Snakes in Hogwarts

Andros opened his eyes and caught the stone ceiling.

In the dimly lit room, only the candle lit on the desk not far away emits a faint fluorescence.

what time is it now?

He looked out the window with some confusion, and the dark lake water remained the same as yesterday.

This is not good in Slytherin. You can't judge the time of waking through the sky outside the window.

Andros gently lifted the silver-green silk quilt, he was very careful, because Ivar was curled up beside him, dozing comfortably, he especially liked this soft mattress.

"His~his~his~"

This guy actually snores!

I really don’t know who I learned from!

Andros thought dumbfounded.

After the reduction spell was lifted, he didn't know if it was his own illusion. He felt that this python had grown a lot more than before.

It may be because the quality of life has improved.

Without waking Ival, Andros took his wand from the bedside table, then muttered a spell in a low voice.

"Fluorescence flickers."

A faint, cold-tone silver light illuminates from the tip of Andros' rod. With this faint fluorescence, Andros found a pocket watch he had placed on the bedside table.

This was given to him by old Tom. In places like Hogwarts with a strong magical magnetic field, mechanical watches are more reliable than electronic watches.

"It's only half past five now? It's really early enough to wake up."

Andros rubbed his head, then rolled over and got out of bed, and walked barefoot to the bathroom inside.

Now that they are all awake, there is no reason to fall back to sleep.

It just so happens to go for a stroll in the castle before eating breakfast.

Perhaps it was inspired by the Muggles’ voice-activated lights. After Andros opened the wooden door of the bathroom, the chandelier inside suddenly lit up.

"Knox."

After extinguishing the wand, Andros stood in front of a mirror with a look of age, carved with wooden patterns, and carefully looked at himself in the mirror.

With a shaggy black hair, a thin body in pajamas, and those horrifying yellow vertical pupils, apart from being a traveler who knows part of the plot, these horrifying eyes are his biggest secret.

Therefore, he will only remove his disguise and show his original eyes only when he is alone.

In this place, he must not only absorb knowledge, but also protect himself.

After almost half an hour, Andros left his dormitory, neatly dressed. There were no other students in the Slytherin lounge early in the morning, only the crackling noise of the exuberant fire in the fireplace.

Andros looked at the window of the common room for a while, but he didn't see any other aquatic animals except for a few Grindillo who swam in a hurry.

It is a green monster with pointed horns, often lurking in groups of three or five in the water plants at the bottom of the lake.

This creature usually feeds on fish, but sometimes attacks people in the water.

Their fingers are very slender and powerful, and they can easily drag an adult into the bottom of the lake.

It seemed that his luck was not so good, and he didn't see the big squid inhabiting the black lake.

Forget it, go out first, anyway, there will be time later.

After checking and not pulling anything down, Andros left the empty lounge, he couldn't wait to explore the castle.

With his excellent sense of direction, he quickly found the corridor separated from the Hufflepuff students and the stairs leading to the first floor not far away.

This excellent sense of direction is more like an intuition, or some kind of magical ability, so that Andros only needs to rely on his own feeling to find the right direction in the dim, maze-like underground corridor.

He did not rush up, but walked in the direction where the Hufflepuff students left last night.

If I remember correctly, the Hogwarts kitchen is here.

As the most uncontested college of the four colleges, Hufflepuff has a unique condition. Their lounge is very close to the Hogwarts kitchen.

This allows the little badgers to never worry about being caught by the inspecting professor when they go out for food at night.

Moreover, Hufflepuff is also the academy that has the best relationship with the group of house elves, because their founder, Helga Hufflepuff, was the first wizard to take in house elves.

This kind witch from the open valley of Wales allows the elves to work in the castle kitchen to ensure their safety from abuse and abuse.

It is said that the recipe used at Hogwarts is developed by the lady and the early house elves.

This road is very different from the road leading to the Slytherin Lounge, and this difference becomes more obvious as Andros deepens.

Compared with the narrow, dim, and damp Slytherin underground corridor, there were bright torches everywhere.

