Hogwarts: The Cat Wizard of the Moving Castle.

"Be serious." The Bloody Baron gave him a stern look.

"Hey." Mu En raised his hand: "Don't scare the child. Also, Barrow, I need your help too."

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Barrow frowned, not understanding what was going on.

"Professor, tell me who else you want to arrest." The Bloody Baron nodded.

That's all he could think of.

"No, that's not necessary." Mu En shook his head. "Barrow, and Peeves, I want to study your causes in detail, in terms of your souls."

"What?!" Peeves flew up from his chair in fright, his hat jumped high and his hair became like a hedgehog.

Just like the scared scene in Tom and Jerry.

The Bloody Baron found it very noisy and tickled his ears.

"Don't worry, this isn't the kind of research you think it is. It's just to find out the cause." Mu En explained, "As a reward, I am willing to give you some help in whatever way I can."

The Bloody Baron stared at Mu En with empty eyes for a moment, then nodded slightly.

"it is good."

After getting this answer, Mu En once again turned his attention to Peeves.

At this moment, he still looked frightened.

As Mu En's gaze fell on him, he couldn't help but tremble again.

"Why are you so afraid of me?" Mu En couldn't help but ask.

Peeves does respect most professors, and the few he doesn't care about are people like Trelawney.

But so scared?

This had never happened to Dumbledore.

"I" Peeves stammered.

"I saw you kill a ghost," said Peeves.

"When?"

Mu En himself doesn't even know about this.

"Just two years ago, before the holidays, you crushed a ghost alive in the Forbidden Forest."

"Okay." Mu En already knew what Peeves was talking about.

"I didn't crush him to death. He blew himself up." Mu En explained, "I didn't allow him to escape, so -"

"No escape allowed?!"

Peeves was even more frightened.

Mu En sighed helplessly, then waved his hand: "Pigsy, this is a deal. If you are still so scared, we may not be able to continue the discussion."

After hearing what Muen said, Peeves thought about it carefully for a while, then nodded: "I want a gun!"

"Don't you have one?" Mu En looked at him.

That was in 1876. In order to drive this guy out, the then castle manager Ranclos Carpe carefully set up traps, using various weapons that he thought Peeves could not resist as bait. He also prepared a huge bell jar and cast various containment spells, ready to cover Peeves when he walked onto the trap.

But the result was obvious. Peeves easily escaped from the traps and took the traps set by the administrator, which consisted of several scimitars, crossbows, a pistol and a small cannon, for himself.

He randomly fired shots through the windows in a fit of rage, putting everyone's lives in danger and forcing the castle to be evacuated. The three-day standoff ended when Headmistress Eupraxia Moore agreed to sign a contract granting Peeves extra privileges.

So Peeves not only has a gun, but also a cannon and a machete, a crossbow, and more.

"The gun is broken." Peeves said quickly. He missed that thing very much. It was with those things that he won the "war" with Hogwarts.

But later, when he wanted to use that thing to argue with Hogwarts again one day, he suddenly discovered that the gun was broken.

Of course, he never told anyone about this.

Mu En looked at Peeves and roughly knew what this guy was thinking.

Needless to say, it was impossible for those guns and cannons to be handed over to this guy intact.

After all, although his name is Peeves, many of the things he does are beyond the scope of mischief.

I guess those guns and cannons were secretly destroyed by the school.

"Okay." Mu En nodded: "I can give you a gun."

"There are still eighty bullets left." Peeves emphasized, and then he counted on his fingers: "Is eighty enough? No, I want eighty!"

"Do you want to fight World War II?" Mu En looked at him and said, "I'll give you as many bullets as I have. Don't even think about the rest."

"Okay." Peeves had no choice but to nod. He didn't dare to bargain in front of Mu En.

"Very good, then the deal is done." Mu En looked at Peeves with satisfaction: "Then come here, come to me, let us study your existence carefully."

Just like a bad uncle.

"When did you appear? Do you still remember your first memory?" Mu En asked.

"I've been here since Hogwarts was founded," Peeves said proudly. "No one here has more seniority than me, except for that dirty hat."

"Oh, so you know a lot of secrets of Hogwarts?" Moon said while observing him.

"Of course, for example, the magic classroom on the eighth floor is Rowena's work. You may not know this."

"I really don't know that." Mu En smiled and stretched out his hand: "It seems that you are not an ordinary ghost. Were you called Peeves from the beginning?"

"Well, at first, they called me the Irish Leprechaun," Peeves said. "Ah, the mischievous little Irish leprechaun with a lucky coin. Yes, I am a bit of a leprechaun, but I also know that's not my name.

I have emphasized thousands of times not to give me the name of any other creature.

When I was with little girls, I would cry and ask them not to call me names. When I was with boys, I would just smear them with boogers.

Finally, after a hundred years, no one called me an Irish leprechaun anymore. I got the name Peeves, and to be honest, I quite like it. It's a good name, at least it's unique."

"Come closer." Mu En said, then raised his hand and inserted a claw into Peeves' body.

It was like entering water. Peeves' body was the same as a ghost, but it didn't make people feel cold.

The temperature of his body was even the same as room temperature.

"Ms. Rowena once said that Peeves might be a product of emotion," Barrow said.

Ah, Barrow was actually a man of that era.

It's just that he wasn't in Hogwarts from the beginning.

"A product of emotions?!" Mu En looked at him.

"That's right." Barrow nodded: "At that time, Ms. Rowena was studying a kind of magical creature. That kind of creature is a living being that is formed when the magic power in the body of a wizard is transformed after being subjected to high pressure.

