Study Days at Hogwarts

Chapter 1690 A War Without Winners (One Hundred and Forty)

Due to the current reconstruction of Hogsmeade Village, students above the third grade of Hogwarts lost the opportunity to go to Hogsmeade.

Fortunately, Principal McGonagall had someone quietly spread the gossip about the Halloween party, which attracted everyone's attention and made the group of senior students who could not go to Hogsmeade focus on the performance of the Halloween party.

The news that Albert would lead the singing in person quickly spread among the students, and everyone was curious about it, because almost no one had heard this legendary figure sing.

However, everyone thought that Albert would sing well, because there was almost nothing that Albert could not sing. Such a sense of expectation made him feel pressured, and he had to take more time to sing along with the music on the vinyl record.

Because he had never added relevant skills, Albert's singing level was really average, but he had no problem memorizing the songs and singing along with the tunes, but... well, it was mediocre.

As for Cedric's words that he could easily get by with just humming a few words, he just took it as a fart.

If he really perfunctorily got by like that, Albert felt that he would probably become the topic of conversation and laughing stock of the students after dinner, so even if he didn't sing much, he would have to spend some time to deal with the Halloween chorus.

Isobel and Katrina both found it very interesting, especially Isobel, who was obviously more talented in singing than Albert, at least she could sing the feeling in the vinyl record, unlike Albert who sounded like he had no talent.

Principal McGonagall seemed to have considered this point, so she found a group of experienced students to sing with him, so as to drive all the teachers and students in the auditorium to sing together, which was probably the reason why Cedric said that he could easily get by with just humming a few words.

"See, I knew you would be fine, and you have a talent for singing, don't you?" Cedric said with a smile after Albert finished his lead singing training, "Being too modest is not a good thing, it will make others feel that you are hypocritical."

"What the hell, this is the first time I've heard someone say that I have a talent for singing."

After greeting everyone and being forced to shake hands with the students around them, Albert and Cedric walked out of the temporary classroom together.

"You are always so popular!"

Facing Cedric's smiling teasing, Albert said unhappily: "If you have anything to say, come on."

He still knows the guy in front of him better, and knows that the other party must have other things to find him, otherwise he would not come to him specifically.

"Actually, it's Principal Magg who wants to find you. But she is very busy, so she asked me to tell you, hoping you can help." Cedric's face was full of "You misunderstood, this matter has nothing to do with me, I am just responsible for passing on the message" expression.

"What's the matter?"

Albert thought it should not be a big deal, otherwise Principal Magg would probably come to him in person.

"There seem to be traces of werewolves in the Forbidden Forest. We suspect that they are the ones that slipped through the net last time." Cedric talked about this in the corridor without any hesitation. Several students passing by them couldn't help but slow down their pace.

"Shouldn't you ask the Ministry of Magic for help? At least ask the Ministry of Magic to send a team of Aurors to help sweep the Forbidden Forest around the school!" Albert suspected that these guys regarded him as a wishing machine and came to him when they encountered some unsolvable problems.

"The Ministry of Magic also sent an elite Auror team, but they didn't find the werewolf before the transformation. Hagrid even searched the forest several times, but also found nothing."

The appearance of werewolves around the school made Principal McGonagall feel uneasy. The rumor that there were werewolves in the Forbidden Forest was spread by Dumbledore in the past, just to prevent students from entering the Forbidden Forest. Professors can naturally not care, but if there are real werewolves, they can't care.

"Didn't Hagrid ask the centaurs for help?" Albert frowned slightly.

"He looked for it, but the centaurs didn't find any trace of the werewolf." Cedric spread his hands helplessly at Albert, "That guy just disappeared out of thin air."

"Principal McGonagall hopes I can help catch the werewolf?"

"That's not the case. She asked me to ask you if you have any good ideas?"

"The best way is to make sure students don't run around during the full moon." Albert said unhappily, "You didn't find the werewolf, which basically means that the other party is a wizard, not a cannon fodder created by Voldemort's remnants."

"You mean the other party deliberately ran to the Forbidden Forest to transform during the full moon?" Cedric was stunned, "But why?"

"Of course it's the policy of the Ministry of Magic." Albert interrupted directly, "If you really want to catch the werewolf, you can wait until the next full moon to try again."

To be honest, the last time Voldemort's remnants created a large number of werewolves, the remaining werewolves were seriously pitted.

Since Kingsley planned to take real-name registration for the remaining werewolves, it is normal that there will be werewolves who are unwilling to cooperate.

Of course, most werewolves are not unwilling to accept the good intentions of the Ministry of Magic, but the two sides have no trust foundation, so they will naturally wait and see carefully to avoid being treated as fools, not only exposing their werewolf identities, but also being ridiculed by employees of the Ministry of Magic, so it is the best choice to not show the eagle before seeing the rabbit.

If it were Albert himself, he would probably confirm that Kingsley intends to improve the living conditions of werewolves before he would be willing to register with his real name.

After Albert told Cedric this guess, the latter couldn't help but smile bitterly.

It's not that Kingsley was unwilling, but the plan was stuck because of insufficient funds.

Even though it seemed to be very valuable, there were still a few pure bloods who thought that the number of werewolves should be determined before deciding how many Galleons to pay. This was a reasonable request, but it also put the whole process into a dead loop.

This was also the main reason why Kingsley wanted to exterminate the Death Eater legacy, but the whole process was not smooth. Even without the pure bloods getting in the way, it was stuck again at Gringotts.

The goblins thought that this matter would damage the reputation of Gringotts and did not intend to cooperate at all. In the end, they didn't even know what was going on. Suddenly, rumors spread that the Ministry of Magic was trying to control Gringotts. Anyway, the two sides were very unhappy.

It was for this reason that the new Minister of Magic did not give the Avengers a lot of eye drops, preparing to use this to severely deter those annoying guys and teach the goblins who bully the weak and fear the strong a lesson.

It's not that Kingsley wanted to cause a goblin rebellion, but the Goblin Brotherhood, who bullies the weak and fears the strong, blamed all the bad things Voldemort did on wizards. According to the goblin theory, Voldemort was a wizard, so there was no problem in putting the blame on the Ministry of Magic. The Goblin Brotherhood even took the opportunity to ask the Ministry of Magic to make concessions on certain things (such as the right to use wands), but this is obviously impossible.