Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

Harry said somewhat dissatisfiedly:

"What's going on? Tell me quickly. I want to take a shower."

Fred blinked and said mysteriously:

"To prepare a gift for you, of course."

George grinned and took out a large square of parchment from under his pillow:

"An early Christmas present for you."

Harry looked at the badly worn parchment and instinctively took a step back.

Past experience told him that when George and Fred took out strange things, it was best to keep a distance from them because no one knew what would happen next.

George and Fred saw Harry's actions and chuckled.

"Don't you want to know why we've never been caught for night outings?"

"Poor Mr. Filch, he..."

Harry kindly reminded:

"You were caught by your cousin just after school started last year."

"Forehead!"

Harry's words made the two of them pause, and they looked at each other and sighed.

But they all looked at the small wooden box on the table at the same time, and their mood quickly improved.

"It doesn't matter. What matters is that we succeeded..."

"Harry, you can't deny that!"

Harry looked at the two men's serious expressions and nodded.

"and then?"

George stroked the parchment in his hand gently, as if caressing a lover, and said:

“That’s the secret of our success.”

Fred glanced at the parchment reluctantly and said:

"We have decided to pass him on to you by some means."

Harry said doubtfully:

"Didn't you just say this was a Christmas present for me? And what do I need a piece of old parchment for?"

Fred clutched his chest in pain, as if Harry's words had deeply hurt him, and said to Harry in a sad tone:

"An old piece of parchment! Oh, Merlin's stinky socks, explain it to him, George!"

George made a face at Harry and said:

"That was a long time ago. We were in the first grade that year. We were young, carefree, and innocent..."

"Pfft!"

Harry quickly covered his mouth. Did he doubt that the twins had ever been innocent? Maybe they had been innocent during their time in the Dark Arts Office, but in their first year, Harry firmly refused to believe it.

"Sorry, I'm not...haha, innocent...ahem!"

Harry tried to control his emotions under the serious expressions of George and Fred.

“Yes, we were more innocent then than we are now… No, we are really innocent now.

Fred, I almost forgot what it was like to play a practical joke!"

Fred hugged his brother tightly, patted George's back several times and said painfully:

"Me too!"

Harry looked at the two people who were showing off and couldn't help laughing again.

After a while, the three of them calmed down.

The two continued to promote:

"We had a little trouble with Filch at the time."

"Actually, we just accidentally put a big turd in the corridor. He's so narrow-minded."

"He ruthlessly dragged us into his office and threatened us with the same old tricks."

"Confinement!"

"Rip it open!"

"Hang us up!"

“And then we lost control…”

"I was distracted and happened to see a file cabinet drawer marked 'Confiscated Items, Highly Dangerous'..."

Harry heard this and looked at the old parchment again and said:

"Don't tell me..."

Fred said excitedly:

"Yes, you guessed it right. George threw another big dung ball to divert his attention. I quickly opened the drawer and took this out..."

Having said that, the two looked at each other again, then sighed softly.

They thought that this thing was probably placed there by Professor Holmes specifically for later inheritors to discover.

After getting the Marauder's Map back from Douglas, they also thought about passing it on in the same way.

But due to the reform of Hogwarts' punishment mechanism, if anyone was caught by Filch, they would be taken directly to Professor Lupin in the detention class and would have no chance to enter Filch's room again.

Of course, the most important thing is that they don't dare to break into Filch's room at will. After all, Douglas is still in Hogwarts, and they don't want to continue to spend the next semester in detention.

Thinking of this, the two of them suddenly lost interest in continuing to whet Harry's appetite.

Chapter 224 George and Fred's Little Revenge

George drew his wand, tapped the parchment gently, and said:

"I solemnly swear I'm up to no good!"

In an instant, Harry saw thin lines of ink like a spider web, starting from the place where George's wand touched, and then connecting with each other, crisscrossing until they extended to every corner of the parchment.

Immediately afterwards, large green cursive characters appeared at the top of the parchment.

But before he could see clearly, George's hand grabbed the part with words, covering the top line of that paragraph, whether intentionally or not. He could only see the words "Presented by gentlemen who provide assistance to magical mischief makers - the Marauder's Map".

