Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Chapter 207 Ghost Gathering, Unusual Petrification
Draco withdrew his gaze from Harry, nodded and said, "I found it, I saw the relevant information in the letter my father brought me today.

Although my father was a little strange, he still asked someone to help me thoroughly investigate the house elves in the family and checked them one by one. "

Lin Xia asked curiously: "So that Dobby is the house elf of your Malfoy family?"

Draco shook his head: "You can say yes, you can say no. Five years ago, Dobby was still the house elf in our family, but he left our manor five years ago and went to other family members. place of residence.

The Malfoy family is very large, and I am just one of the direct descendants. There are many side branches whose surnames are also Malfoy, and Dobby serves the side branches. "

Lin Xia's eyes flashed slightly.

She thought about what Harry had said.

Harry said that Dobby heard that someone was trying to harm him, so he told him not to come to Hogwarts to ensure his safety.

Could it be that they were a sideline member of the Malfoy family, plotting to do something to Harry, and then Dobby discovered it.

This house elf quietly reminded Harry out of a sense of justice in his heart?

Lin Xia thought for a while and said, "Can you investigate where Dobby, the house elf, belongs and which family member he is in?"

Draco nodded and said hesitantly: "Yes, yes, but why are you so concerned about this house elf? It's just an elf."

He had been accustomed to being served by house elves since he was a child, and he believed that they were as good as servants, no, sometimes they were even worse than servants.

Lin Xia said meaningfully: "No, Draco, these house elves are not as simple as you think.

They can perform such precise magic without using a wand, which shows that their magical talents are extraordinary. "

She paused and said, "I have a hunch that these house elves will play an important role in the future."

The compass in Lin Xia's mind moved slightly, but did not give any hint.

On the other side, Harry here.

He searched for a long time in the banquet hall and looked at many house elves, but none of them was Dobby. This made him doubt whether he had seen it wrong before.

Ron and Hermione also helped him find Dobby.

Ron couldn't help but ask: "Harry, do you miss it so much that you think that house elf looks like it? Why do I feel that these elves all look the same?"

He helped Harry search for a long time.

The elf's similar appearance almost confused his mind.

What's even worse is that even their names are the same.

One is named Duck, one is named Vic, and the other is named Rick...

Harry frowned, feeling a little unsure.

Suddenly, a thin and thin white figure flashed out of the corner of his eye.

Harry ran after him without thinking.

"Dobby, Dobby?"

He was unknowingly led by Bai Ying to an abandoned staircase in Hogwarts.

There were a lot of spider webs around, and it looked like they hadn't been taken care of for a long time.

Harry looked around and continued to call Dobby's name.

"Dobby, I know you are here. I saw you. Come out. I want to have a good communication with you and talk about the things we haven't finished talking about before."

Suddenly, the white shadow that had been hiding suddenly appeared in front of Harry.

That's Nearly Headless Nick!
Nick walked around Harry curiously, "Little wizard, how could you come to a place like this? This is not what you should have come to."

Harry looked around and felt that the surroundings seemed to be extremely cold, and a cold wind drifted towards his body from time to time.

He kept stepping back, "Uh, okay, I'm sorry, I didn't know this, I'm here to find someone."

"and many more!"

The almost headless Nick stopped him again, waving a knight's sword in his hand, and said enthusiastically: "Since you are here, why not join our ghost party together!"

Harry was a little confused: "Gathering of ghosts?"

Nick turned his head, and Harry followed his line of sight. One after another, ghosts emitting pale white light appeared in front of him.

Harry was stunned for a moment.

No wonder his body felt extremely cold before. Maybe it was these ghosts passing through his body, but why didn't he see them before?
"You, me, I...why I couldn't see you before." Harry asked.

A ghost replied slowly: "Isn't it normal that you can't see us? Many people can't see us. It's just that the magnetic field of Hogwarts is special, making it easy for wizards to see us."

The ghost replied as he sat on the ground.

Other ghosts followed suit and sat on the ground.

Harry suddenly saw another ghost walking in from the depths of the stairs, holding a bowl of food in its hand.

It placed the food on the ground and opened the iron lid that covered it.

——It’s amazing!
Harry thought to himself, how on earth did these ghosts get their physical bodies?
It's incredible that he can pass through my body without any effects.

Nick, who was almost headless, pushed Harry and said enthusiastically: "Come on, come on, you're welcome, come join this party with us!"

"Harry, Harry? Are you here? Harry!"

Ron and Hermione's calls came from not far away, and the almost headless Nick's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "It seems we have to welcome two guests again."

After a while, Ron and Hermione were invited over and sat on the ground.

Ron asked Harry with his eyes, what's going on?

Harry shook his head at him, not knowing what was going on.

He was inexplicably attracted to the back of Dobby, and then came to this place inexplicably.

Suddenly, Ron took a breath of cold air.

Even Hermione's eyes widened.

Harry turned to look, his heart beating nervously.

When I first opened the first iron lid, the food under the lid was a slightly black and gray cake. It looked like it had been there for a long time and had obviously expired, but that was okay.

As the iron lids were lifted one by one, the food became more and more terrifying.

What did Harry see in this?
He saw rotting animal carcasses, moldy mushroom soup, spoiled bread, minced unknown animal meat...

And the food smells surprisingly stinky!
If there weren't flies in Hogwarts, there might have been a lot of flies attracted by these foods.

Suddenly, Harry's sleeve was pulled by someone, and Ron looked to another place with a horrified look on his face.

Harry was speechless.

He thought wrong.

There are still flies in Hallwarts.

But even these flies are ghosts!
On the other side, Lin Xia is here.

She also discovered that the ghosts were unusually rioting tonight. She and Draco found out that Harry and others were not there, worried that something would happen to them, and decided to look for them.

