Hogwarts from another world

Chapter 143 The Cat and the Mouse

In 1971, the headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore, took in the 11-year-old "werewolf" Remus Lupine to study at Hogwarts, and provided him with the Shrieking Shack, the place where he would transform. In addition, he also planted A Whomping Willow protects.

The villagers heard the noise and screams and thought they were from some ferocious ghost. Dumbledore encouraged people to spread such rumors to keep people away and ensure everyone's safety.

Of course, the above is a story from another world.

The Hogwarts of this world does not have a vicious "whomping willow", at least Matthew has not seen it by the greenhouse...

And Matthew had never heard of the name "Remus Lupin" before.

But the "Screaming Shack" still exists, and its notoriety remains, although Matthew doesn't know exactly why.

But she knew very well that there must be a secret passage between the Shrieking Shack and Hogwarts.

There are many secret passages between Hogwarts and Hogsmeade. These secret passages were secretly built by wizards during the "Goblin Rebellion"... They are at least hundreds of years old, and several of them are The secret passage even fell into disrepair and collapsed.

All of this has nothing to do with recent principals.

……

For Matthew Wakefield, all he wants is to find a way back to Hogwarts as quickly as possible.

Because in Hogsmeade, there is an extremely terrifying demon...

Tom Gaunt... or Tom Riddle... or Voldemort... In this world, he is most likely not as powerful as the other world... But he is still a seventeen-year-old man who has had it in his hands before he became an adult. A vicious murderer who took many lives... He is still a terrifying dark wizard who can make Horcruxes at a young age...

What's even worse is that because of that book, he has most likely been "waiting" in Hogsmeade, waiting for himself to be "caught"!

That's why Matthew deliberately "lost his temper" and drove away Hermione and Neville.

As long as the two of them are not with him, there is a high probability that they will not encounter any danger. After all, Mr. "Tom Gunter" is not targeting them.

But if they follow him, they will most likely be affected.

Matthew ran with all his strength, ran up the hillside, and came to the house.

There is a high fence outside the "Screaming Shack", and the inside is overgrown with weeds and desolate... In addition, the doors and windows of the house are tightly sealed, making it slightly scary to look at during the day.

But these fences are old and can be knocked down with a simple kick.

Then Matthew ran wildly through the weeds and continued to run towards the cabin.

The door of the "Screaming Shack" was locked from the inside, and Matthew pulled out his wand without hesitation:

"Ahola Hole Open!"

There was only a creak and the door was opened.

Matthew ran in

……

Entered the Shrieking Shack and locked the door.

Since the doors and windows were closed, the whole room was pitch black and nothing could be seen clearly.

"Lumos!"

As Matthew shouted softly, a faint light shone in the room, but it was not enough...

"lumosmaximum!"

Matthew shouted again, and a shining light suddenly appeared, illuminating the entire room. And this light has not dissipated yet...

This also allowed Matthew to observe the surrounding environment.

This is a messy, gray room.

There was dust everywhere, even a little bit choking; the windows were not closed, but boarded up from the inside; the furniture was broken, and the wallpaper on the walls was peeled off...

It can be seen that this house has been abandoned for a long time.

"Meow!"

Faintly, Matthew suddenly heard a cat meowing.

But this could also be his imagination.

Matthew had no time to take care of these things. He quickly began to look for the entrance to the "secret passage" on the floor.

The secret passage between Hogwarts and the Shrieking Shack.

There was so much dust on the floor that I couldn't see anything clearly... It was unrealistic to clean it with a wand, and Matthew hadn't learned such a complicated cleaning spell yet.

He could only hold the dust away with his hands, and at the same time tap the floor gently, judging by the sound whether there was anything empty under the wooden floor.

After trying this for about three to five minutes,

Matthew soon noticed that the sound of a piece of floor knocking was different from the surroundings.

He quickly took off his robe and wiped away the dust around him...

Sure enough, the color of this wooden floor is slightly different from the other floors around it...

Matthew lowered his head and continued to fiddle with it for a moment. Then he heard a loud noise and the entire floor was lifted by him.

Everything is going smooth!

Then, only an "unfathomable" cave appeared in front of Matthew.

Sure enough, this is a secret passage... The entrance to the secret passage is not wide, but it is enough for a wizard to pass through.

It worked!

Matthew finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as you pass through this secret passage, you can return to Hogwarts. By then, everything will be safe...

And Matthew swore that he would never set foot in Hogsmeade again until Mr. Tom Gaunt was caught!

Just when Matthew was about to get into the cave

"Are you running away?"

A cold, somewhat playful, high-pitched and cold voice suddenly sounded from behind.

……

Hearing this unfamiliar voice, Matthew's heart sank.

He turned around, only to find he couldn't see anything.

Then, as if his eyes were experiencing an illusion, a figure of a middle-aged man sitting on a chair with a broken leg suddenly appeared.

"It's the Illusion Curse!"

Matthew reacted quickly.

I'm afraid that a long time ago, this middle-aged man followed him like a cat chasing a mouse. It's just that he used the Disillusionment Curse and couldn't see him.

And everything he did to escape...perhaps in his eyes, it was just a joke.

Matthew forced himself to calm down and looked at this strange man...

...No...actually he is not a stranger.

Just a few hours ago, Matthew had seen him once... It was at the entrance of the Pig's Head Bar. He was dressed as a waiter and pouring something over there.

He looked haggard, with a face that had been through many vicissitudes of life... In appearance, he looked more like a vampire than a vampire. A lot of hair has fallen out, the deathly pale face looks waxy and weirdly twisted, and the whites of the eyes seem to be permanently bloodshot...

"I see, it turns out there is a secret passage in the Screaming Shack!" Mr. Tom Gunter said with a sneer: "I finally understand how you escaped from me last time."

"Matthew Wakefield!"

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