Chapter 151: Hogwarts is closing
Hazard disappeared and did not appear at Hogwarts for two consecutive months, which made the young wizards more and more worried, and Hazard's mother also clamored for the Ministry of Magic to manage Hogwarts, which made Dumbledore's hope of returning slim, and the professors were also worried, it can be said that this will be the biggest dilemma of Hogwarts in the past hundred years, even during the Grindelwald period, there was no such panic.
Of course, Brie knew that Hazard was not Hazard himself, but Tom, and now he must be hiding in the back room, doing his own thing.
Brie has been watching all this time, learning magic with peace of mind, studying soul-making, waiting for Harry's actions, except for Tom, but there are Voldemort's souls hiding outside, who knows when they will run out and make trouble.
"Tell the story."
In the corner tower, in front of Brie, Dobby was looking at Brie cautiously and respectfully, and now Brie was Dobby's master.
"Oh, dear Master Brie, I just wish I could help Harry Potter, they all say he's a hero who can defeat evil wizards, and Dobby foolishly adored him before...... Woooooo β
"Dongdong, Dongdong!"
Dobby slammed his head on the ground hard, constantly regretting, "I must be so stupid, this must be a disgrace to Master Brie." β
"Stop, Dobby!"
"Make things clear so that your mistakes can be counteracted." Brie looked at Dobby silently, and Dobby stood up crying gratefully as he continued, "Whose house-elf were you, Malfoy?" β
The anomalous soul found in Dobby's soul has Malfoy's breath, but it is not Draco or Lucius, and after Brie's investigation, it is likely related to Draco's grandfather, who is still a character from Tom's time and is a first-generation Death Eater, if memory serves.
"Yes, I used to be from the Malfoy family, but Malfoy wasn't nice to me......"
Dobby twisted and rubbed his new dress, which was a beautiful little dress, brown and very docile.
"Dobby is a greedy elf, he is eager for wages, woo woo, what an honor it is to be able to do things for Master Brie, how can I touch something that does not belong to me again."
Dobby burst into tears and told everything and let Brie know that it was the same guy who blocked the pillars at King's Cross and that it was causing some trouble in Harry's house.
Perhaps, Brie doesn't need a house-elf just yet.
Brie nodded, letting Dobby go down, and walked out of the Corner Tower, as Nicol had come back to say that Hagrid had woken up, and Lockhart had informed the Ministry of Magic.
Well, this Professor Lockhart is really good at stinky feet, but he has also been a little strange lately, often running to the room on the eighth floor, and I don't know which room he went to, and when Brie was walking at night, he could often see him wandering around some rooms on the second floor, especially the girls' bathroom, which had to make Brie suspect that he was looking for the entrance to the secret room.
Unfortunately, there is a high probability that the entrance to the secret room requires a certain method to enter.
Walking to the school hospital, Brie unsurprisingly sees Harry next to Hagrid, who is asking about the eight-eyed spider.
Hagrid, on the other hand, clearly thought of decades ago, and he was very cautious and reluctantly said: "I didn't do it, and it's not Alagog, it's staying in the Forbidden Forest... Oh no, you didn't hear anything, get out of here, Harry, it's not something you should know, we should wait for Dumbledore to come back, I trust him and he believes in me. β
Brie used the Transfiguration Charm to silently walk in, and saw Harry still following Ron, at this time he looked puzzled and incredulously said to Hagrid, "You said it was in the Forbidden Forest, didn't it order its death decades ago?" β
Harry lowered his head, and he began to wonder if Hagrid had some pets and caused many incidents unintentionally, but Hagrid said firmly, "I didn't do anything this year, only some chickens." β
Speaking of chickens, Hagrid was dejected.
"But I don't know why, I'm always bad at it, aren't ordinary creatures harder to raise than magical beasts?"
Raising chickens?
Harry looked confused.
"What do you do with chickens?"
Hagrid scratched his head, and after understanding that Harry and Ron knew that Aragog was not dead, he said honestly: "Didn't you notice that the little creatures at Hogwarts have been running outside recently, this must be something at Hogwarts, and Aragog outside has also been affected, it has recently become negative, and it has no heart to hunt, I am worried that it and its children are hungry, so I am going to prepare some food for them......"
