Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 72 The closest Voldemort came to death

Little Khan was furious!

It broke away from Hermione's arms, did a 360° somersault in the air, and then sat firmly into a plate of pumpkin pie on the table.

Licking my lips, it smells so good!

However, this is not important.

After taking two pieces of pie and stuffing it into the pocket on his stomach, it crawled out of the plate without being hindered by the petty gain.

It walked quickly to Bourne, pointed to the pet card that the little wizard had just placed on the table, clicked the two words "Little Khan" with its little paws, then pointed at itself, and then got angry. He looked at Bourne with his hands on his hips.

It seems to be saying: Why am I so young? Why did you give me such a bad name?

Bourne spread his hands, pointed at the other two pets who also got out of the rattan box with curiosity, and then said in a flattering manner: "But you are indeed much smaller than them? But it doesn't matter, I will call you 'Khan' from now on." 'Okay, I'll add a chicken drumstick to you later as compensation."

That's pretty much it!
Hearing what Bourne said, Khan retracted his bulging cheeks.

It's just a mixed-blood Sniff. Even if he's smart, he can still easily handle it with just a chicken leg.

No longer caring about this little guy, Bourne was ready to have a good exchange with the other two pets with more exciting names.

For example, rub their heads or something.

But as soon as he turned his head, he saw a scene that made him feel a bit toothache - in the world of Harry Potter, the saying "names are magical" may not be said casually.

Ryan and Ruth looked at each other, as if they didn't like each other, one showed his claws, and the other showed his teeth.

Fortunately, Bourne has a quick wit.

He quickly picked up two sausages.

"The little flying stick is here..."

When your mouth is full of food, you won’t grin.

Looking at Ryan who was nibbling the food in small bites, and Ruth who was eating a whole sausage three times, and then taking a piece of haggis pudding by himself, his mouth was full of oil...Bourne knew immediately, Who should the label "easy to feed" belong to?

As more and more little wizards came to have breakfast, the news that Bourne had received three pets gradually spread.

Not only the little lion from Gryffindor, but also several students from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw came over. Some wanted to meet the "eloquent" Khan, and some wanted to touch the tiger-headed Ryan. , and others simply want to see Ruth's vengeful work.

Although the students of Slytherin House would not take the initiative to go to the Gryffindor long table for the sake of face, Ruth, who felt that the Gryffindor long table could no longer satisfy him, soon began to sit in the banquet hall. Running around in all directions, spinning food everywhere——

Draco tried the feel of Ruth's gray mane with a piece of fried pork chop he had snatched from Goyle's plate.

He gave Bourne a thumbs up from afar.

Meaning: Your pets are really nice!
Bourne couldn't help but cover his face with his hands. The swallow-tailed dog's behavior was hard not to make him, the owner, feel embarrassed.

And just when he was so embarrassed that his toes almost dug out of the soles of his shoes, Ryan, who was still eating sausages elegantly and taking a sip of 91 pumpkin juice from time to time, suddenly sat upright on the long table. He turned and looked at the door of the banquet hall.

"Ouch!"

It doesn't even sound like a cat.

Following Ryan's gaze, Bourne saw a figure in a linen robe flashing past the door, as if he had just entered Hogwarts Castle through the door.

It's him.

Bourne scratched the soft flesh on the back of Ryan's neck. It felt good, and he also discovered whose label "smart" belonged to.

Originally, he thought that this label should belong to the "eloquent" Khan.

But now, looking at the little Khan who is constantly relying on others to talk and making many little witches, including Hermione, smile happily——

So, where does “loyalty” lie?

Bourne lightly shrugged his shoulders and said to the mixed-blood Sniff in his heart: "Khan, you have to work hard."
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"Lord, Lord, Master, what was going on with that cry just now? After I heard it, why did I feel like someone had broken something?" Quirrell asked Voldemort in a low voice.

Under the latter's training, he has learned how to speak "quietly" in his mind, just to prevent his thoughts from disturbing his master.

However, no matter how cautious he was, he still received Voldemort's rebuke.

"Idiot! It's just a little wizard's little cat. You have to focus on your work!"

After Quirrell was scolded, let alone refute, he didn't even dare to breathe.

"Okay, okay, Master."

Early this morning, Quirrell went to Hagrid's hut under Voldemort's guidance, and stole a rooster under the Disguise Charm.

He used a shrinking spell to turn it into the size of a small chicken, put it in his pocket, and took it back to Hogwarts Castle.

You know, stealing is a crime.

The reason why he was targeted by Ryan was because the cat was naturally sensitive to criminal behavior and criminals.

However, it was Ryan who attracted Quirrell's attention that prevented him from noticing another pair of eyes staring at him.

