Hogwarts: Nagini captured at the start

Chapter 85 The Beginning of Solitary Confinement Punishment

Harry is overthinking it?

No, not at all!

The next morning, when the students checked the House Cup score as usual, they found that Gryffindor had scored 150 fewer points than the day before, and they thought the giant hourglass (the object that records the scores) had malfunctioned.

Then, the story of last night slowly spread: two academic superstars, plus a Quidditch hero, actually fell for Malfoy's trick, causing Gryffindor to lose a huge number of points and allowing Sleist to secure the House Cup.

The three of them suddenly became the target of everyone's anger. Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff gave them the cold shoulder, while Slytherin whistled and cheered them on, saying sarcastic and sarcastic words of gratitude.

The three reacted differently to this.

Hermione transforms into a top-tier 'scholar' who is oblivious to everything around her. She always keeps her head down, studying silently, and occasionally, when the library is about to close, she drags Robin along to quickly pick out a few extracurricular books.

Harry was already filled with self-blame and remorse, and being in the eye of the storm of public opinion, he was almost driven to despair by the attacks from those people. He even had the idea of ​​quitting the team. Later, Wood, Robin, Hermione and Ron took turns bombarding him with criticism, which finally made him give up the idea.

Compared to the two of them, Luo Bin seemed much more assertive.

If anyone came up to him and mocked him as a great sinner of Gryffindor, he would throw out a list a meter long, listing the time, place, event, and people he had earned points for the house each time, totaling as many as 138 points.

Then, in a humble and sincere tone, he asked: "Student, how many points did you add for your college in the past year?"

If it were a Slytherin student who came over to thank him in a sarcastic tone, Robin would pull out his ebony wand and issue a duel challenge.

After a few rounds, everyone realized he was a tough nut to crack, so they rarely bothered him anymore.

However, the situation of the four colleges jointly attacking the three gradually improved as exam week approached, after all, no one wants to fail, right?

Robin, Harry, Hermione, and Ron, who had been discharged from the hospital, also began preparing for the exams. The four of them found an abandoned classroom and studied until late at night every day. They tried their best to remember the habits and uses of various herbs, the recipes and taboos of potions, and the key points of casting spells.

Hermione, who always strives to be the best, vows to beat Robin and take first place in her grade during the exams. However, her dream ship is caught in a storm before it even leaves the harbor.

At the end of May, on the Friday of the week before the exams, Robin, Harry, and Hermione each received a small note while having breakfast.

[

Tonight at 11 p.m., go to the castle foyer to find Mr. Argus Filch. He will guide you through the punishment of solitary confinement.

Minerva McGonagall

]

Hermione crumpled the note into a ball, frowning. "Yes, we should accept solitary confinement, but... why Filch?"

"I reckon he volunteered. He's been wanting to punish the students himself for a while now," Harry guessed.

"Don't be too nervous. Do you think a Squib can bully a wizard? Remember, bring your wand tonight."

What does "dud" mean?

Robin: →_→, Uh, I've been enrolled for a year now, haven't you read any basic books on the magical world?

"A Squib is someone who comes from a wizarding family, meaning that at least one of their parents is a wizard, but is unable to use magic," Hermione explained.

"If he knew magic, his personality would be even worse, and he'd be even less popular with the students!" Harry said.

"I won't sleep tonight. I'll just sit in the lounge and wait. If the three of you aren't back by dawn, I'll go find Dean McGonagall," Ron said righteously.

After breakfast, the group headed to the basement for their last class of the semester—Potions.

At 10:50 p.m., when Robin and his group came down to the first floor, Filch and Malfoy were already waiting in the lobby.

"Look who's bringing bad luck? Oh, it's that liar!"

Malfoy scoffed, "It seems the blame-shifting incident three weeks ago has left a deep impression on him."

When Robin reached the foyer, he mouthed "Splatoon," successfully silencing someone.

"Follow me."

Filch lit an oil lamp and led the four men toward the hunting grounds, recounting his old-fashioned methods of corporal punishment for students as they walked.

"Sooner or later, Headmaster Dumbledore and the other professors will agree to use those very effective methods of punishment from the past. For example, chaining your ankles with iron chains as thick as a thumb, and hanging you upside down from the Great Hall ceiling until you admit your mistakes and swear you will never do it again."

"Hey, I still have those chains in my personal storage box. I oil them every now and then; who knows, they might come in handy someday. Hey, there's more..."

Filch chuckled a few times before continuing to recount other bloody, brutal, and inhumane methods of punishment.

Seeing that Little Chili's face was getting paler and paler, Luo Binlin spoke up to stop her, saying, "Bald old man, if you keep spreading alarmist rumors, I'll cast a silencing spell on you."

"What did you call me?"

At the Astronomy Tower incident, Filch was so eager to find Professor McGonagall to punish the bad guy that he neglected the matter of insulting people's nicknames. Now that Robin has called out that name again, he wants to settle old scores.

"What? You're allowed to call others bad guys, brats, and stink bugs, but others aren't allowed to call you a bald, smelly old man? Besides, if you had a full head of hair and showered every day, the nickname 'bald, smelly old man' wouldn't have spread through Mischievous Ghost's big mouth!"

Filch was furious, his eyes bulging even more. At this rate, he was very likely to get a fake eye look that was twice as big as Moody's.

"Lesterrange, I'm going to tell the headmaster everything you said, and I'll implore him to punish you severely."

Would Dumbledore listen to Filch's slander?

"To be honest, even a three-year-old Muggle wouldn't know how to tattle," Robin retorted.

"you"

woof!woof!

Just as Filch was about to accuse the other party, a dog barked suddenly from not far away. Then, Hagrid, holding an oil lamp, strode up to the group.

"Argus, what happened? I've been waiting for over half an hour and no one has come, so I had to come up and ask if the student detention punishment has been temporarily canceled."

"Hagrid, so you're saying we're going to be working with you tonight?" Hermione asked excitedly.

"Ha! You little brat, you probably thought you'd be spending the whole night with that idiot, right? Use your brain! You're going to the Forbidden Forest, not some pink candy house. You might not even make it out of the Forbidden Forest alive!"

"Argus, watch your words. I think I've figured out why you were late. You've been scolding them, haven't you? Alright, your task is complete. You can return to the castle."

"I will return when the sun rises to clean up their remains, which have been torn to pieces by the werewolves."

Filch chuckled a few times, then turned and walked up the slope.

"What an annoying fellow. You four, come with me into the woods."

(End of this chapter)