"Oh my God." Ron couldn't believe it, and said, 'How many spiders can give birth to at a time, and how long has it been in the Forbidden Forest?' β
Afraid of spiders, he was creepy, and suddenly remembered that Hagrid liked to raise the kind of large creatures he liked most, so this spider...
Unfortunately, before Ron could ask, someone came from outside, it was Fudge, and there were many Aurors behind him, and it was obvious that they were here to capture Hagrid.
"Oh no, you can't take me away, I want to see Dumbledore!"
Hagrid shouted loudly, a sound that made the already agitated Madam Pomfrey glare, but the big man Hagrid didn't see it until the Aurors drew their wands and his voice became quieter.
"Don't worry, Hagrid." Fudge laughed, "Azkaban doesn't wronged anyone of kindness. β
"Take it away!"
At Fudge's order, Hagrid was held down by several Aurors and walked outside, where the young wizards along the way saw and talked about it, and the patrolling prefects also exchanged ears.
Draco complained, "Isn't this big guy caught, we don't have to patrol stupidly anymore, it's been two months, I've gone from spring to summer." β
Just then, Brie stepped out and happened to meet Draco.
"Brie, come here."
Brie had asked Draco to help him rent a shop in Diagon Alley, for which Draco had been busy for a long time, and had been carefully discussing with his mother, and finally, in the last few days, Draco's mother, Narcissa Malfoy, was relieved and decided to hand over to Draco a piece of her private property in Diagon Alley, and the title deed had been mailed by the owl.
Berry smiled as he looked at Draco, who looked up like a swan with a mysterious face.
"What's wrong?"
Draco said to Pansy beside him, "You should go back first, you don't need our second-year prefect to take care of it, it's too dangerous for you to follow the patrol." β
With that, Draco walked over to Brie and babbled, "You don't know, my father has been telling me to be careful lately, that person doesn't care about any house, whether he is a pure-blood or not, he is even more extreme than the Dark Lord." β
"But it's nice to get rid of some bad characters."
Draco was obviously talking about Hazard, and he also looked at Brie carefully, and when he noticed that Brie's face had not changed, he continued: "Hazard's mother seems to be crazy, I heard that she is applying for a professor at Hogwarts, and hopes to enroll this year, so she should have come to find Hazard." β
"Those officials of the Ministry of Magic are nice, but not a single Auror has been sent, even if Eden Hazard has disappeared, it is only a hasty investigation, all in order to remove Dumbledore from power forever."
Brie listened carefully to Draco's chatter and frowned, it stands to reason that the Ministry of Magic shouldn't be a word, I'm afraid there is a deeper reason for this.
"Pureblood?"
Brie asked, and Draco gave Brie a "smart" look in response.
"That's right, they suppressed the news of Hazard, and Hazard's mother is just a woman who has just come to the British wizarding world, and she can't refuse at all."
"But Hazard's disappearance is so strange, there is no news at all, it can't be dead."
Draco guessed with bad intentions, but Brie, who knew the truth, didn't worry too much, he was worried about Dumbledore's side, who knows where Dumbledore's arrangement went?
When they reached the Slytherin common room, Draco dropped a letter in Brie's hand and said haughtily, "Take a look." β
This is?
Brie opened the letter with a slightly puzzled look, and saw a letter from home, which Brie snatched from Draco before revealing something else in the envelope.
A title deed for the shop at No. 96 Diagon Lane, the location is relatively remote, but it is also not far from the Ollivanders wand shop, which is a must-go for young wizards.
"Thank you, Draco."
Draco snorted, curling his eyes in satisfaction, but his face became a little uneasy when he saw the contents of the letter.
Brie has seen a part.
"Your mother said you didn't go back at Christmas, and now I don't know what you look like, maybe you should take a picture and mail it to her."
Draco sighed.
"You don't understand, Brie, I'm almost 13 years old."
Draco blushed a little as he said that, and he looked at Brie with some shyness.
"I'm probably going to get engaged, oh... This is terrible! β
"My mom didn't want to see me, but wanted me to tell her my current height so that she could make a fitting dress and take a picture of her so that she could swap with the other party."
"I'm only 12 years old."
"Poof..."
