The Ancient Wizards of Hogwarts

Chapter 106 You are right, but this is...

Sir Nick's death anniversary party was held in the basement, and the corridor leading to the party was lit with candles like an auditorium, except that these candles were not white or red, but black, and even the light produced by burning was faint blue. .

This kind of light not only failed to dispel the darkness, but made the corridor even more gloomy.

And when they walked through the corridor and approached the underground classroom where the party was held, they suddenly heard a burst of sharp 'music'. The sound was like thousands of people scratching the blackboard with their fingernails, scraping the plates with forks, and mopping the tile floor at the same time. Pulling the heavy table, the sharpness that almost pierced the eardrum almost drove Harry crazy!

Ash warned in advance:

"If you feel regret later, you can just leave. Nick won't take it to heart."

"In fact, I have begun to regret it..."

There was a hint of crying in Harley's trembling voice, and she held Ash's hand tightly.

Although she wanted to turn around and leave now, the almost headless Nick suddenly appeared in front of them, with a black velvet curtain floating on his body, and his expression was infinitely sad:

"Oh, Miss Harley, Mr. Black, my dear friend, welcome, welcome to the anniversary of my death!"

He took off his feathered hat and bowed like a gentleman to invite them in.

But before Harry entered the classroom, he immediately smelled a sour rotten smell.

Chunks of rotting beef were presented on delicate silver platters, along with hairy cheese, burnt cakes, and maggot-infested lamb tripe. The unpleasant smell alone was enough to make Harry vomit acid. water!

Harley covered her mouth and nose with her hands, looked at Ash pitifully, and almost cried.

Although she didn't expect to feast at the ghost party, at least she shouldn't be so curious!

"Oh, Harley."

The bespectacled Myrtle floated in front of them and gloated, "I guess you guys can't get used to the smell here, but for us, this is a rare delicacy!"

Myrtle floated above the 'dining table' and quickly passed through a piece of rotten beef, her tone of voice extremely pleasant:

"Ah, as expected, this is the only way to satisfy me!"

"Can you smell it?" Harley couldn't understand.

Myrtle covered her face, looking intoxicated:

"As long as you find the right time to pass through it, even a ghost can smell the strong stench emanating from it!"

"As if?" Harley was a little confused, so could she smell it?

The underground classroom was already crowded with ghosts, and there were at least several hundred densely packed ghosts. Some of them were 'dancing' in the sharp sound of the musical saw, and some were as intoxicated as Myrtle through the stinky 'food'.

Although she could understand why these ghosts did this, Harley still felt like vomiting.

Fortunately, the piercing 'music' finally stopped temporarily, which saved her from having to endure double torture at the same time.

At this moment, Nick also returned to the party and saw that Harley looked a little pale, so he asked with concern:

"Miss Harley, are you okay? Do you want something to eat?"

"Sorry, Sir Nick, I'm not feeling well. I have to go to the bathroom!"

Harry felt nauseated for a while, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, so he covered his mouth and rushed out of the classroom.

"Oh, living people are so fragile." Myrtle mocked with a smile.

Ash looked apologetic:

"I'm sorry Sir Nick, Harley didn't mean it."

Sir Nico waved his hand and sounded a little regretful:

"It doesn't matter. I didn't consider that this kind of banquet is still a bit too advanced for living people. Maybe you can only truly understand our feelings when you die one day."

After Nick finished speaking, he cleared his throat and prepared to make a speech.

But suddenly, twelve ghost horses ran out from the wall on one side, each with a headless hunter on it. The ghosts attending the dance immediately gave warm applause, but as the owner, Nico's face did not look good. .

Ash's eyes caught one of the headless hunters and he shouted softly:

"Hello, Mr. Czech Doyle."

The headless ghost came to Ash on a ghost horse. His young head tucked under his arm asked curiously:

"Oh? Do you know me? What's your name?"

Ash replied softly:

"My name is Ash Black."

Richard Czech Doyle looked surprised:

"Are you a descendant of Black? Oh, no wonder I think you are a bit similar to him..."

