Harry Potter Returns from Baldur's Gate

"If it's too late, you don't have to come back."

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This was not the first time Harry had to wander the castle late at night without being seen.

But Hogwarts is always different from other places.

The corridors here are filled with portraits that can talk and visit other frames.

Although these portraits did not mean any harm, the sight of them gathered together and chattering at Harry's night walk still put a lot of pressure on him.

But the real trouble comes from those ghosts.

These ghosts wandering in the corridor in the middle of the night screamed and ran away as soon as they saw Harry, not even giving Harry a chance to apologize.

It even attracted Filch, the castle manager who was on night watch.

Harry was forced to hide in a broom cupboard to avoid Filch's search.

But after coming out of the broom cupboard, Harry looked at his armor moving in the corridor and suddenly a brilliant idea popped into his mind.

After a friendly exchange with a slower-running suit of armor, Harry got inside and let it take him to the observatory.

It was after entering the armor that Harry discovered that this armor, which usually walked around in silence, could actually speak.

To be precise, it cannot be considered speaking, but it is similar to the way the mind-thirsty creatures make sounds directly in other people's heads.

"Today's Hogwarts students are becoming less and less respectful of school property."

After Harry put on the helmet, the armor's voice, like that of a weathered old man, rang directly in Harry's mind.

Although it wasn't the first time something spoke directly into my mind.

But Harry was still a little surprised that even the armor in Hogwarts could speak.

"How can you speak?"

"How refreshing! You guys never listen to us when we talk normally, and none of you like to wear armor now."

"Did wizards wear armor before?"

"Oh, young people nowadays are really... You look like a Gryffindor, right? Gryffindors used to wear swords. Do you think they wore armor?"

On the way to the observatory, this armor, which has existed since the founding of Hogwarts, chatters like a taxi driver.

I chatted with Harry about everything, from old men to wives.

It seemed that because it had not spoken to a living person for too long, the armor that called itself 17 told Harry a lot of little secrets of Hogwarts.

For example, the current Gryffindor headmaster who teaches Transfiguration was once a Quidditch player, but for some reason he suffered a crushing defeat in his graduation year and did not win the Quidditch Cup.

So after becoming the head of the house, he strongly supported Gryffindor's Quidditch career.

Four years ago, Gryffindor was a regular in the Quidditch Cup.

For example, Professor Quirrell, who teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts this year, taught Muggle Studies last year.

For example, the Hogwarts kitchen is actually next to a painting near the Hufflepuff common room.

The Hufflepuff common room was placed there because Hufflepuffs like to eat when they are stressed.

So in order to take care of their friends, the founding fathers of the school placed the kitchen as close to their friends' colleges.

And on this eighth floor, there is a place where successive generations of Hogwarts house-elves store old furniture.

But now that place has strangely disappeared, which has caused the house-elves a lot of headaches.

After all, as a school with a large number of little wizards, the number of furniture damaged every year for various reasons is astonishing.

Even the toilet seats, which usually only broke once a year, started to break in large numbers after the start of this semester.

I don't know why anyone would destroy toilet seats.

At this point, Old Seventeen sighed and said, "Today's Hogwarts students are becoming less and less respectful of school property."

Hearing Old Seventeen's complaint, Harry didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Fortunately, the Astronomy Tower was not far from the Gryffindor Tower, and Harry didn't know what to say.

Old Seventeen walked to the door of the astronomical tower.

"When we get there kid, do you want me to go in with you or what?"

"I'll come out right away."

Harry took off his helmet, unfastened the buckle that the bear had put on it, and jumped out of the armor.

After leaving the armor, Harry could no longer hear Old Seventeen's voice.

This is probably the reason why, for so many years, the students of Hogwarts did not know that these armors patrolling around the school could actually communicate.

Harry patted Old Seventeen's shoulder armor, gave him a thumbs up, and walked into the astronomy tower.

This was Harry's second time in the Astronomy Tower. The last time he was there was during the astronomy class.

Because he wanted to observe the starry sky, Harry was very cold when he was watching the stars in the astronomical tower late at night because he didn't wear enough clothes.

