Hogwarts: Nagini captured at the start

Chapter 28 Dodging Filch

Before Robin could come up with a solution, Filch, standing outside the leather tablecloth, seemed impatient. His rough, bark-like hands gripped a corner of the tablecloth tightly. "You bad guy, you bad guy who doesn't cherish the opportunity to learn magic! I'm going to drag you to see Headmaster Dumbledore and beg him to break your wand and expel you from school! You bad guy, come out here!"

Wow!

Filch saw that behind the leather placemat was a satin tablecloth, and his big nose turned red with anger. "You bastard, you can't escape now!"

Wow!

The satin tablecloth was lifted, revealing a square table missing a leg.

Filch crawled his entire upper body inside, stretching out his arms and groping around in the pile of rags until his forehead was drenched in sweat, but he found nothing.

He couldn't help but wonder if the panting sound he had just heard was just his imagination.

Boom!

Filch's arm slammed into the table leg, and he winced in pain. He pulled his upper body away, rubbing his arm and cursing as he walked away.

After the stone door opened and closed again, Robin, who was hiding behind the giant stone statue, breathed a slight sigh of relief.

He still dared not move, because his intuition told him that Filch would most likely come back.

Squeak!

The stone door was opened a crack again, and a beam of light shone obliquely into the room. The next second, the light was half blocked by an oval object.

It was Filch, peeking out to check the storage room.

1, 2, 3, 410!

When Robin counted to 10, the light disappeared and the stone door slammed shut with a thud!

"Phew, that was close! Luckily, Nagini has the 'snake-like movement' skill!"

Just a second before Filch lifted the satin tablecloth, Robin used the "Serpentine Movement" skill.

Then, with his chest pressed against the ground, he moved through the pile of rags like a viper, without making a sound.

His consciousness re-entered the sea of ​​consciousness, projecting Nagini and Grant Ruberle into the real world.

"Where am I? Where is my wife, Lilysa Rupert? Where did you take her? Oh God, Lilysa, I... I can't live without you!"

Garden goblin Grant climbed onto the troll's arm in a few quick steps and spoke urgently in his hoarse voice.

Robin: →_→

Robin stood up, nudged Grant who was burying his face in his hands and sobbing, and said speechlessly, "Hey, let me remind you, you've never been in a relationship. Her name is Lilysa Roland, a diligent and virtuous goblin. You have no chance with her!"

Robin initially let Grant Ruberle into the Rubik's Cube because he was tall (compared to other goblins) and muscular, and also because he was a lifelong bachelor and an orphan. Little did he know that Ruberle would be a hopeless romantic.

"No way, I won't listen to you. Lilysa will change her surname to Luberle sooner or later!" Grant said stubbornly.

In the Western world, women generally give up their father's surname and take their husband's surname after marriage, which is similar to the practice in ancient times.

Robin tapped Grant on the forehead, amused. "Whether you listen to me or not isn't up to you. Go, go rummage through the trash for a tiara. Remember, it has to be a silver ring, a diamond-encrusted tiara, and a sapphire-encrusted tiara. Hurry up!"

Seeing Grant pouting and standing motionless with his arms crossed, Robin reached out and grabbed his ankle.

biu~

Boom!

It landed precisely in a broken jar 5 meters away.

"Stop slacking off, get to work!"

Grant climbed out of the black jar and rummaged through the garbage, though his silhouette carried a hint of melancholy.

Robin ignored it and turned to look at Nagini, who had raised its head and was flicking its tongue.

Its wounds had healed, its scales were smooth and shiny, its vertical pupils were bright and piercing, and its whole body radiated affection towards its owner.

Robin tentatively reached out his hand, and Nagini leaned in and nuzzled his palm affectionately.

It feels icy cold to the touch and a bit hard, like jade that has just been taken out of the freezer.

In the summer, this is definitely a portable air conditioner. However, hugging a 4-meter-long, thigh-thick viper is a bit scary, but when it's the gentle and shy Kim Soo-hyun, it's a different story!

Robin crouched down and hugged Nagini. "The Rubik's Cube is amazing. It's only a matter of time before you regain your human form. Be good, wait patiently!"

"Nagini, help your master find the crown. It looks like an eagle with outstretched wings. The bird's head and feathers are inlaid with hundreds of transparent diamonds, and the bird's belly is a whole sapphire. Below the sapphire hangs a round and an oval leaf-shaped gemstone, which serve as the eagle's tail feathers."

"So much time has passed, it's probably covered in dust and looks drab, or it might be on the head of a wizard's half-bodied statue. Go ahead, start with the half-bodied statue, and if you get tired of searching, stop and rest."

Nagini affectionately nuzzled Robin's cheek, then swam into the garbage heap—no, the Taobao heap—swishing its tail.

Grant, who was eavesdropping on the commotion: Double standards, these are so damn double standards! Not only are they not giving us complete information, but they're also not letting the goblins rest! Humph, I quit! I'm going on strike! I'm protesting!

After a 30-second strike, it sprang into the pile of scrap metal and rummaged around. Seeing that it was somewhat sensible, Robin put away his 'killing' gaze.

The elves' miserable state is closely related to their inherent laziness and rebellious spirit. They can't win, yet they want to go on strike and protest. Aren't they just asking for trouble?

Luo Bin stood up and walked deeper into the Taobao pile!

He passed piles of broken tables, chairs, and tablecloths, then piles of broken brooms and baseball bats, and then piles of broken wooden boxes, broken textbooks, broken uniforms, and broken jars.

He wandered deeper and deeper into the maze made of garbage dumps. As he walked, he saw a pile of stone statues about seven or eight meters ahead, which was two stories high. He quickly ran to the pile of stone statues.

Hiss! Hiss!

It was Nagini; it found the pile of statues first!

"Nagini, I'll search the outer layer, you search the inside. Safety first!"

Hiss! Hiss!

After answering, Nagini coiled up like a snake and swam deep into the pile of statues, while Robin used his hands and feet to climb up the pile of statues.

He remembered that the original book mentioned that the protagonist Harry found the half-body stone statue of a wizard covered in pockmarks on top of an old cabinet with a bubbly surface, and the Ravenclaw tiara was placed on the head of the wizard statue.

A cabinet, a half-body stone statue of a male witch, and a dusty, gray crown!

These three elements significantly narrowed down the search scope!

After a long while, Robin sat panting on top of the pile of statues, still unable to find the crown. Nagini was in the same situation, though it was lying on the floor, panting heavily.

"Nagini, I'm going down now. Swim away, or you'll get hit by the statue and get hurt again!"

The green viper was very intelligent. It slowly swam to the pile of broken kitchen utensils. Robin, who had been watching Nagini's movements, suddenly noticed that on the top of the cabinet next to the viper's body, there was a half-body stone statue. On the statue's head was a wig, and on the wig was a crown—the Ravenclaw crown!

It's truly like searching high and low without finding it, only to have it come to you effortlessly!

He climbed down eagerly, but halfway down, the lion statue he was standing on suddenly loosened, and then the entire pile of statues collapsed with a crash.

(End of this chapter)