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It has to be Professor McGonagall. Her ability to take action is much stronger than Professor Flitwick's. Otherwise, she could have become the vice-headmaster.
Next, you can only move forward if you win the game.
To be honest, Kyle was quite nervous.
He didn't play wizard chess very often. Normally, he would only play a few games with Fred or George to kill time. It was okay for entertainment, but it was not as good as comparing with real masters.
Kyle casually walked up to a black castle, reached out and touched the black stone chess piece, preparing to take its place.
"Give it a try. At worst, we can just go back the same way."
As a result, he waited for five minutes, but the chess piece didn't move at all.
Kyle walked up to the knight with some confusion... the same thing happened.
The same goes for the bishop... the pawn... the king... all of them.
He walked around until he reached the exit, but the chess pieces still didn't react.
Obviously, these are just for show, and Professor McGonagall also did not complete her level.
It was the same afterwards, all the rooms were empty.
Kyle had no choice but to return the same way and left here disappointed.
It seems that he is indeed early.
Perhaps in the eyes of Dumbledore and the professors, Fluffy alone was enough to drive away all the intruders, and there was no need to rush to complete those levels.
After leaving the fourth floor, Kyle went to the underground classroom again before returning to the Hufflepuff common room.
"Thank God, you are finally back."
Cedric had been in the lounge. When he saw Kyle come in, he immediately came over and asked curiously, "Where did you go just now?"
"The fourth floor." Kyle said, "Aren't we going there together?"
"I'm asking where you went after we ran back from the fourth floor."
"I didn't run away..." Kyle thought for a moment and said, "Actually, I saw Fluffy at Hagrid's place last year... Oh, by the way, Fluffy was the name of the three-headed dog that day."
Kyle sat down on a chair and placed a jug of pumpkin juice and a few cookies he had just brought from the kitchen on the table in front of him.
Even though it was late at night, there seemed to be just as many house-elves in the kitchen as during the day. When Kyle went in just now, they had even turned on the stove, preparing to cook a sumptuous meal.
But that would take too much time, and Kyle just wanted to fill his stomach, so he refused.
At this moment, Cedric just reacted and said in disbelief: "Wait...you just said you knew that three-headed dog?"
"Yes, I met it last year." Kyle said, "It's less than two years old now, it's still a child."
"But...why didn't you tell us just now?"
"I told you that." Kyle shrugged and said, "But you ran too fast. You disappeared the moment I turned around."
Cedric's face suddenly turned red.
When he saw the three-headed dog, his mind went blank and his first reaction was to run away. He didn't care what others said.
Kyle pushed the plate of cookies toward Cedric.
"Would you like a biscuit? It's filled with cheese. It tastes pretty good."
"OK, thanks."
Cedric also felt a little hungry, so he took a piece and put it in his mouth.
"Have you been on the fourth floor all this time?"
"Yes." Kyle nodded.
Cedric took another cookie and asked curiously, "Did you notice the trap door under the three-headed dog?"
"I saw it, but unfortunately..." Kyle sighed, "Maybe we went too early and the professors didn't have time to decorate it. Now there are just a few empty rooms."
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 159: Veritaserum Mixed in Potion
"What did you say... there's an empty room under the trapdoor?"
The next morning, when Fred and George learned about this from Kyle, their expressions were exactly the same as Cedric's.
Shock, suspicion, disbelief.
Because of the trapdoor incident, they didn't sleep well the whole night. Whenever they closed their eyes, the hideous and terrifying appearance of the three-headed dog would appear in their minds.
They were so curious about what kind of creature was worthy of being guarded by a three-headed dog.
The final exam paper?
Or the Sword of Gryffindor!
The two guessed all night long and only fell asleep for a short while when it was dawn.
Now, Kyle was telling them that there were just some empty rooms underneath the trapdoor?
Fred and George couldn't accept it.
Where's the promised adventure... Where's the promised challenge... So Dumbledore just found a place to raise dogs in the castle?
This is too perfunctory. You can't fool people like this.
"Those rooms can't be empty all the time." Kyle patted Fred on the shoulder and consoled him, "I think it's probably because the school has just started and the professors are too busy to have time to decorate them.
We can go back later, maybe around Halloween or Christmas break.”
"You're right." Fred sighed and said, "It looks like we won't have to go there for a while. We can just look for the last word of the password."
"I think we should just forget it." Cedric put down the pumpkin juice in his hand and said, "Hogwarts is so big, you may not be able to find everything even after graduation."
"Will not."
George shook his head and said, "The makers of the Marauder's Map would not hide the password clues in meaningless places."
"The first clue to the password we found was on Filch's office door...that's where only people in solitary go."
"And on the pillars of the trophy room..."
"The common rooms of the four colleges..."
"The highest tower of the castle..."
……
"In short, they are all representative or unique places." George touched his chin and said thoughtfully, "And we can vaguely feel that we are very close to the final answer, but there is still a thin layer of parchment in between."
"Really..." Cedric shrugged, not commenting.
He felt that the clue to the last password might not exist at all, or it might have been just a prank.
But Fred and George didn't believe it at all.
Soon, the messenger came.
A large flock of owls flew into the auditorium, among which six sturdy long-eared owls attracted everyone's attention.
They carried a long and thin package, crossed the dining table, and came to a Slytherin student.
The man didn't hesitate and opened the package on the spot. Inside was a brand new Nimbus 2000.
"Yes, the new broom, the Nimbus 2000, the same one used by professional Quidditch teams!"
Amid the envious gazes of a large group of young wizards, he said loudly with obvious pride on his face: "My father sent it specially to celebrate my joining the Slytherin team this year.
But I don't think that's necessary, I can beat everyone to a pulp even without the best broom in the wizarding world."
His voice was so loud that almost half of the auditorium could hear it.
Kyle turned to look at him.
do not know.
"Hey guys, look at Marcus Flint."
After being reminded by Fred, Kyle noticed that Marcus looked very unhappy, or rather, all the people on the Slytherin Quidditch team looked very unhappy.
Perhaps the name Nimbus 2000 reminded them of some bad experiences. Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at the boy who received the package with unfriendly faces, not even eating.
There was also a lot of commotion over in Gryffindor.
Neville received a memory ball, which can be regarded as a valuable alchemy item, and it is rare.
The main reason is that this thing is notoriously useless in the magic world. It only reminds you that you have forgotten something, but it doesn't show the specific situation... This is very uncomfortable.
Plus, the price of the Memory Ball was not cheap, more than a hundred Galleons, which was enough to discourage most curious wizards.
Kyle also received a package.
It was a small box the size of a palm, with a layer of kraft paper on the outside.
After the owl delivered the package, it dropped off a letter.
“As agreed before, I have delivered what you need, I hope it won’t be too late.
I wish you great success in potions.
(Your Order of Merlin has been reviewed, but you will have to wait a little longer)
—Pegasus Sassia.
Headmistress Sassia from St. Mungo's delivered the potion?
Kyle's eyes lit up.
"What is that?" Fred looked at Kyle's excitement and asked curiously, "What did you buy?"
"No, it's a potion given to me by someone else."
"Potion?"
"Well." Kyle hesitated for a moment and said, "I ran into some trouble at St. Mungo's... These potions are the compensation given to me by the headmaster of St. Mungo's."
Due to the forced intervention of the Ministry of Magic, the Daily Prophet did not mention werewolves, only saying that someone was causing trouble at St. Mungo's.
So neither Cedric, the Weasley brothers, nor Connor knew that he had encountered a werewolf face to face during the summer vacation.