Mr. Peeves has been staring at Quirrell for several days!

Since forming an alliance with Bourne, this poltergeist associated with Hogwarts Castle has transformed into a great detective and pursued the professor relentlessly.

Not only was this COS behavior interesting to this old ghost, but also because after he was woken up by the little wizard Bourne, he immediately suspected that he was being tricked by someone else.

Most of the magic that can confuse his thoughts cannot be performed by young wizards who are still in school. Only professors with powerful magic can have this ability.

Before this year, he had never encountered a similar situation. The other professors were all old people, and only Quirrell, who had returned to Hogwarts to teach the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, was new.

Naturally, Quirrell is the first suspect. How could Peeves, who was always known for being petty, suffer a loss in vain?

It is said that "people who are angry are like seeking personal revenge", let alone old ghosts like Peeves.

Going back for revenge is a must.

For this reason, he changed from his usual cheerful state, and recently he has been staring at Quirrell. Even the thing he loved most in the past - playing tricks on those little wizards - has been temporarily put aside by Peeves. go.

"This guy must be weird!"

Because of his past experience, Peeves had remained invisible when following Quirrell these past few days.

"This guy has cast a powerful expulsion spell on the walls and doors of his office, so that spirits cannot pass through the walls. What serious professor would even guard against ghosts in Hogwarts?"

"Also, this guy ran out early in the morning. When he came back from outside the castle, he still had something in his pocket. He looked suspicious when he walked, like a chicken thief."

"Almost every day at noon, he would run to the abandoned girls' bathroom in the corridor on the second floor and talk to himself. He was a pervert at first sight."

All in all, in Peeves' eyes, Quirrell is a problem everywhere.

However, the real problem is that Peeves has never found any concrete evidence to prove that there is something wrong with Quirrell.

Very angry.

It seemed to be the same today. After following Quirrell all morning, Peeves still couldn't find any "evidence" of Quirrell's crime.

At the appointed time, when he and Burn were meeting in the Hogwarts trophy room - except for Filch who wanted to punish the young wizard for labor, no one usually came here during the day - the always arrogant Pippi The ghost was unusually listless.

"So, you feel ashamed because you can't find evidence?" Byrne looked incredulous.

"What shame! It's exhaustion!"

Peeves still retains the last bit of stubbornness.

"Uncle Peeves, it's just that I've been working day and night for several days, so I feel a little tired."

Instead of dwelling on the silly question of whether ghosts need sleep, Bourne simply pointed out two issues to Peeves succinctly.

First of all, you Peeves are neither a Raven Guard nor do you know the "Three Ways" - why do you sneak alone when you have nothing to do?
"You don't have to be close to your enemy alone. You have to be close enough to see the enemy with your own eyes, and even use your nose to catch the enemy's stench in the wind."

Then, he sincerely introduced several helpers to him. "Come out, George, Fred, and Mr. Sherlock."

Following Bourne's words, the Weasley twins, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, immediately walked into the trophy room.

George: "We both heard it outside. We went to find out Professor Quirrell's secret. How could such an interesting thing be done without us?"

Fred: "George's right."

The twins gave a happy high-five.

At this time, Mr. Sherlock also appeared in a magical portrait on the wall and said hello to Peeves.

"The little wizards are right! Hogwarts is indeed full of talents. Investigating Quirrell's secret is closely related to everyone living in this school, and everyone should participate together."

Peeves originally wanted to say something tough about what use two little brats and a portrait could be used for, but the second question that Bourne immediately pointed out made him swallow all the words he just wanted to say. go back.

"Also, why are you looking for evidence?" Byrne asked in confusion: "Shouldn't we first create some fait accompli, let the guy jump out and confess automatically, and then find a way to compile some evidence to achieve procedural justice? You have gone to great lengths to collect evidence in advance. Do you want to report it to the Ministry of Magic, or do you want him to be tried in court?"

After hearing this, even Sherlock, who had actually been a detective (and was famous even in Muggle society) nodded repeatedly.

He said that this process of getting rid of the criminal first and then getting the evidence is the traditional way of handling cases by great detectives. "Searching for evidence is something only rookie detectives do. Real detectives are looking for the truth. Peeves, you didn't learn some wild stuff from somewhere, did you?"

"how come?!"

Peeves flatly denied it.

"It's just because I've been bored lately, so I followed Quirrell. Actually...oh, yes, I'm exercising."

I don't know what kind of exercise the ghost can do, and he can't live a long life.

Seeing that his lies could not deceive the crowd present, Peeves anxiously took out a handkerchief to wipe the non-existent sweat on his head, and then quickly changed the subject.

"What should I do next? Do you have any ideas?"

