Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 221 Inquiry
Goodman spoke out about the question that had been on his mind for months.

One of the reasons he had applied for the position was to find out... Was the boy who was portrayed in the prophecy to destroy the Dark Lord Harry Potter?
And what must have happened that night? ^Between Quirrell and Harry Potter, there were gossip that...Harry foiled the plot to resurrect Voldemort again...Is this true?
Goodman stared at the little wizard who had experienced it himself, waiting for his answer.

McGuffin's eyes were dull, his face was extremely shocked, and he was speechless for a long time.

Not because of Goodman's sudden attack, but with his question, the parchment system in his mind was slowly opened, and the fiery red words lit up one by one.

A new task is triggered!

……

[Investigate the reasons behind Harry and Voldemort's falling in love and killing each other]

[1 The specific content of Trelawney's prophecy 2 The conjecture of the connection between Harry and Voldemort 3 Find the two people's "Crystal of Love" and touch for 30 seconds]

[Note: I want to know what secret Dumbledore is hiding...]

[Reward: Twelve Talent Points]

……

Is this parchment system a hit today?To send such a free mission?

But McGuffin immediately realized that this should be the most urgent hope in the heart of the wizard in front of him, and he just established contact with him during the question and answer, so the system released the task.

"However, this last requirement is a bit weird, isn't it?"

——What is "Crystal of Love"?
Is it Harry's wand?

Or in the scar that Voldemort left Harry with 11 years ago?

The wand is okay...

If he touched the scar, McGuffin immediately realized that he could touch the scar on Harry's forehead at night when everyone was asleep.

But you can't be too careful, if Harry really wakes up,
Well, the four eyes are facing each other, full of affection...

vomit!
McGuffin shivered, shook his head and immediately removed the terrifying scene from his head.

Looking at the little wizard in front of him, Goodman was stunned at first, then trembling all over, shaking his head desperately, with an ugly expression on his face.

It looks like it's recalling something.

"Albert, do you remember what happened that night?"

"Sir, I don't understand... Quilinus Quirrell should still be in a safe in Gringotts, shouldn't he?"

Only then did McGuffin realize that he was still facing David Goodman's questioning.

He first put down the new task in his mind, and concentrated on dealing with this Ministry of Magic investigator.

Although there is nothing to hide, but McGuffin's inner essence is constantly on the move, and he can't help but blurt out directly.

"Could it be possible that he can grow his own head again and go to Hogwarts to do that kind of thing?"

Goodman was so choked that his face was ugly. After thinking for a while, he lifted the black briefcase to the table.

Turn the golden gear on the side, and with the continuous clicking, the black briefcase automatically clocked in one stack after another, and layers of drawers popped out, stacking up to the ceiling. Those iron drawers were filled with black, red, yellow, white, and purple folders in different colors.

McGuffin was dumbfounded, he didn't expect someone to carry all kinds of documents with him...

Goodman took out his wand and tapped on the frontmost drawer.

"1, 2, 3, 4..."

From top to bottom, these iron drawers began to make crisp counting sounds.

"Document A3-3456!" Goodman tapped the edge of the briefcase again.

Then, in the third-level drawer from the top,
--boom!

A purple folder popped out. It twisted its body, crawled out of it, warmed up, and jumped out in a very professional diving posture.

Slowly falling under the command of Goodman's wand...

Finally caught by Goodman.

He tapped on the black briefcase again, and the drawers slowly shrank one by one, like Russian dolls, one by one...stacked and squeezed, and finally shrunk completely into the briefcase.

--Snapped!

Goodman closed the briefcase, opened the purple folder, and spread it out on the desktop.

The pages of the letter inside are also pure purple...not a single word...

Just when the MacGuffin didn't understand what it was for.

Goodman tapped his wand near his temple and began to rub it in a circular motion before taking it away.

A long silver-like mist emerged from the tip of the battle, translucent, like silver ink dripping into the water, and it was still slowly turning.

Goodman put it on the purple folder, and the silver thread rolled up and began to swirl on it, and with the wave of the wand, it gradually melted away like a thinner pancake... into it.

