Chapter 732 Peeves and the Vanishing Cabinet

In the magical world, many wizards like to hold various dances, especially those ancient pure-blood families, which hold them two or three times a year. For example, birthday dances and Christmas dances have become a fixed event, but the focus of most dances has never been on dancing.

This time was no exception. The music in the office never stopped, but there were very few people dancing.

Most of them just circle around twice symbolically, and then start chatting with the people around them with a glass of wine.

It has to be said that Professor Slughorn has a wide network of contacts and has invited many famous people over.

In addition to the well-known writer Walple and the vampire Bloody, whom Kyle had met before, there was also professional Quidditch player and current Chaser of the Montrose Magpies, Buwell Hodder, a reporter from the Daily Prophet. Rita Skeeter, but another wizard.

According to Slughorn, he has done most of the interviews with the Director of the Ministry of Magic and above.

Kyle also saw the owner of Honeydukes Candy Shop...yes, there is a signed photo of him in Slughorn's residence. The school is so close to Hogsmeade, there is no reason not to invite him over.

Even so, Slughorn still seemed to feel that it was not lively enough. According to him, Halloween was just a simple gathering, and Christmas was the highlight. He also told Kyle and Connor not to miss it.

But they have completely different views on it.

The two found an excuse to get away from Slughorn and came to the beverage area where there were relatively few people.

But Kyle came here just to hide and not drink anything on the table.

Ever since he learned that someone in school had bought a love potion, he was not going to touch anything of unknown origin again.

"Kyle, I didn't expect you to come too."

A few minutes later, Harry, who finally got rid of Worple's entanglement, arrived. He must have said a lot, and he directly picked up a glass of butterbeer and drank it in a gulp.

Kyle observed it for a moment and was disappointed to find that it was just a normal butterbeer.

"How do you feel?" he asked.

"What..." Harry didn't react for a moment, thinking that Kyle was talking about this dance. He immediately shook his head and said, "It's too bad. I can't believe Hermione can insist on coming every time."

"Maybe she's used to it." Kyle followed his words and said, "Why didn't you find an excuse to reject him?"

Harry, like them, had been making excuses, such as Quidditch practice, for not wanting to attend Slughorn's dinner party.

As the captain, he could arrange the training time during the dinner party, but he also avoided it many times.

"I'm here with Ron. He really wants to see the ball." Harry said.

"Can you invite boys to the prom?"

"Yeah." Harry nodded, "I just wanted to try it, but Professor Slughorn didn't object.

"Oh, by the way, have you seen Ron? I've been looking for him."

"No," Kyle said, "You can go look across the room."

"Okay," Harry said, grabbing his Butterbeer mug and walking across the dance floor.

Some time later, Kyle met the drunk Professor Sybill Trelawney again.

As one of the professors at Hogwarts and a descendant of the famous seer Cassandra Trelawney, she is somewhat well-known.

Slughorn supposedly said there was free sherry at the ball, and then she came over.

And Luna, who was discussing with Neville whether Scrimgeour was a hidden vampire and his secret plot to manipulate the Aurors and use the Gum Disease Curse to bring down the Ministry of Magic from within.

Neville looked shocked, but Kyle couldn't help laughing and almost snorted the mead.

"The Swelling Gum Curse can be developed. I think it is more effective than a lock tongue to seal the throat." Kyle said with a smile.

As for Scrimgeour's identity as a vampire, this is even more nonsense. If he were a vampire, the huge looking glass in the Auror's office would have been ringing long ago.

No other employees of the Ministry of Magic have complained about him for disturbing the public, which is enough to prove Scrimgeour's identity.

I have to say that some of Mr. Lovegood's remarks are quite interesting, and he always brings up some points that others would never think of.

If you don't consider the logic and just look at the fun, "The Quibbler" is indeed a good magazine.

Kyle decided to order a copy when he went back so that he could take it out and have fun when he got bored.

After Luna and Neville left, the dance began to become boring again, until there were ten minutes left before curfew...

Kyle originally thought that the dance was over, but Peeves suddenly broke in from outside.

He flew on the ceiling, holding a handful of water-filled balloons in his hand, and launched an indiscriminate attack on the students below who had not yet reacted.

For a moment, it felt like it was raining in the whole office.

There was chaos in the room as everyone screamed and dodged water balloons falling from the sky.

"Ha, I always felt like something was missing. It's okay now." Kyle said with a smile: "After all, how could such a lively place be missing Peeves?"

With a slight movement of his fingers, he threw a flying water ball somewhere else.

"But Professor Slughorn is still here. Didn't Peeves never dare to mess with the professor?"

"He just doesn't dare to provoke the four deans. The other professors are just giving him face." Kyle said, "But he may not be in a good mood tonight.

"Remember what the Fat Friar said at the dinner party? Peeves got mad because he didn't have his pumpkin statue, and went on a rampage upstairs destroying the armor.