I didn't find anyone, but I found a ghost that had been floating in the corridor.

There are the familiar ghosts from the four major colleges, and there are also some that they have never seen before——

These ghosts all look strange, some are tall, short, fat, and thin. Some have no noses, some have both eyes, and some only have their upper body left...

It is said that many ghosts are formed by obsessions during life and death. The appearance of ghosts at this time is enough to let people know how they were treated during their lifetime.

But these ghosts feel no sadness at all.

They are just a lingering obsession from the past, immersed in the past day after day.

They have no fun and have lost the so-called "happiness" feeling.

But ghosts can still find some fun to do.

For example, now.

Lin Xia and Draco used invisibility spells and silently followed the three ghosts.

"Who is hosting the banquet today? I heard that we are going to sit on the floor and eat the food with our hands like savages."

"It seems to be a ghost from some country in India. It has been applying to Hogwarts as a ghost banquet hall for hundreds of years, and it finally got this opportunity.

It wants to tell us about its country's culture, so it chooses this way of eating. "

"It's a really weird way to do it and I don't like it."

A fat ghost shrugged his shoulders, and as a result, one of his arms fell off.

It picked up the arm nonchalantly and reattached it to the body, although it was a little loose.

Lin Xia followed for a while, and the fat ghost suddenly turned its head and grinned at them.

"Little wizard, you have been following us for a long time. There is no need to hide from us. We are ghosts. Your witchcraft is useless to us. I have seen through it all."

Lin Xia stood motionless, her breathing rhythm not changing.

The three ghosts stopped for a while, but found nothing unusual. They felt bored and turned around again.

"What a pity, it turns out there is no little wizard following us."

"I remember when I attended a party last year, I used this trick to blow up two little wizards."

"Well, those little wizards used the invisibility spell very well, and I didn't notice it either."

After the three ghosts left, Draco breathed a sigh of relief.

He turned to look at Lin Xia and asked in a low voice: "Do you want to continue to follow? I feel that their facial features are very sensitive."

Lin Xia shook her head and said, "I won't follow."

She thought for a while, "Let's go find Dean Sprout."

Draco asked in confusion: "Why are you looking for the Dean?"

Lin Xia: “I don’t know why, when these ghosts gather together, I always feel that something bad will happen.

Although according to what they mean, they hold a banquet at Hogwarts every year, but today is the launch of the Nature Wand, and it is a bit too coincidental that they appear here when the crowds are very dense. "

Draco had a different opinion.

"They also said that holding the banquet requires Hogwarts' review. They must have submitted the application very early and arranged the date very early. You are too suspicious, Lin Xia."

Lin Xia insisted on her own idea: "Let's go find the dean."

Draco sighed helplessly.

Lin Xia always had the so-called sixth sense when he was a child, but it was not always effective. More often than not, nothing would happen.

They move quickly.

After leaving Hogwarts Castle, we came to Dean Sprout's greenhouse.

Dean Sprout was taking care of her flowers and plants. When she saw the two of them arriving hand in hand, she was a little surprised, but more of it turned into a hint of worry.

"Why are you coming here so late? Didn't I mention to you not to leave Hogwarts at night?"

Lin Xia said: "Professor, I was walking in the corridors of the school and found many ghosts gathered here. I felt uneasy in my heart, so I came to find you."

Sprout recalled, "Ghosts, oh, I remembered, it seems like there are ghost gatherings recently. They can hold 10 gatherings at Hogwarts every year. This is nothing special, Lin Xia."

Lin Xia reminded the dean: "Professor, today is the day of my natural wand thesis presentation. Foreign wizards who want to enter Hogwarts are subject to strict scrutiny.

But these ghosts can set the party on this day and walk around Hogwarts freely. Don't you think it's strange?

It seems that no one will conduct qualification checks on these ghosts. "

Dean Sprout thought for a while, "Wait a moment, let me check. I remember Nick once gave me an invitation letter, inviting me to attend their party."

She explained: "It invites me every time there is a party, but I never go. I am not interested in these."

The dean searched for a while and finally found the invitation letter from Nick among the dense letters. It was a long-faded invitation letter.

When the dean spread it out, several corners of the envelope were broken, as if it would turn into a pile of shredded paper at any time.

"Well, the second week of school will be held..." The dean was stunned, "The second week of school?"

She looked at Lin Xia and Draco, "Now -"

Lin Xia said with certainty: "It's only the first week of school, Dean, there's definitely something wrong with those ghosts that came over. They're floating around Hallwarts Castle so brazenly, I'm afraid they're looking for something."

The dean frowned.

She didn't think it was that serious.

"Perhaps Nick suddenly changed the time, but you are right. Today is the Nature Wand's paper conference. All outsiders must be strictly scrutinized, and ghosts are no exception. So, I will go with you and ask Nick. what happened."

When leaving the greenhouse, the dean gave the little wizard two things.

Lin Xia looked at the green fragments in her palm and recognized them as the remains of the Leaf of Awakening.

The dean warned sternly: “When you feel uncomfortable, just hold it in your mouth, it will make you feel better.

Remember to follow me closely, no matter what voice you hear, don’t look back, don’t respond to it, and guard your mind. "

Draco was confused.

But after Lin Xia's first night patrol, she immediately understood that the professor was afraid that they would be disturbed by vague murmurs.

However, the dean didn't know that the skills they cultivated in their bodies were shielding against vague gibbering.

The group entered Hogwarts safe and sound.

As soon as they stepped into the door, the three of them noticed a solemn atmosphere in the room.

There was obviously a banquet going on, but the little wizards were gathering together.

The three people walked forward to take a look, and suddenly saw a petrified ghost lying in the middle!

(End of this chapter)