Dudley covered his face and couldn't bear to look at the consequences of Lockhart, he was afraid that he had lost his mind by drinking too much medicine. He would be stupid enough to rush straight at Fudge like a warrior.

It was miserable, Dumbledore didn't make a move, and Lockhart was stunned by a spell from Fudge.

"Albus, I'll take Gilderoy Lockhart back to the Ministry of Magic," Fudge said with a dark face, not wanting to stay here for a moment.

Dumbledore smiled and nodded, agreeing.

Fudge controlled Lockhart with a spell and swished away like the wind.

The little wizards in the auditorium were still talking, and tonight's news was too exciting.

"It's finally settled," Harry sighed.

"I didn't expect it to be like this," Ron said, his roasted wings in his mouth, "I always thought it was Malfoy." Luckily, we don't need a decoction with a compound. ”

"yes," Harry patted Dudley on the shoulder, "why do you look unhappy." ”

Dudley smiled reluctantly.

There are still some unanswered questions about how Lockhart opened the secret room, whether the real journal was with Lockhart, and if so, how he got the diary.

That night, Dudley borrowed Harry's cloak of invisibility and quietly ran to Lockhart's office.

Fudge was in a hurry and didn't take Lockhart's belongings with him.

Dudley rummaged through Lockhart's office, every nook and cranny of it, back and forth three times, but he didn't see the journal.

A haze hit his heart, and he had a hunch that it might not be over yet.

Ginny can be ruled out now, so now there's a Malfoy and Percy.

......

The next day, the first half of the semester was over, and the little wizards were chattering on the train home.

The castle is now as silent as snow on the ground outside.

Gryffindorine was left with Dudley, Harry, Hermione, and the Weasleys.

Ron volunteered to stay, while Ginny, Fred, George, and Percy had to stay because the Weasleys had gone to Egypt to see Bill.

Bill Weasley, the eldest child in the Weasley family, has been working as a spell solver for Gringotts Bank in Egypt since graduating.

Harry initially thought that the holiday would be enjoyable, he could play loud crackling cards in the break room, not worrying about affecting others, and he could practice duels in the open.

But when Dudley told him that he had not found the real diary, he was not happy.

The real journal must be found, this is Voldemort's Horcrux, and it must not be left behind, otherwise one day, the split soul of Voldemort in the diary will be resurrected.

This kind of thing is unacceptable to anyone.

Dudley: Eventually, they felt the need to use the Polyjuice Potion.

Now the most suspicious one is Malfoy.

Dudley initially thought that Malfoy Sr. would not let Draco Malfoy come into contact with Voldemort's journal in order to protect his son.

But now that he thinks about it, he takes it for granted, since the diary in his hand is a fake, then there is a high probability that the real thing is on little Malfoy.

Little Malfoy had the opportunity to secretly replace the diary without his dad's knowledge.

But if this is true, then why did Lockhart change so much, and why did he admit that it was he who opened the secret room......

The dawn of Christmas came, the weather was cold, and it was white everywhere.

There were only three people left in the dormitory, Dudley, Harry, and Ron.

Early in the morning, the three of them were woken up by Hermione, who broke into the boys' dormitory.

She was fully dressed and carrying gifts for the three of them in her arms.

"Wake up!" she shouted, drawing the curtains up.

"Hermione!" Dudley covered his eyes with his hands to block out the light, "why are you here again?" ”

"Merry Christmas to you," Hermione said as she bent over Dadley as she handed over the present, "I've been up for almost an hour. ”

Dudley squinted, only thinking that Hermione was a little cute now, and he reached out and pinched Hermione's face, and a lump of flesh was pulled up.

"......" Hermione slapped Dudley's hand away, and the whole person stepped back.

She blushed and didn't dare not look at Dudley, and in order to ease her embarrassing shyness, she tossed the two gifts in her arms to Harry and Ron.

"In the morning I added some lacewings to the decoction, and now it's ready. ”

Harry sat up suddenly, he was now fully conscious, "Is that true?"

"Don't worry," Hermione said, "if we're going to do it, I think it should be tonight." ”

At this moment, White and Black flew in with Hedwig, each holding two very large packages in their mouths.

Dudley smoothed the feather to white and black, and it let out an affectionate cry.

The package was delivered by Penny and Vernon, along with a letter, and their anger could be felt in the row. Dudley shook his head helplessly, they were still angry after all this time.

At the Christmas dinner at Hogwarts, everyone ate with gusto, even those who were secretly worried about taking the Polyjuice Potion later.

The auditorium was magnificent, with a dozen or so Christmas trees covered in silver frost and thick friezes of mistletoe and holly crisscrossing the ceiling, but also enchanted snow, warm and dry, falling gently from the ceiling.

Dumbledore led them in singing some of his favorite Christmas carols, and Hagrid's voice grew louder as he poured glass after glass of eggnog.

Percy didn't notice that Fred had cast a spell on his prefect badge, turning the words on it into 'Dumb', and stupidly asked what everyone was laughing at.

Draco Malfoy, sitting at the Slytherin table, mocked Harry's new sweater in a gruff voice.

Harry didn't mind that, if he was lucky, within a few hours, Malfoy would have been punished as he deserved.

Dudley was eating his food when he was dragged out of the Great Hall by Hermione Harry and Ron to carry out their plans for the evening.

"We also need something that we're going to become. Hermione said lightly, as if talking about something unrelated.

Dudley coughed lightly and said, "Harry and Ron, you two are going to get something from Crabbe and Goyle, they are Malfoy's loyal dogs. As for myself, I prepared it in advance. ”

"That's right, not only that, but we also need to make sure that we don't let the real Crabbe and Goyle show up when we ask Malfoy. Hermione agreed.