Harry discovered that the map depicted all the details of Hogwarts castle and grounds. There were also many small black dots moving around on the map, and there were some very small words next to them, which Harry couldn't see clearly.

George pointed his wand at the Marauder's Map again and said, "'The prank is over!'

I saw the ink lines and small black dots disappear quickly.

Harry was stunned for a moment and looked at George.

Fred on the side said with a smile:

"The Marauder's Map not only marks the terrain of Hogwarts and some unknown secret passages, but also displays the location of everyone in real time, including Headmaster Dumbledore."

George continued:

"We have been using it this semester to monitor all the passages leading to the outside world in the school to prevent Black from sneaking into Hogwarts through these passages."

Harry swallowed his saliva when he heard this, and said cautiously:

"so......"

George and Fred smiled at each other, then Fred picked up the wooden box on the table next to him, blinked and said:

"The Marauder's Map was designed by a very capable man when he was a student. It was created specifically to guide lost young people like us..."

"However, to obtain him, a small ritual is required, and this ritual was created by that gentleman."

Harry thought of the origin of this map and said in surprise:

"You're not planning on putting this back in Filch's office and having me steal it?"

George shook his head and said: Look at Shula

"Of course not. After all, not everyone has such good tacit understanding as us. Of course, that is also a ritual, but this time we are using another ritual of that great gentleman. Harry, how much money do you have left?"

Harry was stunned for a moment, then said seriously:

"Are you going to sell me the Marauder's Map?

But I only have twenty-five Galleons on me, which I think is not enough for a magic item like this. Can I buy it on credit first?

I'll have Dobby go to Gringotts Bank and get some more for me at Christmas."

Although Harry was still a little disappointed that the two did not give the map directly to him, it was also good enough that he could buy it.

Maybe with this map, he could avoid his cousin and Dumbledore in advance, so that no one would find out that he was hiding under the invisibility cloak.

Fred said in surprise:

"Harry, you underestimate us. If it weren't for the rules of this maker, we would have given the map to you directly."

George patted Harry on the shoulder and said:

"Don't be nervous. The Maker's rules are very simple. It's a lottery, but each draw requires one gold galleon until you win the map. This is a necessary ritual."

"Of course, maybe you're lucky and win on the first try."

"Poor us, we spent a lot of money to open this map..."

As for whether it took a lot of time or money, George did not elaborate.

Seeing that Harry was a little moved, Fred quickly added:

"You need to do the same thing before you graduate and pass this map on to its new owner. The money you invested today will be returned to you then."

Harry thought about it and it made sense.

Then he asked the two to wait for a moment and hurried back to his dormitory to get the money.

As soon as Harry left, George and Fred gave each other a little high-five and then whispered excitedly:

"All for revenge!"

Soon Harry came to George and Fred's dormitory with the purse and handed them a gold Galleon.

George did not take it, but said seriously:

"Harry, you have to think carefully. Once you start, your Galleons will not be returned."

Harry directly stuffed the Galleon into George's hand and said seriously:

"Of course, what do we do next?"

George glanced at Fred, who handed the wooden box to Harry and said:

"Each time you can only take out one piece of paper from the box, which tells you how many fragments of the Marauder's Map you have. The number of fragments on each piece of paper is different, and the fragments you take out each time can be accumulated.

As long as you collect ten red Marauder's Map fragments, you can get it. Now do you want to check the note?"

Harry stared and asked in confusion:

"It's that simple? I trust you. I won't check the note."

George and Fred nodded seriously, like two excellent actors, and then announced:

"The ceremony officially begins!"

Harry rubbed his hands together, then reached into the wooden box, and sure enough, there were many notes inside.

After stirring it for a while, he took out a piece of paper and carefully opened it. It read, "Good luck, you got the map! Congratulations on obtaining 8 red map fragments."

George said in surprise:

"Harry, your luck is amazing. You were able to draw 8 right from the start. You're only two red fragments away from getting the map. You're much luckier than we were before."

Harry grinned and scratched his head:

"It's all luck, luck, I'll do it again! Hehe!"