His eyes looked a little nostalgic, and he sighed softly:

"He and I are very good friends. He helped bury my body, and I was responsible for helping him find the broken pages of the book. I really miss it, it seems like everything happened yesterday..."

"Well, for his sake, if you need it, I can provide you with some help within my ability."

Ash was a little speechless, because he didn't remember that his relationship with Czech Doyle was so good.

But he was speechless. Now that Czech Doyle took the initiative to speak, Ash immediately climbed up the pole and asked:

"Are you free now? I just have something to ask you."

"certainly."

Czech Doyle was very enthusiastic. He held his head with both hands, placed it on his neck and turned it twice to fix it.

He floated down from the horse, warmly greeted Ash to the corner of the party, and asked:

"Do you have anything to ask?"

"I want to know, do you know Dicko?"

Facing Ash's inquiry, Czech Doyle touched his chin:

"Dico, is that your ancestor's house elf? Let me think about it..."

"I remember that he and your ancestors have always been responsible for saving magical animals. But when your ancestor died, he chose to leave Hogwarts and released most of the magical animals. Only a few unicorns and phoenixes were taken by him. Walk."

Ash immediately asked:

"Then do you know where he went?"

Czech Doyle raised his eyebrows with a proud look on his face:

"You really asked the wrong person! Almost no living person knows where he is, but I happen to know, because when Dicko left, I was taken away by him hiding in a book! So I can tell you accurately You, the last place he went was Phoenix Mountain."

"Phoenix Mountain?"

Ash's expression moved slightly, not too surprised by this result.

Phoenix Mountain is located near Hogwarts. It was originally just an ordinary mountain range. It was called Phoenix Mountain because someone saw a phoenix there - a completely wild phoenix that had never been tamed. .

In the game, this phoenix is ​​supposed to be a male, but the one Ash gets is a female.

Of course, whether it was male or female, it didn't affect Ash's ability to draw her blood.

The reason why he had never thought of looking for Phoenix before was because he was not yet free in the first grade, and it would get in the way of doing things.

But now, perhaps it's time to reclaim his legacy.

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In the auditorium, Cassandra asked worriedly:

"Harry, are you okay?"

Harley, who had just gone to the bathroom to vomit, looked pale and her voice was extremely weak:

"It sucked, Cassandra, and I definitely don't want to go through this again."

Cassandra quickly brought over a plate of dessert and asked softly:

"Want something to eat? How about pudding..."

Harry looked at the long table. It was clear that there were various delicacies full of tempting aromas on the table, but Harry inexplicably connected everything in front of him with what he saw in the basement. The smooth and tender pudding was covered with green hair and was burnt. The tender roasted whole lamb became rotten and infested with maggots. Countless flies swarmed on it, and she seemed to be able to smell a rotten stench.

"Uh~!"

Harley couldn't help but cover her mouth and almost spit it out again.

"Malfoy?"

At the teacher's desk, he looked at the two girls on the Slytherin table with extremely complicated eyes.

It was a well-known secret that Lucius Malfoy had been a Death Eater, even though he had been acquitted. James has always firmly resisted Voldemort's rule and was one of the founding members of the Order of the Phoenix. In that war that lasted for more than ten years, James and Lucius had fought against each other more than once.

They probably never dreamed that their daughter and their enemy's daughter would become each other's best friends.

Lupine was also puzzled. It was clear that Harry's parents were both Gryffindors, so why did she enter Slytherin?

This is exactly the opposite of Sirius back then. Even though his parents were both Slytherins, he was unexpectedly sorted into Gryffindor.

If James learned that Harry had joined Slytherin, he would definitely be furious, and he would even sneak into the school with a grudge and burn the Sorting Hat - Lupine couldn't help laughing when he thought of such a scene.

Of course, if it were Lily, she would never blame Harry, but would gently comfort her and tell her that Slytherins were not all bad people. What kind of person she would become in the future would only depend on her own choices.

James, Sirius, him, and Peter, the four of them were each other's best friends and were inseparable.

And Harley, like his father, has his own small circle. Harry, Cassandra, Ash, and the Gryffindor girl named Hermione. The four of them are also each other's best friends. They want to be inseparable and even want to sleep in the same bed.

