harry potter book of crimes

The Weasley brothers' fireworks incident was actually not a big deal. Although it was a little fun and caused Ron to be dragged into the Forbidden Forest for a walk, it was actually a commotion of this level.

But early the next morning, the door to Hogwarts Castle did not open as usual, which made many students confused.

In the end, Professor McGonagall came down to open the door in person - there was no way, except for the gatekeeper Filch who had the door key, there was only one on the wall of the principal's office. But when everyone wanted to pay for the dereliction of duty,

When Erqi found it, he found that this guy had gone somewhere during the night, and no one found him for a while.

Without a janitor, the school naturally had to operate as usual. Under Professor McGonagall's instruction, breakfast was served in the auditorium as usual, and the students began eating as usual. As for looking for Filch, of course

Leave it all to the professors.

Fortunately, today is Sunday, and Hogwarts still has enough manpower and energy to find the squib caretaker who has disappeared inexplicably.

To be honest, it is still a bit difficult to find someone in Hogwarts Castle. Even if you have a magic item like the "Marauder's Map", you may not be able to quickly find the person you need among the dense moving writings.

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Of course, the matter of finding people has nothing to do with Maka. His recent task is to cooperate with the International Federation of Wizards personnel to complete the final preparations for the event.

At this moment, Maka had just come from the side hall, planning to eat something to fill her stomach in the auditorium, and then take advantage of this precious Sunday to go to the Ministry of Magic.

He had already heard about the fireworks incident and the missing janitor, but there was no danger in Hogwarts nowadays, so he basically didn't pay much attention to this little thing. At the moment, he was sitting down at the staff table and picked up his meal.

Xia added food to his plate, intending to soothe his empty stomach!

"...It seems that everyone is having a good time during this time?" He stuffed half a sausage into his mouth while looking down at the Shijo Dean's table, "Fred and George are really

If you can work hard, you won't forget to cause some trouble for the school after graduation."

Just as he was chewing food in his mouth and casually looking at the peaceful scene in the auditorium, the door of the auditorium was suddenly opened. And then, a person who looked like a dog...well, I mean, in a suit and leather shoes

The old man stepped inside and walked in a serious manner.

The old man had mottled black hair that was obviously hard to dye, and there were some signs of baldness, but he used what looked like a very low-quality hair oil to make his head shiny. His hair, which originally seemed to be shoulder length, was covered with hair.

He pulled it behind his head and tied it up. At first glance, it looked quite similar.

The tuxedo he was wearing was very old, and it had faded a bit because it had been washed too many times. But he still ironed it, trimmed it and put it on meticulously, without even a single thread jumping up.

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Only the bow tie on his collar was very strange. The gaudy polka dot print and the oversized model completely ruined the originally barely visible outfit. At a glance, others thought it was some kind of preparation.

Here are the Muggle actors performing comedy on stage!

However, even if his clothes changed drastically, it could not change his appearance. Everyone in the auditorium recognized the true identity of this "old man" with just one glance.

"...Filch?"

When the other party was still at the door looking into the auditorium, as if looking for someone, someone muttering first broke the strange atmosphere that suddenly fell silent. Then, the whole auditorium suddenly buzzed, and the little wizard

Everyone rushed to discuss this rare vision.

"What is this old man planning to do?"

Even Maka looked confused at the moment. Although he could tell at a glance that something was wrong with Filch's eyes, he was completely confused as to what had caused this change.

"Filch!"

There were not many professors on the staff table at this time, because several of them had been entrusted by Professor McGonagall to search the entire castle with their house elves.

But now it seems that Filch did not stay in the castle, but went out overnight. Otherwise, let alone the professors searching, even if they just let the elf take a walk, he would be able to do it very quickly.

So I got this old man back.

"Where were you last night? The responsibility given to you by Hogwarts is..." Professor McGonagall called him first, and then wanted to ask him on the spot, but soon she found that Filch's attention was not at all

Not on her side, "Filch? What's wrong with you?"

Before Professor McGonagall finished speaking, she saw Filch walking quickly towards a certain position on the Gryffindor table as if he had found a target.