This is a spacious stone corridor. The walls on both sides are covered with all kinds of pleasant pictures. Most of them are food, which makes people feel good when they see it.

The standard Hufflepuff style seems to have found the right way.

Observing the pictures on both sides all the way, Andros finally stopped in front of a huge hanging painting.

It was almost as high as a wall, on which was painted a huge silver bowl full of fruits, and in the middle of the silver bowl, there was an unremarkable emerald green pear.

It should be here.

What should I do next?

Andros stretched out his finger and gently scratched the big green pear in the picture.

"Puffy~hahahaha~"

Under Andros' somewhat unexpected gaze, the big green pear squirmed, making a chuckle, and then suddenly turned into a big emerald green handle.

I have to say that these hidden rooms or secret passages in the castle are very interesting.

Their existence has greatly enriched the students' after-school life. Some seemingly plain portraits or a hidden door may be hidden behind the wall.

Those that look like doors may be behind a solid wall.

No one dared to say that they knew Hogwarts absolutely, even Dumbledore, who was the principal, or Filch, who mastered most of the secret paths, would not dare to make this guarantee.

Perhaps, apart from the Big Four, only those ghosts who have lived in the castle for an unknown number of years will know how many secrets there are in this magical castle.

If you think about it this way, maybe you can find an opportunity to try to communicate with Barrow the Blood.

While pulling open the secret door that just appeared, Andros thought in his heart.

This is a wide basement. It is at least as large as the auditorium. There are many shiny copper pots and basins on the surrounding stone walls. There is a large brick fireplace at the other end of the room, and firewood bursts from it. The crackling sound of the shot.

In the center of the room are four long tables. They are arranged in the same way as in the auditorium, which makes it look like a replica of the auditorium.

There was another long table at the farthest point of the room, which was mostly the seat of the teacher's seat. Andros even saw the golden principal's chair exclusively for Dumbledore.

The ceiling of the basement is also high, but unlike the auditorium, it does not reflect the weather outside the castle in real time.

When Andros came in, it was very lively, almost dozens of little guys were busy at the long table.

These little guys are almost two to three feet tall, and the slender arms and legs with a big head are a bit funny.

In addition, they have two-way protruding eyes the size of a tennis ball, and a pair of big pointed ears that look like bats.

This should be the house elf, right?

When Andros came in, a house elf wearing a chef's hat and a white chef's uniform was asking loudly what.

It looks so different, because by contrast, only it is neatly dressed, and the other elves are dressed like beggars in tatters.

"Where are those pumpkin pies, are they ready?" it asked.

"Immediately, immediately!" the other elf replied with a sharp voice.

"Hurry up, it's breakfast time soon! What about those grilled pork chops and sausages?"

"It's already set!"

It looks like this should be a role similar to a chef.

"Sir! How can I help you?"

When the first house elves found Andros, it yelled with excitement, and then the group of house elves came around like fans saw a star.

"Sir! Sir! Want something to eat? Here are freshly baked apple pie."

"Would you like some meat? Sir!"

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Since ancient times, house elves have been acting as good assistants of wizards. They help wizards solve many trivial problems in life by virtue of their unique casting system.

For example, house elves can use Apparition to appear anywhere, regardless of whether there is an anti-apparition spell cast by a wizard.

Many centuries ago, the wizards of the time discovered this group of hospitable little guys. They reached an agreement at that time, and at that time, the two were a relatively equal relationship.

Around the Middle Ages, this relationship began to tilt, when wizards began to think that house elves were lowly creatures.

Because they were too obedient, the house elves began to suffer unfair treatment from some wizards, and even more extreme wizards were regarded as servants who were not allowed to have emotions and feelings.

At that time, a large number of house elves were abused to death by wizards in various ways.

And due to some kind of bondage that I don’t know about, house elves can’t resist their master’s orders. For them, “the master’s order is the highest law for house elves”

This situation has not improved much even in modern times.

Bathilda Bagshot "A History of Magic"