Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 212 Ghost Party
As Wood's voice fell to the ground, a brand new task popped up in McGuffin's mind:

→【Wood Oliver's Plan B】

【1. Complete the production of the magic rocket broomstick, it will be complete enough to be practical,

2. Help the Gryffindor team win the Slytherin Quidditch team,

3 The magic rocket broomstick lasts for more than half an hour on the field, and its performance exceeds that of Nimbus 2001]

[Note: It's not just the missiles that are on fire, but also... Hemorrhoids Chrysanthemum Flying Superman! 】

[Reward: Double the rewards for all completions... 12 points of talent]

Omitting the unexplained notes, this task can be said to be an unprecedented conscience for McGuffin since he got this system. He rubbed his eyes vigorously, overjoyed to the extreme.

——As long as you complete this task, you can get enough talent points.

In case the [Blood Curse] is really activated here, you can be prepared.

"Really, really...I didn't expect you, Wood, to trust me so much!"

McGuffin held Wood's left hand vigorously with both hands, and shook it vigorously back and forth 90 degrees up and down.

——What a nice man!

Wood pulled his hand back without leaving a trace, his heart pounding.

——Is there any problem?This guy? ...It looks as unreliable as the rumors!

Although the twins strongly objected... they knew how unreliable McGuffin's broomstick was, but Wood still insisted on this decision.

Harry and the others themselves proposed to train Quidditch crazily in the heavy rain (drinking refreshing potions).

McGuffin finally came to his senses... This guy Wood wouldn't be aiming for this!

"But anyway, I finally have a new mission... and a mission that can be completed within reach (because Harry and the others themselves won the game in the original book)"

McGuffin dragged Hermione to the library—he was about to make a big fuss.

……

A few days before Halloween, a stormy evening.

The weather was gloomy and gloomy, so Mrs. Pince adjusted the magical ceiling scene in the library to a hot summer sunny scene.

It not only makes the library a little brighter, but also adds a bit of refreshing feeling out of thin air.

McGuffin and Hermione had an involuntary loud argument in the library because of a braking method for the magic flying rocket, but Mrs. Pince kicked them out without any courtesy.

Even if the two repeatedly explained and defended, it was useless.

"Professor, we are..."

"This is the library, not Diagon Alley. If you have something to say, you can go there... Don't disturb other wizards who are studying!"

The two of them came out of the library a little dejectedly.

McGuffin and Hermione lowered their heads preoccupied, instinctively avoiding other little wizards and advancing in the corridor.

Not only because of being kicked out of the library, but also because McGuffin found that the magic flying rocket broom he designed could not flexibly control the connection between engine power and steering without the [Special Braking Charm for Flying Broomstick].

——McGuffin can't let the Quidditch players sit on the 'missile' under their buttocks to compete!
Hermione wanted to tell McGuffin that she didn't want to participate in this project, because she found that some of her courses hadn't been completed (it should be said that she didn't brush up as often as usual), and Professor McGonagall didn't do more preparations for joining the Transfiguration Club.

Neither of them failed to notice the two translucent, pearly-white ghosts floating above, arguing in front of them.

Ser Nick, who was Nearly Headless, and Ravenclaw's ghostly Lady Grey, aka Helena Ravenclaw.

Nick seemed to be saying something excitedly, holding a translucent envelope in his hand.

"Ms. Gray...I hope you can invite Sir Barrow to my ghost party...Harry Potter will also attend, can you imagine? A living person...or the famous Harry Potter..."

"I hope he can mention to Mr. Patrick that I am particularly scary and impressive, so that maybe I can also join the Headless Hunter..."

"Haven't you given up yet?! Nick...Pottermore will never agree!" Ms. Gray glanced at the letter and said coldly, leaving no room for Nick's fantasy.

After listening, Nick's face immediately became very ugly.

——A look of heavy thoughts.

The ghosts didn't notice McGuffin and Hermione who were coming straight.

