"Albus!"

"Cornelius!"

The two old foxes hugged each other warmly like old friends they hadn't met for many years, and they didn't know the real situation, and they thought that the Headmaster of Hogwarts and the Minister of Magic were so close.

In fact, after Cornelius Fudge had consolidated his power, he no longer consulted Dumbledore every three days and every five days.

What's wrong with the Headmaster of Hogwarts, I'm the Minister for Magic now. As his tenure lengthened, Cornelius Fudge's bureaucratic and bureaucratic aura grew stronger.

Of course, the superficial work should still be done, after all, although Dumbledore does not have the real power of his, he has a prestige that he cannot match.

Fudge took off his bowler hat and gently swirled it in his hand: "Albus, you know, this time the matter is very serious, the Ministry of Magic does not want to interfere with the operation of Hogwarts, but for the safety of the students. ”

"Understandable" Dumbledore tilted his head slightly, looking up at the mysterious magical sky of the Hogwarts banquet hall at a forty-five degree angle, his snow-white beard trembling slightly, "Our eyewitness, Professor Snape has awakened, if it is convenient, we can go to him first to find out the situation." ”

When they arrived at the infirmary, Professor Snape had just packed up his things, and Madam Pomfrey first saluted Dumbledore and Fudge, and then complained dissatisfiedly: "Professor Snape is too reckless, I told him that he needs to observe for a while." ”

"Ah, Bobby, I think your opinion is good, but as a pharmacist, Severus should know his physical condition and how to dispense it. ”

Dumbledore gave Snape a warm smile and defended Snape, then motioned for Madam Pomfrey to give them a space to speak.

"So. Cornelius Fudge asked helplessly, the bowler in his hand spinning faster, "Can Professor Snape describe the situation, and what exactly is the attacker?"

Snape looked at Cornelius Fudge with the eyes of a fool, and replied coldly: "Don't you already know this, the so-called secret room monster hiding in Hogwarts is a basilisk that wanders around Hogwarts through the Hogwarts drain. ”

"Is it really a basilisk? not some other monster, like ...... Poisonous spiders or something?" Connelly Fudge asked reluctantly.

Snape's look at the fool became even more obvious, and he said angrily, "If the minister doesn't believe it, he can send some Aurors to the dungeon to see the scene."

If it hadn't been cleaned up, you should still be able to see some snakeskins or something, and by the way, that basilisk has reached the millennium level, so don't let the Aurors die. ”

Snape walked away with his things, leaving Cornelius and Dumbledore looking at each other, and Old Deng couldn't help but be secretly happy, and then coughed dryly: "Severus has just woken up from the attack, and he is not in a good mood, I hope the minister will understand." ”

Fudge turned his hat, a little irritated: "But according to the records of the Ministry of Magic fifty years ago, the same murder that happened at that time, the monster that hurt people was not a basilisk, Albus, you were teaching at Hogwarts at the time, you should know about it." ”

For Cornelius Fudge, this matter is related to the reputation of the Ministry of Magic, even if it is a judgment issued and executed by the former Minister of Magic, he cannot easily overturn it, because the people who eat melons will not distinguish so much detail, they look at the actions of the entire government.

Snape was in his office, surrounded by a clutter of potions and strange raw materials, and an eerie smell in the air.

"Professor Snape......" A timid voice sounded, and Snape's mortal face turned red at first, then even paler, and he glared angrily, waiting for the figure at the door.

"It's curfew, you can't run out at will, not even if you're a Slytherin student,"

Snape was about to blow his beard and glare at his house to deduct points, looking at the little girl's green eyes with rain: "Given that you care so much about your professor, Slytherin adds five points." ”

The girl burst into tears and laughed, and was about to say something, but couldn't help coughing violently, Snape got up and pressed the girl to the chair: "I told you not to have mood swings, not to move too much." ”

"I'm sorry Professor. "I saw a look of pity on my face, and a big man like Snape couldn't help but turn his head away.

Snape found a few bottles of potion from the mezzanine of his desk and stuffed them into the girl's hand: "This is the medicine of the week, don't forget to take it on time." ”

Snape waved his hand and motioned for the girl to get out of here, and the girl quietly glanced at Snape again, and ran away.

Just then, suddenly a supreme voice exploded in Snape's ears: "Keep up, otherwise there will definitely be a routine of the girl being caught by the basilisk behind, and Hogwarts will be overwhelmed by the water." ”

Snape shook his head, was it an auditory hallucination, but he honestly followed the voice's instructions and followed, watching the girl slowly walk through the Slytherin common room.

Well, nothing happened.

Snape walked towards his office, and suddenly heard a loud and noisy sound coming from outside, what the hell, Slytherin House is located under Hogwarts, it must be a loud noise to be heard here.

He wrapped his robe tightly and hurried upstairs.

At this time, many students in the common room also noticed the commotion below, and they leaned on the windows of the common room or dormitory, looking through the foggy gaze at the place where the incident happened.

It was the caretaker's hut next to the Forbidden Forest, and the burly body had the same huge voice: "Minister, it's really not me, this time the monster has already been discovered, it's a basilisk, and my chickens have been killed." ”

"Hagrid, sed, we're not asking you to go to Azkaban, we're just asking you to go to the Ministry to find out what's going on, with Headmaster Dumbledore to testify. Cornelius Fudge said.

As Hagrid calmed down, his voice gradually became mottled and unrecognizable, after all, there was still some distance between the main tower of Hogwarts and the Forbidden Forest area.

"Whew...... That man looked terrifying, and he was just a man of his kind and a burly creature that could dwell in the Forbidden Forest. The little wizards whispered.

"Hermione" Harry quietly walked over to the desk, patted Hermione, who had buried himself in the stack of books, and quickly continued before a certain Lori was disturbed from studying and her stomach exploded in displeasure.

"Do you remember a long time ago, when Sivin said that Hagrid was expelled for a wrongful conviction fifty years ago, and Professor Dumbledore knew that Hagrid was wronged so he took him in as a caretaker of the Hogwarts Forbidden Forest?"

"Let's go ask Xiwen. ”