So this time, after hearing Qiu Zhang say that they would meet at the Astronomy Tower, Harry not only put on an extra piece of clothing, but even brought a blanket.

But when Harry arrived at the Astronomy Tower, he found that it was empty, with only a window that seemed to have been forgotten to be closed.

After walking around the tower, Harry didn't see a single hair of Qiu Zhang, let alone Qiu Zhang.

Is this just a prank?

Harry, who didn't find any trace of Qiu Zhang, was ready to leave.

But as Harry reached the exit of the Astronomy Tower, Harry suddenly remembered the open window.

So Harry walked over to the window and looked out.

Outside the window, there happened to be a small section of eaves that seemed to lead to the top of the tower.

Without any hesitation, Harry climbed out of the window.

Harry walked along the eaves to the top of the tower and saw Qiu Zhang, who had already sat on the top of the tower with a gourd in his hand.

"then."

Harry just saw Cho Chang sitting on top of the tower.

Qiu Zhang raised his hand and threw the gourd in his hand over.

After Harry caught the gourd, he walked over and sat down next to Qiu Zhang.

"what is this?"

Harry shook the gourd in his hand. It felt heavy and there was a faint sound of water flowing inside. It was obvious that it was filled with some liquid.

"nice one."

Qiu Zhang took out another gourd from his side, pulled out the stopper from the gourd, tilted his head back and gulped down a mouthful.

When Qiu Zhang pulled out the cork, Harry smelled the strong smell of alcohol coming from the gourd.

"Huh... Firewhiskey still lacks some flavor. It has almost no advantages other than being strong."

Qiu Zhang put down the gourd in his hand, turned his head and looked at Harry.

"Why don't you drink?"

"You asked me to come here in the middle of the night just for this?"

Harry uncorked the gourd in his hand, held it to his nose and sniffed it.

In addition to the strong smell of alcohol, there was also a faint smell of burning fire in the gourd. The gourd probably contained the flaming whiskey that Qiu Zhang mentioned.

Looking at the gourd in his hand, Harry, as a holy knight, couldn't help but think of last year.

The information I had looked up during my friendly exchanges with Uncle Vernon.

At my age now, I can still use ancient customs to cover up a little beer, but drinking this kind of strong liquor is definitely illegal.

"What? Afraid of being poisonous?"

Seeing Harry trying his luck with the gourd, Qiu Zhang snatched the gourd from Harry's hand, raised his head to take a sip, and then stuffed the gourd back into Harry's hand.

"Are you relieved now?"

Qiu Zhang stared at Harry with a blush on his cheeks.

Looking at Qiu Zhang, Harry could only lift the gourd and take a sip.

As soon as the liquid in the gourd went down his throat, Harry knew why this drink was called Firewhiskey.

As the wine entered Harry's throat, it burned straight into his stomach like a ball of fire.

Harry, who had never expected the wine to be so strong, started coughing on the spot.

"Hahahaha!"

Seeing Harry's miserable look when he coughed.

Qiu Zhang raised the gourd in his hand and was about to take another sip.

But as soon as Qiu Zhang raised the gourd in his hand, Harry, who was coughing, reached out and snatched the gourd from Qiu Zhang's hand.

"Ahem! It's illegal for us to...drink this kind of alcohol."

After wiping his mouth with his sleeve, Harry said to Qiu Zhang, who had an expression on his face like a dog whose beloved big bone was taken away after his gourd was taken away.

"Breaking the law? How many school rules have you violated by being here now?"

Qiu Zhang stretched out his hand and tried to take back the gourd that Harry had taken away.

"My presence here is just a violation of school rules, not a violation of the law. There is a fundamental difference between the two."

Harry leaned sideways to avoid Qiu Zhang who was leaning against him, and said to Qiu Zhang when he got the gourd.

Hearing Harry's words, Qiu Zhang, who was originally held back by Harry's shoulder, shrank back.

After a pair of black eyes looked Harry up and down, Qiu Zhang looked at the gourd in Harry's hand and said.

"My master once said that a person's character can be seen from his drinking habits. If you don't know if a person is trustworthy, then just have a drink with him."

There was a gleam in Qiu Zhang's eyes that Harry was familiar with.