The two went straight through the bodies of the ghosts.

McGuffin really wished they could look at the road, it was like jumping directly into the black lake right now.

At this time, they discovered each other.

"Hello! Nick, and..." McGuffin stumbled, trembling.

"Hello, Ms. Gray!" Hermione said quickly.

"Hello, Hermione and MacGuffin, Harry's friends... I just ran into him..."

Nick said with a worried face.

He always wears a long hat with feathers that looked very fashionable hundreds of years ago, and a knee-length tunic with a wheel-shaped ruff like an organ... I guess this is why the support for his neck did not break and his head fell directly.

Ms. Gray next to her is a very tall and very beautiful looking lady.

She was wearing a gray loose lady's gown, her expression was cold, with a bit of sadness and arrogance.

He glanced coldly at Hermione and McGuffin, and nodded slightly when he saw that they were holding a few books on alchemy and magic equipment manufacturing that were obscure to them at their age.

She didn't say much, but after introducing MacGuffin to each other, she raised her head and continued to say to Nick, "I will inform Barrow to go to your ghost banquet... As for whether he will go or not, it's not up to me..."

"Also, let me tell you not to put your hopes up for that headless ghost hunter team in Portmore... With this trick, he has deceived countless ghosts... You'd better be careful!"

After she finished speaking, she stretched out her hand and passed through the ceiling in a circle.

It made McGuffin and Hermione stunned.

"I said... is this how your ghosts usually move?" McGuffin said, swallowing.

Nick took out a transparent towel and wiped his forehead with his slender fingers in an aristocratic and elegant movement, as if answering MacGuffin's question, but also felt a little talking to himself.

"Ms. Gray is always such a maverick..."

"But since she promised to talk to Barrow, Sir Barrow will definitely come... With his frightening appearance...Pottermore will definitely stay...When the time comes..."

I don't know what came to mind, Nick laughed out loud, his neck tilted and his head fell off, only a little bit of skin and tendons hung his head.

Weird!

MacGuffin and Hermione backed away in fright.

Seeing this scene, Nick excitedly flew in front of the two and asked, "You also think I'm scary like this!"

--yes!yes!

McGuffin and Hermione nodded.

Because the brainless Nick didn't straighten his head, he just used a little bit of rubber to dangle his head back and forth in front of the two of them.

The broken marks on the neck, the flesh and veins, and the cross-section of the spine are all clearly visible...

Can they say no in this case? !
It's scarier for a MacGuffin than not having a head anyway.

— not only scary... but also disgusting.

Nick was very excited when he heard it, he spun around, twirled and floated away.

Take away also asked them to go to his ghost party with Harry.

——Can you say half a word? !

After agreeing, McGuffin and Hermione looked at each other.

……

"Ghost Party!?"

Ron was very upset, "Why don't we participate in the festival of the living, but go to a place that doesn't belong to us?"

He was very upset now that he was the only one of the four doing his Potions homework.

(During the last Potions class, maybe Snape heard that Lockhart was going to write Ron in the book, so he focused Harry's attention on Ron a little bit, causing his finished potion to almost boil into a black goo, full of burnt smell, and billowing black smoke... So Snape assigned him and Harry twice as much homework as the others. Although he also wanted to trouble McGuffin, he didn't bother him who was in the same group as Hermione

And because Harry wanted to step up his Quidditch practice, Wood reduced their homework through Professor McGonagall...

In this way, he is the only 'dog' left, here '996'! )

So now Ron has some why only... the resentment that I was targeted by this world.

"Hermione, you... I thought you'd be very interested! And you, the MacGuffin..."

"What happened to you two today..."

Harry felt that the development was completely different from what he had expected.

As soon as Harry mentioned this, McGuffin and Hermione thought of that head-shaking... brainless Nick.

Forehead!
— shivered!

The two hesitated and couldn't speak.

