Chapter 920 The Happiness of Shidun

Because Hogwarts cannot apparate, Sirius, Lupin, Mrs. Weasley and their group can only choose to come to Hogsmeade first, and then go to the castle.

In order not to be ambushed by the Death Eaters who were ambushing here in advance, they also deliberately chose a relatively remote place...a depression to the left of the Screaming Cold Drink House.

This place used to be the Shrieking Shack, but it was renamed after Sirius took over a year ago. Although the name of the store is a bit strange, I have read it many times and it is still fluent.

After all, you can't expect a person who lost eight thousand galleons a year to come up with a good store name.

Several people hid their figures and walked quickly towards Hogwarts.

During this period, Sirius also took the time to tell Harry and Lupin about Regulus' exchange of Slytherin pendants and the trick on Voldemort. He looked very proud.

I am proud that the decadent Black family still has such a brave and fearless young wizard.

"It's amazing." Harry whispered, "It's hard for me to imagine that a Death Eater would betray Voldemort because of a house elf. He must have drank those potions with the determination to die."

"Kreacher is just one of the reasons." Sirius said, "Regulus fundamentally disagrees with the mysterious man's approach. That is not what he thinks a pure-blood wizard should do."

"He is a real Slytherin." Harry said sincerely: "So the thing in the cave is a Horcrux, and it has been taken away by you?"

"That's right." Sirius nodded, "That was a few years ago. When we were cleaning No. 12 Grimmauld Place, Kyle found Slytherin's locket on the display shelf in the foyer.

"That one is real. The one in the cave was the fake one that Regulus replaced."

"No wonder Voldemort is so angry." Harry thought of the extremely distorted face in his memory and suddenly wanted to laugh.

This was probably the first time Voldemort had been tricked like this. Not only had he been deceived by Regulus for more than ten years, he seemed to have been ridiculed as well.

More importantly, Regulus took the initiative to sacrifice himself. Voldemort didn't even have a chance to take revenge and could only endure it.

Several people walked and talked, and soon entered the scope of Hogsmeade Village.

Unlike the lively scene in Harry's memory, there was no one in the village at this time, and even the shops had closed early.

Except for one place.

The Pig's Head Bar, a place where three religions and nine streams gathered, had a faint ray of light.

Harry glanced over there subconsciously, then paused and rubbed his eyes vigorously.

"What's wrong?" Sirius asked.

"No, it's nothing..." Harry said.

He must have had a nightmare and didn't get enough rest. He seemed to have seen Dumbledore's figure in the window just now.

But this was impossible. Not long ago, he personally attended the other party's funeral... Dumbledore was dead. No matter how much he didn't want to believe it, it was a fact.

Maybe it's the owner of this store, he looks a lot like Dumbledore.

Harry thought about the appearance of the owner he had seen the last time he came to the Hog's Head pub.

With silver hair, a long beard that hangs naturally, and his iconic blue eyes, if it weren't for his different appearance, he would be the second Dumbledore.

Could it be that he is related to Dumbledore... Harry couldn't help but think about it, and at the same time he looked away.

The three of them continued walking forward and soon disappeared at the end of the path.

At this time, the door of the Pig Head Bar was suddenly opened, but no customers went in or came out, just like the door blown open by the wind.

If Harry was still here at this time, he would be able to see the shopkeeper who looked like Dumbledore standing in the middle of the bar through the crack of the open door.

In front of him, three people lay motionless on the table, as if they were asleep.

"Damn it Dumbledore, why do I have to do this kind of job of cleaning up garbage?" Aberforth waved his wand in disgust, and all three people disappeared.

Unfortunately, Harry had already entered Hogwarts at this time and did not see this.

At this time, Hogwarts had completely changed its appearance, as if it had turned into a huge greenhouse.

Harry didn't know how to describe the shining curtain of light over the castle. The first thing that came to mind was the weatherboard on the roof of the greenhouse.

Some magical plants cannot be blown by the wind, such as the umbrella-shaped jumping mushroom. A slight wind, even if you breathe a little louder, may blow them away.

Therefore, Professor Sprout not only required students to be fully armed during class, but also specially added a wind-blocking spell to the top of the fifth greenhouse.

It was exactly the same as what they saw at this time, as if the entire Hogwarts had turned into a huge greenhouse.

Several professors stood on the field, holding their wands high and muttering:

"Super armor protection...impregnable..."

"Super armor protection...impregnable..."

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Following their voices, streaks of bright light flew out from the tip of the battle and merged into the top layer of light curtain.

"It's a super-large protective spell..." Sirius whispered from the side: "This is the first time I have seen an indestructible spell of this scale. It seems that the professors are also ready to fight."

"Filius, old man, let me help you." He shouted and walked over.

As a former Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, he seemed to have no problem calling Professor Flitwick "old man."

Sirius quickly found his position and joined the team that arranged the protective magic.

Lupin was the same. As a werewolf, he had a sense of smell far superior to that of ordinary wizards and the ability to adapt to darkness, which made him the best at detecting the movements around him.

