Chapter 364: Bearing

A loud cat meow suddenly came from afar; Harry and the others under the Invisibility Cloak were startled.

They didn't dare to move anymore, and could only shrink to the edge of the corridor wall, waiting for the shiny-haired Mrs. Norris to leave.

But they didn't expect Mrs. Norris to walk straight over elegantly, and even stick directly to Sien's feet, emitting a loud cry.

Jia Siting looked at Sien thoughtfully, while Harry and the others held their breath completely.

"We've been discovered... we're going to be expelled..."

Harry's mind was a mess.

He was finished now. He hadn't even been here for a school year, and before long, he would have to pack his things and get out. What would the Dursleys say when they saw him appear at the front door?

"Harry, don't say such things..."

Hemin was also scared pale, but still pretended to be calm to comfort Harry.

"I'm very hungry, can I still eat one last meal at Hogwarts..."

Luo En was dazed, seeming to have said whatever came to mind.

"Luo En—"

Hemin glared at Luo En.

"I'm really, very hungry."

Luo En seemed to have given up.

The turning point always appeared so suddenly.

Sien slowly lifted his hidden form; he touched the soft claws of the madam and looked at Jia Siting.

Jia Siting took out a whole jar of dried silver fish from his bag; the madam hummed lightly toward the direction of Harry and the others, and walked away with the fish in her mouth.

"I should have thought of it earlier, Mrs. Norris is so obedient beside Sien..."

Luo En whispered; the joy of surviving a disaster almost filled him.

"Let's go quickly—"

Harry raised his head as if waking from a dream; he whispered, now only wanting to send Norbert away quickly.

"Almost there!"

So they arrived at the corridor one floor below the highest tower, Harry said, panting.

The steep spiral staircase leading to the tower seemed to be the easiest journey in the world; they watched four brooms descend, and then Norbert's wooden box was tied with ropes by a group of cheerful wizards.

They indicated that the ropes were enchanted, Norbert couldn't have any problems, and then let Sien and the others say goodbye to Norbert.

Under the night sky, Sien saw Norbert staring straight at him; Sien walked over, and Norbert's head bumped against Sien's head.

Sien put an adhesive button on Norbert, and then watched the four brooms fly away.

Norbert was gone... Sien gazed at the corridor.

He saw Mr. Filch didn't seem to be here, and the Ma Er in the dark wasn't caught either; it seemed Harry and the others' night walk wouldn't be discovered... so he parted ways with Jia Siting and the others in the corridor; he had to hurry to "ponder" out the ritual.

The night passed quickly.

The next day, Sien was preparing to go from the Great Hall to the Alchemy Office; he had to discuss some details of the dragon ritual with Professor Taila, and also had to go find Professor Marcus Maige's notes on dragon form analysis.

But he saw Professor Marcus Maige sit at the main table with an ugly expression.

Sien looked toward the entrance of the Great Hall with some realization; a group of young wizards were surrounding it.

"How could it suddenly be one hundred and fifty points less than yesterday?!"

Sien heard a Gryffindor wizard shouting.

Then Professor Marcus Maige mercilessly publicized Harry and the others' night walk that violated school rules.

It turned out that Ma Er, who wanted to find them yesterday, was discovered by Professor Marcus Maige. After being discovered, he didn't hesitate to report Harry, and finally, the three Harrys were caught by the angry professor at the door of Gryffindor.

"I am very angry,"

Professor Marcus Maige said,

"Three students not sleeping in one night! I have never heard of such a thing before! You, Miss Granger, I thought you had a clearer head. As for you, Mr. Potter, I thought you valued the honor of Gryffindor very much.

All three of you will be in detention—no matter what, you have no right to wander around the school in the middle of the night; this is very dangerous—Gryffindor will be deducted fifty points."

"Fifty?"

Harry felt he couldn't breathe; they had just caught up with Slytherin because of Quidditch!

"Fifty each!"

Professor Marcus Maige's long pointed nose was puffing out rough air.

That was the last sentence Harry regretted saying.

Not to mention the Gryffindors who were boycotting them now, even Hemin didn't understand why he had to speak when the professor was angry.

Harry was isolated; this was obvious.

Luo En was slightly better; his fame wasn't as big as Harry's; while Hemin was angry at herself recently, she didn't speak actively in class, just studied in the Hope Cabin.

What couldn't be denied was that now the three of them not only hated themselves, but also hated Ma Er who reported them.

"They think they did something wrong, they resent themselves, but they didn't resent Haige, nor did they tell about the dragon."

Jia Siting said in a low voice beside Sien,

"Sien, do you know what my mother would say?

Never betray others to seek a future—this is called integrity, and it is also called courage.

And do you know what I would say?"

Jia Siting looked at Sien as if asking for advice. Then he whispered some words.

Sien was thoughtful and nodded.

Harry and the others were easily influenced by the outside world, but it was different if two people were changed. Jia Siting's method was not bad.

"Professor—I also participated in the night walk! And Sien! Sien also went!"

Jia Siting was like a truck rushing up to self-destruct, startling the professors at the main table.

"Mr. Fenley, oh—"

Professor Sprout seemed to understand something; she wiped the corner of her eye lightly:

"I want to deduct fifty points for Hufflepuff!"

"Mr. Green—truly—"

Professor Flitwick pretended to be angry and pulled Sien over, then blinked his eyes, as if saying: "It's okay, child, we can add it back soon."

Then he deducted fifty points from Ravenclaw severely.

Now the scores of the four colleges all dropped by a large chunk (Ma Er was also deducted points), and Harry and the others were no longer excluded.

And Professor Marcus Maige was even more furious, immediately taking Sien away.

Before, no matter where Harry went, people pointed at him, and they didn't lower their voices when saying some insulting things.

On the other hand, whenever he walked past the Slytherins, they always clapped and whistled, cheering: "Thank you, Potter, you did us a big favor!"

Now everyone was discussing Mr. Green being deducted points for the first time; it was truly a rare thing!

They thought that such a talented young wizard had no reason to violate school rules.

Harry and the three were completely stunned on the spot; Harry felt his eyes were sore and he couldn't see things clearly.

Hemin covered her mouth, not letting herself cry with emotion; Luo En lowered his head and trembled, not knowing what he was thinking.

Jia Siting beside him was surrounded by angry little badgers; he honestly said he would organize the best 'Herbology Guide' for the first-year final exam, and only then did the little badgers let him go.

"Looks like there's a lot to do?"

He said with a gentle smile.

Harry and the three couldn't speak at all, and didn't have the strength to say that this joke wasn't funny at all.

There is a chapter at twelve and two o'clock, dear readers can read it after waking up. ===== CHAPTER 365 =====