But Professor Horace Slughorn's prophecy does not seem to have come true.

At least nothing happened on the Hogwarts campus for a long time after Valentine's Day.

It's business as usual, and it seems to be as calm as ever.

This also made Matthew's nerves, which were tense all the time, a little relaxed.

Soon, the Easter holidays are coming, and there are only ten weeks left until the final exams.

The Easter holidays are also far less relaxed than the Christmas holidays, as the teachers for each subject assign a whole bunch of homework......

This also made many students sigh.

......

The first day of the Easter holidays.

Early in the morning, Matthew left the Slytherin common room and began to make his way to the library.

Just as he walked out of the library door, Matthew bumped into Miss Elaine Shafiq.

"Good morning!" Matthew greeted the other man.

However, Elaine only nodded at him coldly, and then walked into the library quickly.

Matthew followed her into the library, which was quite clean due to the early hours.

Glancing out the window, the weather was great, and it was the first time in months that they had encountered such good weather...... The sky is crystal clear, like the color of forget-me-not flowers, and there is a smell of summer in the air.

Something caught his eye: an animal prowling on the emerald green lawn by the castle.

Now that it was sneaking around the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Matthew quickly squinted his eyes, seeming to ...... Is it a cat?

Soon, he recognized the bottle's brush-like tail and ginger hair, all of which looked familiar...... If I'm not mistaken, it's Crook Hill!

That's right, it's Crook Mountain, what is it doing sneakily?

Curious, Matthew stopped and began to observe.

The big ginger cat, hovering on the lawn outside the castle, seemed to be waiting for something...... Suddenly, a small object sprang out of the corner of the castle......

Matthew squinted, his nose pressed against the windowpane.

It's too small to see.

Matthew quickly glanced around, and luckily, he found a brass telescope on a bookshelf to the side!

Matthew quickly picked up the binoculars, then ran to the window as fast as he could, opening the window at the same time.

Adjust the focal length as quickly as possible...... Soon, Matthew saw the thing!

It was like a rat communicating with Crook Mountain...... As soon as Matthew's eyes moved to it, the mouse sped back to the castle...... Nothing was visible except that its hair seemed to be gray.

A cat befriends a mouse, it sounds funny!

But it did happen, as Matthew had seen earlier.

Matthew Wakefield quickly fell into deep thought, because he didn't know what it meant!

......

Continuing to read books in the library, there are more and more people.

This must have been due to the proximity of the final exams, and many students began to cram, prepare, and, of course, complete their extensive homework...... In other words, it is difficult to see so many people in the library.

As the number of people grew, the library soon became as noisy as the wet market.

Mrs. Pince ran over and roared several times, but each time it was after a brief lull that the cacophony reappeared a few minutes later......

Matthew couldn't take it anymore and decided to change classrooms.

A few minutes later, Matthew Wakefield arrived at the Charms classroom on the fourth floor, where there were fewer people.

Just as he was about to enter the Charms classroom, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he saw a familiar figure appear at the entrance of the staircase on the slope.

Matthew's eyes lit up and he hurriedly trotted over...... At the end of the staircase, he saw the girl's back.

That's right!

Absolutely, yes!

The man who just went upstairs was Elaine Shafiq!

Matthew's face changed suddenly...... Because it's almost impossible!

Just a few minutes ago, Elaine Shafiq was with him, staying in the library. When Matthew was leaving, he saw her, where she was concentrating on her homework, and she didn't look ready to leave!

But who was that person just now?

Could it be that because she had left the library with her front feet, Miss Shafiq had left with her, and had reached the staircase on the fourth floor almost at the same time as herself......

This sounds even more unrealistic!

Or is there the presence of two Elaine Shafiq at the same time?

Matthew pondered, but out of caution, he didn't chase after him to ask for anything......

Cats and mice interacting with each other, two Elaine Shafiq appearing at the same time, and the apparent calm of Hogwarts over the past few months...... For some reason, Matthew suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

Could it be that the "upheaval" that Slughorn expected is today?

......

Let's turn our gaze back to the mouse Matthew had seen a few hours earlier.

I have to say, this mouse is not beautiful at all...... The whole body is gray, hair lossy, and it looks a little lacking......

After saying goodbye to the ginger cat, Crookshan, it carefully entered the castle, and climbed up the corridor as fast as it could in the early morning, taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the corridors of the castle.

Until it struggled to climb in front of a huge stone monster that was so ugly.

