Chapter 325: Insomnia
At night, the headmaster's office was still lit up, and Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk reviewing the documents that had accumulated in the last few days, and while the vice-principal, Professor McGonagall, would assist him with most of the school's affairs, some of the documents still needed to be signed by him, the headmaster.
"Lately, a lot has happened. ”
Dumbledore finished processing the papers, picked up the cup of milk tea with several sugar cubes and took a sip, his eyes falling on the Daily Prophet on the table.
Voldemort has his eye on the Philosopher's Stone, Professor Rowanna Smith has disappeared inexplicably, and reforms within the Ministry of Magic.
Dumbledore was sure that Voldemort had definitely secretly returned to England and had his eye on Nicol Lemay's Philosopher's Stone, but now the big question is, where exactly is Voldemort hiding?
Originally, Dumbledore wanted to borrow the Philosopher's Stone to seduce Voldemort. After all, the enemy hidden in the shadows is really difficult to deal with.
It's a pity that Voldemort never acted, and still carefully hid his whereabouts, even when spying on Nicol Lemay, for fear of being discovered by others, it would be difficult to catch the other party for a while.
Dumbledore didn't want to play hide and seek with the other party, he was already old, and his energy was not as good as before, and he really couldn't stand the tossing and turning.
There was another thing that made Dumbledore very concerned, how could Professor Rowanna Smith suddenly disappear, without any news at all, as if he had disappeared out of thin air.
Dumbledore suspected that Professor Smith's disappearance was related to Voldemort.
There is no way, with Voldemort's current situation, someone must be helping him, otherwise he would not have been able to find him hiding there for a while.
It is understandable that Dumbledore would have such thoughts, after all, the other party is Voldemort, and he must be cautious no matter what.
Could it be Rowanna Smith?
Dumbledore paced back and forth in the Headmaster's room, considering the possibility of this matter, which, if at all, was not very high. If he was Voldemort and wanted to hide his whereabouts completely, he should not let Rowanna Smith disappear inexplicably, and the bounty of the Smith family has always been hung in the Daily Prophet.
"Those two things probably don't matter. ”
After Dumbledore cleared his mind, he returned to his headmaster's desk and began to use the letter opener to open the envelopes he had recently received, replying to them one by one.
Ever since Cornelius Fudge became Minister of Magic, many owls have been sent to him every day to send him letters asking for help in some of the Ministry's policies.
After all, the matter of Ba Fay's sobering agent is still in an uproar, and the Ministry of Magic is considering a new examination bill.
Although Dumbledore was not an expert in potions, he was well aware of the difficulty of making Bafei's Brain Sophober, and there was no need to make a noise about it, after all, the materials used to make this potion were so expensive and difficult that there were few skilled potions masters who could make it successfully.
Thinking of the Slytherin student who had been poisoned by the Buffy Brain Booster and went to the school hospital, Dumbledore couldn't help but sigh lightly, and suggested in his reply that Fudge should use the mouth of the potions expert to make everyone understand the dangers of the Buffy Brain Booster and avoid anyone taking the poison after taking the potion again.
After all, the Ba Fei Brain Awakening Agent on the market is 100% a toxic failure, even if the drug is diluted, it is still deadly.
There is no need to specify strict bills, so that everyone understands is the most important thing, I believe that with precedents, few people dare to touch the Ba Fei sobering agent.
Will anyone drink it knowing it's poisonous?
Definitely not!
After dealing with this, Dumbledore began to open other letters, and only after careful consideration did he give a recovery.
However, after he saw the sender's name, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Albert Anderson?
Dumbledore read the sender's name softly, and then opened the envelope with the open letter placed next to him, and there was a piece of parchment inside, and a ...... Photo.
The photograph shows a bust of an ugly old wizard on top of a crate, with an old gray hair cover and a rusty crown on his head.
Dumbledore was stunned for a moment, not understanding the meaning of the photo for a while, and because it was a little far away, it was not very clear.
He picked up the letter and read it quickly, presumably saying that Albert had accidentally found an item that looked like a black magic prop in a mysterious room at school.
The rusty crown of the wizard's bust in the photo is the dark magic object. As long as you get close to its surroundings, you can hear the whispers of evil.
He suspected it might also be the legendary Ravenclaw Academy's crown that had been missing for many years.
It was his two suspicions, a dangerous dark magic object, or a Ravenclaw crown, and the basis for judging it was that a whisper was heard.
Dumbledore's eyes narrowed, and he picked up the not very clear photograph again, looked at it carefully, and then looked at the portrait behind him.
"Armando, do you think the crown in the picture looks like a Ravenclaw tiara?" Dumbledore handed the picture in the direction of Armando Dippert's portrait.
"Armando Duppet is a Ravenclaw headmaster who is more familiar with the crown than they are. ”
"Ravenclaw's crown?" Armando Duppert pushed his glasses and craned his head in this direction, and the other principals in the office all opened their eyes and crowded towards the nearby portraits.
If you want to see the so-called Ravenclaw crown, after all, that thing has been gone for a long time, and there is no shortage of students in the past who have tried to find the crown to add points to their college.
"It's a shape, it's kind of like that, but you know, it's been gone for hundreds of years, and no one has looked at it. Armando Duppet wasn't sure he had seen the crown on the Ravenclaw statue, but it was rusty......
"Wait a minute!"
As he spoke, he disappeared from his portrait, and it wasn't long before Armando Duppet appeared out of breath again, having just gone to the Ravenclaw lounge,
"The appearance is a bit similar, of course, it is not excluded that it is an imitation. By the way, where did you get this picture?"
"It was sent to me by a student. Dumbledore replied, "He thinks it's most likely a dark magic object, because he's heard a strange sound coming from the crown, and as you know, it's not a good sign to hear a strange sound in the wizarding world." ”
In the wizarding world, anything capable of thinking for one's own needs to be vigilant, and Dumbledore wasn't sure if Ravenclaw's crown had the same ability to think as the Sorting Hat, but Albert was undoubtedly wise enough to tell him about it rather than trying to figure it out himself.
"I suggest you take the contents of the picture back and study it. Armando Duppet's tone was a little urging: "Although it is unlikely, it should still be taken seriously." ”
"I will, Armando. Dumbledore glanced at his pocket watch, it was already early in the morning, and it was impossible to find it now, although Albert had said where this thing was, but ...... The treasure trove in the Room of Requirement is so large that it contains items from all ages of Hogwarts, and it would be difficult to find it for a moment without Albert helping to lead the way.
"It seems that this will have to wait for tomorrow. He stared at the picture and muttered.
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