Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Filch limped to Mrs. Norris and handed the kerosene lamp forward, but in the dim light, he still found nothing.

"Have you found anything? Take me to see it." he asked in a low voice.

Mrs. Norris still stood there motionless, her eyes fixed to the right, as if she was looking at Harry and the others who were hiding in the invisibility cloak.

Harry, Ron and Hermione couldn't help but feel nervous, their heartbeats accelerated, and they were very nervous.

Reason told them that Mrs. Norris had not noticed them.

But the reality is, it seems to have found them!

Filch did not leave. Instead, he kept waving the kerosene lamp around, muttering to himself, "Is this the place? But I remember there was nothing here. Is there a secret passage, or someone hiding in it?"

Seeing that Filch's kerosene lamp was only two steps away from hitting their faces, Harry quickly thought of a solution.

He thought about hiding somewhere else, but this place was too narrow and it would be difficult to guarantee that he would not bump into Filch or Mrs. Norris when he left.

In the eerie silence, a soft meow was heard.

The three of them turned their heads to the left in unison, and a big, fat, white and orange cat (camouflaged) appeared in front of them, and everyone's eyes lit up with joy.

It’s the White Fairy!

How come the White Fairy appears here?

Could it be that he sensed that they were in danger and came here to save them?
"Meow~"

"Meow meow~~"

The White Fairy and Mrs. Norris called each other, as if they were communicating something.

Hermione felt a little regretful. If only Crookshanks were here, he would be able to understand the cat language of the two cats and translate it for her.

After a brief communication, the two cats turned around and walked away at the same time.

Filch watched the scene in silence. After a few seconds, he also limped after them, holding a kerosene lamp.

After they left, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Ron whispered, "I never realized that Mrs. Norris was so smart. Did she recognize us just now?"

Harry frowned and denied, "Impossible. If it really knew where we were, it wouldn't just stand there and watch us. It wasn't sure where we were, so it didn't take any action."

Hermione thought of something and said, "We can't underestimate cats. They often have extraordinary wild instincts.

For example, my Crookshanks is very smart. He has some Kneazle blood, which makes him much smarter and more capable than ordinary cats. He can help me identify bad guys, attack fiercely, and has a strong sense of justice. "

Ron complained, “Yes, your cat is very powerful, even though it’s a little ugly, but it’s very much like a cat sheriff, in charge of everything.

Today, if a cat fights with another cat, we need to deal with it; if a mouse steals food, we need to deal with it; even if a wizard does something bad, we need to issue a warning.

I was thinking, if your cat was smarter, it wouldn't even care about the little wizard cheating. Would it report it to the professor?

But that's not right, your cat can't talk, so even if you want to tell the professor, what can you do?"

Hermione glared at him and said, "Be polite to my cat. It has figured out that your pet Scabbers was transformed from the bad Animagus.

Every time it sees Scabbers, it chases him away and beats him, and you have been mean to my Crookshanks many times before and even beat him!"

Ron nodded perfunctorily: "Yes, yes, I'm sorry, I will apologize to it next time we meet."

The three of them set off again, and Hermione said as they walked, "And I warn you not to cheat in the exam, because Crookshanks can really recognize it, even if it doesn't catch you on the spot, it can feel it afterwards.

Although it cannot speak, it can write. If it wants to report to the professor, it can express what it wants to say with just a newspaper. "

Harry couldn't help but say, "Sometimes I don't think it's a cat. It's smarter than humans."

Hermione said proudly, "Crookshanks has helped me a lot in life too!"
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While Harry and others were exploring, Lin Xia and Draco also began conducting experiments.

The strange pharmacology in Draco was triggered and he fell into a very mysterious state.

After asking Lin Xia for several bottles of black bugs, he hurried into his own private laboratory. Halfway through, he suddenly remembered something and turned to Lin Xia and said:

"I don't know how long this experiment will take. If I can't come out tonight, please ask for leave for me tomorrow. If I can't come out tomorrow either, please continue to ask for leave for me. As for the reason——"

Lin Xia continued, "To be honest, Dean Sprout knows what we are doing."

