Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Lin Xia asked Harry: "So what is Professor McGonagall's purpose in asking you to say this?"

Harry shrugged. "I'm not sure, but I think she wanted to remind me to be more careful about safety and not to have too much contact with Sirius if he really came to visit me...

Oh, and because of the recent situation, she thinks I shouldn’t attend Quidditch practice in the evening, because it’s easy to be exposed on the field outside with only Gryffindor team members around me…

But I rejected the professor's proposal. We will have our first Quidditch match this Saturday and I have to attend training!"

Harry said solemnly: "The ones fighting against us are Slytherin. I am not sure that I can defeat them completely."

Quidditch is Slater's traditional point-scoring sport, in which he has a great advantage.

Even if Harry didn't want to participate in the training, I'm afraid the captain of the Gryffindor team, Wood, would not allow it.

As one of the outstanding students, Wood would risk his life to ensure that nothing unexpected happens to Harry during training.

Ron sighed: "I'm more worried about the Defense Against the Dark Arts class now. If I continue like this, I will definitely fail this subject!"

As soon as Snape took over the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, he gave all the young wizards a warning!

He first belittled Professor Lupin's teaching method, believing it to be unsystematic and haphazard.

He said: "Professor Lupin has lowered the requirements and has not added any burden to you, but in my eyes, I think first-year students should be able to deal with red hats and grindylows!"

According to the teaching schedule, they should continue to learn Hinky Punk, but Snape asked them to jump to page 394 of the book and start learning about werewolves.

The little wizard hadn't done any preparation.

It was only from this semester that they began to seriously study the Defense Against the Dark Arts class and faced Snape's question on how to distinguish between a werewolf and a real wolf.

No one could answer the question, resulting in all colleges being deducted points.

Of course, among them, Graffindo's points deduction was the most serious.

Hermione and Mikael both knew the difference and raised their hands to answer, but Snape just didn't call their names.

Ron just brought it up out of a desire to defend himself, but Snape took notice of him, thinking he was disobedient, and deducted points from him again.

Also because of Ron's troublemaking, he will be put in detention starting tomorrow night!

Ron felt a headache when he thought of this: "Although I don't have to go to the Forbidden Forest, I still have to be locked up in Filch's office. I don't know how Filch will torture me then!"

Lin Xia raised her eyebrows: "Filch's office?"

She thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps there is no need to be so desperate, Ron. I have a good relationship with Filch, even though it is just a friendship between my cat and his cat."

With Lin Xia's assurance, Ron finally felt relieved.

Although the young wizards were allowed to return to their respective common rooms, the atmosphere was tense during the past few days and everyone was feeling a little nervous.

However, in this tense atmosphere, patrols by outstanding students every night are indispensable.

This is also a way for schools to fill in the gaps.

If Harry and the others had not returned to the common room after a late-night patrol, they would not have discovered the Fat Lady's disappearance.

But because Sirius Black might still be hiding in the college, the professor took the late-night patrols more seriously.

On the one hand, it is also to protect the safety of students.

Although outstanding students are more powerful than ordinary little wizards, they are also more important, and the professor does not want any accidents to happen to them.

So during tonight's patrol, there will be three professors on duty on each floor.

Harry and Ron also took the opportunity to see many professors they had never met before.

Hogwarts is so huge!

There are thousands of young wizards every school year, and there are many professors on duty. Some are not teaching positions, but administrative positions or other departments.

They are all called professors, but basically never appear in front of students.

The first half of tonight's patrol was peaceful and nothing unusual happened. But in the second half of the night, the Weasley twins heard a strange noise and immediately reported it to the professor.

But when the professor went to check, the voice had disappeared.

What surprised them most was that their audio and video equipment did not record the strange sound.

Facing the professor's questioning gaze, the twins patted their chests and assured:

"We are definitely not playing a prank, we really did hear that sound!"

George said: "It was very slight, rustling, a bit like the sound of mice looking for food."

