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"Just say it's Filch." Kyle said with a smile, "He helped Umbridge torment the students last year. This can be regarded as teaching him a lesson."
The two of them followed the direction of the stairs.
There was a burst of noisy voices and the sound of chanting curses behind them... It seemed that most of them had already reacted and started using magic to drive away Peeves.
But by this time, Peeves had thrown away all the balloons and ran away.
When Kyle and Connor came to the foyer on the first floor, they happened to meet.
"It's you, boy Kyle, I didn't notice you were here just now." Peeves said happily, but then he seemed to remember something and immediately wanted to run away.
"Oh, they're coming after me..."
"Wait a minute." Kyle hurriedly stopped him and said, "It's been so long. How are you doing with the things I asked you to do?"
Peeves' translucent body suddenly froze on the spot.
After a moment, he turned around slightly stiffly, and rarely put away his smile, "Okay, you ask me to find the facially paralyzed witch who can't smile. I think she has left Hogwarts."
"Impossible." Kyle shook his head and said firmly, "Ms. Gray will not leave Hogwarts."
"But she is indeed not in the castle." Peeves said. "Even Bloody Balor was looking for her, but nothing was found. She must have run away."
Although he didn't get the answer he wanted, Kyle didn't feel too disappointed because he had expected this result early on.
"Forget it if you can't find it." He waved his hand and prepared to continue walking to the common room.
"Hey, little brat Kyle, I'm not trying to fool you." Peeves didn't know what Kyle was thinking. Seeing Kyle turning around and about to leave, he quickly explained:
"I've really been looking for her... Oh, I think she was kidnapped by the Bloody Baron and was locked in a room without a door on the second floor."
"Oh?"
Kyle stopped and turned to look at Peeves. "A room without a door on the second floor?"
If it's on the eighth floor, it should be the Room of Requirement, but if it's on the second floor...could it be that there's a similar room there?
"Ah, yes." A proud smile appeared on Peeves' face again, "No one is more familiar with this castle than me. There is such a place in Hogwarts. It is very mysterious. It contains the secrets of all the students for thousands of years. Treasure. But no one knows where."
Hearing this, Kyle had determined that Peeves was talking about the Room of Requirement. The reason why it was on the second floor must be that he had mistaken the location.
At this time, Kangna on the side suddenly asked: "But Peeves, didn't you just say that Bloody Barrow was also looking for Ms. Grey?"
At the mention of Bloody Baron, Peeves couldn't help but shudder, but still insisted: "It was all pretending by him to confuse the public.
Within half an hour, I saw the little Slytherin guy suddenly appear at the door of a storage room on the second floor, muttering something like "gone, can't be found".
"I guess it must have been Bloody Barrow who asked him to check the situation, but Ms. Gray, who doesn't know how to laugh, has already run away."
Peeves nodded firmly, "Well, that must be the case."
Regardless of whether Kyle believed it or not, he believed this statement anyway, and Bloody Baron had a motive. All ghosts knew that he was the one who killed Lady Gray of Ravenclaw. In case he wanted to reappear on a whim, Let’s take a look at the scene at that time.
Peeves looked serious, and the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
But how to put it, even if Kyle didn't know the truth, it was impossible to believe what he said.
Ms. Gray disappeared with the Ravenclaw Diadem, and there was also a part of Rowena Ravenclaw's memory in the diadem. What could the Bloody Baron do? Can he send it over?
Also, the storage room can house ghosts that can pass through walls, which is impossible without even thinking about it.
But the next second, Kyle thought of another question.
"Wait a minute, Peeves, who was the Slytherin you said you saw on the second floor?"
"Let me think about it..." Peeves touched his chin, "I remember he and Potter had an argument in the corridor. I always wanted to see them fight, but unfortunately they met McGonagall. By the way, Potter was Call him Malfoy.
"I'm telling you, that Malfoy must have gone there under the order of Bloody Barrow..."
Peeves was talking incessantly, but Kyle didn't listen to what he was saying.
Why did Malfoy suddenly go to the second floor?
Can't find...gone...
Is he looking for something? Or is there something there that he wants?
But the storage room is full of useless things, such as tables, chairs and benches that cannot be repaired, or old brooms that have been discarded. What does Malfoy want with those things?
Kyle thought about it, feeling that he had forgotten something, but for a while he couldn't remember it.
No wonder Dumbledore always keeps a pensieve in his office. After experiencing too many things, it is still necessary to sort out his memories occasionally...
"Kyle, what's wrong with you? They're coming?" Kangna's voice came to his ears, along with the noise of countless people.
When Kyle came back to his senses, he realized that Peeves had disappeared. At the same time, Slughorn ran down the stairs with several professors and students.
He ran at the front, and he didn't know whether it was because he moved too much or had too much dinner. The gorgeous violet robe on his body was tight and looked like it might burst at any time.
"Kyle, Connor...have you seen Peeves? Someone said he was coming to the hall." Slughorn said angrily, "That annoying guy, he ruined my ball!"
"He ran that way." Kyle didn't know where Peeves had gone, so he pointed in a direction.
