Hogwarts, a Scholar Becomes a God

Chapter 18 The Secret of the Marauder's Map

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The young wizards, who had just finished the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, chatted excitedly and left the staff lounge together.

"Did you see how I took down that female ghost?" Seamus yelled.

"And that hand!" Dean said, waving his hand.

"And that big spider!"

"And my mummy!"

"I really don't understand why Professor Lupine is afraid of the crystal ball?" Lavender said thoughtfully, but did not care about it.

"This is the best Defense Against the Dark Arts class we've ever had, isn't it?" Ron said excitedly as they walked back to the classroom to get their bags.

"He is indeed a very good teacher," Clark said with rare praise, "What a pity. In fact, I really hope that I also have the opportunity to deal with that Boggart-"

"Oh, my God, Clark, I feel like you're just showing off when you say that," Ron said with a smile, "What do you think it will become in front of you? Fail the exam? Or not get a job? An assignment that only received nine out of 100 points?”

They talked animatedly, but Harry was the only one who felt unhappy.

Professor Lupine deliberately prevented him from dealing with the Boggart. Why? Could it be that because he saw himself fainting on the train, he thought he had no abilities? Did he think he would faint again?

Harry was mired in self-doubt, and Clark sensed this and patted him on the shoulder.

"What's wrong, Harry?"

"It's okay," Harry looked at the excellent Clark and shook his head subconsciously, "I just feel weird. Professor Lupin gave me five points, but I didn't do anything."

"Perhaps it's because you answered his questions correctly when the class first started." Ron said easily. "Clark and Hermione also got extra points. Okay, don't think about it. We'll go back to rest later." Go to the room and copy your homework for me..."

A group of people walked down the stairs laughing and joking.

Soon, as word of mouth spread among these little wizards, this year’s Defense Against the Dark Arts course became most people’s favorite course.

Professor Lupine's humor and affability made the little wizards both admire and be close to him.

Except for Draco Malfoy, he often secretly spoke ill of Professor Lupin with his group of Slytherin associates.

"Look what his robes have become," Malfoy said, deliberately for everyone to hear, as Professor Lupin passed by. "He's dressed like our house elf."

But no one except them cared that Professor Lupine's robes were patched and badly worn.

And his next few classes were as lively and interesting as the first class.

After learning the Boggart, they also learned the Red Hat, an ugly little thing similar to a goblin that likes to lurk in places where blood has been shed, such as castle dungeons and abandoned battlefield tunnels, waiting to be used to kill people. The rod attacks the lost.

After the red hats, they began to study kaba, a reptile that lives in the water, looks like a scaly monkey, has webbed hands, and is ready to strangle ordinary people who wade in their ponds.

Facing these strange black magic creatures, even Clark felt that he had gained a lot.

In addition, with the help of the Time Turner, several other elective courses he and Hermione had chosen were also getting better.

Whether it was arithmetic divination, ancient runes, or Muggle studies, they were able to learn with ease and received praise from several professors.

Only the Divination class, that class in the suffocating tower classroom, gave Hermione a headache.

They had to bite the bullet and decipher all kinds of strange shapes and symbols in the dull and sweet air, and they had to force themselves to ignore Professor Trelawney's mysterious words.

In addition to these lessons, after Clark's guidance, Hagrid also really became interested in the Care of Magical Creatures class.

After carefully consulting Harry and other students for their opinions, he regrouped and worked hard to overcome his unique taste. First, he led them to meet "fairies" - a very beautiful little creature.

This made the little wizards temporarily forget about the exciting first lesson.

He then led the students to get to know various strange and magical creatures such as the Ball Escape Bird, the Moon-Crazy Beast, and the Fire Ash Snake, which successfully restored his image among the students.

In this way, time came to October with a lot of study. After more than a month of study and successfully straightening out everything, Clark also began to prepare his next plan.

That evening, after dinner and returning to the common room, Clark found George and Fred.

The two were preparing an advertising and leasing plan for merchants in Hogsmeade Village. Clark was not polite and directly asked them to borrow the Marauder's Map.

As the twins' cousin, as well as their boss and partner, the two revealed their little secret to Clark when they went to Egypt during the summer vacation of their second grade.

Therefore, the Weasley twins readily agreed to Clark's request.

"We thought you would never borrow this thing." George Weasley winked at Clark.

"It looks like our sweet baby Clark is going to have an adventure." Fred exaggeratedly pulled something out of his cloak and placed it on the table.

It was a large square piece of parchment. The edges of the parchment were very worn. It looked like it had been used frequently, but there was nothing on the paper.

"It looks like just a plain old piece of parchment," said George, "but it's a treasure we risked getting disemboweled from Filch."

"We guess Filch never figured out how to use it." Fred said with a proud smile, "But this little baby has taught us more than all the teachers in the school."

"Yes, yes!" George pulled out his wand and tapped the blank parchment. "I solemnly swear that I will do no evil."

As the spell was uttered, in an instant, thin lines of ink spread like a spider web from the place where the tip of George's wand touched, as if there was an invisible pen sketching on it.

These ink lines connect, criss-cross, and extend into every corner of the parchment.

Then words appeared on the top of the parchment, which were large green characters:

Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs

From the gentlemen who help magical mischief-makers, here comes the Marauder's Map!

Guya

"How is it? It's amazing, isn't it?" Fred looked at Clark and saw a surprised expression on his face.

