Ashes of Hogwarts

Although Dumbledore insisted that tonight was just an ordinary gathering, the young wizard finally sensed something was wrong.

The whole Hogwarts was shaken!

It shook slightly, like an earthquake.

But there can be no earthquake in Hogwarts.

It has a history of thousands of years, and outstanding students who have graduated from Hogwarts throughout the generations will add powerful protective spells to it after they have achieved success in their studies.

So if nothing else, Hogwarts was invaded.

And it is an extremely powerful opponent.

"Hermione, it must be Professor Losric who is fighting the enemy."

Harry found Hermione who was comforting the little wizard with Professor McGonagall.

He felt something keenly.

"Such a powerful wave must be a very powerful dark wizard."

This is natural. Ash Lothric's power is recognized by Hogwarts, and even Dumbledore personally admitted that he is not his opponent.

As for why you are so sure that the fighting party is Ashe.

Isn't it obvious!

Everyone in Hogwarts is here, not even a house elf is missing.

Is it possible to count on the movement caused by those ghosts?

Hermione took Harry and quietly squeezed into a corner. She glanced at Professor McGonagall and realized that her dean was not paying attention to her.

"I have discovered it a long time ago," she said softly: "He also warned me that if anything happens to me, I must go to my godmother for help as soon as possible."

"But if that's the case, why don't Dumbledore and Mrs. Lothric help? Hogwarts has a powerful guardian spell and four professors to protect it."

Ron also squeezed over quietly, but it was obvious that he couldn't think of anything deeper.

"Obviously, Ron." Harry looked around: "The enemy is very powerful, so powerful that even the four professors may not be able to completely protect us."

strange?

Harry felt like he was missing something.

"Hermione, can you notice anything different in the Great Hall?"

Hermione quietly lifted herself up.

everything is normal.

"Harry, are you too sensitive?"

All the powerful people in Hogwarts were gathered in the auditorium, and no one could make a small move under their noses.

"He must be mentally fatigued by Wood's devilish training recently."

Ron laughed stupidly.

It does seem normal at first glance.

Harry frowned, his green eyes scanning through his glasses.

Little wizard?House elf?Professors?Filch?

Look, Filch's fingertips actually have magical fluctuations!

But this wasn't the answer he wanted.

His rationality told him that there was nothing wrong, but there seemed to be a voice in his head reminding him.

look!That's the problem!

"Lockhart!" He realized something was wrong.

"Have any of you noticed that Lockhart is missing?"

"Lockhart? Hasn't he been..."

Hermione opened her little mouth.

Lockhart is missing?when?

After Dumbledore came back, he warned everyone in a very stern tone that they were not allowed to step out of the auditorium.

Lockhart was definitely still around at that time.

"The godmother is gone too."

Hermione whispered.

When she concentrated on looking for Illya on the professor's chair, she realized that her godmother had disappeared.

Just like Lockhart.

"It's definitely Lockhart's fault!"

Hermione took a deep breath.

"No, I must find the godfather."

She said that she was about to leave, and she had already begun to recite the Illusion Body Curse silently.

"What you're doing is against school rules Hermione!"

Ron quickly stopped her: "Besides, every secret exit is guarded by Principal Dumbledore. You can't hide it from them with your Disguise Curse."

"Humph, it's just a school rule, so what if you break it!"

Although she was still tough-talking, Hermione was no longer so impulsive.

"Don't worry, it's all about me."

Harry raised his eyebrows, waved his right hand in the air, and several fingers disappeared into the void.

"Invisibility cloak!" Hermione exclaimed in surprise, "You actually carry it with you."

Fortunately, the chirping of the little wizards was noisy enough so that the professor did not hear her.

"Let's go!"

Putting on the invisibility cloak, several people followed the wall of the auditorium to an exit.

The person guarding here is Snape.

He seemed to have noticed something.

It was malice, a familiar malice.

Disgusting malice.

He stretched out his hand.

Nothing was caught.

The three of them walked quickly wearing invisibility cloaks.

The castle was empty, not a soul was alive.

Harry removed the invisibility cloak.

"How should we find it? Split up?"

Ron questioned.

But it was quickly rejected by Hermione.

"The Godfather said that when you don't know how strong the enemy is, being alone is the stupidest choice."

Harry and Ron are veterans of night walks, and they are very good at evading various guards in the castle to get to their destination.

But this time they had no idea where their destination was.

But fortunately, there is also Hermione among them who likes to use her brain.

The frescoes in the castle gave them clues.

Although they have just been confined in the frame by a mysterious force and cannot see the outside world.

But that person doesn't seem to have a very high IQ.

Only the path he walked was enchanted; the murals in the other corridors remained as they were.

"Harry, Ron, take this."

Hermione provided the two companions with magical equipment.

Two small cross swords emitting blue light.

"Input magic into it and it will become longer."

bass!

A faint blue light flashed, and a strand of hair fell from the air.

cool!

Harry thought.

"It's much stronger than the half-assed flange sword you control. Don't use it against your own people."

Hermione was afraid that the two of them would treat the blue orb dagger as a toy.

Following the instructions from the murals, the three of them slowly moved towards their unknown destination.

I have to admit, this atmosphere is still a bit scary.

It was late at night, and there was no one in the ancient castle.

The candles on the wall automatically lit as the footsteps approached.

From time to time, people in the mural will pop out to say hello to you.

Normally these are normal things, but at this moment they seem weird.

Harry and Hermione both thought of the ghost stories they had heard before.

Finally, their destination arrived.

After wandering back and forth for several times, they finally determined that Lockhart—or that person who didn't know who he was—had disappeared here.

This is the eighth floor of Hogwarts Castle, not far from the principal's office.

But he just disappeared here, there is nothing here.

Just a strange tapestry.

"Did he get inside the tapestry?"

Looking at the tapestry of the troll beating Barnabas silly, Ron said with some horror.

"Lockhart... turned into a troll!"

"Damn it, he must have used some other method, but we don't know yet."

Hermione was a little discouraged. She felt that she still knew too little about Hogwarts.

Just when the three of them were at a loss what to do, a gentle voice sounded behind them.

"Okay kids, leave the rest to me."