Brie laughed, but also sighed that people in the West grow fast, although Brie is a few months older than Draco, but now, Draco and him are about the same height.
Maybe it's because the Orientals have a thicker body and more hair, and Brie didn't care too much about this, but paid attention to which girl Draco would find.
"Don't look at it, I don't know."
Draco reluctantly stuffed the letter back into the envelope, stating that he didn't want to accept the family's offer at all.
"For the sake of me getting the title deed for you, take this letter to the corner tower and let the owl send it back to my house."
Draco was listless, impatient.
"You haven't said how many gold gallons this shop is going to rent me for a month?"
Brie took the letter and waved the title deed, on which Draco Malfoy's name shimmered with the contract's magic, reminding Draco that the shop belonged to Draco.
"Hmph, haven't you moved in yet?"
Draco thought for a moment and said, "June 5th is my birthday, if you can make me happy, I can give you a big deal, you poor black crow need to be careful." β
Returning the title deed to Draco, Brie nodded, thinking about what Draco liked.
Dragon?
However, Brie can't get a little dragon, if it's a dead dragon egg, there is one, otherwise the dragon egg will be boiled and given to Draco as a gift, and the last time I tasted it, it tasted pretty good.
Thinking so, Brie also walked out with the letter, took out the magic camera, washed out the photo of Draco who was lost in the lake, sick, and stuffed it in.
"Maybe Mrs. Malfoy saw Draco like this, and could be merciful enough to think that Draco was a child."
Now, Brie, who has a bad taste, has washed another picture of Harley.
"Otherwise, let Mrs. Malfoy know that Draco has someone she likes, and that's fine, and Draco will thank me."
β¦β¦
"Someone has been petrified again!"
A scream resounded through Hogwarts, causing the young wizards in the hall to regain their nerves after two months of rest.
"Oh my God, my mom originally wanted me to go to Durmstrang School, but I was worried about the danger of the dark arts there, so I didn't go, and now it's even more dangerous to drive to Hogwarts!"
A second-year Slytherin complained, "Is that what the so-called greatest white wizard is, it's so disappointing!" β
And there are many such complaints, especially for wizards who have more options, and in their opinion, Hogwarts is not the only way to learn magic can help them, and they also know a lot of wizarding schools in other countries.
Beside Brie, Draco said, "Durmstrang is a magical school in the north of Europe, it's very mysterious, no one knows where it is, my dad wanted me to go there, but my mom was worried that I would be too far away from home and wouldn't fit in." β
Seeing Brie's puzzled face, Draco added, "Durmstrang allows dark magic, and as long as you can guarantee that you won't affect the safety of others while studying, you won't be stopped." β
Brie came back to his senses, he wasn't thinking about Durmstrang School, but wondering why Tom was petrifying the others, and what was he doing such a thing for?
If it doesn't make sense, then it can't be a joke with the little wizards.
"Hey, Brie, if you're interested in Durmstrang, let's transfer schools together next year, there's no precedent, but there's no clear rule that you can't do that."
"It's also going to keep you away from these idiots, especially Dumbledore, the old bee is getting weirder."
As Draco spoke, Professor McGonagall came to the hall, her face haggard and her eyes full of tears, sobbing at her fingertips.
"Sorry, boys, I think we'll have to shut down Hogwarts until we find the killer." McGonagall couldn't hold on any longer, she had never experienced such a helpless moment in her life, and it was even more uncomfortable for her than the distrust of the young wizards last year, because she couldn't guarantee the safety of the young wizards at Hogwarts.
Now two more children have been petrified.
"I can't... I couldn't hold on any longer, I had to. β
Professor McGonagall's face was firm, and she was going to continue to let the tears fall.
"Kids, I'll draw up a charter as soon as possible, and have someone from the Ministry of Magic come in and protect you from here."
The hall was silent.
Professor McGonagall continued, "The professors and I have made a decision to stay and continue to search for the guy who hurt the young wizard, and as long as he remains at Hogwarts, he will not be able to escape. β
"Now, everyone can have dinner, I'll have to go and contact Weslai's house again after taking care of you, and the other professors are still patrolling."
