Parents of Hogwarts

After seeing the name of the book in Skeeter's hand from a distance, Karan raised his eyebrows inadvertently. He had roughly guessed the reason why Professor McGonagall was so angry.

As the former principal, Armando Dippet was not only extremely loyal to Hogwarts during his tenure, but also won the respect of many students and professors. He was also one of the few portraits of Dumbledore who could really talk to him. .

Especially as the successor of Phineas Black, the most unpopular headmaster in the history of Hogwarts, Headmaster Dippet is even more worthy of the students' respect due to the former.

After Professor McGonagall became disillusioned with the work of the Ministry of Magic when she was young, it was Principal Dippet who agreed to her request to return to Hogwarts to teach and assigned her to the then Transfiguration Professor Dumbledore. 's subordinates.

The most important thing is that Principal Dippet is not dead yet.

He has lived for more than 1637 years since he was born in 300, and if nothing happens, he will most likely continue to live until the next generation of people are admitted to Hogwarts.

It was probably around 1992 that he was suspected to have died accidentally due to a failed broom flight test.

The reason why he retired that year was only because he was too old and gradually became weak, so he awarded the position of principal to Dumbledore.

Skeeter's blatant slander may have been ignored by Dippet, but Professor McGonagall, as a former student of Principal Dippet and the leader of her own teaching career, she certainly would not give it to Skeeter. Not even the slightest bit of respect from Kit.

After watching the excitement quietly for a while, Karan decided to leave here as soon as possible.Because Skeeter's eyes had begun to scan around again, with a cunning look that was eager to find a story.

Coincidentally, at this time, the Gryffindor Quidditch team just finished today's training. They walked tiredly towards the auditorium, apparently going to have dinner.

Frank Longbottom was carrying a broomstick. He frowned and looked at Rita Skeeter, who was holding a book in her hand, and then spotted Callan in the crowd.

After giving a look to his girlfriend Alice, the two quietly left the team. Frank stretched out an arm towards Karan and said carelessly: "Help me, buddy."

"Quidditch training is so tiring"

He obviously looked like he wanted to say something to Karan.

After a moment of hesitation, Karan moved and let Frank's arm go around his shoulders. At the same time, Alice followed the two of them, blocking Skeeter's view here.

"Careful Skeeter."

Frank whispered to Karan directly: "I once spent some time with her in school. When we were still in school, she was a very gossipy person."

"She can only think about her own stories." Alice added later: "No matter why she returned to school, she must have the purpose of interviewing you. When that time comes, you have to be careful."

"Her reports are full of lies and fabricated facts. She will write anything to attract attention."

Karan looked back at Alice in confusion. She shook hands with Karan in a friendly way, and praised with a smile: "The beautiful snot curse, in my opinion, it made Malfoy so annoying." The most embarrassing spell for a disgusting guy."

Karan knew what she was referring to. When he secretly fought back at Malfoy, the curse he cast made Malfoy's face covered with disgusting saliva and snot.

"You can't blame me, man"

Frank Longbottom's slightly apologetic words drew Karan's attention back, and he said helplessly: "I mean, Alice is my girlfriend after all, and I will never hide anything from her. ."

"It would be great if that were the case." Alice sneered a few times from behind, and Frank smiled awkwardly.

He continued: "I noticed that when others asked you about the Iron Armor Curse, you always excused yourself and said it was an accident, so I didn't talk about your attack on Malfoy. After all, it was cast in one go. There are so many spells and it’s still very difficult.”

Of course, Callan knew that Frank had witnessed his counterattack with his own eyes, and was even kind enough to help him bear Malfoy's anger.

But after that, this was the first time the two officially got to know each other, and it was also the first time they talked about it.

"As a talented student with difficulty in sorting," Karan said slightly helplessly, "I just want to live a low-key life and don't really want to attract attention."

Callan's brazen behavior shocked Frank, and he momentarily forgot what he was going to say next.

Lily and Snape looked at each other silently. Lily made an expression of "As expected of him", while Snape's eyes looked a little complicated.

However, Alice's performance was much crisper than any of them. She asked with great interest: "So you can really cast the Iron Armor Curse?"

Looking at Alice's excited look, Karan thought of Ted's words that she overheard in the Forbidden Forest. Her grades in Charms class were always the first in her grade.

"Maybe." Karan said seriously: "If the iron armor spell that was penetrated counts, then I should have succeeded."

Alice replied indifferently: "Even the iron armor curse that is penetrated is very rare at your age. At least I couldn't do this in the first grade."

"Cough cough."

At this time, Frank finally came back to his senses. He looked at Karan with strange eyes, as if he was looking at a monster.

"Anyway..."

He said hesitantly: "It's not bad to be low-key... This will at least save you from Malfoy's revenge. No need to thank me."

He smiled and said: "Anyway, Alice and I have always been at odds with those guys. We have been at odds with each other for a long time."

Alice nodded in agreement: "And it's enough for us to see Malfoy being embarrassed."

Karan took back his words of thanks and nodded gratefully to them.

"But you still have to be careful Malfoy."

Frank warned with a serious expression: "The Malfoys are always unscrupulous in doing things, but their fingerprints cannot be found on the wand used to commit the crime, even if they appear at the crime scene."

"This is an ancient family that has been passed down for a long time. They have their own ideas and ways of doing things, but most of them are shady methods."

"They have always hidden themselves deeply and enjoy the role of the real controllers behind the power."

"Anyway..."

Frank seemed to want to say something more, but in the end he just patted Callan on the shoulder and reminded him one last time: "Remember to be careful with Malfoy."

Looking at his serious look, Karan nodded seriously.

"Thank you." Karan said sincerely.

Frank smiled and waved his hand, indicating that it was nothing.

Then he rubbed his belly and muttered: "I hope there are still steaks left in the auditorium, but Edgar won't eat them all..."

"Then you'd better move faster," Alice teased him: "Amelia only promised to save some cakes for me, and she won't help you deal with her brother."

Before the two were about to leave, Karan suddenly stopped them.

"Do you know what kind of person Professor Meadows is?" he asked.

According to Karan's speculation, if Meadows attended Hogwarts, she would have spent a lot of time in school that overlapped with today's students.

After all, she looked so young.

"She is indeed several years older than us. Many senior students were shocked when they first met her."

"But we don't know much about her."

He shook his head and said, "Meadows has always been mysterious. Almost no one knows what she does every day."

"And instead of asking us, you might as well just ask Ted."

"What does this mean?" Karan asked confused.

"Don't you know?" Frank blinked: "Just like you."

"Meadows is a Hufflepuff too."