Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

At first, only a small number of wizards sang this nursery rhyme.

As everyone sang it in their respective common rooms and more young wizards learned about it, this nursery rhyme quickly became popular in Hogwarts at viral speed.

From first grade to senior grade, everyone has heard of it.

Because the melody is very simple and catchy, you can sing it almost after listening to it once.

So in the next month, wherever Lin Xia walked in the corridor, she could hear someone singing this nursery rhyme.

Another night patrol.

This time Lin Xia chose the time period from nine to ten in the evening, and she did not meet Hermione.

She guessed that Hermione chose to patrol the higher floors and instead ran into her partner from her first patrol - Rosa.

When this senior Ravenclaw girl saw Lin Xia, her eyes immediately lit up and she was filled with surprise.

It seems that the friends she met during this period were very unreliable, so much so that she missed Lin Xia and Hermione whom she met before.

Rosa said enthusiastically: “Lin Xia, it’s nice to meet you. I have heard a lot about you in school.

There have been rumors lately that you will be awarded the Wizengamot Outstanding Youth Medal. Is this true?"

Lin Xia shook her head and said calmly, "I haven't received any news yet. I don't know where this rumor came from. Can you tell me who spread it?"

Rosa's eyes flickered slightly: "I just listened to people discussing it casually. You didn't receive any news, so it seems that this rumor is not true."

She quickly changed the subject and rambled on, "In the past half month, the partners I met were all different. They really opened my eyes!

They are all excellent students, but some of them actually forgot the number of patrols. They were supposed to patrol three times, but he only did it twice.

Some people are even late and have no sense of time at all!
I have to praise Professor McGonagall's strictness. She gave every outstanding student who was late a demerit. Not only did they have to complete the patrol mission they had already taken on, but they also did not get any contribution points. "

Lin Xia said: "There is no order without rules. Professor McGonagall did the right thing."

The patrol mission had not started yet, so Rosa pulled her aside and chatted with her for a long time, all about the trivial things that had happened recently.

Lin Xia listened patiently.

Not knowing what she was thinking of, she suddenly asked, "Senior Rosa, do you feel that the recent patrols seem to have become safer?
I used to hear or see some supernatural events occasionally, but they haven’t happened recently.”

Rosa was reminded by her, thought about it carefully, and nodded: "There really hasn't been any major incident recently. My little lion hasn't recorded any supernatural events. At most, he caught a few little wizards who sneaked out for night tours."

Lin Xia said: "I thought it was just my illusion. After all, we only choose the earlier patrol time and have not tried it late at night or in the early morning."

Lin Xia did try, but she chose not to say anything in front of Rosa.

Rosa said straightforwardly, "That's easy. I can just ask my classmates. They patrol in the early morning hours and encounter more supernatural events. If it's really safe recently, they will definitely be aware of it."

Lin Xia asked curiously, "What do you mean by that... Did they often encounter supernatural incidents when they patrolled in the early morning?"

Rosa hesitated for a moment and said, "There's nothing to hide. Patrols before 12 o'clock are very safe, so the contribution points are very low.

But after 12 o'clock, patrolling becomes a little dangerous. At that time, unless the professor is very busy, there will be a professor in every corridor. "

Lin Xia: "Will the professor personally lead the students on patrol?"

Rosa shook her head: “No, the professor will choose to stay in one place and watch the students silently to prevent any accidents.

During our current patrol hours, professors can stay in their offices, but in the early hours of the morning, professors must also go out on patrol. This is a requirement of Hogwarts."

Lin Xia thought, no wonder she always felt like she was being watched when she went on patrol in the early morning one time.

But she looked for a long time and couldn't find where this feeling of being watched came from.

I'm afraid it was the teacher in the dark, watching her silently.

While Lin Xia was patrolling, a weekly teachers' meeting was taking place in a mysterious space in Hogwarts.

Some professors came in person, while others came as just a shadow. They were unable to arrive in time, so their shadows had to serve as substitutes.

The function of the phantom is only to hear and see, and it has no attack power.

