Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Chapter 239 Borrowing the Invisibility Cloak, the Fighting Club Opens

With Harry in the front to draw fire.

As expected, Snape forgot to taunt others and just focused his attack on him.

When Snape had finished speaking, he threw the two materials on the desk.

He said in a haughty tone, "Now, take the materials you want and leave. I don't want Gryffindor students to stay in my office for too long."

Lin Xia and others immediately took the materials and left.

In the corridor, Ron talked incessantly about his dissatisfaction with Snape.

"I have never seen a wizard who discriminates against the academy so thoroughly. He is the first professor I have met who is so vicious!
If he hadn't really hurt us, I'd think he was even more hateful than Professor Quirrell!"

They all ran to the laboratory while talking.

After entering the laboratory, Hermione was too lazy to listen to Ron's nagging and turned to him:

"Shut up, Ron, you said Professor Snape never hurt us.

In this respect, he is much better than Professor Quirrell.

Now I am going to the laboratory to process these two materials. Please do not disturb my potion experiment and please stop complaining. "

Bang.

Hermione immediately closed the door of her private laboratory.

Ron, Harry, Draco and the others looked at each other. He shrugged, totally confused as to what was going on.

"Isn't her lab silent? How could I possibly disturb her if I were talking outside?

If she fails to make the Polyjuice Potion this time, won't she put all the blame on me?"

Lin Xia thought of Hermione's irritable scene and couldn't help but hold her forehead.

She said to Ron: "You'd better pray that Hermione's potion experiment will be successful this time. She is upset because you keep talking bad about Snape.

To be honest, I also think you complain too much about him. Look at Harry, he doesn't complain as much as you do."

Lin Xia turned around and prepared to walk into the exclusive laboratory.

She has a few little experiments to do.

Lin Xia was halfway there when she suddenly thought of something and turned around and said, "Oh, Ron, and Harry."

Lin Xia specifically ordered these two.

"If you two are free, please help me sort out the magic rune data. I have applied for some basic data from Professor Babeling.

The professor was very kind and thought that we all had the potential to learn magic runes, so he readily agreed to let us do the initial self-study.

So the materials I applied for are all the materials that we will learn when we take the elective magic language course in the next school year, which is the third school year.

If you two have nothing else to do, you can review these materials in advance and prepare for the lesson.”

Another bang was heard.

Lin Xia also went to her exclusive laboratory.

Harry, Ron and Draco were the only ones left in the living room.

Ron was about to say something, but Draco spoke first.

"I'm sorry, I can't stay with you to sort it out. I also have some small experiments to do and need to go to the lab to check the data."

Draco patted them on the shoulders and said, "Brother, thank you for organizing this pile of information first!"

There was another bang, and Draco walked into his own laboratory.

Ron and Harry were left staring at each other.

The next second, they all looked towards a corner of the living room at the same time.

There was a huge amount of information piled up there, almost occupying the entire corner.

In the spacious living room, only this corner looks particularly bloated, as if it has not been taken care of for a long time.

Ron said in disbelief: "Don't tell me that these materials are all for learning magic runes."

Harry looked around.

He was silent for a while, and said helplessly: "Ron, there is only this corner in the whole living room where the documents are placed, if I am not mistaken."

He paused and said solemnly, "It should be this pile of information."

Ron:…

He walked over resignedly, sorted out the documents, and muttered:
"I really don't know whether I came to their laboratory to study or to do hard labor..."

After Lin Xia came to the laboratory.

First, I opened the diary and had daily communication with it.

Maybe it was because I didn’t respond last time and was blocked.

This time, after Lin Xia started the conversation, Tom threw out a lot of knowledge related to transfiguration.

This knowledge was acquired decades ago, but it is not outdated at all today.

As time goes by, Hogwarts's blockade of some ancient knowledge becomes increasingly strict.

Lin Xia didn’t know whether the wizarding world intentionally classified knowledge.

