Chapter 732 Peeves and the Vanishing Cabinet

In the magical world, many wizards like to hold various dances, especially those ancient pure-blood families, which hold them two or three times a year. For example, birthday dances and Christmas dances have become a fixed event, but the focus of most dances has never been on dancing.

This time was no exception. The music in the office never stopped, but there were very few people dancing.

Most of them just circle around twice symbolically, and then start chatting with the people around them with a glass of wine.

It must be said that Professor Slughorn has a wide network of contacts and has invited many famous people over.

In addition to the well-known writer Walple and the vampire Bloody, whom Kyle had met before, there was also professional Quidditch player and current Chaser of the Montrose Magpies, Buwell Hodder, a reporter from the Daily Prophet. Rita Skeeter, but another wizard.

According to Slughorn, he has completed most of the interviews with the Director of the Ministry of Magic and above.

Kyle also saw the owner of Honeydukes Candy Shop...yes, there is a signed photo of him in Slughorn's residence. The school is so close to Hogsmeade, there is no reason not to invite him over.

Even so, Slughorn still seemed to feel that it was not lively enough. According to him, Halloween was just a simple gathering, and Christmas was the highlight. He also told Kyle and Connor not to miss it.

But they have completely different views on it.

The two found an excuse to get away from Slughorn and came to the beverage area where there were relatively few people.

But Kyle came here just to hide and not drink anything on the table.

Ever since he knew that someone in school had bought a love potion, he was not going to touch anything of unknown origin again.

"Kyle, I didn't expect you to come too."

A few minutes later, Harry, who finally got rid of Worple's entanglement, arrived. He must have said a lot, and he directly picked up a glass of butterbeer and drank it in a gulp.

Kyle observed it for a moment and was disappointed to find that it was just a normal butterbeer.

"How do you feel?" he asked.

"What..." Harry didn't react for a moment, thinking that Kyle was talking about this dance, and immediately shook his head and said: "It's too bad, I can't believe Hermione can insist on coming every time."

"Maybe she's used to it." Kyle followed his words and said, "Why didn't you find an excuse to reject him?"

Harry, like them, had been making excuses, such as Quidditch practice, for not wanting to attend Slughorn's dinner party.

As the captain, he could arrange the training time during the dinner party, but he avoided it many times.

"I'm here with Ron. He really wants to see the ball." Harry said.

"Can you invite boys to the prom?"

"Yeah." Harry nodded, "I just wanted to try it, but Professor Slughorn didn't object.

"Oh, by the way, have you seen Ron? I've been looking for him."

"No," Kyle said, "You can go look across the room."

"Okay," Harry said, grabbing his Butterbeer mug and walking across the dance floor.

Some time later, Kyle met the drunk Professor Sybill Trelawney again.

As one of the professors at Hogwarts and a descendant of the famous seer Cassandra Trelawney, she is somewhat well-known.

Slughorn supposedly said there was free sherry at the ball, and then she came over.

And Luna, who was discussing with Neville whether Scrimgeour was a hidden vampire and his secret plot to manipulate the Aurors and use the Gum Disease Curse to bring down the Ministry of Magic from within.

Neville looked shocked, but Kyle couldn't help laughing and almost snorted the mead.

"The Swelling Gum Curse can be developed. I think it is more effective than a lock tongue to seal the throat." Kyle said with a smile.

As for Scrimgeour's identity as a vampire, this is even more nonsense. If he were a vampire, the huge looking glass in the Auror's office would have been ringing long ago.

No other employees of the Ministry of Magic have complained about him for disturbing the public, which is enough to prove Scrimgeour's identity.

I have to say that some of Mr. Lovegood's remarks are quite interesting, and he always brings up some points that others would never think of.

If you don't consider the logic and just look at the fun, "The Quibbler" is indeed a good magazine.

Kyle decided to order a copy when he went back so that he could take it out and have fun when he got bored.

After Luna and Neville left, the dance began to become boring again, until there were ten minutes left before curfew...

Kyle originally thought that the dance was over, but Peeves suddenly broke in from outside.

He flew on the ceiling, holding a large number of balloons filled with water in his hand. Without a word, he launched an indiscriminate attack on the students below who had not yet reacted.

For a moment, it felt like it was raining in the whole office.

There was chaos in the room as everyone screamed and dodged water balloons falling from the sky.

"Ha, I always felt like something was missing. It's okay now." Kyle said with a smile: "After all, how could such a lively place be missing Peeves."

With a slight movement of his fingers, he threw a flying water ball somewhere else.

"But Professor Slughorn is still here. Doesn't Peeves never dare to provoke a professor?"

"He just doesn't dare to provoke the four deans. The other professors just give him face at most." Kyle said, "But he may not be in a good mood tonight.