As long as there is a slight fluctuation in the surrounding magic power, the phantom will quickly disappear, so the use of magic power is absolutely not allowed in the meeting, no matter how excited everyone is.

If Lin Xia were here, she would be surprised to find that—

She had only met dozens of teachers at Hogwarts, but there were definitely more than a hundred people holding the teachers' meeting here!

There were many teachers she had never met.

This kind of teacher can only be encountered in some special courses. What's worse, he only participates in the daily defense and maintenance of Hogwarts, but does not join in teaching.

In this meeting, Dumbledore and Babel also appeared, both of them came as shadows.

At the same time, their phantoms usually just listen to reports and rarely speak out about decisions.

Dumbledore has delegated most of the school affairs to McGonagall, the deputy headmaster of Hogwarts and the boss behind the scenes.

This time, it was Professor Sprout's turn to chair the meeting.

She followed the procedure, knocking on the table first, and asked questions one by one, and the professor kept answering them.

Finally, Sprout came to the last question, asking, "Did anything of note happen in the past week?"

Snape's cold and grim voice sounded, with condescending arrogance and alms, as if it was a great honor to be able to listen to him speak.

"Some little wizards sang a nursery rhyme in my class, and I felt that nursery rhyme had some special power.

We must investigate the source of this nursery rhyme. This may be a premeditated anomalous event. The nursery rhyme may be some kind of large-scale infection that wants to pollute Hogwarts from the inside."

Another professor immediately retorted, "Snape, I heard that nursery rhyme too.

In my opinion, this nursery rhyme does no harm at all. On the contrary, it can bring some benefits to the school.

That’s why I let the little wizard sing in my class.”

Snape said coldly: "Aliens can disguise themselves. Who knows if it is disguised as a large-scale strange event?"

He glanced at everyone present, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said, "I'm sure everyone here knows how powerful nursery rhymes are. Through word of mouth, they can turn something that didn't exist into reality.

Because of that damn nursery rhyme, a large number of our people died when they first arrived in the evil god's world!"

Professor McGonagall looked at Snape. "So what do you think?"

Snape said without hesitation: "Young wizards must be prohibited from singing nursery rhymes. I think this nursery rhyme is very risky."

Professor McGonagall frowned. "In my opinion, this nursery rhyme is harmless and can have a positive effect on Hogwarts, but your concerns are justified... Let's put it this way, Trelawney."

Professor McGonagall suddenly looked at the professor in the red robe and said, "When you are in a good mood, can you please tell us whether this nursery rhyme will bring good or bad things to Hogwarts?"

Trelawney was in a daze.

In the past, she never spoke in the professorial meetings, being a quiet wallflower. Even though she was a professor at the same school, some people regarded her as a devil; some people did not believe in her fortune-telling at all, thinking that she was cheating; some people worshipped her as a god...

Trelawney didn't bother dealing with a professor who didn't understand her.

This time, she was accidentally called by McGonagall. She was stunned at first, then smiled and said, "I'm happy to serve Hogwarts, but--"

She spoke in a long voice, a little embarrassed: "Before doing divination, I have to do a lot of preparation, and those materials are quite..."

Her words were slurred.

Professor McGonagall understood and said, "Make a list and give it to Hogwarts, and the school will reimburse you."

Trelawney agreed very readily this time, "Thank you, Professor McGonagall, and thank you for the generosity of Hogwarts."

Before the meeting was over, Trelawney couldn't wait to take out parchment and a quill and wrote down a list of what he needed.

She didn't hear what was said in the meeting afterwards. She only knew that she needed delicious kale, wheat beer, a beautiful crystal ball, a scarf she had been eyeing for a long time, and glasses that could bring special effects...

She even wrote down the wool socks she needed!
After the meeting, Snape glanced at Trelawney as he passed by her, snorted coldly, and left.

He didn't believe in Trelawney's divination at all!
It would be better for him to believe that the dirty Lupin would teach his students well than to let him believe in Trelawney's divination.

It is worth mentioning that.

