After seeing Rita's article, Karkaroff broke out in a cold sweat.

He wanted to shout and announce to everyone in the auditorium that Rita's article was a vicious slander, a blatant slander, and that he was going to the Ministry of Magic to sue Rita.

But Karkaroff always felt that his legs were weak and he couldn't stand up.

His voice also became hoarse inexplicably, as if he was blocked by something, and he couldn't spit out a word.

Because more than 85 percent of what Rita writes in the newspaper is true.

He was indeed a former Death Eater, and indeed had no remorse, and indeed escaped punishment by betraying his former colleagues.

Most of the news in this newspaper is true, and only two are fake -

The news that accused him of being a core member of the Death Eaters was made up, and he was just an insignificant minion at the beginning, and he didn't even get involved with a squad leader;

Another fabricated accusation is that Karkaroff threw the two pieces of parchment into the Goblet of Fire.

But Karkaroff also knows that the two fabricated stigmaties, especially the interference in the Six Power Tournament, maliciously threw two notes, and blamed Hogwarts and Harry Potter for their crimes.

There are so many messages in the whole article that are true, and I insist that these two are fake, who will believe them?

With the most simple logical deduction, with so much true news above, he has complete motivation and ability, and he can't clear his name at all.

Even if the Ministry of Magic really pursued itself for this matter, and finally found that there was no evidence, ordinary wizards would not believe it.

After all, I can't produce evidence myself.

Karkaroff couldn't help but glance at Professor Snape, but Professor Snape sat far away and didn't seem to want to talk to him at all.

He turned his head, only to meet Professor Moody's gaze.

For the first time, Professor Moody's MONOCULUS didn't spin around, in case someone sneaked up from behind, and looked in the same direction as normal eyes—

Both eyes were staring at Karkarov at the same time, staring at Karkarov deadly.

The azure magic eye was cold and stiff, and it should have been emotionless, but now it seemed more and more hideous;

Professor Moody's normal eyes gleamed with excitement.

The corners of Professor Moody's crippled mouth curled into a horrible smile as he nodded at Karkaroff.

He then gestured to Karkaroff with his jug-shaped flask, his lips not moving, but Karkaroff understood what he meant.

"You're done! This pot of wine salutes you and wishes you all the best. ”

Karkarov trembled, his face turned pale, and he subconsciously touched the special position of his left arm, and a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes, but more of a thick fear.

The Dark Devil mark is becoming more and more prominent, indicating that the former master he betrayed is gradually regaining his strength;

Snape looked fearless, unwilling to reply to him at all;

Now it's happening again......

In this instant, Karkaroff made up his mind.

…………

After breakfast that morning, Karkaroff disappeared.

According to the Durmstrang students, Karkaroff was going to give them a lesson, and even Krum, who had the right to study the competition on his own, was called out by him.

But before the class even began, Karkaroff slipped out of the classroom under the pretext that he had a stomachache.

But his goal is not to go to the bathroom, but to fly away when no one is paying attention to him.

The news spread throughout Hogwarts in the morning, as if it had grown wings.

And the next morning, the "Daily Prophet" directly wrote about Karkaroff's escape, not afraid that Karkaroff would suddenly appear again and slap himself in the face.

Rita struck while the iron was hot, and began to give Kakaroff strength directly from the news headline -

Shocked! A certain Durmstrang Death Eater principal runs away early in the morning, leaving the students behind! Is it the distortion of human nature, or the degradation of morality! 》

In the report, Rita wrote the Rita formula that was talked about later:

"Before you, the tournament was safe. After you're here, it's not safe to do so. Once you're gone, the next few editions of the tournament will be safe again. ”

"So the question is, the tournament is not safe, whose problem is it? I won't go into too much detail here, but I think readers have a scale in their hearts. ”

Durmstrang's classmates didn't care about it either, after all, Principal Karkaroff didn't have a good reputation in Durmstrang.

He has always despised those classmates from ordinary families, and often reprimands them harshly, even verbally abusive or corporal punishment with magic spells.

On the other hand, Karkaroff is highly sought after by wizards who come from pure-blooded aristocratic families, or wizards who come from ordinary families like Krum, but some of them are famous.

This led to the fact that ordinary Dumslang students hated him, and those of noble birth looked down on him.

Regarding the principal's escape, everyone simply sent a long-distance letter to the school and their own home, and did not think about making emergency contact.

But it wasn't over there, something happened that caused headaches for the Durmstrang students.

It wasn't until the evening that they discovered that Karkaroff had shamelessly swept away all the money Durmstrang had prepared for the six-wizard tournament before he escaped.

