The Legend of Harry Potter Schoolmaster

"Something happened, Jon...something happened..." A panting voice came from the wall.

"What's the matter, Dexter?" Jon looked up, frowning.

But there is no need for Principal Dexter Fusco to continue to explain, only an earthquake-like knock on the door came from outside——

"Professor Dumbledore...Professor Dumbledore..."

It was the voice of Rubeus Hagrid, Care of Fantastic Creatures teacher.

Jon couldn't help frowning, and while taking a sip of the compound potion, he ordered: "Dexter, let Professor Hagrid come in!"

...

The office door slammed loudly and was pushed open.

Hagrid rushed in, a helmet hat set atop his dark, unkempt head.

"Professor Dumbledore...an attack...Gryffindor's Katie Bell, she is dying..." Hagrid said loudly while panting heavily.

"Hagrid..." Albus Dumbledore tried to interrupt Hagrid.

"I've just taken Katie to the school hospital...Harry and Hermione are putting on that opal necklace..." Hagrid continued yelling.

"Hagrid!" Dumbledore had to raise his voice: "Keep calm and listen to me!"

"Oh!" Hagrid was taken aback for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, I will follow your orders, Headmaster."

"Can it be understood that Katie Bell of Gryffindor was attacked by something, is it the opal necklace you just mentioned?" Dumbledore asked calmly.

"Yes, yes, yes..." Hagrid nodded repeatedly.

"So how is Miss Bell's situation?" Dumbledore continued to ask.

"I just took her to the school hospital, Madam Pomfrey said she was dying..."

Dumbledore frowned: "So...are there any other witnesses?"

"Yes, yes... Harry and Hermione were nearby at the time, and there was a Gryffindor girl named Lini, who was Katie's friend..." Hagrid replied with a nod again.

"Okay, where are they now? And that opal necklace you were talking about...can you tell them to come to my office quickly?" Dumbledore asked.

"Wait a minute, principal... oh, they're here!"

...

Since Hagrid took Katie Bell to the school hospital earlier, the three slower people behind also rushed to the principal's office at this time.

"Syrup Pie!" Only Hermione Granger's crisp voice was heard, followed by the vibration of the stairs.

Harry, Hermione, and Lini walked up the stairs and into the office.

The rain-spattered window panes rattled in the frame, but the headmaster's office was warm with a crackling fire in the fireplace.

"What's going on?" Headmaster Albus Dumbledore asked seriously.

The girl named Lini stammered and paused several times because she was crying uncontrollably.

She told Professor Dumbledore how Katie went to the toilet at the Three Broomsticks, and how she came back looking a little weird with that unmarked package in her hand... how the two of them argued because she thought Katie shouldn't have agreed to hand over an item of unknown origin; at the height of the argument, the two began to fight over the package, which was torn apart...

At this point, Li Ni's emotions completely collapsed, and she couldn't say a word anymore.

"Okay, Miss Lini!" Dumbledore nodded thoughtfully, "Hagrid, may I trouble you to take her to the school hospital, I think Madam Pomfrey can help her stabilize! "

"Of course, no problem!" Hagrid seemed to realize that his stay in the principal's office made the space inside much smaller.

He bent down and lowered his head, supported Lini, and led her out of here.

"Dalice!" Dumbledore said to an old portrait near the ceiling, "Please go to the school hospital and see how Miss Bell is doing."

A witch with long silver curly hair opened her eyes immediately: "No problem!"

"Phineas, you go to contact Professor Snape; and Dexter, you go to contact Professor McGonagall... Let them come to my office as soon as possible." Dumbledore continued to order.

All three wizards came out of the frame from the side, but instead of appearing in the adjacent frame (as often happens at Hogwarts), they disappeared.

Dumbledore turned around and looked at Harry and Hermione.

He took the scarf-wrapped necklace from Harry, and placed it on the desk; at the same time, he raised his elder wand, opened the scarf, and made several seemingly complicated gestures towards the necklace.

"What happened after Katie touched that necklace?" After pondering for a long time, Dumbledore turned around and asked.

"She went up in the air," said Harry, ahead of Hermione, "and started screaming, and then fell, Professor!"

"You didn't touch it after that?"

"Yes, Hermione told me to wrap it in a scarf..."

"Very wise choice, Miss Granger." Dumbledore praised, then turned around.

He went all the way to the long table in the back, searched for it for a while, and finally picked up a silver statue in the shape of a goat.

...

Professor Severus Snape and Professor Minerva McGonagall walked into the headmaster's office.

They all already know what happened here...

Professor Snape was told by Phineas; Professor McGonagall didn't seem to have been notified by Dexter, but she met Lini and Hagrid in the corridor.

Snape rushed straight to the opal necklace on the table and raised his wand at it.

Professor McGonagall, on the other hand, looked at Harry and Hermione with concern, and asked a few more questions.

As for Principal Albus Dumbledore, he kept making that "unfathomable" expression, thinking about something.

When Snape slowly lowered his wand—

Dumbledore asked lightly: "Severus, what do you think?"

