Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Chapter 259: Capturing Dobby, revealing the truth, Harry's panic

After Harry got the invisibility cloak, he started his next plan.

Without hesitation, he put on his invisibility cloak and walked to the kitchen with Ron.

Whenever Harry used the invisibility cloak, he would always think of a question.

This invisibility cloak is so large that it seems to be specially designed for a few little wizards to use for adventures together.

After a while, they arrived at the kitchen on the second floor.

Before entering the kitchen, Ron looked at the three wooden barrels next to the kitchen and said in a low voice:
"I heard that those three barrels are the passage to the Hufflepuff common room. Harry, it seems we haven't been to the Hufflepuff common room yet."

Harry replied: "This is normal. If there is no special reason, we will basically stay in the Gryffindor common room."

Ron said with fascination: "Every little wizard who comes out of Hufflepuff has a breath of nature.

I wonder if their common room is really decorated with lots of green plants, just like the fairy tale world in The Wizard of Oz. "

Harry was a little intrigued by what he said, and asked with interest:

"Why don't we let Lin Xia take us in next time? I've also heard that their dormitory is in a wooden house."

It is said that the common rooms of the four major colleges at Hogwarts are decorated differently.

They had been to Slytherin's common room last time, and it was even more eerie and mysterious than they had imagined. They wondered what Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff's common rooms would be like?

With such doubts, Harry and Ron quietly pushed open the kitchen door with the help of the invisibility cloak.

As soon as they opened the door, they found that all the house-elves who were busy in the kitchen raised their heads and focused their eyes on the door.

This made Harry feel nervous. Were they discovered?
Why are the expressions on the elves' faces so strange?

One of the house elves, who was wearing a small suit and tie and looked different from the others, spoke up:

"I thought some little wizard had sneaked over to ask us for food, but there was nothing. My expectations were in vain."

"Director Finders, could it be that a gust of wind blew in?"

Finders snapped his fingers and said without thinking, "That's impossible. The kitchen door is restricted and cannot be opened by natural forces alone.

I'm more inclined to believe that some daring little wizard deliberately used an invisibility spell to run into the kitchen and steal food and drink."

However, a counter-invisibility spell was cast, but nothing was achieved.

Finders said without any doubt: "Oh, I guessed wrong, no little wizard used the invisibility spell."

Harry and Ron were quite frightened by this move.

They both thought they were going to be discovered by Finders!
Fortunately, the invisibility cloak is powerful and can ignore the counter-spell of the invisibility spell.

Harry suddenly thought absentmindedly: No wonder the Weasley twins wanted to borrow this invisibility cloak from him, it is indeed very powerful for night travel.

The two of them pushed and shoved, and carefully came to a corner of the kitchen, standing still, observing the house-elves busy working in the kitchen.

It was not yet curfew, and the house-elves were still cleaning the kitchen.

Ron glanced over.

It seemed that these house-elves all looked the same, and he was a little confused as to whether Harry could find the Dobby he knew among them.

Harry was already in the process of identifying and sifting.

This one isn't, that one isn't either, this one doesn't look like it, that one looks very similar but Harry can be sure it's not...

Harry and Ron looked again and again until their eyes were dazzled, but they still couldn't find Dobby.

Ron asked in a low voice, "Maybe we are in the wrong place. Dobby works somewhere else."

Harry also lowered his voice and replied: "Impossible, I have investigated, and the kitchen is the only place in the entire Hogwarts that will take in house-elves."

Soon, they reached curfew.

The house-elves got off work on time, snapped their fingers one by one, and disappeared in front of the two people in a few moments.

Harry really wanted to know how the house-elves left. Wasn't Apparition prohibited in Hogwarts?

Then how can they disappear in an instant?

Ron was a little tired of standing, and from time to time he would stand on one leg, then switch to the other leg and take a break.

Just when there was no longer a house-elf in the kitchen, he wanted Harry to look somewhere else.

Suddenly, a house-elf appeared in front of them.

When Harry saw it, he trembled and felt a little excited.