Not far from the foot of the stone monster, there is a small hole...... There is no doubt that this rat did it, as if the rat had spent months digging this hole for some purpose!

The rat easily passed through the burrow, and around it was a spiral staircase that was slowly moving upwards, like an escalator......

Spin higher and higher, higher and higher, and finally, the dizzy-looking mouse saw a gleaming oak door in front of him, with a brass knocker in the shape of a sphin-headed mirppogriff.

If you're familiar with Hogwarts, you know where this is...... This is the Headmaster's Office at Hogwarts!

Theoretically, this should also be the office of Principal Gellert Grindelwald.

It's hard to imagine that the Headmaster's office at Hogwarts could be so unguarded and unprotected by magic that such a rat could break in so easily.

However, this rat does not seem to have the intention of gnawing open the wooden door and breaking into the principal's office.

It stayed there, as if something was brewing.

Soon, a head appeared on the ground, limbs sticked out, and a moment later, a man stood where the rat had been, and got up with a cower.

The man was short, not much taller than an average second- or third-grader, with his thin, pale hair unkempt and a large bald patch on the top of his head. His skin was dirty, almost the same as the fur of the previous mouse, and his pointed nose and watery eyes were characteristic of a mouse......

So, this is no ordinary mouse.

Rather, an Animagus.

And this diminutive man, if the staff of the Auror office of the Ministry of Magic were here, he could easily recognize him-

His name was Peter Pediru, and he was one of the three dark wizards who escaped from Azkaban prison almost ten months ago.

......

Mr. Peter Pedirou's appearance may be embarrassed, but his eyes are clear.

He took out his wand, aimed it at the brass knocker in the shape of a mippogriff, and whispered:

"Dumbledore!"

Only a squeak was heard, and the brass knocker was opened.

The entire principal's office was covered with dust, as if no one had used it in a long, long time.

Peter moved the bench next to the headmaster's desk, revealing the wall behind him.

Then he raised his wand and aimed it at the wall behind it, carved with ancient patterns—

"Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus!"

The walls carved with ancient patterns are cracked a little bit in the middle, revealing a deeply hidden gate.

Peter also seemed to be shocked.

He hesitated, as if he was waiting for something.

After about thirty seconds, only a crisp cat meow was heard.

A tabby cat somehow broke into this place.

It glanced excitedly at the hidden door—

Then, the tabby cat disappeared and was replaced by a woman with a serious expression, wearing a pair of square glasses that looked like the lines around the cat's glasses. She wore an emerald green cloak, and her jet-black hair was tied into a tight hairpin.

Looking at the hidden door in front of her, she looked extremely excited!

"I think we've found it, Peter!" said Professor Minerva McGonagall, trembling, "enough to deal with Grindelwald's weapons......"

......

Two figures, one tall and one short, broke into the door of the building hidden in the principal's office.

Inside is a very strange space, surrounded by pitch darkness, and the starry sky can be clearly seen overhead.

But now the time is far from late at night.

They seem to be on the very top floor of Hogwarts.

Before them, there were two stone monuments...... One is extremely tall, the other rather short.

The tall stele was densely packed with the names of many students, and on the top of the lower stele could only be seen a name that made them excited—

"Albus Dumbledore!"

It's just that there are faint blackened traces around the name.

Professor Minerva McGonagall looked extremely excited, and she seemed to have put a lot of effort into quieting herself.

She took out her wand, aimed it at the stone tablet in front of her, and whispered softly—

It's a long process.

But as time passed, the black imprint around the name "Albus Dumbledore" shrank at a rate visible to the naked eye......

"Old and great Hogwarts ......," Professor McGonagall whispered, "revive your consciousness...... Cast the usurper away and meet the true master of your choice!"

As the black imprint completely disappeared, the stele suddenly began to tremble.

......

Matthew Wakefield was eating lunch in the auditorium at this moment.

Suddenly, the golden plates on the table ping-pong and the goblets swayed...... Everything around is trembling, everything is shaking......

Was it an earthquake?

But this is not possible, as is detailed in Hogwarts A School History...... With Hogwarts having enough anti-earthquake magic, even if there is a magnitude 9 earthquake in Glasgow, there will be no tremors here!

"Everyone, please lead the prefects and leave Hogwarts Castle in an orderly manner!" Professor Vita Rozier's voice rang in their ears.

The vice principal's voice was very calm.