"Who are you looking for? Do you need my help?"
In the boys' dormitory of Gryffindor College, George, who was watching Fred and Lee Jordan playing cards, looked at Albert, who had been staring at the Marauder's Map, in confusion and couldn't help asking.
George had no idea who he had been keeping an eye on since he noticed Albert had returned from Hagrid's hut.
In fact, the three of them really wanted to ask Albert when he would venture into the restricted area on the fourth floor.
Albert just asked them to wait for a while. Fred and Lee Jordan had played several rounds of wizard cards and were getting a little impatient, especially since Albert didn't reveal any information to them.
“Not for now!”
"Have you found out from Hagrid how to get through the big dog?" Lee Jordan casually picked a topic and asked about what the three people cared about most.
If they can't subdue the big dog, they won't even get through the first level.
"That's the Greek three-headed dog." Albert said without looking up: "In the Muggle Greek mythology system, there are detailed records of how to deal with the three-headed dog."
"Are you sure that the Muggle records are reliable?" Fred frowned and reminded, "You should know that the wizarding world is different from the Muggle world."
"I tried it when Hagrid started raising that three-headed dog." Albert said calmly, "It really works. It can put the three-headed dog into a deep sleep."
"Back then, the monster that caused so much trouble in the forbidden forest was the big dog in the room at the end of the corridor on the fourth floor?"
"Hagrid actually kept it secretly in the Forbidden Forest?"
"I remember you lied to us and said that the big dog was a guard dog raised by Professor Kettlebur of the Care of Magical Creatures class." Lee Jordan complained angrily.
"I don't remember saying anything like that," Albert said calmly.
"Well, who said that, Fred or George?" Lee Jordan immediately turned the gun and pointed it at the other two roommates.
"We remember you said that," Fred and George said in unison.
In fact, the three of them had already forgotten who had said those words in the first place.
"What's the Muggle way?" asked Fred.
"You will know in a moment."
Albert stared at the Marauder's Map, and the ink dot representing Hagrid was moving towards the outskirts of Hogwarts. Hagrid was obviously going to go to the Hog's Head Inn in Hogsmeade through the path that Hogwarts students often took.
As for Professor Quirrell, he is still in the Defense Against the Dark Arts office on the second floor.
Albert believed that after Hagrid left Hogwarts School, Quirrell would soon get the news and follow Hagrid out of school to the Hog's Head Inn to carry out his plan to lure the dragon egg.
In fact, Albert's judgment was quite accurate. Shortly after Hagrid left Hogwarts, the ink spot representing Quirrell also began to move. He had walked out of his office and, under the cover of night, headed towards the outskirts of the castle.
"The person who was in the way has finally left!"
After Albert saw the ink dot representing Quirrell disappear from the Marauder's Map, he couldn't help but take a deep breath and a happy smile appeared on his face.
At the same time, Quirrell, who had just left the prohibited Apparition area, suddenly stopped and looked back in the direction of Hogwarts Castle. He felt an inexplicable strangeness in his heart, but Quirrell did not think much about it and immediately Apparated away.
Albert put away the Marauder's Map and began to pack the things he would need later under the delighted gazes of his three roommates.
He took out the music box he bought for Christmas from the deformed lizard's belt, put it in his coat pocket, and said to Fred, George and Lee Jordan who were full of expectation: "Let's go to the restricted corridor on the fourth floor. Our adventure begins."
"However, we need to act separately to avoid attracting other people's attention. We will meet again in the secret passage near the restricted corridor on the fourth floor."
"Is it finally time to begin?" Fred happily put away the half-played wizard cards in his hand. Lee Jordan was a little dissatisfied with this because he was about to win this round.
This is totally cheating!
However, Lee Jordan's dissatisfaction did not last long, and he also put away the wizard cards. Compared with playing wizard cards, the upcoming exciting adventure was obviously more interesting.
"Tom, stay in your room and don't run around. I'll come back and give you some dried fish later." Albert raised his hand and tickled Tom's chin, then put it on the cushion beside him. He looked up and said to the three of them, "Get ready, let's go!"
"We've been ready for a long time." The three said in unison.
At this moment, it was close to eight o'clock, the sky had completely darkened, and the library was about to close. If the four of them went out together, it would easily attract the attention of other students in the lounge, so the four of them left in batches.
