The Big Boss Behind Hogwarts

Moriarty walked around a corner and saw Peeves, "Lately, Mr. Moriarty." Peeves opened his mouth.

"If you still want to ask me the question from last year, then I can tell you that I don't know." Moriarty said flatly, he was not in the mood to play dumb with Peeves right now.

"Why do you all look so serious!" Peeves seemed to be complaining, but also seemed to be very regretful: "Every day, I am boringly asking questions and solving problems dryly, just like completing tasks. You often say that life is a journey, but is traveling just taking pictures and checking in? You also say that life is like a play, but wearing a mask and acting is a lifetime, and you can’t take it off until you die.”

A strange light flashed across Moriarty's eyes: "Your wisdom amazes me, Peeves. You have aroused my curiosity, who are you? Or, what kind of existence are you. "

"Perfect question, Mr. Moriarty." Peeves' voice was very magnetic, as if the regret just now didn't exist, "I think, when you really figure out this question, you can realize the true meaning of the question." graduated from this school.

Of course, it's not the right time to say this now, I know you're confused, and I'm here to help you. "

"Help?" Moriarty folded his arms and put on an attitude of listening attentively. "Please, Mr. Peeves."

"Nicole May is not the only master alchemist in this world. They may not be wizards or human beings, or they may have died or disappeared." Peeves said, "And I happen to know one of them, and it is here. in the castle, but I'm not sure you'll be able to find it."

"It?" Moriarty wondered who Peeves was talking about, the mural? armor? ghost?

Peeves floated around Moriarty, and his voice lingered in Moriarty's ears: "Didn't the head professor tell you? You used to speak Parseltongue, mobilizing the murals, armor, and stone piers in the castle." Guarding the castle, there is a portrait on the mural that did not follow the other portraits guarding the castle..."

"The portrait of the Headless Horseman!" Moriarty picked up Peeves' words, "Dumbledore told me about it, why, you said it was a master alchemist?"

"It's a knight!—at least that's what it says." Peeves muttered, "I can't see through it, you know? Once I passed Merlin's portrait and saw it casting a spell on a tree." , that should be alchemy, yes, yes, it is alchemy!"

Peeves' voice suddenly increased, as if to convince himself, the corners of Moriarty's mouth twitched slightly, a feeling of unreliability surged in his heart, but he said calmly: "Okay, Peeves I'm going to talk to him, sir, so where do I find it?"

"Who knows, it doesn't have its own portrait, it's always wandering among the murals of other portraits." Peeves said frivolously, he seemed to want to leave, and slowly moved away from Moriarty: "Goodbye, Moriah Mr. Tee, I hope you can figure out that problem when I meet you next time."

Moriarty watched Peeves leave, and Lilith came behind him: "Lord Barrow is gone too, he told me that Jericho might be in the library, where are we going now?"

"Go to the library and find Jericho. The kid must be exhausted. I have to let him sleep peacefully." Moriarty didn't look for the Headless Horseman immediately, and took Lilith to the library.

The library was empty, and if Jericho had been in there, there was no way Mrs. Pince wouldn't have kicked him out, so Jericho must have used the Disillusionment Charm.

"Hurry up and reveal yourself!" Moriarty chanted a revealing spell, and sure enough, they saw Jericho in the restricted area. He was curled up on the ground and fell asleep with a few books in his arms.

""Origin of Alchemy", "Guide to Alchemy Formulas"," Lilith read the words on the book cover, and said with a smack of her tongue: "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe that Jericho used the Imperius Curse. I will read such purely academic books."

Moriarty lifted Jericho up with a Levitation Charm, and although the movement was gentle, Jericho was awakened. He rolled down from mid-air and blinked excitedly: "Sir, are you out? I mean, too Alright! I've found some alchemy materials for you, but I don't recommend you to read it now. After all, even Nicolas needs to rest. He can't develop it overnight, so you don't need to worry— — I mean, we've got plenty of time..."

He said a lot, and Moriarty felt the real emotion from the words, he patted Jericho on the shoulder with a smile: "You're right, we have enough time for a...expedition?

Hogwarts is not perfect without a night tour. Can we challenge Filch's new equipment? The kerosene lamp and new boots that Professor Nicol made for Filch, ahah, Lilith had a hard time with that!

Lilith? "

Moriarty suddenly realized that Lilith was gone. He looked behind the other bookshelves, and Lilith tiptoed into the last row of bookshelves.

"Moriarty, come here!" she called softly, her emotions fluctuating slightly.

When Moriarty and Jericho walked over and understood, Gemma Farley fell asleep lying on top of several big books, all of which were profound magic books about alchemy.

"Why didn't you assign her a task?" Lilith said to Moriarty with some dissatisfaction, as if she was aggrieved for Gemma: "She must feel that you didn't take her seriously, and she felt very wronged, but she I’d still like to help you look up information.”

Moriarty silently pulled out the sherwood wand, conjured up a small bed, and placed Gemma on it—this time period was obviously not suitable for taking her back to the dormitory.

After doing all this, Moriarty walked out of the library, followed by Lilith and Jericho.