There was just one bad thing.

Lupin looked up at the bright moon in the sky... Today was a full moon, which was not a good day for werewolves.

His legs began to lengthen uncontrollably, and hard black-brown hair grew on his body.

However, Lupin seemed to have been prepared. From the moment his body changed, he took out a bottle of potion and poured it into his mouth.

Under the moonlight, the orange color of the werewolf's pupils seemed to fade a little.

"Remus, oh, God? How are you?" Mrs. Weasley ran over and asked. The werewolf's transformation was so sudden that she didn't even react just now.

Harry followed, but was blocked by her.

The werewolf didn't answer. At this time, he had basically lost the ability to talk, but because of the wolfsbane potion, he could still retain some rationality.

In order not to hurt his own people, Lupin subconsciously took a few steps back, and his long wolf kiss moved.

After transforming into a werewolf, his sense of smell became more sensitive, and he could even smell the low-quality alcohol coming from the Hog's Head.

Really, those drinks must be very cheap.

Werewolf Lupin quickly shifted his attention to the smell of strange wizards.

"Professor Lupin, are you okay?" Harry walked forward carefully and asked again, and Mrs. Weasley's arm was always in front of him.

To reassure them, Lupin took two steps back again, and he shook his hideous wolf head as an answer.

Perhaps only today, the full moon was not a bad day for him.

Then Lupin in the werewolf state did not stay in the school any longer, turned around quickly, and disappeared into the night with a few jumps.

Harry continued to walk towards the castle with Mrs. Weasley, and the two had the same goal.

Ron.

Although Sirius told him that all the students of Hogwarts had been evacuated to other places when he came, he also said that adult wizards were excluded.

Harry believed that Hermione and Ron would definitely stay, just like if he were to choose, they would definitely stay in the school.

"Horace, you'd better remind the Slytherins who stayed..."

In the castle, Professor McGonagall was looking at Slughorn with a serious face, "If any of them want to take up arms and fight us inside the castle, then I'm sorry, we will fight to the death."

"Minerva, you..." Slughorn was shaking a little.

"Slytherin needs to decide which side to stand on." Professor McGonagall interrupted him. "After this choice, I will no longer treat them as students."

Slughorn sighed dejectedly.

Harry was a little confused. Why did Professor McGonagall say this to Slughorn? It seemed that Snape was the dean of Slytherin.

Speaking of this, where is he?

Such a big thing happened in Hogwarts, why hasn't he, the headmaster, shown up yet?

Harry looked around and found that there seemed to be obvious traces of fighting around. A huge French window was broken, vaguely resembling a human-shaped gap.

"Molly, nice to see you... Oh, Potter, why are you here!"

At this time, Professor McGonagall also found him and walked over quickly, "Do you know that they have been looking for you? This is stupid."

"I know, but I must come." Harry said, "I am a member of Hogwarts, professor, and I am an adult. You have no reason to drive me away."

Professor McGonagall's lips moved, feeling helpless and relieved... She acquiesced to Harry's decision.

Just like when she persuaded Kyle to leave, she returned in vain.

Even when evacuating, some junior students wanted to stay in school through various means...These students all had their own ideas.

Harry went to find Hermione and Ron.

Professor McGonagall walked forward a few steps, stood in the middle of the corridor, raised her wand, and shouted in a slightly trembling voice:

"Stone Pillars!"

The entire corridor, including the stone statues and armor on the higher floors, jumped down from the brackets, and rumbling sounds were heard from upstairs and downstairs.

"Hogwarts is threatened." Professor McGonagall shouted loudly: "Guard the border, protect teachers and students, and do your duty for the school!"

Countless stone statues and armor walked out of the castle in neat and fixed steps.

Feeling the vibrations from both sides, Professor McGonagall rubbed her hands excitedly and whispered to Mrs. Weasley next to her:

"I have wanted to use this spell for a long time."

Mrs. Weasley looked blankly at the huge stone statue holding a giant axe and a chain mace ball in front of her. Merlin, she always thought those were decorations when she was in school, but she didn't expect them to be movable!

"Wait a minute, professor!"

At this time, Kyle ran over from upstairs. "Professor McGonagall, can you make those stone statues stop for a moment?"

He ran down as soon as he heard the noise, but he still missed the most exciting part, but he was still in time.

"Stop for a moment?" Professor McGonagall looked at Kyle in confusion. Although she didn't understand what he meant, she still stretched out her wand and waved it.

The stone statues on both sides stopped at the same time and stood in two neat rows, like soldiers waiting for inspection.

"Can I try?" Kyle asked, rubbing his hands.

"Stone Pillar?" Professor McGonagall raised her eyebrows.

"Hmm."

"No." Professor McGonagall seemed less nervous than before, and was in the mood to joke: "This spell can only be used by the principal or vice-principal. Even if the professor knows the spell, it will be useless."

Kyle immediately showed a look of disappointment.

What a broken spell, it's really not practical.