Some knowledge can be opened to the public.

But more advanced knowledge can only be opened to outstanding wizards.

But she knew one thing.

The reality is that the more advanced the knowledge involved, the more susceptible one is to the evil god's whispering.

This will cause the wizard to go into a state of madness, lose control of himself, and become extremely destructive.

Hogwarts was safe, and she had never come into contact with wizards who were disturbed by the evil spirit's whispers.

Therefore, Lin Xia was not quite sure what impact the evil god's whispering would have on the wizard's state.

She could only be sure that her "Nine Heavens Mysterious Yang Secret Records: The Crucible" could transform the evil god's whispers into nutrients.

After Tom had thrown out all the knowledge about Transfiguration, he got down to business.

[I heard you say that the situation at Hogwarts is getting more and more serious. Don't you want to do something for this school?]
Lin Xia: [For example?]
Tom: [I want to personally go to the place where the petrification occurred, to see the wall with the bloody words, maybe I can get a different clue]
Lin Xia raised her eyebrows.

No matter what, Tom still wanted to go out.

Lin Xia: [All the clues have been cleared up. What's the point of you going to see it now? Do you think you are more powerful than the professors at Hogwarts?]
Tom: [No, no, no, Lin Xia, but what I want to say is that I have been the spirit of the diary for such a long time, and I have more or less awakened some abilities.

Some unique powers that only I can wield.

As long as I can go to the crime scene, maybe I can reconstruct what was happening at the time through the traces at the scene]
Lin Xia: [It sounds interesting, but I can't take you there alone. Perhaps, Tom, can you accept Professor Babel's help?]
Tom: [After you mentioned this professor last time, I recalled for a long time and finally remembered some rumors about this professor.

I heard that she likes to study strange things very much. Are you sure that after you give me to her, the professor will return the diary to you? ]
Lin Xia: [I have never thought about this question. Maybe we can wait a little longer.

At least Hogwarts isn't locked down yet, is it?

It's not the worst yet, Tom, don't worry, and neither am I.]
Lin Xia closed the diary and took the initiative to end this meaningless conversation.

The conversation between her and Tom was like a long tug-of-war.

Tom wanted to seduce her and tell her to do something she wouldn't do.

And she also wanted to get more clues from Tom's meaningless conversations.

By 9pm.

Lin Xia walked out of the laboratory. She was going to start the night patrol with the professor. In addition to her, Hermione and Draco also joined the night patrol.

Before patrolling, Lin Xia made a point of checking on the professor at the scene.

Not only was Professor Lockhart not there, but even Professor Ollivier, who she had been very interested in, was not there.

Lin Xia's eyes flickered slightly, and she specifically asked Professor McGonagall: "Professor, do you know where Professor Lockhart and Professor Ollivier went?"

Professor McGonagall said calmly: "I don't know, maybe they have more important things to do.

Lin Xia, not every professor has to participate in night patrol duties every day."

Lin Xia nodded in agreement.

She was patrolling separately from Draco and Hermione this time.

Lin Xia checked it very carefully.

But I don’t know if the security at Hogwarts has been strengthened recently.

During this night patrol, she did not see anything unusual happening, nor did she notice anything strange.

Hermione and Draco both breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that Hogwarts might finally be able to enjoy the long-lost peace.

Only Lin Xia felt a little uneasy, thinking that this was more like the calm before the storm.

After completing the night patrol duty, Lin Xia returned to the Hufflepuff common room alone.

When she came to the pile of wooden barrels opposite the kitchen on the second floor, she suddenly felt something strange in her heart.

Lin Xia turned around suddenly, looked at the empty corridor around her, and silently recited the counter-spell of the invisibility spell in her mind.

Silent and wandless casting!

However, Lin Xia found nothing.

She couldn't help but frown.

Could it be that the bad premonition she had just had was simply a misperception?

With this doubt in mind, Lin Xia raised her hand and was about to knock on the wooden barrel.

