Chapter 239 Run, Hermione!
After the meal, many young wizards, led by their prefects, returned to their dormitories in their respective colleges.
Hermione's dormitory is located on the eighth floor of Gryffindor Tower.
When entering, you need to provide a password to a portrait in front of the door. Whenever this happens, the fat lady in the portrait will always utter a few words.
As the stone door opens, there is a common room with a fireplace inside. The firelight dances slowly in the fireplace. The golden-red carpet and curtains embellish the atmosphere. On the wall, there are the four founders of the school, Godric Gerard. Lanffindor's portrait, with a smile on his face and deep and confident eyes, annotates every little wizard who steps into the lounge.
The portraits are interspersed with golden lion patterns, which are the symbols of Gryffindor House. They are roaring or galloping, lifelike, as if they are ready to jump out of the frame at any time to protect this territory that belongs to the brave.
Two stairs led to separate dormitories for men and women, and Hermione found her room according to what was written on the door.
When you open the door, the main color is still gold and red, focusing on warmth. The four-curtain large bed protects personal privacy very well.
The school house elves have placed their luggage beside their beds.
The moonlight shines into the house outside the window, and you can see the Black Lake and part of the Forbidden Forest from the window.
Her three roommates, Lavender Brown is a blond girl with a square face, Parvati Patil is a rare Indian girl, and the last one, Emily Jones, is a baby-faced girl who doesn't talk much. Honest temperament is not mentioned much in the original work.
After a brief introduction, the four of them washed up and went to bed early.
While Hermione was taking a shower, she still asked warily in her mind.
"Mr. System, as a god, you shouldn't pry into other people's privacy!"
【Won't. 】
"You promise!"
[I said you would and you wouldn’t wash it? 】
"How could you do this!"
[Okay, I promise I won’t look at it. Go wash it. I’m busy. 】
"What are you busy with?"
【Practice. 】
"It sounds a bit religious. Does it mean learning? What to learn? Can I learn it?"
[Yes, you will be qualified when you become the Supreme Mage. 】
...
At midnight, after confirming that all three roommates were asleep, she reluctantly left the big bed, put on her shoes, put on her wizard robe, and tiptoed out of the room.
When the stone door of the Gryffindor common room opened, the fat lady opened her eyes in a daze and found that the night wanderer turned out to be a short man wearing a hood.
"First graders or second graders go out at night on the first day of school. Today's young people are really not easy to worry about."
After muttering a few words, the fat lady yawned and began to take a nap again.
At this time, Hermione's little face was hidden under the brim of her hat, full of nervousness.
"Mr. System, where are we going? We'd better hurry up. I always have a bad feeling."
[Eight floors of the main building. 】
Hearing the location, Hermione's expression suddenly turned bitter, "So you mean we have to go down to the tower first, go to the main building from the second floor, and then go up to the eighth floor?"
[It seems you have figured out the route, let’s take action! 】
The journey was too long, and Hermione was reluctant in every possible way, but Lu Yuan always used the word "courage" to inspire her.
Helpless, the little girl was forced to start an "adventure".
Hermione moved very lightly the whole time, for fear of making any noise.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly until she reached the second floor of the tower. When she turned around, Hermione was so frightened that she almost screamed. At this moment, there was a skinny Maine Coon cat squatting in front of her.
Hermione had a very good memory and immediately recalled the cat squatting next to the administrator Filch during the introduction by the principal in the evening. She heard from other senior students that this cat seemed to be called Mrs. Norris.
The bad feeling in her heart gradually became stronger, and Hermione forced a smile and whispered: "Meow meow, stay here and don't move~!"
[I think it won’t be obedient. ] Lu Yuan spoke.
"I have fed stray cats before, so I have experience!"
【Yeah? 】
"Yes!"
As she replied unconvinced, Hermione stepped back step by step.
The Maine Coon cat just sat there, tilting its head and looking at her.
Hermione smiled, feeling proud, "You see, as long as you stay kind and move slowly, it will..."
Meow! ! !
A sharp warning cry instantly spread throughout the entire floor.
Hermione's smile froze on the spot.
"Who's there?! I see you!"
Filch's hoarse voice came from a room not far away, along with the flickering firelight and the sound of rapid footsteps.
【Run! Hermione! 】
The little girl instinctively wanted to run back.
【Running backwards! Courage, Hermione! Now is the time for you to hone yourself! 】
When Hermione heard this, she reluctantly took back her feet climbing the stairs, and could only start running along the corridor on the second floor.
The Maine Coon cat behind me chased him wildly.
"Students don't sleep! I'll catch you, boy, you can't run away!!"
Filch's voice hung closely behind.
【Run! Hermione! Run!]
The little girl had no choice but to rush forward and soon reached the stairs of the main building.
Pulling the corner of the room, he turned sharply and saw a pair of seniors kissing each other in the backlit corner of the stairs. It seemed that they were so absorbed that they didn't even hear the sound of her running.
Hermione was immediately stunned, and her whole little face began to heat up rapidly.
At this time, the Maine Coon cat had already rushed to the front. Hermione instinctively dodged, and Mrs. Norris rushed into the arms of the couple.
"Ah~!"
"Damn it, it's Mrs. Norris, damn it!"
Hermione's mind was a little fuming at the moment, and she wanted to go up and say "Sorry".
But at this moment, Filch's voice came again, "There are still people!! You are finished, no one can escape!"
[Run! Hermione! ]
Hearing the clear footsteps, the panicked Hermione had to whisper sorry and ran upstairs first.
But just as she arrived at the third floor, a blue ghost dressed like a clown suddenly appeared and blocked the way.
Although it was not the first time Hermione saw a ghost, she was still scared by the other party.
After reacting, she quickly made a "hush" gesture to the other party.
Seeing Hermione's reaction, the ghost gradually showed an exaggerated smile.
Seeing this scene, Hermione's heart skipped a beat.
As expected, the next second the ghost opened his voice, "First-year wizard, she's here! Quick! She's here!!"
[Run! Hermione! ]
Hearing the urging again, Hermione felt like she was about to cry. She just wanted to get out without anyone noticing, not to play some castle escape!
Though she thought so in her heart, she ran fast.
Holding the handrail, she quickly climbed up three stairs at a time.
"She's going to run! Filch, she's going to run!!"
"Stop her, stop her, Peeves!" Filch was approaching quickly below.
The clown ghost called Peeves usually teased Filch a lot, but today he rarely listened to him.
He stepped forward and grabbed Hermione's robe.
Hermione was shocked. How could a ghost touch a real object? This was not magic!
Hermione struggled several times, and found that the other party was quite strong. He pulled here and tripped there, making it impossible for her to run at all.
Noticing the approaching fire, Hermione became anxious and asked for help.
"Mr. System!"