As if sensing Ron's sudden nervousness, Professor McGonagall apologized, "George and Fred ran to the second floor while they were eating, perhaps they were looking for clues to their sister's petrification...... They were petrified in the girls' bathroom, and now no one can go to the second floor to hang out, it's dangerous. β
With that, Professor McGonagall wiped her tears and sat down alone in the teacher's seat, her head bowed in disappointment.
"Oh, here we go again."
Draco's face was flustered.
"Still pureblood!"
"Why didn't he just kill all the little wizards, it was like a provocation, but Dumbledore was already gone!"
Everyone remembered the words on the wall, the guy who claimed to be the representative of Voldemort opened the secret room, trying to punish all those who disobeyed Voldemort, but some of the little wizards had never even seen Voldemort's appearance, how did they disobey.
The Slytherin's little snakes were getting nervous.
"Could this be a warning from the Lord, maybe he's not dead?"
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Slytherin was silenced as soon as he made a slight suspicion, and the whole Slytherin fell silent again.
"Where are you going, Brie?"
Brie got up, making waves in the quiet hall like a lake, and he shook his head lightly at Draco and walked over to Professor McGonagall's side.
"What's wrong, Brie?"
Professor McGonagall looked at Brie hesitantly as if she were several years old, asking him why he had stepped forward.
"I thinkβ" Brie looked at Professor McGonagall worriedly, distressed and unbearable, "I don't think you have to obey the Ministry of Magic, they are waiting for Hogwarts to be in a desperate situation." β
"You don't believe it either, I understand."
Professor McGonagall pursed her lips, her eyelids drooped slightly, and she said helplessly, "I can't help it, and Hogwarts isn't here." β
At this time, the professors returned, they were all silent, even Lockhart did not dare to speak loudly, Snape looked at Brie standing next to the teacher's chair, and frowned slightly.
"What do you do, Ode."
"It's nothing, Snape, Brie is just here to comfort me, but we both understand that closing Hogwarts is a last resort, and we can't keep the young wizard in danger..."
Professor McGonagall's voice grew louder, even angry.
"I don't even know what I'm facing!"
She closed her eyes fiercely, and the meticulous bun of her hair when she lowered her head was scattered by her irritation, and a few strands of messy hair hung down.
A sour gloom spread through the hall, and the professors all sat back in silence, Lockhart wanted to say something, but sat down under Snape's cold eyes, his head bowed, not knowing what he was thinking.
He quickly said, "I go to the school hospital to keep watch, and I can't leave Madam Pomfrey there alone to take care of the petrified little ones." β
The heartless Lockhart gritted his teeth and smiled, and wanted to infect the little wizard below with his smile, but now that no one looked at him, he could only leave the hall in disgrace.
Some of the little witches wept quietly, making the hall even more desolate.
"Go down, Brie, we have to try to accept that this may be the consequence of not having Dumbledore, he has been there since I came to school, and I think he will always be."
Dumbledore was Hogwarts' support, and now that he has left the school, Hogwarts has lost a man who can call the shots.
Sprout got up, patted Brie on the shoulder, and shook his head at him.
Brie was still thinking about how to help Hogwarts through this crisis.
Maybe...
"Maybe I know what a monster is, and I know where the Chamber of Secrets is."
"What?"
Professor McGonagall looked up abruptly, and the rest of the professors looked at Brie, and the young wizards below all widened their eyes as they waited for Brie's next step.
"Basilisk, a deadly snake."
"I've read in books that snake creatures with powerful petrification magic are generally only Medusa, but Medusa couldn't have come to Hogwarts, she should be guarded in the desert by snake guards."
"I... Sorry, Professor, I sneaked into the forbidden section and found this book "The Secrets of Slytherin", on which I saw that Slytherin had studied a species of snake. β
"And that's the basilisk."
Brie reverted the book she had been carrying from her pocket to its original state using an amplification charm and handed it to Professor McGonagall.
Professor McGonagall remembered the book, and she said, "Most of it is written in snake language, and when I asked Dumbledore when I was a student, he said that it was about the trivia of the Big Four, not magic. β
"It was placed in the forbidden book section because no one could read the snake language on it, and it was probably written by Slytherin, so it was precious."
Putting the book in her hand, McGonagall stared at Brie solemnly and said, "How are you ......?"
Just as she was about to say that, Professor McGonagall immediately changed the question.