Draco nodded, without saying goodbye to Lin Xia, and ran into the laboratory.

Lin Xia, on the other hand, went into her own laboratory to organize the gains from this trip.

She did not get any inspiration related to the potion from the insect, but was thinking about its essence. Since it was the source of power connecting to the world of the evil god, it must be related to the world of the evil god.

Lin Xia wondered, if the black bugs were cut off from the evil god world, then the black bugs in the wizard's body could be expelled by the wizard himself.

The reason why they couldn't be expelled before was because the black bugs were like the anchor point of the evil god's world.

As long as the bugs are there, the power of the evil world will continue to come over, harassing the wizard, controlling his will, and driving him crazy.

Inspired by this, the compass of fate in Lin Xia's mind began to move and wanted to spin.

However, due to the timing being immature and the inspiration not being strong enough, it just vibrated for a moment and then stopped.

From this point, Lin Xia knew that her judgment was correct.

"So we still have to find out the deep connection between the black bugs and the evil god world, cut off the connection fundamentally, and then isolate the wizard for treatment."

Under the bright incandescent light, Lin Xia, wearing special glasses, kept rotating the test tube in her hand.

In the test tube, the black bug wrapped in candle wax looked like a drop of dark liquid that was faintly flowing and glowing.

This drop of liquid looks beautiful on the outside, but in fact, just looking at it, without even touching it, can make the wizard feel nauseous, as if he had met his natural enemy.

Lin Xia muttered to herself: "As long as the connection can be cut off, subsequent treatment will be easy. Whether relying on the wizard's personal strength or with the help of the wizarding world, it should be possible to force the black bugs out of the wizard's body."

She put down the reagent and continued her research.

same moment.

Mikel and Percy were outside on the Quidditch pitch checking out the holes.

It was already late at night, and the Quidditch field was lit up with dim lights. From time to time, the wind blew, making a "woooo" sound.

The temperature dropped sharply at night, and Mikel wrapped himself tightly in his wizard robe. He felt as if the temperature had dropped dozens of degrees below zero!
Some parts of the ground in the stadium were covered with a thick layer of ice, which was not a temperature that humans could tolerate.

The clothes he was wearing were completely unable to withstand the severe cold. He turned his head and looked at Per*****. It was too dark and he couldn't see anything. Should we return to the castle?

Percy shook his head and said firmly, "Mice like to move around at night. If we stay here, we will definitely be able to find mice. If we follow the direction they flee, we will be able to find the burrow."

Mikel looked around. The dim street lights could only illuminate the scenery within about one or two meters. Beyond that, he could not see anything clearly. It was pitch black.

Not far away, he saw many dark shadows dancing on the ground, like ghosts hiding in the darkness, and he couldn't help but shudder.

"Chairman, we hid here and searched at night. Did you tell the professor?"

Percy shook his head, "No, didn't you say to solve all the problems first and then report to the professor?"

Mikel stamped his feet several times, trying to warm himself up.

He felt a little desperate. Percy seemed to be a studious man, so why was he so honest?
“President, I think we should report this to the professor first. We don’t need the professor’s help. We can tell the professor that we can solve the problem on our own and then just give her the results of the investigation.

Now we are saying nothing and just squatting here stupidly. The professor doesn’t know our good intentions. We have to save face in front of them first.”

"Brush your face?" Percy raised an eyebrow. "You used that word well."

He thought for a moment and walked out: "Okay, let's go back to the castle and tell the professor."

Percy and Mikel were not excellent students. They had only vaguely heard some news about the evil god world but had no specific contact with it.

They only knew that the school did not allow young wizards to leave the castle at night, but this was not impossible to compromise.

As long as there is a legitimate reason, the professor will not refuse the young wizard from going out. Percy has gone out of the castle several times at night.

Leaving the Quidditch field, there were no street lights and the only thing we could see was the bright and dazzling lights of Hogwarts Castle not far away.

Percy and Mikkel could no longer see the road below them, and they waved their wands and shouted, "Lumos!"