At this moment, an orange-red lizard that came from nowhere... swished into the air, spinning crazily above the room, crackling and bursting out sparks like fireworks, and making loud bang bang bangs.

It spewed out streams of orange-red flames from its mouth, and sparks splashed in all directions.

— very beautiful.

Especially now that the dark clouds outside are almost falling from the sky to cover Hogwarts Castle.

——It shows the situation more, and makes people feel happier.

This is caused by George and Fred feeding the Salamanders Fireworks from Filbar.

Finally, the salamanders scurry around, interrupting Percy's writing, causing him to lecture Fred and George hoarsely.

McGuffin was inspired by the situation of the Salamander. He greeted Harry and Hermione, and hurried to the Room of Requirement to finish his broomstick.

All this made the conversation of several people not continue. Harry and Hermione were staring at this beautiful and strange scene... It was not over until the salamander fled into the fire with its tail flicking and crackling explosions.

……

With the coming of Halloween step by step, McGuffin, who has solved the key technical difficulties, was in a very happy mood.

After all, the task at hand can be said to be under control.

But in fact, his mood is very gloomy, his face is often like the weather outside, it is always pouring rain, black as if stained with ink.

-McGuffin His memories are rekindled by Halloween scene decorations.

It was during this time that the chamber of secrets in the original book was truly opened, and the first victim... Mrs. Norris was petrified by the basilisk.

Although the basilisk can be fatal as long as it crows with the rooster
It is easy to rely on this method to deal with this monster.

It's just... the opening of the Chamber of Secrets means that Voldemort's Horcrux, the fragments of Voldemort's soul in that notebook or other Horcruxes are ready to be resurrected...

After Dumbledore's "performance" in the Forbidden Forest on the first night of school, McGuffin became more and more aware of the gap between the powerful wizards and himself, and he always kept a wake-up call about it... He knew that he was still far from being an adult wizard.

Defeating Quilinus Quirrell last semester was purely a result of the Philosopher's Stone and a bit of Harry's protagonist aura.

If it's really just in case...the chamber of secrets is really opened after the ghost party!
——McGuffin decided that he had to act first!
He was still deeply affected by his current situation (blood curse) due to various slapstick operations last semester.

You can't fall into the same pit once.

——The matter of snitching, this is extremely legitimate!

When Halloween really came, Harry began to regret that he shouldn't agree to come down to participate in the ghost party.

But what has been promised must be done.

"Where did Nick say it was?" Several people began to look for the place that Nearly Headless Nick said.

"Underground classroom! Who put the banquet there?" Ron kept complaining.

"Not a living ghost?" said Hermione.

Especially when the four of them came to the passageway for Nearly Headless Nick, they missed the huge jack-o-lantern carved by Hagrid in the hall, which looked like a small house, and... the dining table with various food aromas wafting.

— This channel is completely incomparable.

The completely different aesthetic tastes of the ghosts are still too uncomfortable for several living people, or they are too heavy! !
Everything is gloomy and desolate.

Everything here is a mixture of grey, black, green and blue.

Let people cast spells to suppress.

On both sides of the corridor floor, small finger-sized candles floated at intervals of a short distance. When burning, they shone with blue light, swaying and flickering, adding to the terrifying atmosphere.

As several people walked forward in the passage, their body temperature continued to drop, and their hands and feet were cold and stiff.

And there was a piercing sound echoing here, as if someone was scratching the glass and the blackboard with a sharp object.

Nick dressed up and greeted several people at the door. (It looks like a black shadow is cast on the body)
Entering it, the sight in front of you is simply unbelievable.

It's packed with hundreds of translucent ghosts.

"I never knew Hogwarts had so many... ghosts..." Harry stared nervously at all the 'people' in front of him, hoping not to pass through them.

——That kind of feeling is not good.

"This is the ghost of England or Europe... They will all be invited by me and come here..."

Nick puffed out his chest in an air of greatness.

(End of this chapter)