Chapter 369 is darker
“Filch, have you done it?”
Hearing footsteps behind him, Albert turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound. Seeing that Fred and George had returned to the secret passage, he asked them if they had successfully dragged Filch to other floors.
“Done!” Fred raised his hand to make an OK gesture and grinned maliciously.
"Someone threw a few dung bombs into the corridor on the west side of the second floor, and someone smeared frog brains on the wall." George explained for his brother, "That guy Filch was cursing while cleaning up the walls. stains.
"You are sure that when you say 'someone' you don't mean you two." Lee Jordan joked with Fred and George with a smile. He felt that these two guys did good things, and the twins caused Filch a lot of trouble.
The dung bombs were thrown by Fred and George.
According to Albert's original plan, Fred and George needed to throw a few dung bombs into the corridor to attract Filch's attention and prevent them from breaking into the forbidden corridor on the fourth floor. Members suddenly jumped out to cause trouble for them.
“I swear, it wasn’t us.” Fred was unhappy, as if Lee Jordan doubted their character.
"You can't slander us." George said seriously: "Well, actually we did want to do that, but someone beat us to it."
Lee Jordan suddenly didn’t want to talk to them.
"Hurry up and go in and see what's in the restricted area of the corridor. God knows when Filch will come over." Fred didn't want to talk about the topic just now.
"Is there anyone near the off-limits corridor on the fourth floor?" George looked at Albert, who was holding the Marauder's Map and had been silent.
"There are people, and there are quite a few. When you see someone diverting Filch's attention, you should think that someone wants to go inside." Albert stuffed the Marauder's Map into his pocket, "Many people We are all curious about what is in the off-limits corridor on the fourth floor."
“Then what should we do?” All three of them looked at Albert, ready to let him make up his mind.
"What should we do? Of course we go in with the others. We can't sneak away when the time comes." Albert walked out of the secret passage and asked the three people behind him to follow him. The four of them headed towards the restricted area of the corridor on the fourth floor.
On the way, they also met Professor Quirrell. This Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was probably also looking for a way to get past the three-headed dog Luwei.
However, Albert did not see Tom Riddle's name on the Marauder's Map. Apparently Voldemort's half-dead condition was not displayed on the Marauder's Map.
This matter was confirmed through the Marauder's Map as early as the second day after Albert entered school.
It's a good thing it wasn't shown, otherwise Fred and George would definitely notice it, and God knows what they would think!
Is it possible that Professor Quirrell carries a pet named Tom Riddle with him?
Why do we say pets?
There is already a cat named Tom in their dormitory.
Of course, even if Voldemort appears in Hogwarts, Voldemort will not be shown directly on the Marauder's Map, but Tom Riddle.
Albert did not use the Disillusionment Curse on everyone. He knew that Professor Quirrell was watching here. It would be weirder to hide and be discovered. It would be better to pretend to be...well, in fact, the four of them are indeed curious students. .
Quirrell did know that many students broke into the off-limits corridor on the fourth floor, but he had no intention of stopping them. He had checked the first level to protect the Magic Stone on the first day.
As for the big three-headed dog, Quirrell has not yet determined who raised it.
In Hogwarts School, apart from Professor Silvanos Kettlebo in the Care of Magical Creatures class who has the ability to tame that big guy, only the big guy Hagrid from the hunting ground can possibly tame it.
As soon as Albert got close to Professor Quirrell, he could smell the strange smell on the other person's body.
He felt that the smell was probably due to Voldemort possessing Quirrell.
After Professor Quirrell walked away, Fred whispered: "Have you noticed that the big scarf on Professor Quirrell's head emits a strange smell?"
Last time, the classroom was full of garlic smell, and everyone didn't notice it, but this time it was different. The smell from that scarf was really strong.
“Perhaps, the scarf is stuffed with garlic.” George said without thinking: “Why don’t we try to sell the garlic cross to Professor Quirrell?”
“That’s a good idea,” Fred agreed.
Albert’s mouth twitched.
Everyone said that in order to drive away a vampire he met in Romania, Professor Quirrell was afraid that the vampire would come back to trouble him, so he made himself smell weird so that he could be on guard against vampires at any time.
This matter is probably false, it is the excuse Quirrell made for himself.
As for how to deal with Voldemort, isn’t there still a savior, Harry Potter?
If necessary, Albert could inadvertently give Potter a small hint to let the passionate savior rush forward.
When the four of them sneaked over, they found that someone was already sneaking around. There was no doubt that these people were looking for an opportunity to pass through the door quickly.
“I think Professor Quirrell must know what they want to do!” Fred pointed at the people in front and couldn’t help but complain.
There is no way, it is too obvious, and the flaw can be seen at a glance.
"Professor Quirrell didn't stop them." Lee Jordan looked at Albert in confusion.
“Actually, Principal Dumbledore doesn’t care too much about other people entering the so-called restricted area, otherwise he will use a more powerful protection spell on the door, and then no student will be able to open the door.”
"you're right!"
"You also have to explore the forbidden corridor," Albert walked to Truman's side, reached out and patted his shoulder.
“Alas! It turned out to be Albert, I was shocked!” Truman turned around and saw Albert, and couldn’t help but breathed a sigh of relief.
"This is not okay!" Albert joked: "You, a Hufflepuff prefect, actually plan to take the lead in violating school rules yourself."
“Didn’t you come yourself?” Truman smiled and looked at the door and said to Albert: “Everyone is curious about what is in the restricted area. Someone has already entered.”
"I heard that Filch was furious on the second floor. What 'good thing' did you do?"
"You senior Gryffindor students threw it, and I saw it at the time." Truman felt a little guilty when he said this, because he had tricked Peeves into making the graffiti out of the frog's brain.
Of course, Truman would not tell others about it and pretend that he knew nothing.
He counted the number of people and said to Albert: "With so many people, it is easy to be discovered if we go in together."
"As long as Filch is no longer here, the professors at the school basically don't care about it, otherwise how do you think they would open that door."
Albert began to greet Fred and others into the restricted area of the corridor.
(End of this chapter)