Chapter 944: Hogwarts School Motto: Don't Disturb the Sleeping Dragon (Sincere Thanks to the Stupid Old Man for His Million Reward)
"He didn't cast the 'Stone Pier Dispatch' spell to bring the Stone Piers back to life...... It seems that he has truly gained full control of Hogwarts. McGonagall's eyes were glued to the stone mounds in astonishment, and she couldn't move them. After becoming the head of the Gryffindor House at Hogwarts, she had been wanting to use this spell for a long time, and was very familiar with it, but no one had dared to invade Hogwarts for so many years, and she had not had the opportunity to use these stone mounds.
Under the cold gaze of these stone pier warriors, the few pure-blood school directors who broke in were shocked and frightened, and their legs did not obey the call, trembling like chaff. Frightened, Alger Longbottom only felt cold sweat oozing into his palms, and Hogwarts was really denying entry to several of his own... Dumbledore and the others wanted to enter Hogwarts to get rid of Ellen, but they didn't expect that the final result was that their side was banned from entering and was expelled.
Algie Longbottom poked at him as if he had been struck by lightning, and his heart sank into the cold sea as if it were a stone, as if he had been tied to a stone, at the thought that the family records would write that the future family records would write that the role of Hogwarts trustee who had lasted for hundreds of years in the Longbottom family would be buried in his own hands.
Little by little, despair crept into his heart. He didn't want to sit still, and the somewhat broken Algerie Longbottom gritted his teeth, and he turned around again and shouted again, "Harris, how can you have a way to control Hogwarts?"
"What tricks did you use to steal the secret of controlling Hogwarts?" Forlì, who was asked by Sirius to return the favor and originally planned to support Alan, did not care about etiquette in this situation where his identity might be deprived, "I was just helping you, you can't do this to me!"
"I suspect that he used some kind of dark magic to illegally occupy ownership of Hogwarts. Paul Greengrass also clenched his fists, intending to legitimize Allen's actions, hoping to use this only means he could think of at this time to redeem the situation and fight to the death before the dust settled.
"Gentlemen and ladies ... Let's recall what just happened, out of respect for Dumbledore, I have repeatedly given you several opportunities to allow you and Dumbledore to exit more decently, but each time you have made the opposite choice, you have pushed yourself into such a desperate situation step by step..."Alan sneered, shook his head, and said jokingly, "It is very stupid to deliberately distort the facts and frame the real master of Hogwarts at this point...... Your blindness keeps you blind to the truth that is close to you, just as you tried to hypnotize yourself into believing that Tom didn't exist when you didn't want to see him come back... Now, let Hogwarts have the most qualified presence to justify my actions. ”
On the side of the field, Horace Slughorn, who had not been involved in the struggle between the two sides, noticed Allen's expression and began to mumble in distraction: "... Albus, these members of my Slug Club... These school directors are also finished..."
In the gathering area of Slytherin wizards, Severus Snape, the head of Slytherin, still did not seem to speak, and his usual cold eyes on his hooked nose were staring at Dumbledore and Alan Harris, who looked too weak in the field, with pity and sarcasm.
Dumbledore recalled Allen's remarks about gaining ownership and the Ravenclaw Temple, and Dumbledore, who had eased up from losing access to Hogwarts, still refused to accept his own speculation, he gasped and asked the temptation with a hint of luck: "Mr. Harris, the scales of victory have tipped in your favor... But as the Headmaster of Hogwarts... I'm not old enough to think I'm the best headmaster, but I've been dedicated to the wizarding world and the education of wizards since I took office....Why would that lady choose to support your idea and expel me?"
"Mr. Dumbledore, we didn't have to come to this point, I had Remus warn you..."Alan curled the corners of his lips, looked at Dumbledore and shook his head regretfully, "Mr. Dumbledore, although I have to expel you from school because of my different educational philosophy, in essence, it is not me who wants to expel you from school the most, but Hogwarts itself, and I have actually been appeasing Hogwarts' decision to punish you... It's Hogwarts itself that's against you. ”
Dumbledore tilted his head and closed his eyes and took a deep breath, when he opened his eyes again, he held his cold hands and looked at Alan from his half-moon shaped glasses, unlike the other pure-blood school directors, he understood that in this situation, regardless of whether Allen's description was true or not, he and those pure-blood school directors had already lost, and there was no point in arguing with Allen to defend the rest: "Mr. Harris, if you could... If you can, please call out that venerable lady, if she really exists... Since I have to leave Hogwarts... I hope that she can tell me the reason herself, so that I can understand..."
