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The Room of Response, also known as the Room of Come and Go, does not usually exist. It appears only when a person really needs it.
If you want to find the Room of Requirement, you must concentrate on thinking about your needs in your heart, maintain this desire, and go to the blank wall facing the tapestry three times, and the room you expect will appear, and it will always be arranged just right. need.
In other words, the reason why the House of Requirement that the three of Harry saw was so simple was because Dobby only wanted a place where he could barely live.
If it were a person who was in a hurry to urinate and found this place, he might see a toilet after opening the door.
"So, this is really a magical place." Harry raised his eyebrows at Snape curiously, "Professor, you know so well, could it be that you have been here before?"
"Many people in Hogwarts have been here, but most of them don't know that this is the Room of Requirement, because everyone sees a completely different scene after entering this room."
Snape's tone was very cold, obviously he didn't want to continue to dwell on this question, so Harry didn't ask any more when he saw this.
Either it has something to do with his mother Lily, or it has something to do with his tragic experience when he was young, and it is normal for the other party not to want to mention it.
Harry sighed helplessly in his heart. Snape's 'illness' was much more serious than Filch's. Although he had gradually become friendly with himself recently, he still had a long way to go to fully open his heart.
"However... this place is very suitable for hiding things." After a little thought, Harry decided to hide the Mirror of Erised here.
Since Snape had already said that the Room of Requirement would be decorated differently according to the needs of the users, it was almost impossible for people to discover the things hidden here.
Well, he's not the first person to think so~
"Dobby, thank you so much, you solved one of my biggest problems!" Harry held Dobby's hand tightly, sincerely grateful.
"No...you're welcome, Dobby is honored to be able to help you sir...Really, Dobby has never been so happy as today!"
Dobby's voice was trembling all the time, and it could be seen that he was really excited to have Harry's kindness.
"You can call it a day." Snape pulled Dobby away while glaring at Harry coldly, "Next, I'm going to fix the mess you caused and get the house-elf back to where he was. The place."
"Please wait a moment, Professor Snape." Hermione suddenly stopped Snape, who was about to leave, "Dobby was sent here to get revenge on me and Harry, right? Now he has failed in his mission, go back Wouldn't he be punished by the master later?"
"That's not something you should think about."
Snape's attitude towards Hermione was definitely much more impatient, and he was not even in the mood to answer Hermione's worries.
"It's okay, Miss Granger, Dobby will often make his master unhappy...Punishment and the like, Dobby is very used to it."
Dobby, who was the client, was also persuading Hermione from the sidelines. He was completely used to the abuse from the master's family.
"You...huh! Harry, what do you think?" Seeing that her point of view was rejected by Snape and Dobby one after another, Hermione couldn't help turning to Harry angrily.
That posture was clearly intended to unreasonably get Harry to agree.
"Well... it's not impossible to plan a little bit." Harry rolled his eyes, as if he had an idea, "Professor, can I trouble you to play a scene with me... At least in this way, Dobby will go back There is a high probability of escaping punishment."
"Hmph, childish trick."
After roughly hearing Harry's plan, Snape gave a cold snort of disdain, but he didn't refuse. Instead, with a bad face, he took Dobby and left together.
As expected of a severe old tsundere, he clearly agreed, but he had to be awkward.
"Harry, I'm still very worried about Dobby's situation!" After Snape left, Hermione still couldn't feel relieved.
She felt that even if Harry's strategy worked, Dobby might not be able to completely escape the punishment of the Malfoy family.
"Hermione, I know you're worried about Dobby, and so am I." Harry looked at Hermione seriously, "It's just...instead of worrying about this inevitable thing, why don't we think about it? Do something."
"what can we do?"
At this moment, Hermione was lost in thought.
(ps To explain, in "Goblet of Fire", Hermione's idea of "liberating the house elves" must have a good original intention, but the vision and practical limitations are too big after all. So you don't have to worry about the protagonist becoming a bigger Hermione is a more radical liberation fighter, but he will help Hermione analyze this issue with a more scientific perspective. And Sanmiao mentioned this introduction at the end of this chapter in order to allow Hermione to think a few years earlier, so as not to One-sided conclusions can be drawn based on a moment of anger, the above~)
Chapter 73 The Mystery of the Mirror is Unsolved (6/10)
The Quidditch match between the Lion Court and the Snake Court lasted until nightfall. In the end, Mrs. Hooch couldn't stand it anymore and kept urging the Seekers on both sides to catch the Snitch, which made the game end.
There is no doubt about the result of the game, Slytherin won a big victory...even the golden snitch was caught by someone else's seeker~
It's just that Harry didn't know about this result until quite a while later.
