009 The next one is him
"The next one is him?" Lawrence felt a chill. He pushed the crowd away from the hall, not seeing Justin along the way. Finriri, Hufflepach's lounge is on the right hand side of the kitchen corridor, the entrance is behind a pile of wooden barrels, but it is unclear how to enter, so I can only give up,
Lawrence did not return to the hall, but walked back to Glenfindo Tower. The lounge was empty. Apparently most people were still in the hall. Lawrence saw Harry, Ron and Hermione on the armchair beside the fire. Harry stood up and ran back to the dormitory with a gloomy expression.
"He didn't know he was a snake?" Lawrence asked.
"Obviously that's the case." Ron said, his expressions from Hermione were not very good-looking.
"Snake?" Lawrence said to himself, he touched his chin.
"Do you know something?" Hermione asked keenly.
"Oh, yes," Lawrence replied, "but I don't think that makes sense."
"What doesn't make sense?" Ron asked curiously.
"Cat and Collin, they are not dead, that doesn't make sense." Lawrence turned and returned to the dormitory, leaving Ron and Hermione confused, looking at each other,
The next day, Lawrence woke up early in the morning. He went to the hall for breakfast an hour early, but saw a new notice on the bulletin board in the hall. Due to the heavy snow and snow, Mrs. Sprout had to keep the mandela grass warm, so the second grade herbology class was suspended today.
"It seems that nothing will happen today?" Lawrence thought, and he walked into the hall to enjoy a hot breakfast, flipping through today's Prophet Daily, but he did not find any news about Hogwarts. Obviously, Dunbulito suppressed the matter.
"Hey, Lawrence, this is so early today?" Fred picked up the newspaper that Lawrence had read next to him and said, George went to get breakfast.
"Maybe it will be so early every day after that." Lawrence shrugged and replied casually. Before the end of the Christmas holiday, he would get up early and wait for Justin. Finrily, he believed, that this happened, Justin. Finrie will definitely go home for Christmas holidays, but the second grade pharmacy school was suspended. Lawrence believes that he may not meet someone today.
But he was wrong, that afternoon, Justin. Finrie was "petitive" and Nick, who was almost headless, turned black and unable to move. The first person to discover the scene was Harry.
The snake accent he showed in the duel club yesterday made almost everyone think that Harry is the "successor of the secret room", and almost no one wants to stay for the Christmas holiday after the end of last semester.
In order to fulfill his promise to Mrs. Weasley, Fred and George decided not to go to Egypt with the Weasleys, but to stay in Hogwarts and study hard.
"Ginny, why didn't Ron and Percy go back?" Lawrence asked casually.
"Percy will take the N.E.W.T (Super Fatigue Bombing Witchcraft Test) next year," Fred replied listlessly, as he was working hard to flip through the metamorphosis textbook. "Ginny also said she wanted to stay and study. Ron and the others seemed to have some little secrets that violated school rules."
"It's so good..." George complained, looking at the two brick books on Lawrence's hand, and asked, "What are you reading?"
"The Strange Magical Creatures"? "Extremely Difficult Talisman?" Fred said to the old cover, and then he said in an exaggerated tone, "Please stop hitting us, but what do you think of this?" (Note 1)
"Well, for this," said Lawrence, taking out a large piece of parchment with detailed maps of Hogwarts,
"You've got him back?" George asked in surprise.
"No, there are no small black dots representing the characters." Fred looked more carefully.
"Look at this," Lawrence opened the "Extremely Hard Talisman", "I've been looking for it for a long time."
"The Man Shadow Trail Spell." George recited, "A spell that can track all people's whereabouts within the map" (Note 2)
"Look at this again." Lawrence said, taking out his wand and pointing at the map and chanting the spell. The parchment flashed for a while and burned out of thin air.
"What's going on?" Fred asked in surprise. The parchment quickly burned down and left a small piece of it, but it did not affect the things on the side. The remaining small piece of paper clearly marked with a small dot, which read "Lawrence." Luo Fande,
"Hogwarts cannot be drawn on the map," Lawrence replied, "It also protects everyone in the castle, but if my magic, the magic of the spellcaster, is in operation, will show my own position." (Note 3)
"How did the live spot map do it?" George asked. "There are only four makers, and they can't get there."
"It's still researching," Lawrence did not answer positively, but pointed to the book. The twins shrugged and focused on their books.
Lawrence picked up "The Strange Magical Creature". If the twins were careful, they would find that one of the pages was bookmarked by Lawrence, and he opened the page with the bookmarks.
