Hogwarts Homecoming

When Harry and Hermione followed the three professors out of the ward, they found that the school hospital had been blocked.

Their roommates, Ron's brothers and sisters, and some classmates from the college were standing at the door, looking inside hesitantly.

"Professor Dumbledore, Professor Brian, Professor McGonagall"

Seeing several people walk out of the ward, Neville asked hesitantly,

"Ron and Lavender."

Harry noticed that Ginny was looking at him, so he lowered his head in shame.

"Poppy?"

Dumbledore looked at Madam Pomfrey, and his tone and eyes just expressed his request.

"Okay--"

Madam Pomfrey sighed and looked at the remaining three children of the Weasley family,

"You three can go in and take a look, but you are only allowed to stay for five minutes!"

Professor McGonagall swept her eyes full of coercion, and the remaining Gryffindor students immediately "scurried away".

By the time they got down to the Great Hall, the meal was over. Only a few students were left sitting at the long table chatting.

They watched curiously as Professor Braine and his companions walked through the hallway and disappeared at the entrance to the Slytherin basement.

Knock, knock, knock——

Amosta knocked on the door of Severus' office. After getting permission, he pushed the door open and walked in first.

After Harry squeezed into Snape's narrow and cold office eagerly, he found that he was standing at a square table in the middle of the office, holding a small scale and weighing some dried insect corpses, as if preparing for teaching.

Seeing so many people walking into his office one after another, Severus immediately realized that something might have happened.

Especially after seeing Harry looking around, his sinister eyes were visibly aimed at Amosta.

"Did we disturb you, Severus?"

Amosta asked briskly, walked over, and his butt naturally rested on the edge of the square table.

At this time, there is no need to say more about this routine greeting!

Hermione pursed her lips, and a few black lines appeared on her forehead.

Severus obviously had the same opinion as Hermione. He ignored Amosstar's greetings and said nothing. His cold eyes were directed at Dumbledore again.

"Amosstar's office was opened, Severus--"

Dumbledore said in a calm tone,

"Miss Granger and Mr. Potter's dormitory also suffered misfortune. They both lost things.

Ah, Mr. Ron Weasley and Miss Lavender Brown were found lying in Amosstar's office, Severus, but they don't look like thieves. They seem to have been hurt in order to defend Amosstar's office--"

Amosstar nodded slightly,

"There are no signs of struggle in the office. In my opinion, they should have entered by then. My office, Ron and Weasley were attacked there, um--"

After thinking for a while, Amosita pointed at Harry and Hermione,

"Harry believes that all this was done by Draco, including the last time he tried to enter my office, so we think it is necessary to let Draco come over to prove his innocence--"

From Snape's twisted mouth, Harry knew that the Potions professor instinctively wanted to ridicule him, but perhaps because Professor Dumbledore and Professor Brain were present, or perhaps because he had something more urgent to know, in the end, he did not do so.

"What did you lose, Amosita?"

Severus's dark eyes reflected Amosita's face.

"Vetia Cleona's wand--"

Amosta didn't keep the secret,

"Harry lost a dagger that Sirius gave him that could break defensive magic, and a small bottle of Felix Felicis that Hermione got from Horace was also missing--"

The logical relationship here is not difficult to sort out, and Severus understood it immediately.

"A toy dagger and Felix Felicis"

Severus looked at Amosta grimly,

"You opened your office door. Is that right?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out."

Amosta said frankly.

And Dumbledore suddenly became interested in the dried Billywig worms on the other side's desk. He shook his sleeves, revealing his old hands, crushed a little powder, and put it into his mouth with interest to taste it, but no one noticed this scene except Hermione.

"Where is your surveillance mirror, Amosta"

Severus pursed his thin lips,

"What did it see?"

Surveillance mirror!

Harry and Hermione came back to their senses and looked at Professor Braine excitedly.

From what Snape said, Professor Braine seemed to have arranged this in the office!

"Unfortunately--"

Amosta spread his hands,

"Hogwarts's magic magnetic field is too strong. The surveillance mirror here will be damaged every once in a while. The internal magic corridor needs maintenance. I was outside for a while and forgot about this."

Damn it!

Harry was very angry. He almost caught Malfoy's feet!

Snape seemed to be very angry about Professor Braine's unreliability. He glared coldly at Amosta and Dumbledore, who was standing aside. It had nothing to do with him and seemed to be just witnessing a result.

"I'll go find Draco--"

After leaving this sentence, Severus hurriedly left the office.

"Sit down, there's no need for us to stand here stupidly--"

Amosta walked around to the only desk in the office and sat down with familiarity, and spoke to Harry and Hermione with a gentle look on his face.

Professor Dumbledore took out his wand at the right time and conjured several chairs.

"Professor Blaine——"

After a few minutes of silence shrouded the dark office, Hermione looked at Professor Blaine who was reading the little wizard's after-school papers, suppressed the strange sense of disobedience in her heart, and asked anxiously,

"That staff. If Vitia Cliona's staff is really lost, what impact will it have, Professor?"

In Harry's mind, the picture of the pale man lying on the hospital bed suddenly disappeared, and he looked at the person behind the desk with wide eyes.

"Well, it will indeed have some impact--"

Professor Blaine twirled his thumbs. He leaned back in his chair and looked up at the dim ceiling. Neither Harry nor Hermione could see his expression clearly.

"You have all seen the scene where I fought with Cliona. Most of the power of the spells she cast came from that staff.

If the staff falls into her hands again, there is no doubt that Voldemort will receive a powerful boost. "

Harry clenched his fists and his eyes flashed.

Yes, everything is correct!

Therefore, Voldemort will develop Malfoy into a Death Eater. He does not need an underage wizard minion, but to let his most capable assistant regain his strength!

It is true that even with the staff, Vitia Cliona is no match for Professor Brain.

But for the other wizards who resisted Voldemort, the strength that Cliona displayed was overwhelming!

must!

Cliona must be prevented from regaining the staff!

It's not too late yet.

Even if Malfoy got the staff, he wouldn't have time to send it out of Hogwarts!

"No one suspicious of anyone entered the Gryffindor common room today—"

Professor McGonagall hurried over, panting, and what she said not only made Harry and Hermione look surprised, but she herself also felt slightly confused.

"The Fat Lady told me that she remembered Mr. Weasley and Miss Brown leaving the common room in the morning, returning to the common room in the morning and then leaving quickly, and never came back again." (End of Chapter)