The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 18 Night Tour
In this way, under the careful guidance of Professor McGonagall, Ada made great progress in Transfiguration. One theoretical class, one practical class, the two were carried out alternately. Now, let alone turning a match into a needle, even using a match to turn into a beautiful cup, Ada can do it easily.

Professor McGonagall thought that in terms of Transfiguration alone, she was far behind Ada when she was her age. In the past fifteen days, Professor McGonagall has seen Ada's daily progress, and she even envied her talent.

Unfortunately, happy times are always short-lived, and the half-month so-called confinement, which was actually a remedial course, ended. Professor McGonagall felt that what Ada needed most now was to master what she had learned, and further teaching would be a bit like cramming, so she gave up the idea of ​​continuing the course.

Ada really wanted to continue to have special treatment, and to have a famous teacher to guide her on her way to study. The more good things like this, the better. She even thought she should make a small mistake and then be locked up by Professor McGonagall for half a month.

Unfortunately, this idea was seen through by the shrewd Professor McGonagall, and the plan was aborted.

Life returned to normal. Ada was either brushing up on the system's proficiency to improve her abilities, or playing with the twins to adjust her own state.

Cody Avery has been very honest recently, as if the annoying boy before was just an illusion. I don't know if he figured it out in the school infirmary, or was scared by Snape's confinement, anyway, Avery is very low-key now.

Come to think of it, apart from Draco Malfoy, there shouldn't be anyone so stubborn that he could tirelessly provoke a person for seven years. Every time he got his head broken and bloody, he would dust himself off and get up to continue to tangle, tirelessly and without getting bored.

He fought and failed again and again, but he kept fighting. This behavior of becoming more courageous with each setback can only be described as stubborn. There is no other word to describe it.

One night in October, after a day of brushing, Ada was lying on her bed bored. Angelina and Alia, who shared the same dormitory, were discussing fiercely whether the Heidelberg Hounds or the Vratsa Eagles were stronger.

The two Quidditch enthusiasts compared everything from the player list and lineup composition to the team's historical honors and popularity, but in the end they couldn't come to any conclusion and neither could convince the other.

Last weekend, Ada accompanied her friends to watch Gryffindor's Quidditch match. The game was very exciting, but the result was not as expected. Gryffindor lost the game.

It had been several years since Gryffindor last won the Quidditch Cup. Now that the old players who won the championship had graduated and the new players were far from reaching the level of their predecessors, it was a pipe dream for Gryffindor, who were in a period of transition, to win the Quidditch championship again.

The argument between Angelina and Alia is still going on, but the content has changed to two other teams. It is obviously a movie about three people, but Aida still cannot have a name.

In a daze, Ada felt that she should have fallen asleep, but she could still hear Angelina and Alia going to bed and saying good night to each other.

[Ding! How can you not go on a night tour when you are studying at Hogwarts? Before the end of the Christmas holiday, complete ten successful night tours and you can receive the Disillusionment Charm as a reward! ]

Ada sat up suddenly, her sleepiness driven away by the dinging sound.

Judging from the reward, Ada was very tempted. The Disillusionment Spell was a very advanced spell that could make a person invisible by changing the color of their lines. The deeper the caster's understanding of the spell, the stronger the magic power, and the better the effect of the spell.

Although the Disillusionment Charm cannot really make people invisible and there is a possibility of being seen through, its effect is much stronger than many invisibility cloaks on the market, and Ada has no money to buy them.

It was just that Ada was a little bit resistant to the night tour mentioned in the task itself. She had a lot of things to do every day, and she needed enough sleep to let her tired brain rest after a day of work, so that Ada could be a better book brusher the next day.

In addition, Ada was very worried that if she didn't get enough rest, she would suddenly die one day, so she had to be on guard.

Another thing is that she is worried that it will affect her height growth. Ada is a little short now, and she often needs to look up to see others. Ada wants to grow taller, and she doesn't like the feeling of looking up at others.

Besides, who knows what strange things will happen at night in an ancient castle that has existed for thousands of years! If you believe the slogan of Hogwarts - Hogwarts is the safest place in the world, then you are a big fool, and the stupidest kind, the kind that cannot be saved.

The Weasley twins, who are very adventurous, have already taken a night tour. They have invited Ada to form a team many times, but Ada has rejected them every time.

