Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 241 Cold!
"It is indeed a bit bizarre... But, Parseltongue, and Malfoy's petrified appearance..."

"Snape, it seems that you should have also thought about the truth about the opening of the [Chamber of Secrets] 60 years ago?"

Dumbledore said calmly.

"A basilisk? It seems that the truth of the Chamber of Secrets was like this 60 years ago..." Snape said coldly, "Did that stupid Hagrid take the blame for You-Know-Who?"

"Professor Dumbledore, you are as correct as ever, and you have long seen the essence of the mysterious man..."

Snape was beating around the bush and talking eccentrically.

Apparently said nothing about Dumbledore... full of resentment.

Dumbledore stared at Snape, sighed slightly, and said, "It seems that you have found a lot of things! Severus!"

"That's right, ever since you said last semester that the talent of that little wizard was comparable to that of the mysterious man, I knew that you must have taught the mysterious man... So I listed all the wizards who were exceptionally gifted, who were famous when they were students at Hogwarts, and who mysteriously disappeared after graduation... Sure enough, I found a person very quickly..."

"Tom... didn't expect him to have such a Muggle name..." Snape wanted to say the mysterious man's last name in full several times, but he still couldn't.

"I know some of the pure-blooded Death Eaters like...Lucius must know the true identity of the mysterious man...I didn't expect him to be a member of the famous Slytherin family..."

"And when I found out the identity of the mysterious person, I also found out that he had won a special contribution medal from Hogwarts... because of the [Chamber of Secrets] incident!"

"When this incident happened, I immediately thought of this information..."

"Parseltongue...huh! At that time, who else was qualified to inherit the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets except for the mysterious man!"

"The conclusion of the secret room last time is not difficult to deduce... It was the mysterious man who opened the secret room 60 years ago and blamed all the crimes on that stupid big man..."

"You already knew the answer back then, but you still watched indifferently as that stupid Hagrid was imprisoned in Azikaban and expelled... Then you descended from the sky like a hero, rescued him, and hired him again as a guard, a gatekeeper of the Forbidden Forest..."

"Does he know the truth of all this?"

Snape stared into Dumbledore's eyes.

Obviously, Dumbledore is like this in his heart, he is just an old wizard with similar strength to the mysterious man!
— There is no aura of 'justice' that people praise at all.

"Severus! You have to know that I was just an ordinary Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at that time, and there was no way to change the decisions made by the headmaster of Hogwarts, Professor Dippet, and the Minister of Magic..."

"Voldemort back then... oh! Tom Riddle was the perfect Hogwarts student, unlike the MacGuffin who always tried to hide his talent...

"At a young age, relying on his brilliance, he almost won the approval of all Hogwarts professors, and his enthusiasm for power ambitions... people think he is one of the best Slytherin students!"

Snape curled his lips, a sneer of undisguised contempt on his face.

— These professors from decades ago were really stupid.

"Don't think that way, Severus!" Dumbledore said with eyes that seemed to be able to see through Snape's thoughts without using insanity,
"At that time, that was the highest level of praise! For ambition, the pursuit of power is the most legitimate among Slytherin houses."

"At that time, everyone thought that after he graduated, he would enter the Ministry of Magic and make a career in the sky. He would become the youngest Minister of Magic in the UK or the most outstanding wizard leader of the time..."

"No one doubts that such a promising, always mild-mannered student... would be a murderer, a cold-blooded dark wizard, responsible for a series of attacks at Hogwarts..."

"In comparison, Hagrid is more likely to attract suspicion, a violent half-blood giant..."

"Besides, at that time, all the energy of the Ministry of Magic was on guard against Grindelwald, and they didn't care about the 'little accident' at Hogwarts..."

"Professor Dippet is a good teacher, but he undoubtedly has his own understanding of Hogwarts."

"He felt that the accident should be quelled immediately, so as not to make people suspect that it was connected with Grindelwald's pure-blood remarks... He didn't want people to think that there was a follower of Grindelwald among Hogwarts students or professors, to damage the reputation of Hogwarts!"

Dumbledore slowly described the situation when that incident happened 60 years ago.

"And I didn't have any evidence at the time to prove my suspicion of Tom Riddle and Hagrid's innocence..."