Fred: "But that's impossible. With us here, the rats can't get out, and they won't make such a noticeable noise!"

Among the wizards on duty tonight, only Professor Sprout was someone I knew; I didn't know the other two.

Professor Sprout did not doubt them, but said solemnly: "I will report your findings to you. Now I am more worried about safety issues.

If these strange sounds can really block the audio and video equipment and only be heard by you, it is possible that they are directly affecting your mind."

The professor said, "George, Fred, I suggest you go to the infirmary tomorrow to get a resistance test against the evil god's whispers."

Fred frowned. “Professor, I think my mind is clear.”

George: "We don't want to be in and out of the infirmary too often."

Sprout comforted them, "I know, I don't like going in and out of the infirmary either, but for our safety, we have to do it. Listen to the professor and go for a check-up tomorrow."

George and Fred reluctantly agreed.

After this patrol was over, they first sent Lin Xia and Draco to the Hufflepuff common room on the second floor.

After all, the second floor was the closest to them, and it took a long distance to get to Gryffindor's tower.

If it was before, they wouldn’t see us off and would just go home.

But now, even the professor is so cautious, so they have to be cautious too.

In the deserted corridor, George recalled the voice he had just heard.

"I actually heard that voice, and I clearly recorded it."

Fred: "I can testify to that!"

Ron said impatiently: "Your testimony is invalid. You might as well listen to the professor. Maybe you are really being disturbed by the evil god's whispers. Early intervention can eliminate the negative impact."

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound coming from Ron's clothes, as if some small animal was gnawing on something.

Everyone couldn't help but stop and turned to look over with sharp eyes.

Ron's expression instantly became awkward, "Um... don't misunderstand me, I can explain..."

Before he could finish his words, a rat head popped out from his collar.

The mouse had sparse, dry and yellow hair. As it moved, a clump of hair fell off at its collar.

Oh, and it's missing a toe!

Seeing everyone staring at him, Ron immediately raised his hand and said quickly:
"Wait, I can explain, I really can explain, it's not what you think... Don't come over here, brother, I can explain to you..." Ron was surrounded by the Weasley twins and was severely beaten.

Lin Xia and others just watched from the sidelines, with no intention of going forward to help, they just thought it was what they deserved.

How can we bring pets with us when patrolling is such an important matter?

It would have been fine if he had just brought the pet out, but he also made a noise, causing misunderstanding among the patrol officers, which was an even more serious crime.

However, there were also some little wizards who noticed something was wrong.

Hermione whispered, "Scabbers is just an ordinary pet. How come its voice was not recorded by the video recorder?"

Harry: "Well, wasn't it a little far away?"

Lin Xia shook her head: "Seniors would not make such a low-level mistake.

They were arranged by Professor Trelawney to come here. They are curious about many things and are also curious about the rewards for discovering strange phenomena. It is impossible for them to miss the record. "

Not everyone is Harry and Ron, who often make mistakes.

At least the Weasley twins are professional. Although they are naughty, they never do things carelessly.

Take the “Hogwarts New Style” magazine for example. It is also very popular among them. Although it is published very quickly, no wizards complain about typos in every issue.

This shows that the twins are very meticulous people and will complete what they promise seriously.

Hermione suddenly thought: "So maybe the area they were patrolling had some special magnetic field, or something special interfered with the audio-visual device."

She said regretfully: "It's too late now. We have missed our patrol time slot, but we can go test it tomorrow."

Lin Xia didn't say anything, but stared at the mouse Banban who jumped off Ron.

Her eye of destiny suddenly activated, and on the mouse, there was a line of huge words.

[Animagus transforming]
The Eye of Destiny doesn’t reveal much information, but just this paragraph of text is enough to make people think deeply.

Lin Xia did not point it out on the spot.

She wanted to find a private time to ask Ron about the origins of the rat.

Early in the morning of the second day, the sky was a little dark and a light rain began to fall.

Gradually, the drizzle turned into heavy rain, and the earth was washed into a white expanse by the heavy rain.

