Ancient Warlocks at Hogwarts

When Harry and Ron came down, Andre reacted and used the levitating spell to save the two of them from the painful experience.

"Wow, it's so big here!" After standing firm, Ron looked around and said in amazement.

This is indeed the case. The space inside the box is visually estimated to be the size of a football field, surrounded by a layer of fog-like things. This is much more spacious than Andre originally expected, but in this way, they want If this place is properly arranged, the workload will increase several times.

Of course, this is also a happy trouble.

"We can designate a residential area for Norberta, and then build a few houses in other places. This can be regarded as our secret base in the future." Hermione had already escaped from the shy mood just now, and she said slightly excitedly .

Andre had no objection, but he wanted to arrange this space like Mr. Newt Scamander's zoo. It would be best for more magical animals to live here. After all, he still had four in his hand. The fruit of the Holy Mistletoe means that he can tame four more magical animals just like Norbert.

But his aesthetics are actually very different from Hagrid. The more ferocious and huge magical animals are, the more beautiful they are in his eyes. Therefore, it goes without saying that the magical creatures that will be tamed by his spirit control skills in the future will definitely not Much smaller than the Norwegian Spinosaurus, this area seems to be quite empty at present. It is really a question whether it will be enough in a few years.

"Wouldn't it be nice to let Andre use the transformation technique to transform a few houses?" Ron reached out and touched the surface that looked like mist but was actually real, and said.

But what he said made Andre want to laugh out loud. This child's theoretical knowledge is really lacking. If Professor McGonagall heard what he said, he would probably punish him to copy all the Transfiguration textbooks from last semester. Again.

Sure enough, Hermione, who was nicknamed "Maggie", immediately said rudely: "Transfiguration can't be created out of nothing. Don't you even remember the basic rules of Gamp's transformation? That's knowledge we learned in the first grade, and Even if Andre transformed the house, as long as the magic attached to it disappears, the house will return to its original shape, and no one will choose to live in a house built by transfiguration."

"Is this... like this?" Ron rarely felt angry at the little witch's scolding. Instead, he touched the back of his head in embarrassment.

Andre didn't let them continue talking about this topic, otherwise they might quarrel again later. He said: "We can ask Hagrid to help. In addition, if we want to decorate this place, we will get a lot of materials. No matter what Is it the house you mentioned or something else? We can’t find it in the castle, but Hagrid can help us find some in the Forbidden Forest.”

"Yeah, at least there are a lot of big trees in the woods." Harry agreed.

"We still need to lay a layer of soil here, and then transplant some plants in. Maybe we can cast a magic like the ceiling of the auditorium, so that the outside weather can be seen from inside the box." Hermione also made her own suggestion again. .

This is in line with Andre's thoughts, but it requires more energy to maintain. After all, if you want to grow plants in a place without sunlight, you can only rely on magic to do it.

Thinking of the sunlight, he realized that there was no light source in this space, but it was still as bright as daytime. It seemed that the magic of the Traceless Stretch Spell was not that simple.

"Well, okay, there's nothing to see here now. Let's go out first. I'll wake up Norbert later and get her in. I'll send the box to Hagrid tomorrow. Recently, every morning It's really not an easy task to secretly come over and feed it." After finishing the box, Andre finally had something on his mind and said happily.

But compared to when they jumped down directly before, it was not that easy to get out of this box. The exit hanging high in the air could not be reached by jumping.

"How should we leave?" The little witch also became a little panicked.

But Andre was not worried at all. He took out a seven-star sweeping broomstick from his pocket and said: "Don't worry, this won't trouble us. Don't forget that we are wizards."

"Ha, you still have a broom, so it's easy." Ron clapped his palms, obviously relaxing.

The four people took turns riding the broomstick and left the box. The next step was to stuff Norbert into the suitcase. This took a lot of effort. Although the little female dragon itself was very cooperative, the mouth of the box was too small for its size. To be honest, it was too small, so Andre and the others had to push hard to help Norberta get in.

After completing this matter, the three of them waited for Andre to finish making the second box for Professor Kettleburn before they walked out of the Room of Requirement together.

"Can't these two suitcases be put in your pocket?" Back in the corridor, Hermione asked curiously when she saw Andre come out with two suitcases at the end.

"Well," Andre nodded and said, "I don't know what's going on. The space pocket can be opened normally inside the box, but these two boxes cannot be inserted into the pocket."

"Maybe it's because the pocket space is not as big as the box." The little witch thought for a while and said.

"Maybe." Andre also thought that this might be the case, and the few of them walked towards Gryffindor's tower while chatting softly.

But just as they turned a corner, a slight sound of footsteps reached Andre's ears, and he suddenly raised his head.

"How..." Hermione asked in confusion, noticing his suddenly serious expression.

But Andre quickly put the two boxes under his arms, then covered her mouth, and motioned Harry and Ron to be silent as well.

At this moment, because the footsteps were getting closer and closer to several people, the remaining three people immediately knew that someone was coming.

Hermione, who was held in Andre's arms, struggled slightly a few times to show that she already knew.

The boy immediately let go of her, took out his wand and silently cast the Disappearance Curse again, and the four of them gradually disappeared in the corridor.

Unless they were wearing the same magic eyes as Moody, no one would notice the four little heads sticking out from the corner of the wall at this moment, intently observing who was wandering around the castle in the middle of the night.

It was a tall and slender figure. Even after a few weeks, Andre still remembered it deeply. This was the mysterious girl he discovered on the first day of school.