"The Noisy Ghost is one of the most peculiar magical creatures I have ever seen.
Maybe I'm not even sure if he is a magic creature,
But it is certain that he is not the trace left by the dead in this world, that is, not the ghost,
When I further guessed that he might be a special magic gathering in his place,
The more wizards there seem to be a more likely place to appear, but occasionally they will appear in Muggle residences…』
"Next, just find the Pipi ghost." Lawrence thought, he continued to flip back, and then, he found what he was looking for.
"Among the many terrifying monsters and monsters that roam in our country,
The most rare and dangerous species among them is the basilisk.
The basilisk is huge and has a lifespan of hundreds of years. It has an incredible way of killing. In addition to its deadly fangs, it also has an extremely dangerous gaze. Anyone who comes into contact with the eyes will die immediately...』
"Ahhh," a smile appeared on the corner of Lawrence's mouth, "I've found you."
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At the end of the semester, Hogwarts seemed extremely deserted, and Lawrence was very glad that he finally didn't have to follow a group of people around him. After many days of hard work, Lawrence finally found Pipi Ghost the night before Christmas.
"Ah haha, isn't this the dog-headed commander of the Weasley twins?" Pipig smiled strangely after seeing Lawrence.
"I need your help, Pipi." Lawrence directly ignored the word behind it. It would be better not to care too much about the noisy words. Being angry will only make him happier.
"Oh, are you finally going to start not being good babies?" Pipi Ghost flipped around the air twice.
"I need you to make a contract with me and use your power to make a Hogwarts map." Lawrence said directly, and Pipi's smile suddenly disappeared.
"Oh, I said, you are the second one who asked me so much since you founded the school, but why should I help you?" Pipi Ghost began to fly around, "Convince me, convince me."
"The previous map is in the hands of that successor. If the school continues like this, it will definitely be closed. You don't like a school without people, right?" Lawrence said. "If there is no one, it's not interesting to make a prank."
"That's right," Pipi Ghost agreed, "but only this? This is not enough, this is not enough. The last trickster gave me a lot of joy, but what you gave me is not enough."
"I think it's enough. I just need to use it until the end of the next semester," Lawrence replied calmly. "It's fair to destroy him in just six months and the school won't go bankrupt."
"Wooah!" Pipig turned around quickly, as if doing this could help him think quickly. Lawrence was waiting for his response.
"Okay, I promise you." Pipi Ghost finally agreed, "But if you let the school close, I will chase you and make you restless!"
"The contract is established," Lawrence sat on the floor. He stretched out his left hand. Pipi Ghost held his left hand. Lawrence took out a map that had been drawn and placed on the ground.
"Pippi Ghost lends power to Lawrence Rovande and helps him draw the map."Pippi Ghost said, Lawrence's wand shot out a purple silk thread.
"I will use this map to stop Slytherin's successors," Lawrence read, his wand shot out two golden threads one after another. "This map will be destroyed in six months."
"If Lawrence Rovande fails, Pipi Ghost will chase him and be in peace." Pipi Ghost said, and Lawrence's wand shot out a pure white thread, wrapping the three threads in front tightly.
"The contract is established, then..." Lawrence raised his wand and poked the map on the floor. The handwriting on the parchment suddenly contracted to the point where the wand pointed, and then spread out quickly. Except for Hogwarts Castle, the secret passage, small black dots appeared one by one, and the names they represented were written in cursive words below.
"Huh... remember your promise." Pipi Ghost exhaled. He looked much more transparent. He turned around and disappeared into the floor.
"The first step is done," Lawrence picked up the map and stared at the little black dots belonging to Ginny, "Then you are waiting for yourself to expose the location of the secret room."
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Note 1: Fake, these two books are not included in the original text.
Note 2: According to the supplement of Rowling's website, Homonculous Charm is a spell that can track the whereabouts of everyone within the map. Homonculous is the change of Homunculus (dwarf, fetus, human body model). Here it represents humans. I directly translated it into the human shadow track curse, which is named after his ability.
But in fact, the map can show not only humans. In the third episode, Harry, who saw the map for the first time, saw Mrs. Loris and Pipi Ghost on it.
Note 3: There is a contradiction point. The original text said that Hogwarts cannot be drawn on the map, but the live spot map does exist, so I designed this scene.
Note 4: The Pipi is a noisy ghost. Theorists believe that he is a kind of elf caused by the subconscious, and this prank elf has been accumulated by the students of Hogwarts for thousands of years.
Chapter completed!