She suspected Peeves was something similar, only not magical."

"Nonsense, nonsense!" Peeves looked at Barrow, then stopped at the look in the other's eyes.

"Mo Moran?" Mu En looked at Barrow, but the only answer he got was a shake of the head.

Although he is also a wizard, he doesn't know much magic and most of the time he serves as a hunter.

Just like Sir Cadogan seen in the portrait before, that guy is also a wizard, but he does not have the duties of a wizard.

This was because there was no organized magic education system at that time, and many spellcasters could only barely perform a few tricks, or figure out some spells suitable for their own professions.

And considering the oppression of spellcasters by the people at that time, it was normal for Rowena to study Obscurus.

Just as Mu En was thinking, Barrow looked at Peeves: "What's wrong? Do you think I'm wrong? You have no past, no memory as a human. Your mind is just filled with those damn things. Am I wrong?"

These words seemed to touch Peeves's sore spot, and he screamed as if he was going to overturn the entire office.

"Okay, quiet, quiet." Mu En raised his hand.

After a while, Peeves finally calmed down, but it was obvious that he couldn't control his emotions very well. He stared at Moon and Barrow with bare eyes.

"I want to use a spell to get inside you." Mu En said.

"Whatever." Peeves waved his hand unhappily.

The next moment, Mu En put two fingers together and tapped Peeves' forehead.

At the same time, his consciousness followed and entered the deep consciousness of Peeves.

Just as he entered the depths of Nagini's consciousness, it stands to reason that in the inner world, a person's soul would emerge.

But, deep in Peeves's mind -

As soon as Mu En entered, he was immediately washed away by an energy storm.

?

Mu En let go of the barriers in his heart and felt the storm of energy.

Suddenly, the idea popped up in my mind: "Take off the rubber band of your underwear and make a slingshot to shoot Dumbledore's glass."

'At night, when the little wizards are asleep, use the storm spell to wake them all up.'

'Grease the corridors of the entire school so that everyone can slip.'

Along with these thoughts, there was also the exaggerated laughter around him, haha, as annoying as the damn canned laughter, and like the whispers in Mu En's ears after being eroded in the indescribable worlds he visited.

"Peeves?" Mu En floated in the depths of his consciousness, calling out the name.

Along with his call, the entire conscious world seemed to have some reflex reactions, and let out a huge laugh of hahaha.

"No subjective consciousness." Mu En thought about what Barrow had just said.

He had also encountered some communities of consciousness, such as a group of mice whose tails were intertwined and tied together. In order to survive, their spirits would link together and become the "Rat King."

Or it could be a special magic bee colony, where the entire colony forms a unique colony consciousness by relying on the interaction speed between pheromones that is like nerve transmission.

It seems that Peeves' consciousness is somewhat similar to this situation.

To confirm the answer, Mu En looked at Barrow again.

Barrow was obviously a vigilant ghost. He thought for a long time before agreeing to Muen's magic.

However, Barrow's deeper consciousness is completely different from Peeves'.

Just like a leaky house, the entire world of consciousness reveals only dilapidation and decay. Even if you are in it, you can smell the dust.

But on the other hand, Barrow appeared in this ruined space.

"So that's how it is." He looked at Mu En. There was no blood on his body and his eyes were no longer so empty.

He looks like half a living person.

"This is like the consciousness world of a normal ghost."

"Peeves isn't really a ghost," said Barrow, his voice echoing and hollow.

"Hehe." Mu En smiled helplessly. He could see that this guy was very dissatisfied with Peeves.

Perhaps Slytherins, who value a sense of control, naturally dislike undisciplined people like Peeves.

"Professor, can you do me a favor?" Barrow suddenly said, "No one here knows about our conversation, right?"

"Indeed, this is a good place to talk." Mu En nodded: "But you have to be careful, here, because you are closer to your heart, so what you say will be more serious."

"what happened?"

"Have you ever been drinking?"

"Of course. I understand what you mean." Barrow nodded: "But it doesn't matter. I just want you to ask Helena for me, has she forgiven me?"

Hearing this, Mu En suddenly...

You killed someone, and now you ask others to forgive you?

Well, no wonder he had to ask this question. If he were the person involved, he probably wouldn't be able to ask it himself.

"I have always felt sorry for her. For so many years, thousands of years, I have never dared to say a word to her, and I even dared not face her."

Just like what Mu En said just now, what you say here is no different from being drunk.

As for what he said afterwards, Mu En didn't listen much.

After leaving the conscious world, Mu En looked at Peeves for the last time.

"Now there is another crucial issue." Mu En said.

If the previous conjecture is correct, then

"Can you leave Hogwarts?"

Peeves gave a puzzled look, then shook his head.

"I do not know."

"But I never had such an idea."

As he spoke, his expression became more and more strange: "Yes, it's been a thousand years, and I have never had this thought. Is this normal?!"

Obviously, this is not normal.

As Peeves was thinking, the answer to Muen's question just now gradually emerged in Peeves' mind for no reason.

"I felt like I was going to die, I couldn't get out, yeah, that's it."

"We will all be like this when we go out." Barrow said calmly: "There are too many wizards in Hogwarts. The magic here is extremely strong and stable. Only by living here can we maintain such a long life. Look outside, where can you find such a long ghost-"

"No, it's not!" Peeves interrupted him directly.

"It's not a question of survival or not. My feeling is... I will die." Peeves said, "As soon as I go out, I will die immediately."