Chapter 162 The first person to sneak into the Hufflepuff common room
Luofu used several cleaning spells in succession to clean up most of the vinegar on his body, but there was still a strong sour smell surrounding him.
He smelled his own scent and secretly felt something bad.
If this obvious smell of vinegar were smelled by other Hufflepuff students, wouldn't they immediately know that he was deflated in the wooden barrel at the entrance to the common room?
With this thought in mind, Luofu secretly took out the Curly-Winged Demon that was in his pocket and curled up into a cocoon.
"Little guy, lend me some of your venom." He whispered, "I haven't learned the forgetting spell yet, maybe I will use your venom."
The venom of the Curled Wing Demon has a certain effect of erasing memory after being diluted, which is somewhat similar to the Oblivion Curse.
However, the Forgetting Curse can erase any memory, and the effect of the Curling Wing Demon's venom after dilution is to make people forget bad memories.
Rolf's grandfather once used the venom of the Winged Devil in America to help the Magical Congress of America eliminate the memory of magic among all local Muggles, or non-magical people called No-Majs there.
It is precisely because of Newt's actions that the "International Federation of Wizards' Statute of Secrecy" can be maintained.
Luo Fu wanted to collect the venom of the Winged Demon and had the idea of erasing other people's memories.
If someone really discovered that he sneaked into Hogwarts, then he would be ready to suddenly make a funny face to scare the person, thus turning the memory of others seeing him into a bad memory, and then use dilution The Curling Wing Demon's venom will eliminate it.
Rolf looked at his bag that had been cast a traceless stretching spell by his grandfather without telling his grandmother. It contained a mask made based on the Boggart's characteristics, and he smiled with satisfaction.
As long as you put on this mask, the wizard who comes face to face with him will see what you are most afraid of in this life, very practical!
As a future magizoologist, every time he goes out on an adventure, Rove will prepare various useful props for himself, which may come in handy at some point.
He skillfully took out a small bottle, grabbed the sharp teeth in the mouth of the Winged Demon, and began to collect the venom.
However, at this moment, a rather handsome student who looked to be two or three years older than Roff suddenly walked around the corner of the corridor and appeared next to the barrel in front of the entrance to the Hufflepuff common room.
"Hey, what grade are you in? Why are you waiting at the door of the lounge?" The Hufflepuff student glanced at the yellow and black scarf around Rove's neck, and did not raise any questions about Rove's identity. .
"I don't seem to have any impression of you. My name is Cedric Diggory, a fourth-year student. What's your name?" he asked, casually taking out the wand from his pocket and pointing it at one of the large barrels. Knock the bottom out.
At this moment, a sour smell entered Cedric's nose.
"Is this... the smell of vinegar?"
Cedric frowned and instantly turned the wand he was about to strike at the barrel and pointed it at Rolf.
"I asked why I haven't seen you before. It turns out you are from another house." Cedric said seriously, "Why did you wear a Hufflepuff scarf and pretend to be a student in our house, and even came to the door of our lounge? ?”
Rove was watching Cedric's movements eagerly, wanting to take a closer look at how the Hufflepuff senior entered the common room.
He didn't expect the senior to be so sharp, and he immediately suspected him, so he secretly hid the small bottle of the Curling Wing Demon in his hand behind his back.
"What is that in your hand?" Cedric frowned and asked, looking at Rolf's sneaky behavior. "Is it some prank prop you want to throw into our common room?"
"No, senior, I'm really from Hufflepuff House." Rolf argued without changing his expression, "I'm a first-year student, and I forgot how to enter the lounge for a while..."
After the experience of being doubted by Hermione, this time he knew that he should not talk about his original second year, as it would be too easy to see through.
If you pretend to be a first-year student, you might be able to use the excuse of not being familiar with this place for a while longer.
"Stop talking nonsense. The first semester of the first grade is almost over. How can anyone still not remember the password?" Cedric didn't believe Rove's lies at all. "Let me guess, you are not a Wenclaw's, the people in their college are not that boring..."
He thoughtfully guessed about Rove's college, but he didn't know that this little wizard was not a student of Hogwarts at all...
"Both Gryffindor and Slytherin are possible——"
"I wouldn't be surprised if another prankster like Fred and George comes to Gryffindor; if it's Slytherin, you may be one of those who are full of discrimination against Hufflepuff. Purebloods, those people always want to come over and bully the students here."
"So which one are you?"
Looking at Cedric, who had an expression that seemed to have seen through everything, Rove was speechless.
Why is it that every student I meet is so smart? Are all Hogwarts students so powerful?
"But I am really a Hufflepuff, senior!" Rolf said harshly.
He wanted to struggle again, so he quietly took out the bag that he had cast the Traceless Stretching Charm on, and wanted to take out the scary mask from inside.
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"Don't move!" Cedric raised his voice and thrust his wand forward. "Don't even think about sneaking up on me with those naughty little things of yours. I've known Fred and George for a long time, and I'm quite familiar with these things. familiar!"
Seeing that Cedric exposed his plan in one fell swoop, Rove became even more helpless.