A ray of pure white light emanated from the tip of the wand, like a tiny candle flame in the darkness, so weak that it could only illuminate the scenery within a few dozen centimeters around them.

Mikkel's heart skipped a beat, feeling something was wrong, and asked Percy.

"My magic seems to be a little slow. In the past, the power of Lumos was not so small. I could turn Lumos into a Lumos ball and rotate it around my body, but now I can't do it. What about you?"

The strong wind was blowing, and Mikkel's words turned into sobs in the wind, and Percy could not hear clearly.

Although the two people were standing very close to each other, communication became difficult.

Percy said loudly, "What are you talking about, I can't hear you!"

Mikkel spoke again, but Percy still couldn't hear.

Suddenly, Mikkel stared at Percy's right rear with wide eyes. Just as he turned his head to speak, he saw a dark shadow jumping out from behind him!
This black shadow is not an ordinary black shadow. It has materialized into a black vine that seems like it will pull people away in an instant.

Mikkel couldn't hear Percy's voice, so he could only greet Percy with his hand.

Percy waved his wand to look, but the shadow had retreated and he could make out nothing.

Percy frowned and asked, "Mikel, what do you want to tell me? Speak louder!"

Percy didn't know. When his words reached Mikkel's ears, they were also filled with sobs and he could only hear a few words sporadically.

Mikel felt something was wrong, and the sense of crisis in his heart grew stronger and stronger.

No, we can't delay any longer!
He pulled Percy and started running, they had to get back to the castle as soon as possible.

Damn it, he shouldn't have agreed to Percy to accompany him out at night to check where the hole in the Quidditch field is!

Suddenly, Mikkel noticed from the corner of his eye that Percy's expression changed drastically and he looked to his left.

Mikkel's heart beat faster and he didn't dare to look to the left. He just kept pulling Percy towards the castle.

Because he was running too fast, he stepped on something in a hurry and tripped and fell to the ground.

The skin on Mikel's palm was scratched and a trace of bright red blood flowed out.

[Warning! A foreign object has invaded the host's body! ]

[Warning! Do you want to start the self-rescue procedure to expel foreign objects? ]

Mikel immediately clicked "yes", not caring about the experience points flowing down.

He had been accumulating experience points for so long just to upgrade one of his skills.

But I didn't expect that danger was everywhere. There were several times when I had almost saved up enough money, but it was wiped out due to sudden crises.

Mikel had thought before that maybe he would be reset to zero again... At that time he cursed himself for being a pessimist, but he didn't expect that retribution would come so soon.

When Mikel fell, Percy also stopped, panting.

A shadow suddenly jumped out from the darkness. It was a strange figure wearing a cloak, with a look on his face that seemed to be neither crying nor smiling, as if he was wearing a mask.

Percy's hands shook as he pointed his wand at the shadow.

Suddenly, a fluorescent light shone on the dark shadow, and they saw Snape emerging from the darkness.

Mikkel and Percy were so frightened that their bodies trembled, their faces turned pale, and their hearts beat rapidly.

Snape looked at them gloomily and said in an arrogant voice:
"Give me an explanation. Why are you still outside the castle so late? Have you applied for it? Has the school approved you to go out?"

Mikkel and Percy's minds were blank. They didn't say anything and were still in shock.

Snape sneered: "It seems that I have caught two guys who violated school regulations and did not take school rules seriously!"

"Percy." He stared at Percy, who looked pale, "Mikel doesn't understand anything, but I don't believe you don't know anything.

As the president of the student union, you took an ordinary student out of the castle at night and did such a dangerous thing. You must take responsibility. "

Percy's mouth opened slightly, as if he was about to say something.

Snape glanced at him coldly: "I don't want to hear your explanation, save it for your dean."

The two looked at each other and could only follow Snape away.

Mikel suddenly realized that since the professor appeared, not only did the temperature around him seem to have risen a lot, but even the voices had become clearer.

"Oh, right." Snape suddenly stopped, turned to look at them, and let out a sinister and creepy smile.

"I forgot to tell you that you violated the school rules this time, and Gryffindor will deduct 100 points!" (End of this chapter)