My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

"He, he, he... he kidnapped Peeves!"

Watching Lynn's departing figure, Ron stammered in disbelief.

Harry was also surprised, but he didn't understand why Ron was so surprised.

"Peeves is really annoying. We almost got caught by Filch because of him yesterday. It's good that Lynn caught him."

Ron shook his head: "You don't understand, Harry. Do you think Peeves is just a simple ghost that causes trouble and plays pranks?"

He told Harry the stories his parents had told him and his brothers.

In 1876, Ranchos Culpe, the castle steward of Hogwarts, devised an ingenious trap to drive Peeves out of the castle. The trap consisted of various weapons used as bait and a huge bell jar enchanted with multiple restraining charms. Once Peeves entered the right spot, the bell jar would fall and trap the mischievous ghost.

But things didn't go as planned.

Peeves easily blew open the bell jar and left with several scimitars, crossbows, a large-caliber muzzle-loading gun, and a small cannon. Peeves began firing indiscriminately for his amusement, threatening the students' lives. As a result, the castle had to be evacuated for three days.

Harry listened to Ron's story with his mouth agape. He never imagined that Peeves, who was always playing pranks, could cause such a great deal of damage.

"And then what happened?"

"Later? About three days later, Professor Euprasia Moore, the then headmistress of Hogwarts, agreed to sign a deal with Peeves, allowing him to hand over his weapons in exchange for more privileges. I heard that he could swim once a week in the boys' washroom on the first floor, had priority in choosing which moldy bread in the kitchen to throw away, and even received a new hat specially made for him by Madam Bonabiller."

This was the most disastrous and final attempt to get rid of Peeves. The incident also forced Mr. Calpe to retire early "due to health reasons."

"He even drove away a castle caretaker!" Harry exclaimed.

Ron shrugged and said, "Yes, Peeves is that powerful. He's different from other ghosts; he's very different. That's why I was so shocked that little wizard Lynn caught him so easily. Even the former headmaster of Hogwarts couldn't do that."

Harry's feelings were somewhat complicated. He was gradually getting a general idea of ​​what it meant to be the best young wizard in his class.

……

Lynn had no idea what Harry and Ron were saying about him behind his back.

Even if he found out, he would just be completely dumbfounded.

He only managed to catch Peeves by a clever trick. The Soul Seal, an obscure spell created by Professor Fox, is so rare that almost no wizard in the entire wizarding world knows how to use it, or even has heard of it.

Lynn only had the advantage of information asymmetry. If Pipi knew the effect of the Soul Seal Curse, he probably would have already slipped away when Lynn drew his wand.

However, the goal of catching Pikachu has finally been achieved.

Inside the small bottle, the squashed ball-shaped Pikachu was still screaming and cursing incessantly, but Lynn didn't care at all; having experimental materials made him quite happy.

Instead of returning to his dormitory, he walked all the way to a strange tapestry on the eighth floor of the castle.

The tapestry depicts a ballet teacher who is about to teach a giant to dance ballet.

Lynn ignored the giant blowing its nose at him and stood in front of the blank wall opposite the tapestry, pacing back and forth three times while muttering to himself.

I want a room that's all mine...

Soon, a door suddenly appeared on the blank wall.

Lynn didn't hesitate and pushed the door open and went inside.

This is a small room, about 70 or 80 square meters. Inside, there is a desk, a bookshelf piled with parchment, and three wooden dummies used as targets for spells.

This is Lynn's secret base at Hogwarts.

He sat at his desk and poured the "Pipi Ball" out of the glass bottle. "Pipi Ball" rolled around on the desk, cursing. The Soul-Sealing Curse was very strong and had not been lifted yet.

This spell was invented by Professor Fox.

The initial goal was to capture the ghost of Wilkes' father, the dark wizard hiding in the Forbidden Forest.

It can bind creatures in a soul state and arbitrarily change their shape.

The principle behind the Soul-Sealing Curse comes from the book "Exorcising Evil Spirits: Soul Capture".

Lynn had just mastered the spell a couple of days ago, and today he used Peeves as an experiment.

Strictly speaking, Peeves isn't really a ghost. It's recorded in the book "Hogwarts: A History of the School" that Lynn gave to Hermione that Peeves was already formed at the very beginning of Hogwarts' founding.

He wasn't formed from the death of a wizard, but rather more like an aggregate of consciousness, possessing all the characteristics of a ghost, yet capable of things that ghosts cannot, such as contact with physical entities.

However, even if he wasn't a ghost, but rather a type of spirit, the Soul-Sealing Curse still worked on him.

Lynn tapped a quill pen beside him with his wand, turning it into a paper cutter.

Peeves screamed in terror as Lynn tried to cut a piece off his body.

But Lynn failed. Even though Peeves' body had been modified by the Soul-Sealing Curse, it was still not something that could be destroyed by ordinary objects.

The feel of the paper cutter cutting into Pipi Ghost was like cutting into an exceptionally supple piece of leather, unable to make a single cut.

Lynn thought for a moment, then raised his wand again, wanting to test the spell's effect on Peeves, such as whether he could use the Divine Edge to cut a piece of spiritual matter off it.

But after squinting at Pippi for a while, he finally gave up on his idea.

Peeves was, after all, just a mischievous little imp who liked to play pranks. Although he was a bit annoying most of the time, in the original story he also helped the Hogwarts teachers and students defeat Voldemort's gang.

He's still a good ghost after all. If he were to accidentally break him, Lynn would feel guilty, and Dumbledore might even cause him trouble.

His eyes had been terrifying just now. Pipi Ghost clearly felt that he had just walked through the gates of hell, and he was so scared that he was trembling all over. Even his curses turned into pleas for mercy.

Lynn slowly put away his wand. A little scare had its benefits; at least now he could ask questions properly.

"As long as I'm in a good mood, nothing will happen to you, so you'd better answer my next questions honestly, or I can't guarantee what I might do. Do you understand what I mean, you little devil?"