Astoria wore a smile on her delicate face as she stood with her hands behind her back, watching the door slowly appear.
She waited a little while, glancing around from time to time to see whether anyone was approaching. Once the door appeared, she eagerly pushed it open and stepped inside.
She never noticed the several small figures concealed by magic at the other end of the corridor.
The House-elves stared with bright, tennis-ball-sized eyes, scarcely daring to breathe as they carefully memorized who had come.
They were outstanding House-elves who had emerged victorious after several rounds of competition. They recognized practically every student in the school and could describe their appearances accurately.
Unlike other House-elves, who often used very abstract terms in their descriptions.
Inside the Room of Requirement, Glove Lady, who had been studying a Chinese self-study course out of boredom, lowered her book. She looked up, briefly sensed her surroundings, then picked up the book again.
That boy had already arranged everything. He was reliable; she only needed to leave it to him.
As for herself... Glove Lady remembered the new batch of games Zhang Xiao had brought her. One was supposedly created with wizards from the East as its protagonists.
That interested Glove Lady greatly. Unfortunately, she could not play any of it without understanding Chinese. Fortunately, time meant nothing to her.
It was only a matter of learning a language.
For the sake of games, study!
Astoria strolled through the enormous warehouse. It seemed to contain everything students had wanted to hide since the Room of Requirement first existed.
The clutter had accumulated into mountains, piled layer upon layer, silently awaiting the day their owners returned to reclaim them. Perhaps their owners would never return at all.
Even though she had been here once