"Miss Belle is lucky!" Severus Snape replied in a deadpan tone, "the opal necklace has a very terrible curse on it. It seems that only a small piece of her skin touched the necklace: There was a small hole in her glove. If she had put the necklace around her neck, or just picked it up with her ungloved hand, she would have died, maybe instantly."

"Okay, thank you, Severus... I think I need you to help Miss Bell now, Madam Pomfrey may not be able to control the rapid spread of the curse." Dumbledore smiled at him and said.

"Okay, Headmaster!" Snape nodded faintly. He picked up the necklace wrapped in the scarf, then squinted at Harry Potter, and walked out of the headmaster's office.

With Snape gone, Harry seemed to gather his courage.

After hesitating for a moment, he said, "I think Draco Malfoy gave Katie that necklace, Professor."

"Oh?" Dumbledore's voice rose slightly: "This is a very serious accusation!"

"I don't think it's possible, Mr. Potter." Professor McGonagall said in a firm tone, "Because Mr. Malfoy didn't go to Hogsmeade today."

"Huh?" This time it was Harry's turn to be stunned: "How could it be..."

"Because he's been in confinement with me all day today. He hasn't completed his homework for Transfiguration class twice, Mr. Potter." Professor McGonagall said sternly, then she raised her head and looked at Dumbledore : "By the way, Professor Dumbledore, there is one more thing..."

"What's the matter, Minerva?"

"When I met Lini just now, her mood seemed to be a little more stable... She told me that the person Katie is going to bring that necklace to is you..." Professor McGonagall said with a serious face.

...

There was a sudden silence in the principal's office.

Hermione Granger had a look of horror on her face, and Harry Potter looked angry.

"Bring it to me?" But Albus Dumbledore didn't seem too surprised: "I don't think this is a wise choice."

"Why do you say that?" Professor McGonagall asked in a daze.

"Because it is impossible for her to wear this necklace and pass Mr. Filch's test!" Dumbledore said calmly, "Of course, it is very likely that Mr. Filch will be the one who will be hurt."

"I see……"

"Same!" Dumbledore continued, "It's impossible for that necklace to be brought out from within Hogwarts, because it's also impossible to pass Mr. Filch's level..."

"...and Miss Bell went to the toilet and got the package containing this necklace; therefore, the person who gave it to her is most likely a woman..."

Albus Dumbledore paused, then walked to the long table at the back again, and picked up the silver statue in the shape of a goat for the second time.

"Today's weather is so bad, so the business of the Three Broomsticks is not very good!" He said with a smile: "I have a good relationship with the bartender at the Pig's Head Bar next door to the Three Broomsticks. During the time when Miss entered and exited the Three Broomsticks, apart from Hogwarts students, there was only one female customer served by the Three Broomsticks: Nymphadora Tonks!"

"It can't be Tonks!" Harry blurted out, "Unless...unless she has the Imperius Curse!"

"That's impossible!" Hermione on the side said firmly: "We have communicated with her, and she didn't behave abnormally at all."

"Of course I believe in Nymphadora, and it is very difficult to control an Auror with the Imperius Curse." Dumbledore said calmly.

Both Professor McGonagall and Hermione's expressions changed immediately, and then they nodded solemnly.

Only Harry stood there in a daze.

"Well, let's leave it at that... I just hope that you don't tell anything about what you heard here..." Dumbledore finally said.

...

"What's going on?" Harry Potter couldn't help asking softly after leaving the headmaster's office.

"Isn't that obvious!" Hermione replied of course, "Since Professor Dumbledore believes it's not Tonks, there is only one person who can give that necklace to Katie..."

"Who is it?" Harry was still confused.

"Mrs. Rosmerta... She was the only woman in the Three Broomsticks bar at that time, apart from the students and Tonks!" Hermione said helplessly.

"Oh, that's right!" Harry suddenly realized: "No wonder... I thought Mrs. Rosmerta looked a little strange... She must have been under the Imperius Curse..."

While talking, Harry became a little puzzled again: "But, why didn't Professor Dumbledore contact the Aurors...but asked us to keep it a secret!"

"Oh, my God, Harry..." Hermione couldn't help but patted her forehead: "That necklace was meant to be given to Professor Dumbledore, which proves that someone tried to use Madam Rosmerta to attack and even kill Dead Professor Dumbledore... What's the use of simply catching her without waiting for the Death Eaters behind Madam Rosmerta to come out..."

"It makes sense..."

"...Moreover, an attacker who has been exposed must be much safer than an attacker who is hiding in the dark!" Hermione shook her head and said.

...

And at this moment, in the principal's office.

Headmaster Doris Dewent has returned in portrait.

"How is it?" Jon Hart asked with some concern.

"Professor Snape has brought the curse under control. He and Madam Pomfrey are preparing to send the girl to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries. I believe she will recover soon!" Dai Lisi replied with a smile.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Dai Lisi."

"It's nothing, Jon... Besides, I have some good news!" Dai Lisi continued.

"Oh?" Jon gave her a surprised look.

"Miss Greengrass of the school hospital, she seems to have woken up!" Principal Dai Lisi-Derwent smiled all over her face.