Chapter 379 Malfoy's Boggart

The next day, the security measures at Hogwarts, which had been somewhat lax, were tightened again, and even more stringent than before.

Professor Flitwick was teaching the castle gate guards to identify the large photo of Sirius Black; Filch was suddenly very busy, running around in the corridor to plug the gaps, from the smallest cracks in the wall to rat holes.

Sir Cadogan was dismissed, and his portrait was sent back to the deserted staircase landing on the eighth floor. He was replaced by the restored Fat Lady, but she asked the school to give her special protection, so that the Fat Lady would return to her post.

So Dumbledore arranged a group of rough troll security guards to protect her. They patrolled the corridors in groups of three or five, making loud noises and comparing the size of the big sticks in their hands.

Of course, before hiring the troll security guards, Dumbledore had informed Fish, and he would lose a lot if he didn't let the kitten get excited and beat away the troll security guards he had hired at a high price.

And the cat was naturally very dissatisfied with such an arrangement...

"Fish can ask Fluffy or Ouroboros to help meow!"

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The cat recommended two other more powerful guards to Dumbledore.

However, such a proposal would certainly not be accepted by Dumbledore. Whether it was the basilisk or the three-headed dog, it was too dangerous for other students. Moreover, he chose the troll security guard not only to protect the Fat Lady, but also wanted Fish to take this opportunity to overcome his weaknesses.

"Don't worry, Fish." Dumbledore patiently explained to the kitten: "Troll security guards are much cleaner than ordinary trolls, and they don't have much smell on them."

"Really meow?"

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Fish looked at Dumbledore with suspicion. This old man was very bad and often didn't tell the truth. He still remembered how the bad old man taught him to deceive Tom Riddle last year.

So Dumbledore simply took Fish to see the troll security guard he hired first.

Although trolls have low intelligence and bad tempers, they actually have their own language and can understand some simple human language.

Therefore, some wizards try to select smarter trolls from the trolls and train them to become troll security guards, and then rent them to other wizards to make money.

In order to improve the user experience, those wizards will naturally keep their troll security guards clean.

Although they still have some body odor, this level is acceptable to Feishi, so he no longer resists and agrees to these troll security guards patrolling the corridor outside the Gryffindor dormitory.

Even after a few days, Feishi actually got along well with them. When entering and leaving the dormitory, they would say hello to each other. It’s a pity that they can only stay in the school to patrol, otherwise Feishi would like to take them to the Forbidden Forest and introduce them to Lu Wei and others, and help him clean up the trolls in the Forbidden Forest.

In addition to the enhanced security, Professor McGonagall did not let go of Neville Longbottom, who had caused a big disaster. He was in bad luck, just as Fish said.

First of all, deducting points and detention were basic; secondly, he could not go to Hogsmeade in the future and had to stay with Harry; finally, Professor McGonagall also forbade anyone to tell him the password to enter the dormitory.

Poor Neville could only stay outside the common room every night, waiting eagerly to see who could take him in, while the troll security guards were still mocking him with bad words.

Especially during the time he was in detention, he had to wait for Fish to come back from his night tour before he could go back to the dormitory to sleep.

Moreover, Neville was the fourth student to receive the Howler letter after the three Weasley brothers, but everyone had sufficient experience in dealing with the Howler letter, that is, the freshmen who had just entered this year were startled by the voice of old lady Longbottom.

As the only witness who had met Sirius Black face to face, Ron had become famous during this period. For the first time in his life, he received more attention than Harry.

Ron obviously liked this feeling. Although he was still in shock from what happened last night, he was always happy to tell his adventures in detail and vividly whenever someone asked.

And as time went by, he added more details and his own psychological activities at the time...

Although the actual situation was that Ron was so scared that his mind went blank at the time, and he couldn't remember anything except seeing Black holding a knife.

But these had nothing to do with Fish. He only cared about how to catch Black and... why Snape thought Lupin was Black's accomplice.

The plan he and Harry had discussed before about catching Black could not be used for the time being, because everyone's attention to Harry had increased recently, and it was not suitable to run out to lure Black.

And Fish didn't think Black would be stupid enough to attack Harry at this time.

So, Maomao planned to find Snape first to ask him clearly.

After listening to the story from Professor McGonagall, Fish staggered to the door of Snape's office. He reached out and knocked twice, but there was no response from inside.

"Are you asleep, meow?"

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The kitten tilted its head in confusion, and knocked a few more times with more force, but still no one answered.

"Severus, are you meowing?"

Fisch shouted twice more inside, and changed to knocking on the door with his palm, making the door "bang bang" loudly.

However, Fish knocked for a long time, but there was still no response from inside. It seemed that Snape was not in his office.

If I had known earlier, I would have asked Harry to borrow the Marauder's Map first...

Fish scratched his head and suddenly found the convenience of that thing.

At this moment, the door of the Potions classroom on the same floor was opened, and Professor Snape walked out.

"Meow? Severus, are you there!"

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Fish turned his head and waved to Snape who came out, then jumped over.

"What are you doing here?"

Fish didn't wait for Snape to answer, and poked his head in from his side.

In the Potions classroom, Draco Malfoy was slumped on a chair with a pale face. His originally meticulous hair was now messily stuck to his forehead, looking extremely embarrassed. In addition, Fish also saw a piece of chocolate in his hand.

And right in front of Malfoy, there was a wooden box half a person tall, and there was a breath of some kind of creature in the wooden box.

This scene... Fish looked very familiar...

Harry was in this state when he first practiced the Patronus Charm with his Boggart.

Seeing Fish's appearance, Malfoy looked a little embarrassed, because his current situation was very embarrassing. Malfoy's family education made him not like to be seen by others in a shameful state.

If it was someone else, Malfoy would have driven him away long ago, but Fish... then there was nothing he could do.

Malfoy sighed helplessly and took another bite of the chocolate in his hand.

"Are you practicing the Patronus Charm, meow, Draco?"

Fish walked into the Potions classroom and came to Malfoy's side and asked. Snape behind him closed the door with his backhand.

"Well..."

Malfoy, who had not yet recovered from his emotions, responded weakly.

"Look at you, your Boggart is also a Dementor meow?" Fish blinked and sighed: "It's the same as Harry's. Obviously, the relationship between you two is not very good..."

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Malfoy's face suddenly became very ugly.

Just like Harry didn't want to buy the Nimbus 2001, Malfoy felt very awkward after discovering that his Boggart changed the same as Harry's. Unfortunately, the transformation of the Boggart was not something he could change whenever he wanted, and it would be more helpful for him to practice the Patronus Charm.

Then Fish added: "But Harry can now summon a physical Patronus in front of the Boggart, Draco, you have to work hard too!"

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This made Malfoy look even uglier.

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The original book did not mention what form Malfoy's Boggart took, but judging from his performance throughout the book, Dementors, the death of his family, Voldemort (later) and even Dumbledore are all very likely.

Here I chose Dementors because I personally feel that this is more interesting.