From Azkaban To Hogwarts

'Slytherin's common room..."

William muttered while walking along the secret passage, using this method to relieve his uneasiness - it was nothing to sneak into the lounge, but the New Year exam really made his conscience ache.

‘It should be here. ’

William pushed open the secret passage and cast a disillusionment spell on himself.

Judging from previous observations, there is no portrait at the entrance to the Slytherin lounge, just a stone wall that can understand passwords.

'According to the records in the book and the stories told by the ghosts, only the Gryffindor lounge in the school is occupied by thoughtful portraits,' William stood carefully in front of the stone wall, 'Gryffindor Have you never thought about why their entry and exit records need to be recorded...'

With such complaints, he soon came to what was most likely the entrance to the Slytherin lounge - an empty, damp stone wall.

"Long live Salazar."

William whispered the password.

As the password was shouted, a stone door hidden in the stone wall slowly opened.

‘All the students in the school are in the auditorium. Because of the open-book exam, basically no one will hand in the paper in advance. Even if accidents are not included, I will have at least an hour to do what I want to do. ’

Taking out his watch and checking the time, William began to confirm the surrounding environment - he did not have a clear enough goal when he invaded Slytherin's lounge. He did not want to steal some private accounts, nor did he want to peek into the students' privacy, but to Confirm the parts of this lounge that cannot be changed, and compare them with the information you have obtained.

‘This is the basement. ’ William quickly scanned the surrounding environment and quickly judged the surrounding environment.

To be more precise, the Slytherin common room is a long, low basement with walls and ceilings made of rough stone.

'Although I thought of it when I inquired about the location of the Slytherin lounge, I didn't expect that this is really the basement...' William looked at the decoration of this lounge carefully under the green light.

The fireplace is very exquisite, but this is the only decoration in the entire lounge that conforms to William's traditional impression of Slytherin. The rest of the decoration is simply simple and looks like something only found in Azkaban.

"What a mess of decorations," William complained. "Skulls, carved hardwood chairs, green lamps, faded tapestries. I really came to Slytherin's lounge, not Azkaban's empty space." cell? ’

The decoration was actually fine, but the damp feeling was the most uncomfortable. The air in this room was exactly the same as the cold air brought in by the sea breeze in Azkaban.

‘It’s simply too much. I remember that at least half of the school directors are from Slytherin, so why do we live in such an environment? ’ William determined the location for a moment, and then immediately understood why it was so humid here—if he deduced correctly, part of this lounge should be trapped in the black lake.

Is it for safety?

He speculated that at this location, if the castle was attacked and the students had to retreat to the lounge, they could use the Bubble Curse to open the ceiling there, so that people could escape from the Black Lake.

'Of course, you can also do it the other way around.' William stared at the ceiling over there. 'If you want to invade the castle or the Slytherin lounge from the outside world, you can directly sneak into the bottom of the lake from the Black Lake, and then open a way out. good…'

What are you thinking!

He couldn't help but patted his forehead - why was he thinking about invading the castle? Could there be someone guarding the castle for him to break in?

‘Forget about the roof over there, the fireplace deserves a closer look. ’

William walked around the fireplace and calculated how many people this fireplace could easily keep warm.

Just like each cell in Azkaban is divided into levels, the small groups in the lounge must also have levels, and the upper limit of this group can probably be guessed.

The reason is very simple. The initial establishment of a small group is either to keep warm or to make people feel superior. The fireplace in the lounge, as the most important resource during the student period, is definitely closely related to the number of people in the small group.

In the cell where William used to be, there must have been an unlucky guy who was placed on the bed next to the toilet, because the smell there was bad, and when the dementors came, that was the first one to be affected - that's the truth. Among the students, the seats for warming themselves by the fire were allocated.

‘In such a humid environment, the fireplace in the lounge is definitely the most critical resource. Maybe the Dark Lord cannot allocate it according to his will when he is a junior, but when he is a senior, he must be in the warmest place in the fireplace. ’

‘This place can’t be too hot, and it can’t be burned by the occasional sparks. It’s probably this location—’ William shook back and forth and roughly determined the location.