It's strange not to look at the attire, but just the way he walks has a hint of reserve and calmness.

This strange feeling made the little wizards all look at him to see what he wanted to do.

However, just as Filch reached the middle of the long table with steady steps, he suddenly knelt down towards a figure sitting next to him, and then pulled out a bottle from his sleeve with a swipe.

A bright red flower.

"Oh...Beautiful Miss Lavender Brown, you are as charming and charming as this rose on the North Slope, which made me sleepless all night yesterday...Oh! I think I have fallen deeply in love with you..." He

He sent the roses forward and said loudly in his hoarse voice, "Excuse me, would you be honored to invite you to take a walk in the sea of ​​flowers on the north slope on this day when thousands of flowers are in bloom?"

"Wow--"

When it comes to the instinct to join in the fun and make noise, the little lions are no less than any other group of people. Just when Filch's confession of love, which he didn't know where he learned from, completely frightened Lavender, Gryffindor

A burst of cheers like a landslide and tsunami suddenly erupted from the long table, and soon several other students were brought along.

To be honest, no one expected that Filch would cause such a surprising show, which made the whole auditorium boil.

Of course, the one who was most shocked at this time was undoubtedly Miss Lavender Brown, one of the parties involved. Before Filch appeared, she kept looking at Ron, as if she was thinking about herself.

Why doesn’t the “little trick” work yet?

Yes, after she saw the love potion in Slughorn's Potions class that day, she immediately became interested in this magical potion. In order to get it, she even tried her best to follow Slughorn.

En's office and carefully stole the things.

But who knows, fate always likes to play tricks on those who take things for granted, and she, Lavender Brown, is one of the victims.

"……I gonna go see."

At the staff table, Maka said to Professor McGonagall, who also had his eyes widened, before standing up and walking towards the jaw-dropping "confession scene".

"Give way, give way, give way -"

He pushed aside a group of young wizards, came to Filch's side in everyone's sight, and patted him on the shoulder. Filch was still half-kneeling in front of Lavender, and he was very attractive to him.

It means not getting up if you don't agree.

"Filch? Hello——"

Maka patted him a few more times, and seeing that he didn't respond to her actions, she simply waved her hand and used a floating spell to control his clothes and lift him up.

"No, let me go...let me go! I want to invite the beautiful Miss Brown for a walk, and I want to give her the most romantic proposal in the sea of ​​flowers! I -"

"You'd better be quiet first!"

Maka waved her hand in front of his eyes, which immediately made him droop his eyelids, and the previous period of hoarse struggle also subsided. After Maka checked him for a while, he removed the floating spell and let him

He collapsed to the ground limply.

"Mysterious..." Maka was about to casually tell the source of Filch's symptoms, but after glancing at Lavender, she stopped talking, "Let's all go back to eat! There's nothing to see - Miss Brown

, go to my office after breakfast."

The previous fireworks incident wasn't a big deal, but the fact that a student used a love potion to charm an old squib is not the right time to talk about it. The alchemy competition is about to start, and everything is not going well.

You need to always pay attention to the impact.

Therefore, even if Lavender was asked to see him later, he said this very quietly, and only Lavender and Hermione, who was sitting next to him, heard it.

Soon, after Maka took the semi-conscious Filch out of the auditorium and went straight to the school hospital, the farce finally settled down for the time being. Although there were still many students in the auditorium secretly speculating about something, but

It's obviously not that easy to find the real answer.

On the other hand, if it must be said, Alexander and Enns can be regarded as the two instigators of this farce. Unfortunately, there are too many twists and turns of unexpected situations, so the two of them have nothing to do with it.

feel.

As far as they were concerned, Neville, who had eaten a piece of Love Potion chocolate, was the most important observation target. As for Filch, who accidentally swallowed a whole box of Love Potion chocolate, what did that have to do with them?

During the entire breakfast, the two of them mostly focused on Neville. They kept paying attention and were fully prepared for their next attempt at the Elixir Chocolate.

Alexander was able to confirm the effect of the Felixir last night, and Neville's luck is absolutely unparalleled. So, as long as there are no significant side effects after the effect loses, success will be around the corner.