Chapter 52 Reduction of power

"It seems that Professor Dumbledore, you have not been able to do your duties as Headmaster."

Lucius laughed so hard that his mouth was about to crack, if he hadn't remembered to maintain the majesty of the head of the Malfoy family in front of people, he would have liked to find a place where no one was there at once to express his pleasure.

Really, how could they not have thought of using power and money to suppress Dumbledore before? Is it worried that he will jump off the wall in a hurry? It was so careful that the interests of the family were lost so much, and the Blake family, a big family, was actually harmed by him to the point that only two direct bloodlines were left in the world.

Even if he was famous, Hogwarts was still their private property, and their pure-blood family was the boss. No matter how famous you are, what else can you do to fire you, and it still depends on their pure-blood family to report to the Ministry of Magic.

If it weren't for the fact that these school directors hadn't been completely united before, and they didn't want to tear their faces directly with Dumbledore in order to eradicate Voldemort, where would it be Dumbledore's turn to dictate to a private industry like Hogwarts.

The collective protest of the Slytherin students, which is equivalent to a quarter of the school's students objecting, and this part of the students is still at the level of high wealth and handsome, and there are several descendants of the school directors alone, and the school cannot ignore it, which is the importance of money and power.

In this situation, Rao is Dumbledore's tongue is full of words, and Lotus is speechless, he is doomed. The difference is that it's just a matter of losing more and losing less.

"No, Professor Dumbledore didn't abuse his power, he's a good headmaster."

Dumbledore's face was as gloomy as water, and he knew that whatever he said at this time was useless, and saying more would only make more mistakes. But if he doesn't say it, it doesn't mean that others don't say it, if others don't say it, don't Dumbledore's dazed Harry can't stand it, he can't run these strange guys to insult the professor in his mind.

But others don't necessarily think so. So you're the famous boy Harry Potter? So tell me, what do you think you've done? ”

Lucius turned his head sharply, his viper-like cold pupils staring at him as fiercely as if he had taken aim at his prey and was ready to strike a fatal blow.

Lucius stretched out the snake staff in his hand, trying to pull the hair off Harry Potter's forehead to see if there was really a scar there. Harry flicked his head in anger and dodged away.

"Harry, he protected the Philosopher's Stone that the school guarded, and I gave him extra points for that, right?"

Before Harry could speak, Dumbledore was the first to give his reason. To let a young man like Harry fight an old fox like Lucius would be to die fast enough.

"Protected the Philosopher's Stone? It was a heroic act. ”

Lucius nodded, seemingly agreeing with Dumbledore's explanation.

Ha? Harry almost cried out in surprise that the Malfoy family was so talkative, how could it feel wrong.

"But—" Hareton felt bad as Lucius continued, "What about such a thing as the Weishenme Philosopher's Stone being put in the school?" This is not Gringotts, what if you put such a dangerous thing in the school without authorization, and you have an accident and hurt the students? Ah, no, I should say that the students have been injured. ”

The previous foreshadowing turned out to be a blow for this moment.

"I think the safest place on this shijie should be here, if Professor Dumbledore is here."

Although he knew he shouldn't interject, Harry couldn't help but argue for Dumbledore.

"What do you think this is, Potter? This is Hogwarts, it's a school! Anything that would pose a danger must not be here. Dumbledore didn't have the right to keep it in the school. ”

Harry lowered his head in fright at Lucius's questioning, no matter how much courage he mustered, Lucius, as the director of the school, was not something that their students could point fingers at.

Moreover, he had always thought that Dumbledore was the supreme leader of the school, and in that case, no one would care if he wanted to put anything into the school. But now it turns out that all the people in this Hogwarts are actually pure-bloods, and Dumbledore is just a part-time worker for others.

In this case, items that will bring danger to the place cannot be brought in without the permission of the other party. In addition, this is not a possible danger, but a real student has been injured. The unlucky student, or rather the student who deserved it, was himself.

However, if Lucius could now stand on his side, Harry would be in no position to blame him. Even if this matter is known to everyone, public opinion will tilt on Lucius's side.

No one wanted their children to come to school with potential threats, and no matter how famous Dumbledore was, no other wizards would support him in this matter.

"It's my fault, Lucius. I really shouldn't have brought the Philosopher's Stone to school, I was a danger to the students. Here, I owe an apology to all the students. ”

With that, Dumbledore stood up, bowed his head to all the students, and bowed deeply. It was a long, long time before he straightened up again.

"Can ......"

"That's enough, Harry. I know what you want, but I did it wrong. You're in danger, and you're going to die at the slightest bit, which is a sign of disqualification for a headmaster. ”

Harry was about to say something, but Dumbledore interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and admitted his mistake very sincerely.

Regardless of the outcome, the longer you earn it, the more you earn it, the more Dumbledore's reputation will fall, and the sooner and easier it will end, the sooner it will be regretted, and his image can be restored. Naturally, Dumbledore wouldn't let Harry say anything more, even though his original intention was to haode, but unfortunately that would have turned out to be a disservice.

"Good, back to the premise. As for the extra points of Porter and several other students, we ask in the name of the school manager to abolish them. ”

Lucius tapped the ground with his cane, and if he could save Dumbledore's face and gain the upper hand, he would have to take advantage of the victory to pursue and destroy all his targets.

