Hogwarts Advanced Guide

Chapter 439 Penello, we will see you after victory.

"Naturally, that was a suitable excuse, so you justly forgot what I told you. I didn't expect any other reaction, because your good friend was indeed in danger. But once it was confirmed that Ron was fully recovered, I thought you would take what I gave you seriously. I have already explained to you how important it is. What did you tell me before?" Hera stared at Harry.

"I—" Harry was speechless with his mouth open, he could feel the disappointment in Hera's tone, even though there was no anger in Hera's words, Harry definitely hoped that Hera would yell or reprimand him severely.

"Sir," said Harry somewhat desperately, "it's not that I'm not sad, I just have other—other things."

"Other things?" Hera helped him finish the sentence, "I know, you are still secretly investigating Mr. Malfoy."

Harry lowered his head, and the ward fell silent, but not long after, Ron's snoring sounded from the bed next to him.Harry seemed to be unable to bear the snoring, and he couldn't help it anymore, so he said, "Hera, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. I should have done more. I should have thought that if it wasn't really important, Dumbledore would not have asked you specifically, let alone entrusted this task to me."

"Thank you for saying that," Hera said calmly, straightening the robes in front of him, "It's best not to betray Dumbledore's trust, Harry."

"I will, I'll get it," said Harry immediately.

"Very well, then you should rest first, it's getting late." Hera stood up, "Nothing is more important than your body. With your current appearance, you must first consider yourself."

"Yeah." Harry nodded.

On Monday, Harry and Ron were completely discharged from the hospital. Madam Pomfrey insisted that they go back to class. Ron held his head and kept saying that he was still dizzy, but Madam Pomfrey didn't believe him at all.

"You are absolutely fully recovered, Mr. Weasley." Madam Pomfrey looked at Ron resolutely. "And you, Mr. Potter, you'd better go back to class today. I've already told Professor McGonagall. If she knows that you haven't gone back to class, I think she will have to deduct some points from her house."

"Okay." Ron said dejectedly with his head down, but the moment Madam Pomfrey turned to leave, he immediately showed a dissatisfied expression, and he whispered to Harry, "I thought I could take another day off, but today there are three full classes, there's nothing better than being sick, and you don't have to do your homework—"

"Mr. Weasley, please pay attention to your words." Madam Pomfrey turned her head and said seriously, "I will convey the truth to Professor McGonagall."

"Oh! Damn it!" Ron wailed, and Harry noticed Madam Pomfrey's warning eyes, and quickly tugged on Ron's cuff.

Ron kept his mouth shut, but there was quite a bit of dissatisfaction in his eyes.

"She saved your life after all," Harry whispered.

Ron nodded. "Yeah, so I shouldn't make her angry, should I?"

"Exactly." Harry nodded earnestly, which annoyed Ron even more, but he was mad at himself.

On the other side, Hera received an unexpected letter from a place he didn't expect, and the sender was even more unexpected.He could have sworn he never in his life expected to receive his letter.

Gellert Grindelwald, from Nurmengard Castle, tallest tower.

This was written on the envelope, and Hera was not sure whether he should open the letter, he was hesitating whether to throw the letter directly into the fireplace.What Grindelwald is best at is demagoguery. Hera doesn't think Grindelwald can help him at this point in time. His only purpose is probably to use Hera to achieve his evil purpose.

"Whose letter is this?" Penello noticed Hera's unnatural expression, and she patted the back of Hera's hand lightly, "Maybe you should take it apart and have a look, maybe it will help us." She didn't see the signature on it, and Hera deliberately blocked the name with her palm.

"I don't really want to trust the master behind this letter." Hera said with some headaches.

"If I were you, I would take it apart and have a look, and at worst throw it into the fireplace." Penello looked at Hera with hopeful eyes. She desperately hoped for good news, such as the great success of the battle ahead, so that she would not have to leave Hera or be driven to Madame Maxime.

"Okay, okay." Hera tore open the envelope, and what she saw was crooked fonts, which really looked like Grindelwald's handwriting—even though Hera hadn't seen his handwriting—but it was very much like the self of a person who hadn't written for many years.

Hera had to try her best to widen her eyes, and at the same time press her head tightly against the letter paper, in order to barely read the words on it.

"Dear Hera Lestrange, I'm sorry to contact you in this way, but I once made an agreement with Albus that I would never step out of Nurmengard Castle in this life, but I think I'm going to break my promise. Please don't panic now, I don't plan to do anything, I just hope to get a chance to be buried with Albus, I desperately hope to get this chance, and I am willing to give everything for it.
Stay tuned, Gellert Grindelwald. "

After reading the letter, Hera let out a long sigh. He closed the letter and threw it into the fireplace without giving Penello a chance to peek at it.

"Is it good news?" Penello asked anxiously beside Hera, "Maybe I don't have to leave?"

"No, maybe you need to leave as soon as possible. I think Hogwarts may become a place where two generations of Dark Lords must compete." Hera said solemnly, "I must write another letter to Madam Maxime and ask her to arrange everything as soon as possible. I will personally see you off on Wednesday."

"Okay." Penello said with her head down in frustration, "I'll pack up." She whispered in a sobbing voice.

"Don't do this, Penello." Hera rubbed her head and said in distress.

Penello buried herself in Hera's arms with a crying voice.

