My Wife's Name is Luna at Hogwarts

Chapter 220 Marauder's Map



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Fortunately, Snape's time teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts was short-lived, and Professor Lupine soon returned to teach.

Of course he looked as if he had been ill, his old robe was even looser, and there were dark shadows under his eyes. When the students sat down, he looked at them with a smile, but they immediately burst into accusations and talked in all directions. to complain about Snape's behavior during Professor Lupine's illness.

"That's not fair. He's just a substitute teacher. Why should he give us homework?" Ron protested loudly.

"And we don't know anything about werewolves!" Seamus also expressed his dissatisfaction.

"...Two rolls of parchment!" Harry sighed.

Lupine frowned slightly and asked in surprise, "Have you told Professor Snape that we haven't taught you that far yet?"

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So there was a lot of chatter again!

"I told him, but he said we were too far behind!" Hermione also said a little dissatisfied.

"He doesn't listen to what we say at all, he only knows about his two rolls of parchment!" Ron said angrily.

Professor Lupine looked at them with a smile, each with an indignant face. After everyone had finished making noise, he said, "Don't worry, I will talk to Snape. You don't have to write that paper."

"Oh, please don't!"

The classmates all looked over with angry faces, and Hermione said disappointedly, "But I've already finished writing!"

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So next, they had a very enjoyable class under the leadership of Professor Lu Ping.

Professor Lupine brought a glass box this time, which contained a hinkpunk. It was a small one-legged creature that looked like it was composed of wisps of smoke. It was quite fragile and did not look dangerous.

"It will lead travelers into the quagmire," Professor Lupine said, and the students took notes, "Did you notice the lantern it carried? It moved forward by jumping, and people followed his light, and then..."

Just as he was talking about Xinkpunk suddenly.Sticking to the glass wall, it made a terrible, crunching sound.

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Then the bell rang, and everyone gathered their things and headed out the door. Harry was left behind by Professor Lupin, not knowing what he said.

...... Life in the school is still peaceful, except for the heavy rain that won't stop from the beginning.

The rain continued until December, and the little wizards saw no trace of dementors on campus.It seemed that Dumbledore's anger kept them at their posts at the school gate.

Until that day, the sky suddenly cleared and turned into a bright and dazzling opal color.

The early morning covered the muddy ground with a layer of crystal white frost, and the castle was filled with a busy Christmas atmosphere.

Professor Flitwick has decorated his classroom with colorful lights that turn into real fairies and flap their wings.

The students were happily discussing plans for the Christmas vacation.Klein, Luna, Hermione and others all decided to stay at Hogwarts and spend these two weeks together.

On the last weekend before Christmas, everyone was going to Hogsmeade again. Everyone was in high spirits, but Harry was still lonely.

"We can buy all the things we need for Christmas there. My parents love Honeydukes' Buttercup Mints," Hermione said excitedly.

"The pudding has just finished..." Luna also nodded.

Ron was also eager to try it, “There’s also the Screaming Shack, I didn’t have enough of it last time.

Klein only looked on with a smile. Harry was the only student left behind. He had no choice but to borrow a broomstick encyclopedia from Wood and decided to study the different brands carefully that day, because he was the only student left behind. During the last Quidditch match, the Nimbus 2000 was frightened by the dementors and fell into the Whomping Willow. It was damaged, so he needed to buy a new one.

Now, he rides one of the school's broomsticks during team practice, an antique Shooting Star model, which is slow and a bit shaky.

On the Saturday morning when everyone went to Hogsmeade, Harry said goodbye to Klein and others, who were wrapped in cloaks and scarves, and then climbed the marble stairs alone, walked back to Gryffindor Tower, and watched the stars floating outside the window. There were snowflakes and the castle was quiet.

Until Brother George found him and gave him their carefully prepared Christmas gift, the Marauder's Map!

The two Georges pulled him and sneaked into an empty classroom. Then they mysteriously pulled out their wands and tapped the parchment. "I solemnly swear that I will not do bad things."

In an instant, under Harry's surprised gaze, thin lines of ink appeared on the parchment.Like a spider web from the tip of George's wand.The places they touched spread, connected to each other, criss-crossed, and expanded to every corner of the parchment.

Then words appeared on the top of the parchment, large green cursive letters.

Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs, gentlemen who help magical mischief-makers, present: The Marauder's Map

The map shows all the details of Hogwarts castle and grounds, but the most unusual thing is that there are many small black dots moving across the map, each with a name in tiny font.

Harry leaned over and took a closer look. A marked black spot in the upper left corner showed that Professor Dumbledore was pacing in the study; the administrator Filch's cat, Mrs. Norris, was patrolling the third floor, and Pippi, who loved to play pranks, was patrolling the third floor. The ghost is now jumping around in the prize room.

Harry's eyes glanced up and down those familiar corridors, and suddenly he discovered something new.

There are also some passages on the map that he has never walked through, many of which seem to lead to...

"Hogsmeade!" Fred said, tracing the route of a passage with his finger and explaining to him, "There are seven secret passages leading to Hogsmeade, and Filch knows these four." As he spoke, he pointed out one by one to Harry, "We believe these three, only the two of us know, but don't think about the one behind the mirror on the fifth floor.

We used it before last winter, but now it has caved in and is completely blocked.

In addition, we probably haven’t used this one since the Whomping Willow was planted right at its entrance.

The remaining one leads directly to Honeydukes' cellar, and we have used it many times.You may have noticed that the entrance is right outside this classroom, through the hunchback of the one-eyed old woman..."

George patted Harry on the shoulder and said, "Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs, thank you to them. They are really noble people who work tirelessly to help the new generation of disciplinary students."

