the clock hands was gone. Perhaps it had not been installed at the beginning. Harry moved the three hands to 12 o'clock, which was the 'end and starting point' of each day.
Looking downward, there are several slightly faded five-pointed star patterns arranged regularly, and in the center of the star map, there are also three pointers of different lengths and thicknesses.
"Ten fifty-five exactly?" Harry fiddled with the pointer, "It seems that the senior is not the Riddler who likes to leave people with difficult problems. This is great."
As the upper and lower sets of hands reached the correct position, the originally motionless gears began to engage and rotate at this moment, and the sound of the door lock popping open was heard. However, two or three seconds later, the grandfather clock opened its cover, revealing There is a wooden door hidden behind the precision gears.
Harry was a little nervous. He didn't know what kind of secrets were hidden behind the door, but just when he was about to reach out, a few strands of black and silver writing appeared on the wooden door. These were words composed of magic. It was the exact same color as the one Harry had seen in the Forbidden Forest.
"Knock three times and push in from the other side of the doorknob."
After reading this magical message that ordinary wizards couldn't see, Harry finally understood why the senior was not worried about the fat monk finding the wrong person. As long as he couldn't see the magic of the awakened person and didn't open the door in the correct way, Maybe the room behind the door is different.
But Harry did not act immediately. Instead, he took a few steps back, allowing Obscurus to step forward, gently knock on the door three times, and push the door inward from where the wooden door hinge should have been.
"Fluorescence."
A light ball flew in, illuminating the space behind the wooden door. Silently pushed the door of the secret room completely open, and then stepped inside.
No wonder Harry was a little too cautious. The senior was a ruthless person who killed people without blinking an eye. Although the people he killed were indeed not good things, in the history of the wizarding world, he could be regarded as an outstanding person. The executioner, his mother Lily seemed to know something about Setiraris Scrooge, but Lily didn't like him, at least not very fond of some of his behaviors.
Who knows if this guy will dig holes for those who come after him? This small group of awakened wizards has never been called a 'family'. They are also human beings, but they show a special 'extreme' in some aspects. , the different tendencies of each person's awakener magic are very good proof.
Harry did not doubt that Lily had discovered some records left by Setiraris when she was at Hogwarts. Perhaps because of this, Lily, who was on the lawful good side, faced off against Setiraris, who was on the lawful evil side. She was very unhappy, but if Lily knew that her son was chaotic evil, she would probably have to break dozens of canes and sticks.
Harry was really trying to cheer her up. If he worked hard, he could accomplish the feat of leaving his name in history. However, according to the chaotic and evil nature, leaving his name in history would most likely turn into an infamy that everyone would love to hear.
But Harry never wanted to be a serious good person in his life. Good people are easily bullied, but as a bad person, as long as you are the worst, no evil person can come to torture you.
The explorer Mo Ran carefully explored the room. There were no traps or mechanisms. There was just a large empty room with no decorations.
Harry, who was slightly relieved, let Mogu Ran come out of the house, and then transformed into a dark cloak that wrapped his body tightly. He stepped through the wooden door and came to this empty room.
But what he saw was completely different from what Obscurus saw.
One wall of the room seemed to be made of crystal, reflecting Harry's body, and in the middle of the empty house, there was a black and silver vortex slowly expanding outward.
This is a familiar scene.
(End of chapter)
