Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

“Could the producer be Douglas Holmes?

I don't know how many times I heard that advice about controlling my emotions during the summer vacation, and how many checks I wrote last semester...

You're right, I was really drunk just now, but I've calmed down now, so... hehe."

Before he could finish his words, Fred put the box in Harry's hand and changed the subject:

"Harry, from today on this box is yours, as a symbol of the new generation of inheritors! Of course, the secret of the box can only be cracked by you, we can't teach it to you."

George also put the map on the box and said:

"From today on, the Marauder's Map belongs to you. I hope it will continue to be passed down among the students and not be caught by the professor!"

Harry curled his lips. How dare you two use such a lame way of changing the subject?

However, he still happily put the wooden box aside, then picked up the Marauder's Map and opened it on the spot, without mentioning what had just happened.

After the Marauder's Map showed its original appearance again, Harry could finally see the entire line of words on it.

【Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs】

When Harry saw Padfoot's name, he looked at the two of them in surprise and asked worriedly:

"Is this map really related to my cousin?"

The two shrugged and said with regret:

"It should be, because we found that there is no information about him on this map. He is the only person in Hogwarts who is not shown on the map, even Dumbledore is."

"The professor also confiscated this map last year and it was kept there for nearly a year. Since then, the location of the Defense Against the Dark Arts office has been erased from the map, along with all the information within it."

Harry quickly searched the map for the Defense Against the Dark Arts office. Sure enough, there were no markings or ink dots in that area. He could conclude that Dobby was in the office at the moment.

Then he found the headmaster's office, which showed Dumbledore sitting motionless in his office.

He immediately felt that although this map was not as strong as he had imagined, it was still pretty good.

Then he saw on the map Peeves who was causing trouble in the exhibition room; Mrs. Norris (Filch's cat) patrolling the corridor on the fifth floor; Ron and Hermione in the library; in addition to the places Harry was familiar with, there were also some passages that he had never walked through, and they all led to outside the school.

Harry looked at the Weasley twins in shock.

The two men put their arms around Harry's shoulders and said:

"This is a secret passage leading to Hogsmeade. There are seven of them, and Filch knows four of them..."

"And he actually told the Dementors the exits of these four secret passages. We investigated and found that the Dementors have been guarding the off-campus exits of these four passages."

"Of the remaining three, the one behind the mirror on the fifth floor collapsed for some reason and is completely blocked."

"The only two left are the Whomping Willow and the one-eyed old woman on the fourth floor."

"We've been watching for two months and haven't found any trace of Black. I guess he doesn't know about these two passages, so he didn't enter Hogwarts."

Harry nodded, but didn't care about the secret passage. After all, he could walk from the castle gate to Hogsmeade openly.

As he scanned the second floor, he suddenly noticed that the secret room containing the basilisk was no longer shown on the map.

But this is normal. When the map was made, my cousin didn't know about the existence of the secret room.

Finally he found his position on the map. He moved a few steps, and the ink dot on the map also moved a few steps. He couldn't help but find it very interesting.

He even came up with a clever way to use it, using the map in conjunction with his invisibility cloak.

You can hide under the invisible cloak without using any light source. You can rely on the map to guide the way throughout the process and avoid people in time when you meet them.

Just when he was about to try and see if he could walk back to his dormitory without looking at the road but only at the map.

George and Fred looked at each other when they saw Harry grinning at the map.

“We weren’t like this in the beginning!”

"I didn't, but you are..."

At this moment, Harry asked:

"George, Fred, is this map really real-time?"

George and Fred were stunned and said in unison:

"Of course, what's wrong?"

As they spoke, the two of them moved closer and discovered that the place Harry was pointing at was Harry's dormitory.

There was an ink spot on it, and next to it was written - Peter Perum.

This name is familiar to all members of the Charon Detective Agency. He is the hero who fought against Blake alone more than ten years ago.

How did their names appear in Hogwarts? The three of them looked at each other in confusion.

George said affirmatively:

“There have never been any surprises with this map.”

"Except Professor Holmes."

Harry frowned and asked:

"Didn't you notice him before?"

George and Fred shook their heads, thinking that if they had discovered it, they would have taken out the information long ago, and maybe they could exchange it for something good in the end.

Harry put away the map and hurried towards his dormitory.

Why would a dead person appear in his dormitory? Did he return to Hogwarts as a ghost?

Chapter 228 Four Animals

When Harry and the other two arrived at the dormitory, they looked around and didn't see anyone.

Harry shouted from the dormitory:

"Peter Pellum! Mr. Pellum!"