He also added: "Uncle Peeves has always been very open-minded, and I will definitely listen to and adopt any good suggestions."

"Do what you do best." Bourne said, and motioned Peeves to look at the Weasley brothers. "Seeing the help you have found, you should know where to go next, right?"

Happiness came too suddenly.

"Merlin's woolen underpants!"

Peeves said excitedly, no, he should have yelled: "I knew that pranks were the solution to everything!"

Yes, Byrne hoped that Peeves and the Weasley twins - the 'big three' of Hogwarts pranksters - could use their specialties by dragging the Two-Face professor into unfamiliar territory. Let him tire himself out first, and then let him show his weakness.

For safety reasons, perhaps the twins can provide some new ideas, but the specific implementation must rely on Peeves.

After all, he has similar characteristics to the phoenix Fawkes, because he is a poltergeist accompanying Hogwarts (he is not a ghost that becomes after death, but is born from the emotions of the little wizards combined with the powerful magic in the castle) special ghost), so even if someone kills him with a powerful spell, as long as the school Hogwarts is still there, Peeves will be resurrected in the castle after a while.

Byrne also witnessed it once.

At this time, Voldemort was just a remnant soul, and Quirrell was just a relatively good wizard. The death curses they fired were never more powerful than the psychic lightning and purity mark blessed by the Emperor...

That thought shouldn't even occur.

But the problem is that Bourne has no way to trap Voldemort's remnant soul now: if he were not worried that after killing the host, Voldemort's remnant soul would escape in some way, he would transform into a Primaris Astartes to eliminate the fallen wizard. more convenient?
As a human being, you must listen to advice, and the same applies to being an Astartes. Sometimes you must learn to recognize reality.

What's more, in order to gain a strategic advantage, using various tactical means to weaken the opponent is still a clear specification in the "Code of Astartes".

Next, several people conspired in the trophy room for a while, and the Hogwarts Prank 'Big Three' worked together to come up with more than a dozen plans in one go.

Facts have proved that once the subjective initiative is mobilized, both people and ghosts will become quite terrifying.

Peeves even showed his "arsenal" to others for the first time: in the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor, he specially opened a room to store his collection, which was of various types and spanned a long time. Hundreds of years of prank paraphernalia piled up in this room!
From boxes of chalk heads that are about to turn into bricks because they have been left out for too long, to the latest dazzling Wolf Fang flying saucer;
From laborious fireworks to a well-maintained Napoleon cannon (even with gunpowder and shells);

From the bear traps used by Muggle hunters to hunt bears, to a set of blood-stained destiny cards that clearly have the characteristics of dark magic items...

The Weasley brothers also found a dozen large dung eggs from here, as well as a boxing telescope model they had lost somewhere last year, a small invention they made.

"Everything you pick up is mine." Seeing that the twin brothers wanted to say something, Peeves stopped them first. "At most, I can let you choose a few pieces from my collection in exchange. No, you can only choose one at most!"

Peeves' shamelessness once again set the lower limit of the Weasley twins' cognition. However, not long after, this guy also refreshed the upper limit of some people's perception of his threat level.
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Quirrell had a very fulfilling day.

He completed his daily self-flagellation routine ahead of schedule, and this method of exercise gradually made him feel a certain unique charm.

He also left a bunch of impressive classwork for the seventh-year graduates who were taking Defense Against the Dark Arts class today.

In addition, he and Hagrid went to Hogsmeade for a drink during dinner time and got some "inside" information about the Forbidden Forest.

"Master, just be at ease."

After drinking half a bottle of Firewhiskey, the professor's stuttering problem improved.

"In two days, I will tie up the mountain troll and give it to the little wizards at Hogwarts to...burp...open their eyes!"

Voldemort didn't bother paying attention to the drunkard.

Walking up the stairs from the castle foyer and glancing in the direction of Gryffindor Tower, Quirrell made a slit gesture at his throat.

He felt that he was extremely handsome at the moment.

“…You stole my pot ~ my favorite black hat ~ stole my owl ~ and fled like a vampire bat;

You said you loved me and said we would never be separated, but then you stole my pot... In fact, you are more vicious than the mysterious man! "

While dragging himself up the stairs by the handrail, Quirrell hummed a pop song
("You stole my cauldron, but you can't get my heart", PS. The lyrics were written by Ms. Rowling, and the last sentence is really there.)
Voldemort was going to be furious.

It's okay to curse someone in person!
He decided to go back tonight to control Quirrell and practice again, using a leather whip to sober up the drunkenness. He was still unable to recite a spell with healing effects.

But just as Quirrell stepped onto the last step, a vertical notice board caught the eye of the two-faced professor.

