Hogwarts, where the stars shine

The 88-89 school year is basically over, and all that's left is the announcement of results and the year-end dinner.

That night, the Slytherin common room was extremely busy.Whether they are senior or junior, boys or girls, everyone is celebrating freedom and liberation.

Everyone's heart is like grass growing, looking forward to the upcoming summer vacation.Judging from the crazy posture, the Slytherin people may not be celebrating all night long.

People's joys and sorrows are not the same. Everyone is happy for the upcoming holiday, but Mesa, who is sitting in the corner of the lounge, is very unhappy.

Mesa Black isn't looking forward to a vacation at all.

Hogwarts is on summer break, which means Mesa is out of school and back at the Leaky Cauldron.

Leaving school means no more comfortable four-poster beds and no free three meals a day.How can this make people happy?

Before dinner, Mesa had asked Professor Snape to stay at school during the holidays, just like Filch.During the summer holidays, Argus Filch was the only member of the staff who remained at the castle.

As you can imagine, Mesa was ruthlessly rejected by Snape, otherwise he wouldn't have to sit in the corner morosely.

Really feeling that these people were too noisy, Mesa spoke to Lilia beside him, and after making an appointment, he returned to the dormitory to rest alone.

Mesa planned to take a nap to recuperate his energy, and then go check out the secret place when the students in the common room had enough trouble.

In the past month, while investigating the grease-like substance, the two of them would check the secret from time to time to see if Steele Martin had succeeded.

As time goes by, the unknown and strange fountain is safe and sound, still spewing disgusting oily fluid, and the humanoid faceless monster will warmly entertain the arriving guests.

Leaving aside other aspects, Mesa's accuracy in releasing magic spells is getting higher and higher.If you say you hit the monster's ears, you will never hit the monster's eyes.

In addition to the improved accuracy of spells, Mesa also benefited a lot from the library in the secret place.

Mesa dared to boldly say that even the seventh grade graduates who are about to enter the society do not have as much magic as him.

To put it more modestly, there is no one who can resist him in the academy; to put it immodestly, he has no opponent in Slytherin.However, this is only Mesa's private opinion, and I have not yet had a chance to confirm this opinion.

With the rapid growth of Mesa's personal strength, there is only one week left before the Hogwarts holiday.

Rumor has it that someone has placed a curse on the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor position, so that no teacher will hold the post for more than a year. The 88-89 school year was coming to an end, which meant that no matter what Steele Martin wanted to do, he only had this last week.

Even if Steele Martin delayed his terminal cancer, time would not give him the chance to delay it any longer.

The night is getting darker, and Mesa wakes up leisurely while sleeping in her clothes.

For the last week, Mesa planned to visit secret places every night.Waiting and waiting, Mesa didn't believe he couldn't catch Steele Martin.

In my ears I could hear the sound of the lake water gently lapping against the window lattice, and in front of my eyes I could see the figure of a giant squid swimming through the window.After a brief scrubbing, Mesa headed towards the common room.

The boys' dormitory was exceptionally quiet tonight. No one was running around in the corridor, and there were no whispers from the rooms on both sides, which was in sharp contrast to the noise of the celebration just now.

Mesa entered the common room with some confusion.

The celebrating people had already dispersed, leaving only a mess in the lounge.

The large armchair covered Lilia's figure, the school robe was draped over her body, and she was sleeping soundly.

Although he couldn't bear it for a while, Mesa still acted like a bad guy and shook Lilia awake from her sleep.

"Well...it's here." Lilia mumbled vaguely, "I was a little sleepy, so I fell asleep."

Looking at the sleepy Lilia, Mesa asked softly: "Why don't you go back to the dormitory? It's better than sleeping here."

Lilia stretched and said, "It's just because I feel so comfortable that I can't go back. If I go back to the dormitory to sleep, I won't be able to get up."

"Thanks for your hard work."

"It's okay, I'm voluntary."

After talking about their hard work, the two of them didn't say any more nonsense.After setting the time, Mesa went straight to the medieval tapestry and struck Merlin on the tapestry with his wand.

There was a soft click and the Ouroboros knocker appeared.

Mesa pricked his finger with ease, activated the mechanism of the secret place, and walked into the dark corridor.As for why Lilia's finger was not pricked, that's a good question, don't ask it again in the future.

Mesa's consciousness (soul) entered the secret place, but his body did not fall. Instead, like a programmed machine, he walked towards the armchair next to the fireplace.

Lilia, who stayed in the lounge, was already used to such weird scenes.

These days, the two of them have divided their labors and cooperated like this. Mesa is responsible for going in for inspections, and Lilia is responsible for taking care of his body to prevent the others from discovering their secrets.

Lilia skillfully held Mesa's body and guided him to lean on the armchair.Then, Lilia covered Mesa with her robe to prevent him from catching cold.

Becoming the Hogwarts weather forecaster at such a young age is not okay.

After doing all this, Lilia sat down next to Mesa's body. She took out a thin booklet and studied it carefully.

On the other side, Mesa's consciousness went deep along the dark corridor.There was still the familiar grease-like substance under his feet, which felt soft and soft, as if he were stepping on a muddy pond.

At the end of the corridor is another common room with basically the same layout.After nearly a month of exploration, Mesa was able to determine that as long as he did not enter the girls' dormitory, the humanoid faceless monster would not appear.

Therefore, Mesa headed towards the library located in the boys' dormitory first.

However, Mesa did not swim in the ocean of knowledge. Time was tight. He just walked around the room and retreated when he saw no sign of intrusion.

Mesa then walked in the direction of the girls' dormitory, which was the top priority and was what Mesa believed was Steele Martin's target.

Quickly passing through the dark corridor, Mesa came to the room where the fountain was.

The fountain in the center of the room was still gushing, and the sticky fluid like grease still flowed to the outside along the groove below. Nothing had changed.

However, there is an additional figure in front of the fountain in the center of the room, it is Steele Martin!

After meeting the drunkard professor who "had longed for him", Mesa didn't feel any joy in his heart, just because Steele Martin's state looked too weird, and he was not the person Mesa was familiar with at all!

Steele Martin was still wearing his daytime clothes, a ginger robe, but his hands, neck, face, and all his exposed skin were covered with a thin layer of black oil.

If you look closely, you will see that the black covering on Martin's skin is actually lines of characters.

What's even weirder is that the string of characters is not static, but flowing in his body like blood.

At this time, Steele Martin said: "I knew you would come, and we finally met here. I'm just sorry to let you see me in this state."

"It is indeed you." Mesa said calmly, "What is your purpose?"

The ebony wand pointed at the ground, Mesa was ready to fight the professor.