Hogwarts: Harry's Path to Witches

Chapter 222 Hello, Peter Pettigrew (two chapters in one, one update today) (Happy Children’s Day)

The two of them arrived at the basement silently, not encountering anyone or ghosts on the way.

After passing the Hufflepuff common room, the two stood in front of the portrait.

Harry scratched the pear skillfully and opened the door to the kitchen.

At this time, the kitchen was still brightly lit.

The house elves wrapped cloth around their noses and mouths and carefully brewed several large pots of unknown red liquid that smelled of blood.

When they saw two little wizards coming in, one of whom was Harry Potter, they immediately gathered around excitedly.

This group of house elves all wore tea towels with the Hogwarts crest printed on them. The leader of the group of house elves also had a badge pinned to his tea towel to mark his status as head chef.

"Miss Harry Potter, Miss Hermione Granger, is there anything I can do for you?"

Pit, the house elf, said sharply,

"Sorry, the kitchen smells bad right now. We need to help Professor Snape with some dragon's blood."

Harley looked at the dragon's blood in the pot and couldn't help but shake her head.

She clearly saw just now that the materials added by the house elves were not the materials needed to process dragon blood.

Harley speculated that the final user of this pot of dragon blood should be Professor Babling.

Professor Dumbledore would definitely not allow that vampire to suck blood in Hogwarts, so he could only buy magic-rich dragon blood to supply her three meals.

Anyway, the funds were raised by the school directors, and Professor Dumbledore didn't feel bad about spending it.

But everything was pushed towards Professor Snape... Harry was even dissatisfied with Professor Snape!

Of course, Harley was not bored enough to expose them, but showed the picture on her own mirror:

"I want to ask you a favor. Do you know which room in Hogwarts is in this picture?"

"I know!" Bit took one look and immediately answered, "Bit knows this place!"

"This is the room used to hide things in the Room of Requirement! The entry password is 'Need a place to hide things'!"

Harry and Hermione looked at each other, not expecting to find their target so easily.

To make matters worse, Harley had previously wanted to perform the ritual in the Room of Requirement, but found that it was occupied.

Unexpectedly, the occupant happened to be Peter Pettigrew.

"Thank you very much." Harry smiled kindly at the house elves, causing them to scream again.

"You're welcome, the house elf is proud to be able to help the great Harry Potter!"

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"Are you sure you want to go with me to find the traitor?" Harley said softly on the way to the Room of Requirement.

"A fight is likely to break out between me and that traitor, and that could be dangerous."

After listening to Harry's words, Hermione's footsteps did not stop:

"Hmph! Do you think I'll be scared? I'm the second in grade after all, so I definitely have the ability to protect myself."

As she spoke, Hermione raised her head proudly, like a proud swan.

Harry shook his head. It seemed that the little witch didn't know the difference between theory and practice.

But it didn't matter, dealing with a mouse without a wand, Harry was confident that he could catch him and protect Hermione at the same time.

So it would be nice to let Hermione see a real fight.

The two returned to the door of the Room of Requirement again. Harley walked back and forth in front of the wall three times, while thinking in her mind:

"I need a place to hide my stuff."

A smooth wooden door suddenly appeared on the wall.

Harry didn't hesitate, holding the wand tightly in his right hand, while carefully pushing the door open and entering.

And Hermione looked at the open door. It was extremely dark inside, without any light, and she couldn't see what was going on inside.

She swallowed hard and tightened her grip on the wand in her hand. She recalled several spells in her mind that could be used to fight while following Harry closely.

As soon as she entered the room, Hermione felt like she was surrounded by darkness.

She subconsciously reached forward and took Harley's free left hand.

"Are you scared?" Harley's chuckle came from the front, and she squeezed slightly with her left hand.

"No!" Hermione tried hard to sound fierce, but it was obviously not fierce, at most, she was mean.

Harley shook her head: "It seems I have to apply a little magic to you."