Silver luminous fonts began to appear on the purple parchment little by little, and various luminous illustrations were slowly forming.

McGuffin was a little embarrassed.

The figure in the painting is Quilinus Quirrell, and the [Headless Golden Statue].

Two pictures appear side by side, and below it is a large paragraph of text description.

"See for yourself!"

Goodman calmly handed the purple folder to McGuffin.

The corner of McGuffin’s mouth twitched and he skipped the description of [Headless Golden Statue] (what a beautiful work of art, the withdrawal of the magic spell that turns the stone into gold...Gringotts protested a lot of messy things) and there are various angles to analyze the illustrations...

He turned his attention to the description that followed.

It records in detail the trajectory of Quilinus Quirrell's actions before he was awarded the position of professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Travel around the world, from the place where zombies gather in China, to the Bermuda Triangle in the Pacific Ocean, the inverted pyramid in Egypt,... and finally to the black forest in Romania to find the castle of the ancient vampire count...

After that (in bold font from here, looks like a subjective description of some wizard)

——This young wizard who is very talented in the study of dark creatures began to become timid, timid as a mouse, afraid of strangers... fearful of getting along with people...

And after the Gringotts heist (which was identified as the culprit), he began to emit this pungent smell similar to garlic...

Note: (bold and blue, fonts are different), it is suspected that Quirrell has been controlled by other dark wizards through curses, and accepted his order to steal [Merlin's Philosopher's Stone].

In addition (here is the handwritten font at the back, which was crossed out again, but it looks like it is special to attract attention, and the crossed out font can be seen clearly after a little recognition)

Another——Dumbledore didn't find Quilinus Quirrell's problem, doubts...? ? ? ? (Red bold font and symbols)
……

No one is a fool.

McGuffin checked the folder.

It's almost as if Quilinus Quirrell's underwear is about to be ripped out.

Clues about Voldemort are emerging, which is already clear to McGuffin who knows the plot.

However, for others - only to see that there is a mastermind behind Quirrell.

However, this does not describe in detail what happened that night, but at the end it says that Quilinus Quirrell became a [Headless Golden Statue] and the Sorcerer's Stone was broken into pieces, and Harry and McGuffin were in a coma... The result.

Seeing that McGuffin had read to the end, Goodman reached out to take the purple folder back and said.

"I suspect that the dark wizard behind Quirrell may be the culprit of this incident!"

"But... What Quirrell wants is the Philosopher's Stone. I saw the Philosopher's Stone being broken into pieces..."

McGuffin stopped talking immediately when he saw Goodman's eyes light up.

— This fellow is playing with my words,

"Why is he so obsessed with understanding what happened that night? Is it Cornelius Fudge's instruction? No, it shouldn't be...Dumbledore may not hide the matter of Voldemort from the Minister of Magic. After all, when Voldemort makes a comeback in the future, there are many things that need to be relied on by a Minister of Magic who knows the basics..."

McGuffin thought.

Goodman looked at the face of the little wizard in front of him changing like a revolving lantern, and thought that this little guy was quite complicated.

However, he didn't want to try so hard... If he couldn't explain how he knew this prophecy, he would have asked that old fox Dumbledore directly.

And he has already found the prophet who made that divination... It really is a professor at Hogwarts, Professor Sybill Trelawney.

After a little probing, he knew that this guy was as stupid as Lockhart.

Gilderoy Lockhart became Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts because of this subject... Hogwarts really can't recruit anyone else this year.

(Last year's experience with Quilinus Chilo further proved the rumors that the Defense Against the Dark Arts class was cursed, and the Ministry of Magic's review of the qualifications for recruiting wizards has become more stringent since then. Under the two conditions...), it is only possible to find such a foolish person who claims to 'understand' everything to be the professor of this course.

As for the professor of the divination class... Goodman quickly understood that this guy was taken in because he wanted to protect the wizard.

What's more, isn't Sybill Trelawney from the family known for divination?

