demon hunter at hogwarts

After hearing Regulus' words, several people immediately reacted violently.

"Merlin's ass!" Fred jumped two meters high like a cat with explosive fur, and hid behind the statue of the hunchbacked witch.

"I thought it was the old bat... Snape... why did you come back to school, Professor Black?" George spent a lot of effort to change his mind successfully, "Why didn't we notice you coming at all? You used... Invisible?"

"Invisibility? Is there really such a magic?" Li asked in surprise, "Can you teach us, Professor Black?"

"Professor Snape, long time no see. How have you been lately?" Regulus ignored their questions. Instead, he looked at the end of the corridor and greeted him seriously.

Upon hearing the name "Professor Snape", the twins and Lee Jordan turned pale with fright, and immediately turned back to look in the direction where Regulus was looking.

There were only a few stone piers and armors standing lonely beside the corridor, and there was no Snape, whom they feared, feared and hated the most.

"It scared me to death..." Fred patted his chest and said exaggeratedly, "I was just wondering. Snape should be teaching Wood and the others now, so why did he appear here."

"You haven't answered my question yet, why don't you go to class." Regulus said flatly.

"This... the history of magic class is not interesting, and it is not in line with our future development direction." Fred looked like he was thinking hard, "You know, our expertise is not in this direction..."

"Instead of wasting time on areas that you will never touch in the future, it is better to do something more valuable." George added.

"Professor Black, why did you resign? Now everyone is missing your Defense Against the Dark Arts class." Lee Jordan started to change the topic, "The new Professor Quirrell...how should I say...if he can If you speak fluently, you might be a good teacher."

"I have my own reasons for resigning, and you don't need to know yet." Regulus said, "As for any reason you mentioned, it cannot be used as an excuse to skip classes. If I were still teaching in school, you would have already made excuses for yourself by now. Earned a week's confinement, and a twenty-point penalty each... Now can you tell me what's behind the statue of the sycophant Gregory? I just overheard your conversation."

"There is a secret passage leading to the outside of the school," Fred said unabashedly: "It should be the easiest one to discover. We have often sneaked in through this secret passage since the first week of school. Hogsmeade.”

"But last week, when we were preparing to go out, the passage suddenly collapsed." George said with some confusion, "I don't know why the secret passage is so weak. Logically speaking, the things in this castle should not be broken. Yes..."

In fact, George's feelings were correct.

The students don't know, but Regulus knows very well that the Hogwarts castle has its own magic, such as the ceiling that changes with the outside weather, moves back and forth, the stairs leading to different places, and the little-known... The Room of Requirement, with its endless possibilities, is a reflection of the magic of this castle.

Including a campus legend that has never been confirmed: "If the school thinks that someone is not qualified to be the principal of the school, the door to the principal's office will not be opened for him."

As for those secret passages, they were all dug when the castle was built, just in case.

For example, if a powerful enemy invades the castle, in order to protect the safety of those students, there must be a path for evacuation inside the castle.

So if a road collapsed for no reason, there must be some reason, and it certainly wasn't due to disrepair.

There was nothing going on, so Regulus felt the need to go take a look.

"...Didn't you just say that there are ghouls inside?" Several people were still discussing, and Li Jordan expressed his opinion, "Maybe the ghouls dug up the secret passage, and they always want to go everywhere. Looking for something to eat, but there can’t be corpses built inside the wall.”

"The ghouls can't even dig down the wooden attic of our shabby house. They only know how to knock on the pipes." Fred said disdainfully. "It would be damned if they could dig down the stone wall."

"But it's very possible that there are corpses built inside the wall. I once read a Muggle story book. There was a man who killed his enemy and built it in the wall..." George said in a gloomy tone, "But his The enemy was actually pretending to be dead and ran out long ago. When the man found out that there was no one in the wall, he scared himself crazy and sleepwalked every night to build the wall..."

"Are all Muggles so scary..." Lee Jordan shuddered.

"Such things called ghost walls exist in many places. It is said that buildings with such walls can trap people's souls inside..." Regulus said, not paying any attention to the students next to him. His face became more and more ugly, "People in every place have different superstitions... But I think there shouldn't be such things inside the walls of Hogwarts, so you can rest assured..."

It's hard to say how much the twins and Lee Jordan believed Regulus' statement, but their expressions softened somewhat when they heard the last sentence.

A few people walked and chatted, and soon came to the statue of the flatterer Gregory.

Fred expertly tapped the statue with his wand. A flattering smile suddenly appeared on the statue's stiff face, and then he bent down and walked to the side, revealing a narrow passage that could only be entered by one person.

"I bet that giant monster Marcus Flint can't enter this passage." Fred pointed at the entrance of the passage.

"Shall we try to trap him in it?" George also showed an understanding smile, not as nervous as before.

"Ahem..." Regulus coughed softly, interrupting their discussion.

"It's a joke, Professor Black, it's just a joke..." Fred said with a playful smile, "We have always been united and friendly to our classmates..."

"...Even Slytherin is no exception." George said.

Regulus was deeply suspicious of their words, and then said seriously: "In that case, you can go back with Professor Snape. I guess he is very willing to punish you for your unscrupulous truancy, so I'm sorry, Today’s journey ends here…”

After a pause, he raised his voice and added: "But Professor Snape, it was my request that they brought me here, so there is no need to deduct points for this part, right?"

