Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

As soon as he walked out of the dormitory and arrived at the Gryffindor common room, Ron said to everyone he met:

"This is a Christmas present Sirius gave himself. I always thought he was joking, but he's such a nice guy."

The cute little owl instantly won the hearts of many girls. Ginny, who had just left the dormitory, saw it and grabbed the little guy from Ron's shoulder. Ron was so scared that he screamed, "Be gentle, be gentle, don't scare the little guy. This will be our third owl from now on."

Ginny looked at the little owl and said with disdain, "A messenger? This one? Oh, what's her name?"

Ron shook his head and said, "I haven't thought of a name yet."

After hearing what Ron said, Ginny's eyes lit up and she said to the little owl in her hand:

"Little guy, from now on you can call me Zhu Weiqiong, okay?"

Before Ron could stop it, the little creature flew around Ginny happily, and Ginny happily called Zhu Weijun's name continuously.

No matter how Ron improvised a name for the little pig, the little guy just ignored him. The classmates around him laughed and advised Ron to give up the name.

Finally, Ron called Zhu Weiqiong in a resolute manner, and the little guy flew to his shoulder. This made Ron breathe a sigh of relief, at least he could fly back.

Harry beside him whispered to Hermione: "What gift did the professor give you?"

Hermione said happily, "They gave me ten sets of exam papers from the Muggle world, from different grades and schools. That's great."

Harry opened his mouth, but finally swallowed the words.

Just when the students were planning to celebrate Christmas happily.

Early in the morning, a flock of owls flew into the auditorium, and uniform parchment envelopes landed in the hands of the students.

Some students who reacted quickly shouted:

"Don't open it, don't open it!"

But the quick-handed students had already shouted in shock:

"Haha, giving out report cards on Christmas Day is a really nice Christmas gift."

Not only the students at school, but also those who went home for Christmas were not spared from this special Christmas gift. However, aside from some discontented voices, everyone else began to discuss the top-scoring students in each subject, as they would be chosen to participate in a large-scale, single-subject, locked-room game organized by the professors. That game was the legendary Slytherin Chamber of Secrets.

Some students also began to think about the reward that Professor Holmes had promised to give to students who satisfied him with the exam results.

After reading the transcript, Harry hurried towards Douglas' office.

Originally agreed to come out at 9 o'clock, he was late in opening his presents, and he was even late again because he was discussing his report card with his classmates.

When he arrived at Douglas' office, he found that only Sirius was there.

He was also wearing a black suit. Harry felt that this suit must have been arranged for him by his cousin. The Muggle style was too obvious, and he also felt that Sirius always looked a little unnatural.

Sirius patted him on the shoulder and said, "Remus and Doug are waiting for you in London."

Harry frowned slightly and said, "London? Are we going to London for Christmas? Then do I need to ask Professor McGonagall for leave?"

Sirius' eyes were a little blurry, and he said slowly: "We won't spend Christmas in London. Doug has already made an agreement with Professor McGonagall."

Sirius forced a smile and said, "You'll know when you get there. Well, it's getting late, let's get going."

Looking at Harry's bewildered look, Sirius sighed helplessly.

Soon the two appeared in Douglas's home in London. As soon as they emerged from the fireplace, Douglas said directly to Dobby beside him: "Dobby, take Harry to change clothes first."

Dobby quickly pulled Harry to his room.

Sirius looked at the two people who were also dressed in black and asked, "Are you all ready? Are you sure it's safe? If all else fails, we should use Apparition."

Douglas shook his head and said:

"Under today's circumstances, it's better not to let Harry endure the pressure of Apparition. The passage is fine now. I've already checked, and it's probably because the previous inscription wasn't strong enough, which is why there's a tearing sensation."

Lupin was in a low mood and hadn't spoken a word. Sirius walked over, put his arm around his shoulders and said softly, "I think James and Lily would like to see us happily take Harry with us."

Lupin took a deep breath, forced a smile and said, "You're right, Padfoot."

Douglas looked at Sirius strangely. Was this really what this guy said? Could it be that Dumbledore was impersonating him using the Polyjuice Potion?

He pretended to be casual and said, "Sirius, I suddenly remembered that I kicked you the night I caught you. I want to apologize to you here today."

Sirius's mind was full of question marks, and he said in confusion: "When did you kick me? Why don't I remember it?"

Douglas rubbed his head quickly and said, "Then I might have remembered it wrongly. I kicked too many dogs and mixed you up. I remember you were..."

Sirius quickly roared, "Shut up Doug."

At the same time, he quickly pulled Douglas aside. He didn't want his good friend and Harry to know how miserable he was that night. He was caught by a house-elf at first sight, and then was dragged by a dog leg. Finally, he was knocked away by Dobby's magic in Douglas's house.