Suddenly, she felt a strange feeling in her heart again, this feeling was stronger than before.

Lin Xia turned around, picked up the wand, and said seriously: "Who is it? Come out quickly, why are you following me?"

There was silence in the corridor.

It made Lin Xia's words seem as if she were talking to herself.

But the more this happened, the more Lin Xia became certain that something was following her.

Perhaps this is a higher level of invisibility spell, so it cannot be broken by using an ordinary invisibility spell.

The atmosphere was dead silent, and Lin Xia seemed to be confronting the air.

Another 5 minutes of silence passed, and suddenly, some cracks appeared in the corner opposite her.

Lin Xia saw with her own eyes the Weasley twin seniors walking out from this very well-hidden crack.

She was shocked.

"What are you doing? Do you know that this is dangerous? Are you following me?"

George and Fred were not at all nervous about being discovered.

George smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, because we are not outstanding students in Hogwarts and cannot participate in the night patrol mission.

I happened to be taking a night walk with George and saw you, so I followed you."

Fred said, "I want to say that you are amazing for being able to detect us."

He asked curiously, "Could you be the one with the special physique that the professor talked about?
When George and I used the invisibility cloak, even the professor couldn't detect our presence."

Lin Xia said in a very serious manner: "Senior, perhaps we should discuss more about the fact that you followed me late at night to participate in the night patrol. Don't think about smiling and getting away with it."

She said mercilessly, word by word: "There is a reason why Hogwarts lets outstanding students participate in the night patrol.

Every time we go on night patrol, we have to face dangers that may appear out of nowhere, but the school prepares us for it in advance.

And you followed me without any preparation. If something happens, I will not be able to help you at all.

You are playing with your lives, this is serious, gentlemen, I don't want to see this happen again next time."

Seeing Lin Xia's serious expression, the Weasley twins put away their smiles and said sorry.

George said very seriously: "I can guarantee that this won't happen again next time."

Fred: "What George said is what I want to say."

But when Lin Xia thought about the Weasley twins' habit of playing pranks on students, she didn't believe what they said.

She looked into their eyes with sharp eyes: "I think you are thinking now that you must hide better next time and don't let me find out.

Perhaps you should just change the target you are following, to one that is easier to fool."

George said quickly: "How can you see through my thoughts?"

Fred replied subconsciously: "Maybe she used truth serum on us."

George: "No, brother, there is no truth in what I said before. My ears can hear it."

Fred: "That means she has some kind of magic that can see through people's minds."

Lin Xia looked at them quietly, letting them talk to themselves.

Ok.

George and Fred couldn't pretend any longer.

George: "No one agreed, it seems a bit awkward?"

Fred: “It’s embarrassing.”

Lin Xia stretched out her hand and said expressionlessly: "Seniors, in order to prevent this situation from happening again next time, I need to confiscate your invisibility cloaks.

Also, please tell me where this strange item came from. This is not something that students can get."

George: "Can you not hand in the Invisibility Cloak?"

Fred: "This strange object is not ours, we are just borrowing it."

Lin Xia understood: "Perhaps you two are confident that you can knock me out before I inform Professor McGonagall, and then tell me not to come to Hogwarts to study.

Otherwise, the moment I wake up, the first thing I will do is to complain to the professor."

George and Fred looked at each other.

The moonlight fell on the two men, making their identical faces add a touch of eerie atmosphere.

George said, "I want to knock you out."

Fred added: "But we can't stop you from studying at Hogwarts forever."

George: "So I choose to hand the invisibility cloak to you for safekeeping."

Fred: "But please remember, this is Harry's thing. When Harry asks you for it, you can't refuse to give it to him."

Lin Xia took the thin invisibility cloak and said calmly, "Don't worry, I will communicate with Harry in person tomorrow."

After returning to the golden wooden house.

Lin Xia immediately summoned the Scales of Destiny.

(End of this chapter)