The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Chapter 365 An Invitation from Moriarty

"Wake up! Wake up!"

Moriarty's expression changed, and he reached out to push Hanyu Kafu's shoulder.

After a few nudges, Yuzuru Kaze's brow twitched and his eyelids twitched; he woke up.

"Well…"

Yuzuru Kaze struggled to open his eyes, a sharp pain shooting through his head.

"hiss!"

Hanyu Kaze rubbed his head and sat up, looking completely bewildered. "Where am I?"

Moriarty crouched down, placing a hand on Hanyu Kafu's shoulder and looking into his eyes: "Forgot? Let me remind you, Kuno, the Promise, Jericho, Tokugawa, the Requirement House..."

"what!"

Yuzuru Kaze felt as if he had been pricked by a needle, and at the same time, a memory flooded his mind.

"A house of fulfillment?"

Yuzuru Kafu covered his head, his mind filled with images of the House of Requirement.

Moriarty smiled slightly; Lockhart's magic had worked. At this moment, Yuusuke Kafu should be seeing a room where an awards ceremony was being held. That was Lockhart's wish.

"Bang! Bang!"

Yuzuru Kaze punched himself on the head twice, and his eyes gradually brightened.

Moriarty thought to himself, "What a ruthless man," and said calmly, "Remember now?"

"Yes," Yuzuru Kaze's tone was filled with suppressed excitement, "a room that can be changed according to a wizard's wishes—it's undoubtedly a Room of Requirement!"

Moriarty wasn't surprised when Yuusuke explained the Room of Requirement's function. Countless wizards had graduated from Hogwarts, so it wasn't strange that Yoruichi learned the secret from them and then told Yuusuke.

What Moriarty wanted to know was Moriarty's purpose in confronting the House of Requirement.

"Mr. Moriarty, you have fulfilled our agreement."

Yuusuke stood up, and apart from the dust on his wizard robe, he seemed to have fully recovered.

He put on a smile and stared intently at Moriarty.

"Then can you tell me, did you remove the Transfiguration Curse from me?"

Yuzuru Kaze took out his wand, though he was just cleaning the dust off his clothes. Moriarty was certain that if he didn't get a satisfactory answer, Yuzuru Kaze was ready to fight.

Moriarty sized up Yu Shenghefeng. Although he didn't know his strength, a wizard trusted by Ye Jingyu must be quite powerful.

Moreover, he learned so much magic in just a few days at Hogwarts, which shows his extraordinary talent.

Moriarty is interested in playing against Kafu Hanyu, but not now.

With a cold laugh, Moriarty produced his prepared response, saying meaningfully, "What happened in the 'Always Granted' room? Principal Hanyu Kafu really doesn't remember?"

"I clearly saw you take two steps into the room, then clutch your head and cry out in pain, before fainting."

"I brought you out, and you slept for about 20 minutes, right? What? You've forgotten everything about us since you woke up?"

Upon hearing this, Yuzuru Kaze's eyes widened. Of course, he hadn't forgotten, but the scene before him was a bit strange.

"What about Jiu Neng?"

Moriarty shrugged and said deliberately, "I didn't know, and I never imagined that Nine was you in disguise."

Yuzuru Kafu glanced at Kuno's hiding place, confirmed that Kuno was still there, and then asked, "Where are Jericho and Tokugawa?"

"They..." Moriarty's eyes flashed with a fierce light, "Do you think I'll let them go?"

Yuzuru Kafu was speechless, feeling that something was wrong but unable to put his finger on it.

Moriarty approached him and lowered his voice.

"Is there something wrong with the principal's head?"

Yuzuru Kafu suddenly looked at Moriarty, his whole body tense.

"I know a kind of magic that possesses the back of someone's head, and it seems to be somewhat similar to the principal's symptoms."

"If the principal ever has an idea, I can help you take a look."

Moriarty smiled and spoke nonsense with a straight face.

To mislead Hanyu Kafu, Moriarty continued, "It's also possible that there's something unclean in the Room of Requirement. I've heard that Voldemort has a Horcrux here."

Upon hearing about the Horcrux, a strange light appeared in Yuusuke Kafu's eyes.

He began to believe Moriarty's words; whether it was something in his head or Horcruxes, Moriarty was right.

Yuzuru Kafu forced a smile. "As expected of Mr. Moriarty. I was overthinking it. Our agreement is now complete, isn't it?"