"What, he ran back upstairs again?" Slughorn looked at Kyle's hand pointing to the library on the second floor and felt his legs weak.
The ghost can fly, but he can't. After running upstairs and downstairs several times just now, he really can't run anymore.
"Children..." He looked at the students following behind him, "I leave Peeves to you. Please help me and catch him.
"Whoever can bring Peeves here, I will reward him with a small bottle of Felixir."
Upon hearing the blessing elixir, several students' eyes turned red. They patted their chests, turned around and ran upstairs.
After being splashed with vinegary water, they were originally going to settle the score with Peeves, but now that Slughorn had offered a reward like Felixir, they had no reason not to agree.
Several people rushed upstairs in a hurry.
Slughorn leaned on the railing and took a few breaths, and couldn't help complaining:
"Armando should have listened to my advice and driven Peeves out of the castle. That ghost only made trouble, and everyone in the castle complained against him..."
"Yeah, same thing now," Kyle said.
"Kid, aren't you going to give it a try?" Slughorn looked at Kyle and said, "I think you have a good chance of catching that troublemaker and getting my reward."
He took out a small bottle with a cork from his pocket, which contained a golden elixir.
Kyle couldn't help but glance at the bottle, then shook his head and said: "Sorry, Professor, although I really want this reward, I don't know if I drank too much at the dance. I'm a little sleepy now and just want to hurry up." Go back and have a good sleep."
"When you say that, I seem to remember that you have been staying at the wine table." Slughorn patted his head, "Listen to me Kyle, although you are an adult, you still have to exercise restraint and don't drink too much. More strong wine, or you can try mead, I personally like the taste of it.”
"I will, Professor," Kyle said. After Kyle made a few perfunctory remarks, he made an excuse and left with Kang Na.
When the two returned to the Hufflepuff common room, Kyle was still thinking about Malfoy's purpose in going to the Room of Requirement.
It's obvious that he couldn't have just wandered over there, there must be some purpose...but what exactly was it?
"Kyle, thank God you are finally back. I remember you have a copy of "Transformation and Disappearance". Can you lend it to me?"
In the common room, Ryan, who was finishing his homework, saw Kyle coming in and asked quickly.
"Okay." Kyle said casually: "The book is in the cabinet in the dormitory. You can go find it yourself..."
"Wait." Kyle raised his head suddenly.
Cabinet... disappearing cabinet?
He finally remembered that in the third grade, Nearly Headless Nick had tricked Peeves into throwing a cabinet directly above his office in order to help Harry who was captured by Filch.
And that cabinet is the disappearing cabinet.
And Nearly Headless Nick also said that the Vanishing Cabinet has been placed in a storage room on the second floor.
Filch knew it was a Vanishing Cabinet and planned to use this opportunity to drive Peeves out of the school on the grounds of damaging the school's finances.
Of course Dumbledore couldn't drive Peeves away, or no one could drive Peeves out of this castle.
Later, the incident fell into disuse, as if nothing had happened.
The severely damaged disappearing cabinet was also cleaned up by the house elves.
Of course, this is the case on the surface.
The real situation is that the disappearing cabinet was actually taken away by Kyle before the house elf rushed over... What the elf threw away was just an ordinary cabinet with a transformation spell.
No one except Kyle knew about this.
……
Could it be the vanishing cabinet that Malfoy is looking for?
If so, how did he know that there was a disappearing cabinet in the storage room on the second floor? Could it be that he had been there before, but he was only in second grade at the time, so he probably wouldn't have gone to a dirty storage room.
But if not, then what is he looking for...
Kyle thought to himself as he walked to an armchair and sat down. Although Kangna didn't know what Kyle was thinking, she didn't disturb him and just sat quietly next to him.
……
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 733 A blessing in disguise? The Vanishing Cabinet found by Malfoy
"That's nice, Harry..."
In the Potions class after Halloween, Slughorn looked at the cauldron in front of Harry with a look of surprise on his face.
"The color is perfect, and the taste is impeccable. I can guarantee that even a person as irritable as a fire dragon will become calm after taking three drops of the demulcent you brewed."
"Thank you for the compliment, sir." Harry couldn't hide his excitement and asked, "So, am I qualified?"
"Qualified? Are you kidding!" Slughorn said in an exaggerated voice, "This is a perfect potion. There is no doubt that Gryffindor gets ten points!"
Harry almost jumped with excitement. This was the first time in six years that he had received extra points in Potions class. For a moment, when he looked at Slughorn, he felt that he was more pleasing to the eye.
"I've known for a long time that you must have inherited your mother's excellent talent for potions, but Severus just didn't help you discover it." Slughorn said with a smile, "Keep working hard, I look forward to your performance in the next class."
Harry nodded vigorously.
Next to her, Hermione let out a cold snort from her nostrils.
Her potion was also finished, but it was a little lighter in color than Harry's.
Originally this was not a problem, but after comparison, this insignificant shortcoming of hers was infinitely magnified.
Slughorn glanced at her cauldron without any comment, said something good and left.