Professor McGonagall smiled and raised her wand again, ready to let them continue.

"Wait a minute." Kyle hurriedly stopped her.

"Forget it if it doesn't work. I'll give them some more power, so that they can feel involved."

Kyle waved his wand, and more than a dozen wine bottle-sized glass bottles floated out of the deformed lizard skin bag at the same time.

These bottles were filled with a beautiful blue liquid. Under Kyle's control, these liquids dispersed into a large number of blue spheres, covering the axe blade of the giant axe, the two-handed sword, and the wolf tooth ball.

Professor McGonagall's mouth twitched suddenly, and her voice was dry, "What is that?"

"Oh, the venom of the giant spider." Kyle said, "Good stuff, at least it can double the lethality of those weapons."

"Pah!"

Coincidentally, Slughorn, who hurried back, just heard Kyle's words, and then he was stunned in place, and the wand in his hand fell to the ground uncontrollably.

Damn, what did he just hear?

That liquid that can fill at least twenty crucibles is the venom of the giant spider?

A pint of venom of 100 Galleons?

Waste, waste!

Slughorn's face was distorted. He finally collected a small bottle, and Kyle sprinkled it as water for fun.

Increase the power of those stone statues... Do they deserve it?

What a waste!

Professor McGonagall also rubbed her forehead. She could understand Slughorn's feelings very well. There were about thirty pints of venom... Three thousand Galleons, just to increase the lethality of the statue's weapon?

It must be said that Kyle was indeed a bit wasteful.

But...

"Where did you get so much Acromanthus venom?" she couldn't help asking.

"Some kind-hearted neighbors in the Forbidden Forest gave it to me as a gift." Kyle said, "They said they would do their best to protect Hogwarts, and they were even willing to squeeze themselves dry and then squeeze their companions dry. I really couldn't refuse."

"Is that so?" Professor McGonagall narrowed her eyes. How could she not know that there were such neighbors in the Forbidden Forest, and that was Acromanthus, a notoriously cruel and cold-blooded creature among the magical animals.

Enthusiastic?

"Just listen to what I said." Kyle waved his hand indifferently, "They can't come here to complain anyway. Besides, they have lived in the Forbidden Forest for so long, shouldn't they pay some rent?"

Professor McGonagall pursed her lips and really didn't say anything.

And she suddenly thought that what Kyle did was indeed good.

The stone statues' armors were already extremely resistant to magic, and when soaked in the venom of the eight-eyed giant spider, it was equivalent to holding a weapon with a killing curse in one's hand, and a single rub would kill one.

The only drawback might be that the speed was relatively slow.

But this drawback is basically non-existent in large-scale wars, and there is no need to worry about it at all.

Professor McGonagall waved her wand, and the stone statues continued to walk towards the edge of the castle. The weapons in their hands glowed with a faint blue light in the moonlight... In addition to the venom, there was also a little resentment of Slughorn.

He still couldn't accept Kyle's wasteful behavior, and squatted there beating his chest and stamping his feet.

On the other side, Harry also found Ron and Hermione.

As expected, they did not leave the school, and were planning something famous with more students.

Kyle saw many familiar faces here... Oliver Wood, Angelina Johnson, Bill, Charlie, Fred, George, Qiu Zhang, and Cedric.

It seems that not only adult students stayed, but many graduates also came back.

"Oh, Harry!" Ginny ran over and hugged him, which made the Weasleys present frown.

But that was all.

Hermione also came over, "I actually wanted to say that you shouldn't come back, but you definitely don't want to hear it, right."

"Of course." Harry smiled, "But how did you know about this?"

"It was Cedric." Fred stepped forward and said, "He told us about it, and we told others. No one wanted to miss this fun, so everyone came."

"But then again, will that person really come to Hogwarts?" George muttered in a low voice.

He was afraid that this was a mistake. If that happened, when Voldemort really attacked Hogwarts, he might not be able to gather such a large team.

Harry also guessed his worries and couldn't help wanting to see Voldemort's situation.

With this thought, the scar on his forehead seemed to respond, and he immediately felt a sharp pain.

Harry covered his head and pulled Ginny's arm hard to avoid falling.

"Oh, Harry, what's wrong with you?" A concerned voice came from his ear.

"I'm fine." Harry shook his head first, then looked at George and smiled slightly, "Don't worry, he will definitely come."

He just saw that Voldemort was rushing towards Hogwarts at full speed with boundless anger.

"Oh, this ability is really good." Fred looked at the scar on Harry's forehead and felt a little envious, then quickly said: "Sorry Harry, that's not what I meant."

"I understand."

"That's good." Fred smiled, "By the way, have you seen Kyle? I just saw him sneaking out of the Forbidden Forest, but he disappeared as soon as he turned around. I have been looking for him."

"I saw him on the third floor." Harry thought for a while, "He should have arrived in the hallway by now."

"Thank you."

Fred and George looked at each other and walked out the door quickly.

They agreed that it would be more fun to be with Kyle at this time.

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