With that said, Harley let go of her hand and took out the magic mirror from her pocket.

Before Hermione could feel disappointed because Harry let go, she felt a breath integrating into her body.

Hermione blinked and suddenly found that she could see everything in the room clearly!

"A small auxiliary magic that can give you night vision for an hour."

Harley explained casually, staring at the mirror.

Upon entering the Room of Requirement, the previous disturbance suddenly disappeared.

Now, Harley can rely on the magic mirror to locate the specific location of Peter Pettigrew.

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Peter Pettigrew was a little panicked now.

As the most stubborn wizard, even though Sirius Black had been sent to Azkaban, he still lurked in the Weasley family for twelve years.

It's a coincidence that Peter, who had cut off his finger to survive, fled all the way, and his fear even made him ignore the injury on his hand.

As a result, when he fled near Weasley's house, he couldn't hold on due to excessive bleeding and passed out.

Before falling into coma, Peter thought he was dead and could only die as a mouse in the sewer.

Unexpectedly, he was rescued by the Weasley family and adopted by a boy named Percy who couldn't afford a pet.

Peter also took advantage of the opportunity to live here as a mouse. After all, Arthur Weasley is an employee of the Ministry of Magic.

Although he won the Wizarding War due to his ideological concepts and positioning issues, he was still marginalized.

However, Arthur is still an office manager and has many friends, so he can know a lot of important information in advance.

Living in such a family, if his old master makes a comeback, he can know it immediately and go to show his loyalty.

Of course, this was just Peter's thought to comfort himself. He knew deep down in his heart that there was only one fundamental reason why he was willing to live as a mouse——

Peter Pettigrew was afraid to live as a human.

What if a die-hard Death Eater outside the prison knew of his identity as a traitor?

What if there is a Death Eater in prison who wants to get away with the crime and knows that he is alive, so he reports him?

What if Sirius told the truth in prison?

The cowardly Peter did not dare to gamble, nor was he willing to gamble.

In this way, Peter remained a mouse for twelve years.

He thought he would live like this for the rest of his life, but it wasn't bad, wasn't it?

He has delicious food to eat every day, and can go to sleep after eating without any worries. With these conditions, it was enough for Peter.

It's a pity that this comfortable life is over this semester.

On the train, Peter saw Sirius and Lupin from a distance.

He didn't hesitate and hid that night in a secret passage very close to the kitchen.

At the same time, Peter also began to use his brain, which had not been active for twelve years, thinking about what loopholes he had to make up for.

He once tried to get the Marauder's Map so that he could know the locations of Lupine and Sirius, so as to avoid them in advance.

It's a pity that the map is no longer at Filch's place. Peter searched for it for a long time but couldn't find it.

Peter had no choice but to do the next best thing and choose to steal the potion ingredients from the old bat and brew the potion in this magical house that he accidentally discovered.

With the stimulation of the potion, Peter successfully performed magic and erased his presence on the Marauder's Map.

Thinking he was safe, Peter began wandering in the secret passages of Hogwarts, only returning to this room to sleep when he was particularly tired.

He was wondering if there was a way to kill Sirius directly or get him a kiss from the dementors.

In this way, everything will be unconfirmed, and he can appear as a hero, bathe in the sunshine again, and claim that he has protected Harley in secret for twelve years, thus gaining greater benefits.

But tonight, when he was lying on a dilapidated bed dug out of the garbage, thinking about his plan, he suddenly felt a throbbing deep in his heart.

After being a mouse for so long, Peter's prediction of danger has become extremely keen.

Peter did it subconsciously and picked up the wand placed next to the bed.

The quality of the wand is very poor, and it doesn't really fit me, but it's better than nothing.

But before he could do anything, a voice came from the darkness and said words that made him panic:

"Hello, Peter Pettigrew."

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After entering the room, Harry and Hermione continued to move in the direction indicated on the magic mirror.