Even many students, including Krum, noticed that the settings in their dormitories seemed to have been tampered with.

Combined with the fact that the door of his own cabin has no signs of being damaged.

It was clear that Karkaroff had easily invaded their dormitories using his headmaster privileges and captain's privileges in an attempt to get a little more money before leaving.

Fortunately, considering Durmstrang's own predator atmosphere and Principal Karkaroff's usual teaching, "Students are asked to take care of their valuables, and they are not responsible for losing them in school."

As a result, Durmstrang students have always been very vigilant and basically carry valuables with them.

I don't know if Karkaroff will be angry when he gets nothing, and he can't wait to go back to the past and give a big mouth to himself who didn't want to take responsibility.

In order not to be discovered about his bad behavior, Karkaroff also deliberately restored the layout of the student cabin as much as possible.

He even cut off the emergency contact between Durmstrang and the ship in order to delay himself for more time.

Durmstrang's classmates had no choice but to go to Professor Dumbledore together, and when they found out that Professor Dumbledore was gone, they turned to look for the Vice Chancellor.

When the Durmstrang students asked for help in contacting Durmstrang, Vice Chancellor McGonagall couldn't believe it.

What could the headmaster of a prestigious magic school do? It's appalling!

But thinking about Karkaroff's identity, it seems reasonable.

It can only be said that he is worthy of the original Death Eater!

There is no doubt that Karkaroff's behavior has added fuel to the fire, and it is not only the English wizards who have scolded him, but also the newspapers and ordinary wizards in the Nordic countries.

After all, other reporters only suspected you in the newspapers, and the evidence had not been brought out, and the officials did not say anything, so you just ran away.

And before leaving, he deliberately swept away the money, and even wanted to steal a sum from the students, but unfortunately he couldn't steal it.

You say you're fine, who believes you?

Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry urgently published a statement in the newspapers of the Nordic wizarding world, saying that the school's board of directors had jointly dismissed Karkaroff as headmaster.

He is also wanted by the Ministries of Magic in several Nordic countries on charges of "re-engaging in terrorist activities against his own pledges, framing students from other schools in the Six Wizard Tournament" and "stealing money and belongings from Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry".

Newspapers in various countries are overwhelmingly reporting these news, eager to let the whole world know about it.

"This pot, Karkarov is backed."

Alone in the Room of Need, Harley looked at the latest issue of the national newspapers that she had specially ordered.

"From the time he escaped, he couldn't take off this pot."

Hedwig on her head looked more closely than Harrie, but she was mainly studying Rita's methods of manipulating her emotions.

"Did you learn anything?" After reading the entire article, Hallie asked as she helped Hedwig groom her feathers.

"I feel like I have a deeper understanding of the psychology of ordinary wizards."

Hedwig narrowed her eyes, craned her neck, exposed the feathers under her beak, and deliberately rubbed Harry's free hand with it.

"The prejudice in people's hearts is a big mountain, and when a wizard has a bad impression of Karkaroff, and someone else throws dirty water on Karkaroff's head, ordinary wizards will think that this is the truth."

"After all, Karkaroff had done so many bad things as a Death Eater, and now he is back in line with people's stereotypes."

"I have to say, there is really intrigue between wizards, and the relationship is complicated, how can it be as simple as our owl."

"No way, this is a human, this is a wizard." Hallie stood up,

"It seems that you have a better understanding of the complexity of the human heart, and the psychiatrist has almost digested the potion."

"When the auxiliary materials ordered from the Potions Shop arrive, I'll start configuring you with the Sequence Six Hypnotist's potion."

"Now do you go back to the common room, or do you stay alone in the Room of Requirement?"

"Hermione's arithmetic divination class should be over, and we're going to take the ancient magic class soon."

"Let's go to the owl hut." Hedwig flew off Hallie's body,

"I'm going to continue to train the psychiatrist's abilities and enlighten other owls."

…………

The calendar flipped through the pages one by one, and it was almost two weeks since the start of school.

Professor Dumbledore has finally returned.

When Hallie received the parchment from Professor Dumbledore and rushed to the Headmaster's office, Professor Dumbledore was leaning back in his chair and meditating with his eyes closed.

"Good morning, Professor. Are you back from Austria? Harry greeted him and looked Professor Dumbledore up and down.

Unexpectedly, Professor Dumbledore could see that there was not much change.

This is an old lover who accompanies him...... Should a friend be in the state of an old man for three weeks?

That doesn't make sense!

All irrationality aside, there is only one explanation for this phenomenon.

But Harley didn't dare to ask, and she didn't dare to think about it.

She is just an innocent, poor and weak ordinary little girl, how can she manage the rich and fantastic love life of the world's greatest white wizard?

