The Legend of Harry Potter Schoolmaster

Chapter 26 The Eve of Halloween (Part 2)

After a trip to the owl shack, Jon mailed letters to the potions shops in Diagon Alley, asking if they had bicorn horns and snake skin fragments from the African tree snake, as well as the What are the prices.

It took a lot of time, and when it was getting dark, he hurried back to the castle.

As soon as I walked into the hallway in front of the auditorium, I could smell a sweet and tempting smell of roasted pumpkin.

"It smells so good!" Jon couldn't help sniffing hard.

Walking into the auditorium, it was dazzling with lanterns and candles; a thousand bats fluttered on the walls and ceiling, and another thousand swarmed like low clouds; many huge The pumpkin was carved into a lantern that could almost seat three people inside.

Just like the banquet at the beginning of the school year, the students of the four academies were densely seated on the four long tables.

"Jon, this way!" Hannah Abbott waved at him eagerly.

He hurried over and sat between her and Ernie McMillan.

"Long time no see you, Jon!"

"Yeah, long time no see."

As they greeted each other, all kinds of delicacies suddenly appeared on the golden plate in front of them.

"It is said that Professor Dumbledore has invited a skeleton band, and they will perform later!" Ernie leaned over and said while nibbling on a chicken leg.

Jon was peeling a potato when something flashed behind him, startling him.

It's a moving skeleton, at such a close distance, even the ribs and interbones can be clearly seen... It held the bass in its hands, let out a weird laugh, and walked towards the front desk.

"Wow..." The whole hall screamed.

In addition to the bass player, there are also drummers, guitarists, pianists and a vocalist. Without exception, they are not living people, but skeletons.

"Welcome!" Dumbledore stood up first and applauded.

Under his leadership, teachers and students began to applaud together.

The skeleton vocalist bowed in all four directions, and the performance began:

"Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hogwarts.

"Teach us knowledge,

"Whether we are bald old people...

The first piece they played was the Hogwarts school anthem.

...

The eager banquet lasted for more than two hours.

Skull's last tune seems to have a wonderful dynamism that gets everyone excited.

Ernie excitedly showed off at the banquet that there have been two Ministers of Magic in the history of the Macmillan family; and Hannah insisted on pulling Jon to show him the Harry Potter of Gryffindor, but it was a pity In the end it failed, and Mr. Potter was again absent from the banquet; the most outrageous was undoubtedly Zachary Rice, who said that Professor Sprout was about to appoint him as Hufflepuff's Seeker, the loud voice. The sound was loud enough to travel from the castle to Hagrid's hut...

Jon doesn't seem to be affected by the singing very much; when he first heard the singing, he did have a strong urge to show off himself, but that emotion was quickly suppressed by him...

You know, even Cedric Diggory, a top fourth-year student, was not immune to the music; he boasted that forty-six girls had secretly written him love letters from childhood to adulthood.

Is it the effect of Occlumency?

Unfortunately, Jon couldn't be sure, all the students were celebrating together, and he couldn't even see where the teachers were.

Finally, Professor Dumbledore waved his wand, and everyone in the hall recovered; the Skulls quietly left.

"It was a great night, right?" Dumbledore said with a smile. "But now, everyone may be going back to rest!"

The students started to file out...and many were blushing.

The Hufflepuff and Slytherin students were both meeting in the basement, and their crowds were mixed.

"Jon..." Astoria Greengrass squeezed in.

"What did you say after hearing that song just now?" She blushed.

Jon sees Astoria's sister Daphne behind her, glances at himself, and leaves quickly.

"Me..." Before Jon could figure out how to answer, the crowd in front stopped.

Everyone was crowded at an intersection.

"What's the matter? Let's..." Hufflepuff's prefect Gabriel Truman and Slytherin's prefect Gemma Farley began to try to get out of the crowd.

Pushing forward as far as he could, through the crowd, Jon saw something glittering on the wall ahead.

Just between the two windows, on the wall one foot above the ground... there seems to be some writing smeared there, which can be faintly seen under the burning torch.

The handwriting is bright red, and it looks a bit ferocious. The lively and chattering sound had disappeared, and all the students were quiet.

"The Chamber of Secrets has been opened... Those who are enemies of the heir, be vigilant." Gabrielle had already squeezed to the front, he read in a low voice.

"What is that? Hanging below?" A student pointed to a black shadow under the sign and shouted.

There was a puddle of water on the ground, and above the water, on the bracket of the torch, was a cat hanging upside down... Mrs. Norris, the cat of the caretaker Filch.

There are three other students, standing alone in the corridor, among the crowd and signs.

"Harry..." Hannah whispered, "and Ron, Hermione... why are you here?"

Three Gryffindor sophomores... except for Potions class, they don't usually pass by here!

...

"What happened here? What happened?" Argus Filch, the administrator of Hogwarts Castle, seemed attracted by the voice here.

Then he saw Mrs Norris, and he stumbled back a few steps, grabbing his face with his hands in horror.

"My cat! My cat! What happened to Mrs Norris?" he screamed.

At this moment, his bulging eyes caught sight of Harry.

"Potter, you!" he shrieked, his voice exceedingly miserable. "You...you killed my cat...you killed her..."

"No...I'm not...I didn't...don't talk nonsense..." Harry Potter stammered as he stepped back.

Looking at his panicked expression, Jon suspects that if a new detective comes in, he can basically hit the hammer.

"You did it..." Filch spat: "You saw that letter in my office, you know I'm a squib, so you..."

"Wait a minute, Argus!" An old but firm voice came from behind the crowd.

Albus Dumbledore arrived at the scene, along with a number of teachers.

The crowd quickly made way for them, and he walked past Harry, Ron and Hermione, unfastening Mrs Norris from the torch mount.

"Come with me, Argus." Dumbledore's voice was full of majesty and solemnity: "And you, Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, and Miss Granger."

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