The Great Hall was filled with chatter. Since the professors all needed to investigate the whereabouts of Sirius Black, the order in the Great Hall was completely left to the prefects of the four houses.
Before leaving the Great Hall, Dumbledore used magic to conjure hundreds of purple sleeping bags. These sleeping bags were very soft. Crawling into them and lying down, there was no feeling of lying on the ground at all. Only Dumbledore could perform such a grand gesture so casually.
The novel experience of sleeping in sleeping bags in the Great Hall made many young wizards forget about the danger. Although prefects from each house were managing order and everyone was at most whispering quietly in private, when many people whispered together, the combined sound became louder. The prefects of the four houses had to repeatedly warn those who were talking, but the effect was minimal.
It wasn't until Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick returned from their patrol round and sternly reprimanded those who were talking that the situation improved somewhat. Everyone finally quieted down preliminarily and gradually entered a state of sleep.
Compared to those young wizards who knew nothing and could only guess, Sean, who knew the truth and inside story, slept very peacefully. When the noise in the Great Hall diminished somewhat, Sean gradually fell asleep. But just as he was about to fall asleep, two snoring sounds, each louder than the last, rose and fell in alternation. These two snoring sounds echoed each other, one louder than the other. Sean opened his eyes, the whites slightly bloodshot. Without getting up to look, he already knew whose snoring it was.
Sitting up, he took out his wand and gently waved it at Goyle and Crabbe, who were sleeping not far away. Immediately, their snoring was reduced to an almost inaudible level. At this moment, not only Sean, but also people in Slytherin and nearby Ravenclaw all breathed sighs of relief, showing that these two guys were quite harmful.
He didn't know how that little waste Malfoy had endured it.
Glancing at Malfoy, who was sleeping soundly, Sean put away his wand, lay back in his sleeping bag, and finally slowly fell asleep.
Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick, who had returned to patrol, both saw Sean's actions just now, but they didn't say much. Since the professors didn't speak up, those prefects naturally had no need to meddle. The fact that Sean Bulstrode was not to be trifled with was already well known throughout Hogwarts.
Although the new Head Boy Percy Weasley had wanted to step forward and stop Sean when he raised his wand, he was prevented by his girlfriend, a Ravenclaw prefect.
While Sean was sleeping, Kulkan was searching everywhere for Scabbers the rat.
When Ron came to the Great Hall, he hadn't brought Scabbers with him. After all, in his view, Sirius Black's escape from Azkaban and infiltration of Hogwarts must have involved some major conspiracy. How could it be about catching a rat?
But Scabbers, or rather Peter Pettigrew, didn't think so.
If there was anyone inside Hogwarts who knew the inside story besides Sean, it would only be Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew.
So when Peter Pettigrew saw that the Gryffindors had all been taken to the Great Hall for protection, he immediately panicked. If there were still students in Gryffindor, that would be fine. Knowing Sirius Black's character well, Peter Pettigrew was clear that he wouldn't harm Gryffindor students just to kill him.
Now that there were no students in the Gryffindor common room, Peter Pettigrew felt his danger level immediately skyrocket. With such a good opportunity, he didn't think Sirius Black would give up. So after much thought, he decided to slip out of the Gryffindor common room while the portrait at the entrance hadn't been repaired, then hide in some corner of Hogwarts until Sirius was caught. Then he would be safe.
Quietly running out of Ron and Harry's room, Peter Pettigrew looked left and right, making sure that damned ginger cat wasn't there, before scurrying along the wall toward the entrance of the Gryffindor common room.
But just then, Peter Pettigrew suddenly saw a pair of amber vertical pupils. The owner of these amber vertical pupils was crouched on a table near the Gryffindor entrance, quietly watching Peter Pettigrew as he approached the Gryffindor common room door!
Damn, it was that cat!
Without any hesitation, Peter Pettigrew immediately turned and fled. The moment he turned to run, Hermione's ginger cat Crookshanks immediately charged forward, pouncing toward Peter Pettigrew.
Feeling Crookshanks gradually approaching from behind, Peter Pettigrew skillfully sought out various narrow crevices to dart through, dodging Crookshanks' pursuit. As for transforming into human form...
For over twelve years, Peter Pettigrew had maintained his rat form. He had long grown accustomed to acting in rat form. Moreover, transforming into human form at this time would be tantamount to confessing without being pressed, so Peter Pettigrew had no thought of transforming into human form.
Finally, Peter Pettigrew found a crack in the wall. He directly squeezed into it, crawling to the deepest part. Hearing the sound of the cat scratching the wall and floor outside, he couldn't help but exhale. Next, he just needed to wait for those children to return, wait for Ron to come back and look for him, then go out and continue seeking shelter under Ron's protection.
Peter Pettigrew waited for a while. The sound of Crookshanks scratching the wall and floor outside disappeared, and he gradually fell asleep until early the next morning when the sound of children returning gradually arose outside.
When Sean returned to the Slytherin common room, Kulkan had also just returned to the room.
Looking at the obviously somewhat tired Kulkan, Sean asked: "Kulkan, you've worked hard."
After greeting her, Sean immediately called for a Hogwarts house-elf to prepare a large amount of food for Kulkan.
Seeing the food, Kulkan ate while hissing to Sean: "I went to the Gryffindor common room last night, but except for seeing a cat, I didn't see any rats.
However, when I was leaving the Gryffindor common room, I saw a sneaky black dog. I secretly followed it and found that it used a very hidden secret passage to leave Hogwarts castle and hide in the Forbidden Forest. I was afraid of being discovered, so I didn't follow."