"Since you're so insisting... So as you wish, Mr. Dumbledore... Hogwarts will explain it to you themselves... You'll find out right away..."Alan looked at Dumbledore in front of him with pity, "... I think you, as the former Headmaster of Hogwarts, must have a good idea of the motto engraved on the ribbon under our school crest?
Dumbledore didn't speak for a moment, considering the purpose of Alan's somewhat unrelated question, and finally he clasped his hands together, and his inquiring gaze fell on Alan's face: "Don't disturb the sleeping dragon." (Author's note: The Hogwarts motto is Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus, which means "Never tease a sleeping dragon")
Dumbledore's answer seemed to touch a switch, and as soon as his answer to Alan's question fell, his brows furrowed suddenly, and he turned his head sharply with a nervous expression, and his face was extremely solemn, looking through the corridor to the Black Lagoon beyond the cliff where Hogwarts was located.
Under the sun, the surface of the Black Lagoon is sparkling, and the silky water stretches into the mountains in the distance, the Black Lagoon is like a mirror dipped in water and gently polished, and the reflection of Hogwarts Castle on the cliff is quietly reflected in the water, everything seems so quiet and beautiful.
The wizards in the square, who were being stimulated by the sudden reversal of the situation in front of them, all looked up one after another, as if they all felt something frightening, and the oppressive atmosphere made them feel breathless. All the professors had solemn expressions and solemn faces.
Ben Birdside approached Paul Greengrass, swallowing his saliva and asking in a trembling voice, "You... Do you feel it?"
"There's something there—" Greengrass clenched his wand tightly, his eyes full of horror, the suffocating coercion he had experienced for the first time in his life.
Fear crept through the crowd, and the wizards involuntarily gathered together, as if this would be a way to gather strength and give courage to face what was about to happen.
At this time, the calm black lake water set off huge waves, and the sudden wind blew so that everyone couldn't open their eyes, they raised their arms, trying to block the oncoming wind, their eyes narrowed into a line, and they tried to look in the direction of the black lake under the cover of the raised arms.
A dragon roar sounded as calm and deep as thunder, and the sound was earth-shattering, as if the entire Hogwarts castle floor shook with it. The opposing sunlight made it impossible for them to see the behemoth flying towards them for a moment, and when they could see clearly, there were high-decibel screams among the wizards, and many of them even fell to the ground in fright, moving their hands and feet backwards.
A dragon with five dragon heads and a two-legged wyvern-like tail of a traditional fire dragon burst out of the water from the bottom of the Black Lake, each head of the dragon had a different color, and its huge torso changed many colors, scattered with beautiful stripes of these colors, and unlike the bipedal dragon that wizards were accustomed to, it was a four-legged fire dragon, and it was much larger than the normal dragon they had ever seen.
However, as the other party approached, the wizards felt the strong dragon power unique to the four-legged dragon grow heavier and heavier, like a raging sea tide attacking the wizards. Frightened by this unnatural coercion, the wizards were too terrified to move their steps, staring blankly at it as it passed over the Black Lake, with no room for anything else in their eyes.
The dragon's wings were fully spread and flew towards Hogwarts, and as it flew over the wizards, it seemed to obscure the sky, and only the sun-gilded edges around its body could be seen in the backlight, and the shadows enveloped the wizards.
Even Hogsmeade, not far away, whether it was the people shopping on the street or the wizards looking out through the windows of the store, they were attracted by the dragon hovering over Hogwarts Castle, and even from such a distance, the dragon's roar was clearly audible and sounded very shocking.
The dragon circled around the castle, flying higher and higher, hovering high in the air, roaring loudly and deafeningly. It appears that almost all of Hogwarts' towers are under the cover of its massive wings. The dragon swooped down from the sky, its wings even larger, and its entire body swept down with a terrifying momentum that covered the sky and the sun. With a bang, the dragon roared and claws waved and landed firmly on the roof of the castle, its tail swinging slightly, and the castle wall where it slapped suddenly burst open......
The foul and pungent smell of sulphur and the sinister aura of hell enveloped Hogwarts, and the dragon stood tall above the wizards in the square.