If it was just raining, there wouldn't be so much fog.

But the rain in Hogwarts was accompanied by a drop in temperature, and white mist floated in the Forbidden Forest, blowing with the wind and covering Hogwarts.

The little wizard couldn't help but wrap himself tightly when going to class in the morning.

The Fat Lady hadn't returned yet, and every time the little Gryffindor wizards left the common room, they wanted to fight with the portrait.

"Stop and fight, you scabby dog!" cried Sir Cadogan.

The young wizard waved his wand angrily, but he didn't dare to use any magic. He shouted back, "Shut up and get out of here!"

If the portrait of Sir Cadogan were destroyed, which portrait would be able to open the door to the common room?
Don’t let there be no door when you want to go in or out, that would be terrible!

"Harry, good morning. You look very unwell. Did you have a nightmare?"

During breakfast, Percy came up to me again.

Ron responded with a stern face, while Harry ate his porridge, not knowing what to say.

Even if it was just a stranger sticking to him, due to his upbringing, he would not personally ask the person to leave, not to mention that Percy was a member of the Weasley family.

Harry said uncomfortably, "No, I slept well."

Percy said, "I'm serious. Why don't you live in the same dormitory with me? I can change dormitories for you. You will be safer under my protection."

Ron frowned and turned to glare at Percy, "You—"

Before he could finish his words, Hermione said, "President Percy, your companion seems to be looking for you. Is there something important that you need to deal with?"

Percy looked over, immediately stood up and said, "I'll go over there."

He walked a few steps, then turned around and said, "I'm sorry, I'm too busy. Many things cannot be done without me, but Harry, I always care about you. You can come to me if you have any difficulties."

After Percy left, Ron said indignantly, "He can't possibly deal with Sirius, what's the point of looking for him!"

Hermione: "Calm down, Ron, there's no need to make things so awkward with your family."

"Harry."

A soft voice came, Ron looked up and found it was Ginny, and immediately asked with concern: "Ginny, what happened?"

Ginny shook her head, "No, I'm a little worried about brother Harry...you don't look well."

Harry was a little surprised: "Me? I'm fine, thank you, Ginny."

Ginny obviously wanted to say something, but after looking at Ron, she kept her words to herself and quickly returned to her friends.

Hermione didn't know what she was thinking of, and immediately went to the window of the Great Hall and looked down.

I found Lin Xia and Draco wearing raincoats in the heavy rain, but still insisting on running.

Hermione shook her head. Such a spirit of hard work and struggle was beyond the reach of even the Gryffindors, who had plenty of physical strength and energy.

The most important thing is that Lin Xia and his friends not only ran by themselves, but also took the little Hufflepuff wizards with them.

Now in terms of physical strength, the young wizards of Hufflepuff are already better than those of other colleges.

The physical fitness that comes from running every day is no joke.

Outside the castle.

Lin Xia was running with even breathing, and Draco followed closely behind. His physical fitness was comparable to that of the late foundation building stage, and he hadn't made a breakthrough in a long time.

This is normal, as student days were too comfortable.

Moreover, this is a world dominated by magic. The physical fitness bonus brought by martial arts is not mainstream. As long as the magic is powerful enough, many ways can be found to avoid shortcomings.

They were unable to concentrate on practicing their skills at school, but at least they had made a lot of progress in the field of magic, especially in magic runes.

Lin Xia has gradually used magic runes to replace magic.

She found that many magic spells could be expressed more concisely using magic words, but it required great concentration.

"Lin Xia, do you think Sirius is still in Hogwarts?" Draco ran to Lin Xia and asked.

Lin Xia thought for a moment and said, "I'm not sure, but I trust the Marauder's Map. At the same time, I agree with Harry's idea that Sirius may not have any ill will towards him. Hermione's guess is also correct. He may want to convey something to Harry."

Draco sighed, "But if Sirius is not caught, I'm afraid the school board will take relevant actions."

Lin Xia's eyes moved slightly: "Board of Directors?" (End of this chapter)