A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 267 Halloween Dinner

"Someone stole our food!"

Walking home after class, William was stopped by the ghost of Gryffindor—"Nick the Nearly Headless."

"I don't think any normal person would steal what you call 'food'," William said, shaking his head.

That's not food at all; it's practically rotten into swill. Who would steal and eat that stuff!

Even... William wouldn't go to Myrtle's bathroom. He could easily get a suffocating stench from just a casual stroll there, and he couldn't wash it off.

"But there was much less food. The rotten tripe on the tap was gone, and the food in the sink was thrown on the ground."

Most importantly, the maggots in the bathroom are gone; someone must have eaten them. Nick, who was almost headless, swore confidently.

"Could it have turned into a 'butterfly' and flown away?"

"Of course not! I just checked the inventory at noon, someone must have stolen the food," Nick said angrily.

"Could it be a mischievous ghost?"

"It wasn't him. I promised Pipi Ghost I'd attend my death anniversary party, so he won't cause trouble."

"Since you checked at noon, the incident must have happened sometime between this afternoon and now."

William rested his chin on his hand and analyzed the situation carefully.

This is quite strange. The thief threw the food from the pool onto the ground, took away the most disgusting rotten tripe, and even cleaned up the maggots in the toilet...

This thief is something else; even William can't figure out what he's thinking.

Could it be Dumbledore? A surprise for the Halloween party!

It was collected by Snape as an ingredient for some obscure potion...

"It's just a little less food, is that a big deal?" William asked again.

"Of course it has an impact. 108 dishes, that's the standard for a royal state banquet... If there are fewer dishes, I'll lose face, especially if there are no maggots, people will think the food is fresh."

"Stop talking..." William forced himself to suppress his nausea and used his brain-clearing technique to empty his mind, otherwise those images would linger in his head.

William and Nick discussed it for a while, and Nick decided to ask Hagrid for some caterpillars to make up the scene.

This is the same as when a leader inspects and tells you to paint the walls white.

"William, would you like to come to my death anniversary party? It's my 500th birthday. I would be honored if you could attend," Nick, who was almost headless, invited.

William would bet he said that, and he said it to countless other people.

Cast a wide net, target the most fish... cheat whoever you can, it's an old trick.

"But I have to go to the college's Halloween party tonight, and Annie said Dumbledore hired the Red Skull Dance Troupe."

Perhaps there's also an alliance of fathers who grieve.

"What's so interesting about a bunch of ribs?" Nick said dismissively.

"Hey, Cedric, are you going? Myrtle's been telling everyone you're her date!" Nick suddenly shouted.

It turned out that Cedric and Cho were walking towards them together not far down the corridor.

"Myrtle's male companion, really?" Qiu looked at Cedric meaningfully.

"That's not true!" Cedric said angrily. "I don't know who gave Myrtle the idea to ask me to be her date, and she's been bothering me every night."

Myrtle also told me that Ollivander's grandfather was coming... but his grandfather hadn't actually become a ghost; he was trying to lie to me.

"It must have been an idea from someone she knows; otherwise, she wouldn't have mentioned Mr. Ollivander!"

William scratched his head, coughed awkwardly, and said, "Cedric, it was probably the idea of ​​the Gryffindor students; they usually like to do this kind of thing."

Cedric nodded, and indeed suspected the twins.

Nick was somewhat disappointed to hear that Cedric wasn't going, and then he looked at Cho.

Qiu quickly changed the subject, "William, Professor Trelawney made another prediction about you in class today. She said that if you don't go to her class, something bad will happen to you this semester."

Is "..." considered a threat?

The group entered the Great Hall and encountered Harry and Hermione, who were searching for something.

"Hey Harry, don't forget 7 p.m., the underground classroom, see you there," Nick, who was almost headless, instructed.

Once Nick was out of sight, Harry sighed deeply and said, "I'd completely forgotten about the anniversary party."

It turns out that Harry was the only big fool who was fooled by Nick.

"Can I not go? I can just say I have a stomachache," Harry said.

He regretted agreeing to Nick's offer.

The thought of spending the Halloween party in a cold basement with a bunch of ghosts made him feel nauseous.

Is it that the food made by house-elves isn't as delicious, or that Dumbledore's jokes aren't lame enough?

Most importantly, he could see Qiu from time to time in the auditorium, which was the happiest thing for him.

"Harry, you've made a promise, so you have to keep it," Hermione reminded him.

"Easy for you to say, you don't even have to go," Harry muttered.

"We didn't agree!" Hermione tugged at William's arm. "Didn't we?"

William nodded and asked, "What were you looking for just now?"

"Look for Ron," Harry said worriedly. "He said he was going to the toilet, and he's been there for almost an hour. I'm afraid he might have fallen in."

Harry thought it was a good idea to take Ron to the party.

"You don't need to look for Ron anymore."

Just then, the twins walked over from a distance.

"We just saw him being taken away by Filch. Ron was soaking wet, like he'd fallen into a black lake," Fred said.

"Didn't Weasley go to the toilet? Why did he fall into the Black Lake?" Cho asked, puzzled.

The group was completely baffled. Could it be that Ron had taken care of the problem in the reeds by the Black Lake?

Since Ron had been taken away by Filch, Harry had no choice but to attend the anniversary party alone.

William and the others walked happily toward the auditorium.

Hagrid's giant pumpkins hung in mid-air, resembling private boxes.

Clearly, Hagrid secretly cast an expansion spell on these pumpkins, which is why they are so large.

Anne, wearing a hat carved from a small pumpkin, poked her head out of the mouth of the large pumpkin and waved.

"Brother, hurry up and come up!"

Luna and Ginny peeked out together, both wearing the same skullcaps as Annie.

The Three Melon-Peel Sisters!

"So, we're going to spend our Halloween party on pumpkins this year?" George whistled.

"That's really fun!" Fred said happily.

He prepared to release his Niffler to dig a hole under the Slytherin student's pumpkin.

Cedric looked around, searching for a smaller pumpkin... the kind that could only fit two people!

Well, Hagrid obviously didn't consider this for Cedric.

Farewell, his dream of a double room!

As night fell, Hogwarts' Halloween Eve dinner officially began.

Dumbledore led a group of teachers into the largest pumpkin, while the other students also went into pumpkins in small groups.

As Dumbledore announced the start of the banquet, a dilapidated pirate ghost ship crawled through the castle wall.

Suddenly, Professor Kettleburn threw out a salamander.

The salamander leaped into the air and spun wildly in the auditorium, crackling and spewing sparks, accompanied by loud bangs. Orange-red stars spewed from its mouth, creating a beautiful and spectacular sight.

Hermione peeled the orange, put one piece into her mouth, and the other into William's mouth.

She tilted her head back and chuckled softly, "So this is how fun Halloween dinners are."

William smiled.

Two years ago, Professor Snape was arrested by the Ministry of Magic; last year, trolls invaded Hogwarts...

Therefore, this kind of unremarkable dinner is exactly the kind of campus life William was looking forward to.

William bit into the orange... He wondered where the house-elf had bought the orange.

So sweet!

Hermione stared blankly at William, then suddenly reached out and gently stroked the boy's smiling eyebrows.

So lovely!

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