Hogwarts in the shadows

A week passed peacefully.

Hephis lived a relatively comfortable life. The little snakes basically chose to neither provoke him nor get close to him.

He was isolated by the Slytherin group, but he didn't care too much about it. Instead, he enjoyed the peace and quiet.

He and Hermione would hang out in the library when they had nothing to do. As for the book "Secrets of Advanced Memory", he had already given it to Hermione.

Hephis now only had to go through the key points and notes that Hermione had summarized, and the pressure of memorizing was greatly reduced.

I have to say that the Hermione learning accelerator is very useful.

In the blink of an eye, it was Sunday morning.

"Hephis, do you remember the agreement between you and me?" Theodore came over as soon as Hephis finished showing off his meal.

"Theodore! Tell me, where are you going?"

"follow me."

The two soon arrived at the eighth floor and stood opposite the tapestry of the giant monster beating Barnabas with a club.

"This is the Room of Requirement. Just walk past this tapestry three times and think about what you need, and it will provide it for you," Theodore introduced.

"The Room of Requirement. I didn't expect you to choose this place." Hephis was a little surprised.

"You know this place?" Theodore was a little confused.

"Well, you come? Or should I?"

"Let me do it!"

After saying that, Theodore walked back and forth three times, and an ancient gate slowly appeared.

The two pushed the door open and entered.

Several large trees that require three or four people to hug come into view, surrounded by low bushes.

"This is the battle venue I chose. If you disagree, you can change it," said Theodore.

"I don't care." Hephis shrugged.

"Okay, we'll start in three minutes." After saying that, Theodore quickly went into the jungle.

Hephesus watched Theodore hide cleverly in the jungle, and a hint of surprise flashed through his heart.

This Theodore still has some brains, he doesn't seem like an ordinary person!

Instead of confronting him head-on, he chose the complex jungle terrain. It seemed that he wanted to play the assassin's game.

Hephis did not hide it. Since he was accepting a younger brother, he had to behave like a big brother.

He stood in the middle of the jungle, his entire body covered in shadow.

Eight small black snakes emerged from under his feet and swam away in all directions.

Theodore entered the jungle and, relying on the cover of the big trees, quickly cast the Disillusionment Charm and the Mute Charm.

At the same time, he sprinkled deodorizing potion on his body, and the surroundings were already filled with traps he had set in advance.

Hephaestus was the destination he had chosen.

If he can win by any means necessary, then his life will belong to Hephes.

Theodore witnessed Hephesus stepping into the jungle without any concealment, and everything was just as he expected.

He waved his wand gently, twisting his body as if dancing, and spells kept coming out of his mouth.

The vines surrounding Hephis seemed to come alive and lashed at him fiercely.

"Fuck. What the hell." Hephis was shocked and dodged in a hurry.

Hephis kept waving the magic wand in his hand, and walls of earth rose up around him to block the attack of the vines.

However, the power of the vines was beyond imagination. The earth wall was beaten into pieces and it looked like it would not last long.

Hephis aimed at an opening and quickly ran towards a big tree.

The little black snake that had been investigating came back, and seemed to have noticed some movement near the tree, but it was not sure if it was Theodore.

Hephis had no choice but to give it a try.

However, he had just taken two steps when his feet suddenly went weak and his legs sank into the mud.

"Fuck, you're amazing."

Two black hands appeared instantly and pulled Hephes out of the quagmire.

Before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, a vine hit him hard on the waist, causing him to stagger and fall to the ground.

Hephis continued to perform Transfiguration, and a huge rock appeared, temporarily blocking the vines' attack.

However, more and more vines gathered in his direction.

A green mist also floated towards Hephes, and it was obvious at first glance that it was not a good thing.

At this time, Hephes could no longer hide his shortcomings.

The shadow covered his entire face, and two black hands in the air acted as his eyes.

The black shield formed by six shadows blocked the attack of the vines.

Hephis used the shadow of the big tree to form a black road and continued to rush towards Theodore.

When he rushed to the big tree, being whipped by vines and eroded by green mist.

I saw a blurry figure twisting its body, and heard a faint chanting sound in my ears.

Hephis directly cast a petrification spell, hitting the figure.

The vines that were chasing them seemed to be limp and hung down limply.

Only the green mist was still slowly drifting towards them.

Hephes had no choice but to use eight large fans to blow the mist in another direction.

Theodore's figure finally appeared.

His body hit the ground like a stone, his eyes fixed on Hephaestus.

But Hephis really doesn't know how to remove the spell.

He could only use the levitation spell to carry the petrified Theodore out of the Room of Requirement first.

He walked three more times in front of the tapestry, bringing Theodore to a place where he could rest.

Throwing Theodore on the ground at random, he lay on the sofa, waiting for Theodore to recover.

After more than ten minutes, the spell was finally lifted.

Theodore lay on the ground, his voice a little hoarse.

"You win, Master."

Hephis turned his head and saw Theodore, his face was pale, his eye sockets were sunken, and his whole body looked a little shriveled.

"What's wrong with you? Weren't you fine just now?" Hephis couldn't help but frowned.

"It's just a side effect of the forbidden spell."

"Forbidden spell, the one you use to control the vines?"

"Yes, that is the blood magic of the Nott family. But the price is the blood in my body."

"Fuck, why are you working so hard? Come on, I'll take you to the medical wing." Having said that, Hephis stood up.

"No need, no doctor knows this forbidden spell better than the Nott family. I have a solution." Theodore stopped him directly.

"Okay then! So what do we do now? Take you back to the dorm?"

"I want to rest here for a while."

"what ever."

Hephis cast a levitation spell and put Theodore on the bed.

Theodore took out a few bottles of potions from his small bag and poured them into his mouth without hesitation.

Looking at the distorted expression, Hephis knew it must be very unpalatable.

Time passed by minute by minute, and Theodore was recovering visibly.

Hephis was so bored that he just dozed off on the sofa.

"Master, wake up."

Hephes opened his eyes dazedly and saw that Theodore had recovered and was standing in front of him.

"Oh, Theodore, you're alright!"

"Yes, Master," Theodore replied respectfully.

"Uh...you don't have to call me Master."

"Master, don't you want me anymore?" Theodore knelt down in front of Hephes with tears in his eyes.

Like a puppy abandoned by its owner.