However, this was of no use. On Wednesday night, Hera sent Penello away with her own hands.The scene at that time made Hera so uncomfortable that he didn't dare to recall that scene. He only vaguely remembered that Hera sat on the chair all night after returning to the office.

In the next few days, the students were surprised to find that they did not see the principal Hera in the auditorium, let alone Penello who was always by his side.

This caused bad speculation among the students. Some said they were attacked, and some students claimed that they saw the scene with their own eyes.After being severely deducted thirty points from the academy, they finally shut up.

On Saturday night, Harry came to Hera's office as usual. The gloomy atmosphere in the office made him dare not speak at all. He gently pushed the door open and sat in his usual chair.Hera sat with her head down behind her desk, seemingly completely oblivious to Harry's entry.The silver light from the Pensieve illuminated his face.

After a while, Hera slowly raised her head.

"Ha, you're here."

"Hmm." Harry nodded, "Hera, are you really okay? What happened, why haven't you seen Penelope these days?" Harry asked with concern, this question has troubled him for several days, even though the professors forbid discussing this matter, it aroused everyone's curiosity.

"She left, she left Hogwarts." Hera said in a low voice.

Harry was shocked, "What! She got cold feet!?"

"Pay attention to your words, Harry!" Hera raised her head abruptly, gave Harry a hard look, and then said a little dejectedly, "I made her leave, and I sent her to Madame Maxime."

Harry looked puzzled, as if he didn't understand why Hera did this, and he asked, "But why did you—"

"Because she's pregnant, I can't let her stay at Hogwarts, it's not safe here anymore." Hera said bitterly.

"So you always knew what Malfoy was doing, didn't you? You knew he was threatening the castle, didn't you!?" said Harry angrily, and he slapped the table hard, a sound that startled Hera, but didn't annoy her.

He just continued to speak in a low tone, "I have to admit, Harry, your keen observation and insight are indeed beyond my imagination, but I have to repeat again, you should focus on more important things."

"Is there anything more terrifying than a... a Death Eater appearing in Hogwarts?" Harry yelled, he couldn't understand it at all.

Hera raised her head slowly, staring firmly into Harry's green eyes, "Believe me, Slughorn's memory is far more important than Malfoy's. It is related to whether we can defeat the Dark Lord."

"I know," Harry murmured, "but we can't let Malfoy do his horrible things in the castle, can we?"

"He can't do anything wrong, someone is watching him."

"Is it Snape? How can you trust him?"

"Please call him Professor Snape, I think he is enough to earn your respect in this castle." Hera said flatly, "Okay, we didn't come today to let you care about my emotional state, we still have a lot of memories to look at today."

After finishing speaking, Hera didn't give Harry a chance to explain, she just stood up and grabbed Harry's arm and plunged into the Pensieve.

"This is the first memory of today, from a very old house-elf named Hao Qi. But before the memory begins, I must tell you about Tom Riddle's movements after graduating from Hogwarts. He is beyond everyone's expectations. He chose to work in the Burkin Burke shop."

"This is indeed beyond everyone's expectations. His classmates and teachers thought that he would enter the Ministry of Magic. Everyone thought that he would make amazing achievements. He is a prefect, a top student, and has received special awards from the school. Long before he graduated, many people in the Ministry of Magic extended an olive branch to him."

"But Borginbock—" Harry said in astonishment.

"That's right, Boginbock, believe me, you will know why that place is so attractive to him." Hera said calmly, his tone was terribly calm, and Harry couldn't have the courage to question, "But as far as I know, this is not Tom's first choice. Before he graduated, he approached Professor Dippet and asked if he could stay and teach at Hogwarts."

"He seems to be staying in the castle?" Harry was even more surprised. Although he had known that Voldemort had tried to get a job, he hadn't thought that the idea had come up when he was studying.

"Dumbledore thought he must have had several reasons in mind, though he didn't tell Professor Dippet any of them," Hera said. "First and foremost, as I think you must have discovered, is that Tom has more affection for this school than he does for anyone else. Hogwarts is his happiest place, the first and only place where he feels most at home."

Harry had a look of disbelief, and a little discomfort at the same time, because it happened to be how he felt about Hogwarts.

"I know what you're thinking, but you're not the same kind of person." Hera said flatly, the memory had already started playing, and an old lady in a pink robe was looking in the mirror in a living room, but neither Harry nor Hera paid attention to the contents of the memory, they were still talking. "Secondly, this castle is a stronghold of ancient magic. Tom has no intention of discovering more secrets here than most of the students, but he may feel that there are still many unsolved mysteries and many magical treasures to be discovered."

"Thirdly, as a teacher, he can have a great influence on young wizards. This idea may come from Professor Slughorn, who is the professor with whom he has the best relationship, otherwise we wouldn't be so eager to remember Professor Slughorn now." Hera said softly, analyzing it bit by bit, which made Harry feel scalp numb.

At the same age, Tom Riddle obviously did a lot more than Harry.These were things Harry had never thought about. Just the year before, he was still proud of being able to swim in the castle at night. This is something that many students want to do but can't do!

"But he didn't get the job, did he?" Harry asked.

But he soon realized that this was a stupid question. If Voldemort had succeeded in his job search, how could he have become what he is now.Besides, Dumbledore would never allow such a thing to happen.

Dumbledore knew early on what Tom Riddle would become.

He will not allow Voldemort to stay in school!

(End of this chapter)