Hogwarts: From Squibs to Greatness

Chapter 33 Peeves: There is a sixth child!help!

Everyone asked some questions about John's research again, after lamenting John's excellent talent.

Harry and Hagrid talked about the problems in Snape's class, and heard the resentment and dissatisfaction in Harry's tone.

Hagrid, like Ron, told Harry not to worry, because Snape hardly ever liked any students, even the Slytherins were afraid of him.

But Harry was a little stubborn at the moment, and insisted, "Really Hagrid, I feel that he hates me very much, as if he will stuff me into the cauldron and drown me in the next second."

"It's true, Snape taunted Harry as soon as class started, and even ignored my raised hand, and asked Harry questions all the time!" Hermione also expressed dissatisfaction, "And it's obviously not Harry's problem, he also Points will be deducted from Harry"

"Nonsense!" Hagrid said in a high tone, "Why should he hate you? And Snape is like that, he just prefers to deduct points."

But Harry always felt that Hagrid was deliberately avoiding his eyes when he said this.

Noticing the look in Harry's eyes, Hagrid, who wanted to change the subject, saw Ron, and immediately asked, "How is your brother Charlie? I like him very much. He is very good at animals."

Hearing Hagrid's question, Ron naturally began to discuss his brother's situation at the Romanian dragon farm with Hagrid. Seeing that the two had a heated chat, Harry also temporarily suppressed his suspicion that Hagrid intended to change the subject.

Harry and Hermione also joined the discussion between Hagrid and Ron, and learned a lot about dragons from them.

But Harry noticed that John hadn't spoken for a long time, and when he turned his head, he realized that John seemed to be looking at something at the moment.

Following John's line of sight, Harry saw that John was holding a small piece of paper that looked like it had been cut out of something.

Seeming to have noticed Harry's gaze, John raised his head and handed the note to Harry, smiling and saying, "Do you want to see it?"

Harry took the note from John naturally, and it was exactly what Harry thought it would be, it was cut from the Daily Prophet.

It was about the Gringotts heist, only it wasn't that day's report, it was the latest one.

It was only then that Harry realized that the time to rob Gringotts was the day he went to Diagon Alley. He squeezed the note and looked at Hagrid in surprise.

"Hagrid!" Harry's voice was full of surprise. "The day the Gringotts break-in happened happened to be my birthday. It's likely we were there when it happened!"

But this time Harry was sure that Hagrid was indeed avoiding his gaze.

Hagrid grunted, didn't say anything, just handed Harry a piece of rock cake again, as if he wanted to divert Harry's attention.

It's a pity that Harry didn't intend to eat it, so he put it on the dinner plate after taking it.

He read the report again and noticed the line 'The underground vault searched by the intruder had in fact been emptied earlier in the day. '

Recalling the time when I and Hagrid went to Gringotts, and the time when the robbery happened.

Harry couldn't help linking this incident with the small bag that Hagrid took from the underground vault of No. 713. If the small bag was indeed taken away, the vault would be empty. Combined with the chronological order, could it be that the dirty small bag was a trespasser? Is there something the entrant is looking for?
Harry was lost in thought, while John took a sip of tea calmly.

Even later, when they returned to the castle for dinner, Harry brooded over the incident, running through his mind with questions.

Did Hagrid get the packet in time?Where is Xiaobao now?Did Hagrid know something about Snape, but didn't want to tell him?
Harry's question had nothing to do with John, it was just that when John was leaving, please ask Hagrid to ask Principal Dumbledore for him and ask him when he is free and he wants to visit him.

I don't know if it was because Dumbledore was not at school, John didn't receive a reply for several days, so he had no choice but to stop thinking about it for the time being, and plunged into the ocean of knowledge again.

And when you concentrate on something, you can't feel the passage of time.

As time passed quietly in the study, John's understanding of the magic of the main world has been further improved, and his process of joining the club has also been very smooth.

In other words, it went well for him. For the professors, although they were very happy to recruit a talented little wizard like John to join the club, it was precisely because John was superior to others that they were a little annoyed.

Because the questions raised by John not only cover a wide range of aspects, but are also very level. They are not the kind of questions that come from a superficial understanding, but questions that can only be asked after in-depth research.

Individual questions and even they need to think hard before they can give John an answer.

It seems that students who are too good are also a painful and happy thing!
This has also caused Mrs. Pince to be very curious recently. It's fine for Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall to borrow books from the library. Even Professor Snape is the same. He doesn't usually just stay in the basement to refine potions. ?

And Dean Sprout, who saw several other deans starting to study, seemed to feel a certain sense of urgency, and she even wondered if there was any assessment for the dean to be carried out.

The witch who stayed in the greenhouse all the year round also began to frequent the library and began to borrow books to study.

It wasn't until a long time later that there was no assessment, and Professor Sprout secretly asked Professor McGonagall to find out the reason, and she belatedly invited John to the club she established.

Until the time soon came to the afternoon of September 9th.

After the herbal medicine class that day, Professor Sprout stopped John, took out a note with some dirt from his apron pocket, and handed it to John.

