hogwarts shady

Despite adequate psychological preparation, the boringness of History of Magic still exceeded Ryan's imagination.

After barely holding on for 10 minutes, Ryan decided to give up on being a good student. He took out the secret parchment, continued to practice the mind-locking technique, and asked the automatic quill pen to record Professor Binns' lectures.

The Heart Locking Technique progressed quite smoothly, but this time, what echoed in Ryan's mind was no longer "steamed lamb", but the calm voice of Professor Binns, so that by the time the class was over, all Ryan could think about was Emeric the Demon and Ulric the Weird.

"Lian, Ryan?" Justin shouted tentatively.

Ryan looked at him expressionlessly and shook his head in confusion.

"It's over, Ryan was so stupid in listening to the class." Ron said with admiration and fear, "It's terrible, he can stay focused in this kind of class, but I fell asleep in one class."

"Stop talking, Ron, we are all the same." Harry said, "Maybe only people like Hermione can listen to the lectures well."

"You're wrong." Ron raised his chin proudly, "I saw her dozing off when I woke up!"

"What right do you have to laugh at me?" Hermione shrank her head in a rare move and said with some annoyance, "I have at least finished reading the History of Magic."

Ron did not answer her words, but picked up Ryan's class notes from the table, looked at them carefully, and then handed them to Harry silently.

"Huh? Isn't it Emeric who wears the jellyfish hat?" Harry looked at his notes. There were only a few dates and names on it, as well as a large pool of saliva marks.

"Emeric was the tyrant in the early Middle Ages, and the one with the jellyfish hat was the weirdo Ulric." Hermione said, "Harry, even if you don't listen to the lectures, you should at least read through the book."

"Oh, why do we have to spend so much time remembering these boring things?" Ron hooked Harry's shoulder, "Are you right, Harry?"

Harry was in a dilemma, he didn't know how to deal with this situation.But in the end, he still favored Ron and nodded slightly.

This made Hermione quite angry, and she walked away holding the book.

"What are you going to do next?" Ron asked Justin happily, ignoring the angry Hermione.

"I have to wait for Ryan." Justin said, "You guys go first."

"Goodbye then." Ron said indifferently, "Harry, where were we last time? By the way, the Chudley Cannons! I think you will never want to miss any of their games..."

As soon as they left, Ryan came back to his senses, inhaling the cold air and rubbing his forehead.He discovered another use of Occlumency, which is to eliminate distractions and concentrate, but it may lead to overuse of the brain.

"Honestly, are you avoiding Harry Potter?" Justin asked.

"Why do you think so?" Ryan said in surprise, but when he saw that Justin didn't believe it at all, he spread his hands, "Okay, okay, I just hate trouble. You know, fame is often linked to trouble. "

"I knew it," Justin said, "but you have a good reputation, Ryan."

"Famousness and fame are different. No one will refuse appropriate fame, but too exaggerated fame often brings uncontrollable consequences."

If virtue is not matched, you will suffer.

Moreover, the correct way to hide oneself is not to settle for mediocrity, but to set up a good character.Ryan added in his mind that he needed to be genius enough to threaten Lao Deng with dropping out of school to keep his secret; at the same time, he had to be not so genius to avoid attracting too much attention from Voldemort.

Justin curled his lips and reminded Ryan that there was a big trouble right now: "You and Malfoy have already fallen out, and you have to guard against his revenge."

"Don't worry, Slytherin people are very wise in the face of absolute power." Ryan said nonchalantly, "When he finds that he can't please me, he will naturally retreat."

"Speaking of which, you know too many spells, right? Wouldn't Professor McGonagall find it strange?"

"I think Professor McGonagall should know about my situation." Ryan said, "I learned it from "Selected Modern Spells". I can lend you the book, but I still recommend that you read "Standard Spells" first. Mastery of the spell.”

"I know." Justin sighed, "I don't have as great a talent as you, but I have figured it out a long time ago. I can just follow the school curriculum and learn slowly. Anyway, you will always help me if I need anything." mine."

"Your business is my business, we are friends, aren't we?" Ryan said with a smile.

"Of course, we are friends." Justin also laughed, "Where to go next?"

Ryan thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the library first and get our homework done. Then in our free time, let's take a walk around the school to avoid finding our way around in the future."

The afternoon classes were over, and the first year classes at Hogwarts ended at three o'clock. The classes were quite relaxed.However, in contrast to this, it was not an easy assignment. This was the first time that Ryan had heard of using feet as the unit of length for a paper.

The homework for the History of Magic and Herbal Medicine classes are all fill-in-the-blank questions. If you listen carefully in class, you can solve them quickly.

But in addition to the test papers, Snape also left a paper assignment, requiring everyone to turn in a potion summary of no less than three feet next week.

That’s a paper nearly one meter long!Ryan wanted to cut the parchment into a long strip, where only one word could be written on each line.