"Remember what the fat monk said at the dinner? Peeves got angry because there was no pumpkin statue of him, and he was destroying the armors upstairs crazily.

"I guess that's why he wanted to mess up the party."

Kyle pushed away another water ball, and then pulled Connor out the door.

It's better to leave as soon as possible while most people haven't reacted yet, so as not to rush in and block the door again.

Soon, the two came to the corridor outside.

Connor raised her arm and sniffed her sleeve, frowning and saying, "I was just about to say it, do you smell a sour smell?"

"It's vinegar." Kyle lowered his voice and said, "In fact, this is what I told Peeves. If you add a little vinegar to the water, it will make it more lethal."

Connor looked at Kyle with disgust.

"Don't look at me like that, this happened a long time ago." Kyle shrugged, "At that time, I asked him to help find a ghost, and this idea was his reward.

"After all, freshmen often make mistakes when knocking on wooden barrels, and it's a pity that the vinegar that sprays out is wasted..."

"Those who have been thrown water balloons by Peeves will hate you to death."

"Why don't you just say it was Filch." Kyle said with a smile, "He helped Umbridge to torment students last year, so this can be regarded as a lesson for him. "

The two of them followed the direction of the stairs.

There was a noisy voice and the sound of chanting behind them... It seemed that most of them had reacted and started to use magic to drive Peeves away.

But at this time, Peeves had already thrown all the balloons and ran away.

When Kyle and Connor came to the lobby on the first floor, they just ran into him.

"It's you, Kyle boy, I didn't notice you were there just now." Peeves said happily, but then he seemed to remember something and wanted to run away immediately.

"Oh, they are chasing us..."

"Wait." Kyle hurriedly stopped him and said, "It's been so long, how are you doing with the thing I asked you to do."

Peeves' translucent body suddenly stopped in place.

After a moment, he turned around slightly stiffly, and rarely smiled, "Okay, you asked me to find the paralyzed witch who can't smile, I think she has left Hogwarts. "

"Impossible. "Kyle shook his head and said firmly, "Ms. Grey will not leave Hogwarts."

"But she is not in the castle." Peeves said, "Even the Bloody Baron is looking for her, but he also found nothing. She must have run away."

Although he did not get the answer he wanted, Kyle was not too disappointed because he had expected this result.

"Forget it if you can't find it." He waved his hand and prepared to continue walking towards the common room.

"Hey, little Kyle, I'm not perfunctory with you." Peeves didn't know what Kyle was thinking. Seeing him turn around and leave, he hurriedly explained:

"I really have been looking for her... Oh, I think she should have been kidnapped by the Bloody Baron and was locked in a room without a door on the second floor."

"Oh?"

Kyle stopped and turned to look at Peeves. "Room without a door on the second floor? "

If it's the eighth floor, then it should be the Room of Requirement, but if it's the second floor... is there a similar room there?

"Ah, yes." Peeves smiled smugly again, "No one knows this castle better than me. There is such a place in Hogwarts. It's very mysterious. It contains the treasures of all students for thousands of years. But no one knows where it is."

Hearing this, Kyle was sure that Peeves was talking about the Room of Requirement. The reason why it was the second floor was probably because he got the wrong location.

At this time, Connor on the side suddenly asked: "But Peeves, didn't you just say that the Bloody Baron was also looking for Ms. Grey?"

When mentioning the Bloody Baron, Peeves couldn't help shuddering, but still insisted: "That was all him pretending to confuse people.

Half an hour later, I saw the little brat from Slytherin suddenly appear at the door of a storage room on the second floor, muttering something like "missing, can't find" in his mouth.

"I guess it must be the Bloody Baron who asked him to check the situation, but the unsmiling Lady Grey had already run away."

Peeves nodded firmly, "Yes, that must be the case."

Whether Kyle believed it or not, he believed this statement anyway, and the Bloody Baron had a motive. All ghosts knew that he was the one who killed Lady Grey of Ravenclaw. What if he wanted to recreate the scene at that time on a whim?

Peeves looked serious, and the more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed.

But how to say it, even if Kyle didn't know the truth, he couldn't believe him.

Lady Grey disappeared with the Ravenclaw diadem, and the diadem also contained some of Rowena Ravenclaw's own memories. What could the Bloody Baron do? Go and deliver it?

Also, it's impossible for the storage room to contain a ghost that can pass through the wall.

But the next second, Kyle thought of another question.

"Wait, Peeves, who is the Slytherin you said you saw on the second floor?"

"Let me think..." Peeves touched his chin, "I remember he and Potter had a quarrel in the corridor. I always wanted to see them fight, but unfortunately they ran into McGonagall. By the way, Potter called him Malfoy at that time.

"I tell you, that Malfoy must be! I went there under the order of the Bloody Baron..."

Peeves was talking nonstop, but Kyle didn't listen to what he said next.

