HP: I’m working on redemption at Hogwarts

...in the office...

"Before dawn, you'd better clean all the handcuffs I hung on the ceiling... But I can't tell you what happened to these handcuffs... Hehehe~"

Before Mr. Filch left, he did not forget to scare the three of them, and then left the office with a scary smile.

"Is this what you call an adventurous and fulfilling Halloween night?"

Qiu Zhang washed the rusty handcuffs and saw that neither of them seemed to be in a good mood, so he teased them jokingly.

"Ah~"

"Ah~"

The two Weasley brothers sighed in despair.

"Um, what's wrong with you..."

Seeing the dejected look of the two of them, Qiu Zhang poked George's shoulder, concerned and ready to comfort him.

"This is the first time we've been caught!"

"That old guy Filch must have been watching us for a long time!"

"Ahhhh, it's so abominable!"

Both Weasleys were furious and washed the old handcuffs in their hands that couldn't be washed clean. They muttered something that was not as happy as usual!

"Okay, okay, today may be my fault. You see, you have never been caught before. Don't be discouraged. You will definitely not be caught if you go on night trips without me in the future!"

Seeing that the two of them seemed to have lost their enthusiasm, Qiu Zhang somehow started to encourage them in their night outing in order to comfort them, and even took the blame on himself.

"What are you talking about? It's my fault today at first glance, because I couldn't help but come out first."

"That's right, don't say that. Of course we are not discouraged, and how could we not take you with us! What nonsense are you talking about!"

"That's good……"

Wait... Something is wrong. Qiu Zhang suddenly realized that these two people didn't seem to be as sad and frustrated as they were just now. It was over, they were deceived again...

"Hey! What do you think this is?"

Fred didn't know when he had stopped cleaning the handcuffs and ran to Filch's desk drawer, looking through it.

"Isn't this just a blank piece of parchment?"

"Hey~ I found this in the confiscated supplies drawer. Do you think Filch would confiscate a piece of parchment for no reason?"

Qiu Zhang nodded in understanding, took the parchment, flipped it up and down, and observed it carefully.

"What you said does make sense. But how can we know what this is?"

"Let me take a look!"

Here, George Weasley finished his task of cleaning the handcuffs and rushed over to join in the fun. He took the parchment from Qiu Zhang's hand and looked at it carefully.

The three of them fumbled and observed for almost midnight. Qiu Zhang exhausted all the knowledge reserves in his head and failed to figure out the purpose of this parchment.

Suddenly, Qiu Zhang seemed to notice something. They spread the parchment paper flat on the table, and the center of the parchment paper was facing the direction. There was a small arrow-shaped nest on the table that was not sure whether it was carved out or how it was formed. Pointing straight at Qiu Zhang.

Although this is indeed a bit ridiculous, because the arrow shape has existed on Filch's desk for a long time, and the parchment was just placed randomly so that the position was facing the arrow. There should be no connection, but Qiu Zhang felt awkward for no reason.

"Do you think this parchment is mocking the ugly makeup you painted on me... I'm really bad!"

Qiu Zhang smiled helplessly and joked. George next to him knew what Qiu Zhang meant, and he couldn't help but stare at the arrow shape that should have been unrelated. He raised his hand and touched his neck, shaking his head and thinking.

But Fred had no such intention. He just stared closely at the ugly ghost makeup on Qiu Zhang's face, nodded with satisfaction, and joked:

"Why, you are blaming us for not doing good things!"

Suddenly, the parchment turned over as if being blown by the wind.

"Wait... was it windy just now?"

Fred suddenly froze and raised the corners of his mouth, tense.

"We are indoors with closed doors and windows, do you think so?"

Qiu Zhang started to feel a little scared with a trembling voice. These invisible things are indeed the most terrifying!

"Why is it suddenly like this?"

George and Qiu Zhang both shook their heads in unison, and Fred seemed to suddenly realize something. He stared at the parchment and repeated it again.

"Aren't we going to do something good?"

Sure enough, the parchment turned over again. Qiu Zhang and George realized this time that this was the tip given to them by the parchment.

"So... this is a magic item?"

"According to my speculation... it is most likely a magical object with autonomous consciousness like the Sorting Hat, because it can interact with us and remind us..."

"Hmm... you have a point!"

……

"Squeak!"

The door to Filch's office was thrown open, and George, Fred and the three of them immediately turned around to face Mr. Filch. In the darkness, George's hand did not forget to secretly hide the parchment in his sleeve.

"Mr. Filch, we're all scrubbed!"

Qiu Zhang tensed up his body and tried his best to block the movement behind them, and watched Filch smile stiffly and speak awkwardly.

"Hmph! Don't look so great. You'd better not make the mistake of wandering at night again in the future, otherwise I will definitely propose to change the punishment to go to the Forbidden Forest and let you all be eaten by those unknown monsters until there is no bones left. !”

Mr. Filch finally threatened and intimidated Qiu Zhang and the others for a while before letting them go.