How can he be given the opportunity to cultivate another heir who is as prestigious as him and is anti-pure-blooded.

"What! They deserve to be commended for their feat! ”

Professor McGonagall stood up and shouted.

"Professor McGonagall, I respect you as a selfless professor, please sit down, and I'll give you a reason."

"Weishenme wants to abolish the bonus points? Very simple. Because Potter had broken the school rules, no matter what Dumbledore had done, he had ruled that students should not enter, and that it would be dangerous to warn him beforehand, but Potter still thought he had to go in. ”

"A first-year student, who I know didn't learn Potter's spells very well, was in his infancy, and entered a room that the headmaster had warned students not to enter. Instead of punishing him, you will reward him, what is the reason? Are you encouraging students to die? ”

Lucius's voice echoed through the auditorium, and everyone was silent. As a result, from Dumbledore's point of view, they were heroes. But from the point of view, what they are doing is wrong everywhere.

They shouldn't have inquired about it in the first place, and they shouldn't have entered it without permission.

Emotionally, one can ignore Harry's minor mistakes; But from the point of view of reasoning and rules, Harry Potter is undoubtedly a person who is extremely contemptuous of rules, and he is a person who has no rules, and his actions should be criticized.

This success may just be a fluke, and the next time it may not be so lucky. And as a result, he's going to die!

"Even so......"

McGonagall said with some reluctance.

"Violating the school rules, entering the forbidden area stipulated by the school without authorization, and finding out the news of the things that the school guards...... Such behavior must - must be punished, not rewarded! They should have informed any professor rather than breaking in on their own. ”

Lucius tapped his cane and said in an unshakable manner.

"You have the right to expel even any professor present, but you have no right to interfere with the actions of the campus! Lucius! ”

How could Dumbledore watch Lucius do these actions that were not in his favor, he shouted angrily, the magic in his body rippled in the Great Hall, and the wind blew almost the food on the long table to the ground.

"So, I'm applying to vote on behalf of the school board of trustees, and it's up to all the school boards to decide whether or not you should cut your rights at school."

It was clear that the majority of the school directors were made up of Slytherin members of pure-blood families, and the results of the vote did not even need to be seen, and more than half of the school directors made a concurring decision, except for those who were not present.

"The results are in, Dumbledore. You have disappointed us so much, and if you can't do it justice, then we can't give you the right to be partial. So, I declare the official abolition of Headmaster Dumbledore's authority. You are still the Headmaster of Hogwarts, and you can still select professors who teach, but you don't have the right to add or deduct points or anything else to the students on campus. ”

All the school directors stood behind Lucius, and with the support of so many school directors, Lucius also had the strength to resist Dumbledore's magical oppression head-on.

Maybe in the future, Dumbledore could coerce and induce the school manager to change his position again, but at the moment he was a loser.

The general trend has gone, and there is no power to return to the sky.

Dumbledore nodded silently, expressionless in his acceptance of the school director's arrangement, he knew that he had completely failed this time.

"Gryffindor bonus points are invalid, so now, recount! fourth, Gryffindor 212 points; third place, Hufflepuff 352 points; second, Ravenclaw 426 points; 1st place, Slytherin! Five hundred and twelve points! ”

"Looks like the décor here needs to be changed again!"

Lucius dismissed the professors present as re-scoring and announced that Slytherin had won the House Cup for the second consecutive year.

Mr. Big Stirling clapped his hands. Immediately, the decoration that had been changed by Dumbledore changed back to its original form, and the huge banner of the silver serpent on a green background covered the huge Gryffindor lion, and the hanging ribbons returned to a pleasant silver and green.

"Oh!!"

The Slytherin table erupted in earth-shattering shouts again, and they threw aside their old reserves and shouted desperately, as if to vent the ecstasy of lost and regained honor.

They defeated Gryffindor, and more importantly, this time they withstood Dumbledore's pressure and snatched back their honor from Dumbledore's hands.

This is, a brilliant victory to remember!

"Bang bang bang!"

There was applause all around, and congratulations came from the long tables of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. Whether it's a Gryffindor victory or a Slytherin victory, they'll send their blessings.

As for the fight between Slytherin and Gryffindor, they just didn't want to get involved. If they didn't show it at this time, wouldn't it make Slytherin mistakenly think that they had fallen for Gryffindor. For the sake of peace in the future, this applause still has to be given.

"A reminder to you, Dumbledore. This is the school, and the professors and principals are responsible for the safety of the students, and I don't want to see anything like this happen again. After all, the famous savior is mainly in the school, which is not good for the reputation of the school. ”

"Zuihou, Potter, a warning for you too. If you think that you can do whatever you want here with that little fame you used to have, and that no one can control you, then I tell you, for the sake of other Hogwarts students being able to study better, we will not be kind. It's not a big deal to fire you, I assure you! ”

Before leaving, Lucius left a meaningful warning. After saying that, he turned around and left with a group of school board members.

Just weakening Dumbledore's rights over students actually had little impact on Dumbledore, but it actually played a significant role. This action told the others that the so-called Dumbledore was not a saint, let alone an omnipotent perfect man, he was just an ordinary mortal who could make mistakes and fail.

Once the aura of idols loses their original holiness and mystery, people will gradually come to their senses and will not worship blindly, so it will not be far from being broken.