The Little Superman of Hogwarts

The Little Superman of Hogwarts - Chapter 060 [Percy is Expelled]

When Snape returned to the corridor, Percy was kneeling on the ground and crying softly, while Professor McGonagall remained silent.

"Is this the stolen item? Did you take this from Klee?" Snape asked.

"Yes, it's a very large ruby!" Percy said, "I didn't want to keep it for myself, I just…"

"Let me see how big it is…" Snape unwrapped the package, and instantly—he froze.

Professor McGonagall was already angry, but when she saw the gem, she also froze.

This wasn't a ruby at all! This was the Philosopher's Stone, capable of transmuting base metals into gold! Snape and Professor McGonagall exchanged glances, they had intended to catch a small thief, but they didn't expect to catch a prehistoric dinosaur!

The Philosopher's Stone looked very similar to a ruby, so it wasn't strange that Percy mistook it for a priceless ruby.

So, the question became—where did Klee get the Philosopher's Stone from?

Nonsense, the Philosopher's Stone was placed on the fourth-floor corridor by seven professors working together, so it could only have been taken from the fourth floor. At this moment, Professor McGonagall and Snape suddenly recalled the scene at the time—

Dumbledore placed the stone inside the Mirror of Erised and said to the other six, "Actually, this is just a small test. I think whoever can take the Philosopher's Stone must be the most outstanding student at Hogwarts!"

Professor McGonagall and Snape previously thought it was impossible for any student to pass the seven trials and obtain the Philosopher's Stone. Their initial target of prevention was Voldemort.

But now they believed it…

"When did Klee take it out?" Professor McGonagall's mind was still a bit muddled.

"Who knows?" Snape was also incredulous. Although the two had already made a high enough guess about Klee's magical strength, the result was even more outrageous than they expected.

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The next day, Snape and Professor McGonagall took Percy to the Headmaster's office.

"Severus, Minerva, you can go do your things first. I think I need to have a good chat with the Head Boy," Dumbledore said.

The two professors left in silence.

"Percy, what are your thoughts now?" Dumbledore asked directly after listening to the two professors' accounts.

"I regret it very much…" Percy said, "I hope you can give me a chance. I'm already in my fifth year, I only have two more years until graduation!"

"Actually, every year, even every semester, I encounter children like you. After all, Hogwarts has nearly six hundred students, and there are always some with different ideas… Perhaps calling them thieves or villains is acceptable, but I have never expelled them," Dumbledore said, "Do you know why?"

"You believe these students can still be saved, is that right?" Percy felt that he still had hope of staying at Hogwarts.

"Not just that, but also because no one besides me has discovered what they have done.

And I don't advocate excessive interference with them. I will guide them afterward, educate them. Every child is a gift of nature, and doing bad things is also part of nature," Dumbledore explained.

Percy was speechless.

"Then do you know what your real mistake is?" Dumbledore continued to ask when he saw that Percy didn't respond.

"I shouldn't have framed others!" Percy said, "I was wrong, I was really wrong!"

"No! Your real mistake lies in—you chose the wrong enemy!" Dumbledore said in a deliberately light tone, "A rabbit can never defeat a dragon, even if it's just a very small hatchling!"

"I think you should have seen the scene of the Black Lake being frozen, right?" Dumbledore continued to ask.

"Yes, we all guessed that you might have released a powerful spell. The entire Black Lake was almost frozen, and I even thought it might not completely melt until summer," Percy said, but he didn't understand why he suddenly brought up this question.

Dumbledore was silent for a long time, for about three or four minutes, looking at Percy with pity: "That was Klee who did it."

To not even know what kind of person your opponent is at this point, how useless are you!

"How is that possible!" Percy seemed to have been electrocuted, instantly shuddering.

"Now you understand what your real mistake is, right?" Dumbledore said.

Percy's lips were trembling… What kind of enemy had he provoked!

"I will expel you, not to educate you, but to protect you. Expelling you will discredit you, which will ensure your safety. Klee is actually a very principled child. If I don't do this, you…" Dumbledore didn't continue.

Percy instantly burst into tears. As a Head Boy, he was much more mature than others and immediately understood Dumbledore's meaning:

If Percy was miserable enough now, then Klee would feel pity and would no longer seek revenge on Percy;

And if Percy wasn't miserable enough and even lived well, then Klee would no longer seek help from the school's professors and would definitely do it himself!

If Klee really froze the Black Lake, then for such a big shot, finding an opportunity to kill Percy would be incredibly easy!

A powerful wizard who could freeze half of the Black Lake could easily kill himself like stepping on an ant!

So, only by making himself miserable enough to arouse the enemy's pity could he barely survive! As long as he was alive, there was infinite hope! Death is death!

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Klee was currently studying with Hermione in the library, and he didn't know what was happening in Dumbledore's office. If he knew, Klee would only give a thumbs up to Hogwarts' strongest old silver coin—'That's exactly what I was thinking'.

So, the next day, which was the first day of the new semester, shocking news spread throughout the school.

"Gryffindor's Head Boy, Percy Weasley, has been expelled for stealing and framing a classmate!" Klee was on his way to the Transfiguration classroom when he heard this somewhat explosive news.

When he walked into the classroom, Professor McGonagall also unusually didn't arrive at the classroom early. The people in the classroom were discussing this matter in twos and threes.

Harry and Ron arrived late, Ron's face was red, whether due to anger or shame, and Harry's face was also very ugly.

It wasn't until five minutes after the start of class that Professor McGonagall's figure appeared at the door: "Students, I wish I could have come to class earlier, but perhaps you already know, there is bad news in our Gryffindor house!"

"Three months ago, in the theft and framing case between Gryffindor and Slytherin, we caught the real culprit yesterday.

Head Boy Percy Weasley deliberately stole valuable jewelry from Slytherin and framed Christian Feynman for some personal grudges. This is a serious violation of school rules!

Therefore, Headmaster Dumbledore has decided: to expel Percy!"

After waiting for a few dozen seconds, Professor McGonagall continued: "Let us begin our studies! Today we will be learning about insect transfiguration!"