On the afternoon of the Quidditch match day, Harry Granger, a first-year student at Ravenclaw College, mysteriously disappeared on campus. It was not until two full nights later that he was found unconscious in the Slytherin dungeon In front of the dean's office.
It is said that when the passing students found Harry, his whole face was covered with 'nosebleeds' and his body was also 'bruised and purple'. He looked so embarrassing.
And as if feeling ashamed, he didn't even go to Madam Pomfrey's, and fled back to Filch's office in desperation.
Because of this matter, Harry's sister Hermione had a big fight with Snape, but instead of being able to make a resolution, it even made Eagle Court lose another ten points.
As a result, some good people soon began to spread the word, saying that Harry must have accidentally angered Snape, who had always been bad-tempered, and was taught a lesson by the other party.
The gossip spread like wildfire across the campus, and many people began to discuss Harry's fall, both openly and secretly, and Malfoy was no exception.
Moreover, he claims to know the 'truth' better than others.
"Hmph, that trash Dobby did a pretty good job this time! Pote, you've suffered a lot this time, let's see if you dare to continue fighting against me... Hiss, it really hurts~"
Although he received a shouting letter and was slapped several times by his father who rushed to the school angrily, Malfoy was in a very happy mood.
Hmm, Malfoy obviously doesn't know... In addition to being good at testing injuries, forensic doctors are also good at making fakes.
Therefore, the 'injuries' on Harry's body are all fake, but the slap print on someone's face is real~
...
"Sure enough, she won't appear again for the time being..."
In the room of Responsiveness, Harry stared at himself in the Mirror of Erised with a calm expression for a long time, finally sighed softly, grabbed the old bed sheet beside him and covered the evil mirror.
He could no longer see any more information from the mirror, and could only temporarily put it in the corner to eat ashes.
Almost two months had passed since Harry discovered the Room of Requirement. During this time, he had to look at the Mirror of Erised almost every few days.
There was indeed a problem with this mirror. Every time Harry looked at it, he would see the silhouette of the blond girl.
But at the same time, as the number of times he was tormented by those memory fragments continued to increase, his mental strength also continued to increase slightly, which made him gradually able to ignore the sense of powerlessness of mental depression.
It's just that recently, Harry's mental power seems to have reached a bottleneck, and he can't improve it again no matter what.
But fortunately, he finally got a complete look at the girl in the mirror.
The other party has waist-length hair that is disheveled and knotted, eyebrows that are so shallow that you can hardly see the color, and eyes that are scary big, protruding outward as if in surprise.
The robe on her body was also dirty, covered with colorful spots, and the original background color of the robe could not be seen at all. There were all kinds of messy pendants hanging on the corners, pockets and other places. People everywhere show a sense of madness and weirdness.
Harry didn't particularly care about that, after all he never judged a book by its cover.
He just felt very strange, why he could see her in the mirror even though he had never seen that girl before.
But later, when the images in the mirror began to change, and the fragments of memories in Harry's mind continued to piece together, he found that he was wrong.
The scene changed, and what appeared in front of Harry was the familiar operating table. The girl in the mirror had grown into a big girl, lying on it very beautifully and peacefully, but her complexion was no longer rosy...
There was no follow-up to the picture, which made Harry quite annoyed. It felt like a very important memory was missing, and he couldn't remember it no matter how hard he thought about it.
"Who are you? You and I have such a relationship..."
Harry felt that there must be a follow-up to the image in the mirror, but in the following period of time, no matter how much he stared at the mirror, he never saw the blond girl again.
He began to be able to see the Grangers, his biological parents James and Lily in this life, his parents in the previous life, and finally saw Hermione in the mirror, but there was no sign of the blond girl.
Until the end, all Harry could see was himself, and the Mirror of Erised seemed to be an ordinary mirror.
But Harry felt that this was only temporary, and that one day in the future, he would be able to see more things in this mirror.
Maybe... when he actually met that girl.
Since seeing no useful information in the Mirror of Erised, Harry rarely went to the Room of Requirement, but occasionally when Hermione wanted to do her hair, he would use it as a temporary bathroom .
Although the prefect's bathroom is luxurious, it is someone else's place after all, and the risk of being disturbed is too great. After all, it is not as private as an exclusive space.
What's more, if the Room of Requirement is used as a bathroom, the interior decoration can be more suitable than the prefect's bathroom~
By the way, it is worth mentioning that Dumbledore never once mentioned the Mirror of Erised to Harry.
In this way, a certain guess in Harry's heart seems to be confirmed...
