After both visitors had left, Professor Dumbledore looked at Harley in the corner and sighed helplessly:

"I'm sorry, Hallie, I don't think you have to report to me anymore. After all, I'm not a headmaster now, and I don't have the right to deal with this anymore. ”

A look of disbelief appeared on Hallie's face, "So Professor, you just agreed to Lucius Malfoy's unreasonable request?" ”

"Yes." Professor Dumbledore nodded slightly.

There was confusion in Hallie's tone:

"Professor, if I'm not mistaken, you alone can tear Lucius Malfoy and Cornelius Fudge to shreds and even crush them into dust in a second.

And now, they're clearly looking for trouble, dancing on your dignity.

If the object of communication were to be Grindelwald or Voldemort, the two Dark Lords, I don't think they would dare to say a 'no'.

No, they wouldn't dare say a word, just kneel there and obediently listen to the Dark Lord's orders.

And you suppressed Grindelwald and imprisoned him forever, and the power to scare Voldemort from approaching Hogwarts.

If you want to say that you are not as strong as them, I don't believe it. So can you even put up with this? ”

Professor Dumbledore sighed again, but this time to a different person.

He didn't answer immediately, and a look of remembrance appeared in his eyes. After a long time, Professor Dumbledore said in a slightly mournful voice:

"Harley, I want you to remember one thing, violence is never the best way to fix things.

A progressive society will always need laws and regulations.

While laws and regulations may not be able to take care of everyone, they can always take care of the vast majority of people.

And I've always adhered to that principle. I'm old, but I think my brain is pretty good.

I could tell that they were targeting me, and I knew that Connelly was not willing to remain in my shadow, and that Lucius wanted to pull me out of power for the good of his family.

But all the documents they issued were in accordance with the law, and the law itself was not directed against me.

In that case, I will stick to my principles and obey the law. As long as it doesn't touch my bottom line, I won't violate this principle.

And I hope you can understand this and don't let violence fill your heart. ”

With that, Professor Dumbledore stood up and waved his wand slightly.

From the deepest part of the office flew a chest that was already full of clothes and attached to a few special pieces of silverware.

"Professor, where are you going to stay during this time?" Harley no longer persuasive, but cares about Professor Dumbledore's life after he leaves school.

"Don't worry about me." As soon as Professor Dumbledore raised his hand, Phoenix Fawkes flew onto his shoulder.

Professor Dumbledore stroked the feathers on Fawkes's body and whispered, "I still have a few old friends, and I think they'll be happy to take me in." ”

"Professor, don't you have a house of your own?" Hallie raised an eyebrow slightly.

Dumbledore didn't pick up the topic, instead deflecting the direction of the conversation: "Harley, I think the murderer will continue to appear."

He went to such great lengths to force me to leave Hogwarts, so he must have been planning something inside Hogwarts Castle.

You can call Fox by name if you need to. As a phoenix, it can appear by your side at any time and form a considerable help. ”

Fawkes chirped haughtily, flicking his wings slightly, and a golden-red feather landed on Harry's hair.

Hallie felt a connection instantly form between herself and Fawkes.

She nodded, and her hair grew naturally, part of it slightly curled, enveloping the feather.

Soon, Hallie's hair was flat again, and it was impossible to see anything unusual in it.

Dumbledore stared at the scene and didn't say anything more, just patted Fawkes.

A man and a bird turned into flames and disappeared into thin air, leaving only one sentence in Hallie's ear: "Be careful, Hallie." ”

Watching Dumbledore disappear into thin air, Harley quickly pondered the previous message.

Although Professor Dumbledore's behavior did not conform to his three views, it was very much in line with his first impression of him-

Similar to the ascetic of the prisoner's path, the old man who binds himself with rules.

And judging by the look of remembrance in his eyes earlier, Professor Dumbledore was also a man with a story.

It is probably because of these past events that Professor Dumbledore will be bound by the law after he has power!

If it had been replaced by Harley, the two weaklings before would have dared to jump like this, and Harley would have turned them into ice sculptures long ago.

Hallie shook her head, didn't think much more, and left the headmaster's office, leaving only the old headmasters who had opened their eyes talking to each other.

……

The next morning, after flipping through the Daily Prophet, Harley learned why Fudge had come to Hogwarts at night.

For some time now, neither the Daily Prophet, the most credible newspaper, nor any other journal or magazine had published anything about the Hogwarts attack.

Obviously, this is the result of pressure from the Ministry of Magic, in order to avoid causing panic, or to create negative press.

But today, the news that "Hogwarts students have been attacked and suspected to have been petrified by monsters in Slytherin chambers" made headlines in the Daily Prophet and firmly occupied two pages.

The headline of the news was interesting: "Slytherin Chamber Suspected Open, Professor Lockhart Catches Murderer".

Harley flipped back, and sure enough, Professor Lockhart accused Hagrid of opening the Slytherin chamber.

He also made a statement in the newspaper that it was Hagrid who opened the Slytherin Chamber fifty years ago, so the evidence is conclusive.

"How could Hagrid be the heir of Slytherin?" Hermione was also reading a newspaper, and there was a look of disbelief on her face.

Harley took a bite of bread with strawberry jam. After swallowing the breakfast, she whispered to Hermione a detailed account of what had happened fifty years ago.

When she returned to the common room last night, Harley had already learned a lot from the fat lady's mouth.

Professor Dumbledore forbade the Fat Lady and other portraits and ghosts from revealing this information to the students, but they could do so if the students asked.

So Hallie completely learned the truth of that year-

Hagrid raised a dangerous and magical creature, and it happened that the Chamber of Secrets was opened, several students were attacked, and a Ravenclaw girl died.

As a result, Hagrid was reported, and he voluntarily let the monster go.

So he ended up being expelled from school, breaking his wand, and imprisoned in Azkaban for a while.

Thankfully, Dumbledore, who was a Transfiguration professor at the time, offered to vouch for Hagrid to get out of prison and serve as a hunting ground warden at Hogwarts.

"Hagrid is our friend, and I shouldn't make such a comment. But I would like to say that Hagrid did it himself. ”

Hermione was silent for a few minutes after listening before making her own assessment,

"He didn't think he wanted to cause trouble for Professor Dumbledore, but his actions actually caused Professor Dumbledore a lot of trouble."

"No way, you know him as a person." Hallie shrugged her shoulders and spread another spoonful of strawberry jam on her bread.

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(Thanks to the nine-tailed Yanhu and Ranger Z for their tips!) ）

(End of chapter)