Terry looked at Neville with a sad expression, how could he not understand why Professor Graves did not praise himself when he was the winner, but rewarded the loser with college points.

"Mr. Bout, please stand up and answer me a question. Why do you use the Leg Lock Charm? You can defeat Mr. Longbottom directly with the Disarming Charm or the Petrification Charm. Don't tell me that you predicted that Mr. Longbottom would evade your spell. ”

In Terry's mind, Rick finally remembered him. It's a pity that what he heard was not praise and affirmation for him.

"I... I... I think Neville keeps losing dueling matches and wants to give him a bit of a break and let him stay in the ring longer. Learn more. ”

Terry was a little crying, and Professor Graves had predicted the perfect explanation in his mind. For a while, he couldn't think of any other reason, and after grinding for a long time, he could only say that he was giving Neville a little more dueling experience.

Tyrek didn't dare tell Rick the truth, if Professor Graves knew that he was absent-minded and passive dueling, he would definitely be punished.

"Hmm... Helping classmates, very good quality. Sit down. ”

Call~

After Terry sat down, he took a long breath, the corners of his mouth rose, and he began to admire his ability to adapt on the spot and improve again, and actually deceived Professor Graves.

'This kid has been a little too slippery lately. And with whom? Rick shook his head, not delving into Terry's crude acting.

"Alright, let's move on to another duel, the Harry Potter vs. Hermione Granger duel match......"

Rick touched the rune button on Pandora's machine again, placing a duel match between Harry and Hermione on a light curtain for the students to watch.

......

"Professor Graves, Headmaster Dumbledore asked you to go to the Headmaster's office."

After class, just as Rick was about to return to his office, he was bumped into by Filch, the oncoming administrator, in the hallway. Listening to his hoarse, gloomy voice, Rick sensed that Filch needed to make a trip to Madam Pomfrey to get some gunpowder.

"Yes, Mr. Filch. As a reminder, it's time for you to get Madam Pomfrey checked. ”

Headmaster Dumbledore was looking for him, and what would happen, Rick guessed as well. It's nothing more than wanting to tell himself what the murderer looks like in the memory of the house-elf girl. But I still have classes, Dumbledore should know, isn't it a little anxious to find him at this time. Rick thought to himself.

"Humph! As long as you don't kidnap my Loris. I'm all right! ”

Filch didn't grasp Rick's kindness, and after completing his mission, he scolded Rick and then turned away expressionlessly.

Rick stayed where he was for a few seconds, then turned and walked towards the headmaster's office. To be honest, he was also very curious about the appearance of the murderer.

The candles on both sides of the corridor were bright, but they still looked a little dark. Rick looked out the window, and Hogwarts was covered in thick clouds in winter, which could drape Hogwarts Castle in a thick white cotton coat at any moment.

......

After coming to the stone statue that entered the headmaster's room and saying to it that the code for the week was "Chocolate Frog", Rick entered the headmaster's room on the magic staircase.

Similar to the elevator in the Muggle world, the operation of the magic staircase is inseparable from the support of magic.

When the statue was raised to the Headmaster, Rick overheard Dumbledore talking to someone, and through the gap in the screen, he noticed two people standing in front of Dumbledore.

One of them, a shorter, fat-bodied old man, Rick recognized him as Cornelius Fudge, the British Minister for Magic. The middle-aged man next to him, who was a head taller than him, Rick guessed was some powerful leader in the Ministry of Magic.

"Professor Graves, you've come just in time. The people from the Ministry of Magic want to know what happened yesterday. ”

Seeing Rick come in, Dumbledore opened his mouth to explain why he had been called.

"Hello, Rick Graves. We meet again. ”

"Hello, Minister Fudge, it's a pleasure to see you again."

After shaking Rick's hand, Fudge pointed to his companion and introduced him to Rick. "This is Mr. Pierce Hinknes, Deputy Director of the Auror Office of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement."

"Hello, Mr. Pierce Hinkenis."

"Hello."

Fudge enthusiastically introduces Rick to his colleague, but unfortunately Pierce Hinkenes doesn't take the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry very seriously.

He saw Rick stretch out his hand, but instead of shaking it, he nodded lightly, not looking directly at Rick.

With a proud look, he put it in front of Rick. It's like telling Rick that I'm a member of the Ministry of Magic, and I can't climb up like a young man.

"Alright, Fudge. Professor Graves has a class to attend in a moment, so if you have anything to ask him, you can ask him. ”

Seeing that Hinknis actually despised the professor at his school, Dumbledore's eyebrows twitched, and a trace of unhappiness arose in his heart. So he reminds Fudge to get down to business and at the same time relieve Rick of the siege.

"This deputy director is a little hanging, and when I think about it, he seems to be the puppet minister of Voldemort after that." ’

Sinkenis didn't shake his hand, and Rick was a little upset, but he smiled. He has seen a lot of this kind of person who relies on the old and sells the old, and he has long been used to it.

"Let's get started, Professor Graves, and let's sit down."

Hearing that Rick still had a lesson in a while, Fudge reached out and made a polite gesture for Rick to sit down in a chair and talk again.

Rick was not polite and sat directly next to Dumbledore. Fudge and Sinkenis sat across from each other.

After sitting down, Rick looked at the two of them with a smile on his face, Fudge and Sinkenes stared at Rick at the same time, and Dumbledore picked up the black tea on the table and drank it.

The atmosphere in the principal's room became subtle.

Eventually, Hinkenis, who was the deputy director of the Auror Office, was the first to speak, "Professor Graves, please tell us, why did you enter the Forbidden Forest yesterday?" ”

'Oh roar~ I'll do things as soon as I come up! Sinkenness's question sounds simple, but it's a mystery.

As an Auror, Rick was all too familiar with this kind of language trap, and now he had thought about what the other party would ask after answering this question, ring after ring.

Did Sinkenness think of himself as his prisoner?

Rick hasn't changed much on the surface, but in his heart he has already blacklisted this Pierce Hinkness. He decided to tease the egotistical guy from now on.