Chapter 67 Don’t Try to Guess What the Little Cat Is Thinking

In the days that followed, the professors and students at Hogwarts were shocked to find that Fish actually started to listen to the class seriously!

Not only did I listen carefully during class, but I also did not miss any homework after class.

Although the words are written like a cat crawling, and the content is scattered here and there without any focus, it is already a very strange thing for Fish to sit down and do his homework!

What surprised everyone even more was that Fish stopped making trouble in his spare time. Instead, he ran to the library and read some books related to transfiguration seriously...

But often, Fish would fall asleep on the table before reading more than two pages.

The changes brought about by Fish's series of actions not only surprised everyone, but also made the library suddenly overcrowded, which greatly increased Mrs. Pince's workload and also made the already bad-tempered Mrs. She became more severe.

Of course, what remained unchanged as before was that Fish, as the culprit, still received preferential treatment. When he slept in the library, Mrs. Pince even lowered her roaring voice to almost a whisper.

"Professor McGonagall must have done something! Her education on Fish has begun to bear fruit!"

Hermione vowed to her study group partners that she had been a loyal supporter of Professor McGonagall from the beginning, and her dream was to become a witch like Professor McGonagall.

However, some little witches believe that she actually wants to take the parental route.

No matter what Hermione's true purpose is, everyone agrees with her statement. Who makes Fish spend most of his free time reading transfiguration books, or pestering Professor McGonagall to ask questions? Ask east and west.

Percy had gone over to listen for a while, and when he came back, he said that the transfiguration skills of the two McGonagalls were at least O.W.L.s level.

This information, which was just a surprise to others, made Hermione, the little witch, inexplicably nervous. She silently added another hour to her time in the library...

Unfortunately, because there were too many people crowding the library recently, she couldn't even guarantee the original time. Although she could borrow books back to the dormitory to read, it was still a bit inconvenient compared to the library.

Besides... Fei Xu can't be seen in the dormitory.

Having Fish next to her while studying was simply the best treatment for Hermione.

No matter how hard Hermione and the other students tried to squeeze into the library, and no matter how much Mrs. Pince's workload increased, it didn't matter to Fish.

The important thing is that his transformation technique has reached a bottleneck.

The spell of transfiguration, turning living things into dead things, and turning dead things into living things are completely different concepts.

Fish can now easily turn an owl into a wooden stake, but he cannot turn a wooden stake into a living owl. The resulting owl is either a corpse or simply a wooden sculpture.

The same goes for the Golden Snitch and flying broomsticks that were conjured out of stones and sticks. Although they can't be called living creatures, the one that Fish conjured was even more superficial. Not to mention flying around, the Golden Snitch's wings couldn't even move. Will move.

It didn't take Fei Xu much time to turn living things into dead things, and vice versa. Most of his learning time was spent on the bottleneck of how to turn dead things into living things.

However, whether he asked Minerva or looked through the books in the library, the answers Fish got were that his understanding of transfiguration was not deep enough, the spells he cast were not proficient enough, and his will when casting spells was not strong enough.

Very angry.

"How do I know why Meow needs to shake his wand when casting a spell? And how do you strengthen your faith? You can tell me, Meow!"

Fish frantically ruffled his hair. His patience with learning the art of transfiguration was about to run out.

Throwing "Transfiguration, Little Details You Don't Know" borrowed from the library on the bed, Fish transformed back into his tabby cat appearance and walked outside.

Although Professor McGonagall deceived him into studying and doing homework, the nightly patrols of the territory and the late-night snacks prepared by the elves were absolutely indispensable for Fish.

As for the school's curfew, that thing was of no use to Fish, and even Harry and the others in the dormitory were too lazy to stop him.

Not only were they too lazy to stop him, but after getting acquainted with Fei Xu, his roommates would even use him to benefit themselves.

"Fish, if you come back before twelve o'clock, please bring me some food."

Seamus Finnigan's voice sounded behind him, followed closely by Ron who echoed, "And me!"

Fei Xu said "meow" without looking back and agreed.

After walking out of Gryffindor's dormitory, Fish was wandering around the castle aimlessly. As he was walking, he suddenly stopped and stood there blankly, even with his raised little paws. He continued to remain motionless in mid-air.

At the same time, on Fish's little head, the pair of triangular pointed ears turned back and forth a few times, and one of them was pointed in the direction of the corner.

"What happened to your transformation skill? It suddenly improved so much?"

A voice that Fish had no memory of came from the other side of the corner.

"I'm telling you quietly, don't tell others," another voice that was also unfamiliar to Fish replied: "I found a magical room where my transformation skills were improved."

"What room? Where is it?"

"I suspect that is the mysterious Flying Room that has been circulating in Hogwarts. Some people also call it the Room of Requirement..."

The second voice told the first voice in detail how to enter the Room of Requirement, and then a sound of footsteps gradually faded away from the other side of the corner.

"Meow?"

Fish tilted his head, and was very interested in the Room of Requirement mentioned by the two people, but what puzzled him was...