"Whether it's the dignity of the team leader or the character of the Dark Lord, no one can stand behind it." William measured the size of the stool and estimated the distance between the chairs for a small team conversation. "It's almost impossible to keep the fire over there. The location we reached is probably this far away.”

If it exceeds this distance, the people on the outermost periphery will basically not be able to get through the fire. The Dark Lord is not stupid and will not be so indifferent to the feelings of the members. Those are the core members.

‘Will there be two rows of chairs facing each other, or two rows on the left and right facing each other? ’

From the distance at the front, two rows each would be too crowded - so there is no doubt that these are the core number of Death Eaters in the early stage.

'There should be other areas,' William looked at the small lounge. 'A team as energetic as the Death Eaters must not only be active in the lounge, and the content of the conversation is definitely not about complaining about professors or exchanging love - students If the stage is not tinged with exciting things, it will definitely not be so cohesive. ’

The so-called exciting thing is definitely not the Blue Dragon learning support group, a group of Slytherins studying together - Ravenclaw and William are a little bit unconvinced, Slytherin, are you kidding?

Contaminating something that is prohibited, having its own internal disciplines, and even punishing some betrayers or collectively discriminating or even bullying others, this is what most faceless societies do.

‘The Slytherin common room is too small, and it is definitely not a daily gathering place for Death Eaters. There is only conversation here, and there is not enough space to do prohibited things, and it is not private enough. ’

William quickly made this judgment.

‘I originally thought that Slytherin, as the most noble house in the school, would have a bunch of private grounds and the lounge area should be the largest, but it turned out to be like this. ’

‘But it’s not too much of a failure. At least I’ve figured out how many people there should be in the core, and I’ve figured out the direction of the follow-up investigation. ’

'I guess those Death Eaters will definitely occupy the position of the fireplace when they return to the lounge later, but they will definitely not stay here to discuss their plans to violate school rules...' William finally looked at the lounge he had worked so hard to sneak into, 'I Another place needed to be found, which must be where the Death Eaters held their illegal gathering at the school. ’

Although there is still a lot of time to buy for himself, William no longer needs this time to do whatever he wants - he can't search the student dormitory, can he?

He left the lounge without looking back, stepped out of the stone door, and smiled as he looked at it hidden in the wall.

‘Next, I’m going to secretly see how the students are doing in the exams, and take a look at the Christmas gifts I received—’ William smiled and cast the Disillusionment Charm on himself.

The holiday adventure was over - although he had new ideas about where the Death Eaters gathered back then, there was no rush for this.

'The Dark Lord stayed in this school until the seventh grade. It was definitely used until the seventh grade. It was closed just before graduation. God knows what kind of traps there are. You can't do this work by yourself. You have to get Dumbledore! ’

William thought so.

——

After dealing with all traces, passing through the secret passage, and returning to the office, William pretended to be busy for a long time and came out of the office, and then went to the auditorium.

"Fortunately, there are no more gifts," William walked happily, and the events of those Death Eaters back then could not help but come to mind.

'The Death Eaters in the school, who can attract a bunch of students, are most likely to be black magic, maybe with violence or something like that - I need to check the information on this...' William was thinking about what to check next, and unknowingly Just arrived at the auditorium.

"For that one, one point is deducted!"

Professor Lockhart's voice could be heard clearly even through the door.

Just from this voice, you can tell how happy Professor Lockhart is - without opening the door, William pictured Professor Lockhart showing his teeth.

Knocking and pushing the door open, William entered the auditorium with a smile.

All his plans for this holiday have basically been completed, and all the students are here. Since it is Christmas, he might as well feel the New Year atmosphere here.

'The Chinese New Year exam is really too much... I am also staying in the examination room, so the students may not have a calm mind...'

"Over there, you, you, you, and you, one point will be deducted for each of you!"

