Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying - Page 278
Looking at this space at this time, Wade's thoughts became much clearer.
He is not Scamander, and the space he needs is naturally different from that of Scamander, whose mission is to protect magical creatures.
He wanted to transform this space into what he really needed.
Chapter 400 Student Assembly
Space transformation is not an easy task.
The closet space was built upon a traceless extension spell, with various other spells overlapping and affecting each other.
To change is not as simple as tearing a poster off the wall, but it is more like peeling off the wall and pulling out a specific piece of wire from it.
It took Wade a whole day just to clean out the extra clutter. Fortunately, the Room of Requirement was open to all who came to it, so it could hold as much stuff as possible.
Wade temporarily divided an area to classify the magical materials, building materials, various minerals and plants that could still be used.
If the magical animals in the space have the ability to survive in the wild, Wade will release them, but some of them will stay -
Orphaned cubs, injured or disabled animals, and magical creatures that have lost their habitats due to human activities, sending them out of space is equivalent to letting them die.
Due to the influence of Scamander and Steven, Wade also loves various magical creatures, so he still divides half of the area for them to survive.
In the other half of the area, Wade plans to build a magic laboratory and a library of his own. This is a big project and he plans to complete it slowly in the future.
At the moment, the most important thing for him is to learn the magic of Apparition and Portkey.
But after Wade returned to school, he waited for several days, but Dumbledore did not show up, and the island incident did not appear in the newspaper.
However, during his spare time, he would occasionally hear some students talking in low voices.
"Did you hear about that?" Ernie Macmillan of Hufflepuff whispered to Hannah Abbott next to him. "I never dreamed they were so bold."
Hannah Abbott frowned and said in annoyance: "My mother asked me to apply to stay in school for Christmas this year. I think they are making a fuss. Is there any danger on the way home?"
"The Obscurus is missing. You know how serious this is." Blaise Zabini from Slytherin also said to his friend with a serious expression, "Only a very few wizards can fight against such a monster."
"It won't attack the Hogwarts Express, will it?" Pansy Parkinson said disapprovingly. "Even - you know - it hasn't attacked the school train."
"The Obscurus is an irrational monster. Who knows what it will do?" Theodore Nott said gloomily.
The rumor spread quietly throughout the school. Most of the people who participated in the discussion were pure-bloods. They were secretive and would immediately keep silent when they saw half-bloods and Muggle-born students approaching.
It seems that at this time, the difference in bloodline has surpassed the conflicts in the academy.
On Friday, Vader used a time-turner to take an Ancient Runes class and then a Muggle Studies class.
After class, when he and the exhausted Hermione packed their bags and prepared to go to the cafeteria for dinner, Theo suddenly appeared from the corner, and his eyes lit up when he saw them.
"Finally I found you, Wade, Hermione." Theo pulled him and said, "Follow me quickly, you two are the only ones missing."
"What?" Wade was confused.
He looked at Hermione, only to see that the girl was also confused.
"What's the matter? Can we talk about it after dinner? I'm almost starving!" Hermione asked.
"Don't worry, we've taken the food over!" Theo said, "This is quite important, and everyone needs to know about it sooner rather than later—especially you two. Except for mealtimes, you're busy and nowhere to be seen the whole day, so it's very hard to find you."
As he spoke, he waved his wand and a ball of red fireworks rushed into the sky and exploded with a "bang".
Theo explained: "This is to let everyone know that we have found you and notify everyone to gather."
Hermione felt even more confused, but when she saw Theo's serious expression, she suddenly began to feel uneasy.
Wade vaguely guessed something and said to Hermione, "Let's go, Theo knows his limits. It must be something really important."
Hermione followed the two men in confusion, and as they walked through the castle, they ran into a group of Slytherin students.
The group of people were originally discussing something enthusiastically, but when they saw them, they suddenly stopped talking and stared at Wade and Hermione with strange looks in their eyes.
This is a little unusual.
Although both of them were "Muggle-borns" known to the whole school, most Slytherins, except for a few, respected Wade very much.
Hermione is a top student and also a good friend of Harry and Wade. Although the group led by Malfoy often have conflicts with them, students from other grades will not show hostility directly.
Hermione felt a slight tingling sensation on her scalp, but she immediately glared back bravely.
These Slytherins were junior students, and facing the Gryffindor lioness, most of them subconsciously looked away, while some looked at them provocatively.
Theo looked a little unnatural, he quickened his pace with a stern face.
Wade had always completely ignored these people. He didn't even notice how others looked at him. All he could think about was a paper on door keys that he had just read in class.
To Wade, insignificant people were like potted plants on the roadside. If they blocked his way, he would just go around them. He would not take them seriously at all.
The two groups passed each other and walked some distance away. Hermione turned around and saw that there were still a few lower-grade Slytherins staring at their backs.
Somewhat weird.
For some reason, these people's looks made her feel more uncomfortable than Malfoy's provocative insults.
They climbed all the way to the sixth floor, and finally arrived at a place they had never been to before.
It was a very ordinary-looking wooden door, and next to it was a statue of a proud-looking wizard. He was in a speech-making posture, with a large cloak draped behind him.
