Chapter 168 Arrangement
"Marn, the seeds have sprouted. There is something big happening tonight. I look forward to meeting you and discussing it together - Sirius."
Ever since he took over Lockhart's basin, he may have become more literary and artistic because he read more books. Marn thought for a while, and guessed that the werewolf he didn't kill before was dishonest, and now it's paying off. .
Putting away the note, he said hello to Esther, who was looking at the photos of the four of them, and Hermione and Margaery, who were watching nearby, then jumped on the flying carpet and flew towards Hogsmeade.
"What's going on? He can't help it anymore?" Ma En jumped off the flying carpet, and Sirius was waiting for him next to the ugly stone house.
There were several werewolves cleaning the stone house. He pulled Ma En aside and laughed: "I asked people to do tricks on his clothes. He looked everywhere and thought no one was following him. He has been outside for the past two days. Got in touch with a guy and plans to kidnap Lockhart tonight."
"Lockhart? I thought they were coming to attack."
"Don't worry, we haven't finished yet. The purpose of kidnapping Lockhart is to cause riots. Is there a vanishing cabinet in Hogwarts?"
Ma En thought of the disappearing cabinet...
"Yes, I have…"
"They found another link to the disappearing cabinet... They plan to send people into Hogwarts when there is chaos here, try to cause some damage and leave quickly. You have to find a way to find that cabinet."
Ma En understands that a fire in the rear will definitely disturb the morale of the army, let alone a place like a school full of children, but...
"Sirius, didn't they come over to take a look first?" Ma En's face twisted into a ball, and he asked in a strange tone.
"I heard the conversation and said that I saw it, but I didn't dare to stay too long. I knew that it was in a utility room. There was a black lake outside the window. Someone discovered it by chance when they went to Bojinbok to win over him. What's wrong? There is a black lake. Is there a problem?"
Ma En sighed: "You may not believe it, but that place is my home, and this thing was broken, but I repaired it. I had always planned to find another disappearing cabinet, but accidentally it was forget…"
"Wait a minute, wait a minute... What you mean by your home..."
“Black tea house…”
Sirius took a breath and almost choked: "Then they are really unlucky... What are you going to do?"
"Let me think about it..."
Ma En rubbed his chin and thought about it for a while, but in the end he still couldn't figure out how to deal with it. It would be easy to deal with this group of people, but he was afraid that the leading troops would be killed, and the people behind him would not dare to come out...
"What do you think about me rearranging a room and moving the cabinets in?"
"Probably... no, they will always come out to check. Once the first person discovers something is wrong outside, the people behind may not come..."
"That's what I think. According to what you said, the person you found probably didn't come out of the storage room, and we didn't hear any movement. Didn't I build an artificial hot spring for Hogwarts last year? The hot spring faces the Black Lake. Build a room inside, made exactly like the storage room in my house, with the windows at the same angle, so no one is around at night..."
"It's possible, but the black tea house is floating, so the perspective must be a little different, right?"
"Hey, it's late at night and everything is dark. You can probably fool them. If it doesn't work, I'll rush to Knockturn Alley and kill them in a hurry. But then the news won't have the impact."
"Okay, then let's do this for the time being. If there is no problem, we will implement it like this. I have to make arrangements here. I will contact you if there is any situation later."
"it is good."
After everything was explained, Ma En quickly returned to the black tea house to talk. First, he asked Patrick to send a note to Professor McGonagall, asking her not to let other little wizards come to the artificial hot springs at night, and then asked the three girls to first Put the painting aside and help decorate the scene together.
It was already November, the weather was gradually getting colder, and there were fewer people coming to play. Marn went to the boys' side, and Esther went to the girls' side, drove everyone out, and came to the inner room. Construction started in the nearest direction of Black Lake.
They didn't have much spare time to find things that were exactly the same as those in the storage room and arranged them one by one. They just found a lot of useless wood and stones and the like, and used the transfiguration technique to compare them one by one and transformed them into something similar. Thanks to Esther, maybe because of her hobby, she can always remember the appearance of most of the important items in the surrounding environment at a glance, otherwise she would have to run back and forth.
The door of this newly tidied storage room was opened inside the hot spring building. Most of the doors and windows in the building were blocked. Hermione and Margaery, who helped arrange the decoration, sealed them one by one, leaving only a secret door for the four people to enter and exit. .
After cleaning up the storage room, doors and windows, Ma En arranged several surveillance spells here. Eye-shaped patterns were pulled out of thin air and hidden in every corner. The blank parchment in his hand suddenly appeared. Image, they just left here and walked back.
Returning to the black tea house, they put the parchment paper in their hands on a small wooden board and let it stand in the center of the table. The three girls dropped their horses and went back to continue painting---to be precise, one painting was watched by two.
Ma En raised his head and glanced at the bright sun outside. Not to mention late at night, it was still a few hours before nightfall. He thought for a moment and decided to go to bed first to save the four of them from being sleepy at night.
"Keep an eye on it for a while and call me if there is any sound."
"Okay." Hermione waved her hand without looking back.
After Ma En's footsteps gradually disappeared upstairs, she took out a few red drinks from the small bag she placed aside: "Do you want grape or orange flavor?"
Esther traced a small detail with his brush, raised his head and said, "Is there any pure sweetness?"
"Yes, honeydew."
"Then I'll do this."
"I just want the orange flavor." Margaery said from the side.
Hermione handed one to each of them and put the rest back into the small bag, sighing: "This time next year, I will have to drink it too..."
"Actually, it just feels uncomfortable for a while. The one that hurts the most is Margaery. Gee, it hurts just thinking about it. It will feel much better when it comes to me. When it is your turn, it will probably be the same as being beaten up." Ace Te said while adjusting the colors.
Hermione was a little hesitant: "This... won't be bruised and swollen, right?"
Esther said angrily: "Look at me and Margaery, who looks like a pig's head? Just describe it."
"Okay... I'm still curious about who you were at that time, Margaery..." Hermione tilted her head and looked at the oldest girl among the three and said slowly.
Margaery thought about it for a moment: "It's probably similar to being eaten by some monster..."
After that, he added: "Eat it one bite at a time."