"How did you find out it's a basilisk, I know the basilisk, its gaze can kill a person directly, not petrify."
Professor McGonagall looked at Brie worriedly, but she couldn't tell how Brie could read snake language right now, as that would cause Brie problems.
"It's speculation."
Of course, Brie couldn't say it, he already knew, at first he just didn't want to care, and then Dumbledore didn't let him take care of it, but now a group of professors and students, including Hogwarts, are in trouble, and Dumbledore's restraint will not work, because this time, Brie not only wants to be celibate, but also wants Dumbledore to shut up and take his ridiculous savior training program out of Hogwarts.
Brie has become greedy, last time for herself, this time for the Hogwarts where he is.
"Guess?"
The professors looked at each other, and they were all angry.
What can a guess do?
"Because of Hagrid and Myrtle, and Hermione and Ginny."
"Including George and Fred, who are petrified today."
"The basilisk's gaze can kill, but it won't die just by seeing something that blocks the gaze, and Hagrid has giant blood, he looked directly into the basilisk in the eye, so there is still some life, and he was saved by Dumbledore with a mandrake, and even recovered after that."
I have to say that the giant's skin and flesh are thick, so that the basilisk can't kill with one blow.
"And Myrtle is transparent, and Hermione and Ginny see through her the eyes of the basilisk, so it's just petrified."
Brie knows the truth, but there is a price to pay for telling the truth, such as some lies to make up for why he didn't tell the basilisk before.
But the lies were made up in such a hurry that Professor McGonagall didn't believe a hundred of them, but she believed the basilisk's theories.
"And Potter said before that he heard strange noises at Hogwarts, and some young wizards might think he was talking nonsense, or think he was a murderer, but he was just a child, and he couldn't do anything like that unless he was under the Imperius Curse."
As she spoke, Brie looked at Harry's place.
What about people?
Harry and Ron didn't know when they ran out, which made Brie a little untenable, but he had just said that Harry was innocent.
These two trolls!
Brie sighed angrily and continued in front of everyone's gazes: "If I am not mistaken, the entrance to the secret room is in the girls' bathroom on the second floor, and I remember that a girl died there decades ago, that is, Myrtle. β
"As long as we wait for Dumbledore to return, he will definitely find a way to open the Chamber of Secrets, and Hogwarts will not have to be restrained by the Ministry of Magic."
Brie looked at the many little wizards, neither humble nor arrogant, and said firmly: "Hogwarts, which has stood for thousands of years, cannot be defeated because of a basilisk, and now that we have discovered it, then it will not have a chance to cause chaos again." β
"Believe me, if it happens, the professors won't let it go, and I'm going to stop it at all costs."
Neither Tom nor Voldemort could spoil the tranquility of Hogwarts and damage what I cherished.
With Brie's words, the little wizards below gradually put away their sad expressions and looked at Brie with blazing eyes.
Hannah, who guards the Oude Club, was the first to react and shouted, "I believe in you, Oude!" β
Draco glared at Hannah dissatisfied, then immediately stood up and said, "Isn't it a basilisk, Malfoy is not afraid!" β
Enid also stood up, automatically ignoring Myrtle and said, "I don't think the basilisk is that dangerous, it didn't kill any of the little wizards, as long as there is a mandrake, the little wizard can recover his health." β
"We're not leaving!"
At the Gryffindor table, some of the little wizards shouted, "Cowards will leave, we are wizards, we have magic!" β
The Ravenclaw eagles glanced at each other, and they both began to talk about the weaknesses of the basilisk, believing that wisdom is infinite and that as long as everything is made clear, there is no problem that cannot be solved.
The Slytherins looked at each other, and they all looked at their respective divided camps, and those who were in charge were silent, except for Alyssa, who said, "I don't think you want to leave here either." β
After all, their family hasn't spoken yet.
Soon, the halls of Hogwarts were full of commotion, talking about basilisks and secret rooms.
Brie watched all of this with satisfaction, and then whispered to McGonagall, "The Chamber of Secrets needs a snake cavity to open. β
Professor McGonagall's eyes changed, and she stood up with understanding, and began to organize the prefects to take care of the little wizards, so that they should not be excited to run to the basilisk to duel, and led Brie to a small room in the back.