Hmm, Schrödinger's Philosopher's Stone~
Time slipped away like this day by day, and soon, Harry and Hermione ushered in their first Christmas after school.
In late December, heavy snow swept across Hogwarts, and even the Black Lake was covered with a thick layer of ice. However, the cold winter could not stop the enthusiasm of the festival. The whole campus was decorated with lights and festoons, which could be seen everywhere Jubilant scene.
"Harry, is your luggage packed yet?"
Hermione dragged her suitcase to the auditorium on the first floor. Today, she changed into the casual clothes she hadn't seen for a long time. After removing the heavy feeling of the robe and the dozen or so books she carried with her, she finally regained some of her girlishness. playful.
"You can leave at any time!" Harry, who was helping to decorate the auditorium, pointed to the suitcase at hand, and at the same time apologized to the teachers beside him, "Professors, Hagrid, and Mr. Filch, we See you after the winter vacation, I will bring you gifts~"
"Haha! Then we have to look forward to it, you and Miss Granger should enjoy the Christmas holiday!"
Professor Flitwick smiled happily, and Professor McGonagall and Filch beside him seemed quite moved, as if they were looking forward to what kind of gift Harry would bring back.
"Exactly, this is my gift, Merry Christmas~" Hagrid, who was arranging the Christmas tree, directly stuffed a package into Harry's hand.
"You are so kind, Hagrid!" Harry thanked Hagrid, and came to Hermione with his gift and suitcase.
"Let's go, let's go home~"
Chapter 74 Behind the scenes 'sneak attack' is impossible (7/10)
"Dad, Mom, we're back!"
Hermione, who had just returned home, was like a baby swallow returning home. After happily running through the door, she and Mrs. Granger each had a big hug.
For Hermione, who has never had boarding experience before, this is the first time she has been away from home for such a long time, and she will definitely miss her parents very much.
Harry was relatively calm. After all, he was a boy, so it was okay to be calm in front of his parents.
Of course, in order to celebrate Christmas and the return of their children, the Grangers also specially prepared a sumptuous meal.
"Let me tell you, Hogwarts really has a lot of novel things..."
At the dinner table, Hermione chattered about her experience in the past few months, and occasionally pouted and complained about Harry's troubles.
Harry, on the other hand, begs for forgiveness from time to time, and of course he acts as Hermione's spokesperson more often, explaining some proper terms for the Grangers that Hermione popped up out of impatience.
He didn't want his adoptive parents to feel that he and Hermione had no common language after learning magic for a few months.
So, in this Christmas-accompanied winter vacation, the rare members of the Granger family, who had been away for several months, were together, and everyone's faces were filled with happy smiles.
...
On Christmas Eve, at the desk in his room, Harry began to sort out the list of gifts that needed to be prepared.
This was the first Christmas and New Year's Eve after entering Hogwarts. Although he didn't have much sense of belonging to this school, he was always grateful for some special people.
The first ones were naturally Hagrid and Professor Flitwick. Since entering school, Harry has received almost meticulous care from them.
Hagrid's physique was too large, and it was difficult to find something suitable for him in the world of ordinary people, so Harry thought it would be better to replace his hound Fangfang with a new pair of collars, presumably Hagrid would be happy along with it.
As for Professor Flitwick, considering that he is also the conductor of the choir, a delicate new bow tie should be the most suitable thing for him...Harry had heard him complain for a long time before, saying that his bow tie was worn out but not Time to buy new ones~
The next thing to consider was Filch's gift, and based on the months of cohabitation... er, roommate experience, Harry was easily oriented.
A thick and handsome windbreaker not only keeps you warm, but also looks decent on a date~
The rest are Snape and McGonagall, the former is the one who protects him in secret, and the latter is thanks to her taking care of and protecting Hermione, so Harry must also express something.
As for the specific gift, I will keep it secret for now~
In short, the teachers are basically like this. As for the remaining friends who need to be considered, there should be only Neville and Ron... maybe plus a Peeves.
After this Sao Ling was physically subdued, he can now be regarded as Harry's younger brother, so of course he can't favor one over the other.
"Hagrid's gift...was a flute?"
A little tired, Harry had a meeting and deserted. He opened the oiled paper bag that Hagrid had thrown to him before, and found that the gift was a bird flute with rough workmanship.
This thing should have been made by Hagrid himself. Harry tried to play it, and found that the sound was very similar to the chirping of an owl.
Harry was not good at music, and his flute was naturally out of tune at all, and he probably put it aside after playing for a while.
Next, he had to prepare the last, but most important, 'gift' for Hermione.