Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

When Harry and Ron returned to the Gryffindor lounge, almost all the Gryffindor students gathered in the common room.

Many people watched Harry come back with complicated eyes, and then took the initiative to apologize for questioning him as a descendant of Slytherin.

Everyone knew that it was absolutely impossible for Harry to hurt Hermione. The incident of Hermione being attacked today was equivalent to clearing Harry's grievances in another sense.

But this way of clearing the grievance, Harry would rather not.

George and Fred are giving speeches angrily, and they are passing on their anger and unwillingness to the entire Slytherin Academy.

After all, the Chamber of Secrets and the monsters in it were created by Salazar Slytherin, and Gryffindor never fought against Slytherin.

At this time, Professor McGonagall came to the common room, and her face was obviously pale and announced that Hogwarts will likely be closed next. The Ministry of Magic has already intervened in this matter. She hopes that if anyone knows any clues, they can find them. The professor speaks out.

Because as long as the murderer is caught, all this can be saved.

Watching Professor McGonagall clamber out of the portrait hole, the entire Gryffindor House students fell silent.

No matter how loud they denounced here, it has no impact on the current situation.

At this time, Harry, who was hiding in the corner, gradually became firmer.

"We're going to find Hagrid!"

Ron said sullenly, "I don't believe Hagrid would hurt Hermione."

"I don't believe it either, but since he released the monster in the secret room last time, he must know there are clues about the secret room! We must go and talk to Hagrid!"

They made a plan, and in the evening Harry took out the invisibility cloak his father had left him and slipped out of the now heavily guarded Hogwarts castle with Ron.

Not only the professors, but all the prefects and the ghosts in the castle were mobilized to patrol the castle.

Harry and the others took a lot of effort to get to Hagrid's hut.

Hagrid appeared to be very nervous, holding a bow and arrow in his hand, looking around beside his hut, and almost accidentally injured Harry and Ron who had sneaked over.

"It turned out to be you, I thought it was..." He put away his bow and arrow, said something vague, and took Harry and the others into his cabin.

Hagrid absent-mindedly made tea for them, and Harry and the others didn't have any unnecessary nonsense, just straight to the point.

"Hermione was attacked."

Hagrid's voice was visibly choked as he handed the tea to Harry and Ron respectively.

"Oh, yes, I heard that."

While doing this, his eyes were still looking out the window, Harry wanted to keep looking at Hagrid's eyes, but he couldn't catch Hagrid's eyes at all.

"We want to know if you know something..."

Just after his voice fell, there was a soft knock on the door of the hut.

Hagrid threw away the fruitcake in his hand, and Harry and Ron exchanged glances in panic. The things they stole from the castle must not be discovered by others.

He quickly draped the Invisibility Cloak over his body and retreated into a corner, and seeing that they were all hidden, Hagrid grabbed his bow and arrow and slammed the door open again.

The person knocking on the door was Dumbledore, and beside him was a squat, middle-aged wizard in a suit and tie, and a wizard's cloak.

Ron recognized who the wizard was with Dumbledore, and whispered into Harry's ear.

"This is Connelly Fudge, Minister for Magic, my dad's immediate boss."

Harry bumped him with his elbow,

Signal him not to speak.

Hagrid looked at Fudge with a very ugly face, but since Dumbledore was next to him, he could only turn sideways and invite the two of them into the hut to sit down.

Fudge said it in a very embarrassed tone, but no one could hear him saying that he couldn't wait more than anyone else.

"There have been four attacks at Hogwarts now, and contributors to the Daily Prophet are writing overnight. By tomorrow, the entire British wizarding community will know what's going on here, so I have to take action before that. Something. Bad, really bad, Hagrid, I have to find you."

He didn't say it directly, but even Harry and Ron, who were hiding in the corner, understood what he meant.

"I don't." Hagrid looked at Dumbledore pleadingly. "You know I don't, Professor Dumbledore, sir..."

Dumbledore was very calm at this time, as if he knew what would happen next before he came here.

"I emphasize to you again, Fudge, I trust Hagrid more than anyone. The attack in the castle has nothing to do with him, either before or now, and it would be of no use if you took him away today. ."

"Why don't you think about me?" Fudge played with his top hat in his hands. "I'm sitting here as Minister for Magic, and now that something so big has happened, I have to do something for the people. I'll tell you. Besides, I didn't say what to do with Hagrid, I just asked him to go to a place to do some investigation, and when the real killer is caught, we'll put him back."

Hagrid's face was pale, and he asked in a trembling voice.

"Are you going to put me in Azkaban?"

Fudge did not give a clear answer, he said vaguely.

"Where it takes you will depend on the subsequent development of the situation."

There was a brief silence in the cabin, and no one spoke except Hagrid's heavy breathing.

Until Dumbledore clasped his hands, put it in front of him, looked at Fudge, and asked in a tone that made his attitude unclear.

"You must take Hagrid today?"

The more he did, the more uncertain Fudge was about what Dumbledore meant.

After weighing it for a long time, Fudge said very tangled.

"You have to consider the feelings of the people...they need an explanation, Dumbledore...and I can't help..."

Hearing him say this, Dumbledore raised a hand lightly, preventing Fudge from continuing to speak.

"As Minister of Magic, of course you have the right to take Hagrid away if you insist."

Hearing that his attitude was so gentle, Fudge's face suddenly showed a look of joy, while Hagrid's face was dim.

However, Dumbledore said indifferently next.

"But since the current situation, I think Hogwarts Castle is no longer safe. After three days, I will persuade all the students to go home, and Hogwarts will be closed. When will the murderer be caught, and when will it be reopened? Start normal teaching."