And just like the scene he saw last time, the girl skillfully walked back and forth in front of the wall opposite the tapestry three times, and then disappeared behind the reopened door of the Room of Requirement.

"Who is she?" Hermione asked at this time.

"I don't know either." Unfortunately, Andre couldn't give an answer either. "I also met her when I came to settle Norbert on the first day of school, but just like this time, it was too dark. I couldn't even tell which college she was from. Not sure."

"Is there anyone else in the school who knows about the Room of Requirement?" Harry couldn't help but say.

"Actually, this is not surprising." On the contrary, the little witch was not surprised by this incident. "If you have entered the room where the Room of Requirement hides things, you will find that so many students in the castle have been here. .”

But obviously, Harry and Ron, who currently have little need to hide things, have only entered the Room of Requirement a few times when they followed them, and their understanding of this mysterious room is far less profound than they did later.

"Let's go back to the lounge first. If we stay here, we don't know when the girl who went in will come out. Moreover, we are still carrying these two boxes, which is not suitable for meeting others." Although there are all kinds of curiosity, this meeting is also It was not a good time to explore, so Andre decided to return to Gryffindor Tower first.

"Tell me, is that girl related to the missing Jerome and the attacked Flint?" The dim flames in the fireplace illuminated Ron's face red, and he boldly proposed that he conjecture.

Andre himself had had the same idea, but on the night Jerome disappeared, he went to the Room of Requirement, but found nothing unusual. This also led him to directly report the girl he saw on the first day of school. Crossed off the suspect list.

But now the other party happened to appear again. Speaking of which, except for today and the first day of school to arrange for Norberta, and the time when Jerome disappeared, Andre had not been to the Room of Requirement late at night this semester.

As a result, we bumped into her twice during three night trips. No matter what you think, that girl is probably a frequent visitor to the Room of Requirement.

Was she going to hunt for treasure in the room where past Hogwarts students had hidden their belongings?

While Andre was still thinking, Harry said, "But now we don't even know which college she is a student from."

"Yes, and unlike Jerome, a lot of that girl's height can be found in the school. Even if it is really related to the previous accidents, we can't check them one by one." Hermione also added One sentence.

This was indeed a problem. Although he had witnessed the other party entering the Room of Requirement twice, apart from the clue that she was a girl, Andre had no other useful information.

There was another silence between them for a while, and then Harry asked again: "Do you want to tell Sirius about this?"

But Andre shook his head and rejected the proposal. Not to mention that except for seeing the girl enter the Room of Requirement, there was no other evidence to prove that the other party was related to Jerome and Flint.

Even if the three are reluctantly related, it is not Sirius who is leading the investigation of the previous accidents in the school, but Professor McGonagall. Of course it does not matter if Sirius is informed of the existence of the Room of Requirement and Norbert, but if If their dean's wife finds out, the consequences will not be that simple.

Last semester, Andre refused to admit that he had brought the fire dragon into the castle. The conflict between him and Percy further deepened over this matter, and there has been no normal communication between the two so far.

After he stated his reasons, Harry no longer struggled with the issue.

"I think we should not think about it so much. Maybe he is just a student who happens to know the secret of the Room of Requirement like us." In the end, Hermione chose to think on the bright side.

Of course, this possibility also existed, and Andre didn't want his friends to stay up late at night over an uncertain question, so he didn't continue talking.

After the Defense Against the Dark Arts class ended the next afternoon, the four of them ran to Hagrid's hut with two boxes while there was still some time before dinner.

"Done so quickly?" Hagrid exclaimed in surprise when he saw them.

Ron said first: "Yes, Andre finished it last night, and it only took less than two hours."

"The main reason is that the bones of the bird and snake are very adaptable to the traceless stretching spell, so it is not too difficult. Even if it is a wizard who knows this magic, it can be completed quickly." Andre said modestly.

"That's not the case. I have been at Hogwarts for decades. You are the most talented little wizard I have ever seen, Andre." Hagrid smiled and shook his head, "No one has ever been able to When you were in first grade, you were able to think of using Sniff's belly bag as a magic prop, and you also received the third-level Medal of Merlin this year, which is a very amazing honor."

Even though it was not the first time he heard such praise, Andre still felt a little embarrassed. He had no choice but to hand over the box in his hand and said: "I brought Norberta with me, and you will take care of it from now on." , Hagrid.”

"Oh, of course, don't worry, I will take good care of it. Speaking of which, I haven't seen Norbert again since you returned to school. Has it grown up a bit now?" Hagrid took the box. He patted his chest and said.

"Yes, you can go into the box and take a look later. You will be surprised by the storage. It grows faster than I expected," Andre said with a smile: "But you have to prepare a ladder first. The space inside the box is a bit big, and we had to use a broomstick to get out of it last night."

"Well, no problem, I happen to have one in the house." Hagrid nodded.

Andre then reminded: "In addition, I marked the box. The one with a D letter on it is for Norbert, and the other one is for Professor Kettleburn."

After explaining the matter, the four of them asked Hagrid to get some soil from the Forbidden Forest into the space in the box so that they could plant some plants. If he was free, it would be great if he could help build a few houses. matter.

Hagrid also agreed to several people's requests one by one. He also pointed proudly to the vegetable patch behind the hut, where there were more than a dozen pumpkins as tall as a man. "See, when it comes to growing things, I But you have a good hand. When you come to my place next time, I will definitely arrange the inside of the box properly."

Only Andre knew that those pumpkins were actually under a swelling spell, but Hagrid didn't have a wand, so he didn't open his mouth to expose this bullshit.