Nearly Headless Nick and the Bloody Barrow are both attacked, turning the already tense atmosphere into a real panic.

Even ghosts can't avoid it... What kind of horrible power can actually hurt dead people?

The students didn't want to stay in school for a moment, and those who had previously decided to stay also went to the professors to change their plans.

People rushed to book seats on the Hogwarts Express, hoping to go home for Christmas.

In the few days before leaving school, Harry had been completely isolated. No matter where he went, people would stare at him from afar, neither approaching him nor letting him out of their sight.

Everyone was afraid that he would release the monster in the secret room again.

"Ignore them, Harry."

During a meal, Ron packed a few chicken legs into his bag and said, "Those people don't know anything. You have an invisible cloak. If you really want to do something secretly, they can only stand there in a daze."

"Yeah, maybe I can use the Invisibility Cloak to scare them." Harry pulled the corners of his mouth and forced a smile.

"That's a good idea," Ron said, "especially for that McMillan. If you suddenly appear behind him, he probably won't dare to follow you anymore."

"Don't give me any bad advice, Ron. Harry is in enough trouble already." Hermione put a plate of pudding in front of Harry.

"Just wait a few more days, the Polyjuice Potion will be ready soon. We can get the truth out of Malfoy anytime."

"I hope so." Harry took a bite of pudding.

The sweet and sour orange flavor did make him feel better.

Next to him, Ron put another piece of toast into the bag.

"I was just about to ask, what are you doing with all this food?" Harry asked in confusion, "If you're short of snacks, I have some candies here..."

"It's not me, it's Scabbers."

Ron sighed, "It has lost a lot of weight in the past few days. I want to give it some nourishment."

"Don't you have rat tonic?"

"It was used up yesterday." Ron took out an empty bottle.

"Isn't this a year's supply?" Hermione frowned. "Is it really okay for you to use it up now?"

"Not only is there no problem, it's not enough." Ron said, "It may be that Banban is old, and the effect of the tonic is obviously much less than last year."

He looked at Hermione and asked, "By the way, is there a recipe for brewing rat tonic in the book 'Powerful Potions'?"

"No!" Hermione's face was a little stiff.

She really wanted to see what kind of structure Ron's brain had... Who on earth would think that the book "Powerful Potion" locked in the restricted area was about teaching people how to make rat tonic?

But Ron didn't notice Hermione's look at all. He lowered his head and whispered, "Maybe we can go to the room on the eighth floor and take a look... There is everything there."

"Good luck..." Hermione replied perfunctorily.

…

Finally, the semester ended and the castle became much quieter.

On Christmas Day, Kyle got up early in the morning and started opening a pile of presents at his feet.

This year, a lot more people gave away books, and the number of books is almost equal to that of candies and snacks.

Fleur Delacour sent a crystal music box from France that contained all the songs of the Unicorns.

This is a band from France and is very famous in the magic world.

Both Dumbledore and Connor gave gloves.

But Kyle just took a look at it and put it together with the pair of socks that he had never worn.

Too eye-catching...

Kanna's craftsmanship has improved a lot, and the gloves are very comfortable to wear.

After opening the presents, Kyle walked out of the dormitory.

The entire common room was empty, not a single person was there.

This year, Connor was also taken back by Snape, and Kyle was the only one left in the entire Hufflepuff.

Cedric had wanted to stay with him, but Mr. Diggory sent him five letters in one day, which forced him to give up the idea.

But it's okay this way.

He stayed because he wanted to investigate the diary matter, and it would be more convenient with fewer people.

But Gryffindor's side was much more lively.

All the Weasleys chose to stay at school, including Ginny and Percy.

The Weasleys went to visit Bill, and they didn't want to go so far.

It is worth mentioning that Mr. Weasley was promoted on the grounds of his excellent performance in the surprise inspection.

So a week before Christmas, he officially took office as the director of the Office for the Prohibition of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts... Although the work he did did not change at all, his monthly salary increased by ten Galleons.

…

Kyle ate a simple sandwich in the common room, then headed to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor.

But the strange thing is that today the door seemed to be welded shut and could not be opened no matter how hard I tried.

It wasn't until ten minutes later that Hermione came out.

After seeing Kyle at the door, she suddenly became nervous.

"Kyle, why are you here?"

"Of course I'm going to use the Room of Requirement," Kyle said. "Aren't you the same?"

"So it's called the Room of Requirement?" Hermione was relieved to hear that it wasn't related to the Polyjuice Potion. "It's a very appropriate name."

"You don't know?" Kyle laughed, "Depending on different needs, it will transform into a corresponding room, so it is called this name."

"We found it by accident," Hermione explained. "We were looking for a place to make... to practice potions, and this place suddenly had a door filled with cauldrons and potion books.

But there is no record of this place in any books or maps about castles... It took us a long time to find the pattern of its appearance. "

"This is a hidden room in Hogwarts. It is protected by special magic and cannot be mapped." Kyle said, "You will definitely not find it on the map."

"No wonder..." Hermione nodded, but she seemed to have thought of something and became nervous again. "But why are you waiting outside?"

"Are you trying to practice potions as well, and you can't get in because I'm there?"

She couldn't help but be nervous. The Polyjuice Potion hadn't been brewed yet. If what Kyle needed happened to be the potion room, wouldn't he be able to see it at a glance after entering?

"No, it has nothing to do with that. I'm not going to come here to make potions." Kyle shook his head. "But because it only has one door, it can only correspond to one room. If someone is inside, others naturally can't use it."

(End of this chapter)