Hogwarts Bloodline

Chapter 19 Exploring the Forbidden Book Area

Ivan spoke as he suddenly seemed to remember something and spoke again. "Also, Malfoy, you still owe Hermione a thank you, don't forget it!" "Hals! That was your shameless sneak attack on me!" Malfoy drew out his wand and pointed it at Ivan, his fair cheeks flushed red. "Even if I, Malfoy, fall from the sky and die, or am imprisoned in Azkaban, I will never thank a Mudblood!" Crabbe and Goyle, the two followers, also drew out their wands, but they were responded by the surprised looks of many Gryffindors, which reminded the three of them that this was the Gryffindor table, and if they fought here, they would only be beaten. Hearing the word Mudblood, Ivan couldn't help but frowned, and Ron jumped up and shouted. "Malfoy! We accept your challenge! I must teach you a lesson tonight!" "Okay, then I'll wait tonight" Malfoy raised his eyebrows, smiled sinisterly, and turned away. "Duel, what is a duel? Two people holding swords and stabbing each other?" Harry asked hurriedly after Malfoy left. "Of course not, how could we be as stupid as those Muggles?" Ron proudly said the rules he knew. "Well, first both sides need to stand opposite each other, then bow to each other, and both sides raise their wands and use magic to fight a glorious duel. If one side dies, the assistant must take over, and it will not end until both sides fall down!" Ron became more and more excited. Compared with reading boring books in the classroom every day, duels are more interesting. Besides, he has been unhappy with Malfoy for a long time. "Death?" Harry swallowed his saliva. "Ron is exaggerating. That's a regular wizard duel. At best, we use magic such as disarming spells and leg-locking spells. Sometimes it's not as useful as fists." Ivan shook his head and explained to Harry. "Ivan, you will go tonight, right?" Ron asked expectantly. "No, I've said before, I have something else to do tonight, so I don't have time to care about Malfoy." Ivan shook his head. In Ivan's opinion, this silly magic duel of waving wands and shooting at each other face to face was too stupid. It didn't fit the style of wizards in his mind at all. It was more interesting to watch a fencing performance, at least it was still entertaining. In view of Ron and Harry's restless nature, Ivan kindly reminded them. "It's still unclear whether Malfoy will come tonight. Maybe he just wants to trick us over and let Filch come and catch us all." "Impossible?" Ron and Harry looked at each other, thinking that Malfoy should not be so shameless. This is an honorary wizard duel! Seeing the expressions of Harry and Ron, Ivan knew that he couldn't persuade them. After sighing, Ivan stopped persuading them and turned over the book "Teaching You to Fly Fast" on the table. Anyway, according to his memory, Harry and others' actions tonight should be safe and sound, and they can learn more about the Philosopher's Stone. Even if something unexpected really happened, Dumbledore would be responsible for cleaning up the mess. The headmaster would not let his appointed savior have any accidents. "Ron, are we really going to duel with Malfoy tonight? What if Malfoy doesn't come at all, just like Ivan said?" After dinner, Harry said to Ron worriedly as they returned to the dormitory together. "Of course we have to go. This is a duel! Malfoy can't not come. If he arrives and finds out that we didn't go, how embarrassed would we be?" Ron tried his best to cheer Harry up. After all, he had just agreed. "But without Ivan, there are only two of us. How can we beat the three people on Malfoy's side!" Harry said. "We can call Neville to join us, so that there will be three people!" Ron thought about it and felt that it seemed to make sense. Although Malfoy's two followers were a little stupid, they were much stronger than them. It would be too disadvantageous to fight. "Neville?" Harry opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but swallowed back what he was about to say after a while. Why did he suddenly feel more worried? Otherwise, let's go together. At midnight, in the Gryffindor common room, Ivan put down the book "Teaching You to Fly Fast" in his hand. In order to avoid the embarrassment in the previous flying class, Ivan borrowed the books related to flying after class. After a few hours of reading and a flying class, his flying skills were almost close to the level of Level 2. At this time, the dormitory was already empty. Harry and Ron had sneaked out with Neville more than ten minutes ago. Ivan could only wish them good luck. The three-headed dog was not a good temper. Seeing that the time was almost up, Ivan climbed out of the cylindrical passage and looked back. The intersection of the passage had been automatically closed. The fat lady who was responsible for guarding the passage did not seem to be there. Perhaps she went to visit someone. Hogwarts at midnight was a little more deserted than usual, and the silence was a little scary. The entire corridor was dark, and only the dim candlelight lit every ten meters or so allowed Ivan to barely see the road ahead. Fortunately, ghosts are not scary in this wizard world. Ivan has even chatted with some of them, so he is not panicked at all. He just complained about the rewards given by the system in his heart. This is too hardcore. He actually has to go to the forbidden book area to get the rewards. This is not systematic at all! Ivan walked straight through the long corridor and encountered annoying spiral staircases on the way to the forbidden book area. At night, these stairs seemed to be more naughty than during the day. There was no regularity at all. Sometimes when Ivan arrived in front of them, they suddenly turned to the other side. I don’t know if it was intentional to increase the difficulty for little wizards like Ivan who like to wander around in the middle of the night. Fortunately, Ivan’s spells were not learned in vain. Using the floating spell, he can temporarily float himself in the air and rely on the force to float to where he wants to go. Using the petrification spell, he can block the connection between the stairs and make them unable to move. With the help of a few not-so-profound spells, Ivan walked smoothly. There were a lot of portraits hanging around the spiral staircase. Several old scholars with white beards watched Ivan jumping up and down with interest. Some portraits also greeted Ivan enthusiastically. After Ivan walked downstairs, he also responded politely one by one, then turned from the auditorium to the road to the library. "Alaho!" Ivan used the unlocking spell to open the tightly closed library door. For safety reasons, he closed it with his backhand, and then waved his staff and used the fluorescent spell. "Luminescent Flash" The bright white light at the tip of the magic wand flashed by, and when it stabilized, the light was much dimmer, but it was enough for Ivan.