Hogwarts: Don't call me the Staff Maker

Chapter 588 Secret Passages and Labyrinths

Chapter 588 Secret Passages and Labyrinths

At eight o'clock in the morning, Xilun arrived at the auditorium on time.

As soon as he sat down, he saw Fred and George staring at him like searchlights.

"How is it?"

"No problem." Xilun nodded.

"Great!" The two immediately became excited, and Fred even accidentally knocked over the basket of buttered bread.

Their unusual behavior caught Ron's attention. He turned around and asked curiously, "What are you talking about? Is everything alright?"

"Don't ask so many questions!"

"It's none of your business!"

Fred and George spoke bluntly, which made Ron furious.

"What mischief are you up to now? I'm telling Mom!"

"Oh~ I'm going to tell Mom~" Fred said, mimicking his tone.

"Little Ronnie just loves to tattle," George said with a grin.

Ron's face turned even redder, as if he could burst into flames at any moment.

"It's nothing, I'm fine with my exam preparation," Celen said casually. "Could you push some of the marmalade over here for me? Thanks."

Ron didn't say anything, but simply pushed the marmalade in front of him next to Siron.

We're full.

Fred and George stood up at the same time and hurriedly left the auditorium.

"They're definitely planning something, I'm sure of it," Ron said, watching them walk away.

As Fred and George's "most beloved" younger brother, he knew those two all too well. Whenever they showed that excited and impatient expression, it meant someone was being watched.

However, most of the time, it was him and Percy who were being targeted.

However, before long, the upcoming astronomy exam made Ron completely forget about this little incident.

The astronomy exam wasn't difficult, much easier than other subjects; all they had to do was memorize the names of all of Jupiter's moons to pass.

If you can answer what happens when Jupiter and Uranus are too close together, you can easily get a high score certificate.

Meanwhile, at the NEWT test site, Fred and George were queuing to enter the greenhouse.

Under the cover of the others, Fred suddenly bent down, took out a piece of parchment from his pocket, and quickly wrote a line on it with a red quill pen.

[Eighth floor, opposite the Banaba tapestry]

Meanwhile, in the castle, Umbridge had been staring at the confiscated parchment since morning, skipping breakfast for almost two hours now.

Just as she was beginning to doubt whether she had been deceived, the parchment actually began to change.

Is it the eighth floor?

Umbridge swung her short legs frantically and rushed out of the office, then made her way to the eighth floor.

Although she didn't know where the tapestry of Shabana was, the eighth floor wasn't very big to begin with, and there were even fewer places with tapestries. After looking around, she quickly found the corresponding place.

And opposite that tapestry, there was indeed a very conspicuous door.

Umbridge clutched the parchment tightly in his hand, trembling with excitement.

She never doubted whether the room had always been there, because she had been here before. In order to catch those people who posted notices at night, she had practically searched every corner of the eighth floor.

So Umbridge clearly remembers that there were no classrooms here at all, and that the door had just appeared.

The evidence of Dumbledore's rebellion against the Ministry of Magic is inside. If she can find it and bring it back to Fudge, the Ministry of Magic can immediately arrest Dumbledore and take over Hogwarts.

She will be the biggest contributor!

Without any hesitation, Umbridge immediately pushed open the door and went inside.

Inside was a large, empty room with a row of bookshelves along the walls, filled with books such as "Common Spells and Counters".

Books like "Outwitting the Dark Magic" were considered utterly useless by Umbridge.

Further ahead were a few broken tables and several overturned targets, with faint traces of magic still remaining on them.

This further convinced Umbridge that this was the gathering place for the troublemakers. More importantly, she also discovered a hidden passage in the room—behind the lockers.

If that locker had completely blocked the passage, she might not have been able to find it, but those people were too careless.

They seemed to think no one could find the room, so they just covered it up haphazardly and left, leaving the locker leaning crookedly against the side with a large gap showing.

She had searched the entire room, and there was only one hidden passage, so the secret weapon must be hidden inside!

Umbridge felt as if she had drunk Felix Felicis today, with one surprise after another. She endured the unpleasant stench of decay and confidently entered the tunnel.

Just then, Fred and George, who were queuing outside, suddenly waved a piece of parchment and shouted.

"It's done!"

Just now, they saw Umbridge walk into the Room of Requirement through the Marauder's Map, and everything was going according to plan.

In their excitement, they got a little carried away, and their shouts immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The examiner was a very old wizard who walked over with a serious expression.

"No noise during the exam," he reminded them, frowning.

"Sorry, Professor, we were just—too nervous," Fred said.

"What are you looking at?" The examiner noticed that he was holding something in his hand.

"It's just a piece of parchment," Fred said casually, spreading his hands.

When the examiner came over, they took the opportunity to turn off the Marauder's Map, and now it looks exactly like ordinary parchment.

After the examiner checked everything and confirmed that there were no problems, he returned to the front of the line.

The two had never felt that an exam was such a long experience. After leaving the greenhouse, they couldn't wait to return to the castle and tell the good news to Siron, who had just come out of the hall.

The three then went to the eighth floor, to the room where the "House of Requests" was located.

"Wait a minute, didn't you say you were going to trap Umbridge in a complicated maze?" Fred looked at the empty room, then at Siron.

"Is this a maze?"

"No, but strictly speaking, this place is more suitable than a maze," Xiren said, pointing to a storage locker against the wall.

"Oh, look! A secret passage we never knew existed!" George exclaimed in surprise. "Where does it lead?"

"I can't be sure yet," Xilun shook his head.

"You don't know?" Fred turned his head. "Wasn't this place changed according to your requirements?"

"Perhaps."

Seeing that Celen looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated, Fred and George exchanged a glance and didn't ask any further questions.

Fred changed the subject, saying, "I'm wondering what will happen if Umbridge comes out of the secret passage."

"That's easy."

Xilun led them out of the room and walked back and forth along the corridor three times.

When they opened the door again, the once empty room had become a huge maze, and the entrance to the secret passage had also become part of the maze.

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