What kind of talents did Fred and George have to be able to make this Hufflepuff senior recognize their prank prop at a glance?
Hogwarts is really full of talents, and it is definitely not comparable to Yin Falmon!
"Senior, but I am really a student of Hufflepuff." It seems that there is no way to sneak attack. Rove decided to take the emotional route, "My memory has always been bad. I have often forgotten all kinds of things since I was a child... "
He put on a crying expression, "...my father and grandfather both studied magical animals. They originally wanted to train me to become a magical zoologist, but because of my poor memory, I was rejected by them. give up!"
"Every time I feed small animals, I always can't remember what I fed, so it often happens that one animal is fed several times and is almost exhausted, while the other one is not fed even once and is still hungry. Condition……"
"For this reason, I'm afraid I will never be able to be a magical zoologist in my life..."
Luofu's eyes were full of tears.
Of course, these things are all nonsense. In other words, it was based on the experience of a forgetful wizard who had come to Scamander's house to apply for an assistant.
However, Cedric didn't know that these things were made up by Rove, and he was deeply moved.
Cedric's father, Amos Diggory, worked in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures at the Ministry of Magic and could be considered a magizoologist.
Of course, Cedric, who has been exposed to it since childhood, also knows how to feed magical animals and what precautions should be taken during it.
So he knew very clearly that what Rolf said about magical animals was okay, so he should have no problem with Rolf's father and grandfather wanting him to be a magical zoologist. lie.
"I'm sorry, I wronged you." After a slight hesitation, Cedric put away his wand.
Most of his doubts about Rove disappeared.
But Cedric is still the best among his peers, so he still has some doubts about what Rove said.
"You are such a poor little wizard. How about you tell me your dormitory number and I will send you directly back to your dormitory?" Cedric said with concern.
His tone was very gentle, but the connotation was that he was asking about Rove's dormitory, and wanted to further confirm whether this strange student was a new student at Hufflepuff.
As an outstanding student who worked for Professor Dracula for half a year...no, as a teaching assistant, Cedric often went to various dormitories to collect homework, and he remembered the dormitory numbers of each grade very clearly.
Cedric has decided that as long as Rove cannot tell his dormitory number, or gives out a dormitory number that is not a first-year dormitory, then he will immediately drive this deceiving little wizard out of Hufflepuff's dormitory. basement one!
However, Rove was not an easy man. He discovered Cedric's plan almost immediately, and his heart became tight.
How does he know which dormitory the first graders are in?
If you just talk nonsense, the probability of being exposed is too high; but if you continue to use your poor memory as an excuse, it will be too unconvincing, and you will probably continue to be suspected.
Just when he was hesitating, Rolf suddenly thought of the story about Hogwarts that his grandfather Newt once told him——
"The Hogwarts kitchen is hidden behind a painting of a giant silver fruit bowl. To open it, you have to reach out and scratch the pear in the painting, which then transforms into a big green doorknob. This thing is basically the only thing that has ever happened. Chipachi students know.”
Luo Fu's eyes lit up.
"Senior, there's no need for you to take me back to my dormitory. That would be too much trouble for you." He said.
Just when doubt appeared in Cedric's eyes again, Rove then said: "I feel a little hungry and want to go to the kitchen to eat something. Do you want to come with me?"
Cedric was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly.
"Okay," he said.
Cedric wanted to see if this strange student could find the location of the Hogwarts kitchen.
The method of entering the kitchen is basically something passed down from generation to generation among Hufflepuff wizards. If he really enters the kitchen, he can roughly confirm his identity as a Hufflepuff wizard.
Rolf was quietly relieved when he saw that Cedric was willing to follow.
If the senior didn't come along, how could he use his position in the kitchen to prove that he was a Hufflepuff student?
With this thought in his mind, Luofu walked briskly around the corner of the wide marble corridor, looking left and right for the portrait of the silver fruit plate without leaving any trace.
Finally, he found a large oil painting hanging on the wall.
Unlike other magical portraits that move around, the figures in this painting show no signs of movement at all, just like the most ordinary Muggle oil painting.
There is a huge silver fruit plate in the painting, which contains apples, bananas, grapes, pears and other fruits.
The only pear is placed right in front of all the fruits!
There was uncontrollable joy in Luo Fu's eyes, and at the same time there was also a trace of nervousness.
He took a deep breath, slowly raised his hand, and gently scratched the huge pear——
It was only then that the magical properties of this oil painting became apparent.
A cute little face suddenly appeared on Lizi. It seemed that it couldn't stand the feeling of being tickled, and it couldn't help but laugh.
At the same time, the smiling pear seemed to be pulled out of the oil painting by something, stretched and thinned, and turned into a big green door handle.
The stone in Luo Fu's heart fell completely.
He held the door handle and gently opened the kitchen door.
The opening of this kitchen door seems to mean that a new world has opened to Rove...
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That night, there was a new face in the Hufflepuff common room——
His name was Rolf Scamander, and he was the first non-Hufflepuff student to enter the Hufflepuff common room!
