Hogwarts: The Cat Wizard of the Moving Castle.

Chapter 370: Son Pays Father's Debt

The Christmas holidays went by quickly.

It was so fast that Draco and the others didn't even have a chance to figure out what Harry was trying to do.

By January, everything was gradually returning to normal.

It seemed as if nothing had happened.

Apart from

Snape looked at the empty seats in the classroom gloomily: "Mr. Malfoy, I think you can give an explanation for this matter."

Draco stood there, moving his tongue awkwardly, without saying a word.

After a moment, he was forced to bite the bullet and say, "I don't know, professor."

"Good, very good." Snape waved his robes and said, "It seems that our savior has realized that his potion achievements are unparalleled in the world.

There’s no need to learn anything anymore.”

"He said he could learn from somewhere else." Hermione's voice suddenly sounded.

"I don't think I need to remind you of classroom etiquette." Snape growled, "Miss Granger, Gryffindor will lose twenty points because of you!"

The classroom suddenly became noisy.

"Where's the Slytherin?" someone whispered, "He didn't even come to class. Why didn't you deduct points?"

"Shut up, Miss Patil, and another ten points will be deducted from Gryffindor." Snape slapped the table.

"Now, take out your pens and papers. I hope you will focus on the class."

A class soon began in this cold and stiff atmosphere.

"Where's Harry?"

"I don't know." Draco shook his head gently at Ron: "But I believe he does have enough reasons to do so."

"Okay." Ron nodded and stopped talking.

The class ended quickly.

The get out of class was over soon, and Draco and his group were just packing up when they saw two figures appear outside the door.

"Come here quickly," Fred said. "I don't know why he got sick, but if you can, you'd better come and comfort him."

“Everybody’s laughing now,” George said.

Hermione looked confused, "Who? What are you laughing at?"

"Harry!" said Fred.

"Everyone is laughing at him," George added.

"What?" Draco frowned and shrugged, "Who dares to laugh at that guy?"

"I think... everyone now."

Coincidentally, Snape also came out.

"I think you don't have to keep gathering here." He said, "If you have the time, you can gather anywhere else, maybe the toilet?!"

"Oh, sorry, Professor." Fred said dryly, then waved his hand: "Come here."

"What happened?" Hermione asked. She never looked at Snape at all.

"He hung himself upside down under a beech tree near the lake."

"Imitating Odin in discovering runes?" Draco laughed.

"Maybe that's the case." George said with a half-smile, "But Odin won't show his underwear."

Draco's smile suddenly froze on his face, and then quickly disappeared.

He had to admit that if he had heard the news two years ago, he would have laughed out loud and asked Colin to take a picture.

but now.

He just wanted to ask the guy if he had been hit on the head by the troll and had become stupid.

"Come on, let's go see what's driving him crazy," Draco said.

As they spoke, the group quickly disappeared into the corridor outside the Potions classroom.

Only Snape was left standing there.

He remembered what he had said that night at the Christmas party.

The group soon arrived outside the castle and by the lake.

The lake water froze into ice, and the wind in the forest was so cold that it seemed to slap a piece of ice on everyone's face.

In the distance, they saw a dark shadow beneath the beech tree by the lake.

"Don't freeze to death," Draco said.

Hermione glanced at him. "Draco, this is not funny."

Draco shrugged and couldn't help asking, "So. What happened?"

"I" Hermione opened her mouth: "Maybe you should ask him himself, if he is willing to talk."

As they were talking, a group of people were approaching.

Under the beech trees, people were vying to watch this farce.

Honestly, this is ugly.

"Potter, are you crazy?" shouted Colin from Gryffindor, who had always been a big fan of Harry. "Come down, sir, what on earth are you going to do?"

At this moment, Harry's body was gradually frozen, his lips turned purple, and his face turned red due to congestion in his brain.

Already, as Fred George said, Odin hung himself upside down without exposing

And there were countless laughs all around.

"Harry!!" Hermione ran through the crowd and approached.

She looked at the person in front of her who had tied his hands and was hanging himself up like this, and she couldn't help but open her hands tremblingly and hold his cheeks.

"What the hell are you going to do?"

"Atonement. Sin." Harry said with a weak breath, "Go back, Hermione, it's cold outside."

"How can I go back?" Hermione seemed to be angry and laughed: "I can't stop you, how can I go back with peace of mind?"

As the two were talking in low voices, a shout was heard.

"The professor is here!!"

Then, the students who were watching suddenly saw the professors coming over there.

It was now afternoon, and the professors who came were all familiar to everyone, including Jones, McGonagall, Sprout, and Professor Flitwick.

"Oh no, that's all." The Durmstrang student said with a laugh.

They were happy to see the guy who had been so powerful in the game before now appear in such a ridiculous posture.

The girls at Beauxbatons also blushed and smiled at Harry.

"Harry!" Professor McGonagall came closer, her face twisted. "What on earth are you doing?"

"I'm doing what happened here before," Harry whispered.

"Nothing has happened here," said Professor McGonagall. "These ridiculous -"

"No." Harry shook his head: "Professor, please believe me, there is no school rule at Hogwarts that prohibits hanging someone upside down - even yourself."

"Jones." Professor Flitwick turned to look at Moon worriedly.

"Did you instruct me to do this?"

Mu En shook his head.

"This has nothing to do with me, Julius."

"Then call him down quickly," Sprout said, "and don't continue this farce."

Mu En raised an eyebrow and walked to the tree.

"What do you think, kid?" he asked.

"Today." Harry said slowly: "Today is the first weekend after Christmas. We are all here..."

