Hogwarts behind-the-scenes big boss

Dumbledore closed the notebook and the male voice stopped abruptly.

"Sir Cadogan's story tells us that sometimes courage can turn into luck." Dumbledore smiled slightly.

"I should have thought of it earlier. Sir Cadogan is a Gryffindor." Moriarty shook his head in amusement.

"After understanding the story of Sir Cadogan, I think it becomes logical for the Headless Horseman to appear in his mural. Let's go, the Headless Horseman may be waiting for us."

Dumbledore put the notebook back on the bookcase and walked to the principal's office with Moriarty and Diana.

Five minutes later, the three of them walked to the mural of Sir Cadogan on the seventh floor of Hogwarts.

Sir Cadogan, who was fully armed and always liked to shout and fight with others, was not in the mural at this time.

In its place is the Headless Horseman.

He was riding on Sir Cadogan's beloved treasure, a fat gray horse.

The heavy armor crushed the fat horse's waist. The fat horse knelt on all fours, its buttocks kept swaying, and a series of neighs came from the horse's mouth.

"Oh God, let her go!" Diana shouted. The elf priest had sympathy for all small animals. She glared at the headless knight, "The crazy headless monster will not even let go of the mare, oh,

Poor mare..."

The Headless Horseman "looked" at Diana, and pinched the fat horse's neck with both hands. The mysterious runes on the wrists quickly flew to the horse's neck, making the fat horse wailed, and then lowered its head feebly.

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Moriarty and Dumbledore looked at each other, and the fat horse fell under the spell of the Headless Horseman.

The poor mare trembled and spun in circles, then turned into a red light and burrowed into the ground.

Suddenly, Moriarty and Dumbledore, the two people most closely associated with Hogwarts, noticed that the mural was different. The current mural gave them a sense of déjà vu.

Yes, it felt very similar to the first time they stepped into Hogwarts Castle.

Moriarty suddenly remembered that Peeves said that the Headless Horseman once cast a spell on a tree.

What the Headless Horseman did to the fat horse at this time was so similar to what he did to the tree!

Peeves said that the spell might be alchemy...is that true?

Moriarty recalled the recent information about the Headless Horseman: the house elf said about the black dragon that appeared in the Forbidden Forest thousands of years ago, and the Headless Horseman said that Merlin would stay at Hogwarts to learn how to use dragons as alchemical raw materials to make

A large, powerful alchemical tool used for protection.

If you connect these key points together with a line...

We came up with a hypothesis - Merlin made the black dragon into a powerful alchemy tool and buried it underground in Hogwarts to protect some kind of existence.

This is the secret of Sleeping Dragon!

Moriarty's ideas could explain the centuries-old mystery about Merlin.

Merlin is indeed older than the Big Four, but in order to protect that existence, Merlin left "Leave the Dragon alone" at Hogwarts.

"Have you discovered it?" the Headless Horseman said calmly, "This is the same magic as Sleeping Dragon. It is an ancient guardian magic. From now on, Sir Cadogan's murals will be protected by this fat horse.

.But there is still a time limit, because I don’t know Merlin’s alchemy.”

Dumbledore took a step forward and said, "Mr. Headless Horseman, I am the Headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore."

The Headless Horseman seemed not to have thought that the principal would find him. He was stunned for three seconds. At that moment, Moriarty felt like a dead man.

Three seconds later, the Headless Horseman adjusted his position and came to Dumbledore.

"Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore!" he repeated, "I have heard from many children that you are the most powerful wizard in the world and the most powerful wizard in the world.

Gewoz’s contemporary principal.”

After saying these words, he turned to Moriarty without waiting for Dumbledore's reply.

"Also, Moriarty Slytherin - today the harassing flies did not attack your head. It seems that the alchemy problem that troubled you has been successfully solved by you.

So, you two, one is the current headmaster of Hogwarts, and the other is the current head of the Slytherin family, are you going to make such a big fuss like today - summoning all the portraits, armors, and ghosts to investigate only me?

What is your purpose?"

"You don't know? Can I take your words to mean that you don't know?"

Moriarty took out the Slytherin staff again and lightly scratched the surface of the mural with the tip of the staff. His tone was full of threats, "You can easily see through other people's brains, and even Occlumency can't stop your exploration."

