Hogwarts, where the stars shine

In the secret room, Mesa and Steele Martin stood opposite each other.

Mesa held his wand, ready to strike at any moment.Steele Martin didn't take Mesa seriously. He put his hands in his pockets and looked relaxed.

"Yes, it's me." Steele Martin said with a smile, "Didn't you already doubt me? By the way, Severus, my old classmate, is also doubting me."

The black characters on his face are constantly flowing, which makes his smile look even more eerie and weird.

No matter who has a face covered with dense black characters, his smile will not give people a friendly feeling.

"Why do you do this?" Mesa asked. He had many doubts in his heart, and only the alcoholic professor could give him the answer.

Moreover, Mesa needed to delay the implementation of Martin's plan as much as possible.Letting Martin keep talking and distracting him is a good way.

"What are you talking about?" Steele said lightly. "If you are talking about the Slytherin Quidditch players, I just want to say that they deserve it. If you make a mistake, you need to accept the punishment."

As he spoke, Steele Martin began to circle around the fountain, but the hospitable humanoid faceless monster never appeared.

Not to mention the invincible monsters, even the Cornish elves and the potato-like gnomes did not appear in the room.It was as if the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor had cracked the security here.

Steele Martin said to himself: "The sapling needs to be pruned from an early age, otherwise when it grows into a towering tree, there will be nothing you can do to prune it. The same goes for people. They need to be taught from a young age, otherwise they will be able to grow into trees later. It’s a big mistake, and then it will be too late to regret it.”

Looking at the alcoholic professor in front of him who did not look like a normal person, Mesa couldn't help but feel scared.Martin now looks like a big boss in a horror movie, and also like a thug who claims to be righteous.

"So you cursed them after the game and made them collectively sick so that everyone would remember this profound lesson?"

Steele Martin stopped and stood by the fountain. He said: "No, it's not a curse. In order to escape the war, I chose to travel far after graduation. I learned a lot during that journey without a destination. Things Hogwarts never taught me."

Only then did Mesa notice something strange about Steele Martin's eyes. His eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of white mist.

"It's just a little trick I learned during my travels." Martin continued, "It was derived from the spells of wizards in East and Southeast Asia. It's not a very clever trick, but it's better at concealment and practicality."

Mesa didn't know much about the spells in these two places, only what he had seen on TV in his previous life.For example, there is a certain peninsula's slander method, Savadika's head-down, and negative cards.

In addition, Mesa also knows about the Asian Magic Institute, which is a magic school built in China where he lived a good life.

Centuries ago, a few reckless Hogwarts students brought the game of Quidditch to witchcraft.This incident is recorded in "Hogwarts: A School History".

No matter what magic Steele Martin used, Mesa didn't believe it if he said it was simply to punish students who made mistakes.This kind of behavior is too reckless, and it can easily expose oneself and attract Dumbledore's attention.

"Professor Martin did this more for testing and probing, right?" Mesa asked.

The experiment is to test the power and effect of magic, and the test is to test Dumbledore's attitude.

As he spoke, Mesa tiptoed along the wall. He wanted to test Martin's white-covered eyes.If Martin's vision is impaired, Mesa has a better chance of winning.

Mesa is confident, but he's not arrogant.It is better to be cautious when standing against the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Disappointingly, Martin's eyes followed Mesa's movements.Apparently there was no visual impairment. It was just a white film, not a cataract.

"Yes, Dumbledore's attitude is very important." Steele Martin said helplessly, "His attitude towards this matter determines my next approach. As you can see, I have not harmed any students again, Instead he chose to sneak into the Slytherin common room."

Enter the village quietly, and don't let anyone shoot you.Steele Martin's target was not the students from beginning to end, but this secret place.

Christmas vacation is indeed a very good choice. Mesa is the only one in the entire college who chooses to stay in school.The low common room was either deserted or unoccupied, and was basically undefended.

With just one secret word, Steele Martin can experience what "Slytherin welcomes you" means.

But Martin never expected that Mesa, who always goes to bed early and gets up early, would go on a night trip during the holidays.Mesa not only wandered around the castle, but also accidentally discovered the alcoholic professor's mistake - the extinguished fireplace.

