Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Chapter 97 Vanishing Cabinet [Revised Version]

It took Wade a whole day to recall and organize his memories. When he walked out of the Room of Requirement, it was completely dark.

Although the Room of Requirement and the Ravenclaw Common Room were both on high floors, one was in the main tower and the other was on the top floor of the Ravenclaw Tower, so the distance between them was quite far. Normally, Wade would have used the Summoning Charm to summon a broom to fly over, but today, he walked slowly along the corridor while organizing his thoughts and thinking clearly about what he was going to do next.

In the long corridor, the sound of footsteps echoed "empty". Suddenly a voice broke the silence -

"Haha...Surpri—se! (I'll give you a surprise!)"

Peeves suddenly appeared, holding several black water balls in his hand and threw them at Wade. Wade quickly pulled out his wand and pointed it, and the ink rolled back and all splashed on Peeves' face.

"Pah, pah pah pah!"

Peeves spat out the ink in his mouth and flew away cursing angrily, leaving the entire corridor covered in black ink.

Wade was already very familiar with the cleaning spell, and with a few waves of his wand, all the ink disappeared, and the corridor was as clean as before.

Someone applauded and said, "Nice silent spell!"

Wade turned around and looked: "Griffiths?"

The red-haired wizard once again scurried into someone else's portrait, followed him with his hands behind his back and a grin on his face.

Wade thought about Peeves who suddenly appeared and asked, "Could it be that you instigated Peeves to come here?"

"Yes, I did!" Griffiths admitted frankly, and then said, "I saw that you looked like you were caught by some time monster, and your face was deep and scary, so I asked Peeves to say hello to you. How is it? Are you feeling better now?"

Wade didn't know what his expression was before. He rubbed his face and said helplessly: "Then thank you so much!"

"You're welcome, you're welcome. It's my duty to help students." Griffiths said with a smile, and then asked, "What were you thinking about before?"

Wade didn't want to discuss this topic, so he asked, "Have you gotten along better with the portraits in the hallway recently? They haven't complained to me in a while."

"Uh...well...uh...of course it's gotten better..." Griffiths stammered.

Wade stopped walking, frowned and asked, "Are you..."

"Haha, just now there were two Hufflepuff students who wanted to hear my stories from the past! I'm leaving now, we'll talk next time!" Griffiths raised his voice as if he was guilty, then hurried out of the portrait and disappeared.

Vader shook his head.

During this period, the name of Chatty Griffiths gradually became known to more students, because he always liked to chat with people. Sometimes he would suddenly pop out from a portrait and shout, watching the frightened students fall into the trap on the stairs, and then laugh so hard that he fell backwards. He could be called the Peeves in the portrait.

However, the students hated Peeves, but not Griffiths, because apart from some harmless pranks occasionally, he would also tell some stories that were not sure whether they were true or false. Sometimes when he saw a student was in a bad mood, he would comfort them and do everything he could to make them laugh.

Wade often saw four or five students gathered around Griffiths' portrait and chatted with him. Griffiths, whose free time was mostly occupied by students, was so busy that he even harassed other portraits less frequently.

Vader thought so.

But looking at his guilty look just now, it seemed like there was another story.

Back in the dormitory, Wade took out the friend's book, talked to his father for a while, and then changed another friend's book.

【Vader: Remus?】

After a while, Lupin's reply appeared on the paper: [Lupin: I'm here.]

[Vade: I have something to ask of you - tomorrow morning, please go to Gringotts with my father to get some money, and then go to Borgin and Burke's in Knockturn Alley to buy the Vanishing Cabinet in the store.]

【Lupin: OK.】

Lupin agreed straightforwardly. After a while, he wrote down new words:

[Lupin: But as far as I know, there is only one vanishing cabinet in Borgin and Burke's, and the other one is missing. If the other vanishing cabinet is damaged, or is in a place where humans cannot enter and exit normally - such as on the bottom of the sea or buried deep underground - then such a vanishing cabinet is useless and even extremely dangerous to the user. ]

[Vader: I know - but there is also a Vanishing Cabinet in Hogwarts Castle.]

【Vade: It's worth a try, right?】

【Lupin: I see. But promise me, don't try it yourself. We can try it on rabbits or something first.】

[Vade: Of course, I won't be so reckless.]

After putting away the Book of Friends, Wade felt a little excited.

The enemy can appear in a safe fortress at any time, which will make people feel insecure; but if you can leave the castle at any time, that feeling will be wonderful, and you will be able to do more things.

Wade was thinking about many things and the changes in the plot - the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets, Peter Pettigrew hiding in Gryffindor, the Quidditch World Cup and the Goblet of Fire, Barty Crouch escaping from prison, Voldemort's resurrection, the incompetent Ministry of Magic...

There are also the Horcruxes that Voldemort hides in various places... and several ways to destroy the Horcruxes -

The Sword of Gryffindor.

Basilisk fangs.

And Lihuo.

I still have to learn the Fiery Curse... Think about Grindelwald burning half of Paris, and Dumbledore waving his wand like the god of fire, creating a sea of ​​fire...

If he had the same ability, would he still need to be so cautious?

Wade wrote down his thoughts on a piece of paper. After reading it for a while, he rolled the paper into a ball and held it close to the candle flame, watching it gradually burn into ashes.

The dancing flames reflected in his pupils, and deep in his eyes, he seemed to see another scene - Hogwarts was overwhelmed by the dark masses of Death Eaters, trolls and eight-eyed giant spiders were running rampant, and corpses were lying in all directions on the cold ground.

Life is so fragile under the flames of war.

There are also things that are not shown in the plot - after Dumbledore's death, Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic were almost all occupied by the Dark Lord's followers, and the three protagonists had to flee... In that short yet long year, how many non-pure-blood wizards were persecuted?

What about the Muggles? And what about the Squibs who nobody cared about? Were they spared because they were weak, or were they so weak that even if they were killed, they would only become a string of cold numbers in the newspapers?

The smiling faces of Ferdinand and Fiona suddenly flashed before Wade's eyes, followed by two other faces that were already blurry in his memory, sad but trying hard to smile.

He covered his eyes with his palms and sighed tiredly.

　Revised the chapter content.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)