Snakes in Hogwarts

On Sunday night, Andros slipped out of the Slytherin lounge quietly.

Outside the damp Shimen, there was the darkness that could not be seen.

It's almost ten o'clock in the evening, and more than ten minutes will be the curfew at Hogwarts.

In Hogwarts, in order to prohibit those energetic little wizards from sleeping well at night, the school that has been in operation for nearly a thousand years is still implementing a curfew system.

For the junior wizards, their curfew starts at ten o'clock in the evening, because generally speaking, the latest course these wizards can take is only a weekly astronomy class.

Every Wednesday night, they and the students of the same grade from the other three colleges will bring their telescopes to the Astronomy Tower on the west side of the castle to go up to Professor Aurora Sinnista’s astronomy, which is very close to the Ravenclaw Tower. .

This is a required course for Hogwarts. I don't know why, wizards will also value the stars in the sky just like those horsemen living in the forbidden forest.

In this course, students will learn the names of stars, constellations and planets, learn their positions and movements, and understand the environment on these planets or moons.

It is even necessary to have the ability to draw astrological maps independently to get a good score in the OWL.

This course will end at nine o'clock in the evening, which means that students have one hour to return to their respective lounges after class.

If you don’t get lost, you have plenty of time.

Of course, the curfew time for students of different grades is also different. Some senior students may have other courses in the evening, and their curfew time is at 11 o'clock in the evening.

As long as there is a curfew, and you don’t go back to the lounge or come out of the lounge, it can be considered a night tour.

If discovered by Filch or the night-watching professor, he would be punished quite severely.

As for how long you want to stay in the lounge, that is your own business. As long as you don’t leave the lounge, no one will take care of you even if you stay up all night.

As long as you are not too annoying.

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"Fluorescence Flicker (Lumos)"

Accompanied by a loud spell, Andros' wand wand hair glowed with a bright cold tone.

This is the magic lighting spell, it is the simplest and most common spell, and students will learn this spell in the first grade.

However, simplicity does not mean that it can be used casually. The user needs to be quite attentive when releasing the spell, because the light source will ignite the user's wand if it is not careful.

That will cause permanent damage to the wand.

In fact, at the beginning of this semester, there were already a few unlucky people who were negligent in learning this spell and lighted their wands, and one of them even detonated his wand.

That's right, I'm talking about the Gryffindor blaster Seamus Finnigan.

I really don't know what's wrong with him, a simple fluorescent flicker in his hand can turn into a detonating charm.

He is indeed a man with his own explosive properties.

I admire you.

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Generally speaking, Slytherin students who choose to travel at night will not use magic in this dark underground corridor.

Because further down here is the potions classroom and their dean, Severus Snape's lounge. His sleep is very shallow, and a little noise may disturb the old bats living in it.

But now Andros didn't care anymore. He was going to accept the lockdown punishment for a legitimate reason, and he didn't care if he was caught by Snape.

Anyway, barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes. He has already been punished. What can Snape do to him?

Under the light of the fluorescent charm, Andros quickly found the right path, and his sense of direction was always good.

He didn't stop at all when he passed the Potions classroom and Snape's office. Even when he passed Snape's office, Andros deliberately increased the sound of footsteps.

He stomped fiercely outside the office.

Huh~huh~huh!

Put yourself in confinement and still want to sleep?

dream!

Huh~huh~huh!

The revenge of snakes is so strong.

After venting a bit, Andros quickly left the crime scene, and along the spiraling stairs, he came to the first floor foyer of the castle. The burning torch illuminated the place warmly and transparently, and it was completely different from the dark underground corridor. extreme.

Most of these torches have been spelled, and can burn for a long time like those candles in the auditorium.

"Knox."

After the light at the tip of the wand went out, Andros put away the wand and started looking for Filch's office in the hall, which he had never been there before.

Just kidding, who would go to such a place often?

Beside a few signs with lists of prohibited items in the castle, Andros quickly found a small room, outside the room hung a moldy wooden sign that read: Hogwar Administrator’s Office.

It should be here.

Taking out his pocket watch and looking at the time, Andros knocked on the closed door.

"Come in!" Filch's voice came from behind the door.

He opened the door, and then looked at the office in front of him for the first time. It was a very small and closed room, with all sorts of things filling almost every corner of the room.

In addition, there are many wooden file cabinets on the surrounding walls. A large desk is across the room, occupying almost half of the entire room. There is an oil lamp hanging from the ceiling, which is the only one in the room. light source.

There is also an oil lamp emitting a faint light on the table. It looks like an antique from the last century.

Since there is no window, a faint smell of fried fish is lingering in the air in the room. The smell should come from Filch's house cat, Mrs. Loris's ration.

Fortunately, she is not here now, and she doesn't know where she is wandering in the castle, or she might recognize herself as one of the few people who wandered at night that night.

"Don't stand stupid! Come in and close the door!" Looking at Andros standing at the door, Filch roared in a low voice. He had never had a good face to these illegal students.

"Stand up there, I warn you, don't touch anything here."

In the dim light, Filch looked more terrifying than in the day. His old criss-crossed face and a pair of violent light eyes stared at Andros viciously.

Can't you speak well?

Be sick.

Without arguing with Filch, Andros stood aside very obediently, perhaps because the Gryffindor lounge was far away from here, and Harry and Ron had not come over yet. In the dim office, only Andros and Fil Qi two people.

Seeing Filch sitting behind the desk cursing non-stop while leaning over and writing on a piece of parchment with a quill, Andros was very witty and did not choose to talk to him.

Most of the old guy wouldn't pay attention to himself anyway.

Turning his gaze around, he quickly found a different cabinet. One of the drawers was nailed with a small wooden sign written in black ink: "Confiscated items, high danger."

That famous map was brought out from here by the Weasley brothers!

However, at this time, this map should have been taken by the twin brothers.

It's really a pity.

Andros thought with regret.

But there may be a chance to steal that map in the future.

Talk about it then.

Ah~ It's really boring!

Why aren't those two guys coming!