It was precisely because of Mesa's "nosy" that Steele Martin had to modify his plan again.Being stared at by an old bat all day long is really not a normal life.

"So, you hypnotized the Slytherin students just to get into the common room again?" Mesa asked, "I don't understand how you did it in front of Dumbledore."

Steele Martin took a few steps forward, closing the distance between the two of them. His eyes covered with white veils looked even more enchanting.

He said: "This is a proud moment for me, Mesa Black. I actually deceived the great Albus Dumbledore! In front of the greatest wizard of our time, I deceived him!"

"Or those spells from Asia?" Mesa said while continuing to observe the room.

Mesa wants to find out what happened in the room, why the fountain stopped defending, and whether Martin had any additional arrangements.

"Yes, that's right. I prepared everything in my office in advance. Even if I was in the principal's office, I could hypnotize the students in the common room. But it was precisely because I was not there that you and the little girl Escaped."

Steele Martin answered all questions, as if this was not a secret place for Slytherin, but a Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

But this isn't a real classroom after all, and Steele Martin won't always be performing his duties as a professor.

Martin took out his wand and waved it towards the fountain in the center of the room.The trajectory of the wand's waving was very complicated, and Mesa, who was not far away, was dazzled and dizzy.

With Steele Martin's movements, the gurgling fountain seemed to be on the verge of drying up, and the grease-like substance it sprayed out became less and less; the disgusting fluid in the groove also flowed slower and slower, as if it had accumulated in the The mud at the bottom of the pool.

"I suppose you know what these disgusting things are, don't you?" said Steele Martin. "Don't let me down, Mesa Black."

Mesa said: "Ectoplasm."

Mesa and Lilia found this answer in the restricted section of the library.

Spirit skin, also known as ectoplasm.It is said that the substance exuded from the medium's body during channeling can form the appearance of the deceased.

Even in the mysterious magical world, true psychics are very rare, and the spirit skin produced during channeling is even rarer.But in Slytherin's secret room, there were a lot of spirit skins surging.

These spirit skins, which have been rolling for centuries, are the support for this secret place.It is precisely because of these spirit skins that the two common rooms are connected, and Mesa and Lilia can enter here.

"Correct answer, but unfortunately I can't get extra points." Steele Martin said with a smile, "Next, you will witness a great moment with me. I will break the inherent concepts of the magic world and bring the dead back to the living world!"

As he spoke, Steele Martin opened his arms with a crazy look on his face, and the black characters on his skin flowed at high speed.

"I don't know if you can break the inherent concepts of the magical world." Mesa said, "But I think someone will definitely stop you. You look like a madman now."

Weird characters, strange eyes, and the changes in Steele Martin's body reveal madness.

Viewed horizontally and vertically, Professor Drunkard's plan looks evil no matter how Mesa looks at it.Letting the dead return to the living world sounds unreliable.

"You don't think Dumbledore will stop me, do you?" Steele Martin laughed three times. "The principal is not here today. Even if he returns to school, he can't get in here. This place is full of spirit skins. The secret room, only Slytherin can enter."

Mesa didn't ask why Martin could come in. Such questions would make him look particularly stupid.Mesa just silently clutched the wand to prevent Martin from attacking him.

"By the way, there is also my old classmate, Severus Snape." Martin continued, "If you are delaying time just to wait for him to stop me, then you will be disappointed. Mesa Black.”

Breaking the defense often only takes a moment.These words made Mesa break his defense.

Before entering the secret place, Mesa made an appointment with Lilia.Once Mesa did not return on time, Lilia would inform Snape, or other professors.

The humanoid faceless monsters formed by spirit skins could not stop Mesa from leaving.The only one who can stop Mesa is Steele Martin, the man behind the scenes.

"He is dreaming at the moment, meeting his sweetheart in a dream." Martin continued, "But I can't guarantee whether this dream is a nightmare or a sweet dream."

As he spoke, Steele Martin waved his wand.I saw a few ropes jumping out of the air, and they rushed towards Mesa with their claws and teeth.