"What is this place?" Wade asked.
"The Student Union President's Lounge."
Theo finished speaking, raised his hand and knocked three times, the door was opened, and the people sitting inside all looked over.
The room was decorated very luxuriously, with twenty or thirty candles lit on the chandelier, casting a soft and bright light.
The walls and floors were made of snow-white marble. There were several huge gilded landscape paintings hanging on the walls. The dark blue curtains were all closed at this time. If they were drawn up, you would probably be able to see the scenery of the Black Lake in the distance.
Under the gaze of everyone, Theo quickly pulled Wade and Hermione in. Harry and the others had reserved seats for them - a few cushions on the ground, which seemed to have been conjured up by magic.
As for the soft sofas and armchairs, they had already been occupied by some senior girls who had arrived early.
Wade also saw Penelope Clearwater, the head girl of Ravenclaw. She smiled and waved to Wade, looking very relaxed.
Hermione breathed a sigh of relief.
The students here behaved like classmates she was familiar with, unlike those weird Slytherins just now.
The two sat down on the cushions and immediately noticed that most of the students gathered in the room were Muggle-borns or half-bloods, with only a very small number of pure-bloods.
For example, the Weasley brothers and sisters.
"What happened?" Hermione whispered to Harry.
Harry's face was also blank: "I don't know either."
Ron leaned over and said, "Percy received a letter from my father. He didn't tell me what it was about, but I guess it has something to do with you."
He pointed at Wade and Hermione and said, "Fred and George had a quarrel with him about this, and I overheard him mention your names."
Hermione: "...Mr. Weasley's letter? Mentioning us?"
She looked back at Vader, as if hoping to find an explanation in his face.
Then she looked at Theo and realized that this was the one who really knew.
"I have heard some news, but Percy Weasley must know more." Theo said, "After all, Mr. Weasley is the director of the Office for the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts in the Ministry of Magic."
"Anyway, let's eat something first." Michael on the other side handed over a plate full of sandwiches and asked, "Would you like some carrot juice?"
"Yes, thank you." Hermione immediately took a sandwich, and so did Wade.
Food and drinks were distributed, and everyone sat loosely and ate something casually. After a while, Percy Weasley walked in with a long piece of parchment.
"Sorry, everyone, before I formally explain the seriousness of the matter, I need to confirm that everyone is here."
He divided the parchment into several portions and handed them to the people sitting in the front.
Penelope also got one. She took the parchment and stood up to check the Ravenclaw students.
"Wait." Mandy Blohe whispered, "Lisa doesn't seem to be here yet?"
"She is a pure-blood." Penelope said, "She should have received the news."
"Oh...oh." Mandy said a little confused.
After a while, several prefects confirmed the list and returned it. Percy coughed dryly and said:
"You must be curious as to why I gathered all of you here today."
"Why not the auditorium, not the classroom, not the lawn, but my Student Union President's Lounge!"
As he spoke, Percy puffed out his chest slightly, causing the chairman's badge to shine even brighter under the light.
"——Because this matter concerns the safety of all of you!"
Everyone naturally became serious, and some students looked a little scared.
Naturally, everyone would notice the change in the pure-blood student's attitude.
At this moment, Percy saw many students looking up at his face, saw Penelope was listening attentively, and saw that even Fred and George were not making trouble. A huge, swelling joy swelled in Percy's chest.
——He originally didn't want to gather so many students to cause trouble for himself, because he felt that such a thing might affect his future in the Ministry of Magic and make people think that he was a troublemaker;
But when the twins said they were not afraid of offending others and were willing to take the lead, Percy didn't want to give up the matter.
Because it is both a responsibility and an honor, and it will bring the favor and support of many students with Muggle ancestry.
Before Percy stepped forward, he was still struggling and hesitating as to which side's interests were more important and which side's harm was greater.
But at this moment, all doubts were gone, and Percy's face flushed slightly with excitement.
"Everyone, just this morning, I received a letter from my father with some very shocking news, which some of you may have heard--"
"Not long ago, the Ministry of Magic destroyed an island that hid countless crimes and corpses, and you, my friends, you almost became one of them..."
Percy Weasley sighed for a while, and when everyone began to show impatient expressions, he took out a stack of folded letter paper from his pocket, opened it and read the key points.
The Ministry of Magic summoned many wizards to clean up the island, so naturally they couldn't cover up everyone's mouths. In contrast, Arthur Weasley got the news very late.
But he was usually responsible for many Muggle-related matters. After most of the Ministry of Magic officials evacuated from the island, Arthur Weasley was still responsible for organizing various equipment and documents on the island, so he understood the situation more specifically than ordinary people.
He wrote a long letter to Percy, vaguely mentioning his discovery on the island and explaining that he would be busy during the Christmas holidays and asked the brothers and sisters to stay in school.
Mr. Weasley also told Percy to take good care of his younger brothers and sisters at school, especially the twins, and not let them sneak out of school. He also reminded Harry Potter to prevent him from getting hurt when he returned to his Muggle relatives' home.