"Heh, if you hadn't suddenly fainted, I would have gone back to sleep long ago." Moriarty glanced coldly at Hanyu Kafu and walked away without looking back.

Seeing Moriarty's attitude, Hanyu Kafu felt more at ease. He watched Moriarty leave, then turned and walked in another direction.

Before leaving, I didn't forget to bring Jiu Neng with me.

Moriarty didn't return to his single room either, but went back to the Slytherin dungeon. Jericho sat on the sofa, alone.

Seeing Moriarty return, Jericho stood up.

"He believed it?"

Moriarty nodded, and Jericho breathed a sigh of relief. "Great, I can finally get a good night's sleep."

Jericho turned and headed towards his dorm, but Moriarty sat down on the sofa.

"Aren't you going to sleep? It's 2 a.m.." Jericho yawned.

"You go to sleep first, I have something to do." Moriarty smiled slightly.

"OK, see you tomorrow morning." Jericho didn't waste any more words and kept walking.

"Click".

The dormitory door closed, and the common room instantly fell silent.

Moriarty glanced around and picked up a stack of parchment from the table, from which he didn't know which student it was.

Taking out his Slytherin staff, Moriarty transformed the parchment into an invitation. The cover was peach-colored.

He counted out seven sheets and wrote down the names of Lilith, Diana, Tonks, Fleur, Violet, Penelope, and Gemma on them.

Then each invitation was accompanied by the following sentence: We cordially invite you to join us at the House of Response tonight at 7:30 pm.

Finally, add your own name.

After writing the invitations, Moriarty picked them up and looked at them, as if he could see their smiles in his eyes.

With the night view adding to the chaos, the third round of the competition is destined to become fraught with danger.

I don't know anything about the Blood Banquet, but just from the name, I know it's not something righteous or honorable.

By bringing them together and taking precautions in advance, Moriarty can go to the match with peace of mind.

With the invitations in hand, Moriarty returned to his dormitory. He would have Poseidon deliver the invitations the next morning, and his mission would be accomplished.

The next morning, the young wizards went to the Great Hall for breakfast one after another.

When Hanyu Kafu, who was secretly observing, saw Jericho and the twin-tailed girl sitting at the fifth long table as always, he was taken aback.

"That Moriarty guy, didn't he make a move against Jericho and Tokugawa?"

Then I thought again, Moriarty has a lot of dirty tricks up his sleeve, what if he used the Imperius Curse on Jericho and Tokugawa?

For a moment, Hanyu Kafu was also undecided.

At that moment, Poseidon rushed into the hall, followed by a large flock of owls.

With the start of the league, the wizarding world began to report on it extensively.

Because of the presence of foreign students, the British Ministry of Magic made an exception and allowed foreign newspapers to be sent to Hogwarts.

Now the little wizard finally has more than just the Daily Prophet and The Quibbler.

The owl would also deliver five or six foreign newspapers, such as the Liberty Times and the Bright Times, all of which were full of reports on the competition.

Lilith, who was sitting at the long table reading the newspaper, finished reading the last one and found a pink card under the newspaper.

Lilith picked it up. "An invitation?"

After flipping through the book for a few moments, Lilith's mouth slightly opened as she looked toward the Slytherin leader. Five other girls did the same.

But they didn't see the person they were thinking of.

"Together?"

Lilith read the invitation again, then, as if struck by a thought, glanced at the other long tables and saw the excited expressions on the faces of several girls there, which further confirmed her suspicions.

"Hmph." Lilith wrinkled her nose, looking at Moriarty's name on the invitation. "Sigh, really..."

"You... didn't invite me alone, but instead made me go to the Room of Requirement with them!"

Lilith walked away with her head held high.

The other girls reacted differently.

Tonks happily turned her hair pink and ate an extra loaf of bread with great relish.

Penelope glanced at the invitation, her eyes darting around. She walked over to Gemma, smiled, and asked a few questions. Then, both of them blushed.

Hibiscus carefully placed the invitation into a small bag containing her underwear, which had been enchanted with a seamless stretching spell, and happily went to class.

Violet didn't even come to the hall; she was fast asleep in her coffin, so Poseidon went to Moriarty's private room to deliver the invitation.

The daytime flew by, and by 7:30 p.m., the eighth-floor corridor was bustling with activity again.

(End of this chapter)