Professor Sprout saw that John took the note with some doubts, and said directly: "This is the password from the principal's office. Principal Dumbledore said that he is ready and is looking forward to your visit tonight."

He took the note, on which was written the password to enter the principal's office in beautiful cursive script: "Lemon Xuebao".

After writing down the password, John burned the note in front of Professor Sprout before leaving the greenhouse.

Back in the dormitory, John washed up briefly, and put the muddy shoes in the corner, and a house elf would take them away and clean them at night.

After tidying up the notes taken in today's class, John shouted, "Tom, go buy a box of lemon sherbets now. I'm going to visit Principal Dumbledore tonight."

Tom's voice sounded behind John: "Okay, master!"

With the snap of his fingers, Tom disappeared into the dormitory.

Soon the night gradually replaced the sunset, and the stars shone in the sky. John took the luxury lemon sherbet gift bag Tom bought out of the dormitory and headed to the principal's office on the eighth floor.

Walking in the dark corridor, Hogwarts is completely quiet at this moment, but in this magical place, it is inevitable to encounter some things.

For example, Peeves stood in front of him at this moment, with a pair of evil black eyes and a big mouth, and with a puff, Peeves suddenly appeared in front of him.

Peeves was floating cross-legged in mid-air, grinning and looking at John with a mocking smile.
"Look! Look! What I found! A little night-walking wizard!" said Peeves solemnly, but with a mischievous twinkle in his eye. "I think I should tell Filch."

"It's for your own good, isn't it?"

But he soon discovered that there was no panic on John's face, and he was quietly watching him with those dragon pupils that shimmered in the dark.

Such an attitude made Peeves feel a certain humiliation, and he seemed to swell up, his limbs stretched out in front of John, and he bared his teeth and claws.

"You nasty first-year kid, I want to tell Filch, I want to tell him that you just insulted him! I want to see if you can remain so calm when he punishes you severely!!!!"

It seemed that Peeves' yelling was really heard by Filch at this moment, and he saw flickering lights coming towards him in the distance, and Filch could vaguely hear Filch's cursing.

"Hahaha, you're going to be unlucky, little brat! You're going to be unlucky!" Peeves held his stomach, rolling in mid-air with laughter.

Soon Filch and Mrs. Norris appeared in front of Peeves and John. Peeves stopped laughing and floated behind Filch, pointed at John and said loudly

"Filch, it's this little wizard who not only came out for night tours, but also insulted you. He just said you're an old idiot and a pervert!"

Unfortunately, because he was floating in mid-air, he couldn't see the expression on Filch's face.

So the next second, when he saw Filch saluting John almost reverently, even Mrs. Norris's cat saluted John.

Their faces were full of disbelief, and it was their attitude that reminded Peeves of John's identity.

"I remember who you are! You are John Williams!!!"

"Correct answer, but no reward"

John, who was originally silent, spoke suddenly, with a faint tone, which made Peeves shiver.

Only then did Peeves notice that at some point, there was an extra cane in John's hand.

At this moment, the raven on the top of the cane seemed to come alive in front of him, spreading its wings, and the emerald eyes were shining with light.

Obscure, ancient, and even some deep chanting sounded from John's mouth. At this moment, John was like a high priest from ancient times.

Seemingly realizing that the situation was wrong, Peeves screamed and wanted to escape through the wall, but only then did he notice that some kind of white mist had wrapped him up, and his every movement became extremely slow like a flying insect that had fallen into the resin.

"Filch! Filch! Help me!"

Peeves was desperately calling for help to Filch at this moment, he could feel the white mist shrinking.

But Filch seemed deaf, like a statue, standing respectfully to one side and watching John.

In fact, John has long wanted to study the ghost of Hogwarts, but the connection between each ghost is too close, and any missing one will be discovered soon.

But Peeves was different. Even if he disappeared for a few days, no one wanted to look for him.

Even Peeves is more precious than ordinary ghosts. He can do things that ghosts can't do. It may be better to study him than ghosts, but I haven't met them before, so I didn't start.

But right now, except for Peeves, there are people and cats from John's side, so this is a good time to do it.

Of course, John will not kill Peeves either. He has insufficient knowledge and can only conduct superficial research. He cannot do harm to these ghost bodies for the time being. The ultimate goal of this research is naturally to target Voldemort's soul. .

Imprisoning Peeves is a sealing magic from Howl's world, which can seal spirits into items.

At first, Peeves begged John for mercy, but after realizing that John ignored him as before, Peeves began to curse John and Filch with the most vicious words.

Finally, amid Peeves' weakening curses, he was compressed by the white mist into a shapeless mass of 'mercury' suspended in the air.

John took out the crystal statue that was kept in his pocket all the time. As the spell was chanted, 'mercury' gradually penetrated into the statue. When the last bit disappeared, the faceless statue turned into Peeves's. look.

Putting away the statue and the raven staff in his hand, he greeted Filch who was beside him, and John disappeared around the corner of the corridor under his respectful eyes.

And when Filch carried the oil lamp again and led Mrs. Norris out of the corridor with the shaking lights, everything fell silent again, as if nothing had happened just now.

(End of this chapter)