Chapter 63 Special Contribution Award
"Thank goodness!" Mrs. Weasley walked up to Harry and Aven, "you saved Ron, you saved him!"
"That's what we all want to know. Snape stared at them.
Evan and Harry quietly glanced at each other, and Evan pouted at Dumbledore, motioning for Harry to recount what had happened in the chamber. Harry hesitated for a moment, then walked over to his desk and placed the Sorting Hat, the ruby silver sword, and the remains of Riddle's journal on the table.
Then, he began to tell everyone what was going on.
He spoke for about a quarter of an hour, and everyone listened attentively, and the room was silent.
He recounted that he had always heard the disfigured, geist-like voice, and that they had investigated and learned from Hagrid what had happened when the Chamber of Secrets had been opened fifty years earlier, and that it was a basilisk that had been roaming the school in a water pipe, attacking the students.
He then talked about the two battles that took place in the common room and the secret room, how he and Evan were taken to the secret room by the basilisk, how Evan was hit by Riddle's spell, how Fawkes arrived in time, how the Sorting Hat gave him the sword, how he used the sword to kill the basilisk.
But then, his voice became hesitant.
He had avoided mentioning Riddle's diary earlier, mentioning Ron.
At this moment, Ron was standing by the fire with his head down, his face lost, tears silently rolling down his cheeks.
Harry pondered nervously, if he said that Riddle controlled Ron to do all this, but Riddle's diary was out of order, how could they prove that Riddle had forced Ron to do all these things?!
"Potter, get to the point!" Snape reminded in a low voice, "all we care about is who opened the Chamber of Secrets, and why did that stupid basilisk have to take Weasley in the first place?"
"It's because," Harry didn't know what to say.
Snape in particular was the question, though he had saved them in the common room. But Harry was sure that if there was an opportunity to expel them from Hogwarts, Snape would not relent.
"Professor, Voldemort did all of this, including the one fifty years ago. Aven's voice rang out just in time.
Suddenly hearing Voldemort's name, the room suddenly fell silent, the Weasleys, Hagrid, and Cornelius Fudge shuddered, Snape's expression was very strange, and Lucius Malfoy, who had been cowering in the corner, suddenly became a little unnatural.
"Oh my God, you, you're saying it was all done by a mysterious man?" said Fudge in amazement, "wasn't it Hagrid fifty years ago when he was caught by a student, and we even gave him a special contribution award for it, and it's all well documented." ”
"Connelly, I told you a long time ago that Hagrid was wronged, and that he was as innocent as all of us. Dumbledore said calmly.
"yes, yes, you did, but the student who caught Hagrid," Fudge said uncertainly.
"His name is Tom Riddle, he was Voldemort from his school days, he was the one who planned a series of attacks in the castle, and Harry and I stopped his plot in the Chamber of Secrets. ”
Hearing Aven's words, Fudge nervously took half a step back, although he had just heard what Harry had said, he really couldn't imagine how two eleven or twelve-year-old little wizards could defeat a powerful dark wizard and a basilisk.
The whole thing sounded like a fantasy.
"Mr. Minister, since we stopped Voldemort's plot and saved Hogwarts. Evan stared at Fudge tightly, and said with a smile on his lips, "Then I, Harry, Hermione, and Ron, can we also get a special contribution award?"
"What?!" Fudge was stunned for a moment, "Okay, well, since you defeated the mystery man, I think this should be fine, but it needs to be discussed with the school board within the ministry, and it should be in a few days."
"That's great, thank you, Mr. Minister!"
Evan jumped up happily and said quickly, "If you can, I want you to present the award to us personally, this news can be published in our Hogwarts Wizardry and Wizardry and Prophet's Daily, I believe everyone will appreciate the things done by the Ministry of Magic." ”
"No problem, my dear child, I will probably visit Hogwarts again tomorrow with your Special Contribution Trophy and Hagrid's pardon. ”
Fudge looked very happy to hear that the reputation of the Ministry of Magic would not be damaged by this incident, "Albus, now that everything has fallen into place, I must leave. You know, there's a lot of work to be done in the ministry. ”
He greeted everyone and turned to leave the headmaster's office, Snape following.
"Although we all know that Voldemort orchestrated all this. After Fudge left, Dumbledore said mildly, "But I'm still curious how Voldemort used to confuse Ron, because according to my sources, he is currently hiding in the Albanian forest." ”
"What?!" Mrs. Weasley said in a stunned voice, "You're saying the mystery man bewitched Ron, but Evan just said they were together"
"Professor, it's all this diary that's going on. ”
Harry said quickly, grabbing the journal and showing it to Dumbledore, "Riddle wrote it when he was sixteen. ”
Dumbledore took the journal from Harry's hand, his gaze shot down his long hooked nose, staring intently at the wet, charred pages.
Evan could be sure that the other party must have recognized this as a Horcrux.
"That's amazing!" Dumbledore said softly, "Needless to say, he's probably the best student Hogwarts has ever seen." ”
He turned around and told the Weasleys something about Voldemort's school days.
"But I don't understand, why does Ron have anything to do with him?"
"Because of his diary!" Ron said in frustration, "I found it in Ginny's Transfiguration textbook, which I had been writing on for a whole year, and he kept talking back to me. Evan was right, I was a bastard, and I'd rather trust a journal than my friends. ”
"Oh my God, Ron!" Mr. Weasley was stunned, "Didn't I teach you? What I've always told you, never trust anything that can think for yourself, unless you see where it's hiding your mind." This suspicious diary is obviously full of black magic and witchcraft!"
"Don't blame Ron, Mr. Weasley. Evan hurriedly said, "When the basilisk attacked in the common room, it was Ron who saved Ginny. ”
"In fact, very few wizards can break free from Voldemort's magic!" Dumbledore added, "Arthur, you should be proud of Ron, and I'm sure he's learned enough about it." ”
"It's so touching!" just when everyone thought it was over, Lucius Malfoy suddenly stood up from the corner and said with a sneer, "Dumbledore, instead of caring about a ridiculous journal and a child's self-esteem, I think we should get back to the point, about your suspension from the Board"
Before he could finish his sentence, a letter suddenly appeared on Dumbledore's desk.
"I was just about to tell you about this, Lucius!" Dumbledore said calmly, "I just got in touch with the other eleven directors, and after discussion, they seemed to decide that I was the best fit for the job. ”
"I see," Lucius said slowly, squinting his eyes.
"In addition to that, they told me some interesting things, and it seemed that someone was threatening them to curse their family if they didn't agree to let me leave. Dumbledore looked at him with a smile.
"What a good joke!" Lucius's face turned paler than usual, his eyes spewing with anger, "In that case, then I also take my leave, and I hope that Hogwarts will not have such attacks in the future!