Douglas, who was dragged aside, didn't wait for Sirius to question him. He hooked his arm around his neck and leaned close to his ear and asked coldly, "What did you call me just now?"

Sirius sneered, not wanting to be outdone: "What did you want to say just now?"

Douglas admitted directly:

"I just want to see if you're someone else pretending to be me. It's a bit unlike you to suddenly say something so calm, so why not give it a try?"

Sirius struggled a bit but couldn't break free from Douglas's restraints. He said helplessly, "Do you think I want to? You've forced me to read all kinds of books every day these past few months. Don't even mention me. Even Dobby can talk a few words now. Tell me, are you still a human being? What's wrong with calling you Doug?"

Douglas snorted disdainfully: "Doug? Still playing the same old joke from a year ago, isn't that childish..."

At this time, Harry, who had just changed his clothes and walked out, saw the two people's actions and asked curiously: "What are you doing?"

Lupin said with a smile: "They are reminiscing about the good old days."

Dobby, who had just emerged, had already raised his finger, but upon seeing his boss hadn't suffered any loss, he silently lowered his hand and sighed silently. He had been learning about High Elf magic recently, but unfortunately, he had never had the opportunity to practice it.

Douglas quickly helped Sirius up and said, "Help him stretch his muscles. Now that you're ready, let's go."

After Douglas's disturbance, Lupin and Sirius were no longer so depressed.

Only Harry, who didn't know what was going to happen next, looked at Douglas in confusion as he walked towards the utility room under the stairs, and said quickly:

"Uncle, the gate is over there."

Sirius patted Harry's shoulder and said, "We're not going through the door. Follow us."

Chapter 258 Harry's Hurting World

Douglas knocked rhythmically on the door of the utility room, and then as if there was someone behind the door, Douglas took a step back and the door suddenly opened by itself.

Harry, who was standing at the back, felt very strange. After the door was opened, not a single light came through. It was still pitch black inside at a glance. Especially the moment his cousin went in, it was as if he was swallowed by the darkness. He could not see the other person's figure at all.

He was too familiar with the utility room under the stairs, and it was definitely not like this situation.

Sirius shrugged and explained to Lupin and Harry, "It's a small magical mechanism, just like the common rooms at Hogwarts. He once wanted to design the kitchen door password to be the same as the Hogwarts kitchen door, but he later found it troublesome and gave up."

Lupin said thoughtfully, "I heard that the entrance to the Hufflepuff common room needs to be punctuated by the rhythm of 'Helga Hufflepuff'. I think his design should be similar to that."

Dobby, who was standing by, said excitedly, "Mr. Lupin's guess was correct, but this door is not that simple. The boss has a great idea and an even more perfect design. He even let Dobby participate in the design of this door, but it's a secret for now. I'm sorry, Dobby, I can't tell you."

Harry looked at all this in amazement. In his opinion, this was what a wizard's residence should be like, with magical magic everywhere.

However, ordinary wizarding families probably wouldn't design these things at home. Even the Weasley family's Burrow doesn't have such a complicated way of opening the door. I wonder if the house Sirius described is also so magical.

While Harry was still in a daze, Sirius had already stepped into the utility room, leaving behind a final voice: "Follow me."

Harry hurried forward, but when he saw the dark utility room, he subconsciously stopped.

Dobby encouraged him from behind, "The boss said that staring into the darkness will only make you fearful, and only by not fearing the darkness can you defeat it. Harry Potter, Dobby believes you can do it, come on!"

Harry looked at 6 Ping who was standing aside.

Lupin gave him a gentle smile and said, "Dobby is right. This may be a level designed by Douglas. Someone who is afraid of the dark is not qualified to be exposed to his secrets."

Dobby quickly said, "That was what the boss said, not Dobby."

Harry took a deep breath and strode straight in, just as he had done the first time he had crossed Platform 9 and 3/4.

Just after Harry passed, Lupin followed in.

Dobby looked around the house, then snapped his fingers. The curtains were automatically drawn, and the sounds of doors being locked could be heard one after another.

After Dobby entered the utility room, the door closed automatically.

Harry, stepping into the darkness, suddenly heard countless low hums in his ears. Just when he was about to listen carefully, a big hand suddenly appeared, grabbed his arm, and pulled him out of the darkness.

The next time he saw the light, he was in a huge windowless room.

The whole house seemed to be built of huge stones and slabs, and there were all kinds of strange patterns on them, the same kind that Harry had seen in Douglas's study before.

