From Azkaban To Hogwarts

Although the twins completed their work with unprecedented enthusiasm, when the lights were about to go out at night, they still only completed a small part of the work.

William nodded to the three students, approving their work that night.

"Okay, today's work has been completed very well. I will give you half a day off during the day tomorrow. Come over at eight o'clock in the evening to continue."

As we all know, daytime refers to the time before twelve o'clock in the evening, but in order to prevent them from escaping confinement, William still set the time for coming to confinement.

The three Weasleys left the professor's office with happy faces, and William was done with his work for the night.

Theoretically speaking, he should go to bed at this moment, but tonight he didn't know whether it was because he had slept too much during the day or was too excited to see Old Tom, but William was stunned that he didn't feel sleepy at all.

‘Can’t you go out for a walk? ’

As soon as this thought came up, I couldn't suppress it anymore - the curfew only affected the students, not the professors.

Just as he said, William got dressed, locked the office door with his backhand, and walked towards the gate of the castle.

At this moment, there were almost no active students in Hogwarts Castle, and even the oil painters had fallen asleep, which made William unconsciously start to slow down his steps.

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"Students over there, stop!"

As William turned a corner, an oil lamp suddenly appeared.

He stopped in place funny, looked at the rapidly moving light and shouted: "Don't be surprised, it's me, William."

"Professor William, I thought it was the senior students who wanted to sneak out on the weekend. You don't know, they are always like this."

Filch said with half regret and half respect.

"I couldn't sleep. I went out for a walk. Is the castle gate locked?"

"It's locked. I want to inspect the castle to see if there are any children who have skipped classes. So, Professor, if you go out, you will have to wait until I am a child to patrol the outside of the castle before you can come back. That lock was cast by Dumbledore. .”

Mr. Filch proudly talked about the lock, but as far as the person who cast the spell was concerned, it was estimated that ordinary wizards would not be able to open this lock, even with violence.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, Mr. Filch, but I haven't seen the stars in a long time."

"You're welcome, Professor, the starry sky at Hogwarts is particularly beautiful. If you don't mind, just help me catch the students stranded outside the castle. They are getting bolder and bolder. Last year, I We even caught first-year students staying up late at night!”

First-year students? William opened his mouth slightly in surprise.

Even the kids who stay up all night in the Internet cafe are not as outrageous as the age of eleven. Children of this age are all sleep deprived. How beautiful are the stars at Hogwarts?

If you don’t look at the stars, is it too early to be in first grade?

"who is it?"

William asked this question almost subconsciously.

"The Weasley child and his two friends - Professor, if you ask me, none of the Weasley children are worry-free!"

You can't blame everything on the Weasley family, and the remaining two children are not easy to worry about either - William just wanted to say this, and instantly thought of a whole drawer of punishment records that he had just seen not long ago.

Let's put it this way, the penalty record is not directly related to the number of violations, but is related to the number of violations that were caught. According to the standards of the twin brothers, it is difficult for William to imagine that they were caught for violating the rules once, just for that drawer. Judging from experience, I am afraid that the basic skills of escape have been developed long ago.

Seeing William nodding in conviction, Mr. Filch began to give up patrol and led William to the gate of the castle.

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"Speaking of which, Professor, I don't know what happened today. My cat seems to be very scared. Is she cursed?"

When the two came to the hall, a cold cat suddenly appeared. Filch took a few steps up and touched her head, then turned to ask William.

"A curse? On a cat?"

William knelt down, looked at the overly thin cat, and examined it carefully. After a while, he said with certainty;

"There is no curse. At least based on my knowledge, there is no curse. She is more afraid of something. Is there a student who abuses a cat?"

"They don't dare. Besides, the portraits in the castle will be watching. No one dares to do something that seriously violates school rules."

"Then I probably encountered some magical creatures. Some bad guys are particularly obsessed with scaring people. Cats are also a good prop for them to absorb fear. When I have free time tomorrow, I will go look through the corners of the castle. Those guys like it. Stay there."

Several types of guys who make a living by scaring people came to mind in William's mind, such as Boggarts and the like.

"Okay, thank you, Professor. I will patrol outside the castle in an hour. I will wait for you at the door for ten minutes. If you miss it, I will wait for you at the door of the castle after finishing the patrol, but that's too much." late."

William quickly nodded in agreement - this administrator was very enthusiastic, but for some reason, he was obsessed with corporal punishment of students.

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'It's been a long time since I calmed down and looked at the stars - luckily Hogwarts is not polluted. ’

William walked alone on the lawn, trying to find the most comfortable piece of grass to lie down and watch the stars.

It's hard to find such a place without the interference of other students.

But when William lay down and sighed towards the stars, he suddenly discovered something was wrong.

Wherever he could see, two sneaky figures emerged from a bush. They glanced briefly at the surroundings and then sat down regardless.

‘Student? Did he really run out of the castle in the middle of the night to go on a date? ’

William suddenly fell into a dilemma - whether to arrest him or not?

If caught, he would have to add a new rumor to the students' risk assessment plan tomorrow. After running out of school to catch those who skipped classes, he would also have to stay up in the middle of the night to catch those who went on a date. What a pity, he is only a professor. One week, in order not to be harmed in the future, can this be caught?

But if you don’t catch me, I won’t be a professor and you will spread the dog food. I am a professor and you will come here to spread the dog food. I am a professor in vain?

Just when William was struggling, he finally managed to identify one of the two people - under the bright starlight, his fiery red hair was extremely dazzling.

‘This unlucky boy, if a group of people commits a crime and they want to arrest you, they will arrest you first, and you don’t even know how to cover up your hair? ’

William almost recognized the other person - if nothing else, his student, Percy Weasley.

Arresting your own students is not counted as the last cross-district law enforcement, right?

But soon William became entangled again - if he remembered correctly, there are currently five Weasleys in this school, and if he catches this one, then all four of them except the youngest will be imprisoned in his hands...

ps: During the day, there...should be?