Hogwarts Homecoming

The dense clouds that were so dense that they could not be dissolved covered the ceiling above the auditorium, and the phantom of cold rain falling from the clouds disappeared on the way down.

"Just today, someone broke into my office and took a top-secret document.

If this document is leaked, it will cause heavy losses to the British wizarding community. Therefore, all faculty and staff will search the castle, including the common rooms of the four colleges and the station of the exchange group. Please be careful. endure--"

Professor Brain's voice echoed back and forth in the auditorium, overwhelming the noisy discussions of the young wizards.

After asking the prefects and the male and female student council presidents to maintain order in the auditorium, Amosta went upstairs through the hallway stairs.

Slowly climb the stairs and return to your office.

Minerva and Severus both went to direct the search operation. Only Dumbledore and four young wizards stayed in his office waiting for the results.

"I'm afraid it will take a while--"

After serving hot tea to everyone in the office, Amosta added some fire to the fireplace, then walked to the bookcase and took out a snack box from the drawer.

"Would you like some cookies, guys?"

Amosta asked with a friendly smile.

"That would be great, Amosta--"

Dumbledore nodded happily,

"Before you called me to the hospital, I was enjoying an apple pie. Oh, it was delicious-"

Harry and Hermione both watched as Professor Dumbledore picked through the snack box handed over by Professor Renaud, and then took a few pieces and held them in his hands.

"Come on, you're welcome, a few of you—"

Professor Brain brought the box to the four little wizards sitting on the sofa again.

Let alone night, Harry hadn't eaten anything all day.

But he didn't have the appetite like Professor Dumbledore. After taking a piece as a token of politeness, Harry stopped.

Hermione and Pansy only took one piece, but Malfoy took one.

As the current biggest suspect, he seemed to have quite an appetite, and he also grabbed a lot of biscuits for himself.

"Thank you, Professor Blaine--"

Draco bowed his head and said thank you to Professor Brain, who smiled inexplicably, then turned and left to talk to Professor Dumbledore about the latest paper published in "Transfiguration Today" .

Every minute and every second that passed was so painful.

Sitting side by side with Hermione, Harry stretched his ears and listened to the sounds outside the office.

He eagerly expected that in the next second, someone would rush into the office and tell them loudly that under Malfoy's bed, they found the staff that Malfoy had stolen, as well as his own dagger and Hermione's elixir. Oh, And Malfoy had prepared a spare wand for all this!

Unlike Harry, Hermione narrowed her eyes slightly and stared at Professor Blaine and Professor Dumbledore warming themselves in front of the fireplace.

She looked at their backs, her clear brown eyes filled with confusion.

From time to time, Hermione would glance at Malfoy and Parkinson.

Unlike the confident look she had shown just now in Professor Snape's office, Hermione could vaguely detect that Malfoy and Parkinson were a little nervous?

What are they nervous about?

There is no doubt that the ongoing search in the castle made Malfoy and Parkinson nervous. Didn't they expect that Professor Brain would order a whole-school search in order to retrieve the staff?

Hermione turned her attention to the back of the principal and deputy headmaster of Hogwarts.

And her confusion about Professor Blaine and Professor Dumbledore also comes from this. Now that she knows that if the staff falls into the hands of Vitia Cliona, the mysterious man will immediately add a new 'strong man'.

But Professor Blaine and Professor Dumbledore did not show any worries?

"Ahem, Professor Blaine——"

It's not a good habit to keep questions in your mind. After a moment's hesitation, Hermione put the biscuits on the coffee table and cleared her throat.

All eyes immediately fell on Hermione.

"Hermione?"

Amosta asked gently,

"Are you going to provide any new clues?"

"Oh, no--"

Hermione shook her head, biting her lower lip a few times.

"Do you think we can find the lost staff?"

Draco secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Unlike Potter and Weasley, Granger had always been very good at using her brain.

"Sorry, Hermione, I can't give you an answer until the search is over -"

Amosta said.

"Oh, of course. But but--"

Hermione looked at the two professors carefully, with intelligence in her eyes.

"Oh, you and Professor Dumbledore seem...well, I mean, you don't seem too worried about the staff leaking out of Hogwarts. I thought you thought it would be found."

"Oh, because my long life experience tells me--"

Professor Dumbledore chuckled in a vicissitudes of voice,

"There's no need to worry about things that haven't happened yet, Miss Granger--"

But the facts made the words of Professor Dumbledore, whom Harry trusted, become ridiculous.

The first ones to walk in were Professor Snape and Professor Slughorn.

"Severus and I turned the Slytherin common room and the children's dormitories upside down, Albus, Amosta—"

Slughorn looked at them worriedly and said,

"But nothing was found!"

Harry's face suddenly turned livid.

"Mr. Potter seems to think we didn't check carefully enough—"

Professor Snape spotted the change in Harry's expression at a glance. He looked at Harry with a sarcastic smile.

"Perhaps, I should invite Mr. Potter to visit Slytherin's dormitory in person."

Harry stood up with a bang and told Snape with an unflinching look that this was exactly what he meant!

"I don't think Harry meant that, Severus -"

Amosta said calmly,

"In that case, would you please and Horace please ask the Slytherin students in the auditorium to go back to rest. In such a cold weather, if these children stay in the auditorium for one night, Poppy will be very busy tomorrow -"

Harry could only sit down again dejectedly.

Not long after, Professor Flitwick, Professor McGonagall and Professor Sprout walked in one after another.

They came back with the same answer as Severus and Horace.

Finally, Filch limped in and said he had checked the trophy room, broom shed, owl loft and many other places in the castle, but still found nothing.

Harry had no reaction at all, he had already expected this in his heart.

Malfoy and Parkinson also breathed a sigh of relief, seemingly celebrating that the suspicions on them were finally cleared.

"In that case——"

After shooing away Filch, Amosta looked at the deep ink-like sky outside the room and said to the silent students,

"You should go back and rest first. When Ron and Lavender wake up tomorrow morning, they may be able to provide us with some valuable clues——"

Several people stood up from the sofa and silently walked out of Professor Blaine's office.

They walked for a while and entered a long corridor with hollow corridors on both sides.

The pattering light rain is still falling all over the world, and the chill of early winter is as sharp as a knife.

Harry suddenly stopped, and as if he felt something, Malfoy, who was walking quickly in front, also stopped and turned around to look at Harry.

"Harry--"

Hermione thought Harry was going to get angry, so she grabbed Harry's sleeve and shook her head slightly.

But to Hermione's surprise, although his face was slightly pale, Harry did not get angry.

In the dark wind and rain, both green eyes and light gray eyes reflected the other party's expressionless face.

"You disappoint me, Malfoy-"

After a long moment of silence, Harry said softly,

"I thought Professor Blaine would always make you change. I thought you would be a little better than your Death Eater father--"

The understated wind suddenly became fierce, and the strong wind that came like a tsunami ruffled the hair of several young people.

"Draco!"

Pansy screamed and subconsciously reached out her hand, but Draco rushed out like a wild horse and was in front of Harry in the blink of an eye.

"You know nothing, Potter!"

Draco, his face flushed and his gray eyes sparkling, roared. (End of chapter)