"Where does this passage lead?" Lermontov's face flushed sickly, and he trembled with excitement, full of the pleasure of finding the truth.

Director Bones frowned and summoned the owner of Duke Honey's confectionery shop.

"To Hogwarts Castle......" the old man said.

"The one-eyed witch's passage on the fourth floor." Joel answered, the shopkeeper had seen him walk out of the passage, and he didn't need to hide it, because it would lead to suspicion.

"Aha!" Lermontov jumped out and pointed at him, "You admit it, don't you?" You were the one who took William into the secret passage that morning, right? ”

"Why do you slander people's innocence out of thin air like this!" Joel is very aggrieved, with a perfect level of occlusion, he is already a master of acting, and Lermontov's Taoism cannot be seen at all.

"Many of the students at Hogwarts know about this passage...... Joel shifted his gaze to Director Bones, "Director Bones, you know, I am from a Muggle orphanage, and there is no guardian to sign the Hogsmeade permission form for me, so I can only enter Hogsmeade through this passage on weekdays, and watch my classmates laugh and play from afar, as if I was in it......"

The words were touching, and everyone present was moved.

Director Burns' lips lifted slightly, "Yes, Mr. Lermontov, please come up with some conclusive evidence." ”

Lermontov jumped straight down, and his wand commanded the golden dust to lead the way in front,

The group of strikers looked at Director Bones.

"Go back to the ministry and call Miss Crawford," she commanded.

The group walked down the dimly lit tunnels, and soon came to Hogwarts Castle.

Hogwarts Castle is quiet and empty during the summer holidays, ghosts and house-elves become the "masters" of this ancient castle, and most of the professors have their own residences outside the school, and they do not live in the castle during the holidays.

Miss Ellie Crawford followed, and she seemed to be full of strength, with long legs and a vigorous gait.

After entering the castle, she first looked around to get a full view of the castle corridors, and then leaned over to Director Bones, "Do you need me to inform Mr. Dumbledore, this is ...... after all?"

Director Bones nodded.

"The principal's office is on the eighth floor, and there is a stone beast guarding it, you just need to explain your intentions to the stone beast." Director Bones commanded.

Joel glanced at Miss Crawford in surprise.

The girl staggered out on her long legs, and Lermontov began to direct Golden Dust to recount what had happened in this hallway.

"Mr. Lermontov, Hogwarts rules prohibit the use of spells in the hallways." Joel began to disgust Lermontov.

Lermontov froze in place, he knew who the headmaster of this school was, and the school rules made by Dumbledore...... He really didn't dare to touch it, in their Russian magic school, breaking the school rules would be hung up and whipped by the administrator for the whole night.

The batters and Ms. Bones looked at Joel with strange eyes, but in the end they couldn't speak.

Isn't that school rule for school students? Director Bones looked at Joel's serious appearance, and felt that his memory of the previous seven years at Hogwarts seemed to be incorrect.

Lermontov snorted coldly, put away the golden dust in the corridor, the surging magic in his body withered in an instant, his face was much older, and some of the flesh seemed to disappear from his body, and his face was wrinkled.

Joel pondered, is this the price of using the Eternals to mark overdraft the magic?

It wasn't long before Miss Crawford came after Professor Dumbledore.

"We must not see each other in a while, Amelia." Dumbledore was in a good mood when he saw his former student, and he stepped forward to hug Director Bones.

"Long time no see, Professor Dumbledore," a slight smile appeared on Amelia's grim face, "it's been four or five months. ”

"This is Mr. Lermontov from Russia, isn't he?" Dumbledore held out his right hand and gestured to him, "Distinguished guests from afar, but I have something to explain to Mr. Lermontov." ”

"Mr. Joel Taylor is an excellent talent in our school, and he has already achieved a series of excellent results at a young age," Joel didn't expect Dumbledore to speak for him, "Your staff disappeared in England and I don't think it has anything to do with Mr. Taylor." ”

Lermontov gently withdrew his hand from Dumbledore's palm, his face indifferent, "This matter will have to wait for my field investigation before making a conclusion." ”

Dumbledore sighed slightly, "Do you need any information from me?" ”

"You can use the Footprints to manifest this spell that will ...... Was the situation in this corridor revealed in the early morning of April 18? Lermontov didn't refuse, if he wanted to trace the traces of three months ago, with his magic level, he would have to use the magic contained in the Eternal Nightman mark, and there was one of the strongest wizards of his time, and he would not be able to do it.

“…… No problem. Dumbledore's eyes became sharp for a moment, and he looked at Joel, who was still calm, and thought for a moment before agreeing.

Dumbledore's strength was undeniable, he didn't even use a spell to chant, and the effect of the golden dust was even more pronounced than Lermontov's overdraft of his body.

Romance

The golden dust coalesced in the air again, the one-eyed witch's passage opened, and a figure blurred enough to see only the outline of his body burst out, carrying a bag of marijuana, towards the end of the hallway.

"Keep up with him!" Lermontov was like a hyena smelling the scent of its prey, and with excitement in his eyes, he jumped out.

The Ministry of Magic and his party were worried about letting Lermontoff wander around Hogwarts Castle, so they hurriedly chased after him, leaving Dumbledore and Joel here.

"How's the summer going, Mr. Taylor?" Dumbledore strolled around, walking side by side with Joel.

"Not bad," replied Joel, "and I plan to visit Lovegood in two days' time." ”

Dumbledore nodded thoughtfully, and instead chatted with Joel about the wizard's outfit in the last issue of Wizarding Weekly, seemingly not caring at all whether Joel was the author of the Russian wizard's disappearance.

They followed the golden dust all the way to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, and then the dust fell vertically to the ground and did not move.

"What's going on?" Lermontov was very impatient.

"Obviously, the trail was broken when he got here," Dumbledore crouched down with interest, "he seems to be a little careless, many of the traces are crudely processed, and I don't know why he didn't erase the traces from Hogwarts Castle, but chose to erase the traces after entering the Forbidden Forest." ”

Because Joel encountered the tiger Tom for a while after entering the Forbidden Forest, he was very careful to erase the traces of this journey.

"Looks like we're going to have to go into the Forbidden Forest to find out." Dumbledore's tone sounded a little happy.