But Professor Dumbledore rolled his eyes without any image:

"Harley, you say this as if I've always been in Austria."

"In fact, I was only in Austria for six days, and mainly in preparation for the International Wizards' Conference that will take place during the summer holidays."

"For the remaining ten days, I went to visit Sirius and the others, and then I went to Azkaban for almost a week."

"So I don't spend as much time with Gellert as you think."

"You can see that you have a lot of life experience." Hallie's expression didn't change in the slightest,

"So Professor, you came to me tonight, what's the matter?"

Professor Dumbledore coughed twice, and followed Harry's topic to turn things over:

"I heard from Talis that you came to me during the Christmas holidays, right?"

"Yes, I've been to the principal's office once." Hallie nodded,

"But didn't you ask me to come? You left a message in your Christmas gift for me to make sure I had time to visit. ”

"So, Professor, what is that special Christmas present that you said on parchment that you could only give me with your own hands?"

Professor Dumbledore didn't answer immediately, but clasped his fingers together and dragged his chin.

There was a strange atmosphere brewing in the room, and even Fawkes, who was eating herbs, rushed into the room and poked out of his nest with a small head still holding herbs.

After a long while, Professor Dumbledore seemed to have made up his mind, and then said slowly:

"Hallie, do you remember when we talked about the Animagus in the form of Fantastic Beasts?"

"Of course I do." Harley raised her eyebrows slightly, "Isn't it ......?"

"That's right, my second Christmas gift for you has something to do with it."

Professor Dumbledore confirmed Harry's suspicions,

"And in a sense, it's also about the key location of the second event."

Harry gave Professor Dumbledore a skeptical look, feeling like the bad old man was going to spend some time.

As she expected, Professor Dumbledore coughed twice:

"In order to match the hints given in the second event, I won't tell you the answer directly."

"I'm going to give you some key information that you need to understand for yourself."

"As I mentioned before, I, Gellert and Tom all have our own unique perceptions of 'life' or 'death.'"

"But the difference is that Gellert learned his own rules of death through certain special items and in the pursuit of certain wizarding myths."

"I'm not sure about Tom, because there are so many mysterious and dark experiences in his life that I can't fully trace the roots."

"I can guess, though, that his unique understanding of death is inseparable from his own division of souls, and may also involve some of the secrets deep in Azkaban."

"I'm going to Azkaban to find out the secrets. But I haven't fully cracked it yet, so I won't tell you about it just yet. ”

"As for myself......"

Professor Dumbledore paused for a moment before continuing,

"I have come to understand the opposite of 'death' through certain objects and places related to 'death', coupled with the phenomenon of Fox Nirvana, that is, the rules of 'life' that are unique to me."

"As you can see, we all have a certain amount of external force."

"And your understanding of death must be very special, after all, your own situation is not normal, and the soul fragments in the Horcruxes are broken, causing you to obtain so many special abilities and have special insights."

"So I'm going to offer you the locations I've found, and I hope to help you."

"As for the 'death' locations, they coincide with the three most important locations in the second event of the competition."

"As for where the key to finding and opening them is, I won't tell you."

"But I've already given you the key. You have at least two keys, each of which can open the door. ”

"When you finish the second event of the competition, you can definitely explore it and see if you can get anything new."

…………

Professor Dumbledore was probably used to being a riddler, so he liked to be secretive at all times.

Hallie was speechless about this approach, wouldn't it be good to just say it?

As for the key that Professor Dumbledore was talking about, Harry had a guess as well.

One of the keys was probably Professor Dumbledore's Christmas gift to him, the former Riddle Horcrux and the Resurrection Stone from the Gaunt family's ancestral ring.

The other key is supposed to be the invisibility cloak that he threw at the bottom of the box for three years.

These two items happen to be two of the three legendary Deathly Hallows, which are associated with death, and it makes sense to say that they are the keys to those special locations.

Back in the dormitory, Harley pulls out the cloak, which she had kept.

Although it has not been used for three years, the invisibility clothes are still spotless, and it looks like a handful of silver liquid in your hand.

Harley took it and the Resurrection Stone in her hand and studied it repeatedly, but couldn't see anything.

"What do you do......

Just as Harley pulled out the magic mirror and was about to study it further, Hermione's voice suddenly came:

"Hallie, are you in the dorm?"

Without waiting for Hallie to reply, Hermione pushed the door open:

"Do you want to leave for the Black Lake now? We've agreed to continue training, and Fleur has been waiting for a while. ”

"Okay, I'll go." Hallie tucked the items back into her pocket and grabbed the special tracksuit at the head of the bed.

……

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(End of chapter)