"Everything is there?" Mu En asked.

"Everyone! Everyone is here, everyone can see me, everyone can see this farce."

Mu En was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"Well, it's not my people who are lost anyway."

After that, he turned and left.

"Muen?" Professor McGonagall looked at Muen in confusion as he turned and left.

"Minerva." Mu En waved his hand and said, "Leave it to the children. I can only confirm that he was not forced to do it, nor is he mentally ill.

Having confirmed these two points, what reason can we have to stop a student from hanging himself upside down?

What if he just wanted to emulate Odin and gain the wisdom of the runes?"

"Ridiculous, ridiculous!" Professor McGonagall kept shaking her head: "I'll go find Albus."

Having said that, she turned and walked towards the castle.

After the professors left, more people gathered around.

Some of the students who came here to see the scenery began to take pictures, or try to figure out what Harry was thinking.

Some people say that it allows blood to flow back into the brain, making the brain more alert and clear-headed.

Some people say Harry is crazy.

Some even say that this is just the master's job.

The man who said this was waved by Draco and then slapped to the ground.

"Over there?!" Someone raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the castle.

"The Slytherins are here." A young Hufflepuff wizard said loudly.

Draco raised his head and looked in the direction of the castle.

I saw a group of Slytherins walking towards me in a mighty procession.

The leader was McChesley.

"Harry." He came closer, then waved his hand violently, and the other Slytherins gathered around.

"What are you going to do?" Mike asked as he walked up to Harry.

"Nothing." Harry just shook his head.

"Okay." McCherry nodded. "Whatever you want to do, remember, we are on your side, even though... even though I think this is a bit weird."

As he spoke, he directed the Slytherins to wave their wands.

The ice and snow are melting and the air is getting warmer.

"It will at least make you feel better," he said.

Then, he stood straight in front, facing the castle and the crowd.

"Watch, laugh, discuss!" He said loudly, "It's up to you.

But don’t disturb him.”

Some people couldn't help but speak when they heard such arrogant words.

"So you Slytherins are going to go along with this stupid thing?"

"That's right." McCherry nodded: "This is what the Slytherins have to do now."

"That's not noble enough," said a young Hufflepuff wizard.

"Whatever you think." McCherry looked at him: "It's not your call. I only know that Harry Potter is from Slytherin!"

"Hmph." The man shrank his neck in fear due to McChesley's aura, then waved his sleeves in defiance and turned away.

Until the night grew dark.

The Slytherins still did not leave.

The windows of the castle were lit up with dazzling bright yellow candlelight, like stars.

Then, it gradually went out bit by bit.

The night is getting darker.

A figure walked out of Hogwarts.

It's Snape.

"Professor." McCherley stood up. "You are here."

"Do you feel honored to maintain this farce?" Snape asked, staring at McCherry under the night sky and looking at the other Slytherins.

"This" Mike thought Snape came to persuade Harry or to find out the inside story.

But they didn't expect that he was here to cause trouble for them?

"Go back to the common room!" Snape said, "Everyone, deduct fifty points for your actions today!"

However, no one moved.

They exchanged glances and seemed reluctant to leave.

At least, it shouldn't be so unreasonable.

"Go back, gentlemen," Harry said. "Thank you."

"Are you sure?" McCleary looked at Harry.

"I'm sure." Harry said, "You all go back first."

Then he looked at Hermione, Draco and others.

"You guys should go back first too."

After a moment, under his strong request, the figures gradually left under the beech tree.

Under the night sky, only Harry and Snape were left.

"Enough!" Snape growled through clenched teeth.

"Is that enough?" Harry asked in surprise. "What do you mean by enough?"

"This farce." Snape's knuckles turned white.

"Are you sure?" Harry asked. "Snape, look at me, look at James' face. Are you sure?"

"Sure enough, you are just like that guy, rude and self-righteous." Snape sneered.

"Haha." Harry shook his head: "For the time being, at least for the time being, I don't need to be polite to you, old man."

"What the hell are you going to do?" Snape roared.

"It's just the son paying for his father's debt." Harry said calmly: "If you feel it's not enough, you can just tell us what you want until you feel satisfied."

Snape's face twitched.

A broken mirror can never be mended.

Forgiveness, what a difficult word.

Snape couldn't do it. He couldn't forgive everything that happened in the past so easily.

But

The same thing happened to the boy hanging upside down opposite him.

"That's enough," said Snape. "It's over, Potter."

"Are you sure?" Harry asked again.

To be precise, Harry was asking if Snape was ready for what was going to happen next.

"Yes, I'm sure." Snape nodded dejectedly.

Harry then slowly descended from the tree.

"I'm sorry, Snape." Harry said, "As his son, I'm bringing him to you to say this sincerely."

Snape looked at Harry in silence.

"But I think it's enough." Harry twirled his wand, his tone slightly lighter.

"After all, you killed him, didn't you?" He said with a smile, "He wasn't a good guy when he was in school, and then he died, right?"

"Yes." Snape's face turned pale, and the air around him seemed to be squeezing him all the time, making him unable to breathe.

"Well, that's the end of James's matter, for now." Harry also nodded.

The two just stared at each other, by the lake, in the cold wind and snow.

"Now, it's Lily's turn." Harry's face gradually became gloomy.

He also took back the small wand.

Instead, the Golden Snake Staff appeared in his hand.

"I don't care whether you feel guilty or not, or whether you love her or not." Harry waved his wand.

"You know it, and I know it too."

"You are also one of the murderers."

"Come on, Snape."

"Draw your wand and face James and Lily's son."

“Let’s put an end to all this!!”