Days to grind friendship at Hogwarts

"Besides coming to see Mr. Black tomorrow, do you have any other plans?"

After leaving the Shrieking Shack and returning to the castle, Qiu asked.

"No." Glenn thought for a moment, shook his head and said.

The girl smiled slightly and continued to ask: "In that case, I wonder if you are interested in having a cup of tea together?"

She boldly extended the date invitation, but out of shyness, she only asked in a vague way.

"OK!"

Glenn showed a tacit smile and nodded without hesitation. Ever since he saw his desire in the Mirror of Erised, his mentality had changed a lot.

Qiu seemed relieved and her face turned a little red.

The two of them walked all the way back to the castle, and then they let go of the hand they held all the way.

"You go back to the lounge first. I'll go to Dumbledore's place first. I'll take you to an interesting place to practice the Patronus Charm in the evening."

"Okay." Qiu didn't ask any more questions and nodded thoughtfully.

The gargoyle downstairs of the principal's office on the eighth floor allowed him to come and go freely as always. It seemed that it was a little more enthusiastic because it had not seen Glenn for a long time.

Glenn greeted it specially, then climbed up the golden spiral staircase and knocked gently on the office door.

"Please come in!"

Dumbledore's voice came from inside, and the wooden door opened automatically.

"I'm still wondering when you will wait until you come to see me."

He was looking down at his book and asked without raising his head. There seemed to be a bit of blame in his tone, blaming Glenn for taking so long to come to him after school started.

Glenn smiled sarcastically and did not answer.

"Did you discover anything new during your visit this time?"

Dumbledore put the book aside, sat up straight, and rested his fingers on his desk.

"Yes, Professor." Glenn nodded, "I met a big black dog..."

He didn't know Dumbledore's attitude towards Sirius yet, so he didn't dare to speak too directly.

"So, you have found where Sirius Black is hiding?" Dumbledore's expression did not change, and he asked like a casual chat.

"I think the person who betrayed Harry's parents might not be him, but someone else." Glenn thought for a while and said.

"I have always had such a guess, and now it seems that maybe I was right." Dumbledore nodded, "If Mr. Padfoot is really a betrayer who has endured for so many years, there is no reason to kill him.

Wormtail was captured without a fight."

Glenn nodded secretly, this statement coincided with the explanation he gave to Sirius.

Dumbledore asked again: "So, you should have had a conversation with him, right?"

Glenn did not hide any more and said calmly: "Yes, Professor. He has already told me what happened back then, including how Peter Pettigrew cheated his death and escaped. I think his logic is very complete, so I came here."

you."

"So, he escaped from Azkaban and came to Hogwarts just to capture Pettigrew?" Dumbledore asked.

"Yes, he saw Wormtail in the photo in the Daily Prophet, the article about Harry and the others taking the speed car to Hogwarts, so he decided to escape from prison." Glenn nodded, "That's right.

Ron's pet rat, Spots, is missing a finger."

"So that's it," Dumbledore said with an astonished expression. "It's a very smart choice to use the Animagus' ability to hide in the wizard's family."

"Then should we capture Peter now and rehabilitate Sirius?" Glenn asked.

"Now is not the time." Dumbledore raised his eyebrows slightly and shook his head, "We have more important things to deal with now."

Glenn tried: "You mean...the secret room?"

"That's right." Dumbledore didn't hide it. "The monsters hidden in the secret room are too dangerous to the students."

"Do you know what kind of monster it is?" Glenn continued to ask.

"Relating what happened fifty years ago, I have a guess," Dumbledore thought for a while and said, "The monster in the secret room is most likely a basilisk."

"Basilisk?!" Glenn pretended not to know anything and looked shocked.

"This is why I say that this monster is too dangerous." Dumbledore said, "The more serious problem is that I have not found the entrance to the secret room and who is the person who opened the secret room."

Glenn was slightly surprised. The plot changed so much this time that even Dumbledore didn't know who had the diary.

"Don't you even know..." Glenn looked embarrassed, "Then what are our plans next?"

Dumbledore pondered for a moment and said: "In fact, what happened this year was somewhat beyond my expectations, whether it was the Chamber of Secrets or the Dementors. According to my original idea, I planned to help Harry learn how to face himself correctly.

Fame, that’s why I invited Lockhart here.”

Glenn suddenly realized that he had always had some doubts. With Dumbledore's intelligence, it was obviously impossible to believe that Lockhart's strength was really as strong as what was written in his book.

"As for now, I don't have a clue yet." Dumbledore didn't hide it, "We have to focus on the Chamber of Secrets. I will continue to look for the entrance and the person who opened the Chamber of Secrets. You can find an opportunity to tell the story about the Basilisk.

Harry, you must ensure your own safety."

"Okay." Glenn agreed, "Then on Sirius' side, I will ask him to continue hiding and not come to the school again."

Dumbledore nodded, showing satisfaction.

...

After dinner, Glenn and Qiu left the auditorium together and went to the tapestry on the eighth floor where the troll beat Barnabas the fool.

As we all know, the most suitable place to contact the magic spell must be the Room of Requirement.

"This is a magical room that can be turned into the place you need." Glenn pointed to the wall opposite the tapestry. "You just need to concentrate and think, 'I need a place to practice the Patronus Charm', and go back and forth here.

Just walk three times and you’ll be fine.”

Qiu nodded in understanding, came to the wall, and walked back and forth three times with her eyes closed. When she returned to the same place again, a door appeared out of thin air on the wall.

Perhaps because it is specifically used to contact the Patronus Charm, the room provided by the Room of Requirement this time is different from the training ground of Dumbledore's Army.

The entire room is mainly gray and black, with weak candlelight and dim lighting. There is a thin layer of frost on the floor and walls. The temperature inside is obviously much lower than in the corridor, and bursts of coolness radiate along the door.

In the center of the room, there are several lifelike models of dementors hanging.

Glenn bowed slightly and made a "please" gesture.

"Welcome to the Room of Requirement!"