save the bachelors

Chapter 4088 4090 [Prohibited Items]

James and Sirius, two naughty boys, were caught by Filch in the office, but they refused to calm down and deliberately set off fireworks to attract Filch's attention, and then opened the drawer of "confiscated supplies".

But there were all kinds of things in it, most of which should be magic props sold by Zonko's Joke Shop and Jumping Magic Joke Shop.

For example, dung eggs, burping candy, frog egg soap, wolf tooth flying saucer, winged slingshot, laborious fireworks, nose-biting teacup, whoosh and bang fireworks, etc.

These are things that Hogwarts strictly prohibits students from bringing into school, but unfortunately they are still happening despite repeated bans.

After all, the students at Hogwarts are all between the ages of eleven and eighteen, and they are middle school students who are in their rebellious period. The stricter the restrictions, the more they play.

Therefore, when James and Sirius saw this, their eyes lit up, and they quickly stole a few things, and then closed the drawer immediately, leaving Gregory standing beside them dumbfounded.

He didn't expect them to be so bold. Even after being caught in the office, they still dared to act naughty. He was really shocked.

"They are so brave." He couldn't help but say to Xiang Nan.

"Ah, what?" Xiang Nan finally came to his senses, because he saw half a drawer full of books in the "confiscated supplies" drawer. Many of the books had words like "poison", "black", "powerful", "cutting-edge" written on their spines...

Any books that could be confiscated by the security guards must be banned books that are "not suitable for children", but I don't know why they were not sent to the library for collection.

Perhaps it was because Filch himself was a Squib, with almost zero magical knowledge, and it was difficult for him to tell whether these books were useful or not. Or perhaps it was because of his own selfishness, he could not learn magic, and he did not want to contribute to the school library.

All in all, it's a shame that these books are kept in a drawer.

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As he was thinking about this, Filch had already packed up the fireworks and returned to the office.

"Damn fireworks, I don't know who set them off. If I catch him, I will definitely punish him severely." He muttered angrily.

Then he continued to take notes, noting down Xiang Nan, James, Sirius and Gregory, and planned to punish them after consulting the principal tomorrow.

"At least a week's confinement, or you'll have to clean the toilets and you're not allowed to use magic..." He said with a smug smile, almost making Gregory cry.

"It's so unfair. We didn't do anything." Gregory complained. "It's all Lucius Malfoy's fault. He knew we were at the party but refused to help us clarify it."

"Don't worry, we'll take care of him sooner or later." Xiang Nan comforted him, "Besides, you don't have to worry about Filch's punishment. We can go to Professor Slughorn tomorrow to help us clarify."

"That's right." Gregory suddenly became happy when he heard Xiang Nan say that.

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The next day, Argus Filch's punishment did not work.

Because the disciplinary measures he applied for from the school were rejected by the headmaster, Albus Dumbledore.

"Argus, I know about Horace's party, and the four of them were indeed invited," he explained to Filch, "so they were not out without permission after curfew."

Hearing him say this, Filch was very unwilling, but he had no choice. After all, he couldn't go against the headmaster's wishes, so he could only agree reluctantly.

"Severus, you are right. We don't have to worry about being punished." After learning the news, Gregory said to Xiang Nan with a smile, "I was really scared yesterday. I thought I was really going to sweep the toilet." "But we have to be extra careful in the future. After all, we are on Filch's blacklist." Xiang Nan said with a smile, but he was thinking in his heart how to steal the confiscated books in Filch's office.

Those books are not simple just by looking at the names, it would be great if we can get them. However, it is easy to get those books, but it is difficult not to let Filch find out.

Therefore, Xiang Nan first found a batch of old books of low value, such as "Standard Spells", "History of Magic", "Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration", etc. These old books are not uncommon in Hogwarts.

Because children in the wizarding world are no different from those in the Muggle world, they are all the same. After a school year, few textbooks are well preserved, and most of them are abandoned.

It seems that in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", Harry and Ron used old books left by their predecessors, one of which belonged to Snape.

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After Xiang Nan collected this batch of old books, he began to keep an eye on Filch's whereabouts.

He discovered that Filch patrolled the castle every day, punishing every student he saw who broke the rules, but he spent very little time in his office.

Apparently, for him, who is already over 50 years old, punishing students is more important than resting and maintaining his health. Xiang Nan didn't know whether to praise him for his dedication or to call him a psychopath.

However, this actually gave Xiang Nan time to act.

On Wednesday afternoon, after the Charms class, Xiang Nan deliberately spilled a bottle of ink at the entrance of the library on the fifth floor.

The black ink instantly flowed all over the floor, causing the librarian, Madam Pince, to be surprised.

She takes great care of the books in the library and is worried that they will be damaged by students. Now there is ink all over the door, which can be easily stepped on by students and brought into the library.

So she immediately contacted Filch to come and clean it up.

A moment later, Filch came panting to the fifth floor with a bucket and a mop, mopping the floor and cleaning up the ink on the floor while complaining.

Xiang Nan took the opportunity to jog to Filch's office in the basement.

The office was already locked, but Xiang Nan was not troubled. He silently chanted the spell "Alaho, open the cave."

With a click, the door lock was opened. Xiang Nan quickly pushed the door open and walked in, then closed the door again. He then came to the "dangerous goods" drawer, opened the drawer, and took out all the books inside.

There were more than a hundred books in total, all of which were confiscated by Filch and his predecessors over the years, including "The Most Poisonous Potion", "Powerful Medical Magic", "Advanced Magic Research", "Analysis of the Principles of Dark Magic" and so on.

Xiang Nan then used the "Pieces of Pieces" to remove the covers of these books, then took out the old textbooks he had prepared, glued the covers on these old textbooks, and then put these old textbooks back into the drawer.

In this way, although the books appear to have not been moved, the contents inside have actually all been changed.

Xiang Nan was not afraid that Filch would find out because he was a Squib and had no magic power at all. Even the first-grade textbooks were profound enough for him.

So he couldn't tell the difference between these books at all, and even after he confiscated them, he never looked at them again. Because Xiang Nan found that many of the books were covered with a layer of dust.

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