RNP Chapter 137 Attack, Chase
Chapter 137 Attack, Chase
As mentioned before - Dinah herself is a symbol of blessing, not to mention the actual blessing she gave Hermione.
Therefore, the petrification spell that was perfectly timed failed to take effect, and the insidious sneak attack failed to achieve any success. It was offset by a peaceful white light half a meter in front of Hermione.
"Fight back!" Dinah was afraid that Hermione would be in a hurry and immediately gave her advice. However, Hermione didn't need to be reminded at all. When she knew that she would be protected, she waved her wand and released the same petrification spell.
The only answers to the spell were shadows and footsteps.
All petrification will turn to petrification!
"Run away, the asylum is almost consumed," Dinah said: "The signs of the crisis have completely dissipated. Do you want to pursue me?"
Of course Hermione wanted to chase him, and she went down the spiral staircase of the Astronomy Tower.
The attacker in front was also running, and the distance between the two was closing, but the speed was very slow. At the same time, because it was dark and the stairs were narrow, the silhouette of the attacker's back could not be clearly seen.
Two footsteps, in no particular order, echoed in the astronomical tower.The sneak attacker ended his escape on the stairs first and entered the main body of the castle. Hermione was only a little late, and she just happened to see the black shadow of Mo Lake running up the moving stairs of Hogwarts. , at this moment, that section of the stairs just started to move, the rotation was disconnected and then lowered - it seemed that it could not catch up.
The attacker's shoulders were heaving due to the violent breathing, and he turned around slightly unsteadily. Hermione waited to see the attacker's appearance, but found that the attacker had already covered his head with the hood of his robe and was looking away at the moment. Looking at Hermione from the shadow of the hat, Hermione was also breathing heavily and looked at the attacker. At the same time, she tried her best to search for some details, but could not find any identification marks on the attacker's robes.
"Is there any way to catch up?" Hermione asked Dinah in a low voice. The section of stairs where the attacker was now was descending vertically, getting farther and farther away, but Hermione didn't want to give up. She was a little angry - mainly It was because he felt that the other party's behavior of turning his head to look at him was too proud and also meant to be sarcastic.
Dinah floated up a little distance, moved down close to Hermione's clothes, hung her arms on Hermione's shoulders and said: "I'm holding you - jump down, you won't die."
The Astronomy Tower is a tower attached to the castle. The bottom floor of the tower is the eighth floor, the highest level of Hogwarts Castle.Hermione held onto the guardrail and looked down. She immediately felt dizzy and weightless, and her calves felt unsteady.
"Is it really okay?" Her voice was trembling a little, remembering the one-year broomstick class - this was the only class where Hermione's performance was not good enough. The main reason was that she hadn't fully adapted yet. The feeling of heights.
"Jump." Dinah said softly, taking full precautions.
The attacker's stairs were about to merge with the corridor on the third floor, and there were many people in the corridor on the third floor. If he didn't catch up, it might be too late. As for the consequences, Hermione deliberately didn't think about how the professor would handle it, and what others would do if someone suddenly fell from the sky. No matter how you look at it...you don't have to worry about it.
Now, the mild stress response of being at height is producing stronger emotions.Hermione gradually stopped worrying. She heard the violent beating of her heart. Every beat was the expansion of her blood vessels and the awakening of her sense of adventure. With full trust as a guarantee, Hermione felt that she was full of strength and confidence. Right here. Stimulated and expecting, she pursed her dry lips, pressed on the guardrail, turned over and jumped down.
Before the speed reached the roar of the wind in her ears, Hermione heard the scream of the little wizard who witnessed this scene, and felt a mischievous and light joy in her heart. Now she was not afraid at all. .
Dinah's blessing worked, and the miracle turned into a shining whirlwind, lingering around Hermione together with the shadowy butterfly elves, floating in the dancing robes, burrowing through the fluffy long hair, and randomly falling during the fall. She adjusted her position with her mind, and at the last moment eliminated the impact of her fall, allowing her to land on her toes first, standing on the stairs lightly and quickly before the attackers merged into the crowd.
"Stop running." Hermione felt that the experience just now was the most exciting in her life. There was still a blush on her little face. The excitement made her chuckle happily, even though she was angry at the sneak attacker in her heart.
Before more people gathered, she asked: "Tell me why you attacked me sneakily, and who are you?"
Even in a magic school, a girl falling from the sky can cause a huge sensation. Every passing little wizard surrounds her, completely blocking the attacker's escape route.
At this time, there was enough time to observe the sneak attacker - but no matter how much time she had, Hermione could only see that the attacker was a little lower than herself, like a first-year freshman.
But something unexpected happened. The sneak attacker realized that the current situation was beyond expectations. Between being hostile to Hermione and being controlled as an intruder, the sneak attacker did not hesitate to choose the less harmful one. ——She took off her hat and screamed in panic:
"Help! Help - someone is trying to kill me!"
The moment the sneaker took off his hat, Hermione was surprised at first - because she recognized that it was Emma Grossman, who had just had a friendly exchange with her and left a good impression on her; then she heard Emma's If so, Hermione almost felt that there was something wrong with her memory, because Emma's expression was too realistic, her scream was too real; and finally, the anger——
"You lied!" Hermione shouted: "It was you who tricked me into the astronomy tower, who locked the door, who attacked me secretly-" Hermione was like a female leopard, and she was really imagining it now. Like a leopard, he punched Emma's pretty innocent face a few times, but he couldn't. Now he could only be reasonable, and whoever struck would be at a disadvantage first.
The crowd of onlookers started making noises about everything.
Emma just screamed, begged for help, and stepped back in an incoherent manner. Compared with such a first-year freshman, Hermione, who was trembling with anger, was more like a perpetrator. No one listened to her organized words because it required a lot of effort. In terms of mental understanding, Emma's movements were more eye-catching, overpowering Hermione's explanation and convincing most people.
So a senior Slytherin student stood up like a gentleman, protected Emma behind him, and said arrogantly to Hermione: "From Gryffindor? I knew you guys were rotten to the core, and why?" There's a Muggle-born, ha! Hand over your wand and come with me to see Professor Snape."
At this moment, he must have felt like the prince protecting the beautiful princess in the fairy tale, but it was a pity that there was no mirror for him to look at his crooked, buck-toothed and freckled face.
"What?" Hermione laughed angrily. Just as she was about to continue her argument, people from Gryffindor House also arrived.
It was Fred. He separated from the crowd and walked over, nodded to Hermione, turned to the upperclassmen of Slytherin and cursed:
"Marcus Flint - instead of living your daydream of winning the Quidditch championship, you come here to cover up illegal nonsense? Your buck teeth have grown backwards, growing into your head and poking you. Your brain? Go back to your dungeon and be solitary!"