Professor Lockhart shouted loudly, his expression brighter than William thought - William had never smiled so happily during the New Year, not even when he was collecting New Year's money when he was very young.

"Professor William, you are here."

Lockhart smiled happily at William, "I have caught many students trying to cheat."

"No," Lockhart pointed to the quill pen and paper on the table. The hard-working pen was diligently recording the names of the students who violated the rules. William wanted to ask for a moment what the pen was that could distinguish the name from you. Where did you buy it…

He glanced at the list and found that there were already more than one hundred and forty names recorded on it - the number of people detained in the school would not be enough even if it were doubled. There was no doubt that someone had been arrested more than once or twice.

However, the students' emotions were obviously not affected - who would care if they deducted so many points at once?

Even though William came in, everyone was still as happy as the Chinese New Year, flipping through books, doing papers, and cheating, they continued to cheat...

"How do you feel, Professor Lockhart?"

William hired a tool to invigilate the exam, and was about to ask Professor Lockhart if he was tired, but apparently Lockhart gave the wrong answer.

"Why are you tired?" His smile was perfect. "I finally understand why there are exams in the fifth grade. Professor William, I heard that you have prepared a lot of sets of papers. I think we need to consider promoting this next semester... "

‘No, Professor Lockhart, Christmas is equivalent to the Chinese New Year. Is it really appropriate for us to discuss this topic? Especially since so many students are still watching below, do you think this will make people unable to celebrate the festival? ’

Out of basic human nature, William declined him politely.

"We can discuss this later, Professor Lockhart. It is the holiday now, so it is not appropriate to discuss this."

"Yeah, that's fine. Let's talk about it after school starts," Lockhart nodded, "Over there, put down the cheat sheet! One point will be deducted!"

The surrounding students laughed, and the cheating child showed no expression. After putting down the cheat sheet, Lockhart waved his wand and put it away.

‘No, do you want to make cheat sheets for an open-book exam? what are you thinking? ’

William was stunned - if you have the strength, why not bring a book with you?

He took the cheat sheet and took a quick look at it and found something was wrong. Although the handwriting was the same, if he looked carefully, it was the fonts of two people.

'Forget it, forget it, Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year...' William tried not to arrest anyone, after all, he had entrusted it to Lockhart.

"The exam went well, Professor Lockhart. I'm going back to the office first."

He looked at it for a while, thinking that it was still Christmas, and resisted the desire to arrest people and said goodbye to Lockhart - no, the exam was enough to ruin his reputation, and there was no point in further arresting people.

——

‘A sneeze! ’

William rubbed his nose and continued to check the test paper.

He knew that June's debt would have to be paid off quickly, but he didn't expect that the annual debt would have to be paid back faster...

The Chinese New Year exam sounds inhumane - but there are also judging papers after the exam!

‘What a bad idea I had! ’

William wished he could go back and slap himself a few days ago - Lockhart was having fun, and he had to judge papers. What the hell is this!

Fortunately, there are not many students and not many papers.

'It's still a waste of time. In order to prevent them from handing in the paper in advance, the exam questions this time will occasionally include a question that is easier to find out -' William quickly looked at the paper, "What is an open-book exam that can find out the answer? take an exam!"

‘Forget it, just think of it as the Chinese New Year. ’

William shook his head and rated the item at hand.

"That's great, everyone passed..." He put the papers away, pointed at the quill with his wand, and let it start copying the results.

"It's Chinese New Year, so it's not good to announce results. Why don't you do something fancy?"

He thought for a moment and started calling the almighty house elf.

"Bart, can you bring me some red paper?"

It’s the New Year, there are still red envelopes, a Galleons for good grades, a Cexico for a bad grade, a Senat for the bottom — and then the transcripts are stuffed in as well.

Full of flavor!

William happily stuffed himself a piece of chocolate - a genius idea!

Just say that I saw the special etiquette of celebrating Christmas in the East!

Now this year is perfect! !