"Professor Black, you really know how to joke." Fred didn't even turn his head, he just poked his head into the secret passage, obviously not taking Regulus's words seriously.

"We really want to see what's going on here. With you here, we don't have to worry about those ghouls at all." George saw something wrong on Lee Jordan's face, "Lee, what's that expression on your face? How many of them are there?" Did the ghoul scare you like this?"

"Oh... otherwise you will be waiting in the lounge, and we will bring you two paws as a gift." Fred said, not caring at all about the wink Li gave them.

Until a voice sounded behind them that made them frightened and terrified.

"I don't think there is any need for gifts. The two Mr. Weasleys, and Mr. Jordan... you will go to my office at 07:30 every night for the next month to deal with the Flobber caterpillars and toad livers."

The twins turned around numbly and saw Snape, who was wearing black robes and with an ashen face, walking out from behind a pair of armor next to him.

Snape's cold black eyes flashed with malice, his gaze passed over his huge aquiline nose, scanning back and forth on their faces, and then hissed: "As for now, you can go, I have something to say." Talk to Professor Black that you miss. Stay out of the way here."

The twins and Lee Jordan could only curse Snape silently in their stomachs, dragging their frustrated footsteps and leaving resignedly.

"Long time no see, how are you?" Regulus repeated the greeting he just said.

"There's nothing wrong with that. You should know what I do every day." Snape said coldly, "What could be worse than trying to teach a bunch of idiots the delicate art of potions? "

Regulus decided not to correct Snape's statement. After all, after a year, he also knew that Snape was deeply obsessed with the position of Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, but for some reason, Dumbledore had always He didn't get what he wanted.

"There are too many bad things. If I could choose, I would rather stay in school and teach." Regulus said sincerely, "But the facts don't allow me to do that."

After speaking, Regulus raised his left hand.

Snape's dark eyes rolled around, and his left hand clenched into a fist under his robe sleeve.

Of course he could understand Regulus' little moves.

The Dark Mark had become more and more obvious in recent months, and as a former Death Eater, he certainly knew what was going on.

"It seems that you have found something more important." Snape said expressionlessly, "Of course... Potter no longer lives in your home, and you two brothers have a lot of free time..."

"I don't dare to say how important what I do is, but as a former colleague, I feel it is necessary to remind you, and I hope you are mentally prepared to do what you should do." Regulus decided to ignore it. Snape's temptation, "I don't want anything worse to happen to you in the future."

"Thank you for your generous proposal... As a staff member of Hogwarts, it is my duty to patrol the castle. I have the obligation and responsibility to ensure that no idlers appear in the castle." Snape said without missing a beat. "It seems that this is another secret passage. I should report this news to the principal to prevent people with bad intentions from sneaking into the school from here."

Snape pulled out his wand and was about to move the statue of the toady Gregory back to its original position, but was stopped by Regulus.

"If you continue to hinder my work, I will be rude." Snape pointed the tip of his staff steadily forward and said threateningly.

"Everyone...well, to a certain extent you are right." Regulus said, "But since I caught up with this matter, why don't I go and investigate it? Children don't know this. It means something, but don't you find it strange, Professor Snape, that I remember you were once very curious?"

"I don't think there's anything surprising. At most, there's a monster hiding at the end of the secret passage." Snape's face flashed with an ugly blush. "In that case, for the safety of the school, why don't I just seal this secret passage?" How about going up? This will also prevent those unruly students from sneaking out from here... I don't want to get in from a place like this and collect the bodies."

"You can rest assured that I won't bother you to collect the body for me." Regulus suddenly smiled, then jumped into the narrow secret passage and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"You..." Snape hesitated, his thin lips trembling, as if he would soon use a spell to completely seal the secret passage.

But in the end, he gave up this plan and just walked to the statue and knocked it a few times in a similar way to Fred. The statue stood back at the entrance of the secret passage, just like hundreds of statues throughout the castle. Nothing unusual can be seen from the outside.

After doing all this, Snape turned around and left, not forgetting to deduct points for various reasons for those students who had the misfortune to encounter him on the way.

In the secret passage, Regulus jumped in and discovered that the passage was a stone slide spiraling downward, very steep.

Along the passage, he quickly slid from the fifth floor to the first floor. He felt that the slide turned into steps and the passage became wider.

"Fluorescent flashes."

The light blue light dispelled the darkness. It could be seen that the tunnel floor was still paved with stone, and there were vents and candlesticks at regular intervals on the walls on both sides.

Soon, he reached the place where the twins said it collapsed.

Rather than saying it is a secret passage, it is more appropriate to call it a room.

Several huge mice hurried away from Regulus' feet, and the spiders on the wall hurriedly got into the gaps in the stone when they saw the light.

Regulus thought it might have been designed as a shelter because there were ventilation ducts in the house.

There were also two faucets shaped like snake heads, which collapsed to the ground along with the rubble.

Obviously, the section that collapsed should have water pipes built to provide water for the people hiding here.

However, Hogwarts has never encountered a moment of real danger, so this shelter was abandoned and became the secret passage that no one knew about according to the Weasley twins.

Now it seems that half of the shelter has collapsed, and the entire wall on the side with the water pipe has collapsed, blocking the exit to the outside of the school.

"It seems that Hogwarts Castle doesn't want anyone... or anything to escape from here. What is it..."