"Let's go find the Headless Horseman." Moriarty finally made up his mind. Everyone was working hard for him, and he couldn't turn a blind eye.

Even if the Dullahan is an illusory thing, even if the Dullahan does not know alchemy at all, the first condition is to find it first.

Of course, Moriarty did not let go of his guard. He told Lilith and Jericho to tell him as soon as they found any traces of the Headless Horseman.

After returning to the castle, the three agreed to find it from the murals on the first floor. After searching, they found nothing.

It was three o'clock when the three of them reunited, and the whole castle fell into a deep sleep, but the trio's spirits doubled.

Lilith pointed out sharply: "Moriarty, I think it's time to read the spell that Salazar left you to command the castle. It's as if the Headless Horseman doesn't exist at all. All the portraits don't mention it at all. !"

"Are you crazy?" Jericho said exaggeratedly: "Now? Three o'clock in the morning? Chanting a spell? Awakening all the teachers and students in the school and then letting the teacher deduct our college points and put us in confinement?"

"No, no, you can't chant spells." Moriarty shook his head and looked at Lilith: "Believe me, this is not something that can be solved by spells. Peeves said that the headless horseman was wandering in the murals, and we found All over the murals, it shows that it is hiding in a place that will not be noticed by us."

"Where are the places that won't be noticed by us?" Lilith pondered: "We have searched for the auditorium hall, the basement, the Slytherin dungeon, every floor, including the tower."

"I also went into the common room of Gryffindor." Jericho explained with a smirk why he knew the password: "I went to the bathroom at noon, and I happened to hear the twin brothers talking about the password there. Dare to say, if it weren't for the betting incident, they would have turned the school upside down."

"I answered the logical questions posed by the eagle-shaped bronze door knocker, which let me into the Ravenclaw common room despite its disapproval of my late-night visit." trail."

"Very good, it seems that we ruled out all the locations!" Lilith felt that Peeves had lied to Moriarty, and said angrily, "Then, where will the Headless Horseman be?"

"If it existed, where would he be hiding?" Jericho felt that Peeves was telling the truth.

Their conversation reminded Moriarty, his eyes lit up: "There is only one place in the whole castle that we didn't check, the principal's office!"

"The principal's office?" Jericho's voice was trembling, and he felt his heart was about to jump out: "We? Sneaked into the office of the most powerful wizard in the world! Just tonight? Are you sure, sir?"

Moriarty didn't answer right away, but his burning eyes said everything, Lilith tugged at the bangs on her forehead: "Oh no, what the hell, are we going to the principal's office for a headless horseman who might not exist? ——Listen, what's the name? Are you sure it wasn't made up by Peeves casually to scare the little wizard of the night tour?"

Her tone was a bit like that of Professor McGonagall, but she completely forgot that she was only a second-year student. She looked at Moriarty: "Seriously, why do we have to look for it? You know we have violated More than a dozen school rules, and how do you know that Headmaster Dumbledore is not in the office?"

"I don't know now, but I can know." Moriarty walked towards the eighth floor, he walked fast, Lilith and Jericho had to trot behind.

When they reached the entrance to the eighth floor, Moriarty whispered to the gargoyle, "Paro? Paro!"

The stone beast woke up from sleep and seemed very angry, but it became gentle when it saw Moriarty: "Oh Mr. Moriarty? Your eternally loyal Paro..."

"Paro, is Dumbledore in there?" Moriarty interrupted Paro's tribute and asked directly.

"Hmm..." Paro pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head: "Although I can't disclose the principal's whereabouts, since it was Mr. Moriarty who asked, it doesn't matter if I say it. Mr. Principal is not inside, according to the portraits of the principals of all generations. , Mr. Headmaster went to Hogsmeade."

"Okay, Paro, open the door for us." Moriarty nodded to Jericho and Lilith, their expressions relaxed.

However, Paro refused: "I'm sorry sir, no one can enter without a password."

"Then, please tell me the password!"

"Good sir, the password is 'Raspberry Jam'! Your most loyal Paro is always at your service."

"Raspberry jam." Moriarty called out the password, and Paro jumped aside. The wall behind it split in two, allowing the three of Moriarty to pass through a slowly moving upward spiral staircase hidden behind. Enter the principal's office.

"What an old man with a sweet tooth," Lilith murmured, "Next time I don't know the password, I'll give the name of all the sweets a try. I guarantee that it won't be long before I can enter the office in a dignified way."

"That's a good idea," Jericho imitated Lilith's tone with a smile: "Why didn't I think of it before? By the way, you didn't notice your tone? Miss, you are a Slytherin! Damn it, you Violated more than ten school rules!"

Moriarty ignored their complaints. He opened the door and saw the mural of Phineas Nigellus Blake the moment he stepped into the office. Of course, Principal Blake was not in the mural, perhaps because he went to the grid. No. 12 in Limo Square, who cares about him.

But there is a glint of silver on the mural, the reflection of a pair of armor.

Good afternoon, everyone, I’m in another city, the update is late but it’s here