"You should have done something!" Snape was still dissatisfied.

"If you imprisoned the mysterious man in Azikaban ahead of time... then the bloody storm in the future wouldn't happen!"

But obviously Professor Snape himself felt that it was a little shameful to say this sentence, this is just the hysteria of the powerless!

It was just a joke to say it.

So he just muttered in a low voice, and didn't say it directly. In the end, he could only turn around and say directly,
"Even if there wasn't...you should have found out all of this. Don't you think having a [Chamber of Secrets] and a basilisk wandering around would be of any help to Hogwarts?"

Undoubtedly, Snape was very resentful that people like Dumbledore had...didn't do anything for so many years.

"Dear Professor Severus!"

Dumbledore chuckled twice, "Don't you know the school motto of Hogwarts?"

"Don't disturb the Sleeping Dragon!?"

"Yes, this school hides too many secrets. Not only Slytherin, but the other Big Three also have their own secrets. They didn't establish this school just to teach students...and not only the previous magic principals, but even I also hide secrets in this school..."

"There are some secrets. When the time comes, as long as it will not affect the operation of Hogwarts and endanger the safety of students, it is best to keep it hidden... Let it take its course and it will naturally emerge in front of the world."

Dumbledore said slowly.

"Even you... Severus!"

"For you, the newly configured potion...isn't it a secret at the moment?"

Dumbledore asked Snape pointedly.

(Obviously, the old fox noticed that Snape deliberately changed the topic in front of Fudge to divert attention from the new potion)

"Ah!...Okay!"

— the old bee!
Snape cursed secretly in his heart, and quickly changed the subject.

"So who do you think is behind the basilisk... Is it still a mysterious person?... Has he returned? I remember you told me last semester that he was already very weak and couldn't come back in a short time..."

"Also, the attack of these giant plants in the wizarding world...was he secretly planning..."

Dumbledore didn't answer.

Snape understood what he meant, and if Voldemort were to make a 'true comeback', he would not fail to call in his former 'partners' 'fellows'... the Death Eaters.

But judging from the current situation, he has not received any news.

Even if this series of things was done by him, it is likely to be the same as last time... He is still a monster as weak as a shadow, and he dare not expose himself to their former subordinates at all...

And the little wizard who was attacked this time was actually Malfoy...

Draco Malfoy!

A pure blood wizard.

A child of a Death Eater.

This aspect is also the other reason why he feels that tonight's incident is weird and bizarre.

"It's queer enough! But it's rare for me to agree with one of our Minister Fudge's ideas...I'm afraid this incident is not isolated, but a series of connected incidents."

"Although he intentionally caused the theft and the attack, and wanted to hide something... but it probably exposed that no matter what the reason is, this guy is now more and more unable to hide himself."

"So I would like to ask you... to pay attention to the situation at Hogwarts, especially Harry and the others, while I am away!"

"And McGuffin! I must ask you to prepare some unicorn blood to suppress the [Blood Curse] on him!..."

"in case!"

Dumbledore said calmly.

"You..." Snape looked sideways at Dumbledore's face with a curved nose, feeling more and more depressed.

He knew this guy must have known or guessed something...just not telling himself.

Even if you ask this old bee, she will evade and change the subject just like before.

Another long silence.

Finally Snape took a deep breath and said very calmly.

"What the hell are you thinking? Dumbledore, sometimes I think you do this... There is a very special purpose in raising Harry in this way... It's not just to ensure the safety of Lily Potter's son in the future..."

He wasn't looking for answers, Snape knew Dumbledore wasn't going to tell him the truth, he just wanted to.

Obviously, the sudden attack of this sentence was beyond Dumbledore's expectation, and he was afraid to meet Snape's eyes.

Finally Dumbledore turned his head away, snapped his fingers, called some of the house elves from Hogwarts to help Snape clean the room, and left here by himself.

Snape thought for a long time in silence, then he started to wave his wand and together with the elf, tidied up the chaotic room.

……

That night, no, since the McGuffins returned to the common room.

It was destined to be a sleepless night.

McGuffin, he just... wonders how these little wizards know all this?