She was very similar to his father, yet completely different.

James's friends are all Gryffindors, and the people in that small circle are dominated by him.

And Harry's friends include not only Slytherin, but also Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. Just like her mother, she is kind and tolerant of everything.

And in the small circle of Harley and her friends, she does not occupy a dominant position, Ash does.

This is obvious and obvious to anyone.

"But that's not necessarily a bad thing." Lupine murmured softly.

James was undoubtedly his best friend, but even as a friend, some of his behaviors were difficult for Lupine to accept. For example, James often casts curses on students just out of 'bad taste'. This does not only include Snape, nor is it limited to Slytherin, but students from any house, including Gryffindor. Was bullied by James.

During their long years at Hogwarts, James and Sirius took pleasure in torturing Snape and other students, but Lupine never stopped them, he just tried not to join in their bullying.

Even though he later became a Prefect, even though he knew Dumbledore wanted him to change James and Sirius, it never worked.

He knew that what James and Sirius were doing was wrong, but he didn't dare to stop them.

Because they are Lupine's only friends.

During Lupine's childhood, he and his parents were always on the move, with no fixed place to live. Because Lupine was a werewolf, and his parents went to great lengths to prevent others from finding out about it.

There is no doubt that Lupine's parents protected him very well, but this also meant that Lupine would never have friends, and his childhood was only lonely.

It wasn't until he entered Hogwarts that he experienced the taste of friendship for the first time.

And the people who gave him all this were James and Sirius.

Because of their friendship, James and Sirius kept secrets for Lupine even though they knew he was a werewolf. They were even willing to spend several years trying to become Animagus, just so that they could be alive under the full moon. Always stay by Lupine's side and give him some comfort.

It is also because of friendship, so even if Lupine knows that some of James and Sirius' actions are wrong, he will not stop them, let alone blame them afterwards, because he is afraid of losing this friendship and losing only Some friends.

But even to this day, Lupine still cannot forgive what James and Sirius did, let alone his own cowardice.

He always thought, if he had bravely stopped James and Sirius' behavior and persuaded them not to take pleasure in torturing others, would things have been completely different from now? Will Snape shake hands with James and make peace?

"Obviously not."

Lupine suddenly chuckled, even without James' bullying, Snape and James would not have become friends.

Because James liked Lily, he was willing to spend two years to become what Lily liked when he was in seventh grade.

Snape also likes Lily and has even known Lily since childhood. This may be why James is always keen on bullying Snape.

No matter how their relationship changes, Lily remains their central conflict.

Lupine also liked Lily, but he never thought of competing with James.

But Snape is different. If he is willing to give up, James will not always be keen on bullying him.

The fact is that James stopped bullying Snape when he entered the sixth grade.

This was both because James was trying to make changes for Lily, and also because Snape and Lily had completely broken up at that time.

They were no longer friends and Lily no longer even had any conversations with Snape.

Lupine glanced at Snape, who was looking in the direction of Harry with gentle eyes.

When Lupine saw Harley, he thought of James and Lily, James more than Lily.

And when Snape looked at Harry, the only thing that came to his mind was Lily.

If Harry had even the slightest trace of James, Snape would not have shown such an expression, but would have looked at him the same way, with teeth-gnashing hatred in his eyes.

When Lupine first saw that look, he knew that his relationship with Snape would probably never improve.

Even with Harley as a medium.

And he may never have the chance to make up for his guilt or the mistakes of his friends.

Even if Dumbledore hadn't interceded, Lupine believed that Snape would have cast the Unforgivable Curse on him without hesitation.

Lupine sighed softly and looked up at Harley again.

However, she discovered that there was someone else beside her at some point, and it was Ash.

When she saw the young man for the first time, a happy smile immediately appeared on the face of the originally pale girl.

This made Snape's eyes turn cold and made Lupine feel worried for no reason.

Potter and Black, as if destined, they seemed to be best friends forever.

But Black would eventually betray Potter and kill him.

That was it eleven years ago.

what about now?

Will Black now betray Potter as he did before?