bookbashuk Chapter 339 The Lurker
Chapter 339 The Lurker
Chapter 339 The Lurker
The students and professors were all amazed to see the guy who was hopping around in mid-air and whom the principal called "Mischievous Ghost".
"Principal, what is this? It looks like a ghost, but it doesn't seem like one?" Vice Principal Edward asked Dui, full of doubt.
The other professors and students also looked at the principal with curiosity, hoping he could answer their questions.
Duy didn't answer immediately, but turned to Gandalf and Galadriel with a smile: "Gandalf, Lady Galadriel, you are both learned and wise, you should have seen through Peeves' true nature, could you explain it to everyone?"
"Madam?" Gandalf did not answer first, but instead asked Galadriel beside him.
Galadriel did not refuse. Her eyes gleamed with wisdom as she observed the Peeves in the air with interest, saying, "All things in this world, after being sculpted and nurtured by time, will give birth to various natural spirits. Ancient forests, rivers, and mountains may all give birth to spirits, and this Peeves is a spirit born from this castle."
Everyone suddenly realized, but then fell into even deeper confusion.
"Lady Galadriel, this castle is only a little over a decade old. How could it have given birth to a spirit?" Professor Edward asked on behalf of the others, voicing their doubts.
Galadriel turned to Dui with a smile in her eyes, "This is all thanks to your headmaster. Usually, things that give birth to spirits take thousands of years to develop, but this castle is a magical castle. Every brick is full of magic, which transcends the limitations of time, so it is not surprising that it gave birth to a spirit."
Gandalf nodded in agreement and added, "And if the castle is a nurturing cradle, then the children's laughter and boundless energy are the nourishing force of the spirit. So you could say that Peeves is a kind of 'spirit' born between the castle and the children."
Now everyone understood completely, and they all looked at Pipi Ghost in amazement.
Who knew that the birth of Mischievous Ghost had such a reason?
In that sense, Peeves is the spirit of the castle.
As the spirit of the castle, perhaps no one other than its master, Dui, has more control over the castle.
Just watching Pippi leap and hop around, scattering the floating candles, even splashing wax at the students with a wicked grin on his face...
The professors couldn't help but twitch their eyes, unable to bear watching.
This castle spirit seems a bit unreliable! It's far too lively and mischievous!
As expected of the guy nicknamed "Mischievous Ghost" by the principal, everyone else had a premonition, especially Vice Principal Edward, who was in charge of school affairs.
In his eyes, this mischievous kid was no different from the most naughty and unruly child, and he had never even seen such a naughty fellow before.
Moreover, he had a premonition that this guy's birth was not to help, but to cause trouble!
Perhaps starting today, the future will be anything but peaceful because of this guy.
Dui was speechless as he looked at Pipi Ghost.
Perhaps because Peeves left a deep impression on him, when helping the castle spirit to be born, he unconsciously ran towards the image of Peeves from his memory.
As a result, after his birth, his personality and appearance developed in the manner of Mischievous Ghost.
This made him somewhat regretful. If he had been able to suppress his wild imagination while casting the spell, he might now have a "ghost butler" with a stable personality.
However, the matter is now settled, and there is no way to change it.
As the spirit of the castle, Peeves will never disappear unless the castle is completely destroyed, abandoned, or uninhabited.
As students continue to enter the castle to learn, their emotional energy continuously nourishes Peeves, causing him to grow stronger over time.
It can be said that within the castle grounds, it is Peeves' territory, and apart from Dui, the castle lord, no one can control or manage him.
Like ghosts, Peeves can ignore any physical attacks and can pass through walls and fly around freely.
Even ordinary magic was useless against him; even the most dangerous black magic could only restrict his movement, but could not kill him completely.
But Peeves is different from ghosts. Ghosts cannot touch objects, but Peeves can.
The only limitation is that Peeves, as the spirit of the castle, cannot leave the castle's territory.
Putting aside the topic of the mischievous ghost, Dui, seeing that it was getting late, immediately announced the end of the banquet and told the students from their respective colleges to return to their dormitories.
The four deans, no longer concerned about the mischievous ghost, led their respective college's freshmen to the common lounge.
However, as the students left, they were all enthusiastically discussing the topic of Mischievous Ghost.
Dui watched Peeves fly out of the banquet hall and explore the castle, but didn't interfere.
Instead, he helped Arwen back into the Tower of Amun-Thul with Gandalf and Galadriel.
After Galadriel led Arwen to the bedroom to rest, Gandalf sat on the sofa by the fireplace in the living room, teasing the salamander in the fire with fire tongs while smoking his pipe, glancing at Dui, who was deep in thought with a serious expression.
"Duir, is something on your mind?"
Dui nodded, his expression serious and his eyes deep.
"Just now at the banquet, I felt a malicious gaze coming from the direction of the students."
"A malicious gaze?" Gandalf stopped smoking and looked up at Duy. "Are you sure it's coming from the students, Duy?"
Dui nodded. "I'm sure. The gaze was very subtle and quickly returned, but I'm certain it came from the direction of the students."
"And, Gandalf, as you know, I have the ability to read minds. I tried to read the thoughts of my students—" His voice grew heavy, and he met Gandalf's gaze, "but the result was fruitless, which is perfectly normal!"
Upon hearing this, Gandalf's expression also became serious and solemn.
He naturally didn't doubt that Dui was mistaken, and he was also aware of Dui's mind-reading ability, a talent that he had to constantly shut down his mind to avoid being read.
These first and second graders were no match for Dui's mind-controlling abilities.
But now that the results show as normal under the soul-stealing technique, that is the biggest abnormality!
The only possibility is that the spy hidden among the students was able to evade his mind-controlling ability.
A person with such abilities could not possibly be a child.
"Duir, do you suspect that someone has disguised themselves as a student and infiltrated the school?" Gandalf asked in a deep voice.
Dui nodded: "The only explanation is this possibility. Otherwise, I don't think a child could harbor such malice towards me and still manage to evade my mind-controlling detection."
"So what do you want to do?"
"No rush, let me check the list of new students in the admission book for anything unusual," Dui said.
He then grabbed a handful of Floo Powder and threw it into the fireplace, before walking straight in and disappearing.
After a minute or two, the fireplace flames turned green, and Dui emerged from the flames, holding a thick book made of dragon skin.