As a temporary professor who had just joined Hogwarts this year, Lupin had not been promoted to a full-time position, so he did not have to attend the weekly faculty meeting.

When the crowd had mostly dispersed, Professor McGonagall walked up to Trelawney and took a look at the list she had made.

There are already hundreds of items needed.

However, they are all small things that are personal needs.

Professor McGonagall couldn't help but frowned and said sullenly, "Professor Trelawney."

Trelawney looked up blankly and adjusted the frames of his glasses that magnified his eyes several times. "What's wrong, Professor McGonagall?"

McGonagall: "I received feedback from students that the tables and chairs in the Divination classroom are too old. Perhaps you can ask the school to purchase a batch of new ones."

Trelawney said "Oh", lowered his head nonchalantly and continued writing the list.

“No, as long as those tables and chairs are usable, their age only gives them the charm of age.

The older the object, the more divination power it possesses. I often listen to the voices of these ancient objects."

Professor McGonagall couldn't help but twitch her lips.

Sure enough, from her youth till now, she had never had any interest in Trelawney's divination.

I couldn’t understand it before, and I can’t understand it now.

……

Here, Lin Xia finished his patrol.

Nothing dangerous happened during this patrol. Before leaving, she took a special look at the office of the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, but did not see Hagrid.

The office was empty, not even Professor Lupin was there.

This is a bit strange.

As the little wizard got to know Lupin better, he discovered that Professor Lupin loved his office very much.

If he is not in class, you can basically find him as soon as he comes to the office.

same moment.

Lupin and Hagrid have arrived at the Forbidden Forest.

The forbidden forest is very dangerous at night, like a ferocious beast quietly baring its fangs in the dark.

The Forbidden Forest is silent during the day.

The forbidden forest comes alive at night, becoming deeper and more aggressive.

As soon as Lupin stepped into the Forbidden Forest, he felt that he was surrounded by countless needle-like malice, all of which pierced his eyebrows!

The hair on his body exploded instantly, and he couldn't help wanting to transform back to his original appearance to fight against this malice.

Hagrid immediately patted him on the shoulder and said, "Lupin, don't forget the purpose of your coming here this time. You are here to fight against your own instincts, not to fight against the creatures in the Forbidden Forest."

After being slapped by Hagrid, Lupin came to his senses and the redness in his eyes slowly faded away.

He looked up at Hagrid and said calmly, "Thank you, Hagrid.

The Forbidden Forest protects you, and you protect me. You patted me just now, and I feel much better now. "

Hagrid smiled and said, "You also successfully taught me how to protect myself with armor. This is an even bigger favor."

He glanced around and quickly chose a higher slope.

"Let's go there. It's closer to the moon."

Lupin came to the hillside, the moonlight fell brightly on him, and his body was constantly changing.

Gradually it stretches longer, longer, and longer, and the hair becomes more...

"Ouch——"

Loud wolf howls, one after another, echoed throughout the forbidden forest. Some crows were startled and flew away cawing.

The next day, Lin Xia went to the castle for a run early in the morning. The weather was getting colder, and the early morning made the air filled with a white mist.

But Lin Xia was not the only one running around the castle. Some Quidditch teams from different colleges had already started morning training.

"Good morning, George and Fred. It's rare to see you doing special training so early in the morning."

George curled his lips: "I deserve to be in a warm bed, not suffering like this."

Fred: "Wood came to wake us up early in the morning and threatened us that if we didn't participate in the special training, he would immediately find new players to replace us."

Lin Xia raised her eyebrows: "Does Gryffindor have so many ball player candidates?"

George shrugged. "Yeah, so we're just cooperating with Wood. He obviously can't leave us."

Fred: "Wood really wants a College Cup, this may be his last chance, we want to help him."

Lin Xia asked: "By the way, did you hear any noise last night?"

George and Fred looked at each other and asked in unison, "What's that noise?"

Lin Xia said calmly: "Wolf howling, I seem to hear the sound of a wolf howling." (End of this chapter)