The Alchemist of Harry Potter

Chapter 23 The Secret Path and Filch
Having said that, my own panel should not be a shortened version, but there is no map function.Albert was still in the mood to tease about his panel function, and after finding the room of responsiveness, he was in a good mood.

No way, in the online novels I read before, the system that comes with pig's feet is usually awesome. After turning on the scanning function, everything is invisible.

Now, think about it carefully, the function of your own panel is really pitiful.

In fact, Albert is very happy to have the golden finger of the panel.

"I remember that the principal's office is also on the eighth floor, but I don't know where the eighth floor is." Albert murmured.

Of course, he didn't plan to touch the headmaster's office. If Dumbledore's old man noticed him, his life at school would be difficult in the future.

After all, with portraits all over Hogwarts Castle, Dumbledore wondered what a student was doing, and it was an easy task.

Albert turned two more turns and found a descending staircase.

Go down the stairs and start wandering around the castle only to find myself lost.

Well, maybe it's not called getting lost, it's just that he's never been here.

Albert stopped in front of a wall, the light of the wand slid across the carvings on the wall, and he reached out and tapped on it, it was solid.

However, Albert suspects that there is a secret passage here. There is no way. The carvings on the wall are too suspicious. Usually, there are secret doors and secret passages hidden in such places.

"Child, what are you doing here?" Nick got out of the wall next to him and looked at Albert who was examining the carvings in surprise.

This sudden sound startled Albert, and he felt like his heart was about to pop out of his chest.

Albert hurriedly took a few deep breaths, calmed his fast heartbeat, and couldn't help complaining to Nick, "Don't be so elusive, you'll scare people to death."

"Sorry, I didn't expect to scare you." Nick raised his eyebrows and asked again, "What are you doing here?"

"Walk." Albert replied honestly.

"For a walk, this time?" Nick looked at the corridor suspiciously, it was still early.

"Yeah, take a walk. Sir Nicholas, I don't know if you have time to introduce me to Hogwarts. It's like a maze here. I accidentally got lost while walking." Albert smiled and looked at Nick, if If the other party is willing to help, he can save a lot of time.

"Oh, I think exploring the castle is one of the joys of a new student." Nick declined politely.

"You're right." Albert didn't care about Nick's rejection of him, and after greeting the other party with a smile, he continued to study the lion-body griffin sculpture in front of him.

Nick looked at Albert's back, shook his head and reminded, "If you want to open that door, switch it on the lion's claws."

"Thank you." Hearing that, Albert reached out to the lion's claws and tapped lightly. The stone door slowly opened, revealing a narrow secret passage inside.

"See you later, Sir Nicholas." Albert nodded slightly towards the ghost to thank him, raised his wand and walked into the secret passage.

The inside is very narrow, and only one person can pass through. It is definitely not a good place for people who have the fear of confinement.

Albert can feel that he is going down, and he doesn't know where the secret passage leads, but to discover its existence is good news for Albert.

Sure enough, the ghosts and portraits that lived in the castle knew more about Hogwarts.

The exit was hidden behind a portrait. After the portrait was removed by Albert, the old man in pajamas stared at him unhappily, complaining that Albert interrupted his rest.

"Sorry for disturbing you!" Albert apologized to the old man in the portrait and continued walking, feeling that he might be lost again.

This time, though, Albert found a moving staircase.

No matter how many times he watched it, he felt that the scene of moving the stairs was spectacular.

It is said that Rowena Ravenclaw's handwriting of moving stairs and the House of Requirement is the work of Rowena Ravenclaw. I wonder if I can achieve this level in the future?
By the way, does Rowena Ravenclaw hide some secrets in the Room of Requirement?

After all, didn't Slytherin keep a basilisk in his back room?

It really makes sense to think about it. When you pass by next time, you can try it out, maybe you can dig out some secrets.

It took Albert 10 minutes to go down the stairs, and he encountered a stair change on the way, so he had to stay in place and wait for the stairs to return to their original shape.Fortunately, he didn't make him wait too long. Thank God, no, Merlin should be thanked now.

As soon as he entered the foyer, Albert was attracted by a cat. The cat was a little thin and had a dark gray coat, which was incomparable to his Tom.

He bent down to shake it, but the cat ran so fast that it disappeared in a flash.

Albert knew that it was probably the manager Filch's cat, what was the name of Mrs.Although he has read the book Harry Potter and the movie, but after a long time, he can't remember some unimportant things clearly, especially the names of the dragons.

If it weren't for the fact that I had written a fan and checked a lot of information, it is estimated that I would have forgotten it faster.

The cat ran away, presumably to call someone, and Albert was not worried that Filch would come to trouble him.

After all, it's already past six o'clock now, and the sky hasn't fully brightened, all because it's raining outside.

When Albert was about to enter the auditorium, there was a chirping sound, and Filch, who was a little old, came over with an oil lamp.

Albert noticed that Filch was still drowsy, with only a cloak on his body, and there was a happy smile on the corner of his mouth, which was the smile of catching prey.

"Good morning, Mr. Filch." Albert raised his hand to greet him, as if he had met a familiar friend.

"Good morning?" Filch reached out his hand to grab Albert, but was evaded by his easy backing.

"Of course, it's 6:15 now, Mr. Filch." Albert took out his pocket watch from his pocket, looked at the time, and handed it to Filch. "When will the hall start serving meals? Woolen cloth?"

Filch was also taken aback, because Albert deliberately moved his wand to the pocket watch so that he could see the time better.

Filch, who originally thought he had caught the night student, suddenly collapsed, like a child who heard that the Halloween banquet was canceled.

In fact, it was already morning, and although it was still dark, no other students had woken up yet.

"7 o'clock." Filch turned and left angrily, leaving a sentence before leaving: "It's better not to let me see..."

The last few words, Albert did not hear clearly, it is not important anyway.

But does Filch really hate students?
This is to wish to arrest them all and put them in confinement.

Pushing the door and entering the auditorium, it was very dark, the suspended candles were all extinguished, and the lively scene last night no longer existed.

Albert turned and left, ready to continue exploring the castle's kitchen while he was now.

(End of this chapter)