HP: The Moon Over the Magic Academy

Chapter 39 A Night Stroll in Plain and Open

The moon hangs high in the sky, its light gentle and bright.

Landric was dozing off in the moonlight until a cold wind blew, raising goosebumps all over his body.

Ugh, I still can't sleep here, otherwise I'll have to be given magic potions again tomorrow. Just thinking about how magic potions can kill people sends chills down my spine.

Let's go, let's stop using magic potions, starting with me.

Sleeping on the rooftop is something I can only dream of if I bring a small blanket.

Landric stepped onto the stairs and went downstairs. To prevent others from seeing him, he even used his "old friend"—the invisibility spell.

There wasn't a soul in sight in the castle's corridors.

"Slow down, Ron, you're stepping on me!"

Landric suddenly stopped.

Here comes the fun part.

Landric controlled himself, trying to minimize his movements, and focused on finding the source of the sound, slowly following behind the footsteps.

"Hey Harry, we have to teach that Malfoy a lesson!"

Malfoy? Wasn't Draco sleeping in his dorm?

Landric pricked up his ears; since it concerned Draco, he was paying attention.

"You're right, Ron, we must win this duel!"

Upon hearing the word "duel," Landric seemed to understand what had happened. Although he didn't remember the original plot very clearly, he still had some recollection of it.

It's likely that Draco provoked Harry and Mew, challenged them to a duel, and then tricked them into standing him up.

Wait a minute! Doesn't that mean we're at the point of the Philosopher's Stone storyline?

Philosopher's Stone... the magic to prolong life...

Landric followed Harry and the others all the way to the solitary confinement cell. As Harry and Ron went in, Landric reacted quickly and squeezed in as well.

Once inside, they discovered that it wasn't just Harry and Ron who had come; Hermione had also come, but she hadn't spoken a word the whole way because she was angry with the two of them.

Ron and Hermione seem to have had a falling out, and the two are now practically at odds with each other.

Landric leaned against the shelf, silently watching Harry and Ron angrily waiting for Draco in the detention room, while Hermione stared intently at the trophies on the shelf.

They've been here quite a while now, but Draco still hasn't arrived.

"Harry, why hasn't Malfoy come yet? Is he scared? Haha, tomorrow we'll tell the people at the house that Malfoy is a coward."

"Oh"

"What do you mean, Granger? We didn't force you to come along!"

"Do you know how many points this will deduct from the college's score?"

Landric's lips twitched. Hermione really had a competitive spirit. But, silly child, Draco wasn't coming tonight.

Filch will be here soon.

Landric frowned at the thought of Filch. Filch seemed to have a cat, I think, named Mrs. Loris? ...Ugh, trouble, he hasn't learned the Concealing Breath Charm yet.

Landric still did not choose to leave.

Even if Mrs. Lorris catches him, so what? At most, he'll lose a house point; Snape isn't going to eat him.

That's the advantage of having your cards revealed to Snape.

"Mrs. Lorris, yes, my sweetie, smell it! Where are those naughty students?"

Wow, speak of the devil and he appears!

Landric approached the door of the solitary confinement cell, making it easy for him to escape at any time. The three little ones inside froze upon hearing Filch's voice.

Hermione reacted quickly, pulling open the door to the solitary confinement cell and shouting to the two behind her, "What are you standing there for? Let's go!"

After saying that, Hermione grabbed the two of them and rushed out, not giving the two idiots behind her time to react.

Landric also followed the three people in front of him and ran.

He didn't know if he could evade Filch, but he believed in the protagonist's aura.

He followed the three men up to the fourth floor.

As expected, the protagonist's plot law, though late, finally arrives.

The three of them ran to a door, almost at their wits' end. Hermione gritted her teeth, took out her wand, and pointed it at the lock.

"The Arahomon Opens!"

The door lock opened with a click.

The three reacted quickly and entered the room. Landric no longer hid himself, broke the spell on himself, and blocked the door from closing with one hand.

"Let me in."

Hermione was clearly taken aback for a moment, then quickly pulled Landric inside.

As soon as Landric entered, he was met with a pair of bright green eyes.

Landric: ...Thank you, don't get too close.

Hermione looked at Landric with a complicated expression, probably because she never expected Landric to break the school rules.

Harry opened his mouth as if to say something, but was suddenly interrupted by Ron.

"Ha... Harry... Look... Look behind you."

Harry turned around impatiently and said, "Could you please not interrupt my conversation with Rand?"

I turned around and was stunned.

Harry's movements caught Hermione's attention. At this moment, Hermione couldn't care less about Landric anymore. She turned her head and received the same expression as Harry.

Three stiff corpses stood before Landric, who weakly rubbed his forehead.

Listening to the sounds outside the door, I realized that Mrs. Lorris and Filch had already left.

Landric patted the corner of his clothes and gracefully opened the door.

Landric's eerie voice drifted over, "Aren't you leaving? Waiting to feed the dogs?"

The three little ones finally realized what was happening and dragged the three of them out the door.

Looking at Landric ahead, the three seemed to have found a source of security and followed Landric closely.

They followed him all the way to the entrance of the Slytherin common room before he even realized what was happening.

"Would you... like to come in?"

The three seemed to only then wake up from a dream, and awkwardly scratched their heads as they looked at the Slytherin symbol in front of them.

"No...no, Rand..." Hermione really wanted to ask Randrick why he was there tonight.

Landric didn't shy away from it: "Nighttime strolls, huh?"

Oh, is it really okay to say this so openly and honestly?

"Look, Granger, even Rozier is out at night!"

Ron found a reason to build an ally for himself.

"Ha, that doesn't change the fact that you two are out for a night stroll!"

"But Rozier also goes out at night!"

Harry tugged at Ron, who was turning red in the face. "Keep your voice down. Is this something to be proud of?"

"Hey, Harry, you..."

"Alright, Mr. Weasley, if you make a mistake, you should have the courage to take responsibility for it!"

Landric looked at the three people arguing in front of him and really wanted to slap each of them. Were they really not afraid of waking up others?

"You all, please shut up, thank you. I'm just out for a night stroll; I have a professor's permission. Goodbye!"

Landric slammed the Slytherin door shut, leaving the three people outside staring at each other in bewilderment.

"Did you hear that, Weasley? Rand isn't the kind of person who breaks the rules."

"alright…"

"Ah, right, right, your Rand is the best~"

"Ron..."

Landric could faintly hear the three of them arguing in the lounge.

Weasley and Hermione were arguing incessantly, with Harry's weak attempts to dissuade them interspersed throughout.