Along the way, they passed a lot of "garbage dumps."

Probably all the people or creatures who discovered this room piled their unnecessary items here, which caused the pile of discarded items here.

Harley even felt the breath of magic from some garbage dumps, some of which were familiar to Harley.

But Harley doesn't have time to explore here now.

The two passed a giant monster specimen and finally came to a clearing. .

The garbage here was moved to other places by Peter Pettigrew, leaving only a dirty big bed.

When Harry saw Peter from a distance, he stretched out his hand to stop Hermione.

At the same time, a line of small words appeared on the magic mirror: "The traitor is in front of you."

"You immediately obey my command, aim in the direction of the bed as I speak, and cover the coma spell as much as possible. Don't do anything else."

Hermione was startled at first, then nodded vigorously.

After communicating with Hermione, Harry looked towards the open space again, and at the same time, with a little force of his left hand, he threw the magic mirror into the air.

The mirror automatically floated above Harley's head, with gray and green light condensing inside.

And Harley's free hand had already grasped the dagger at some point, and at the same time, her two gloves glowed with spirituality.

"Hello, Peter Pettigrew." Harley's voice suddenly sounded in the room.

Pettigrew was frightened for a second, and then subconsciously wanted to turn into a mouse.

After living cowardly in mouse form for twelve years, the option of resistance was no longer among Peter's options.

No matter who it is now, as long as he discovers his identity, Pettigrew will choose to escape first.

Only when his own life is safe will he consider counterattack and find a way to kill the wizard who knows that he is still alive.

But Peter's transformation failed as a sound echoed in the room.

"Distortion·Amplification!"

"Law of all laws, transformation is prohibited here!"

"Judgement: The criminal cannot concentrate!"

"Shock!"

Considering that the target would turn into a mouse and escape, Harley did not launch a large-scale attack immediately, but chose to use the abilities of two extraordinary items to restrict Peter's ability to escape.

She also knew that it was difficult to completely restrict the Animagus with the power of the Law of All Laws. At least she did not have sufficient confidence and had not practiced it.

But it is enough to mark the other party as a criminal, so that the ability to judge can take effect and the effect of the deterrence ability will be stronger.

Professor McGonagall taught in class that you must concentrate on casting the Animagus spell.

Otherwise, the lightest consequence is failure. In serious cases, it may even cause permanent irreversible damage to the wizard's body.

Pettigrew, as the Master of Animagus, used this spell continuously for twelve years. He did not suffer any serious damage, but simply failed to cast the spell.

But just being stunned for a second is enough to determine the outcome of the battle.

Hermione's coma spells followed one after another, and she accurately traced the human body.

But this was within Harry's expectation.

After all, the little witch was inevitably a little nervous when she went into her first actual battle without practicing for a long time.

Therefore, Hermione's three spells completely missed the target, and the closest one was also some distance away from Pettigrew's hand, which is understandable.

Of course, Harry didn't expect Hermione to succeed. He asked Hermione to cast the spell just to put some psychological pressure on Pettigrew and give Hermione a sense of participation.

The gray and green light in the magic mirror spurted out and instantly merged into Pettigrew's body.

Pettigrew had no time or power to resist.

He wanted to move his body, use a spell to protect himself, or turn into a mouse, but he couldn't.

"No need to resist," Harley walked up to Pettigrew. Spider threads poured out from the void and tightly bound his limbs.

"With your current strength, you cannot break the shackles of the curse. Even if you escape now, I can easily catch you back."

A look of horror appeared on Pettigrew's face.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to say something, he was hit by a stun spell and lost consciousness.

Before losing consciousness, Pettigrew had only one thought left in his mind: "It's over, everything is over."

Harry looked at the unconscious Pettigrew, shook his head, and said softly:

"Hello, this is our first meeting, Uncle Peter Pettigrew."

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(Thanks to Jiuwei Yanhu for the tip!)