"My little heart is slippery...hehe."

Quirrell squinted his eyes and read the words above word by word, then a mocking look appeared on his red face.

"That old loser is a squib. He can't even do a simple 'clean up' and can only mop the floor every day."

While muttering insults to Filch, Quirrell took out his wand and cast a spell on the floor of the corridor in front.

"Clean up one... eh, eh, eh!"

Just when he had finished reciting the spell, the stairs under his feet suddenly turned into a smooth slide.

Quirrell was so drunk that he couldn't stand still at all, and involuntarily fell backwards with his head on the ground.

It turned out that the staircase he was walking on was called the [Spell Sensing Staircase], and it was a nearly two-hundred-year-old prop collected by Peeves.

Because the principal at that time repeatedly reminded the little wizards not to run and fight on the stairs, let alone cast magic spells at will, but those naughty little wizards always went in one ear and out the other, so the principal got angry and paid for it himself. Ordered a large quantity of this [Spell Sensing Staircase].

However, due to several accidents in which the little wizard broke his neck, this prop was replaced with the original staircase.

(It is worth mentioning that the principal's surname was Black, and he was also the least popular principal in the history of Hogwarts.)
Back then, Peeves stole a flight of stairs while workers were under construction and has kept it to this day.

"Damn idiot!"

Rubbing his neck, as soon as he stood up from the ground, Professor Quirrell heard a deafening curse in his head.

Because he landed on the back of his head, even with a thick turban as a cushion, Voldemort still encountered his first face-smashing experience in his life.

"Take out your wand and I'll cut the prankster into pieces. I'll turn him into a ghost at Hogwarts!"

Although he knew that his master's roar at this time was a quarrel, Quirrell still obeyed and picked up the wand from the ground.

"The curse stops immediately!"

Quirrell recited a spell quickly. He wanted to break the spell on this staircase first, and then quickly returned to the office to appease Voldemort.

Even though it was almost curfew time, there were still some little wizards hanging out outside the common room, and he didn't want the angry master to let him attack the little wizards to vent his anger.

When the time comes, will he listen or not?

However, even though the spell was cast, the [Spell Sensing Staircase] in front of him did not change at all. Instead, a few wisps of sparks sprayed out from the tip of the "magic wand".

Broken wand?
Quirrell raised the "magic wand" in front of his face, trying to see if there were cracks on the wand or if there was something wrong with the core inside.

"Bang~"

Just as the "magic wand" came close to his face, it suddenly exploded like a firecracker.

"Ah, ah!" Quirrell closed his eyes and let out a miserable cry.

It turned out that the wand he had just picked up from the ground was not the wand he had dropped and taken out at all, but a wand that looked exactly the same as the wand and was included in the Hogwarts contraband list. Firecrackers].

This is also a collectible from Peeves.

He had sneaked into Filch's office many times before and stole many dangerous prank props that Filch had confiscated from students.

In fact, this kind of exploding wand is not very powerful when it explodes. The workers at the Filibaba Company have put a special spell on them. Even if they explode in front of a person's face, at most, the whole face of the person holding it will be covered with black soot.

However, because Quirrell didn't know about this prank prop, he was so frightened that he let out a loud scream.

However, this is bad news.

Because of his voice, he called himself another prop: [Dazzling Wolf Fang Flying Saucer]

The shape of the Wolf Fang UFO is similar to an ordinary UFO toy, but it has sharp serrations that can easily injure people. Moreover, it was included on the Hogwarts contraband list because it was often used by senior students to intimidate and tease first-year students.

School administrator Filch once, under Dumbledore's instructions and with the cooperation of the house elves, conducted a thorough search of the young wizards in the four colleges and confiscated almost all the hidden Wolf Fang flying saucers.

When Peeves went to his office to "load goods", he saw this [Dazzling Wolf Fang UFO]. Not only did this Wolf Fang UFO emit a brilliant flash of light when flying, but the maker also applied a "flying" effect on it. A series of incantations.

If you are attacked by it, if you can stay calm, then the [Dazzling Spike UFO] will pass by the attacked person to ensure that the attacked person will not be harmed; on the contrary, if the attacked person is frightened and shouts loudly, If you call, it will follow the sound.

Whoosh~pop~
The rotating flying saucer traced a shining trajectory, accurately hit Quirrell, who was screaming, and accidentally inserted into his thick turban.

Fortunately, Quirrell was wearing a turban and had greasy hair, otherwise the serrations on this flying saucer would have been inserted into Voldemort's eyes - this was really the closest Voldemort came to death, even the one that was rebounded 11 years ago The death curse actually didn't make him feel so frightened and... speechless.

(End of this chapter)