Chapter 198: Times have changed! (Edited)

Night had fallen again, and after finishing his homework with the help of a group of young witches, Fish had left the Gryffindor Common Room and started wandering around the castle.

Lately, Fish had been trying to find the snake that had provoked him that night and give him a good fight, but just like Quirrell with the black robe, the snake had disappeared after a quick appearance and Fish was unable to find it.

So in his search for the snake, Fish had to pass the time playing with the ghosts and portraits of Hogwarts.

"Bloody boy, stop following me!"

Peeves shouted angrily at the cat behind him.

As a troublemaker, Peeves' greatest joy was to wreak havoc and mischief, causing others to panic and rage, and the less people liked him, the happier he is.

This simple, happy life has gone on for many years, and Peeves has always been very pleased with it.

But last term, things suddenly changed.

There was a new wizard in the school who could turn into a cat, and he seemed to have a natural affinity with everyone else, even Filch and Snape, who had always hated the students, and as mischievous as he was, no one seemed to complain.

If that were the case, Peeves wouldn't worry too much, even if he was a bit unbalanced, after all, his purpose is to annoy others.

But the problem now is that when he's making a mess, Fish always likes to join in, and suddenly everyone is laughing at his ruckus...

So, what's the point of him working so hard?

As far as Peeves is concerned, if his jokes don't make anyone angry, it's like performing without an audience, which gives him no motivation to get into trouble.

This led to Peeves avoiding Fish when he played pranks, which was very humiliating for Peeves, who had dominated the night at Hogwarts.

But there was nothing Peeves could do about it, because there was nothing he could do against Fish.

The little wizard-turned-cat was so agile that whether he threw something at him or lunged at him, he could easily dodge or block it, and he still thought he was playing with him....

And if he escaped through the wall... not to mention that it would be extremely humiliating for Peeves, and even if he did, Fish would be very determined to find him all over the castle, because the kitten had turned it into a game of hide-and-seek as well.

This left Peeves helpless, unless he wasn't going to do anything tonight, Fish would follow him around like a piece of candy that he couldn't get rid of....

This was supposed to be his forte in the past.

The only one who could control him was Professor McGonagall, but if Peeves took Fish near Professor McGonagall and she would take the cat, and Peeves wouldn't be happy either.

Professor McGonagall, unlike Filch and the little wizards, could easily inflict severe punishments on him, and he had even been put in a small box for days, while Fish had only been given a smack on the head and a slap on the ears.

Obviously, this was unacceptable to Peeves, so he had to chase Fish away.

This, of course, had no effect on Fish.

"Nya~" (=?ω?=).

Fish followed Peeves around at all times.

He was much more interesting than the other ghosts, but it's not easy to find him, and now that he found him, he wanted to have some fun with him, and since Norris had said that Peeves used to bully her, Fish wanted to take revenge on his best friend.

As for the snake, Fish was in no hurry anyway.

Peeves gritted his teeth and stared at Fish for a while, before finally deciding not to bother him, turning his head and walking through the wall.

"Nya!" ∑(=φдφ=)

Seeing Peeves slipping away again, Fish quickly chased after him.

He directly used a [Stone Shaping] spell to open a hole in the wall, closely followed Peeves, and quickly restored the wall to its original shape after breaking through.

Fish usually didn't like to train. But since he lost track of the snake last time, he practiced the [Stone Shaping] spell well, and other spells had been quietly improving....

He was always ready to defeat Minerva and have a good time.

"Damn it! Stop following me, you damn cat!"

Peeves' flying speed is not as fast as Fish's, and he was soon overtaken by Fish, who was followed by the little cat, who wouldn't let his little paws go through his body.

Peeves was furious, he had been running around Hogwarts for years, he had always been the one chasing the young wizards, and now he was being bullied... He even heard other ghosts secretly laughing at him for this.

"I'm going to teach you a lesson today!"

Peeves, who was getting angrier and angrier, finally stopped running, stopped, grabbed a stool and swung it at Fish.

"Nya!" ? (=｀? ′=)?

Although he didn't find the snake that provoked him, it was nice to have a fight with Peeves.

Fish lunged at him undeterred and wrestled with Peeves.

The only thing the kitten disliked was that he couldn't get his paws on Peeves and Peeves couldn't hit him, so there was no way to tell a winner from a loser.

But Fish isn't picky, it's enough to have someone to fight.

Come on, let's have a good fight!

"Nya...!"

Fish jumped around Peeves, dodging the stool in his hands and punching Peeves' head from time to time.

Although it didn't do any damage, but it was extremely insulting.

"Ahhhhh!!! I hate cats!"

Peeves got even angrier and turned the stool into a windmill, but still missed Fish.

Dodging the stool once again, Fish jumped up and swiped his paw across Peeves' cheek.

Unlike before, however, this time a faint red light suddenly shone from his paws.

Before either Peeves or Fish could react, the glowing red paw was already in Peeves' face.

This time, Fish's claw did not pierce Peeves' head, but instead struck it hard.

The unsuspecting Peeves let out a yelp and flew off to the side.

Fish, who was also surprised, landed lightly and looked down at his blunt claws.

[Flaming claw: Inflicts fire damage when attacking]

A very simple description popped into Fish's little head.... Fish was used to this kind of situation.

Then, after being stunned for a moment, he quickly ran to Peeves, who had been hit.

"Nya?" (Peeves, are you all right?)

The little cat came to Peeves' side and gave him a worried meow.

At that moment Peeves was lying on the floor next to a stool that had crumbled, his eyes staring silently at the ceiling, and on his ugly, funny face, there was a charred kitten paw print.

"Nya?"

Fish meowed again in concern, then stretched out his little paw and nudged Peeves, but this time his paw went through Peeves' body again, unable to actually touch him.

However, Peeves suddenly jerked, jumped off the ground with an "ah", then flew into the sky without looking back, and soon disappeared into the ceiling and vanished.

"Nya..." ?ω?

Fish raised his head and looked at Peeves, who had fled again, but thought better of it and didn't chase after him.

I think I might have hurt Peeves a moment ago, next time I see him, I'll apologize to him first....

Then I can play with him again.

Fish flapped his ears and compassionately decided to let Peeves go for a while.