"Okay, little Harry?" Fred said, imitating Percy in a weird voice, "Just take care of yourself."

"See you there Honeydukes." George winked at him.

They both walked out of the classroom, both smiling contentedly.

Only Harry stood there, staring at the marvelous map.If Filch really didn't know about this secret passage, then he wouldn't have to go through those dementors!

Harry traced the secret path leading to Honeydukes with his hand. Suddenly, as if he heard some instructions, he rolled up the map, stuffed it into his robe, and hurried to the door of the classroom.He opened the door a crack, but no one was outside.

Harry carefully slipped out of the classroom and hid behind the statue of the one-eyed witch...

So what to do next?

Harry took out the map again and was surprised to see a new black dot on the map, marked Harry Potter.

The black spot was standing where Harry was actually standing, halfway down the fourth floor corridor.Harry took a closer look and saw that the little black dot seemed to be hitting the witch with a small wand.

Harry quickly took out his wand and knocked on the statue, but it had no effect, so he looked at the map again. A very small bubble appeared next to his black dot, which said left and right separation.

"Separate left and right," Harry waved his wand, whispered, and tapped the stone statue.

Suddenly, the statue's hunchback opened, allowing a thinner person to slip in.Harry quickly glanced at both sides of the corridor, then put the map away again, entered the hole headfirst, and walked forward.

Then he seemed to slide down a long stretch of rock slide before falling onto the cold, wet dirt.

Harry stood up and looked around, finding darkness.So he raised his wand and said. "Fluorescence"

The wand quickly lit up, and he now saw that he was in a narrow and low dirt passage.

He raised the map, tapped it with the tip of his staff, and whispered. "The prank is over" and the picture immediately became blank.He folded the map carefully and stuffed it into his robe, his heart beating violently with excitement and fear.

Harry walked forward along the passage.The passage is winding and winding, more like a giant rabbit hole.

Harry hurried on, wand held out in front of him, stumbling now and then over the uneven ground.

It was a long journey, but Harry was supported by the thought of Honeydukes, so he persisted.

After what seemed like an hour, the passage began to rise. Harry gasped and quickened his pace. His face was hot but his feet were firm.

It wasn't until 10 minutes later that he came to the bottom of a dilapidated stone staircase that extended to an invisible place above.

Harry started to climb up, being careful not to make any noise. How many levels had he climbed?Level [-]? …

He lost count after counting. He stared at his feet, and unexpectedly, his head hit something hard.

There seems to be a trap door at the end.Harry stood there scratching his head and listening carefully.Hearing no sound from above, he slowly pushed open the trap door and peered inside.

What appears to be a cellar is filled with crates and other wooden boxes.Harry climbed up and closed the trapdoor so that he was invisible to the gray floor.

Lee slowly climbed toward the wooden stairs leading to the upper level.He could clearly hear voices now, not to mention the jingling of bells and the sound of doors opening and closing.

This was very difficult for him to do. When he was thinking about how to get out, he suddenly heard a door opening closer and someone was coming downstairs.

"Get another box of jelly slugs, honey, they've totally sold us out," came a woman's voice.

Then there was the sound of a pair of feet walking down the stairs. Harry jumped behind a large crate and waited for the footsteps to pass.

He could clearly hear the man moving the box on the opposite wall. Harry knew that this might be his only chance. He boldly and quietly slipped out of the hiding place and climbed up the stairs.

He looked back for the last time and saw only a huge back of his head and a shiny bald head...

Harry climbed to the door at the top of the stairs and slipped in. He found himself standing behind the Honeydukes counter. He ducked down, tiptoed aside, and straightened up.

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Honeydukes was just as he imagined, packed with Hogwarts students. Everyone was busy choosing their favorite desserts, and no one glanced at Harry twice.

Harry tried to avoid the crowd.Walk sideways and scan around.

Rows of shelves all around are filled with the most delicious and juicy candies, large pieces of creamy almond candy, sparkling pink coconut sorbet, honey-colored toffee, hundreds of neatly arranged Chocolate, a big bucket of Bibi's multi-flavor beans, and a big bucket of sizzling honey...

Of course there is also the kind Ron mentioned.There are sorbet balls that can make people float into the air. As for the candies against the wall, they are all "special effect" candies, such as Chuibao Super Bubble Gum, which can fill the room with bluebell-colored bubbles for several days. Not broken.

Another example is the strange and crunchy Buttercup Mint Candy, which can keep you cool all summer long, and the small, black Pepper Naughty Candy, which can make you breathe out fire.As well as ice mice, which can freeze teeth into ice cubes, toad-shaped mint ice cream, which will even really jump in your stomach, crispy feather candies made of sugar filaments, and explosive sandwich gummy candies, etc...

Harry squeezed his way through a group of sixth graders and saw a special flavor sign hanging in the far corner of the store.Klein and Luna Hermione were standing underneath, studying a plate of bloody lollipops.

Harry walked quietly behind them, preparing to scare them. He could clearly hear Hermione saying, "Oh, no, don't buy this for Harry, Rhine! Although it is new, I guess Harry will definitely You won’t want this stuff, they’re candy for vampires.”

Luna sucked on the bloody lollipop, her mouth full of blood, and grinned, "No way! Luna thinks it's delicious."

"How about these," Klein said, smiling again as he thrust a jar of cockroach candy under Hermione's nose.

"Absolutely not!" Hermione was almost smoked to death and almost threw the jar away. "Rhine, are you here to help Harry choose a gift, or are you here to tease him?"

At this time, Klein was about to pick something else, but suddenly frowned, "Harry, why are you here?"

Harry, who was making a detour behind him and was about to sneak out to scare people, froze on the spot and said in distress, "Rhine, how did you find out? I can't even hide this from you!"

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