Chapter 108: Society Development Plan

What happened in Thursday's class spread quickly. The Gryffindor children talked about the Boggart one after another, and almost everyone knew that this thing could scare a fourth-year student out of their wits.

And Jin Ni and Eve couldn't wait to visit Zhang Qiu. Harry was certain they intended to see a joke, so he persuaded: "She's fine. In fact, we didn't go to the hospital at all."

"Then what is it, the thing that scared her?" Jin Ni said with a cheeky smile.

"A Dark Wizard more terrifying than Voldemort." Harry said. "But he has already been defeated. This is probably something from China, and I don't know much about it either."

Just the name Voldemort choked Jin Ni, and she didn't ask any more questions, just ran away with Eve.

By Friday, Lupin had a theory class, talking about some characteristics of Boggarts. For example, when it turns into other creatures, it will also gain the weaknesses of those creatures. For example, if someone fears vampires, the vampire turned into by a Boggart will also be restrained by garlic.

Saying these things was to let the children understand that if they encounter dark creatures in the wild, they can directly use the corresponding moves, regardless of whether it is turned into by a Boggart, it will have an effect.

"Then Professor, what is the significance of us learning and understanding Boggarts?" Hermione raised her hand and asked.

"Good question." Lupin praised her. "From the perspective of children, if you open the wardrobe and find zombies, vampires, or teachers you hate inside, then the first spell you should think of is 'Riddikulus', because Boggarts like to hide in wardrobes the most."

"And from the perspective of adults, Boggarts, monsters that can read emotions, are very worthy of study. The invention of some spells is related to them." Lupin said.

After class, Harry stayed behind specifically. He wanted to ask about the Patronus Charm.

"Oh, Harry, I really didn't know you would be so afraid of Dementors at this stage." He said. "However, the Patronus Charm is a spell with a very high difficulty. I haven't thought about how to teach it to the students yet."

"I think we have to wait until after Christmas." Lupin said hesitantly. "In the second half of the school year, we will start learning the Patronus Charm, because this spell is really too difficult, and I haven't been able to do it best myself, and I need to use a way that children can understand to explain it."

"In fact, the vast majority of wizards cannot cast the Patronus Charm." Lupin added.

In the next Charms class, Harry also asked Professor Flitwick by the way.

"Oh, the Patronus Charm is a very profound magic, even you could say it is a kind of philosophy, a way of survival." Professor Flitwick explained for him. "The key to releasing it lies in the fact that you must fully mobilize your inner strength, must realize the connection between your emotions and the world, you hope to become happy, so you try to make the surrounding world happy, the world and your emotions are interdependent, when you change this world with your perception, you are also firmly declaring your right to exist, so magic will greatly strengthen your right to exist."

Harry didn't understand at all. He now realized that this was indeed not as simple as he had imagined.

"You can rest assured, Professor Dumbledore's Patronus Charm is very powerful." Flitwick perhaps thought Harry was worried about Dementors. "He will protect everyone."

"Then do you think we can try to learn the Patronus Charm?" He asked euphemistically.

"From my perspective, I think this is more suitable to be taught in Defense Against the Dark Arts class." Flitwick said with some confusion. "But changing a professor every year, this is really... perhaps I should consider adding parts about the Patronus Charm in the seventh-year curriculum."

After asking around, Harry didn't rush to consider this matter anymore. For now, life at Hogwarts was still safe and interesting, and there was no need to be under too much pressure.

Saturday could be used to do homework with Zhang Qiu, and Wood had already actively contacted Madam Hooch to carry out training. On Sunday, Harry planned to go with Luo En to visit Hagrid, or play chess. It is said that from November, they could also go to Hogsmeade village every weekend.

When they returned from Hagrid's, Harry thought of the salon organized by Malfoy. Luo En didn't have much disgust for these, but he also had no interest. He was prepared to go practice swordsmanship with Neville.

When Harry came to that familiar empty classroom, he found that it had been decorated anew. Not only were the old desks and chairs moved away, but comfortable sofas and tea tables were placed. Crabbe and Gao Er were clumsily carrying a huge pastry tray, which was filled with all kinds of exquisite small snacks.

"Not bad, right, Harry?" Malfoy said with some smugness.

"Very good, it has the feel of a salon." Harry said with a smile and sat on the sofa.

