Harry Potter and Shafik

Chapter 40 The Fat Lady Who Runs Away
Since the Boggarts, in Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Hilbert and the others have studied red hats, which are unpleasant little guys like monsters. Wherever someone bleeds, they lurk there. In the keep, in the pits of deserted battlegrounds, they wait to lash out at those who are lost.From the red cap they went on to the kaba, a crawling aquatic creature that looked like a scaly monkey with webbed hands, busily strangling the waders who walked in their ponds without knowing how deep they were.

Since Newt Scamander was not used to attending classes, he handed in his resignation to Dumbledore and traveled the world.

Taoist Lingxu had to go to class with Hagrid

In this lesson learn how to care for Flobber caterpillars, which must be the most annoying creatures in existence.

"Why would anyone bother to take care of them?" said Ron, as he spent another hour stuffing shredded lettuce down the slimy throat of a Flobber caterpillar.

Look at the faces of the students who are not interested.Lingxu found a lot of magical animals from China from his Qiankun bag, and gave the students an English version of "Shan Hai Jing", which was also translated as "How to Eat and Efficacy of Chinese Magical Animals".Let's not mention it for now.

At the Halloween dinner, someone leaked the news that Hilbert and Daphne had learned the Animagus.The Lions of the Lion House invited them to show off in the common room after the dinner.Lavender Brown seemed to be crying as the Lions walked ahead.With her arm around her shoulders, Parvati was explaining something to Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas, both of whom were serious.

"What's the matter, Lavender?" Hermione asked anxiously, as she, Hilbert, and Daphne joined the crowd.

"She got a letter from home this morning," whispered Parvati, "that her rabbit Binky was killed by a fox."

"Oh," said Hermione, "what a pity, Lavender."

"I should have known!" said Rajend sadly. "Do you know what day it is?"

"Oh--"

"October [-]th! 'That thing you're afraid of, it's going to happen on October [-]th!' Remember? She's right, she's right!"

"You don't think Professor Trelawney's prophecy has come true?"

As they spoke, they walked up the stairs and saw the commotion at the entrance of Gryffindor from afar.

"what happened?"

"Perhaps Neville forgot his password again?"

"Hey, I'm here."

"It's the Fat Lady, she's gone!" Ginny said suddenly rushing out from the front.Looking around at the entrance of Gryffindor, the portrait of the fat lady has been scratched by the claws of unknown animals.Percy was still shouting "Please let me pass." Percy's voice, he stepped out of the crowd with dignity. "Why are you stuck here? You all must have forgotten your password—sorry, I'm the president of the Boys' Union—"

The crowd fell silent, from the front, so it was like a chill spreading down the corridor.They heard Percy speak, and their voices suddenly shrilled: "Someone ask Professor Dumbledore. Quick!"

"Go away, get up. Oh, Mr. Shafik. Sorry," Filch called, holding the cat and holding a headlamp.Headmaster Dumbledore followed him.

"Summon the ghosts to search the castle and find the Fat Lady!"

"You don't need to call the ghost professor, the fat lady is over there!" Filch pointed to the painting closest to Hilbert.

In an instant, everyone rushed to the painting like crazy.

"Hey, dear lady, who did this to you?"

"Oh--! He has devil's eyes and a soul as dark as his name, and he tore me apart without answering my questions. It's him, Headmaster. Here comes the man. In this castle .Sirius Black!"

"Close the castle immediately. All students go to the auditorium!"

Professor Dumbledore told all Gryffindor students to go back to the auditorium. Ten minutes later, students from Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin and other houses also came. I can't figure out my mind.

"The teachers and I will conduct a thorough search of the castle," Professor Dumbledore said to the students. At this time, Professor McGonagall and Flitwick closed all the doors of the auditorium. "For your own safety, I Thought you might have to spend the night here. I asked the prefects to stand guard at the entrance to the hall, and the Head Boys and Girls to stay in the hall and take care of it. Report to me immediately if anything happens," he added to Percy. , Percy looked proud of an important person, "Find a ghost to bring me a message."

Professor Dumbledore paused, and was about to leave the auditorium, and said: "Oh, yes, you will need..." He waved his wand casually, and the long tables flew to the edge of the auditorium, and stood against the wall ; With another wave, the ground is covered with hundreds of purple sleeping bags. "Sleep well," said Professor Dumbledore, closing the door behind him as he went out.Immediately, the auditorium was buzzing with excitement: the students of Gryffindor House were busy telling other students what had just happened.

"Where do you think Sirius will be?" Daphne asked Hilbert.

"I don't know, I think he should have entered the castle when the students were going to Hogsmeade."

"Isn't the castle guarded by dementors?"

"Say something unbelievable. You said Blake was an Animagus on the train earlier. I asked my mom and she said she did know that Sirius was an unregistered Animagus. And a black dog. So I doubt……"

"You mean. What we met this afternoon was..."

"I don't know, maybe."

"Everybody in a sleeping bag!" Percy yelled. "Quick, nobody talk! Lights out in ten minutes!" "Lights out now!" Percy yelled. Stop talking!"

All the candles were extinguished at once.The only light now came from the silver ghosts, who wandered about talking gravely to the prefects.The enchanted ceiling, like the sky outside, is full of stars.Under such circumstances, and the auditorium was still full of whispers, Hilbert leaned closer to Daphne.Slowly fell asleep.

