Chapter 38(1/2)
Come out, I will never lie to you (please read, please vote~)
"Why are you casting a spell outside the school?" Peacegood said, his voice, like his face, full of tiredness, "And making such a big noise."
He looked towards the alley.
Dozens of trash cans, large and small, were turned upside down, and the things that were supposed to be in them were scattered all over the floor.
"Gryffindor?" he added another question.
Harry nodded: "Yes, I am a Gryffindor, but the curse was not cast by me, but by a house elf."
"House elves?" Peacegood said without any twists and turns, "Don't lie. As far as I know, they are very well-behaved creatures. They don't play tricks."
Harry took out his wand and said, "Maybe you can use the flashback spell."
Peacegood shook his head, waved his wand, and recited the Muggle expulsion spell: "No, that's very troublesome. Before I deal with the scene, you have to tell me whether any Muggles saw it?"
"Tell the truth, little wizard."
Harry shook his head: "No."
"Really?" He didn't quite believe it.
Harry nodded, somewhat helplessly: "Really not."
"That's good." Peacegood muttered, "Don't lie to me. It would be very troublesome if a Muggle saw it and didn't clear the memory in time."
"I have been working overtime for three weeks in a row. Please don't make me work overtime for a month."
Harry made a request: "Can I ask you a favor?"
Peacegood was weak and waved his magic wand: "Send you home, right? You can do it yourself..."
"Help me send a letter to Professor Flitwick at Hogwarts." Harry interrupted, speaking concisely, "Said Harry Potter is waiting for him at the Leaky Cauldron."
"Why didn't you..." he complained and asked, and was stunned mid-sentence. He looked at Harry in shock, "Harry Potter?"
"The Harry Potter who survived?"
Harry nodded.
"Are you the one?" He was surprised, his tone became excited, and he waved his other hand and touched his forehead.
"I think I can prove my identity by asking you to send a letter to Professor Flitwick." Harry didn't want to raise his hand and put the knife back on his waist again.
"So it really wasn't you, it was really a house elf?" Peacegood now began to believe Harry's words.
"Please send the letter quickly," Harry urged.
Peacegood quickly waved his wand, and he used the cleaning spell and the levitating spell very well, even to the point of using no spells. In less than ten minutes, the alley was cleaned up - probably from the time it was born until now, the alley has been cleaned.
It's been so clean.
After cleaning up, they went to the Leaky Cauldron together.
Borrow an owl and send a letter to Flitwick.
Less than an hour.
The fire in the bar's fireplace flickered, green and green, and Flitwick anxiously walked out of it.
"Harry?" He immediately saw Harry drinking whiskey at the bar and walked over quickly, "What happened? You have to ask someone to contact me."
Peacegood stood up drunkenly and burped: "My dear Professor Flitwick, long time no see."
"Yes, you've already graduated..." Flitwick responded to him.
Peacegood let out a long belch: "You are still so short. I thought you had to grow taller after all these years."
Harry's eyelids trembled.
Flitwick gritted his teeth and waved his wand: "Lock the tongue and seal the throat!"
Peacegood kept his mouth open and continued talking, but he couldn't utter a single word.
"Very well, drunkards should be quiet." Flitwick climbed onto the chair next to Harry, "Now it's time for us to talk. Why do you let others send me letters?"
"I'm being targeted by house elves." Harry lowered his voice.
Flitwick opened his mouth in surprise.
"The Malfoys," Harry continued.
Flitwick frowned: "Although... their family is not a good person, they probably wouldn't do such stupid things."
"Yes, that house elf acted stupidly on his own initiative." Harry nodded.
Flitwick was even more surprised: "They won't do anything without their master's order."
Harry took a sip of wine and said, "I don't know what happened, but it intercepted my letter and threatened me not to return to Hogwarts next semester."
"It also said that...the Malfoy family is brewing a conspiracy that can affect the entire Hogwarts."
Flitwick frowned: "I'm going to tell Dumbledore about this."
"There's no rush." Harry shook his head and held his hand, "I also ask the professor to help me catch that house elf."
"I've been angry enough."
"It has a very strange magic that can disappear instantly..."
Flitwick explained: "That is Apparition, a very dangerous but also very convenient spell. You can only learn it if you are over seventeen years old."
"House elves are all masters of Apparition. They are very good at this kind of magic."
Harry frowned: "Is there a way to catch it?"
"Of course, any magic spell has a counter-curse." Flitwick nodded, "But I have to remind you that the normal Disapparation counter-curse has no effect on them."
"Ever since they became slaves, wizards no longer feel that such pitiful, miserable bones are a threat."
"I just changed the spell a little so that they won't be affected by the counter-spell, so that I can enjoy better services from them."
"If you want to learn, I can teach you later."
"Then let's do it tonight." Harry drank the wine in one gulp, "But Professor, you may have to hide yourself. Do you want me to lend you the invisibility cloak?"
"The one from the Potters?" Flitwick raised an eyebrow, "No, I can use the Disguise Charm very well."
That night.
On the street of Privet Drive, Harry lets Hedwig fly.
Ten minutes passed and the little girl did not come back.
Obviously Dobby didn't intercept.
Did...give up?
Do you think you were fired because you received a warning from the Ministry of Magic?
It's not okay to go on like this.
I don’t know if calling it by name is useful...
"Dobby!" Harry took a deep breath and shouted, "I know you can hear it. The Ministry of Magic only gave me a warning, not expelled me from school."
no respond.
Harry did not give up and continued to shout: "Dobby, come out!"
"As long as you come out, I promise you not to go to Hogwarts."
Still no response.
Harry felt like a fool. Maybe... he should change his approach and send the letter directly to the Malfoy family?
Just then.
A snap——
Dobby appeared in front of Harry and looked at him with surprise: "Harry Potter finally figured it out? Dobby is doing it for Harry Potter's good..."
It couldn't finish what it said.
Flitwick jumped out from the side and waved his wand.
Shadow lock shape!
Magic power surged and spread in all directions, creating a gelatinous sense of stagnation in the space.
Dobby snapped his fingers.
But its magic failed and it failed to disapparate, which made it look frightened and scream: "Harry Potter tricked Dobby!"
Both of them had expressionless faces.
Flitwick waved his wand and summoned ropes, tying Dobby tightly, and then cast a spell to seal the magic in his body.
"I really want to chop off its head." Harry breathed out.
Flitwick made no comment.
"But obviously, leaving it to Dumbledore is the best choice." Harry looked at Dobby with deep eyes, "He should be very capable of prying a lot of things out of this house elf's mouth."
To be continued...