The light in the room is provided by the magic crystal lamps on the four walls, illuminating the entire room. There is also a huge stone platform in the middle of the room, surrounded by tall stone pillars.

Just as he was about to look back at the door he came in from, he found that there was no door behind him at all, and at this time he saw Lupin suddenly emerge from a wall.

He gasped in surprise and said, "It's actually the devil's low moan. I guessed it wouldn't be ordinary night magic. It's a very clever combination."

Douglas took out a bottle of water from his pocket and handed it to Lupin, saying with a smile, "I didn't expect you to find out so quickly. I thought that would keep you trapped for a while longer."

At the same time as Lupin took the water, Dobby also came out of the wall, but his performance was much better than Lupin's.

After drinking the water, Lupin explained, "That's because when I was wandering around before, I saw a reclusive dark wizard using this ancient magic to trick Muggles, but his design was not as sophisticated as yours..."

Seeing Harry's expression of not understanding a word of what you are saying, Sirius explained to him:

"The devil's whisper is an ancient magic that draws out the fear, hatred, resentment, regret, and anger in people's hearts, turning them into someone controlled by their emotions."

Harry opened his mouth in surprise. He didn't expect to see such dark magic from his cousin.

He asked curiously, "But I did hear a low humming sound just now, but I didn't feel anything."

Douglas smiled and said, "This barrier is only used to block some uninvited guys, so I set the trigger conditions. As long as you don't concentrate on listening to those whispers, you won't be affected."

Sirius coughed lightly, as if blaming Douglas for stealing his limelight from Harry, then took over the conversation and said to Harry, "The devil's whisper has a very big disadvantage. It must be in a very quiet environment to have an extraordinary effect. As long as it is affected by the external environment, the magical effect will be weakened or even disappear.

Of course, this is for people with slightly stronger mental abilities. Ordinary Muggles and wizards are still easily disturbed when there is no external interference, such as when I pulled you out just now. "

Harry gasped at this, but didn't say that he had actually been trying to listen carefully to what the low humming sound was.

Douglas said dissatisfiedly: "If you hadn't intervened just now, this lesson would definitely teach Harry a good lesson."

Harry waved his hands quickly and said, "Uncle, I have learned this profound lesson. Well, I have realized it."

Douglas looked at Harry with a strange smile and said, "Really? I don't believe it."

Harry nodded seriously and said, "Believe me, cousin, I really understand."

Douglas nodded in satisfaction and said, "Very good. When you return to school, write me a reflection on this matter that is at least 10 inches long."

Harry felt like he couldn't close his mouth today.

Sirius said dissatisfiedly: "Doug, today is Christmas, we are at home now, not Hogwarts, and Harry is already very good, we can't put so much burden on him."

Harry nodded frantically and said, "Yes, yes, yes. I also received a Christmas gift from my cousin today. It turned out to be a test paper."

Douglas snorted coldly: "Why, do you think this gift is not to your liking? Sirius, you are his godfather, not his buddy, so please treat a child from an adult's perspective. And please call me Douglas."

"Cough cough!"

Seeing that something was wrong, he quickly interrupted the two of them, stepped forward, patted Sirius on the shoulder and said:

"Douglas is right. Both as a professor and as a relative, he wants Harry to succeed. Harry, as your professor, I also fully approve of Douglas's gift. To be honest, apart from your good grades in some individual courses, everything else..."

Sirius, who was silent for a while, suddenly changed the subject and said:

"Perhaps you are right. Harry's Defense Against the Dark Arts grades are pretty good. In other subjects, let alone that little girl from Gryffindor, even the Malfoy brats are better than him...except for Quidditch, of course."

Harry looked at Sirius in shock. That's not what you said just now. Why did you change your tone in the blink of an eye and even bring up Hermione and Draco Malfoy?

Dobby said weakly, "Actually, I think Harry Potter is already very good..."

Harry looked at Dobby with emotion, but before he could continue to be moved, Dobby said with a smile on his face:

"But the boss also said that Dobby's learning ability is better than Harry Potter's!"

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Douglas guessed why Sirius suddenly changed his tone. Anyone would be angry if they saw that their outstanding brothers and their wife had such a useless child.

Chapter 259 Godric's Hollow

Finally, Douglas glanced at the time and said, "It's getting late. Let's set off as soon as possible."

Then he took a few people to the altar in the middle of the room.

When Harry walked onto the altar, he looked very strange. The entire altar was made of a stone he didn't recognize, and it was covered with all kinds of strange runes. These were all within Harry's understanding, after all, it was made by wizards.

But there was a table in the middle of the altar, with a screen that seemed to be made of glass, and some numbers were displayed on it, which completely stunned Harry.