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Chapter 4074 4076 [Library]

Xiang Nan walked and stopped all the way to the eighth floor, where there were Professor Flitwick's office, Headmaster Dumbledore's office, and it also led to the Gryffindor common room.

Of course, the famous Room of Requirement is also on this floor.

"Severus, what are you doing here?" At this time, Lily Evans' voice rang out.

Xiang Nan turned around and saw Lily and other Gryffindor freshmen together.

"I'm drawing a map of the school so that I won't get lost when I go to school in the future." Xiang Nan showed the map in his hand to Lily.

The other freshmen also came over and were impressed to see that Xiang Nan had clearly marked every floor, every flight of stairs, every door, and every portrait.

"You are really attentive." Lily also smiled.

"After I finish drawing, I'll give you a copy as well." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "By the way, how are you doing in History of Magic?"

"Just as you said, I almost fell asleep." Lily yawned and said, "It turns out that Professor Binns, who teaches the History of Magic, is actually a ghost. Oh my God, I really didn't expect it."

"I heard that it was very interesting when teaching and was very popular among students, so it couldn't let go of these students after its death." Xiang Nan explained, "Unexpectedly, it changed after becoming a ghost. There is nothing we can do about it. After all, they are not human beings, but just the marks left by humans in the world."

Lily nodded, "How was your Potions class?"

"Very good. Professor Slughorn, who teaches the Potions class, is very charming and very good at guiding and inspiring students." Xiang Nan nodded and smiled, "You are so smart, you will definitely be favored by him."

"That's good." Lily breathed a sigh of relief. "What classes do you have this afternoon?"

"Charms class, taken with Slytherin House." Xiang Nan explained.

"With your ability, it can't be wrong." Lily smiled, "You will definitely be praised by the professor."

"I hope so." Xiang Nan nodded. "By the way, have you sent a letter home?"

"Thank you for reminding me, I almost forgot." Lily woke up immediately.

It was already evening when she arrived at Hogwarts yesterday. After attending the sorting ceremony and the welcome dinner, she returned to the dormitory feeling tired and sleepy, so she went straight to bed.

I got up early and was busy attending History of Magic class. I just came to my senses now and actually forgot to send a letter home.

"Then let's go. The Owl Shed is in the west tower." Xiang Nan pointed out.

After he reminded them of this, the other freshmen also remembered that they had not informed their families and hurried to the West Tower.

……

After everyone left, Xiang Nan came to a tapestry of a giant beating Barnabas with a stick, then concentrated and silently said in his mind, "I need to find a place to hide something."

Then he walked back and forth twice. At this moment, he suddenly heard a cat's cry, and then someone shouted, "What are you doing here?"

Xiang Nan was startled and stopped immediately, looking in the direction of the sound, only to see an unkempt, hunchbacked, unkempt old man with a vicious face, holding a cat in his arms, staring at him fiercely.

Xiang Nan knew that he was Argus Filch, the janitor of Hogwarts. Although he was born in the wizarding world, he was a Squib, that is, a person without magical talent.

Squibs are not uncommon in the wizarding world, and many wizarding families have had Squibs. Squibs are usually sent to live in the Muggle world. For example, there is a Squib in the Weasley family who lives in the Muggle world and works as an accountant.

The descendants of Squibs may also become wizards, such as Lily Evans and Hermione Granger. Her ancestor may be a Squib, and after several generations, her bloodline awakened and re-entered the wizarding world. But Filch could not survive in the Muggle world, so Albus Dumbledore showed mercy and arranged for him to be a gatekeeper at Hogwarts.

However, because Filch himself was a Squib, he became jealous and resentful of the children with magical talents, so he tried his best to find their mistakes in order to punish them.

He even begged Dumbledore many times to restore the corporal punishment of the 1950s and 1960s, so that he could hang the students who made mistakes in shackles in the basement and whip them.

All in all, this is a poor man with a twisted mind.

"Hello, Mr. Filch. I'm drawing a map of the school so that I won't get lost during class." Xiang Nan explained and handed the map he drew to Filch.

Filch took the map and took a look at it. He really didn't find anything suspicious, so he finally decided to let Xiang Nan go. "Okay, don't hang around in the corridor if you have nothing to do." After that, he left with his cat.

However, Xiang Nan noticed that although he seemed to have left, he actually left his cat at the corner.

Xiang Nan knew that Filch's cat was called Mrs. Norris, and there was a strange connection between her and Filch. As long as Mrs. Norris noticed that a student had violated the rules, she would immediately make a sound, and Filch would arrive soon.

So the students hate it so much that they want to kick it.

Seeing that Mrs. Lorris was watching him, Xiang Nan didn't feel comfortable going back into the Room of Requirement for the moment, so he had to leave temporarily.

……

Leaving the eighth floor, Xiang Nan came to the library on the fifth floor. This is the essence of Hogwarts and the entire British magical world. It houses thousands of magic books, and the history of many books is even longer than that of Hogwarts.

Xiang Nan entered the library with the same excitement as a drunkard entering a wine cellar or a gourmet entering a kitchen. He immediately moved a pile of books from the bookshelf and began to read them fascinatedly.

Among them are "Guide to Medieval Witchcraft", "Selected Eighteenth-Century Spells", "Major Discoveries in Modern Magic", "Study of the Development of Modern Witchcraft", "Forgotten Ancient Magic and Spells", etc. Many of them are books that are not in the Prince family's collection.

Xiang Nan didn't have lunch and didn't eat until ten minutes before one in the afternoon before he hurried to the Charms classroom on the fourth floor.

At this time, the classroom was already full of people.

"Severus, we didn't see you in the cafeteria at noon. Where did you go?" Benjamin asked with concern.

"I'm reading in the library." Xiang Nan explained.

"Reading? You didn't even have lunch?" Joey asked in surprise.

"Reading is more important." Xiang Nan said with a smile.

"No wonder you are so powerful." Gregory said admiringly.

"What a nerd." At this time, Best Mulciber from Slytherin House whispered, and his partner Samuel Parkinson nodded in agreement.

"Say it again?" Xiang Nan glared at him.

He could be nice to James Potter and Sirius Black, but he couldn't allow Slytherin students to laugh at him.

Because James and Sirius may have suffered minor losses in minor details but not in major ones, they stood on the front line against Voldemort and could be called warriors. They could even be brothers in the same trench with him in the future.

But most of the Slytherin students would be Death Eaters in the future, standing on the opposite side of him. He would not be polite to such people.