Why couldn't he smell the scent of those two people, and the footsteps that left were clearly only one person's?

Curious, Fish quietly slipped to the corner and stuck his head out to observe.

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However, the corridor on the other side was empty, and no one could be seen.

Strange...

Fish raised his hind legs and scratched his chin in doubt, and then quickly gave up thinking and decided to go around first.

Having made up his mind, Fish stood up his tail and walked in a random direction with small steps.

This is natural. Learning Transfiguration is not as important as eating, drinking and having fun!

Professor Quirrell, who was hiding by the side with the illusion, looked at the direction where Fish was heading and was slightly stunned.

That's not the way to the Room of Requirement!

The previous conversation was of course caused by him. After searching for a way to enter the trapdoor in vain, Quirrell still set his sights on Fish.

His plan was to trick Fish into the Room of Requirement, and then use the Imperius Curse to control him to force his way through the trapdoor guarded by the three-headed dog.

As for why he didn't just find a time to use the Imperius Curse on Fish, it was mainly because there were too many portraits and ghosts in Hogwarts, and after being hit by the Imperius Curse, his behavior would become more rigid. Fish was usually a maverick guy, so if he wasn't careful, he might be detected as abnormal. He had to find a place to practice how to control Fish so that his behavior would not be so easy to expose.

This is also one of the reasons why Quirrell didn't use the Imperius Curse to find the Philosopher's Stone.

The main reason is that... Quirrell himself is not very good at the Imperius Curse. After all, before he was brainwashed by Voldemort, he was still an upright wizard. It is normal that he has no experience in the Unforgivable Curses.

Voldemort, who is good at this spell, is dying at this time. It is really difficult to control other professors with the Imperius Curse, so they can only find students like Fish.

Voldemort, who is now in a weak state, has to be more cautious. Before obtaining accurate information about the Philosopher's Stone, he cannot act rashly. In order to ensure success to the greatest extent, he specifically told Quirrell how to enter the Room of Requirement.

Then there was Quirrell's plan to pretend to be someone else and lure Fish to the Room of Requirement...

Unfortunately, it seems that the plan has failed.

Seeing that Fish did not go directly to the Room of Requirement, Quirrell hesitated for a moment and did not choose to lure him again, but followed him silently.

Fortunately, today is the weekend, and Fitz had already done a lot of things during the day, such as visiting Lu Wei, so after wandering around for a while, Fitz, who felt a little bored, turned around and walked to the eighth floor.

Quirrell, who had been quietly following him, breathed a sigh of relief, and entered the Room of Requirement one step ahead and ambushed inside.

According to the information provided in his head, Fitz came to a tapestry with a giant monster beating silly Barnabas with a stick, but he was not in a hurry to go in.

Fitz certainly didn't know that Quirrell was ambushing him, he was mainly interested in the tapestry in front of him.

Squatting in front of the tapestry, watching the giant monster beat silly Barnabas five or six times, licking his fur and scratching his itch in the middle, then Fitz slowly stood up and walked back and forth in front of the tapestry three times according to the method he heard.

After walking three times, a smooth door appeared on the wall, and Fitz, who had turned into a human form, pushed the door open and walked in carelessly.

Walking into the room, Fish saw several flying brooms and several crates containing golden snitches piled up in the corner.

"Meow ha ha ha! You really helped me solve this problem!" (●>▽<●)

Fish put his hands on his hips and laughed up to the sky.

Ignoring the flying brooms, Fish walked forward, took out a golden snitch from the box and stuffed it into his pocket. After hesitating for a while, he took another one.

Although according to the information Fish heard, he should have thought of "the room for practicing transfiguration" before entering the door, but the kitten's thinking was-if you can get toys directly, why bother to learn transfiguration?

So he directly changed the request to "a room where you can get the golden snitch."

Fish may be smart! <(￣︶￣)>

Satisfied, Fish held two golden snitches and swaggered out of the Room of Requirement.

On the other side, Professor Quirrell, who had ambushed in the "room for practicing transfiguration" one step ahead, could not wait for Fish to arrive.

Quirrell: "Why haven't you come yet..."

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This is the only explanation I can give about the Imperius Curse, because I really can't think of why Quirrell didn't use the Imperius Curse in the original book, and he didn't even use it when he asked Harry where the Philosopher's Stone was at the end...┑(￣Д￣)┍

The Room of Requirement, in the original book, is a room with a Transfiguration Curse cast on it. If there is someone inside, it cannot be transformed again.

But in this case, it doesn't make sense that Neville relied on the Room of Requirement to avoid the Death Eaters. The Death Eaters invaded Hogwarts from here, so it's impossible for them not to search here. As long as they found that the room had not changed, they would definitely know that there were other people inside.

In addition, for the needs of the plot, I changed the setting a little bit here, setting the Room of Requirement as a huge space, and then dividing a part of the space to change into different rooms according to the requirements of different people.

This also makes it easier to explain where the items piled in different rooms were placed, and why Crabbe was able to burn down the entire Room of Requirement with a fire in the end.