Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Although Theo heard nothing, he trusted his partner's hearing very much, so he immediately held his breath and hid himself.

Ryan listened again, a smile forming on his face, "It's not Filch - it's Vader!"

Then the two mushrooms popped up together again.

After waiting for a while, Wade's figure appeared from the end of the corridor. He frowned slightly, lowered his eyes and looked at the ground in front of him, with an extremely serious expression.

Theo stretched out his arm and waved, whispering, "Vade!"

Wade looked up and saw the two of them, a little surprised: "What are you doing?"

"Waiting for you!" Ryan said briefly.

"Come in!" Theo waved his arms anxiously, "Filch will be here soon!"

Although Wade was not worried about this, he still followed his wishes and quickened his pace.

In the middle of a pile of large wooden barrels, there was a not-so-wide, slightly inclined circular entrance, and Ryan and Theo were squeezed inside it.

By this time Ryan had disappeared from the entrance, Theo waved to Wade, and crawled in backwards.

Vader: “…”

He looked at the entrance and drilled in, just like he was drilling into the cement pipe placed on the construction site when he was a child.

The only difference is that the surrounding "pipes" are made of wood, and emit a faint aroma of wine and sweet cream. The bottom and sides have been rubbed until they are shiny.

After crawling for a short distance, the view in front of me suddenly opened up. Compared with the Ravenclaw common room, the circular basement seemed much lower, reminiscent of a badger lying on the ground.

The whole room was illuminated by orange-yellow light, the fire in the fireplace was burning, and the sofas and armchairs around were wrapped in yellow and black velvet, making the whole room look warm.

Under the ceiling, on the surrounding shelves and on the windowsills, there are all magical plants, some of which emit a faint glow, some sway slightly, and others are in full bloom, appearing full of vitality.

The room is filled with the sweet aroma of plants and flowers, and you can see insects that you won’t see in other lounges, such as fireflies and butterflies.

Above the honey-yellow mantelpiece carved with a badger hangs a portrait of Helga Hufflepuff, the founder of the school. She looks a bit like Professor Sprout, with a warm and happy smile on her round face, which makes people who see her feel better involuntarily.

Unfortunately, it was already night and it was pitch black outside the window, so I couldn’t see the sunlight shining in through the round windows.

There was no one else in the lounge except the three of them, and Wade couldn't help but ask, "Where are the others from the academy?"

Theo said matter-of-factly, "I'm going to bed. It's so late already."

Wade: “…” It seems that this is indeed the case.

But if it's a Ravenclaw common room, there will probably be people reading or doing homework in the corner;

There is no need to say much about Gryffindor. The Weasley twins are probably not back yet.

Wade, a Slytherin student, didn't understand, but he felt that not all students in the Serpentine House would have a regular schedule and go to bed early and get up early.

The two Hufflepuffs, who usually fell asleep a long time ago, resisted their drowsiness and pulled Wade to sit on the sofa in front of the fireplace. Theo couldn't wait to ask:

"Vade, did you go to see Professor Snape? Did he give you any trouble?"

Wei De asked curiously: "How do you know?"

Ryan said, "We accidentally saw Malfoy when we came back. He reported to Filch that there were students who didn't sleep at night and wandered around in the underground corridor near the Potions classroom - we guessed it might be you."

Professor Snape's office was near the Potions classroom, so the two of them guessed Wade's purpose.

"You went to Professor Snape about Neville's matter?" Theo said worriedly, "What if he starts to target you too?"

"Of course I won't be stupid enough to rush up to the professor and criticize his behavior. I just want him to know that Neville can also feel pain and is not a stone that is insensitive to insults and accusations."

Wade said, "Don't worry, Professor Snape is not angry with me. It's just that I don't know whether the result of the communication can meet expectations."

"That's good."

Theo breathed a sigh of relief, then immediately realized something and quickly explained: "It's not that I don't care about Neville, I just..."

"I know." Wade's eyes were full of understanding, and he smiled and said, "Thank you, Theo. And Ryan, I'm sorry for making you worry about me."

Ryan shook his head: "When Neville cried, I felt bad too, but I didn't know what I could do to help him. I..."

He lowered his head in shame, his voice squeezed out from between his teeth: "I'm sorry... I don't have the courage to resist Professor Snape..."

Chapter 345

"This is not something to apologize for." Wade reached out and patted his shoulder, saying, "Professor Snape is indeed terrible."

"But you're not afraid." Ryan seemed to be brooding over something, and said in a tangled manner: "You dare to go to Professor Snape and try to solve this matter... I'm nervous even to answer questions normally."

"Actually, I was nervous too, but I tried not to show it."

Wade shrugged and said, "And to be honest, I only did this because Professor Snape was more lenient with me. In terms of courage, I am not much more than you."

Ryan laughed.

