The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Chapter 88 A Night Out on the First Day of School! (Please add to your favorites!)

The students ate heartily. After the meal, Gemma led the new students into the Slytherin dungeon and introduced them to the history and glory of Slytherin House.

Moriarty was the most suitable person for this job, but he went straight back to his dormitory.

"System, I want to unlock the daily check-in task."

"Please confirm whether you wish to spend 10000 points to unlock the daily check-in task. You currently have 11800 points."

Moriarty confirmed without hesitation.

"Congratulations, host, you have unlocked the sign-in task. You have 1800 points remaining."

Congratulations, host, you have successfully checked in and obtained the Enchanted Brain Closure Technique!

Note: The Slytherin Dungeon Wizard Quarters is a non-repeatable sign-in location; the host can only sign in once.

The system notification sounded slowly, and after the sign-in task was unlocked, the system's voice seemed less cold.

"Brain Occupation".

Moriarty was naturally extremely satisfied. If he were to exchange points, a single Brain Occupation spell would cost 7000 points, but after unlocking the sign-in task, he learned the spell in a very short time.

However, Moriarty noted that the user's mental strength largely determines the duration and resistance of the brain-sealing technique.

With Moriarty's current mental strength, he can use Occlumency to block the Legilimency of ordinary wizards, but it would be difficult to block the Legilimency of wizards of Dumbledore's or Voldemort's level.

Although Moriarty possesses other powerful magic, he will not give up practicing Occlumency, a skill mastered by Spellcaster.

A double agent capable of blocking Dumbledore and Voldemort's Legilimency.

When the topic of the Church came up, Moriarty immediately thought of the Church's office.

Without a doubt, that's a great place to sign in!

Moriarty sprang into action, using a Disillusionment Charm to slip out of the dormitory. The snakes were all discussing the new professor in the common room, and no one except Lilith noticed that the stone door to the common room had been opened.

A meaningful glint flashed in Lilith's eyes. She knew that Moriarty had learned the Disillusionment Charm during the holidays, so could the person who went out be Moriarty?

Lilith cast an illusion spell on herself and followed.

After leaving the common room, Lilith saw a long floating staircase leading to another corridor that led to the basement.

Everyone agreed that Hogwarts' floating staircases would only serve Moriarty, so Lilith flashed a triumphant smile: "Moriarty, you can't shake me off!"

She followed, and gradually, Lilith saw Professor Snape's office.

"What's Moriarty doing here?" Lilith asked, puzzled. "Asking about potions? Or making potions with Professor Snape? But either way, Moriarty doesn't need to appear invisibly!"

While Lilith was still puzzled, Moriarty had already finished checking in.

"Congratulations, host, you have successfully checked in and obtained the antidote for Truth Poison."

Note: Severus Snape's office (storeroom) is a repeatable check-in location; the host can check in once per day.

Moriarty put the obtained potions into the system space and decided to sign in once a day. It might not even take a semester before he had signed in all the types of potions that the church possessed.

"Let me think, the next check-in location? The secret room!" Moriarty's eyes lit up. There were no more basilisks in the secret room. He wanted to see what he could get by checking in there.

So Moriarty headed toward the secret chamber. Since the secret chamber was located even deeper underground than the offices of the Bissic Church, there was no floating ladder. Lilith, unable to see the floating ladder, lost her reference point for following Moriarty and began to wander around the basement.

After searching through all the classrooms and offices in the Hogwarts basement, Lilith realized that Moriarty had disappeared. Frustrated, she prepared to return to her dormitory, but then she heard a faint meow!

"Mrs. Loris?" Lilith looked at the other end of the corridor with an unfriendly expression.

For most young wizards, there are two cats at Hogwarts that are best left alone: ​​one is Professor McGonagall's tabby cat in her human form, and the other is Mrs. Lorris, the mother cat of Hogwarts' janitor, Argus Filch!

The meows gradually became clearer, followed by a series of hurried footsteps. Lilith knew it was chasing after someone, but it certainly couldn't be Moriarty!

So who could it be?

Lilith made way for her, standing behind a suit of armor and peering out.

Soon, the Weasley twins came running over!

"Fred, can you shut it up?"

"I think...no way!" Fred gasped, "Who knows what's wrong with that old Filch? How could he have spotted us! And run so fast! Didn't Charlie say he was an old Squib?! Damn it!"

After saying a series of words, Fred was too tired to run anymore. He saw a suit of armor by the wall and stopped, leaning against it and panting heavily.

Damn!

Lilith cursed under her breath from behind the armor. She just wanted to see what Moriarty was up to when she went out. Who knew she would run into the Weasley twins?

Merlin's nightlife!

Are all the freshmen this active?! A night out on the first day of school?

"Meow~" Another meow rang out, this time accompanied by the heavy thud of boots on the floor. George pulled Fred up, shouting, "Run! Run!"

