Chapter 344
Hufflepuff Common Room
Chapter 344 Hufflepuff Common Room
More than half an hour had passed since curfew. In the corner on the right side of the kitchen corridor, a brown head would occasionally pop out from between a pile of wooden barrels, then immediately retract when it heard some noise.
Soon, the one head turned into two heads, like two mushrooms growing out of the ground.
“It’s been a long time,” Ryan said.
"Yeah," Theo said grimly.
"Ved may have gone back to the lounge," Ryan said. "You know he could turn into an eagle and fly away through any window. He doesn't have to take this route."
"I know. But I sent him a message and he hasn't replied yet," Theo said.
"Maybe he just didn't look at the Friends Book. Once that guy starts studying, he won't even open it to read the news for most of the day." Ryan said again.
"It's late, you should go and get some rest, Ryan. I'll just wait." Theo started to chase people away.
Ryan snorted, said nothing, and didn't leave.
Theo hung on the barrel next to him, propped his chin up with his hand, and couldn't help yawning. Then he said, "Do you think we should go find Professor Sprout? Or Professor McGonagall?"
Ryan was hanging on the other side and said speechlessly: "Do you think Professor Snape is a Zibkru monster that eats children? Even if Wade accidentally angered the professor, he would not be stuffed into the crucible and boiled."
"I know, but... well..."
Theo sighed worriedly.
Professor Snape didn't specifically target anyone in Hufflepuff, but criticized everyone who made a mistake equally. In Potions class, Theo was always in the same group with Wade and was rarely scolded.
But the professor's stern face was enough to scare everyone in Badger College.
"Professor Sprout is the best. She's like a mother to me."
Theo thought of his dean and felt very fortunate.
Ryan nodded in agreement.
Just then, he heard light footsteps coming from the corridor, and hurriedly pulled Theo down, saying in a low voice: "Someone is coming!!"
Although Theo heard nothing, he trusted his partner's hearing very much, so he immediately held his breath and hid himself.
Ryan listened again, a smile forming on his face, "It's not Filch - it's Vader!"
Then the two mushrooms popped up together again.
After waiting for a while, Wade's figure appeared from the end of the corridor. He frowned slightly, lowered his eyes and looked at the ground in front of him, with an extremely serious expression.
Theo stretched out his arm and waved, whispering, "Vade!"
Wade looked up and saw the two of them, a little surprised: "What are you doing?"
"Waiting for you!" Ryan said briefly.
"Come in!" Theo waved his arms anxiously, "Filch will be here soon!"
Although Wade was not worried about this, he still followed his wishes and quickened his pace.
In the middle of a pile of large wooden barrels, there was a not-so-wide, slightly inclined circular entrance, and Ryan and Theo were squeezed inside it.
At this time, Ryan had disappeared from the entrance. Theo waved to Wade and crawled in backwards. Wade: "..."
He looked at the entrance and drilled in, just like he was drilling into the cement pipe placed on the construction site when he was a child.
The only difference is that the surrounding "pipes" are made of wood, and emit a faint aroma of wine and sweet cream. The bottom and sides have been rubbed until they are shiny.
After crawling for a short distance, the view in front of me suddenly opened up. Compared with the Ravenclaw common room, the circular basement seemed much lower, reminiscent of a badger lying on the ground.
The whole room was illuminated by orange-yellow light, the fire in the fireplace was burning, and the sofas and armchairs around were wrapped in yellow and black velvet, making the whole room look warm.
Under the ceiling, on the surrounding shelves and on the windowsills, there are all magical plants, some of which emit a faint glow, some sway slightly, and others are in full bloom, appearing full of vitality.
The room is filled with the sweet aroma of plants and flowers, and you can see insects that you won’t see in other lounges, such as fireflies and butterflies.
Above the honey-yellow mantelpiece carved with a badger hangs a portrait of Helga Hufflepuff, the founder of the school. She looks a bit like Professor Sprout, with a warm and happy smile on her round face, which makes people who see her feel better involuntarily.
Unfortunately, it was already night and it was pitch black outside the window, so I couldn’t see the sunlight shining in through the round windows.
There was no one else in the lounge except the three of them, and Wade couldn't help but ask, "Where are the others from the academy?"
Theo said matter-of-factly, "I'm going to bed. It's so late already."
Wade: “…” It seems that this is indeed the case.
But if it's a Ravenclaw common room, there will probably be people reading or doing homework in the corner;
There is no need to say much about Gryffindor. The Weasley twins are probably not back yet.
Wade, a Slytherin student, didn't understand, but he felt that not all students in the Serpentine House would have a regular schedule and go to bed early and get up early.
The two Hufflepuffs, who usually fell asleep a long time ago, resisted their drowsiness and pulled Wade to sit on the sofa in front of the fireplace. Theo couldn't wait to ask:
"Vade, did you go to see Professor Snape? Did he give you any trouble?"
Wei De asked curiously: "How do you know?"
Ryan said, "We accidentally saw Malfoy when we came back. He reported to Filch that there were students who didn't sleep at night and wandered around in the underground corridor near the Potions classroom - we guessed it might be you."
Professor Snape's office was near the Potions classroom, so the two of them guessed Wade's purpose.
"You went to Professor Snape about Neville's matter?" Theo said worriedly, "What if he starts to target you too?"
"Of course I won't be stupid enough to rush up to the professor and criticize his behavior. I just want him to know that Neville can also feel pain and is not a stone that is insensitive to insults and accusations."
Wade said, "Don't worry, Professor Snape is not angry with me. It's just that I don't know whether the result of the communication can meet expectations."
"That's good."
Theo breathed a sigh of relief, then immediately realized something and quickly explained: "It's not that I don't care about Neville, I just..."
"I know." Wade's eyes were full of understanding, and he smiled and said, "Thank you, Theo. And Ryan, I'm sorry for making you worry about me."
Ryan shook his head: "When Neville cried, I felt bad too, but I didn't know what I could do to help him. I..."
He lowered his head in shame, his voice squeezed out from between his teeth: "I'm sorry... I don't have the courage to resist Professor Snape..."
(End of this chapter)