The Strongest Badger at Hogwarts

"Felch?"

Link said in surprise.

What appeared in front of him at the moment was Filch, who had left earlier.

Filch now looks a little weak.

He squatted in the corner holding the stiff Mrs. Loris, looking half-dead.

But after hearing Link's voice, Filch shivered and jumped from the ground in an instant.

"Mr. Foley? Sorry, I scared you."

Filch looked nervous, and as he spoke, his free hand kept rubbing his sleeve.

"Why are you here?"

Link nodded.

He wanted to persuade Filch to go back. Voldemort's remnant soul in that diary was strongly hostile to non-pure-blood wizards. Filch's squib wandering around the castle in the middle of the night was actually very dangerous.

"Yes... that's the case. Principal Dumbledore said about Mandrake just now. I just want to wait for them to come out and ask when the potion will be ready. After all, Mrs. Loris... Luo Mrs. Liz, she... woohoo!"

Filch broke down in tears while hugging Mrs. Norris.

Seeing this, even though he was still in Occlumency, Link was still a little emotional.

People who haven't been cat slaves probably can't understand what Filch is feeling at the moment.

This feeling of losing a pet is really enough to suffocate.

What's more, what Mrs. Norris means to Filch is not just a pet, but a true friend and even a relative, one who will accompany him, help him to work together (referring to catching the night students), and not. Family and friends who would laugh at his Squib status.

With a sigh, Link began to struggle again.

Because at this moment, he actually has two bottles of finished Mandrake Resurrection Potion in his hand.

This is a potion that Link specially prepared during the summer vacation in consideration of the possibility of fighting Arkham.

However, the reserves of mandrakes in the country are too low, so Link has only managed to get two bottles. If he gives Filch one bottle now, then there may be unexpected situations in the future. not enough.

Besides, Professor Mandrake Sprout is already nurturing, and strictly speaking, Filch just needs to wait for a while.

After persuading himself for a while in his heart, the compassion that rose in Link's heart was gradually suppressed by the coldness of Occlumency.

However, at this moment, Filch, who was before the meeting, gritted his teeth, and seemed to bow to him with great determination and said:

"Mr. Foley, I want to apologize to you! Obviously... you are a person of noble character, but I misunderstood you just now! Damn me!"

After all, Filch slapped himself.

His force was so great that he even shook himself, and his face was instantly swollen.

Upon seeing this, Link closed his eyes in pain.

Filch has now made the pity that he finally suppressed to slip out again!

"Okay, okay! I get it!" Link scratched his hair impatiently, took out a small stone bottle from his pocket and stuffed it into Filch's arms. "Go ahead and take it!"

"This is?"

"I just prepared a copy of the mandrake resurrection potion you asked for!"

"This... does this really work?"

Filch said suspiciously.

Hearing that, Link's eyes widened, and he reached out to retrieve the medicine bottle.

But Filch moved even faster, biting off the wooden stopper and pouring all the potion from the bottle into Mrs. Norris' mouth.

Then a miraculous scene happened.

I saw a faint electric light rapidly flowing from Mrs. Loris, and then its rigid body softened again.

"Meow!~"

A weak meow came from Filch's arms,

Seeing this, Filch burst into tears, hugged Mrs. Norris tightly and cried.

And his actions obviously angered Mrs. Loris. Mrs. Loris let out a strange cry, gave him a paw with a backhand, broke free from Filch's arms, and jumped to the side and licked her hair by herself.

"Thank you! Thank you so much! Mr. Foley!"

After being scratched with a paw, Filch seemed to have shifted the target of venting his emotions to Link, and rushed towards Link while crying.

Seeing this, Link turned sideways and ducked, glanced at Mrs. Norris with a complicated look, and then said to Filch with disgust:

"Okay, I didn't do this to thank you. Go back quickly. Hogwarts has not been peaceful recently, so stop the patrols at night!"

After saying that, Link turned around and continued towards the lounge.

Too much has happened tonight, and he needs to take a good look at it.

However, before he took a few steps, Filch's voice came from behind him.

"Wait! Mr. Foley!"

Link turned his head and saw that Filch was staring at him with a pair of red eyes and a firm expression on his face.

"To thank you! I have something to show you!"

"Oh? What is that?"

"It's not clear in a few words here, you'll know when you read it."

Hearing that, Link was silent.

He wondered if Filch had discovered something about Arkham and the mysterious man.

After all, Filch can be said to be the person who knows the most about Hogwarts after Dumbledore.

It's normal for him to find something.

Thinking so, Link finally nodded.

"Then let's go take a look."

...

Half an hour later, Link followed Filch and Mrs. Norris to the eighth floor of Hogwarts.

This is the floor where Dumbledore and Professor Flitwick's offices are located, and usually not many people run here at all.

After all, it is too far from the auditorium.

Even Filch, who was responsible for cleaning the castle, didn't come here very often, as you can see from the floating dust accumulated in the corners of the corridor.

"We have arrived."

Following Filch's low-pitched voice, Link also stopped.

What appeared in front of him at the moment was a tapestry depicting a brown-haired wizard and a troll holding a thick stick in his hand. Judging from the picture, the troll seemed to be hitting the wizard on the head with a thick stick.

"That's it?"

Link said to Filch with a puzzled look on his face.

He really couldn't think of what else was hidden in the painting.

Seeing this, Filch's face flashed a hint of embarrassment. He pointed to the wall opposite the tapestry and said:

"Well, Mr. Foley, this is what I want to show you."

"Are you sure you're not kidding me? There's nothing here!"

"There's a very mysterious space hidden here, it's always there for the seeker! Whenever it comes up, it's always set up just to suit the seeker's needs. I can swear by my mother! You just have to come back and forth in front of this wall Just walk three times while thinking about the venue you need in your mind!"