Chapter Seventy-One: Accidents
Silver followed Professor Flitwick and Skoll, who was controlled by the Imperius Curse and carried Bulco's corpse in a leisurely manner, running up the marble staircase, not to mention Professor Flitwick's small size and usually walking unhurriedly, but at this time, his speed was actually not slow. Silver really couldn't keep up with him without a little effort.
Soon they were in front of the stone beast outside the principal's office.
"Password. The ugly stone beast said.
"Little honey. Professor Flitwick said, and the stone beast stepped aside, the wall behind it splitting in half, and the spiral staircase behind it moved slowly.
Silver and Professor Flitwick made their way up the stairs to the top, and Silver knocked on the brass knocker in the shape of a sphin.
"I'm not in the principal's office, here's my message. —Slughorn's voice.
Silver looked at Professor Flitwick.
"It shouldn't be. "The Chancellor should be in the Chancellor's office at this time. ”
"Then something is wrong. Silver tapped his wand at the knocker, and the door creaked open.
The room was very different from what it used to be, when Dumbledore was there, it was filled with all sorts of strange magical artifacts, but now it was a candy store: gift boxes of candied sweets filled the room, and the portraits of the headmasters were gone, replaced by various portraits of Slughorn himself. At first glance, you can see that it is Slughorn's style.
Slughorn was asleep in a large rocking chair, completely unaware that someone had entered.
"Ahem, Headmaster Slughorn. Professor Flitwick tried to wake Slughorn up, but there was no response.
It was a strange scene, because it was impossible for someone as cautious as Slughorn to sleep like this, even in the rather safe headmaster's office.
"Let me come, Dean. Silver volunteered, "I'm afraid there's something wrong with Headmaster Slughorn, look at me—clear water like a spring!"
A rather thick column of water erupted from the tip of Silver's staff and onto Slughorn's face. The balding fat old man immediately woke up from his slumber and jumped up with a silver-white beard like a walrus.
"Damn, which bastard attacked me!" the balding fat old man was obviously not a little angry when he got up.
After wiping the water off his face, he finally looked at the person.
"Professor Flitwick, Skoll, why are you carrying Bourco, and you, Jack Silver!" Slughorn was surprised, "Merlin is on top, why are you here!"
"Can't I come here?" said Silver, smiling.
"What the hell is going on?" Slughorn knew about Silver's awkwardness, so he simply stopped asking him, and instead asked Professor Flitwick.
"Jack killed Bulko and planned to fight the Ministry of Magic at Hogwarts. Professor Flitwick said, "I took Skoll under the Imperius Curse. ”
"What?" the news was really exciting for Slughorn.
Professor Flitwick instructed Skoll to toss Bulko's body to the ground so that Slughorn could take a closer look.
"Merlin is on top, you really killed him. Slughorn's beard twitched, "You're going to fight the Ministry at Hogwarts? ”
"That's good, because the Ministry of Magic isn't ready yet, and we're already arranging for the students to get out of here safely. Silver said, "Where's Dumbledore? Do you know where he is? Why did you sleep so dead that Professor Flitwick didn't wake you up?" ”
"What? Dumbledore is still alive?" Professor Flitwick was also surprised, he didn't know about Dumbledore's fraudulent death.
"I'll explain this to you later, Dean. Silver said to Professor Flitwick.
"Oh, shit. Slughorn patted his bright bald head, "Dumbledore, damn it, there's something wrong with Dumbledore!"
Slughorn said eagerly, "Jack, I don't know what's going on, but after Dumbledore's death, it became more and more weird. I wanted to arrange for him to coach at Hogwarts as someone else, but he refused, choosing to wander outside on his own. At first, he came to see me once a week, but then he saw him less and less, and he became more and more eccentric. He saw me before you came, and I think he must have cast some kind of spell on me to keep me awake!"
Silver said something was wrong, and he remembered Aberforth's words.
"He learned secrecy on my mother's lap. Secrets and lies, that's how we grew up, and Albus ...... He was born that way. ”
"I think it would have been better for him to have just died. ”
"He hides behind the scenes, like a hibernating snake"
Silver took a deep breath, "Forget it, leave him alone, Headmaster Slughorn, we need to evacuate the students, and as for the rest, leave it to me." (To be continued.) )