Wormtail, who was in a nightmare at the moment, had just escaped from Black's pursuit and hid in a Muggle's house, preparing to find something to eat.

Suddenly he saw Harry Potter standing in the middle of the house, pointing his wand at him and calling out his name accurately, scaring him so much that he ran around the house...

George took the Marauder's Map and followed the direction of the ink spot, finally finding Ron's bed.

"Could this map have gone wrong because it's been taking so long?"

Fred also said doubtfully:

"That shouldn't be the case. We've been using it for so long without any problems."

Harry frowned slightly and picked up the cage on the bedside table...

George and Fred shouted at the same time:

"Moved!"

"Live!"

Harry looked at the two of them in confusion:

"What moved?"

George and Fred looked at the cage in Harry's hand, then said to Harry:

"Take two steps."

Harry didn't understand why, but he still took two steps as they said.

George and Fred threw the Marauder's Map directly at Harry and snatched the cage from his hands.

"What do you think, George?"

"First, take Scabbers out and see if it's the magic of this cage."

They knew that this cage was given to Ron by Douglas. When Ron showed off it, they wanted to borrow it to study it, but Ron was reluctant.

In their opinion, nothing Douglas gave was simple, and now they had indeed discovered the clue.

Harry looked at the Marauder's Map in his hand and found a clue. Peter Pellum's ink dot now overlapped with the twin brothers' ink dot.

He looked at the cage in shock.

At this time, the twin brothers quickly grabbed Scabbers, who was in a nightmare, out of the cage and threw him directly to Harry.

He also explained:

"I felt there was something wrong with this cage from the beginning. The professor must have hidden clues inside."

"If Ron had let us study this cage from the beginning, we would have found clues to Peter Perum long ago."

Harry nodded subconsciously, thinking that what they said made sense, because this task was assigned by the professor, so it was reasonable to provide some help in certain circumstances.

He saw that the two men had drawn their wands and were pointing at the cage. Fred even wanted to bring the cage close to his eyes to see if there was anything engraved on it.

Harry didn't go forward to join in the fun. He glanced at Scabbers, who showed no intention of waking up, and silently envied how good it was to be a mouse, especially a mouse that could sleep alone.

Then a glance at the map...

When Douglas returned to the office, he saw Wangcai looking at Sirius with hatred, while Dobby kept nagging to comfort Wangcai.

When he saw Douglas coming back, Wangcai quickly jumped onto Douglas' shoulder and pointed at Sirius and Dobby.

From Wangcai's description, Douglas probably knew that Dobby did not give it the shiny gold Galleons, and Sirius wanted to steal its collection.

Douglas frowned slightly, grabbed Wangcai's hind legs and threw him to the ground.

Then he grabbed a handful of gold coins and said:

"The Galleons belong to Dobby. Giving them to you is a favor, and not giving them to me is my duty. And you're asking for more."

Then he threw the handful of Galleons toward Dobby and said:

"Dobby, for the next month, don't give it any gold coins. Cure this bad habit of itss!"

Dobby wanted to say something, but was stopped by Douglas.

Sirius shook his hair, looked at Wangcai with a sad look on his face, picking up the treasures that had fallen on the ground, and laughed.

Douglas glanced at him and said disdainfully:

"If you need money, you can tell me. I actually stole it from a pet."

Sirius opened his mouth but for a moment didn't know how to retort.

It was Dobby who explained the whole thing again.

Douglas frowned slightly. Why did Harry suddenly want so much money?

......

In the Gryffindor boys' dormitory.

Three boys studied a mouse for a long time, but they couldn't figure out why a mouse would display the names of dead people on the Marauder's Map.

It's not that I haven't suspected that the other party was an Animagus, but according to the characteristics of Animagus that Professor McGonagall talked about in class, the animal that was transformed was related to the personality of the wizard.

How could Animagus, a person revered as a hero by the people, turn into a mouse?

Of course, the most important thing is that none of them can use the Animagus counter spell.

They had no choice but to stuff Scabbers back into the cage again. Since this cage was given by Professor Holmes, it meant that there must be something wrong with Scabbers.

Nothing was found for the time being, so George and Fred had to leave first.

"George, I think we've discovered something remarkable."

"I think that mouse is most likely Peter Pellum, the one with the missing toe..."

"I've been in our family for more than ten years..."

"Then why didn't you tell Harry?"

"Then why don't you say it?"

"hey-hey!"

"hehe!"

Harry put the Marauder's Map, the wooden box, and the Invisibility Cloak together and took a quick shower.

Then I went to the library to find Ron and Hermione.