They obviously came back to the common room along the way, and there is no channel through which to leak the secrets... Seeing Ginny's fear of autism, it can't be hers!
How the hell do they know?
"We all know...just tell us both! MacGuffin!"

"How did you turn Malfoy into stone!"

George and Fred pestered McGuffin for a long time, and dozens of ears pricked up in front of him, waiting to "listen".

(These little wizards pretended to be indifferent, but the light from their eyes and the excited reddish cheeks clearly revealed their nature of eating melons and gossip parties)
Gan!
——These two guys really know everything!

If Voldemort and Grindelwald had such a level of intelligence, they would have unified the wizarding world long ago!

Of course, Harry, Hermione and the others did not escape. Jordan and other little wizards also surrounded them, trying to pry something out of their mouths...

But obviously even Ron was a little frightened by today's [Malfoy was attacked].

He had a livid face and didn't brag as much as usual.

Just a brief description of how they found Malfoy (petrified, stiff specimen-like...)
But obviously this is not what these little wizards need.

Seeing that Ron was very depressed...annoyed with himself (about Ginny), Fred and George proposed to play magic chess while they were not in class.

These two guys obviously wanted to take this opportunity to trick Ron.

"I know, I know, Malfoy was very 'lucky' to be 'rewarded' with a spell by a dark wizard wandering by Hogwarts..." George said as he walked (chess piece).

"Yeah! Ron, what kind of spell did McGuffin give Malfoy? The petrification spell?"

"Well……"

That night, when McGuffin lay in bed and listened to the cold wind blowing against the window, he had a feeling... Tomorrow was bound to be another bad day.

However, where could it be so bad?Can it be worse than the whole day today... the rest of this semester!

McGuffin rolled over.

At this moment he saw a few flakes of snow starting to drift across the windows of the castle.

He straightened the quilt and wrapped it tightly around his body.

"Why does it feel a little cold! Ha!"

……

Sure enough, the next morning, what had been two or three small snowflakes drifting from the night turned into a violent snowstorm.

The temperature in the castle suddenly dropped a lot.

The MacGuffins had to curl up by the fire in the Gryffindor common room.

The rest of the little wizards also had to roll up their sheets and create a blue magic flame in the glass bottle to keep warm.

"What the hell is going on? Why do we, a wizarding school, have to freeze here like a Muggle!"

"Ah-ah-choo--"

Ron pinched his nose and was a little out of breath. He woke up from the cold this morning, and now he even feels like he has a cold!
"I heard from Percy that it seems that the headmaster and the Aurors are going to re-check all the magical defense protection devices of Hogwarts today, including the large-scale magic device for constant temperature in Hogwarts Castle..."

"They wanted to see if it was because this device interfered with the castle's magical defense protection device, resulting in a defensive loophole...and finally made it possible for dark wizards to shuttle into Hogwarts Castle through some kind of portkey or other teleportation spell..." Harry said.

"What the hell?"

Ron said angrily, "Does Professor Dumbledore agree with this nonsense?"

"Suck--"

Ron's current situation is as if someone has cast the [Tsi Curse] on him, his nose is red and swollen like a carrot (not only because of the cold, but also because of constantly twisting his nose with a tissue).

He was in a terrible pain.

"I still think you should go to Madam Pomfrey to see! Before it becomes more serious..." Hermione turned her attention away from a book and said worriedly.

Even in such a cold indoor temperature, Hermione still insisted on flipping through a book borrowed from the library.

She even rubbed her frozen fingers from time to time.

"Forget it! If I really meet with Malfoy, George and Fred will definitely spread some rumors again. And it is said that Mrs. Malfoy has been staying in the school hospital...The last time I met her, I almost tore us alive...I don't want to face her again!"

"I'll just endure it!"

"The school will not allow students to suffer from the cold like this!"

"Raise the temperature a little and my cold will get better."

"Suck—" Again.

This is really 'convincing ah'!
Before Hermione could say anything more, Percy strode over. He frowned and looked at Ron's red nose for a long time before turning his head and speaking to McGuffin and Harry.

"McGuffin, Harry! Professor Dumbledore is waiting for you two in his office..."

"what?"

(End of this chapter)