Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 286 Narration
"Ah!... It hurts! It hurts!"

Lockhart kept screaming, his face and forehead were scorched with 'cooked' marks.

This broke everyone's silence.

"Harry!"

Professor McGonagall was the first to react.

Then she looked at the MacGuffin Albert that Hagrid was holding.

(Dumbledore has already given McGuffin a mixture of unicorn horn and blood that he has always carried in his arms... Now he can barely suppress the scales that are constantly emerging on his face and neck)
Under Professor McGonagall's command, Hagrid placed the McGuffin on a chaise longue next to the fireplace.

After a sigh, she waved her wand again to heal Gerald Lockhart, who was covering his face and screaming.But as soon as this guy was healed, he began to harass the fainted McGuffin with his hands and feet... This made Professor McGonagall and the Aurors guarding him unbearable, and veins popped on his forehead...

She couldn't bear it anymore, and finally waved her wand, petrifying the guy in place.

As for the other professors... especially the Aurors surrounded Harry, looking at the bloodstains on their bodies, gasping for air, discussing and asking questions.

"What the hell happened? Severus!"

"Harry, what the hell did you meet down there?"

"Professor Dumbledore, what will happen to the castle... Now it's constantly shaking, and it looks like it's about to collapse. We must check it quickly and transfer the students... Please make a decision quickly!"

The wizards talked all over the place, and everyone had different questions and different people to ask.

It is impossible to sort out a real clue from it.

"Gentlemen, ladies... Be quiet, we'll talk later..." Cornelius Fudge struggled to squeeze out of the crowd, and his green yarmulke wizard hat was squeezed so hard that it almost fell to the ground.

——In this small room, even he, the majestic Minister of Magic, could only huddle with the crowd.

(Professor McGonagall's office itself is not big)

He came to Dumbledore and carefully observed Harry and the others, especially staying for a long time on the black and red blood stains on Harry's body and the box in Dumbledore's arms.

Then he said, "Professor Dumbledore, you have to explain..."

The castle swayed violently again—everyone huddled together as if they were sitting on an old bus that was about to make a series of [-] turns.

- Shake left!Swing right!

- Shake forward!Move back!

When Fudge finally stood firm, he continued, "Explain... the current situation! By the way, and... and who is the black hand behind the scenes? Have you caught it?"

He stared hard at Harry.

Harry hesitated, looking at Dumbledore and the professors staring at him with wide eyes.

——He didn't know if he should tell others about what happened in public, especially about Voldemort, but... In fact, he didn't know most of the things.

Fortunately, at this time, Dumbledore waved his hand and said seriously to Fudge, "Connelly, now is not the time to discuss this...a magic explosion occurred in the old underground classroom...It is likely to destroy the main structure of Hogwarts..."

"You also saw the situation in the West Tower just now... We must first check the castle and repair it... It is very likely that the magic that supports the existence of Hogwarts Castle has been destroyed!"

"It's not safe for the little wizards in the school to stay here..."

"Besides, what happened below is very complicated... There are many things that these little wizards don't know much about..."

"Wait, when it's over, we'll put everything together tonight...or I'll give you a formal written answer..."

While Dumbledore was speaking, the castle began to shake violently again, and this time they could even hear the sound of twisting and colliding among the bricks and stones in the wall.

"Okay!" Fudge hesitated, but the increasingly violent shaking of the castle made him realize the seriousness of the matter.

Although it is very important to solve this matter, he does not want to be responsible for the collapse of Hogwarts Castle... If such a thing really happens, he will definitely be kicked out of power full of shame.

Besides, the little wizard will not run away. Looking at the current situation, the black wizard who is hiding behind the scenes and manipulating Girod has died.

"Harry, and this little wizard... Hagrid, Snape...you stay here! I just don't know if there are other dark wizards, and we can protect the safety of these two little wizards here!"

Connelly called two Aurors (the two wizards guarding Gilderoy Lockhart) to let them stay in Professor McGonagall's office to protect Harry and McGuffin.

Under the persuasion of Fudge and Dumbledore, the rest began to check what was wrong with the castle.

……

At night, a fire blazed in the fireplace in Professor McGonagall's office.

The dim and flickering, warm orange flames made everyone drowsy.

— Ah, — ha!

Harry let out a long yawn.

Barely waking up...he looked around.

The tattered sorting hat was placed on the long table. It was twisting its body, moving its body and slowly leaning towards the fireplace...McGuffin's wand was next to it, and there was a half cup of cold black tea on the edge of the chair, which was caused by Professor Flitwick hastily called away after Professor McGonagall took a few sips.

There were still only those people in the room... himself, Hagrid, the MacGuffin... and the two Aurors, and Gilderoy Lockhart, who was petrified but hyperactive.

(Looking at the guy's eyes rolling around even though he's petrified... Harry now believes the guy is crazy.)
Since the afternoon, when Fudge and Dumbledore were discussing the inspection of Hogwarts Castle, there were people coming and going here.

First there was Snape, who had already been called away by the rather sneaky Mr. Malfoy.

I don't know what they muttered, but Snape looked shocked, as if someone had hammered the old bat in the face with a [-]-jin sledgehammer.

Then before he left, he looked at Harry himself for a long time, with a strange smile in his eyes that made his hair creep.

(It's different from the usual feeling of indifference and hatred,...for some reason...it makes Harry feel hairy all over when he thinks about that expression, and goosebumps fall all over the floor)
He always felt that this guy seemed to be planning something against him.

