Retirement from Hogwarts

"There is only one road here, how can you get lost?" Jack looked at the two of them a little funny and asked.

"But..."

"Ha, lost? Poor travelers, let me, the noble and great Sir Cadogan, guide you in the direction." Just when the dizzy Harry who was upstairs was about to explain something, The decorative painting at the entrance of the terrace, which was originally just a grassland, showed a knight leading a pony.The knight interrupted Harry's explanation with a loud shout as he mounted his mount.

But before he could take a few steps on the horse, the pony neighed and threw him into the air.Poor Sir Cadogan screamed and fell face first on the grass.

"Are you okay?" Harry asked, looking at Sir Cadogan who was struggling to pull himself out of the grass.After asking, he moved closer to the painting, thinking hard about how he could give some help to Mr. Jazz who was embedded in the ground.

"Go back, you dirty conspirator!" Sir Cadogan, who was dancing and trying hard to pull himself out, not only failed to understand Harry's kindness, but instead cursed him angrily.Apparently he blamed Harry for the horse's strike.Finally, he grabbed the sword that flew out of his body and used the sword to support himself to get up.But as a price, his sword was deeply embedded in the grass of the pasture.

"Come on, Mr. Sir, who can't draw his sword, you were thrown off by your own horse purely because no one has painted it for too long. This has nothing to do with us." Jack couldn't help but give him a playful smile after hearing Sir Cadogan's accusation against Harry.

Looking at Jack's sarcastic and playful smile, Sir Cadogan couldn't help but use all his strength to pull out his sword, as if he wanted to use this sword to duel with him.But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull it out.Finally, he had no choice but to sit down on the grass again with a pop, pushed up his visor, and wiped his sweaty face in embarrassment.

"Hey, why don't you continue scolding?" Jack asked jokingly to Sir Cadogan who was lying on the ground. It was obvious that he had inexplicable hostility towards Sir Cadogan.

Sir Cadogan didn't answer Jack's question and continued to sit on the ground and breathe heavily as if he hadn't heard anything.

Just when Jack was about to continue teasing Sir Cadogan, Harry quietly stopped him with his eyes.Although Jack told him very firmly that there was actually only one road here, Harry, who was already afraid of climbing stairs, decided to choose a safer way-consulting the omnipotent locals.

"Dear Lord Cadogan, we are looking for the North Tower. You don't know how to get there, do you?" Harry took advantage of Sir Cadogan's opportunity to sit on the ground and lower his posture and asked him. .

"Looking for the North Tower? Ha, of course I know!" The knight's anger and exhaustion seemed to disappear from his body in an instant.Then he stood up with a clang from the ground and shouted: "Come, follow me, dear friends, and we will find our target, or we will die bravely in the charge!"

After shouting, he went to draw the sword again, but still failed. He wanted to get on the fat pony, but unfortunately he failed due to the horse's struggle.In the end, the miserable Sir Cadogan had no choice but to launch his inspirational roar again: "Then just go on foot, you two."

Sir and lady, go ahead! Go ahead!”

So he clattered to the left of the frame and was out of sight.They hurried after him along the corridor, following his clanging sound.Every now and then they would see him running past a painting in front of them.

"Be brave, there are worse things ahead!" Sir Cadogan shouted to the panting Harry and Neville.They saw him reappear before a group of frightened women in crinolines, whose portraits hung on the walls of a narrow spiral staircase.

Harry and Neville gasped for air as they climbed up the spinning staircase.Feeling increasingly dizzy, they finally heard the buzzing of voices overhead and knew they were in the classroom.However, Harry, who had followed Sir Cadogan all the way, really regretted not letting Jack lead the way. At least Jack would definitely arrange a place for them to rest as long as they needed it.

"Goodbye!" Sir Cadogan shouted loudly to Harry and Neville who were charging with him. After saying hello, he rushed his head into a picture. There were several sinister-looking people on this picture. Evil monk. "Goodbye, my comrades! If you need a noble heart and steely muscles, don't forget to call me Sir Cadogan!" Cadogan reluctantly looked at other picture frames under the stairs while walking towards them. The two yelled.Obviously he still likes these two little guys who are easy to fool.

When the two people, who were exhausted and slumped on the ground, finally took a breath from the charge just now, Jack also took Hermione's hand and slid up the escalator from the tower below.

"Is this staircase automatic?" Harry asked with a bit of collapse as he watched Jack's feet slide up the stairs, leading him upward.

"It's indeed automatic, but the switch is hard to find." Jack said while winking narrowly at Harry who refused to listen to his advice.

"But why didn't Sir Cadogan remind us?" Harry's face turned dark after hearing Jack's words. Obviously, even if he was beaten to death, he didn't believe that Sir Cadogan didn't know about the decorative painting that had been hanging somewhere all year round. The secret of this escalator.

"Because you were tricked by the cunning Sir Cadogan." Hermione smiled slyly at Harry after hearing Harry's question. "So, when you get lost in the maze in the future, it's best not to trust the so-called locals."

"How did you tell that there was something wrong with Sir Cadogan?" Just as Harry was rubbing his head in regret, Neville asked the two of them with some confusion.Obviously, he was more curious about how Jack could see the flaw in Sir Cadogan than he was regretful.

"It's nothing. When have you ever seen a painting as a carrier of the soul sweat?" Jack said while returning the video recorded by his personal terminal while Sir Cadogan was sitting on the ground dejectedly.

It turns out that this is the case. When they saw the wand flashing in Sir Cadogan's hand many times in the video, the two of them couldn't help but suddenly realized.It turns out that whether he was knocked down by a horse, or whether Sir Cadogan tried to pull out his sword but couldn't, all of this was just a show, a big show designed to deceive the new students.No wonder Sir Cadogan was so tired that he was out of breath even when he pulled out his sword, but he was able to run wildly with him. ,

Realizing that he had been tricked, Harry rolled up his sleeves angrily and prepared to fight.