Just as the three of them walked out of the underground and were about to walk towards the foyer.
A voice, a cold, murderous voice, suddenly appeared in Harry's ears.
"...Tear you apart...Tear you apart...Kill you..."
Harry was stunned for a moment. He stopped abruptly and his eyes darted back and forth between the stone walls.
This voice - he had heard it in Lockhart's office during his confinement, and now it came again.
"Harry, what did you-?"
"There's that voice again - don't talk yet -" Harry had told Hermione and Ron about it.
"...It's been too long...I'm hungry, I'm starving..."
"Listen! That voice!"
However, Hermione and Ron heard nothing. They looked at Harry with horror on their faces:
"Harry, what did you find-"
"Killing...this time, killing..."
Harry was horrified, and he said urgently to the two of them: "It's going to kill someone, we have to catch up immediately!"
However, that voice kept moving, moving constantly in the middle of the marble ceiling, as if it was a ghost that knew how to pass through walls.
Harry dragged Hermione and Ron, and the three of them walked around the noisy entrance hall and ran step by step in the direction of the sound.
During this period, Harry stopped many times. He leaned on the stone wall and carefully identified the source of the sound - it seemed to be traveling through the wall.
Hermione gasped: "Ha, Harry, what are you looking for?"
"Shh!"
Harry raised a finger, and the voice came intermittently again.
"Blood...the smell of blood...kills people, kills people..."
"Let's go!"
Without thinking about explaining too much, Harry ran towards the marble stairs.
Hermione and Ron had no choice but to follow him all the way.
The three of them went up to the third floor and ran wildly in the corridor for a while. Suddenly, Harry stopped and said in a daze:
"The sound...disappeared."
"What on earth...did you hear?"
Ron asked breathlessly.
Suddenly, Hermione took a breath, pointed to somewhere down the corridor and said:
"look!"
…
In the auditorium, Aaron was talking with Professor Sprout about the cultivation methods and pharmacological properties of some herbs.
Moreover, they are still exploring the possibility of linking the two courses of Herbal Medicine and Potions, so that the learning process from principles to practice can be better implemented.
Strangely, Snape actually intervened and said a few words.
Dumbledore was discussing funding issues for the next semester with McGonagall.
Flitwick and Sinitski talk about the Hungarian Horntail that was stolen from the Romanian dragon farm.
As for Lockhart?
Just a clown. Since the beginning of school, everyone has known that except for the red nose, this guy is almost the same as a clown. Therefore, no one wants to pay attention to him.
However, Aaron had to admire his shamelessness - even though no one wanted to talk to him, he could still talk endlessly about the story that he subdued a vampire last Halloween.
At this time, a little wizard rushed over and shouted breathlessly:
"Third...something happened on the third floor!"
…
When Aaron and others arrived, a large number of young wizards were already surrounding the corridor.
Harry, Ron and Hermione were surrounded in the middle, looking terrified.
Seeing this scene, the professors who came over couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths slightly.
Why are it you three again? ? ?
Seeing the professors arriving, the little wizards all moved out of the way. A strong smell of blood came, and a line of blood words quickly appeared in front of Aaron's eyes.
The secret room has been opened. Those who are enemies of the successor should be alert.
Under the line of blood words, there hung a stiff cat, its eyes widened, as if it had encountered something extremely terrifying.
It's Administrator Filch's cat, Mrs. Norris.
"my cat!!"
Filch let out a harsh, whimper-like whine.
"Prefects, take everyone back to the dormitory."
At the critical moment, Dumbledore stood out from the crowd, rescued Mrs. Norris, and calmly made arrangements:
"Harry, Hermione and Ron, you three - and Argus (Mr. Filch's name), come with me."
"Headmaster, my office is upstairs..." Lockhart quickly jumped out to show his presence.
Dumbledore nodded slightly: "Thank you, Gilderoy."
The young wizards left the scene in an orderly manner, and Aaron followed the professors to Lockhart's office.
As he left, Aaron noticed the large puddle of water on the ground.
He looked at the girls' bathroom not far away, thoughtfully.
…
In Lockhart's office, Dumbledore finally came to the conclusion after much discussion:
"It's not dead, Argus."
These words stopped Filch and Snape from questioning and attacking Harry and others. Filch turned his head and said in a whimpering voice:
"School, principal, what did you say?"
"It's not dead, it's just petrified."
Dumbledore said calmly.
"Wha...what?"
Filch was about to cry with joy. He stepped forward quickly, as if he wanted to pick up his cat, but he saw the pitiful look of Mrs. Norris again.
Petrification - Filch thought of this word, and his whole body stiffened. Poor cat, had all its body turned to stone?
Thinking of this, Filch timidly withdrew his outstretched hand - he was afraid that his touch would hurt the poor cat.
Filch's tears were streaming down his face, which was heartbreaking to see.
"Don't worry too much, Argus." Dumbledore comforted: "Professor Sprout has some mandrakes. As long as they mature, we can have a potion to remove petrification."
"I'll configure it."
Lockhart took the lead: "I have configured the Mandrake Resurrection Potion countless times. I can configure it fluently even in my dreams."
"Excuse me." Snape interrupted coldly:
"I think there are already two Potions Masters in this school and we don't need extra help...right, Aaron?"
"That's right."
Aaron nodded.
But this was not the end. Snape then launched a barrage of questions to Harry and others:
"Why do you want to go to that corridor?"
"Why don't you go to the party?"
"us……"
The three Harrys scrambled to explain what happened at the death anniversary party, and said that there were hundreds of ghosts who could testify for them.
"What happens after that? Why come out to the corridor? Why not go to the banquet? Would ghost food be suitable for living people?"
"We're full-"
As soon as Ron said this, his stomach made an unsatisfactory sound.
Aaron couldn't help but cover his face. The ability of these children to make up lies obviously still needs experience - they should learn more from Dumbledore.
A proud smile appeared on Snape's face:
"Headmaster, I think it's obvious that Potter didn't tell the truth, so I think..."
Snape initiated the initiative to ban Harry from Quidditch.
McGonagall was very firmly opposed to this initiative.
Finally, Dumbledore made a decision:
"Okay Severus, as long as they are not found guilty, they are innocent, let them go back to sleep."