"Alright, since everyone is here, we can speak freely and talk about all kinds of interesting things." Malfoy said, crossing his legs.

"In fact, we have a major discovery." Cui Ge said impatiently. "You know, we have been looking for that storage room that appeared in Lu Na's dream."

"And then behind the mirror on the fourth floor, we found a secret passage." What he said immediately hooked the children's interest; no one could refuse a secret passage. "We are certain that it is a secret passage, but it was blocked, and we could only walk a short distance."

"What's the meaning of that? It's blocked." Gao Er said regretfully.

"No, this is very meaningful, because this shows that Hogwarts has secret passages." Lu Na said. "Cui Ge and I are now trying hard to find other secret passages."

"I do remember one thing." Malfoy said. "We all know that Black is also a famous family, so Black must have also attended Hogwarts when he was young."

"Yes, all British wizards attend Hogwarts." Pan Xi echoed.

"This means that when he shouted 'He is at Hogwarts' before escaping from prison." Malfoy leaned forward, his tone becoming solemn. "He had a complete plan in his heart, including how to enter the school, how to find Harry, and how to escape."

"He must know more than one secret passage into Hogwarts." Malfoy said. "And let's think about how he discovered the secret passages. During his student days, he must have explored this castle very carefully and was completely familiar with various passages."

"I have a proposal." Harry remembered the result he saw in divination. "Why don't we try to draw a map of Hogwarts, drawing everything—secret passages, phantom walls, including the movement of the stairs—all of it."

"Correct, if Torchwood claims to be the guardian of Hogwarts, at least it should know Hogwarts like the back of its hand." Malfoy agreed. "Harry made a very constructive suggestion. I think we can improve it further, for example, marking the classrooms for common courses clearly."

"Hey, as a secret organization." Cui Ge said. "Is there any way to monitor the people in the castle? Who went where and when, if it could all be displayed in detail on the map, that would be too cool!"

"Would you like that? Like having someone easily find all your whereabouts, from skipping class to going to the kitchen in the middle of the night, all at a glance?" Jin Ni said with some unhappiness.

"Alright, then we can consider changing it to real-time." Cui Ge scratched his head. "That is, when you want to find someone, you can immediately see where they are."

"This function is a bit difficult to achieve." Harry frowned. "This might require linking the map with Hogwarts' own protective magic. We can't cast tracking spells on every student, right? Besides, there will be new students entering the school every year."

"Too great, Harry." Malfoy clapped his hands. "If Hogwarts castle's protective magic remembers every student, this means as long as you have attended school here, you can't escape its attention."

"Oh! So you mean if Black breaks into the school, he will be discovered by the map?" Crabbe rarely followed his boss's train of thought. "We can go catch him?"

"It's better to notify the professor when it really comes to that." Malfoy hadn't lost his mind yet.

"I think the map might have many problems." Eve said after deliberation. "Assuming we really draw such a map, who should keep it? Will it be inconvenient to consult it usually? And, how should the map be handled after we graduate from school?"

"These are all problems, so I thought of a new idea. Why not draw a sand table?" Eve gestured. "Or a miniature model, making the structure of the school completely according to the scale. This way, the sand table can be placed in a fixed place, and everyone can go to see it at any time, and it can also be left to later students after leaving school."

"But Torchwood can be passed down, finding some trustworthy new students to join us." Cui Ge suggested. "This sand table can be the public property of Torchwood, flowing in this school forever."

"Really not bad, I propose to carve our names on it." Gao Er said excitedly.

"That's too arrogant." Malfoy was actually very satisfied with this proposal, but he still pretended to be humble. "Just carve the codenames."

"To avoid being abused by other students who don't know the depth, we'd better set some kind of password." Pan Xi said. "For example, you must recite the word Torchwood. I still know this kind of small spell for confidentiality."

"This is a good idea. What I envisioned is that after the miniature model is completed, you can only see the exterior of the castle." Eve said. "If you want to view the interior of the castle, you must make a part of the floor invisible. Then we can actually allow any student to visit this sand table, but only Torchwood members can cast spells to view the detailed castle map."

"Think about it, if there is a sand table of Hogwarts in Torchwood's gathering place." Lu Na gestured excitedly in the open space. "How cool that would be!"

"Oh yes." Cui Ge said. "If we decide to use this empty classroom as Torchwood's gathering place, then it's best to add a phantom wall to it." ===== CHAPTER 109 =====