"I guess that's why he wanted to come to the dance to cause trouble."

Kyle pushed away a water balloon again, then pulled Connor and ran towards the door.

While most people haven't reacted yet, it's better to leave as soon as possible, lest everyone swarm up later and block the door again.

Soon, the two came to the corridor outside.

Kangna raised her arms and smelled her sleeves, frowning and said, "I just wanted to say, did you smell a sour smell?"

"It's vinegar." Kyle lowered his voice and said, "Actually, this is what I told Peeves. Adding a little vinegar to the water will make it more lethal."

Kangna looked at Kyle with disgust.

"Don't look at me like that, it happened a long time ago." Kyle shrugged, "At that time, I asked him to help find a ghost, and this idea was considered as reward.

"After all, freshmen often make mistakes when knocking on wooden barrels. It's a pity that the vinegar sprayed out is wasted like this..."

"Anyone who's ever had a water balloon thrown at you by Peeves will hate you."

"Just say it's Filch." Kyle said with a smile, "He helped Umbridge torment the students last year. This can be regarded as teaching him a lesson."

The two of them followed the direction of the stairs.

There was a burst of noisy voices and the sound of chanting curses behind them... It seemed that most of them had already reacted and started using magic to drive away Peeves.

But by this time, Peeves had thrown away all the balloons and ran away.

When Kyle and Connor came to the foyer on the first floor, they happened to meet.

"It's you, boy Kyle, I didn't notice you were there just now." Peeves said happily, but then he seemed to remember something and wanted to run away.

"Oh, they're coming after me..."

"Wait a minute." Kyle hurriedly stopped him and said, "It's been so long. How are you doing with the things I asked you to do?"

Peeves' translucent body suddenly froze on the spot.

After a moment, he turned around slightly stiffly, and rarely put away his smile, "Okay, you ask me to find the facially paralyzed witch who can't smile. I think she has left Hogwarts."

"Impossible." Kyle shook his head and said firmly, "Ms. Gray will not leave Hogwarts."

"But she is indeed not in the castle." Peeves said. "Even Bloody Balor was looking for her, but nothing was found. She must have run away."

Although he didn't get the answer he wanted, Kyle didn't feel too disappointed because he had expected this result early on.

"Forget it if you can't find it." He waved his hand and prepared to continue walking to the common room.

"Hey, little devil Kyle, I'm not trying to deal with you." Peeves didn't know what Kyle was thinking. When he saw him turning around and leaving, he quickly explained:

"I've really been looking for her... Oh, I think she was kidnapped by Bloody Barro and locked in a doorless room on the second floor."

"oh?"

Kyle stopped and turned to look at Peeves. "A room without a door on the second floor?"

If it's on the eighth floor, it should be the Room of Requirement, but if it's on the second floor...could it be that there's a similar room there?

"Ah, yes." A proud smile appeared on Peeves' face again, "No one is more familiar with this castle than me. There is such a place in Hogwarts. It is very mysterious. It contains the secrets of all the students for thousands of years. Treasure. But no one knows where.”

Hearing this, Kyle had determined that Peeves was talking about the Room of Requirement. The reason why it was on the second floor must be that he had mistaken the location.

At this time, Kangna on the side suddenly asked: "But Peeves, didn't you just say that Bloody Barrow was also looking for Ms. Grey?"

At the mention of Bloody Baron, Peeves couldn't help but shudder, but still insisted: "It was all pretending by him to confuse the public.

Within half an hour, I saw the little Slytherin guy suddenly appear at the door of a storage room on the second floor, muttering something like "gone, can't be found".

"I guess it must have been Bloody Barrow who asked him to check the situation, but Ms. Gray, who doesn't know how to laugh, has already run away."

Peeves nodded firmly, "Well, that must be the case."

Regardless of whether Kyle believed it or not, he believed this statement anyway, and Bloody Baron had a motive. All ghosts knew that he was the one who killed Lady Gray of Ravenclaw. In case he wanted to reappear on a whim, Let’s take a look at the scene at that time.

Peeves looked serious, and the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

But how to put it, even if Kyle didn't know the truth, it was impossible to believe what he said.

Ms. Gray disappeared with the Ravenclaw Diadem, and there was also a part of Rowena Ravenclaw's memory in the diadem. What could the Bloody Baron do? Can he send it over?

Also, the storage room can house ghosts that can pass through walls, which is impossible without even thinking about it.

But the next second, Kyle thought of another question.

"Wait a minute, Peeves, who was the Slytherin you said you saw on the second floor?"

"Let me think about it..." Peeves touched his chin, "I remember he and Potter had an argument in the corridor. I always wanted to see them fight, but unfortunately they met McGonagall. By the way, Potter was Call him Malfoy.

"I tell you, that Malfoy must be! I went there under the order of Bloody Barrow..."