Every hour a teacher shows up in the auditorium to see if all is well.Around three o'clock in the morning, when many of the students had finally fallen asleep, Professor Dumbledore entered.Hilbert watched as he searched for Percy, who tiptoed among the sleeping bags, denouncing anyone who spoke.Percy was not far from Harry, Ron and Hermione, and they quickly pretended to be asleep.At this time, Dumbledore's footsteps were getting closer.

"I searched everywhere, but there is no sign of him." It was the voice of the godfather.

"The entire fourth floor was checked, and he wasn't there. Filch checked the main building, and it wasn't there either." "Where's the Astronomy Tower? Professor Trelawney's room? Where the owls roost?" "Checked everything." Alright..." "Very well, Severus, I don't really think Black is going to linger."

"Do you have any idea how he got in here, Headmaster?" Snape asked.

Hilbert opened his eyes a little, and secretly looked towards where they were standing.Dumbledore's back was turned to him, but he could see Percy's face, his full attention, and the profile of Snape, who seemed angry.

"You remember our conversation, Headmaster, just before - oh - term started?" said Snape, speaking with his lips barely parted, as if he didn't want Percy to be part of their conversation. "Remember, Severus," said Dumbledore, with something resembling a warning in his voice.

"It seems—almost impossible—that Blake wouldn't be able to get into this school without inside help, and I did express concern that after your appointment—"

"I don't believe that anyone in this castle is going to help Black in," said Dumbledore, in a tone that made it clear that this was the end of the matter, so Snape didn't answer. "I must go to the dementors," said Dumbledore. "As I said, we will notify them when we have searched."

"Are they going to help, sir?" said Snape.

"Oh, yes," said Dumbledore dryly, "but I'm afraid they will never be allowed to cross the threshold of the school as long as I am Headmaster."

"I searched dozens of miles in the air, but there was no trace." It was Lingxu's voice.

"That's safe for now."

"Fine. There's no need to ask them to change places now. I've found temporary guards for the portrait hole in Gryffindor House. You can send everyone back tomorrow."

"And what about the fat lady, sir?" asked Percy.

"Hiding in the Angel County map on the third floor. Apparently she wouldn't let Blake in without asking for the password, so he did. She's still in a bad mood, but once she's calmed down, I'll call Filch Fix her."

"I'll keep watch tonight. Percy, go to bed first."

"Then I will trouble you, Professor Lingxu."

For the next few days, everyone at school was talking about Blake.Mysteries about how he got into the castle grew: a Hufflepuff student named Hannah Abbott spent a lot of time in their next Potions class after hearing that Black could transform into a flowering bush. Time to tell it to everyone who will listen.

The Fat Lady's vandalized portrait had been taken down from the wall, and in its place was a portrait of Sir Cadogan and his stout gray pony.No one is very happy about it.Sir Cadogan spent half his time challenging people to duel with him.The rest of the time is spent pondering ridiculously complicated passwords, and he has to change the password twice a day.

"He's crazy," Seamus Finnigan said to Percy angrily. "Can't we replace him?"

"No other painter would have done the job," said Percy, "horrified by what happened to the Fat Lady. Sir Cadogan was the only one who came forward."

"Or you can find Professor Lingxu and ask him to post a picture of Merlin exorcising ghosts."

"Yes, good idea."

Soon, Sir Cadogan was replaced.In its place was a full-length seated portrait of Merlin.The passkey is Merlin's beard.

Dumbledore's headmaster's office.Professor Lupine, Professor Snape.There is also Taoist Lingxu.

"How far has the potion progressed?"

"Now we need to cook it. But no matter how many times we try, the temperature can't be reached." Snape said with a sigh.

"It's all right, Professor. I'm not asking for a cure. Thank you, Severus."

"Where are you Hogwarts?"

"Scottish Highlands. What's up!"

"That's the problem. You are completely closed off from the Muggle world. You don't know that Muggles have already developed a pressure cooker. Even in the mountains. Cooking things is no problem."

"That pressure cooker. How much?"

"Generally, it's only a dozen yuan. But since it's for medical treatment, it must be specially made. I guess there must be a few hundred yuan."

"Come out of my salary, Professor Lingxu."

"I'll go and see first. Is there any shop that can make special ones!"

Some potion materials in the potion for curing werewolves will react with other potions only when the temperature is higher than 110 degrees Celsius.

According to the previous practice, the open crucible used in the past could not heat the medicine inside to this temperature.Not to mention that Hogwarts is located in the Scottish Highlands, and the boiling point of water usually does not even reach [-] degrees Celsius.

So this time, what Lingxu used to make the potion was an extra-large Double Happiness pressure cooker that Lingxu bought from a supermarket in London.The hand-made red copper and carved dragon hot pot presented to Nixon who visited China as a national gift was made by this manufacturer.In order to "blackmail" Lao Deng for a good sum.When reimbursed, it was changed to three thousand galleons.Dumbledore said, little money.Affordable!

"When will the medicine be ready?"

"Just wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival in China. Principal, when the time comes. Let me use the kitchen first, and I have to make some desserts you like."

(End of this chapter)