The Ancient Wizards of Hogwarts

"Aha! Look who I found?"

A thin and rickety man appeared at the corner of the corridor. Mrs. Loris squatted at his feet. He held the lamp and walked closer to Ash step by step, saying sullenly:

"Mr. Black, I think you should be very aware of the school's rules. Students are not allowed to leave the common room in the middle of the night. I guess you didn't expect to be caught by me. How pleasant! Let me think about it. I How should I punish you?"

Ash looked at the person coming and said calmly:

"Actually, Mr. Filch. I didn't sneak out in the middle of the night, I just got up earlier."

Argus Filch, the administrator of Hogwarts, a squib from a wizarding family.

Obviously, this is not a good background.

On the one hand, the entire wizarding world is ashamed to have squibs in their offspring, and Filch's parents are probably no exception, so it is not difficult to imagine how bad his childhood was.

On the other hand, as a squib, he was unable to cast magic, but being born in a wizarding family allowed him to understand all kinds of magic in the wizarding world, which made him extremely unbalanced. Coupled with the bullying of other wizards of the same age around him, his extremely twisted character was gradually developed - envy, jealousy and hatred can be best described, of which hatred and jealousy account for the majority.

Therefore, he did not leave the wizarding world when he became an adult, but instead applied to become the administrator of Hogwarts.

Because this is the only place where he can reasonably and legally take revenge on wizards, even if these wizards are just children.

He hated the whole family because of his own experience and was keen on punishing students.

And the students at Hogwarts hated him because of his meanness.

In addition, Filch's appearance was terrifying. He was as skinny as a stick, pale, with saggy, sunken cheeks and criss-cross veins. He also had a pair of protruding light-colored eyes, so many students secretly compared him to an ugly corpse. ghost.

The more disgusted and hostile the students became, the more enthusiastic Filch became about punishing them.

This is a cycle.

Filch almost laughed at his excuse:

"Do you think you wake up early at four in the morning?"

Ash shrugged, not expecting a word or two to convince Filch.

So he put his hand in his pocket.

Filch's eyes showed fear and anger, and he said sharply:

"What do you want to do? Are you going to use magic on me? Do you think this will make me let you go? No! I swear this will never end! I will be cruel..."

Filch's voice stopped suddenly because he discovered that what Ash took out of his pocket was not a wand, but a green potion.

"What the hell?" Ash held the uplifting potion in his hand and looked at Filch with some confusion.

"..."

Filch's eyes were still extremely vigilant, and he said coldly:

"What's that in your hand?"

Ash shook the potion in his hand and said calmly:

"A commonly used healing agent."

"You are hurt?"

Filch's expression changed slightly, he took a step back and said in a deep voice:

"I didn't do this! The ghosts can bear witness to me!"

He wasn't worried about Ash's injuries, he was worried about himself.

Hogwarts allowed him to physically punish students, but he would never be allowed to cause serious harm to students. If this happens, the student will be fine, but he will definitely be expelled from Hogwarts, which Filch absolutely cannot accept!

So he almost instinctively felt that Ash wanted to threaten him with this.

"No, Mr. Filch."

Ash slowly walked up to Filch, handed him the potion, and said with a smile:

"I'm not injured. This bottle of potion is for you. I think it should be able to cure your illness."

"I?"

Filch subconsciously looked into Ash's eyes, his gaze falling on his face.

To be precise, his nose.

Filch subconsciously touched his nose with his protruding jointed palm. He knew that his nose was unusually red because he had the flu.

This is a regular thing.

As a squib, he wasn't as physically fit as a wizard.

In addition, he has been working the night shift at Hogwarts for the past twenty years, and the long-term reversal of day and night will undoubtedly further damage his body.

So Filch also knew that he did need some treatment.

But the wizards would not help him, and some of them even wanted him dead.

But if he was asked to go to the human world and go to places called hospitals for treatment, that would be unacceptable to Filch.

Because that would probably result in him not being able to return to the wizarding world and losing his job from then on. But not being able to physically punish students would be even worse for Filch than death!

So he would rather not receive treatment and let his body get worse day by day, or stay in Hogwarts, just to punish more students!

But now, Ash, who was clearly going to be punished by him, suddenly showed kindness to him and gave him a bottle of healing potion...

Filch's eyes immediately became sharp and he asked sternly:

"Did you poison the potion?"

This wasn't the first time a wizard had poisoned him, but he would never be fooled again!

Ash shrugged and said casually:

"You can ask Professor Snape to test it for you. I don't think he will refuse."

In fact, before he came out of the secret passage, he already knew that Filch had been waiting around the corner.

But this does not mean that Filch has discovered the secret passage of the One-Eyed Witch, which can only be opened by magic. And Filch is a squib, and it is almost impossible for him to discover this secret passage.

It can only be said that he was very unlucky.

"Meow~"

Mrs. Norris suddenly called out. She stepped forward and rubbed Ash's trouser leg to express intimacy.

Then he squatted aside and looked at Filch meowing, which made people feel soft.

"Do you believe him? My dear."

Filch's eyes softened, and he finally took the bottle of potion, but his tone was still vicious:

"I will, but don't think I will let you go so easily!"

If the potion was fake, he vowed to torture Ash severely!

Ash still had a smile on his face and was not dissatisfied with Filch's threat. Instead, he asked:

"Mr. Filch, could you tell me where the kitchen is?"

Filch frowned:

"What are you doing in the kitchen?"

Ash said calmly:

"I need some food."

"hehe."

Filch sneered, "In the basement, the kitchen is right next to the Hufflepuff common room, if you can find it."

He warned sinisterly:

"Also, you'd better go back to the lounge quickly before I catch you!"

While threatening, he took a few steps back vigilantly and disappeared around the corner of the corridor.

Ash watched him leave with Mrs. Norris who turned back three times with a smile still on her face.

In fact, in many cases, things are not as complicated as people think.