Peeves was talking incessantly, but Kyle didn't listen to what he was saying.

Why did Malfoy suddenly go to the second floor?

Can't find...gone...

Is he looking for something? Or is there something there that he wants?

But the storage room is full of useless things, such as tables, chairs and benches that cannot be repaired, or old brooms that have been discarded. What does Malfoy want with those things?

Kyle thought about it, feeling that he had forgotten something, but for a while he couldn't remember it.

No wonder Dumbledore always keeps a pensieve in his office. After experiencing too many things, it is still necessary to sort out his memories occasionally...

"Kyle, what's wrong with you? They're coming?" Kangna's voice came to his ears, as well as the noise of countless people.

When Kyle came back to his senses, he realized that Peeves had disappeared. At the same time, Slughorn ran down the stairs with several professors and students.

He ran at the front, and he didn't know whether it was because he moved too much or had too much dinner. The gorgeous violet robe on his body was tight and looked like it might burst at any time.

"Kyle, Connor...have you seen Peeves? Someone said he was coming to the hall." Slughorn said angrily, "That annoying guy, he ruined my ball!"

"He ran that way." Kyle didn't know where Peeves had gone, so he pointed in a direction.

"What, he ran back upstairs again?" Slughorn looked at Kyle's hand pointing to the library on the second floor and felt his legs weak.

The ghost can fly, but he can't. After running upstairs and downstairs several times just now, he really can't run anymore.

"Children..." He looked at the students following behind him, "I leave Peeves to you. Please help me and catch him.

"Whoever can bring Peeves here, I will reward him with a small bottle of Felixir."

Upon hearing the blessing elixir, several students' eyes turned red. They patted their chests, turned around and ran upstairs.

After being splashed with vinegary water, they were originally going to settle the score with Peeves, but now that Slughorn had offered a reward like Felixir, they had no reason not to agree.

Several people rushed upstairs in a hurry.

Slughorn leaned on the railing and took a few breaths, and couldn't help complaining:

"Armando should have listened to my advice and driven Peeves out of the castle. That ghost only made trouble, and everyone in the castle complained against him..."

"Yeah, same thing now," Kyle said.

"Kid, aren't you going to give it a try?" Slughorn looked at Kyle and said, "I think you have a good chance of catching that troublemaker and getting my reward."

He took out a small bottle with a cork from his pocket, which contained a golden elixir.

Kyle couldn't help but glance at the bottle, then shook his head and said: "Sorry, Professor, although I really want this reward, I don't know if I drank too much at the dance. I'm a little sleepy now and just want to hurry up." Go back and have a good sleep.”

"When you say that, I seem to remember that you have been staying at the wine table." Slughorn patted his head, "Listen to me Kyle, although you are an adult, you still have to exercise restraint and don't drink too much. More spirits, or you can try mead, I personally like the taste of it.”

"I will, Professor," Kyle said. After Kyle made a few perfunctory remarks, he made an excuse and left with Kangna.

When the two returned to the Hufflepuff common room, Kyle was still thinking about Malfoy's purpose in going to the Room of Requirement.

It was obvious that he couldn't have just wandered there, there must be some purpose...but what exactly was it?

"Kyle, thank God you are finally back. I remember you have a copy of "Transformation and Disappearance". Can you lend it to me?"

In the common room, Ryan, who was finishing his homework, saw Kyle coming in and asked quickly.

"Okay." Kyle said casually: "The book is in the cabinet in the dormitory. You can go find it yourself..."

"Wait." Kyle raised his head suddenly.

Cabinet... disappearing cabinet?

He finally remembered that in the third grade, Nearly Headless Nick had tricked Peeves into throwing a cabinet directly above his office in order to help Harry who was captured by Filch.

And that cabinet is the disappearing cabinet.

And Nearly Headless Nick also said that the Vanishing Cabinet has been placed in a storage room on the second floor.

Filch knew it was a Vanishing Cabinet and planned to use this opportunity to drive Peeves out of the school on the grounds of damaging the school's finances.

Of course Dumbledore couldn't drive Peeves away, or no one could drive Peeves out of this castle.

Later, the incident fell into disuse, as if nothing had happened.

The severely damaged disappearing cabinet was also cleaned up by the house elves.

Of course, this is the case on the surface.

The real situation is that the disappearing cabinet was actually taken away by Kyle before the house elf rushed over... What the elf threw away was just an ordinary cabinet with a transformation spell.

No one except Kyle knew about this.

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Could it be the vanishing cabinet that Malfoy is looking for?

If so, how did he know that there was a disappearing cabinet in the storage room on the second floor? Could it be that he had been there before, but he was only in second grade at the time, so he probably wouldn't have gone to a dirty storage room.

But if not, then what is he looking for...

Kyle thought to himself as he walked to an armchair and sat down. Although Kangna didn't know what Kyle was thinking, she didn't disturb him and just sat quietly next to him.

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