Rolf deliberately left the kitchen a little later than Cedric, and followed the method Cedric told him to enter the Hufflepuff common room. Following the rhythm of "Helga Hufflepuff", he took his wand and entered the Hufflepuff common room. He knocked on the bottom of the big wooden barrel in the middle of the second row.
One of the large barrel lids slid open with the right tap, revealing a narrow passage.
Rove followed this passage and entered the Hufflepuff common room that he had longed for——
The Hufflepuff common room is round, plain, low, welcoming, warm, and sunny. There are many yellow curtains, smooth copper decorations and soft sofas and armchairs decorated in yellow and black.
Looking out from the circular windows, you can see "shaking grass and dandelions", making the entire lounge appear full of life.
There is a large honey-colored wooden mantel opposite the entrance, with an image of a badger, Hufflepuff's representative animal, carved on it; there is also a painting of Helga Hufflepuff, the founder of the college, hanging above the fireplace. portrait.
When Rove came in, it was the most crowded time in the common room, and few people would pay attention to a strange face that suddenly appeared.
After all, Hufflepuff has absorbed all the young wizards who do not fit the characteristics of any house, and has already become the most populous house in Hogwarts.
Therefore, there are too many students in the seven grades of Hufflepuff, and it is usually difficult for the little wizards here to recognize every student in the same house.
Taking advantage of this unique opportunity, Rolf quietly stopped a seemingly young Hufflepuff wizard and put his arm around his shoulders affectionately.
"Hey, hello, classmate, are you a first-year student?" he asked familiarly.
"Ah, yes...that's right." The little Hufflepuff wizard seemed to be frightened by Rolf's familiarity, and his words became a little stuttering.
"Nice to meet you. I am Rolf Scamander, a first-year student who has just transferred here." Rolf made up the lie without drafting, "Professor Dumbledore asked me to come to the lounge by myself. Find a first-year dormitory that still has beds."
"Do you know which first-grade dormitory has extra beds?" he asked.
In fact, it should be Dean Sprout's job to allocate beds, but Rolf only knew his grandfather's old acquaintance Professor Dumbledore at Hogwarts, and did not know who the Dean of Hufflepuff was.
So he could only think of deceiving this first-year Hufflepuff wizard in the name of the principal.
Rove's idea was that there were four people in each dormitory, and as long as this year's Hufflepuff freshmen were not multiples of four, there would be dormitories with empty beds, and he could sneak into them and stay.
"Ah, I'm glad to meet you too. My name is Giamarco Rondon." The first-year Hufflepuff wizard scratched his head and said honestly, "There just happens to be an extra bed in our dormitory. You can come and stay in our dormitory."
Luo Fu was very lucky. It took no effort to get this empty bed.
He put his arm around Giamarco's shoulders affectionately, and the two of them came to Giamarco's bedroom together——
Each Hufflepuff bedroom has a four-poster bed covered with patchwork sheets, copper lamps that emit warm light, and a copper bed warmer for the little wizards to use in winter.
The same goes for Giamarco's dormitory, except that there are only three four-poster beds covered with sheets, and one bed is empty. It can be seen at a glance that no one is staying here.
As a future magizoologist, Rolf, like Newt, had long developed the habit of carrying a bedding with him and eating and sleeping in the open air anytime and anywhere.
He naturally took out a set of bedding from the bag that he had cast the Seamless Stretching Charm on, and spread it on the vacant bed on the spot, without his three new roommates suspecting the authenticity of his identity.
Not only that, on that night, Rolf distributed various gadgets made from parts dropped from magical animals to all the first-year Hufflepuff wizards, and soon he and these The simple little guys got together.
"How about it? Is the thing I brought you interesting?"
At this time, all the first-year Hufflepuff wizards were gathered together in Rolf's new dormitory, and they were surrounded by stars.
"These little things of yours are so interesting, Rolf!" Giamarco, who was already very familiar with Rolf, said, "But you gave us so many good things, but we have nothing to give you. , why is this so embarrassing?"
"Yes, yes, we can't accept so many expensive gifts from you!"
"That's right, it's too expensive!"
"..."
The little wizards of Hufflepuff are still simple, kind and loyal after all, and they are not willing to accept Rolf's gifts for no reason.
"Don't refuse in a hurry. Just listen to me."
Looking at the sincere expressions of the new classmates around him, Luo Fu couldn't help but feel moved in his heart, and he felt even more satisfied with the school and college that his grandfather praised so much.
A smile appeared on his face unconsciously, "Actually, the reason why I gave you so many things on my first day at Hogwarts is because I asked for something from you..."
"Just say anything, Rolf, we are all good partners!" One of the little Hufflepuff wizards said grandly.
"Yes, Rolf, everyone should help each other!" Another young wizard said, "And since you are so generous, we can't be too stingy, right?"
The simple and kind little Hufflepuff wizards had no idea what Rolf was planning, and they all agreed.
"Thank you all so much." Luo Fu showed a touched expression, "In this case, I won't hide it from everyone..."
"Can you help me hide my identity as a transfer student in front of other professors and classmates? If others ask, just say that I enrolled in school together with you, but I usually keep a low profile and go unnoticed."
“I don’t want to be ostracized by others because I’m a transfer student.”
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