"Okay... Although I know you are just comforting me..."

Wade was helpless: "Lian..."

"Ok?"

"You know what? You don't have to say everything you think of..."

Ryan was puzzled: "No, right? I don't usually like to talk too much."

Vader and Theo looked at each other and smiled at the same time at Ryan's confused look.

Indeed, Ryan is always the most silent one among them to the outside world.

But when he is with his friends, he is so straightforward and frank that it is hard to resist.

It was already late at night, and while he was talking, Theo yawned again, his eyelids kept drooping, and he looked very sleepy.

Wade then offered to leave.

"It's too late. You might run into Filch if you go out. Why don't you just sleep in our dormitory?" Theo suggested. "Ernie and the others won't mind."

Ryan also encouraged: "The dormitory in our college is very interesting. It is a cave dug out of the ground. We also have a pot of Boston fern in our dormitory, which looks like a green waterfall."

Wade's heart skipped a beat. He was indeed curious. But after hesitating for a moment, he shook his head and refused.

Although Hufflepuff students are usually tolerant and easy to talk to, they also have a strong sense of territory. If they see a stranger in the common room tomorrow morning, they might have a problem with Theo and Ryan.

"Don't worry, I won't be caught by Filch." Wade said, "Since the Hufflepuff Common Room has never been entered by people from other colleges, don't tell anyone that I have been here."

Wade didn't quite believe what the Hufflepuff students claimed, that no one from outside the Badger House had entered the common room for over a thousand years.

Rats like Peter and insects like Skeeter can easily sneak in with students, and ordinary students are unable to recognize Animagus or Disillusionment Charm.

But since the students of Badger College are proud of this, Wade does not intend to be the first person to "break the exception" and interrupt their record.

"All right……"

Seeing Wade's firm attitude, Theo had no choice but to let him do as he pleased and took two lemons from the shelf next to him and asked Wade to take them.

"Cats hate the smell of lemons. If you run into Mrs. Norris, you can use this to drive her away."

Wade took it and put it in his pocket, then pushed aside a vine that quietly dropped down to his shoulder and combed his hair, and left along the barrel door.

The only way to get in and out of Hufflepuff was to crawl, and Wade couldn't help but wonder - would he have to crawl too when Professor Sprout came to the common room?

He grabbed the edge of the barrel and felt like a groundhog sticking its head out. Just as he was about to go out, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Wade looked up and seemed to hear Theo's voice in his ears——

"It's time for Filch to come over!"

"Malfoy and Filch reported..."

"Maybe we'll run into Filch..."

"What if I run into Mrs. Norris..."

Theo, oh Theo, if you say unlucky things too much, they will come true!

Not far away, Filch was holding an oil lamp, and Mrs. Norris's eyes were as bright as light bulbs, staring at Wade.

Wade was hanging on the wine barrel, feeling a little embarrassed. After thinking about it, he decided to come out first.

"Meow~"

Mrs. Norris gave a soft cry and walked towards Wade, wagging her tail.

"Let's go, Mrs. Norris."

Filch turned around with the oil lamp in his hand and said, "There's no one here. Let's go look somewhere else."

Mrs. Norris looked back at her master, then at Wade, her big green eyes seemed to say, "Isn't this big one a human?"

But Filch had already walked several meters away. After hesitating for a moment, Mrs. Norris trotted to catch up with her master.

Wade laughed in silence.

He exerted force and crawled out of the passage, fell to the ground, stood up and brushed the dirt off his hands, turned around and saw the barrel lid rotated and closed, so that this entrance and exit became no different from the other wine barrels next to it.

Wade did not waste any more time. He walked towards the window in the corridor. After taking a few steps, he suddenly turned into a peregrine falcon, flew out of the narrow window, spread his wings and flew away.

The peregrine falcon circled over the lawn and Black Lake before flying toward the tall tower.

At this time, most areas of the castle were plunged into darkness, except for the hall where there was a magical candle that never went out, and only a few windows were still lit.

The headmaster's office, several professors' offices, and Ravenclaw and Gryffindor dormitories.

The Hufflepuff and Slytherin common rooms are hidden underground, and even when brightly lit, they are difficult to see from the outside.

Vader flew past Gryffindor Tower and finally stopped outside the window of his own dormitory.

The window was open, and the house-elf had lit the dormitory's oil lamp to guide Vader who was returning late.

Vader thought of the entrance to his college common room.

It was a wooden board at the end of the stairs, and if it hadn't been for the knocker on it, it wouldn't even have been reminiscent of a door.

Those who cannot answer the door knocker question correctly will not be able to enter the lounge.

The entrance to Hufflepuff is disguised as a very realistic wine barrel, which is said to have to be knocked in the correct order to open it.

The entrance to Slytherin was hidden in a stone wall, and the door wouldn't even appear without the correct password.