This is indeed very magical. Although Clark has already understood it from the original work, when he actually saw the real thing, he was still very surprised.

Because on this Marauder's Map, all the details in Hogwarts Castle and grounds are drawn.

Yes, all the details!

Even everyone living in this castle at the moment.

You can clearly see that on the map, there are many small black dots with marks, moving in the castle, and each small black dot has a name marked in very small fonts.

Clark leaned over and took a closer look in surprise. A marked black spot in the upper left corner showed that Professor Dumbledore was pacing in the study; Mrs. Norris, the administrator Filch's cat, was patrolling the third floor; Peeves, who loved to play pranks Currently jumping around the prize room.

The only troublesome thing may be that this map does not include name search credits. If you want to find someone, you have to keep your eyes wide open and search for a long time on the map.

In addition, even if Hogwarts Castle is a three-dimensional building with a complex structure, you can also use the floor symbols on the side of the map to point on it with your wand to reveal the detailed floor plan of each floor of the castle, just like using Amap is no different.

How convenient!

Clark was secretly surprised by the strength of the four troublemakers, and he also felt strange.

The content of this map is very detailed. It can also be said that because Harry's father and others were naughty and often wandered around at night, they were extremely familiar with the terrain of Hogwarts.

But it can monitor the entire Hogwarts and update the information in real time, which is a bit unreasonable.

You know, according to Clark's guess, this kind of ability is generally only possessed by the principal of Hogwarts. Even the deans of the four major colleges do not have this kind of authority.

So how does this Marauder's Map achieve this function?

And in addition, this Marauder's Map can also provide feedback to the outside world. In the original book, Snape, who confiscated this map, was severely ridiculed by the map.

This shows that this map is an alchemical item similar to the Sorting Hat, incorporating the thoughts of the creator.

From these points alone, the Marauder's Map is far beyond what a few young wizards who have not yet graduated can produce.

Clark admitted that Harry and his father were very capable, but judging from the knowledge he currently had, making such a map would require extremely advanced knowledge of Charms, Transfiguration, Ancient Magical Literature, and Names. Knowledge of magic.

These theoretical knowledge are only the basics. The most critical point is that they must be able to secretly invade the authority system of Hogwarts and obtain information about Hogwarts Castle without being discovered by Principal Dumbledore.

If Sirius and the others really had such ability, could fully grasp this knowledge, and use it flexibly to innovate, they would not be unknown and end up like this.

Unless, they are just the discoverers of the Marauder's Map, not the inventors.

Clark held the Marauder's Map in his hand and did not intend to study it further. Anyway, he would know all the details after asking Sirius Black.

"Thanks, I'll return this to you when I'm done using it." Clark stood up.

"No, just think of it as our early Christmas gift to you." George said with a smile, "We also made a lot of money selling magic cards for you last year, and we haven't had time to thank you yet."

"That's right. Although I really don't want to give it to you, since you asked, let's take it," Fred said. "After all, we all know the local routes here by heart."

"By the way, one final piece of advice for you, remember to remove traces after use -"

"-Otherwise everyone can see it." George and Fred warned in unison.

"Just tap it again with your wand and say, 'Prank Done!' and it will turn into a blank sheet of paper again."

After the two of them finished their instructions, they turned around and went back to their work, as if they had never spoken to Clark just now.

Clark smiled, put away the Marauder's Map, turned around and found Harry again, and borrowed the Invisibility Cloak from him on the pretext that he wanted to go to the library at night.

With everything in place, when it was getting late and no one was in the lounge, he got up secretly alone and passed the portrait of the Fat Lady.

The clouds are so heavy tonight that not even a trace of moonlight can be seen.

The entire Hogwarts Castle was silent. Clark walked cautiously in the dark corridors and soon reached the eighth floor.

He patrolled here for a long time, and based on his relatively clear memory, he quickly found the place described in the original work, that is, in front of the huge tapestry depicting silly Barnabas trying to teach the troll to dance ballet, opposite the tapestry. , just a section of white wall.

Clark took out the Marauder's Map again, and after confirming again that no one was around, he put away his invisibility cloak. Under the gaze of the troll drawing, he calmed down and recited silently in his mind:

"I need a room to hide stuff in."

"I need a room to hide stuff in."

"I need a room to hide stuff in."

Turn back from the window at one end of the white wall, walk to the vase as tall as one person at the other end, and then turn back.

In this way, when he turned around for the third time, magical lines and patterns gradually emerged on the white wall, which together outlined a smooth and shiny bronze door.

Clark put his hand on the brass handle and pulled the door open.

Then, what appeared in front of him was a huge, messy-looking room.

This place is really too big, higher and wider than the Great Hall of Hogwarts. You can hardly imagine that there is such a huge room like a palace just behind a wall.

Only in the magical castle of Hogwarts can such a place be found.

But at this time, this huge palace was filled with all kinds of debris. The items discarded by Hogwarts students of all generations had piled up into countless hills, leaving only a few small ones. The road is open to people.

Clark walked on the path among these debris. The bright beam of light projected from his head merged with the strange shadows around him. It made the place look like a twisted and disorderly city with high walls, but there were many There was a lot of mysterious magical atmosphere.

This is the Room of Requirement, a magical room that only appears when a person really needs it.

And one of the powers of Hogwarts that Clark wanted to find - Ravenclaw's diadem - happened to be hidden here by the former Voldemort.

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