Chapter 34: Almost planted

Dumbledore was invited by two enraged headmasters, along with Lockhart, Bagmund and Scrimgeur. - Lockhart explained that he had been discussing the details of the game with Mr. Bagmun all night, so he came with him when it happened.

Dumbledore carefully examined the victim students, and already knew in his heart: "The attacker's Forgetting Charm is so magical that I can't solve it, Gildero, you are familiar with memory magic, you can take a look." ”

Lockhart also unceremoniously went over to check on a few students, "That's right, everyone was attacked at the same time, and the attacker's memory magic was superb, I don't believe there is such a powerful wizard in the world - but obviously, there is now." Lockhart grimaced a frightened face.

Dumbledore looked at Maxim questioningly, "But Miss Maxim said that the Attacker was inferior to her?" and was repelled by her. ”

"You mean I'm a thief and a thief, Dumbledore, don't deceive people too much!" Maxim exploded.

"No, no, no, the headmaster means that the attacker doesn't want to make a big fuss, so his subordinates are merciful, after all, the headmaster was also at Hogwarts at the time, and the attacker may be more fearful. ”

"What do you think, two gentlemen from the Ministry of Magic?" said Maxim angrily.

Bagmun is in charge of sports and is not very good at it, but Scrimgeour is the former director of the Auror Office of the Ministry of Magic, and in the original books, he succeeded Cornelius Fudge as the Minister of Magic.

Scrimgeour walked up to the students and examined them in detail.

"Mr. Lockhart's reasoning is basically correct, but, one thing, memory magic is not necessarily a powerful wizard. ”

"According to Miss Fleur's testimony, it must have been an adult male, and although it may have been a deliberate smoke bomb, I don't think it was necessary. ”

According to Ms. Maxim, that person's strength should be about the same as her, and the strength is difficult to fake, even if the water is deliberately released, it will be obvious. And in the end, he used the dark magic to leave, but this move was too obvious, and it may have been deliberate, trying to turn his attention to the dark wizards. ”

"Principal Karkaroff said that he didn't notice anything the whole time, so either this person is good at stealing, or he is an insider of the school, familiar with the secret passages in the school or something, and he has come and gone without a trace. ”

"To sum up, it is obvious that all the adult male wizards in this castle, including me, are suspicious, and if you want to give an explanation to the two guests who have come from afar-" Lockhart was already in a cold sweat at this time, and Scrimgeour continued: "My construction is that all the people in this castle who can use magic are all handed in their wands and checked with flashback charms, and those who have used it in 24 hours and forgot it are criminals. I'm willing to hand over my wand to Headmaster Dumbledore for inspection first, and then take on this important task, no confusion charm can fool me in front of me!"

Dumbledore quietly took Scrimgeur's wand, but his eyes glanced at Lockhart, as if to say, "What are you going to do this time?"

Lockhart was really scared out of his urine this time, and he deliberately ran to Bagmun to get an alibi, and then returned to the scene of the crime, trying to make a dark spot - but they didn't mess with him at all, and he went straight to check the wand.

Luckily, Lockhart had recently bought a freshly made, unregistered wand from Ollivander - and the one he had bought when he was 11 years old in school could have saved his life.

"Dumbledore, just do as Mr. Scrimgeour says! if I can't find out, I'll consider myself unlucky!" Karkaroff put down.

"That's all you can do, then, Lockhart, go and wake up the professors. Dumbledore gave him back Scrimthour's wand, and at the same time took out a wand, handed it to Scrimthour, and walked away.

So, in the middle of the night, the whole castle was awakened, and the students, dressed in their pajamas, rubbing their eyes, and grumbling, came up to Mr. Scrimgeour one by one, and handed him their wands to examine them.

"What's crazy, headmaster, don't care. Ron grumbled loudly.

"Be quiet, Ron, something must have happened. Hermione was also wearing pajamas, and her hair was fluffy, but she was usually like that anyway, in a group of girls who didn't come out to meet people without dressing up, she looked good.

"Could it be Voldemort infiltrating the school?" Harry looked alarmed.

"Gildero, you haven't used any magic in days, huh?" Scrimgeour took Lockhart's original wand and stared at Lockhart suspiciously.

"That's right, I'm a Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, and lately I've been teaching how to fight back against a dark wizard while being disarmed. Lockhart had made up excuses, and it was up to him to believe it or not, "The way the class was conducted was to have students attack me, and then I dodged and subdued them with my bare hands. ”

It's not all a lie, Lockhart did take a similar class, and he wasn't afraid to ask.

"Well, but with all due respect, it's useless, the first page of the Auror Code says that you can't leave your wand and you won't forget it. "Scrimgeour had taken him with him when Lockhart was an Auror, so he's a senior.

"I don't forget, but it's always good for students to learn a little more. ”

"Also, next. ”

Lockhart made a big fuss, but he didn't find anything abnormal, and he almost sent himself to Azkaban, what a villain!

It seems that the problem lies with the Hogwarts students, and if not, one can only wonder if the professors and Lockhart themselves have been recruited.