Several of the Headmasters walked in, and Dumbledore was not there, so it was up to them to manage the affairs.
"Tell the truth of the matter."
Snape snorted, he wouldn't believe Brie's childish lie, what basilisk he had only discovered now, was it really those stupid trolls!
However, what he said just now also made him feel a little, and he unconsciously followed Professor McGonagall into here.
"Potter, where the hell did he go?"
Suddenly remembering Harry, who was not in the hall, Snape was a little worried.
"Professor Snape, you go find Potter and Wes, and we're here to talk about the basilisk and the Chamber of Secrets."
Professor McGonagall said in understanding, and Snape nodded, and left the room.
This time, it was Professor McGonagall's turn to stare at Brie.
"I'm sorry, professors, it's Dumbledore who doesn't want me to say it."
Brie didn't feel guilty about selling Dumbledore, Dumbledore wasn't really innocent anyway, he knew what to do to satisfy everyone, except his enemies and those who died by him.
"Dumbledore?"
Professor McGonagall gasped angrily, her chest heaving.
"Tell me what's going on?"
Professor Sprout had some speculation, and when she took Harry and Ron to the school hospital to see the petrified Hermione and Ginny a few months ago, she realized that Dumbledore was still raising a savior, so she didn't interject at this time, and shook her head at Flitwick, who had been watching the situation unfold, and motioned for him not to get involved yet.
"It's Potter, Professor McGonagall."
"Potter?"
"The Savior Cultivation Project, maybe Dumbledore didn't name it, but that's what it means."
Professor McGonagall covered her forehead and closed her eyes uncertainly, "In order to cultivate Potter, you are creating a danger to Hogwarts?" β
"Like last year?"
No, Professor McGonagall said angrily in her heart: "It's even more excessive, last year only created a few difficulties, but this year it has made the little wizards petrified!"
Brie shook her head.
"Maybe we can see how Dumbledore behaved when he started school, when he had a changed attitude, but as danger came uninvited, he changed his mind."
"We can't forget the words on the wall when we petrified for the first time - the secret room has been opened, those who are enemies with the Dark Lord, be vigilant!"
"It may have stirred Dumbledore's nerves, Voldemort came last year, and although his soul escaped, we don't know for sure if he left Hogwarts."
"So Dumbledore wants to lure him out and raise a savior on that basis."
"I wanted to tell me about the basilisk before, but Dumbledore's attitude stopped me, I understood that Dumbledore wanted Harry to kill Voldemort again, and that dagger I knew was a weapon against the basilisk."
Dagger?
"No wonder, no wonder, that's what you're for, Dumbledore!"
Professor McGonagall suddenly remembered the dagger and journal Harry had in his hand earlier, and said in disbelief, "We need to get Harry back, he's just a 12-year-old, not a savior!" β
At this moment, there was a chirp, and a fiery phoenix appeared in the house.
The phoenix kindly rubbed her head against Brie's leg at her feet, and a letter hung around its neck.
Professor McGonagall stared, picked the letter, and opened it.
"Dumbledore wants me to hold Hogwarts steady until he returns, and for the time being, let the professors stop patrolling and let the young wizards attend classes normally."
Professor McGonagall's eyes were cold, and she continued, "He said that he would let the phoenix watch it, and he would not let the little wizard be hurt again. β
"Does he really know?"
"Two more little wizards have been attacked today, what does a phoenix do!"
Professor McGonagall threw the letter away, hid her face and wept, "We have to figure it out for ourselves, we can't all listen to him." β
"The kids trust us and we can't let them down!"
Professor McGonagall was a little emotional, Dumbledore had too much influence on her, maybe the person she admired most in her life was Dumbledore, but now she was disappointed.
Professor Sprout held McGonagall and encouraged, "Believe in yourself, we have a bunch of young wizards behind us. β
Professor Flitwick also walked over at this time, nodded to Brie, and said, "Maybe I can ignore some warning spells in the hallway, and press on all the rooms that are not allowed to be opened, which will ensure some safety." β
"Oh, you've thought well, Professor Flitwick."
Professor McGonagall wiped away her tears and immediately perked up, but now she had one more question she wanted to ask.
"Brie, tell me the truth, do you know how to speak snakes?"