However, he only dared to think in his mind that it was too late for Ryan to hide from Snape. He just hoped that the savior would work harder to draw all the old bat's firepower away, so that he could be treated like Miss Know-It-All.

Fortunately, Ryan is a man of two generations, and his experience in water thesis is first-class and sufficient.In just two flights of stairs, he had already figured out which potion works to draw from.

"Ryan, are you sure you are on the right track?" Justin asked worriedly.

"Of course, we have to cross an overpass from the fourth floor to the central tower and bypass the central courtyard. The library is on the fifth floor over there."

"But..." Justin looked around, "I didn't see any other passages on the fourth floor. Besides, don't you think it's a little strange here?"

Ryan walked around, and they were indeed in a closed corridor. When they reached the end, they didn't see the road leading to the astronomy tower, only a locked wooden door.

"Strange, today is only Monday, the spiral staircase won't change direction?" Ryan scratched his head, "Sorry, Justin, we may have to go back the way we came."

"I think so. These stairs are too complicated, and the school doesn't give us a map." Justin complained.

"Maybe even the professors haven't figured out the way to Hogwarts." Ryan said, "Look, most of the classrooms are on the first and second floors."

"But Gryffindor and Ravenclaw both live on the eighth floor."

"Perhaps it is the consideration of the Big Four. Gryffindor likes to take risks, and Ravenclaw values ​​​​intelligence. These complicated roads may be a test for them."

"That makes sense, but I still think Hufflepuff is more suitable for me." Justin complained, "I can't handle these damn stairs."

When they returned to the stairs, both Ryan and Justin were dumbfounded - the stairs they had just walked had gone to nowhere.

"What should I do?" Justin held onto the guardrail and looked downstairs. "I don't think jumping down is a good option."

"Either call the professor for rescue, or..." Ryan frowned, "I can use the levitating spell, and it's not impossible to jump down."

He felt something was wrong, the disappearance of the stairs was too coincidental.

"Call Professor!" Justin said without hesitation.

"Are you sure?" Ryan glanced at him, "It could be Professor McGonagall, or it could be Snape. Of course, it's more likely to be Castle Administrator Filch."

"Then forget it." Justin shook his head immediately, "Why not go through that wooden door? Maybe the road is behind the door?"

"Justin, do you still remember what Dumbledore said at the opening party?" Ryan said, "Those who don't want to die tragically, please don't go to the corridor on the right of the fourth floor."

"Is it...could it be?" Justin swallowed, "Is there some kind of ghost here?"

"You don't have to be afraid if there are ghosts." Ryan couldn't laugh or cry. "You've even seen ghosts, and you're still afraid of ghosts? I guess there are some mechanisms in the corridor that can put students in danger."

Of course he knew what was on the fourth floor, so Ryan became more and more sure that someone was causing trouble.

Is it Quirrell or Dumbledore?The first thing Ryan suspected was these two people. Quirrell had a sufficient motive to commit the crime. It was not impossible for him to find someone to use as cannon fodder to explore the way; as for the principal, who knows what his plans were. Anyway, he would throw the blame on Dumbledore. Basically you can't go wrong.

"Let's jump down." Ryan made a quick decision. "It's too dangerous to stay here."

Justin shook his head desperately, and said in a trembling voice: "Let's wait, maybe, maybe the stairs will come back by themselves after a while..."

"I don't think so." Ryan ruthlessly broke Justin's fantasy. "There is something obviously wrong with the stairs today. It usually only leads here on Fridays. So, we can either jump down ourselves or wait until Friday."

"I'd rather try my luck at the door over there," Justin said. "Ryan, please, I don't want to break my leg as soon as school starts."

"You should have some confidence in my magic level, and you should also remember the principal's warning." Ryan looked serious, "Don't seek death!"

Justin no longer insisted, he had always been convinced of Ryan's judgment.If Ryan would rather jump off the building than enter that door, then it is very likely that the danger inside the door is more terrifying than jumping off the building.

"Then...then you say something and I will close my eyes and dance again."

"Okay, I'll go down first." Ryan cast a levitation spell on himself, then slowly reduced the flow of magic output, and smoothly floated down from the fourth floor.

He stood at the bottom and shouted: "I'm here, Justin, you can jump."

Seeing that Ryan was safe and sound, Justin was finally relieved. He gritted his teeth and climbed over the railing with his eyes closed.

"Wingardim Leviosa!"

Justin only felt that the momentum of his fall was suddenly stopped, and an invisible force supported his body.

"Okay, open your eyes." Ryan helplessly supported Justin, whose legs were trembling, "You're not afraid of heights, are you?"

"Not everyone can jump off the building like you without changing a look!" Justin hit Ryan on the shoulder, "What's in that door? You would rather jump off the building than go in."

"It's not a good thing anyway, and the door is locked. Even if you go in, it's not the way to the library."

They stopped discussing the restricted area on the fourth floor and climbed the stairs again.

This time, they successfully found their way to the library.