Chapter 199: Carelessness

Late at night, the lights were still on in the windows of Gryffindor Tower. Several students in the dormitory were still awake, gathered together to play Wizard Cards.

With the increasing variety of card types, the gameplay of Wizard Cards became more diverse, allowing players more freedom to use their imagination.

"It's about time." Albert drank the last of his tea, glanced at the pocket watch on the side, and said to the others.

"Are we really going?" Lee Jordan still hesitated. While he knew that Fred and George were skilled at sneaking around, he didn't have much confidence himself.

"Aren't you going?" Fred asked in return.

"I am. Why wouldn't I?" Lee Jordan mumbled. He knew that Albert and the others often sneaked out at night and had never been caught by Filch.

"Come on, let me give you some confidence." George smiled and said.

"What confidence?" Lee Jordan leaned over curiously, only to see George take out an old parchment and shook it. "This is one of our secret weapons."

"Alright, enough playing around. Let's get ready to leave." Albert picked up his wand and tapped George's head lightly. An invisible, transparent film immediately enveloped him, and in front of everyone's eyes, George Weasley disappeared.

"This is one of our secret weapons, too." Fred explained with a smile.

"What about the third secret weapon?" Lee Jordan asked curiously.

"We're not telling you." Fred and George said in unison.

"So there really is a third secret weapon?"

Albert also used the Disillusionment Charm on himself, and just like George, he disappeared from sight. He then said to the others, "The Disillusionment Charm should last for a few hours. I think it's enough time."

"Are you excited?" Fred elbowed Lee Jordan playfully.

"I'm George, Lee Jordan is right here."

"Indeed, I'm a bit excited. By the way, where are we going?" Lee Jordan asked. He was indeed a bit excited since it was his first time sneaking out at night.

Well, not exactly. He had already been out at night with Albert once.

But that time was to find these two troublemakers, Fred and George.

"I'm going to the library. You can let Fred and George take you around. We'll meet up in the room on the eighth floor. The entrance is in the lounge," Albert said.

"What's in the room on the eighth floor?" Lee Jordan felt that these three guys hadn't told him about many things.

"You'll find out soon enough," Albert said.

"Don't you need help?" George asked. "Looking for a book related to the brain?"

"No, I plan to use the Summoning Charm directly." Albert explained. He had just realized that he had learned the Summoning Charm a while ago. Naturally, finding books in the library wasn't that difficult.

In the novel, Hermione was able to use the Summoning Charm to get books related to Horcruxes, which means that books in the library can be summoned as well. Although they are chained up, as long as you know where the book is, it's simple to unlock the chain that binds it.

"But didn't you say you couldn't do the Summoning Charm before?" Fred looked at Albert suspiciously. He still remembered that Albert used not being able to do the Summoning Charm to mock him a month ago!

"You can learn something you can't do!" Albert said with a smile, "This spell is actually quite useful."

"Useful?" Fred couldn't help but mutter, extinguishing the oil lamp in the dormitory and following behind Albert to leave the dormitory.

The four of them passed through the common room and came out from the entrance. Just as George fell behind, he suddenly said, "Filch is patrolling on the fifth floor."

"How do you know?" Lee Jordan asked skeptically.

"Who's there?" Mrs. Norris looked at the seemingly empty corridor and asked.

"Let's get out of here first." Albert mumbled. He took a step forward and led the way to the secret passage that led to other floors.

"We'll distract Filch for you." Fred's eyes gleamed, "I brought dungbombs."

"I have some super glue." George was equally eager.

"You guys are asking for trouble." Lee Jordan mumbled.

"Inflatable Screaming Bogeymen." Albert handed something to Lee Jordan and reminded the others, "Don't go too far."

"We know our limits." George said.

"We won't let Filch bother you while you're looking for the book." Fred's tone was also full of excitement. During this period since the start of the school year, Filch had been giving them trouble because of the incidents from the previous term.

"I feel like the castle will be bustling tonight," Lee Jordan mumbled. He still didn't reject Albert's kind gesture and put the Inflatable Screaming Bogeymen into his pocket.

The group split up at the entrance of the secret passage on the sixth floor. Albert went to the library alone, while the Weasley twins led Lee Jordan to the fourth floor, ready to play a game of hide-and-seek with Filch.

...

At this moment, Filch, who was patrolling the fifth-floor corridor, had no idea that he was being targeted.

Recently, Filch was in a good mood, especially after catching the Gryffindor student sneaking around the castle late at night last time. The terrified expression on the student's face when he was caught was just delightful. Keeping the student in detention made his good mood last until now.

However, since that incident, those students who dared to sneak out at night seemed to have disappeared.

"I wonder when I can catch another one."

As Filch thought this, he suddenly heard a noise of something falling downstairs. He immediately became alert and hurriedly rushed towards the source of the sound.

In fact, it was Fred, George, and Lee Jordan who "accidentally" dropped a helmet from a suit of armor to attract Filch's attention.

This trick was quite effective, and it had always been.

Filch, hearing the noise, hurried to the fourth floor. Albert was already standing in the corridor outside the library, watching Filch's hurried figure as he left. Once Filch was far enough, Albert withdrew his gaze, pushed open the library's wooden door, and walked inside.

Filch arrived at the corridor of the armor, his gaze fell on the fallen helmet, and then he looked around. He bent down to pick up the helmet and whispered, "Hiding, huh? I'll catch you, Peeves!"

But the next second, Filch froze. He found that the helmet was inexplicably stuck to the floor. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't lift it.

"Peeves or...?" Filch looked around while holding the oil lamp and suddenly heard footsteps running.

"Those little rascals." Filch muttered under his breath, throwing down the helmet and standing up, he followed the direction of the footsteps, guessing that someone was deliberately teasing him.

However, Filch wasn't angry; on the contrary, he was overjoyed. He didn't mind students wandering around the castle at night; what he feared was that no one dared to come out at night.

"I'll catch you."

Filch's eyes sparkled dangerously in the darkness, and he couldn't wait to see the terrified expressions on the students' faces when he caught them.

However, Filch didn't know that the footsteps he heard earlier were deliberately created by Fred to distract him.

The cat and mouse game had officially begun.

Outwitting Filch was undoubtedly one of Fred and George's great joys at Hogwarts. With the Marauder's Map and the Disillusionment Charm, could anyone be caught sneaking around at night and be caught by Filch?

Impossible.

"It's so exciting. How do you think Filch will catch up to us, taking a shortcut?" Lee Jordan followed closely behind Fred and whispered to him.

"Of course, he will take a shortcut. He'll probably rush ahead through the secret passage to block us. Let's take the stairs and lead him further away." Fred threw dungbombs onto the corridor while laughing, "Don't worry; Filch won't catch us."

Fifth floor, inside the library.

Albert had already passed the rope that marked the restricted section and was now walking inside. He raised his wand and whispered, "Fly to me, Advanced Occlumency Guide."

In an instant, the bookshelf that held the summoned "Advanced Occlumency Guide" moved and tilted as if by magic, like a magical domino effect.

A loud crash echoed through the entire castle.

Albert was dumbfounded, his heart felt like it was about to jump out of his chest. How could he have anticipated that using the Summoning Charm would cause the bookshelf to pull on its chains, toppling another shelf like a domino effect? The Summoning Charm was truly treacherous!

"Reparo!"

Albert waved his wand, trying to restore the bookshelf and books to their original positions. His magic worked, and the fallen books and bookshelf started to return to their original state.

But Albert didn't dare to linger in the library and immediately ran for the exit, abandoning the idea of finding the "Advanced Occlumency Guide."

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