Chapter 73: Caught on the First Night Tour
At two o'clock in the morning on Sunday, September 1991, 9, Yang Tian, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the surroundings, then looked at the time, and smiled playfully.
He quickly stood up, dressed himself quietly, and then left the Ravenclaw common room on his somersault cloud.
This was Yang Tian's first night tour of Hogwarts, which he had planned long ago. Isn't it said that a Hogwarts experience is incomplete without a night tour?
After a week of familiarizing ourselves with the environment, the plan can finally be implemented.
Today he had two goals. One was Professor Snape's textbook on advanced potion-making. It contained Professor Snape's unique insights into potions, as well as powerful spells like the Sharp Spell. Yang Tian had long been drooling over it.
Another goal is to find the Room of Requirement. Although he has learned a lot of magical knowledge these days, his own talisman-making has stagnated. He urgently needs a private space to continue his research.
Yang Tian did what he said. Relying on the faint light in the castle, he flew quickly between the corridors and arrived at the dungeon in just a few minutes.
After carefully observing the basement corridor and making sure it was empty, he flew to the door of the Potions classroom.
"Open the Alaho hole!"
Casting an unlocking spell on the classroom door, Yang Tian pushed it open and walked in.
Relying on his memory, he groped his way to the dark brown locker that was as tall as a person. He opened the locker door gently, fearing that he might make a noise accidentally.
The locker is very messy, with all kinds of bottles and jars, as well as strange materials...
As a last resort, Yang Tian could only cast a fluorescent spell with the weakest magic power and try his best to use his body to block the light from leaking out.
Finally, after careful searching, he found the tattered book "Advanced Potion Making" among a pile of books in the lower left corner of the locker.
Yang Tian's eyes lit up, and he flipped open the thick cover. On the blank space on the first page, he saw a line of beautiful handwriting: "This book belongs to the Half-Blood Prince"!
That’s right, everything went very smoothly!
He quickly put the book into his white jade ring and restored everything to normal...
Yang Tian leisurely controlled the somersault cloud to float out of the classroom, the corners of his mouth slightly raised because of joy, it was time to go to the next target.
Just as he turned the corner, a hand suddenly grabbed his arm fiercely, and a malicious and vicious voice came:
"As expected, you are such an unruly little brat. I finally caught you this time. I get excited when I think of your miserable end. Tremble for your restlessness. Haha!"
Yang Tian looked in the direction of the voice. Who else could it be but Filch, the Hogwarts administrator? He felt very wronged. He had been very careful, but how could he run into him by chance on his first night outing?
But facing Filch, he really had nothing to fear.
However, Yang Tian still straightened his clothes politely and smiled, "It turns out to be Mr. Filch. I just couldn't find my Potions class notes, so I was anxious to find them. Is there any problem with that?"
"Don't try to deceive me with your poor excuses. I tell you, you are finished. You will be hung up and whipped..."
Filch was interrupted by Yang Tian before he could finish his words: "I remember that Professor McGonagall apologized to me for your inappropriate words and actions last time in the hall. Are you sure you want to do it again?"
"That's different, boy. We didn't catch you doing evil last time, but it's different this time. Your bad deeds have been discovered. Believe it or not, I will hang you up and beat you severely right now?" Filch said viciously.
Yang Tian was unmoved. He pulled Filch's hand away with a fierce pull of his arm.
Then he drew out the ancient wand, pointed it at Filch and said, "I really don't believe it. If you think I've made a mistake, you can apply to punish me. But if you want to lynch me, I won't sit still and wait for death. If you don't believe it, try it."
"Besides, because of your inappropriate remarks, I now feel my personal safety is threatened. Please do not provoke me further. I cannot guarantee that no accidents will occur."
Yang Tian's tough attitude and the wand pointing at him made Filch's pupils shrink. He stepped back slightly, but still said viciously:
"Okay, very good, you damned brat, you will pay for your actions. I will report your behavior truthfully. Come to my office at 8 o'clock tonight, and I will announce the school's punishment for you."
Yang Tian didn't say much. He looked at Filch calmly and then turned and left...
Life on Sunday was no different from usual. Yang Tian did not tell his friends about being caught for night roaming. He continued to study with his group members and read books in the library...
At eight o'clock in the evening, Yang Tian arrived at Filch's office on time. Just in case, he even took the ancient wand in his hand.
Filch didn't care about such little tricks. He sat on the chair in the office, looking at Yang Tian who had just entered the room with a haughty look.
Seeing the kid's still calm face, Filch immediately unfolded a piece of parchment, smiled evilly and read out: "Mr. Yang Tian was out at night during the Hogwarts curfew. He will be deducted 50 points from the house score and punished to patrol the Forbidden Forest for one week. Effective immediately." After that, he threw the parchment in front of Yang Tian.
Yang Tian picked up the parchment and examined it, and it was exactly as Filch had described.
"I'm going to patrol the Forbidden Forest alone? I don't even know where the Forbidden Forest is." Yang Tian asked back.
"What? Are you scared? Haha!" Filch laughed unbridledly. "But don't worry, there will be a gamekeeper with you. You will have to obey his orders."
Yang Tian was so angry. He just went out at night. How serious a crime was this? Deduct 50 points? Go to the forbidden forest? According to the original book, this was already the maximum punishment, right?
But everything has been settled, what else can I say? Besides, Hagrid is with me; and it's just a short time since the start of school, and the Voldemort behind Quirrell's head probably hasn't started sucking unicorn blood yet, so what's there to be afraid of?
With this thought in mind, Yang Tian said calmly: "Then hurry up."
Such a calm attitude naturally hurt Filch. Although he still stood up to lead the way for Yang Tian, he kept muttering:
"It seems that you haven't understood the seriousness of the matter. That is the Forbidden Forest. There are very dangerous magical creatures, such as werewolves. You will die in there. Think about it. Are you looking forward to it? Hahahaha!"
How could Yang Tian be frightened by him? He snorted and ignored him.
Looking at Yang Tian who was calm and composed, Filch lost interest in talking and just led the way while muttering some vicious words.
Under Filch's guidance, Yang Tian left the castle, crossed the playground, and came to the door of Hagrid's hut.
But Hagrid was already waiting in front of the house, packing his things in front of the fire.
"Here come the damn brats, Hagrid," shouted Filch.
Then he turned to Yang Tian and said, "Hagrid will take you from now on."
"Okay, Filch, leave the rest to me, and you can go back." Hagrid's rough and slightly disgusted voice came.
Filch didn't waste any words, just turned around and walked away muttering...
