School Hospital.

Lockhart was making a small stove for himself, and was eating happily, when he saw a group of people pushing the door and entering the ward.

He was a little flustered and stunned for a moment, and hurriedly covered the red wine, French duck neck and duck collarbone with the quilt.

During Halloween, I didn't forget him, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and brought gifts to the school hospital to express condolences and Hogwarts' humanistic care...... Yes, indeed.

Thinking so, Lockhart wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth and walked briskly to meet it.

"Professor Dumbledore, I'm sorry to break the bank."

Lockhart looked at it for a while, and saw that everyone came empty-handed, without Halloween gifts, and he silently took back the praise of "humanistic care".

If you pay lip service and don't tell the truth, you will do superficial work!

"We're not here to see you, Professor Lockhart." Snape said with a strange smile on his face:

"It's a gift to spend Halloween with you."

Lockhart looked blankly, and was also startled, only to see Filch floating in mid-air, covered in blood and emitting black smoke, which was really terrifying.

"Anyone at Hogwarts got hurt again?" Lockhart was shocked: "It's only been two months. ”

Everyone looked different, after all, this is a big truth that can't be more objective, but they are helpless, because it's like this every year.

Dumbledore's face was expressionless, and with a wave of his wand, Filch floated to the bed next to Lockhart, where he finally lay down peacefully.

The corners of Lockhart's mouth twitched, what did it mean to put such a half-dead wizard next to him?

However, Lockhart, who was a drama spirit, went to check on Filch's injuries again due to occupational diseases, and he exclaimed:

"It must have been a spell that killed him...... Definitely torture spells, I've seen people use them many times.

It's detailed in my autobiography. At that time, I provided the Muggles with all sorts of amulets and solved the problem in one fell swoop......"

Lockhart sighed: "It's a pity that I wasn't there just now, I happened to know the spell solution, which could have saved Filch's ......"

"It's a torture curse, indeed." Dumbledore looked up and said, "Professor Lockhart, you're not wrong this time. ”

Lockhart's self-expression management is not bad, and the momentary consternation turned into pride: "I'll just say it." ”

"I remember Professor Lockhart wasn't there in the auditorium tonight, right?" Snape interjected suddenly.

"I've been in the school hospital." Lockhart hurriedly said.

"But who can prove that you've never been out?" Snape curled his lips and said:

"As you said, you're proficient in torture spells. This magic is not something that young wizards can easily cast. ”

Professor Dumbledore...... You don't doubt me, do you? Lockhart was a little speechless, he looked at the headmaster, and gasped hard, "I really didn't do it!" ”

The old man glanced at Lockhart with his bright blue eyes, and he said calmly:

"You shouldn't suspect anyone without evidence, Severus."

Snape snorted disapprovingly.

"I'll go to the bathroom first." Lockhart fled.

"Give Filch a dose of water of life and death, and let him get a good night's sleep." Dumbledore sighed and said:

"He was severely tortured, and his injuries were easy to heal, but the fear in his heart was difficult to get rid of in a short time."

Professor McGonagall pushed the door open and walked in, handing over a piece of parchment.

Dumbledore took it, just glanced at it, and put it in his pocket, there were many students on the list, because the dinner was very long, and many of them had left the Great Hall.

"Professor Dumbledore, does Filch know who did it?" Professor McGonagall worried.

"I just looked at his memories and it went blank." Dumbledore shook his head and said, "He was knocked unconscious without seeing the attacker." ”

As he spoke, the headmaster pulled out a bottle from his sleeve, and with a wave of his wand, he continued to transfer the black mist into the bottle.

"Professor Dumbledore, what is this?"

Dumbledore's eyes sparkled in the candlelight, and he said in a deep tone:

"Fear."

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Filch, who was seriously injured, was admitted to the school hospital...... The students spent the next few days discussing it.

Compared to the last prize room attack, this discussion has lasted longer and has been discussed further.

The reason is simple, it is nothing more than that the students witnessed the horror of Filch, and the last time it happened in the middle of the night, no one saw it with their own eyes.

The bloodstained and black smoke that was constantly emitting from Filch's body was terrifying to look at, as if he had been attacked by dark magic...... That tragic situation was imprinted in the hearts of almost every student.

Everyone is speculating about who did it.

The most suspected, of course, are Harry and Ron, who did not attend the dinner and appeared at the crime scene for the first time, so it is natural to be suspected.

As for Dumbledore's remarks, it wasn't something that a second-year wizard could do...... Harry even defeated the Dark Lord, and that's not something a young wizard can do!

As for motivation...... It's even simpler, most of the students hate Filch, and Snape is even more unmistakable in naming him, Filch has just punished Harry, and he has a grudge in his heart!

As for the women's bathroom, it's just an excuse...... Or, Filch broke the scandal of the two entering the women's bathroom, and it was the murderous hands.

This kind of remark is still very marketable and has been recognized by many people.

The attack on Filch provided a lot of talking points for everyone, and of course it also brought a lot of disadvantages, the most direct of which was...... Homework has suddenly doubled!

In order to prevent the little wizards from running around idlely, the professors assigned a lot of homework, and everyone had to crowd into the library every day.

Rove also went in and out of the library every day, looking for information about the Smith family, and as soon as he picked up a book, he heard a sigh from a girl next to him.

"Hermione, what's wrong with you?"

"Hogwarts: A School History has been borrowed." Hermione sighed:

"The students who have registered to borrow have been lined up until 2022. Unfortunately, I have that book at home, and I want to see the account of the secret room again. ”

"Didn't I tell you?" Rove glanced at the girl and said softly, "The secret room was destroyed by the Fire Curse last semester, and the basilisk inside was taken away by me a long time ago. ”

"But why did the man write on the wall that the chamber was opened?" Hermione wondered.

"It's conveying an obscure meaning." Rove explained, "Someone wants to get rid of the Muggle-born wizards in the school. ”

"Then why Filch?" Shirley, who was on the side, asked, "Is he also from a Muggle?" ”

"He's not Muggle-born, but he's a Squib." Rove lowered his voice.

"Filch is a Squib?" Hermione looked surprised.

"Yes, did you see him use magic while cleaning?"

"I always thought he was expelled from school like Hagrid, and then his wand was cut off by the Ministry of Magic." Hermione frowned.

"Of course, there could have been a reason for the attack on Filch." Rove thought for a moment and speculated:

He patrolled the outside every day in search of the mysterious creature, and he was out on the day of the Halloween dinner...... The attacker may have thought he was in the way. ”

"Since it's a clearance, why don't you kill him?" Hermione asked keenly.

"That's the crux of the matter." There was confusion in Rove's eyes.

There were no dead people in the original plane, and that was because the eyes of the victims did not directly touch the eyes of the basilisk......

As luck would have it, it wasn't that Tom didn't want to kill.

But now that there is no basilisk, that kind of luck can no longer be replicated, why did Tom just attack Filch and end up sparing his life?

Benevolent?

Tom in the diary, although he is a sixteen-year-old soul fragment, he has already been made into a Horcrux, and he has obviously killed people...... How is it possible to have such a thought.

Unless Tom Riddle discovers that the Chamber of Secrets is destroyed and the Basilisk is gone...... Ask for something else!

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