What did Malfoy suddenly do on the second floor?

Can't find it... Gone...

Is he looking for something? Or is there something he wants there?

But the storage room is full of useless things, such as tables, chairs and benches that can't be repaired, or old brooms that have been discarded. What does Malfoy want those things for?

Kyle thought about it and always felt that he seemed to have forgotten something, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

No wonder Dumbledore always put a Pensieve in his office. After experiencing too many things, it is still necessary to sort out the memory occasionally...

"Kyle, what's wrong with you, they are coming? "Connor's voice and the noise of countless people came to his ears.

Kyle came back to his senses and found that Peeves had disappeared. At the same time, Slughorn ran down the stairs with several professors and students.

He was running in the front. It was not known whether it was because of his big movements or because he ate too much dinner. The gorgeous violet robe on his body was tight and looked like it might be torn at any time.

"Kyle, Connor... did you see Peeves? Someone said he was coming to the hallway." Slughorn said angrily, "That annoying guy, he ruined my dance!"

"He ran over there." Kyle didn't know where Peeves went, so he pointed in a direction at random.

"What, he ran back upstairs? "Slughorn looked at Kyle's hand pointing to the library on the second floor, and felt his legs go weak.

Ghosts can fly, but he can't. After running up and down the stairs several times, he really can't run anymore.

"Children..." He looked at the students following behind him, "Peeves is in your hands. Help me and make sure to catch him for me.

"Whoever can bring Peeves here will be rewarded with a small bottle of Felix Felicis."

Hearing the Felix Felicis, the eyes of several students turned red. They patted their chests and turned around to run upstairs.

After being splashed with vinegar water, they were going to settle accounts with Peeves. Now Slughorn offered a reward like Felix Felicis, and they had no reason not to agree.

Several people rushed upstairs in a hurry.

Slughorn leaned on the railing and took a few deep breaths, and couldn't help complaining:

"Armando should have listened to my advice and driven Peeves out of the castle. That ghost only makes trouble, and everyone in the castle complains about him..."

"Yes, it's the same now." Kyle said.

"Child, aren't you going to give it a try?" Slughorn looked at Kyle and said, "I think you have a great chance of catching that troublemaker and getting my reward."

He took out a small bottle with a cork from his pocket, which contained the golden Felicis.

Kyle couldn't help but glance at the bottle, then shook his head and said, "Sorry, Professor, although I really want this reward, I don't know if I drank too much at the ball. I'm a little sleepy now, and I just want to go back and have a good sleep."

"Now that you mention it, I seem to remember that you have indeed stayed by the wine table." Slughorn patted his head, "Listen to me, Kyle, although you are an adult, you still have to restrain yourself and don't drink too much liquor, or you can try mead, I personally like its taste."

"I will, professor." Kyle said. After Kyle made a few perfunctory remarks, he made an excuse to leave with Connor.

When the two returned to the Hufflepuff common room, Kyle was still thinking about the purpose of Malfoy going to the Room of Requirement.

He obviously couldn't have strolled over there, there must be some purpose... but what is it?

"Kyle, thank God, you are finally back. I remember you seem to have a copy of "Transfiguration and Disappearance", can you lend it to me?"

In the common room, Ryan, who was making up his homework, asked hurriedly when he saw Kyle come in.

"Okay." Kyle said casually, "The book is in the cabinet in the dormitory, you can go find it yourself..."

"Wait." Kyle raised his head suddenly.

Cabinet... Vanishing cabinet?

He finally remembered that in the third grade, Nearly Headless Nick had tricked Peeves into throwing a cabinet right above his office in order to help Harry, who was captured by Filch.

And that cabinet was the Vanishing Cabinet.

And Nearly Headless Nick also said that the Vanishing Cabinet had always been placed in a storage room on the second floor.

Filch knew that it was a Vanishing Cabinet, and was ready to take this opportunity to drive Peeves out of the school on the grounds that he had damaged the school's finances.

Of course, Dumbledore could not drive Peeves away, or no one could drive Peeves out of this castle.

Later, the matter was left unresolved, as if nothing had happened.

And the severely damaged Vanishing Cabinet was also cleaned up by the house elves.

Of course, this is what it looks like on the surface.

The truth is that the Vanishing Cabinet was actually taken away by Kyle before the house elf arrived... What the elf threw away was just an ordinary cabinet that had been transformed.

No one else knew about this except Kyle.

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Is Malfoy looking for the disappearing cabinet?

If so, how did he know there was a disappearing cabinet in the storage room on the second floor? Could he have been there before? But he was only a second year at that time, so he shouldn't have gone to the dirty storage room.

But if not, what is he looking for...

Kyle thought to himself, while walking to an armchair and sitting down. Although Connor didn't know what Kyle was thinking, she didn't disturb him, but just sat quietly beside him.

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