Hogwarts: Don't call me the Staff Maker

Chapter 815 The Weasley Brothers' Plan

Hagrid displayed his might in the open space in front of the castle; it is no exaggeration to say that he single-handedly halted the Death Eaters' advance.

However, as the Death Eaters gathered here from the side after the wooden bridge was blown up, the situation began to tilt again.

Inside the castle, Harry and Sherren hurried along the corridor. They could hear the surrounding sounds growing louder—running and shouting—as if right next to their ears. Occasionally, as they passed by the window, they could see beams of bright magical light flashing across the playground outside.

"Professor McGonagall just told me that we need to find a way to deal with that snake!" Harry said anxiously, walking quickly forward without any clue. Every time he passed a window, he would look out as far as he could, trying to find Voldemort and Nagini.

Disappointingly, although there were many Death Eaters outside, Voldemort never showed up, let alone Nagini, whom he had turned into a Horcrux.

"No, I can't find it—" Harry said, mechanically turning around and coming to another corridor.

Did you see that just now?

Xilun shook his head.

Unlike Harry, he didn't look outside at all. He knew very well that Voldemort wouldn't let Nagini out of his sight at this point, and even if he found her, it would be useless.

Unless Voldemort was certain of victory, he would not allow Nagini to leave his sight and act alone, which could be seen as a form of mockery from the victor.

As for how to make Voldemort feel that he has won, perhaps it would be when he personally kills Harry, his savior, but certainly not now.

When they arrived on the third floor, they encountered Fred and George, who were engrossed in studying something, squatting in a corner gesturing and talking incessantly to a piece of parchment, completely unaware that someone was walking past them.

Continuing on, Professor Sprout walked heavily through the hallway, followed by Neville and five or six other students, all wearing earmuffs and carrying several large potted plants.

"Mandragora!" Neville shouted back at them as he ran, "I'm going to throw them out and let those Death Eaters taste it!"

"You'd better throw it far away. Don't forget Hagrid and Mad-Eye are on the playground too," Harry said quickly.

Neville didn't turn around. He was wearing earmuffs, so it's unclear whether he heard anything or not; he probably didn't.

However, with Professor Sprout accompanying them, this situation is unlikely to occur.

"Wait a minute." Suddenly, Harry remembered something and instinctively glanced back. "Plants like mandrakes should be in the greenhouse, right? Where did they get in from?"

The Hogwarts greenhouses are not inside the castle, but between the castle and the Forbidden Forest, which is also the site of the fiercest battle.

At a time like this, Professor Sprout would absolutely not take seven or eight students to move those plants.

"Maybe it's the Room of Requirement," Celen said.

He didn't know how those people got the mandrake, but if there was any way to get people to the greenhouse outside the castle, it must be related to the Room of Requirement.

Think about that magical secret passage in the Hog's Head. Even if the greenhouse is far away, it's still within the Hogwarts area, so there's nothing strange about it.

"Sirlen, great! We've been looking for you!" Fred's excited voice came from upstairs.

He stopped staring at the parchment, rushed over and grabbed Xiren's arm. "Come with me, we need your help."

Siren hesitated for a moment, but didn't refuse, and followed him upstairs. Since they knew it was impossible to find Nagini now, there was no point in continuing the search.

As for Harry—Shillon had been hesitant to tell him that he himself was one of Voldemort's Horcruxes.

The main reason was that Sirren didn't know what the memories Dumbledore left for Harry were, or whether they mentioned this secret—he remembered that Harry's expression was very serious at the time, as if he had seen an unbelievable scene.

Perhaps Dumbledore has his own plans.

The idea flashed through Xiren's mind, and then he and Fred went up to the third floor.

It was the same place where we'd seen them before. George was holding the parchment, gesturing wildly in front of a wall, trying to make out something.

"So what do you want from me?" Xilun asked.

"Don't rush, you need to look at this first." Fred stuck the parchment to the wall, then took his wand and waved it forcefully.

Suddenly, blue lines appeared on the previously blank wall, like an unfolded Marauder's Map, covering the entire wall.

Oh no, it should be described as a simplified version of the Marauder's Map that has been magnified several times. It's not as detailed as the real Marauder's Map; you can only see the more prominent places like the auditorium, lobby, library, corridors, and staircases.

"What is this?"

"A little idea of ours," George said, turning around. "Like this."

He pointed his wand at a spot on the wall.

A moment later, a door to Xilun's left suddenly burst open with a loud bang, and a dozen five-inch-tall toy figures wobbled out from inside.

"Pepper Sprites, of course these are fakes used specifically for demonstration. The real Pepper Sprites will explode when exposed to light."

"Boom!" George gestured with his hand above his head.

Xilen raised an eyebrow. Now it was certain that this Pepper Sprite and the pungent candy in Honeyduke were not the same thing.

Seeing the two smug-looking people, Xilun pretty much understood what they meant.

"So, you made a trap controller?"

"This is necessary to avoid harming the professor or our own people," Fred said.

"But this method of control isn't very sensitive," George said.

Silen nodded. That was indeed the case. About a second after Fred waved his wand, the door next to him opened.

It may not be a long time, but if it were used in an upcoming war, it would be fatal.

"We've thought about this problem for a long time but haven't been able to solve it."

"Then we thought of you," Fred said solemnly. "You're an expert in this area."

Xilun did not object, because the trap controller in front of him was actually the same as the magic wand in some ways, both using magic to release spells (traps).

"Is this wall the medium through which you cast your spells?"

"No, it's this parchment," Fred said, peeling the parchment off the wall. The blue lines on the wall quickly disappeared, returning it to its original state.

"You can definitely solve this problem, right?" George asked nervously, handing the parchment to Siron.

"Of course, it's not difficult."