.But you told us, you don’t know.

You listen to the big and small things happening in this castle every day, but you still tell us that you don't know.

Mr. Armor, given that a series of unusual things happened in the castle, we must find out the reasons, so you cannot be allowed to hide anything, do you understand?"

The Headless Horseman immediately said: "I'm not hiding anything, and I don't know your purpose either.

Sleeping Dragon is an ancient, powerful guardian magic - I have told you this, and the truth of what I say has been proven through practice.

As for what exactly Merlin wants to protect? I don't know. Maybe only the Big Four of Hogwarts know."

The Headless Horseman sat down on the ground and stopped talking.

"Tch," Diana snorted. She seemed to particularly hate the Headless Horseman because of the fat horse. She said disdainfully, "He was just pretending to do this to deceive children."

"Okay, Mr. Headless Horseman." Dumbledore spoke, speaking slowly and clearly, "Since you don't know our purpose, let's just tell you straight away, what is the meaning of your existence?"

The Headless Horseman remained silent.

Dumbledore stretched out his right hand and gently placed his palm on the mural.

"I entered Gryffindor House at Hogwarts in 1892 and stayed there for seven years. I taught at Hogwarts and served as the principal for nearly seventy years. In total, it is almost more than eighty years.

Rounding it off, it’s one hundred years.

For me, who has been in this school for almost a hundred years, I have never seen or heard of you in person.

If that kid Bill Weasley hadn't reported to me, I might not have appeared here. If it hadn't been for the arrival of Mr. Moriarty, I wouldn't have discovered that you were a portrait without a mural.

I hope you understand one thing.

The Headmaster of Hogwarts has control over everything that happens in the castle."

Dumbledore retracted his hand, and a strong aura of superiority emanated from him, hitting the mural like a howling wind.

Moriarty raised the corners of his lips, Old Deng's nickname was the White Devil for no reason.

He said that the principal can control anything that happens in the castle. The implication is that some things can only happen in this castle under his control.

If an accident occurs or some accident occurs that is not under his control, then unfortunately, he has no choice but to eliminate the accident.

Diana looked at Moriarty doubtfully. Although she was a priest of the elves, the elves were very simple. Diana had never played political tricks in her ruling career.

The Headless Horseman probably understood what Dumbledore meant.

He stood up from the ground.

"Okay, Headmaster, and descendants of Slytherin, if you two weren't here, I wouldn't have said anything. It won't work without either of you!

If only that elf over there who lived for more than a hundred years was present, I wouldn't even look at her! You know Merlin was imprisoned by the elf."

"Crazy headless monster! I will make you..."

Moriarty grabbed Diana who rushed up and pushed her to the other end of the corridor.

"Go on," Moriarty urged.

"Before that, I must make two points." The Headless Horseman stood up straight.

"First, I will not actively explore people's thoughts, but the magic in me will automatically penetrate into people's brains.

Of course, if some wizards have a powerful enough brain dimension, I will not be able to probe their thoughts, such as Principal Dumbledore.

And the descendants of Slytherin, you also have a good brain dimension space, but there were too many harassers on you that day, and I understood it all at once."

Moriarty speculated that the "brain dimension" he was talking about was what is now known as Occlumency.

"Second, I express my sympathy for the vicious events caused by the recent strong emotional fluctuations in the castle.

But I won't meddle in other people's business. Principal Dumbledore said that he has stayed in the castle for almost a hundred years, and I have stayed in this castle for almost a thousand years!

If everything big or small happened in the castle and everyone came to me, would I be driven crazy?

The meaning of my existence is not to protect this castle. This castle belongs to Hogwarts, not the Knights of the Round Table."

Moriarty and Dumbledore nodded slowly, the Headless Horseman made sense.

"Let's get to the important point," the Headless Horseman's voice gradually became colder: "The meaning of Sleeping Dragon's existence is to protect, and the meaning of my existence is to seal."

Dumbledore's eyes narrowed: "Seal?"

"Seal," the Headless Horseman said with certainty: "Seal the most powerful, evil, and magical vampire ancestor in history, a headless vampire ancestor."

Moriarty, Dumbledore, and Diana all said in unison: "Headless vampire ancestor!?"