"More than!"

"That's it, I won't make a mistake!"

Harry excitedly lifted the invisibility cloak and appeared in front of Dobby.

Dobby was wiping the table diligently with a rag, humming an unknown song. It was obvious that he was in a very happy mood.

However, Harry's sudden appearance broke the relaxed and joyful atmosphere.

Dobby's eyes widened as bright as bells when he saw Harry Potter, just like a fanatical fan seeing his idol.

Its pale, thin, and somewhat bony face immediately turned a visibly red.

"I saw Harry Potter. I actually saw Harry Potter. He is truly a great savior. He defeated the Dark Lord that everyone feared..."

Dobby circled around Harry several times, unable to hide his excitement.

"Harry Potter appears in front of me, Dobby must protect him and prevent him from getting hurt!"

Seeing Dobby like this, Ron finally understood why Harry was so sure that Dobby would never lie to him.

This is obviously a crazy fan!
He has met many fanatical fans around Harry. For these fanatical fans, Harry is the only god in their hearts.

But Dobby, the house-elf, seemed to have some mental problems.

While trying to protect Harry, it snapped its fingers, causing all the objects in the kitchen to tremble and then slowly float away.

The violent shaking looked as if it was about to run towards Harry like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins!

Ron couldn't help but open his mouth, widen his eyes, and swallow a few times.

Such a crazy fan?

The kind that takes lives!

"Wait!" Harry shouted angrily at the critical moment.

"Dobby, calm down. It's still the holiday season. No one is here. No one will hurt me!"

Dobby tilted his head, thinking.

Its heavy and huge head makes its thin body look very weak.

Dobby said: "Although Harry Potter is fine now, he will definitely be in danger after school starts, so Harry Potter must leave now."

Harry said quickly: "You have to tell me why I have to leave!" Dobby emphasized seriously: "You will be in danger. Someone wants to harm Harry Potter. The long-sealed Chamber of Secrets will open again. Those people will not miss the opportunity to kill you..."

Before Harry could reply, Dobby snapped his fingers again.

The next second, the objects floating in the kitchen shot towards Harry like thousands of arrows!
Ron's heart was in his throat, and he waved his wand frantically, trying to protect Harry.

But as soon as the syllable came out of his mouth, his mind went blank and he didn't know what spell to cast on Harry.

Attack, defend... yes, defend, we must protect Harry!
But how do I recite the defensive spell? No, what defensive spell does he know? How do I recite the simplest and most basic one?

Ron felt his heart beating wildly and he was sweating anxiously.

Damn it, he forgot the simplest and most basic defensive spell, but remembered the intermediate spell, the Armor Charm!

But he couldn't cast the Iron Armor Spell successfully at all!
Suddenly, an obscure spell syllable sounded. At the critical moment, Harry was reliable and cast a Shield Charm on himself.

All the utensils in the kitchen hit an invisible protective net, and Harry was not in danger for the time being.

Harry quickly ran to Dobby, grabbed its thin arm, and asked angrily: "What do you know? Who wants to harm me? Tell me the truth!"

Dobby shook his head: "I can't say it, Dobby can't say it, the master will punish Dobby, Dobby can't say it, there are many bad guys..."

Harry suddenly had an idea: "Master, your master is Gress, right? They bought you, and then you heard them talking about hurting me.

So you betrayed them, came to Hogwarts, and tried so hard to drive me out to prevent them from hurting me!"

The three words "Gles" irritated Dobby, and he flew to the wall and couldn't stop banging his head against it.

Harry clung to its arm and was dragged to the wall.

"Dobby can't say anything. Dobby can't say anything. Dobby is not good Dobby, but bad Dobby, super bad Dobby!"

Harry felt a little sorry for it.

What kind of torture had this house-elf suffered to make him so afraid of Grace?
However, he wanted to know the truth of the matter more!

"Dobby." Harry put his hands on its shoulders and looked directly into its eyes with his emerald green eyes.

"Tell me, what is the conspiracy of the Gris family? Who opened the long-sealed secret room? Tell me the truth, Dobby!"