Through chatting with the two, Ada naturally knew that the first danger she would face was the school administrator Filch. Filch wandered around the castle every night to catch those little ghosts who did not lie in bed and sleep but wandered around the corridors.

After struggling for a while, Ada, unable to resist the temptation of the Disillusionment Spell, turned over and got out of bed. It was already very late at night, and only the sound of the two roommates' even breathing in their sleep could be heard.

She changed into a set of light clothes, a pair of soft-soled shoes, and finally put on a robe before leaving the dormitory. The light clothes were for ease of movement, the dark robe was also more convenient for hiding her figure in the night, and the soft-soled shoes were to make as little noise as possible when walking.

After leaving the common room, the Fat Lady, the "door god", was very unhappy that her rest was disturbed, and glared at Ada. The moonlight poured into the tower where Gryffindor was located through the glass window, illuminating the ground with silver. For the first time, Hogwarts at night appeared in front of Ada. The torches in the corridor had weak flames, which could only illuminate a small part of the surrounding area. Most of the long corridor was shrouded in darkness.

"Lumos!" Ada whispered, and the tip of her wand lit up with a soft light. Ada didn't dare to turn up the brightness of the light too high. The bright light in the dark night was like a living target, basically telling Filch that there was someone here, come and catch him!

With the help of the weak light of the fluorescent charm, Ada wandered carefully in the corridor, carefully distinguishing whether the voice coming from not far away was the whisper of the portrait or some existence that would threaten her, such as Filch's accomplice, the skinny cat he raised, Mrs. Norris.

This skinny cat made great contributions in Filch's process of catching students. It fully integrated the cat's keen senses and agility into its work, often finding students when they were least aware of them, and then led its owner Filch to find these troublemakers, which was simply impossible to guard against.

It can be said that part of the reason why students hate Filch so much is due to Mrs. Norris.

Ada raised her wand and walked forward cautiously. She saw a Hogwarts that was different from the daytime. There were fewer noisy students coming and going, and the portraits that were usually full of colorful things had fallen asleep. Ada suddenly felt that it was not a bad thing to take a night tour occasionally, it was still quite interesting.

There was a sound coming from the distance. Ada listened carefully and it was not the voice of the portrait, but more like two people talking about something.

At first, Ada thought she had run into two "like-minded" people, and thought they were other students who were also out at night. But as she got closer to the source of the sound, she found that both voices were familiar to her, one was Snape, who hated her, and the other was from Benedict Foley, the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Ada should have escaped. Being caught by the professors would have been no different from being caught by Filch, especially falling into Snape's hands. The thought of it was too horrible.

Although she wanted to leave, she kept getting closer due to her curiosity. Humans are always so contradictory. Everyone knows the saying "curiosity kills the cat", but humans still can't suppress their curiosity.

After extinguishing the fluorescent charm and lowering her wand, Ada pressed herself against the wall of the corridor, listening attentively to the conversation between the two professors on the corner staircase landing.

"Severus, Severus..." This was the voice of Professor Foley. Normally he was elegant and graceful, just like the nobles in the stories, but just now his voice was filled with anxiety, like a child at a loss.

"What exactly do you want to do?" Professor Snape's voice was still the same as before, very soft, but it floated farther in the silent night.

"I just wanted to... I just wanted to find something..."

"Looking for something? What are you looking for? Wandering around the castle like a fool."

There was a rustling sound, and Ada thought it was Professor Snape pulling at the collar of Foley's clothes. As for why Foley didn't pull Snape, Ada thought Foley didn't have the courage to do so.

"It's a very important thing, Severus, I can't be discovered...especially by Dumbledore..." His usual calmness was gone, replaced by panic, and his voice sounded a little trembling.

"You have been discovered, Professor Foley," said Snape, emphasizing the tone when he addressed Professor Foley.

This should have given Foley a great sense of oppression, because Ada could feel that Foley's tone was becoming more and more panicked.

"Help me, Severus, please... this is very important..." There was a hint of pleading in his tone.

"Why should I help you?"

"The world shouldn't be like this. Hogwarts and the current wizarding world shouldn't be like this. This is something that can change the world..." Professor Foley's tone suddenly became holy, like a missionary, but his missionary process was forcibly terminated by Snape.

"Shh!"

Both of them fell silent, and then there was a slight sound of footsteps coming towards Ada!
Ada held her breath and moved her body closer to the wall. She felt that someone would appear around the corner in the next second, point a magic wand at her and cast an evil curse!

(End of this chapter)