Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

Are wizards now so weak?

Chapter 42: The castle encountered a three-headed dog, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't defeat it

Obviously, Ryan didn't have much time to lament the decline in the wizarding world's combat power.

because...

"Hold on—we have to get out of here, Ryan."

George said seriously after seeing the sleeping three-headed dog, while Fred nodded slightly.

The twins' expressions were very serious, which made Ryan secretly admire them.

These two were well-known troublemakers and pranksters in Gryffindor, but they clearly knew how to strike the right balance.

You can be confident in your courage, but you cannot let your courage make you reckless and foolish.

You can pursue adventure, but you cannot put those around you in danger because of adventure.

"A proper Gryffindor."

Ryan sighed in his heart, and at the same time agreed with the twins' views.

Even though he had experience fighting against the three-headed dog, it was still impossible for three little wizards to defeat it - if it was Ryan from a thousand years ago, he would definitely be able to do it.

So for them now, leaving is indeed the best option.

"Walk."

So Ryan nodded decisively, and the three of them quietly opened the door and slipped out.

Fred and George walked ahead.

But when they quietly opened the door, they saw a ghost with a huge face flying across the ceiling.

That's Peeves.

Fred and George: "..."

Peeves: "..."

The twins and Peeves looked at each other in bewilderment.

Then...

"Haha! Night wandering! There's a little wizard wandering around at night—and he's been caught by the great Lord Peeves!"

Peeves laughed loudly, his shrill voice sounded extremely harsh in Hogwarts late at night!

"Damn it!"

So, Fred and George cursed inwardly in panic almost at the same time.

The reason for their panic was certainly not because they were caught by Peeves for their night outing - in fact, Peeves's screams would at most attract Filch, who would then punish them by making them clean up or reporting them to the professor for detention.

They have experienced all of this before, and it is not enough to make them panic.

The reason they are panicking right now is...

"Woo..."

They had heard movement behind them.

They turned their heads and saw six eyes that were like lights in the dark night.

And the huge monster that slowly stood up from its crouching position.

"It's broken, George."

"Indeed, Fred."

George and Fred exchanged a glance, then looked at Ryan expectantly: "Ryan, can you handle it?"

"Bullshit!"

Ryan swore, a rare occurrence.

Let an eleven-year-old wizard deal with an adult three-headed dog - any Gryffindor teacher who dared to assign him such a duel course would be torn to pieces by the remaining three founders the next day.

Even Slytherin, who was the strictest towards Ryan, suspected that Gryffindor was trying to murder his disciple.

So at this moment, Ryan just cast a few armor spells on himself and the twins while yelling, "What are you still standing there for? Run!"

......

Not long after, Ryan and the twins were walking down the corridors of Hogwarts again.

The three of them looked a little embarrassed at this time.

George had a swelling on his forehead - coincidentally, the swelling was in the opposite place from where Ryan had accidentally injured him in the Room of Requirement.

"If you hadn't gotten rid of that swelling, I bet you'd have looked like a Welsh bull."

Fred's sharp comment irritated George, who glared at Fred, whose red hair was now blown out like a bird's nest and whose wizard robes were tattered.

"If my 'Thunderbolt' spell accidentally failed and was unleashed on myself, I definitely wouldn't have the nerve to say something like that... Besides, I hit my head just trying to come back to carry you!"

He spoke loudly.

Ryan, who was standing beside them, said quietly, "Alright, everyone, stop talking... Let me be fair - you two are idiots!"

He looked at his torn wizard robes. "One of you was accidentally electrocuted by your own spell, and the other was knocked down by the eaves of the door. Perhaps I should remind you who was the one who dragged you out in the end?"

Then the twins fell silent in an instant.

The three looked at each other for a long time...

“Hahahaha!”*3

They laughed almost simultaneously.

The laughter echoed through the corridors of Hogwarts late at night, waking up countless portraits.

"The good news is, at least we escaped from a three-headed dog, right?"

"It's been a great adventure anyway!"

Fred and George ignored the voices from the surrounding portraits, such as "Can we sleep now?" and "Little wizards these days are so rude," and spoke in tacit agreement.

Ryan had no doubt that they would brag about it to their Gryffindor classmates tomorrow - they encountered a three-headed dog while strolling through the castle at night and tried their best but couldn't defeat it.

But in the end, they were brave and managed to escape successfully with their wisdom.

But Ryan knew in his heart that at least the situation of the three-headed dog was not what they thought.

The panicked Geminis might not have paid attention, but Ryan noticed something unusual when the three-headed dog stood up.

He was sure that the three-headed dog had huge chains on its body and a trapdoor under its body.

In addition, Ryan, who had fought against the three-headed dog before, could be sure.

Although the three-headed dog showed signs of attacking, it did not actually attack violently.

It did not use its most dangerous breath, and the speed and power of its claws were not strong - it could not even penetrate Ryan's armor spell.

You should know that normally, the three-headed dog is a top magical beast that can fight against the fire dragon head-on.

Ordinary armor spells would collapse instantly in front of it.

"It's not attacking, it's driving away."

"That's a guard dog."

Ryan muttered to himself and could almost guess most of the facts.

There must be something hidden in that trapdoor, and Dumbledore had hidden it there.

The three-headed dog was also raised there by Dumbledore. Perhaps Dumbledore had also instructed that it could only scare but not hurt the young wizards.

But here's the problem...

"They hid something and arranged a three-headed dog as a guard. It must be something very precious. If that's the case, why did Dumbledore deliberately mention that room at the start-of-term dinner?"

Ryan asked himself the question.

"Yes, of course, the answer is obvious—he's luring someone there... But who could it be?"

Thinking of this, Ryan was at a loss.

He had to admit that the current Hogwarts headmaster's behavior was a little hard to predict.

But at this time, the twins obviously did not have as many thoughts as Ryan.

"And another piece of good news—at least we didn't get caught by Filch!"

George said with a playful smile.

"It really is."

Speaking of this, Fred was also a little surprised.

"How strange! Peeves and that three-headed dog have been arguing for so long, he should have shown up a long time ago... Oh, where's Peeves?"

He gnashed his teeth, obviously extremely angry at Peeves, the culprit of tonight's trouble.

"I don't know—maybe he ran away?"

George guessed, also gnashing with hatred: "He almost got us eaten by the three-headed dog... and almost ruined our plan to wander around at night without getting caught by Filch for a year!"

The twins said in unison: "This matter is not over yet!"

After seeing this scene, Ryan also shook his head.

He also felt it was a pity.

During this time, he also heard about the special features of the ghost Peeves.

It was very old and was said to have existed since the founding of Hogwarts - of course, Ryan was sure this was a rumor.

Because at least when he and the Big Four built Hogwarts, there was no Peeves in the castle.

Peeves is a very annoying ghost who loves to play pranks.

But Peeves is obviously very special - it does not look like a real creature at all, and as a ghost, it can even affect real objects!

As far as Ryan knew, even among the students currently attending Hogwarts, many had their quills or textbooks stolen by Peeves.