A day at Hogwarts

The second round of the Triwizard Tournament ended. Although there were some twists and turns, all four contestants saved their assistants.

During dinner, many students from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons looked at Hermione from time to time, as if they saw some monster.

Malfoy was even more excited than Seamus and Cedric. He boasted with Goyle, Crabbe and others, as well as Helen of Durmstrang, that he was going to play an important role in the next game. It was completely invisible that he was almost flooded in the morning. The embarrassment when it reaches the neck.

Helen just looked at him with a smile and put food on his plate from time to time.

At the Gryffindor table, the talk of the town was Charles.

Seamus asked him: "What are the results of today's examination?"

After eating a piece of steak, Charles said: "There are two treatments, one has too many side effects, and the other...well...just got some clues."

"Really?!" Harry on the opposite side was very happy, "What clue?"

Charles felt that the clue on Peeves was a bit strange, and that this clue came from a dream was even more strange. No one would believe him, so he said, "I'll look for it tonight."

Harry immediately said: "Let's go to the library together and help you find it."

He and several people next to him thought that Charles was going to the library to browse books, so they nodded together.

Charles shook his head and said, "No, you are very tired today. I will trouble you when I can't find you."

Turns out he was right in not calling anyone else for help.

It was a bit eerily quiet in Hogwarts Castle tonight. Peeves, who used to cause trouble everywhere, was nowhere to be seen, and the ghosts had disappeared to nowhere. Even Filch was surprised.

Charles had no choice but to go back to the dormitory first.

There was another party in the common room, Ruby was performing aerobatics on top of Leif, and Piggy stood on top of Crookshanks and chirped something different, as if he wanted to lift it up.

Charles walked around the edge and returned to the dormitory. Just as he was about to think about what to do next, he found a communication notebook under the pillow that kept ringing.

He has been a little afraid of opening this notebook recently, and he is a little overwhelmed by too many cares and greetings.

But now the notebook rang louder than ever, and Charles had to open it.

Among the special contacts, Jack's column for urgent messages shines particularly brightly.

Charles clicked on it, and the message he sent was: "Your grandfather Jack Smith was kidnapped by me. Don't tell anyone. Someone will contact you later."

This news made him stunned for a while, with various thoughts wandering in his mind.

His first thought was to tell Dumbledore immediately, but he quickly gave up the idea.

It can be inferred from the news that the kidnapper has a secret whistle around him. If he tells him rashly, he will probably be discovered by the kidnappers and then break up.

So we can't tell the Auror, what if the other party also has an undercover agent in the Ministry of Magic?

What we have to do now is to stabilize the kidnapper so that he doesn't hurt grandpa.

Charles immediately replied: "Who are you and how much do you want to let grandpa go?"

When he thought about it, he opened a restaurant and a company, so he seemed to be very wealthy in the eyes of outsiders, so kidnapping his grandfather must be a way to make money.

The other person quickly replied: "Waiting for notification."

Charles sent a few more messages, but there was no reply from the other party.

He calmed himself down, took out the company's communication notebook, and asked Kitov: "Can you locate a certain communication notebook?"

Kitov replied after about ten minutes: "It takes a lot of messages from the laptop to determine the approximate location."

Charles looked at the chat history with Jack and asked, "What if I sent a message three hours ago and another one just now?"

Kitov replied: "It's a little difficult."

Charles sighed, and when he was distressed, Kitov added: "Moss recently discovered a security vulnerability in the notebook. We estimate that the notebook can be controlled by some means to send messages."

This was good news. Charles immediately said: "Don't make any secrets about what I'm going to tell you next. Just let reliable people know about it."

"Someone was kidnapped and the kidnapper used his communication notebook to contact the hostage's family."

Kitov immediately replied: "Understood, we will study it immediately and will notify you as soon as there is any news."

Charles replied, "Okay," and lay in bed, thinking about who could help.

He suddenly thought of an absolutely reliable helper, so he got up and continued to search in the castle.

Ghosts can leave the castle and walk through walls.

Charles thought that if the company could determine the approximate location, they would ask the ghosts to search for it. If they found it, they would immediately notify Dumbledore or the Aurors. Without giving the secret sentry time to respond, they should be able to rescue his grandfather.

But in the castle, as before, there were no ghosts.

"Hate!"

"Humph, we are all ghosts, why do you all look down on me and don't let me participate in the meeting!"

Charles forgot about Myrtle's bathroom, and as he passed by, he heard Myrtle's puffing sound coming from inside.

He knocked on the door, then went into the bathroom and saw Myrtle sitting on a sink.

"Good evening." Charles greeted politely, "Can we have a few words?"

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When Myrtle saw it was Charles, she flew up and asked, "Are you asking me to be your partner in the Yule Ball?"

Charles didn't know what a Christmas ball was, and now was not the time to get involved. He asked, "Excuse me, do you know where Nick is?"

Myrtle said angrily, "Humph, he always looks down on ghosts, he deserves to have a piece of skin on his neck and can't join the Headless Knight."

"Where else can he be? He's still in the dungeon with other ghosts and Peeves. I don't know what he's talking about."

Charles forgot where the dungeon was, so he asked, "Excuse me, can you take me to the dungeon?"

Myrtle said coldly, "I don't want to go there."

After she finished speaking, she flew into the ceiling and left.

Charles had no choice but to go to the underground floor of the castle to find the dungeon by himself.

When he passed the kitchen door, he met a senior Slytherin student. After asking, he finally knew the location of the dungeon.

There was a ghost on guard at the entrance of the dungeon. When he saw Charles, he immediately drilled into the wall.

Charles was about to raise his hand to greet him, but he had to give up.

The dungeon was very lively. A group of ghosts surrounded Peeves, and they seemed to be discussing something fiercely. When Charles arrived, they suddenly became quiet.

Charles saw Peeves was also here, so he put aside things like restoring memory power. When he saw Nick coming over, he immediately shouted, "Nick, I need your help."

Nick floated over and asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

Charles whispered to him, "My grandpa was kidnapped, and I would like to trouble you to find where he is being held."

Nick held his head with both hands and shook his head vigorously to refuse, "Your grandpa must have his reasons for kidnapping others, and we dare not ruin his good deeds."

Charles immediately pointed out his mistake, "Someone kidnapped my grandpa, not my grandpa kidnapping others."

Nick said seriously, "It seems different on the surface, but it's actually the same thing."

Charles stopped nagging him after hearing what he said, and continued, "The kidnappers contacted me using my grandfather's communication notebook. The company is preparing to locate the location. I want you and other ghosts to go there to look for clues when the location is revealed, and then notify Professor Dumbledore or the Aurors immediately."

"And the kidnappers have sentries in the castle and won't let me tell anyone else. I don't think you will be recruited by the kidnappers."

After hearing this, Nick thought about it and thought that this might be someone's special trick, so he said, "I can help you contact the Headless Knights, they will definitely be happy."

Charles immediately said, "Thank you, I will notify you when there is news."

He was relieved, as long as the ghosts were willing to help.

Peeves had been floating beside him, and when the man and the ghost finished talking, he said to Charles, "Boy, follow me now, I'll take you to a place, I think that's the kidnapper's target."