Fred started running around yelling, "I can't run anymore! Most importantly, we're lost! This isn't the way back to the Gryffindor common room!"

"We still have to run! Lee Jordan has been caught, and Professor McGonagall will definitely punish him severely tomorrow, unless you want to end up like him!" George roared in exasperation. Their first night outing had been a complete failure, all because of that annoying Filch!

The twins fled in a panic, leaving Lilith shaking her head and rubbing her forehead. It seemed she would hear the news tomorrow morning that the Gryffindor freshmen had gone on a night out and been caught by Filch.

She wasn't going to meddle; she just wanted to wait for Filch to pass by the armor before sneaking back to her dorm to sleep.

However, when Filch appeared in the hallway, Lilith felt that he was acting strangely.

Filch, holding a kerosene lamp in his left hand and grabbing Lee Jordan's ear with his right, glared at him with his bulbous eyes as he scanned the surroundings, threatening, "A night out on the first day of school! How wonderful! When I catch the other two, I'll handcuff you and hang you from the ceiling! Let the whole school see you!"

Li Jordan was so frightened that he cried. Mrs. Loris started meowing again, and Lilith found these random noises extremely annoying.

Suddenly—Filch stopped beside the armor, looking at it suspiciously. Lilith felt as if she could be seen through. Filch seemed to have discovered someone behind the armor, so he held up a kerosene lamp next to the helmet. A blue light appeared, and Lilith instantly became visible!

"Great! Great!" Filch yelled, "There's another girl! I know you, Lilith Pilivik of Slytherin! You're doomed!"

Lilith looked at herself in disbelief. She looked down at her body and then around before realizing that her Disillusionment Spell had failed!

Although she didn't understand what was going on, Lilith quickly calmed down, a playful glint in her eyes: "I'm finished? Sorry, I don't think so!"

"I knew it, I knew it!" Filch grinned wickedly. "You arrogant students think you can look down on me just because you've learned a few spells? Well then! Just you wait and see!"

The kerosene lamp lit up with a blue light, which shone on Lilith. Lilith was horrified to find that she could not move!

Why? Filch can use magic too?

Countless questions flooded Lilith's mind, but she was helpless and could only watch as Filch put down the kerosene lamp and reached out to Lilith's ear. Clearly, Filch also wanted to grab Lilith's ear and drag her away.

"Forget everything!" A hoarse voice came from the end of the corridor, and a spell struck Filch.

Filch froze on the spot, his hands falling swiftly to his sides. He looked around in bewilderment, not knowing what had happened.

During this time, Lilith felt someone grab her wrist and pull her toward the Slytherin common room.

"Moriarty?" Lilith's voice was hoarse, but she couldn't hide her joy. "Is it you?"

"Of course it's me," Moriarty said, dispelling the illusion spell. "At this point, only I can come to your rescue."

"Oh, Moriarty!" Lilith said, deeply moved. "Thank you!"

Moriarty loosened her wrist, she gradually calmed down, and the two walked side by side to the common room.

"The Weasley twins told me that Filch was acting strangely, so I came to check it out," Moriarty explained his reason for showing up.

He originally intended to sign in at the Chamber of Secrets, but as he approached the Great Hall, he encountered the Weasley twins, who were in a panic and running around aimlessly—judging from their expressions, Moriarty thought they had run into a fire dragon.

Lilith patted her chest, still shaken. "Listen to me, this is so bizarre! Filch can use magic? He scared me half to death, otherwise how could I have been captured by him?"

"Don't make a fuss," Moriarty chuckled. "I saw it, that kerosene lamp—"

"Yes, yes," Lilith remembered, "it was that kerosene lamp! The light broke my illusion spell and trapped me in place! Merlin, if I fell into the wrong hands, what would he do to me? Unthinkable. So, you'll protect me, right?"

Finally, Lilith's voice faded to a whisper, and Moriarty promptly retorted sarcastically, "Our Lady Lilith actually needs someone to protect her? Where is that advocate of wizard supremacy who spouted such nonsense at me on the train?"

Lilith scoffed, "I already told you, Filch is too bizarre! He breaks the rules!"

“He didn’t,” Moriarty said calmly. “That’s why I said don’t make a fuss. He’s still a Squib. It’s just that the kerosene lamp is an alchemical prop, understand?”

Lilith blinked, wishing she could disappear into the ground. "A kerosene lamp! Alchemy! Nicolas Flamel! I should have known! It must be an item Nicolas Flamel provided for Hogwarts!"

"He's not completely stupid," Moriarty said, opening the stone door. "So Filch isn't acting strangely, otherwise I wouldn't have cast the Oblivion Curse on him."

"Okay, you're right. Goodnight." Lilith blushed slightly and hurried away.

Moriarty shook his head with amusement and went back to his dorm to sleep.

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