Dobby screamed, "Can't say anything, Dobby can't say anything.

Dobby must never say that the Chamber of Secrets was opened decades ago, Myrtle was the victim, and the person who opened it was Hagrid!"

Harry frowned and retorted loudly: "It can't be Hagrid. Hagrid is not a pure-blood. How could he open Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets?"

Dobby shook his head frantically, "Dobby doesn't know. Dobby doesn't know anything!"

The next second, without even a snap of the fingers, it disappeared in front of Harry.

At the same time, Ron, who was closer to the door, suddenly noticed that the door was opened a little.

Afterwards, the gap became bigger and bigger, and someone was trying to come in from outside.

He immediately rushed to Harry and swung his invisibility cloak hard!
As others came in, they disappeared again.

The person who came in was a little Hufflepuff wizard. They always liked to come here for supper at certain special times.

However, when the little wizard saw the chaos in the kitchen, he was stunned for several seconds and suddenly screamed.

He rushed out frantically: "The kitchen was robbed! There was a fight in the kitchen! There was a thief in the kitchen..."

Ron and Harry took this opportunity to leave the kitchen together.

Gryffindor common room.

Hermione had returned from the laboratory and was still awake, sitting by the fire, reading quietly.

Someone suddenly tapped her shoulder. Hermione was startled and looked up warily, "Who?"

Ron and Harry lifted their invisibility cloaks and appeared in front of her.

Harry was a little confused at the moment, and spoke very quickly to Hermione about what he saw and heard in Slytherin, with Ron supplementing from the side.

Hermione listened carefully.

If they don't tell her, she will ask in the next few days.

It was all the Polyjuice Potion's fault for turning her into a cat!
The results though are not bad.

Hermione looked very serious. After Harry finished speaking, she asked, "Why do you think it couldn't have been Hagrid who opened the Chamber of Secrets?"

Harry said without thinking: "Hagrid is an orthodox Gryffindor, he is not a pure-blood!"

Hermione thought about it, and said hesitantly from another angle: "Harry, there is one thing we have never thought about. What if the opening of the Chamber of Secrets does not necessarily require Slytherin College, or even pure blood?"

Harry couldn't understand, "But everyone says it has to be pureblood, and that's Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets."

Hermione: "Yes, we all know these two conditions and take it for granted that they are true. But what if these leaked conditions are a hoax?"

Ron couldn't help but ask, "What good can that do?"

Hermione raised her eyebrows: "There are many benefits. The biggest benefit is to hide the person who can really open the Chamber of Secrets, so that we can focus on irrelevant people.

In addition, what secrets does the Gress family have and how they plotted to harm you are also something that must be understood.

The Gress family wouldn't target you for no reason, unless..."

Her voice suddenly became very soft, "They must have a reason to be against you, and who is the person who hates you the most in this world?"

Harry was silent for a long time, then replied with difficulty: "Voldemort."

He felt a tightness in his chest, as if a pair of invisible hands were pinching his heart and throat.

He had nowhere to escape and no voice to speak.

Ron gasped. Ever since the Quirrell incident, he knew that Voldemort was not dead and had been lurking in the dark.

But he didn't expect that Voldemort would act so quickly.

Ron said in horror, "Does the Malfoy family know about this?"

Hermione said uncertainly: "I don't think they know, after all, the surname of the Gress family was taken away by the Malfoy family.

I once read a family history of the wizarding world, and it was a long and arduous process to be deprived of a surname and then to regain it.

The master family will usually not restore the former glory of a family that has been deprived of its surname."

Ron frowned: "What should the family that has been deprived of their surname do?"

Hermione said word by word: "Replace it."

She turned to look at Harry and said seriously, "Harry, I think we should talk to Hagrid sometime."

Although she didn't believe in her heart that Hagrid would be related to the Chamber of Secrets from decades ago.

But maybe Hagrid knew something.

At the same time, Lin Xia was writing furiously in the golden wooden house.

(End of this chapter)