Dumbledore's credibility was completely adequate.

Despite a brief period of seriousness, he was generally in a state of unfazed mildness, and Ringo was gradually persuaded by him to agree to a "house arrest" that he didn't seem to realize—spending the night in the principal's office.

There are beds here.

In the attic above the middle hall, Ringo was arranged on it.

It's just that his face has always been ugly, dazed, and uneasy, like a frightened little beast, although lying on the bed, he has been staring blankly at the ceiling.

Meantime.

I also heard the following discussion from the professors:

"Albus, what's going on?"

"Why did the Bor family suddenly ......"

"yes, I remember very well, they lived in a safe house, and the owl got lost when he was delivering a letter to Bol......"

"The secret keeper of the safe house is their old Bol, and if the old Bol dies, everyone who has visited their house and knows the location will become a confidential person." Dumbledore's voice rang out, "And when someone went to check, they found that the entire safe house had been reduced to a sea of fire, and when the fire was extinguished, there were five charred corpses inside, so the Ministry of Magic was notified." ”

"Five people? Or in a safe house? It couldn't have been Shelby's doing. ”

"I don't think he did it."

"Then you still ......"

"There are always special circumstances, at least after the news of Shelby's return to school spreads, the Ministry of Magic will definitely send someone to interrogate, if nothing can be interrogated in this case, then Shelby can naturally get rid of suspicion."

"It's just that this kid is probably going to be frightened."

"Don't worry, he won't."

"Severus ......"

"Don't stare at me, I just think he's suspicious, but I don't think he did it, although he always uses his brain to waste his time, but one thing I can be sure of is that he is a smart person, if he really did it, he wouldn't be so high-profile to make people think of things on him......"

"Hehe, then you didn't make it clear to him just now."

"Why should I make it clear to him?" Snape's voice faded away, "Being frightened is part of the punishment, or he might have done something that worries you more than being four days late for school......

Ringo couldn't hear any more voices.

After a long while, he suddenly found a white-bearded old man standing beside him, and immediately shrank in fright: "Headmaster? ”

"Can't sleep?" Dumbledore spoke.

"Hmm."

"Then close your eyes and rest, tomorrow the entire British wizarding community may not be at peace......"

……

Dumbledore was right—the wizarding world was about to shake.

But somewhat conservative.

Because it was not the next day, but the same evening, the Daily Prophet printed an evening newspaper with a report about the sudden return of Ringo Shelby, a missing Hogwarts freshman, and the collective death of the Bor family, and sent it to the subscribers of the daily newspaper through an owl.

- They can pay again the next day.

Therefore.

In addition to those who were automatically promoted to secrecy, as well as members of the Ministry of Magic and their families, wizards, including many Hogwarts students, had already known about the two news that night.

And quickly sparked discussion.

To be honest, the Prophet Evening doesn't tie the two things together, but ...... Even if these two things are simply juxtaposed together, it is enough to provoke reverie.

"The Bor family's safe house was blown up, and an hour later, Shelby was back at school, oh my god......"

"Merlin's beard, that's too much of a coincidence!"

"Isn't there any connection between them? Ringo once beat Bol to the point of disfigurement and forced him to drop out of school, which has a completely motive to do it! ”

"That's right, they're enemies......"

"No wonder Shelby was 4 days late to return to school, could it be that he was going to take revenge on the Bor family in the past 4 days?"

"What nonsense, even if you want to take revenge, it will be Ball to take revenge on Ringo, how can it be Ringo to take revenge on Bol?"

"It's not certain, look at Slytherin House, many of the seniors didn't provoke him, but he hung those seniors on trees just in the first place...... Maybe he was also worried that the Bor family would retaliate against him, so he ...... in advance."

"I think it's very likely......"

On campus, there are little wizards discussing everywhere.

And off campus.

The members of the pure-blood family, who subscribed to the newspaper every day, fell into silence and panic.

Many pure-bloods who were closer to the Bor family moved out of their hometown overnight, for fear that the murderer would not leave, and slowly bared their fangs in front of them in secret.

"It can't really be Ringo Shelby, right?"

"How is it possible, he's just a first-year freshman!"

"Anything is possible, after all, the timing of his return to school is such a coincidence!"

"So you think Shelby did it?"

"That's right! After all, he and the Bor family are enemies! ”

"And you're still moving? If Shelby is the murderer, as you say, then now that he's back to school, why would you move? ”

"I ......"

The man was told that he was wrong, snorted coldly and stopped talking, and the opponents did not take advantage of the victory to pursue and continue to taunt.

In fact, although there are two opinions, many pure-bloods still don't think that a first-year freshman can wipe out a pure-blood family, after all, it is too absurd and unbelievable, but the time coincidence between the two makes them think deeply......

But there are also families who know the truth.

Selwyn Manor.

Several members sat in the living room with their faces stilted, and a Prophet's evening newspaper was placed on the coffee table in front of them.

"The extra corpse is Ruka." An old man with gray hair said, "He went to visit Mortina today, supposedly to celebrate the death of Ringo Shelby......"

"But he didn't die, he even killed Ruka and Mortina's family, it was definitely him! Isn't it? The others don't know, but we know that he was definitely killed by the explosion......" said a young man angrily.

"Yes, it's him, we all know it's him, but what? Can we tell the Ministry of Magic the truth? If anything, what awaits us is also the guilt of participating in the murder! ”

"Can you just let him pretend to be innocent?"

The young man kicked on the coffee table.

But he was quickly hugged and comforted by the woman next to him: "He won't be innocent, the evening newspaper listed him and the Bor family side by side, how do you think other newspapers will report it?" Will it be connected? And if there was such a possibility, how could the Ministry of Magic let him go? ”

"He's going to be investigated!"

"How can a mere first-year freshman escape the investigation of the Ministry of Magic, he will pay the price......"

……

"The Missing New Born Reappears, or Involves the Murder of the Bor Family"

Ringo Shelby, the 11-year-old executioner

A Dark Lord in His Infancy

"Suspicious: The Murder of Teenage Genius Ringo Shelby and the Pure-Blood Bol Family"

Hogwarts, a school of witchcraft and wizardry that repeatedly shields murderers

The Birth of the Second Dark Lord

……

The next day, with the shock of the wizarding world caused by various tabloids linking the two events, the Ministry of Magic had to issue a statement announcing that the murderer would be punished severely, and immediately sent a team of Aurors to Hogwarts with the participation of reporters.

- Interrogation of suspect Ringo Shelby.