(Originally, when Snape, Hagrid, and Mr. Weasley came down to rescue these little wizards, Harry had a little change in his opinion of him, but this wretched and perverted smile immediately made Harry throw any goodwill towards him into the Mariana Trench.)
Afterwards, Madam Pomfrey came over, and she carefully inspected the McGuffin. Harry was relieved when he found out that he was fine, just fell asleep, and the magic power in his body was a little disordered (temporarily unable to cast spells for a few days).

Mrs. Weasley came over too, with a weary look on her face.

She came to see Harry and McGuffin.

During her chat with Madam Pomfrey...Harry learned that he didn't know why the Malfoys insisted on covering Decora Malfoy's body with a bedding...and invited Snape to the school hospital, kicked everyone out, and even fought Mrs. Weasley...

(Mrs. Weasley wants the frightened Ginny...and the other two little wizards to rest in the school hospital, and let Madam Pomfrey take care of them, so as not to have any sequelae...)
This 'battle' made the school hospital messy, and it was Fudge who had been a peacemaker in the past, and the two families were finally able to let go.

Although people came and went in this room... But Professor Dumbledore, the minister, and the Aurors never came to ask them formally about what happened in the [Chamber of Secrets].

When Professor McGonagall occasionally came over to rest...to find a document, a book, Harry heard from some of their words that Hogwarts Castle seemed to be a little damaged...and even ended the semester early.

This made him a little worried.

Not really letting them go home early, he didn't want to face the Dursleys.

--ah!ha!

A yawn sounded, and Harry turned his head to see that McGuffin was stretching and slowly getting up from the armchair.

His eyes were blank, as if he was not aware of the current situation.

--This is?
It took McGuffin a long time to recall his state before he fell into a coma.

— Voldemort, where's that monster from Lace Finley?Hang up?
He looked around...

Fireplace, bookshelves, ... desk, arms folded, Hagrid standing in the doorway like a wall of door gods, but snoring, sleeping with eyes open.

It's all very peaceful.

This seems to be Professor McGonagall's office.

It seemed that they had won, and McGuffin's heart began to calm down.

"McGuffin!"

Harry exclaimed in surprise.

This made the sleepy Hagrid tremble, and the hem of the mole coat kept shaking.

"Ah, what is it! What is it!"

Hagrid looked around hurriedly and yelled loudly, waking up the other two Aurors who were guarding here.

He glared at Hagrid disapprovingly.

But Hagrid didn't care at all, he walked over happily, patted MacGuffin on the shoulder vigorously, and said loudly.

"McGuffin, I heard you saved everyone, you saved Harry... that's amazing, amazing!"

With a cluck, the McGuffin's neck twisted.

He cocked his neck and watched Hagrid.

Hagrid had an embarrassed expression on his face, and his body froze while maintaining the slapping movement.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in the aisle, getting closer.

Immediately after the door was opened, a gust of cold wind blew in, causing Harry to lean against the McGuffin, which was the fireplace.

Dumbledore entered the room.Like everyone else, he looked tired and yawned, and his wrinkled face looked a little old.

A second later, Professor McGonagall, Fudge, and another senior official of the Ministry of Magic that Harry felt a little familiar also came here. (Harry seems to have met one side in the game with Slytherin)
They bowed their heads and walked in tiredly.

"Ah! Albert, are you awake! It's just right... It seems that Madam Pomfrey has taken good care of you... She said that you will wake up at this time!"

said Dumbledore softly, and then he turned and spoke back.

"Connelly! Pull yourself together, don't you want to ask what happened? I also want to confirm what happened to destroy the load-bearing pillars of the magical construction in Hogwarts castle..."

Then Professor McGonagall hastily cast a small magic spell on several people to rejuvenate their vitality, making everyone refreshed and sober.

"Okay... let's sort it out, what happened today!" Dumbledore said, looking at McGuffin.

"McGuffin, you come first!"

(McGuffin always felt that the old bee asked himself to speak first, trying to hide something from himself, especially from Harry, and Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic.)
"Yes, that's what we all think...it feels like you should know the most...how did you get to that old classroom..."

Professor McGonagall agreed.

Harry looked at McGuffin, wondering what the hell was going on, too.

"Oh!"

McGuffin starts telling them what 'as is' will be done.

Harry kept adding to it.

The room was silent.

He recounted how Harry could always hear that disembodied, ghostly voice (he moved himself past so subtly that no one noticed).

"Later, you also know that the last time we discovered the basilisk, and 'coincidentally' encountered the basilisk, and fought against it!"

McGuffin said.

Harry nodded.

"It seems that Lockhart was under control at that time, and it is very likely that the basilisk was guided there!" Fudge also agreed.

"Who, who called me..." Lockhart smiled foolishly, sticking out his big shiny bald head from behind Fudge's neck.

——The petrification curse on this guy has been lifted after an afternoon.

This startled Fudge, almost jumping up.

When Fudge winked, the Auror next to him waved his wand in a panic, freezing Lockhart in place again.

When all this subsides, the story continues...

"Later we heard rumors about the [Chamber of Secrets], and learned from Hagrid that the victim of the [Chamber of Secrets] last time was Weeping Myrtle... We knew that the entrance to the [Chamber of Secrets] was in that bathroom..."

"Okay, we actually know it here, the key is the following... I heard Hermione mention it, you seem to be threatened by Lockhart... That's where you separated!"

Professor McGonagall told him to hurry up, they already knew all this.

"But at that time, Girod Lockhart had already captured Ginny and the others, and they were in the Forbidden Forest...then who is that person?" she asked.

"Les Finley..." said McGuffin.

"Oh! Is that the second-hand store owner in Diagon Alley? I have also bought second-hand books from him many times, so I am familiar with it."

Dumbledore said 'suddenly'.

(End of this chapter)