Both Sprout and Flitwick followed McGonagall's words to look at Brie, all three professors had worried eyes in their eyes, and Brie was honest.
"Yes, I can speak snakes, I can understand snake language..."
"Oh!" Professor McGonagall clutched her chest, her mouth trembling so much that she didn't know what to say, she had expected it, but she was still horrified when she heard Brie say it.
"Won't you lie to me, Brie?"
Professor McGonagall complained in a tone that made Sprout on the side also have a helpless expression.
Professor Sprout was about to speak for Brie when he heard Brie continue, "No, I think you misunderstood Professor. β
"I wasn't born with snake language, unlike Potter, I learned it from that Slytherin Secret." Brie gestured to the book McGonagall hadn't returned to him.
"And I can't understand not only snake language, but also the language of other creatures, which can stand the test."
"I learned snake language from scratch with the help of a 'snake' that had escaped, and it took a lot of effort to learn it at the time."
"Really?" Professor McGonagall exhaled, then rubbed the hair of the cloth again, and said sternly, "Why don't you finish it in one sitting, you little naughty bastard!" β
Then, Professor McGonagall sighed again, lowered her head, and said softly for the first time, unabashedly: "Dumbledore is always suspicious, you don't have to pay attention to him, you can tell the professors everything, we will help you, he doesn't dare to do anything to you." β
Straightening Brie's ravaged hair, Professor McGonagall put on a serious look again.
"Next we're going to find Potter and ask him to go with us to see the so-called Chamber of Secrets, and since the snake cavity can be opened, then wait for him to come back."
Professor McGonagall didn't ask Brie to do it, he didn't want Brie to get involved too much, not to mention that the dagger was still in Harry.
"Since Dumbledore wants that, let's let Potter be a hero and see if Dumbledore is watching!"
The professors looked at each other, and then Professor McGonagall said to Brie, "Go back and rest, the professors need to have another meeting, the previous decisions have been reversed, and Hogwarts cannot be ruined by Dumbledore's indulgence." β
Brie nodded, but before leaving, he said: "I think you should talk about Dumbledore after he comes back, don't pretend to be a lake because you're a hundred years old, eat less candy, exercise more, instead of cultivating a savior, it's better to become stronger yourself, Voldemort can't really fly away from death." β
With that, Brie left the room with the solemn expressions of several professors, and the hall outside was already silent, and only a few professors remained.
Sylvanus Kettleburn, the current professor in the Conservation of Magical Creatures class, a professor with a prosthetic leg, saw Brie come out and immediately said, "I'll send you back to your dorm." β
The rest of the professors remained until Professor McGonagall called them into the room to discuss future patrols and precautions to ensure that the young wizards could survive the semester safely.
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Brie, who had been sent back to the Slytherin common room by Professor Kettleburn, looked at the crowd of young wizards, his eyes flickering, and walked over when he saw a worried little platinum-gold head.
"What did the professors tell you?"
Draco's words made the little snakes around them prick up their ears, and Brie didn't hide them.
"The professors are talking about setting up protective magic for Hogwarts, and setting up some rooms that shouldn't be opened, so you can't go out at will after that, and keep a low profile."
Brie, who knew about this, sighed silently, he still didn't tell Tom, this semester, Tom's temperament is very much to his appetite, if it weren't for the weird "father incident", he wouldn't be so entangled at all.
It's even a moment of annoyance to make Tom a house-elf, but ......
Who can control a young Voldemort?
Brie wasn't sure that maybe it would be the right choice to let him continue to be a diary.
Touching the notes in his pocket, Brie had some thoughts, his notes may still lack a soul like Verre, who will not betray him and can continue to live in this world.
"Draco, go back to the dorm."
Ignoring the messy common room, Brie returned to the dormitory with Draco.
"I'm going out, don't go out, and if I don't come back tomorrow, don't worry."
"Where are you going?"
Draco grabbed Brie and whispered, "You don't want to go to the basilisk, how can you take what you say in the hall seriously, don't do anything stupid!" β
Brie pulled Draco's hand away and whispered, "I'll go find Potter, he has a dagger to kill the basilisk." β
And the journal is with him, and Brie must get it back now, because Dumbledore is back!