This further convinced Goodman's thoughts.

If you want to know what that prophecy means... you must come to Hogwarts to find out.

Not only Dumbledore, Trelawney and other guys who know the prophecy, but also Harry Potter, and this interesting little wizard... (He actually knows [Occlumency], and his attainment is not low)
They can all have clues about the prophecy.

Goodman felt that the most likely breakthrough was what happened that night and the little wizard in front of him.

As for that giant monster tree...

Goodman did not lie to McGuffin. In another document, Quilinus Quirrell had indeed pursued this kind of existence. He followed the footprints left by history and wanted to find its original existence...

Quirrell even studied Haierbo's research...

"Another fool looking for the World Tree!" Goodman sighed in his heart.

But from this point of view, the dark wizard behind Quirrell had a lot of doubts. When Goodman shared his doubts with Fudge that night, as expected, Fudge immediately agreed and sent himself as a permanent investigator of the Ministry of Magic at Hogwarts for a long time.

However, this is also time-limited. After all, Goodman's own job is still the assistant secretary of the Ministry of Magic. If he is too long away from the position of the center of power, even he himself may be replaced.

Let's quickly investigate the prophecy!

Goodman made up his mind, decided not to talk nonsense, and asked directly, "McGuffin Albert, what happened that night... You must describe it to me, even if you fart. This will be included in the files of the Ministry of Magic. If you deliberately conceal it and find out, you will be regarded as an accomplice... This is not a joke!"

Watching Goodman yell at himself.

McGuffin knew the guy was getting impatient.

Although I don't know why the guy in front of me wants to know the relationship between Harry and Voldemort, but from the mission just shown, he can already guess that this guy already knows about the prophecy.

The Ministry of Magic really leaked like a sieve. I really don't understand why Voldemort stole the prophecy crystal ball in the original book... Could it be that he performed it specially to meet Harry?
In short, (in order to completely remove himself and conceal the existence of [Blood Curse]) McGuffin organized his language slightly and began to speak.

He narrates according to the plot in the original book. In McGuffin's description, he is purely a soy saucer, a little transparent, a passerby,...the two big guys falling in love and killing each other have nothing to do with him...

"Wait, you mean... Voldemort, no, no, the mysterious man!" Goodman interrupted the McGuffin's story, straightened his body, and approached the McGuffin's eyes.

"The mysterious man is attached to the back of Quirrell's head..."

"And then?"

Goodman asked eagerly.

"Gone!"

"What do you mean by gone?"

"I fainted, and the rest didn't see..."

"Wait, then how do you know that the Sorcerer's Stone was broken into pieces..." Goodman immediately found the loophole in the McGuffin's story.

"When I woke up, I just saw the Philosopher's Stone shatter, explode, and the light emitted turned Quirrell into a golden statue. I was stunned by the shock wave. When I woke up, I found that it had been a week..."

McGuffin hurriedly added the patch settings for his own story.

"But, I heard that it was you who cast the spell [Turn a Stone into Gold] to turn Quirrell into that..."

Goodman said doubtfully.

"Hi! That's a bragging between me and my classmates... somehow..." McGuffin said very 'relaxed' on the surface, but his hands were actually sweating.

Although it is somewhat inaccurate, Goodman has already obtained the information he needs, and according to what he knows, it should be true... Then he doesn't want to delve into what the little wizard in front of him is hiding.
So now we have to look at Harry... Does the protagonist in the prophecy really know what he represents in this magical world?Or is it that Dumbledore is hiding all this from him.

So Goodman nodded and said, "McGuffin, you can go, remember to call Harry Potter."

"Yeah, I got it!"

McGuffin opened the door and walked out of the room.

Harry and Hermione were waiting here outside. They were slightly worried, but they were relieved to see McGuffin come out.

They hurriedly asked, "McGuffin, what's in it?"

"Harry! Mr. Goodman called you..."

"Huh? Me?" Harry immediately tensed up, flustered.

"Don't be nervous, Harry, just treat it as a normal chat..." McGuffin comforted.

(End of this chapter)