When Albert and Lee Jordan walked out of the common room together, they happened to meet Percy who had just returned from the library. The Gryffindor prefect looked very tired.
In order to get excellent results in the OWL exam, Percy is also studying hard.
Five minutes later, they arrived at the agreed secret passage on the fourth floor and met up with Fred and George. They secretly opened the door when no one was around and sneaked into the restricted corridor on the fourth floor.
After Fred closed the wooden door leading to the restricted corridor, he asked Albert again, "How are you going to subdue the dog?"
"Use this."
The four of them passed through the dim corridor and appeared at the end of the restricted corridor on the fourth floor. Albert took out the music box from his pocket, and copied several more music boxes, handing them to the other three people.
At this moment, Fred, George and Lee Jordan all looked confused and didn't understand what was going on.
Albert turned the spring, making the music box emit a crisp sound.
"The music box can only last for about 20 to 30 seconds. You will take turns loosening the hairpins to let the music continue. The three-headed dog will fall asleep when it hears the music." Albert arranged the sequence, took out his wand, knocked on the door lock, and whispered, "Open the door!"
With a click, the door lock opened.
As the door creaked, there was no low barking in my ears. The moment the music box sounded, the big dog's eyes began to droop.
It swayed for a few seconds, then soon fell to the ground and fell into a deep sleep.
"Open the trapdoor."
Albert began to direct the three men's actions.
"Don't let the music stop. I don't want to be torn to pieces by it." Fred glared at Lee Jordan who was in a trance. He swore that if Lee Jordan failed to behave himself later, he would leave him behind to keep the three-headed dog company.
"Sorry," Lee Jordan muttered, apologizing for his mistake.
As they approached the three huge heads, they could feel the hot, smelly breath coming out of the big dogs' mouths.
"I bet Hagrid didn't brush his teeth on time." George couldn't help but complain.
"George, don't forget." Albert reminded.
"knew."
"Fred, Lee Jordan, use the levitation spell together to move the three-headed dog aside. It is pressing down the trapdoor." Albert directed his companions to complete the task in an orderly manner.
After the three-headed dog's body moved away from the trapdoor, Albert immediately bent down and pulled the ring on the trapdoor. The door suddenly opened, revealing a dark hole below.
"What do you see?" Fred and Lee Jordan moved the three-headed dog aside, unwound their own springs, and let the music continue.
Lee Jordan's face was full of tension. The existence of the three-headed dog Fluffy put too much pressure on him. It was definitely not safe to stay with such a big dog.
"We can't see anything down there, and there's no ladder to get down. We need to jump down directly." Albert looked around at the three people and asked, "Who will go down first?"
"I can go down second," Fred muttered.
There was no way. The dark passage below didn't give him much sense of security.
"George, you go down first. Remember to cast a shock-absorbing spell on yourself. I think you must have learned it, right!" Albert waved his wand, conjured up a ball of light, and let it fall down along the hole. "Fred is next, and Lee Jordan is third."
"Okay." George gritted his teeth.
"Hurry, hurry, don't waste time. If you know the shock-absorbing spell, you don't have to worry about falling to your death." Albert urged.
George looked down through the hole. It was bottomless. He couldn't help but take a deep breath and slowly slid down along the hole. In the end, he only relied on his ten fingers to hold on to the edge of the hole. His speed was frighteningly slow.
"Don't let the music stop." Albert threw another ball of light downwards and warned loudly, "Otherwise, if you get bit by this thing, you'll be in big trouble."
Seeing that several people were still hesitating and didn't want to go down, Albert couldn't help but sigh. He didn't care whether George wanted to go down or not. He said "See you downstairs" and went down directly beside George.
Fred, George and Lee Jordan were all shocked by Albert's quick and decisive action. Thinking of their own actions just now, their cheeks couldn't help but feel slightly hot.
The three of them were not willing to stay there any longer, as there was a three-headed dog beside them, which made them feel unsafe.
After Albert jumped down, George followed him. Fred and Lee Jordan looked at each other and jumped down one after another. Only the music box on the ground was still making sound, but the music would stop soon and the sleeping three-headed dog would eventually wake up again.