HP solves the mystery

Time passed to January 1980, and Regulus had been working under Voldemort for half a year.

On this day, as usual, he was accompanying his mother, Walburga, while checking the accounts of last month's trade transactions, when his father, Orion, walked into the study with a strange expression.

"Wall, Regulus, I think we should send donated money to Hogwarts." Orion walked over and massaged his wife's shoulders, saying distressedly, "Leave these things to Regulus." Just do it with Les, I'll see how tired you are..."

Upon hearing this, Walburga patted the back of his hand in amusement, pushed the fallen hair behind his ears, and continued to look at the account book.

"How old is Regulus? I asked you to help me but you were lazy again." Walburga exposed his lazy behavior mercilessly.

Orion didn't feel embarrassed, but kissed her cheek intimately, pushed Regulus away and sat next to her.

Regulus straightened his chair as usual and put the wedding planning book in his hand at the bottom.

"It's only January now? Aren't they going to be sent to Hogwarts after Easter?" Walburga rowed away the goods he brought from Iceland. Thinking of his alma mater also gave him a headache, "With the funding from the Ministry of Magic and our donation, Logically speaking..."

"It was the people from the Ministry of Magic who urged them. They seemed to have grasped something and wanted to remove Dumbledore from power..." Orion touched the mustache on his lips and told Regulus a piece of news that shocked him. .

Walburga curled his lips. The Ministry of Magic said this every year.

"It seems to be true this time. Do you remember Hagrid? The Forbidden Forest Warden?" Orion saw his wife nodding and continued, "The reason he was fired was because he kept dangerous magical creatures and harmed people... The creature he raised this time seems..." He smiled maliciously.

Walburga became interested. She raised her eyebrows and motioned for Orion to continue.

"He is different from Kettleborn and Scamander. The eight-eyed spider actually ran into the school and injured the little wizards, and almost killed a few...the hospital wing is full of little wizards..." Orion couldn't help but think Sadly, fortunately his sons have graduated.

The hairs on Regulus' body stood up after hearing his father's words. Is Hogwarts' defense so poor? You must know that the eight-eyed spider is so poisonous. It is lucky that no little wizard died this time.

Walburga had a different view. Thinking of the news from the Ministry of Magic's spies, he would definitely not succeed in dragging Dumbledore into the water this time.

She changed into a comfortable position and sat, quite like watching a tiger fight from a distance.

"Isn't Minister Macan going to cooperate with Dumbledore? Are you not afraid of getting into trouble now?" She pursed her lips and smiled, "Moreover, we send one hundred thousand gold galleons every year, not just to see the splash, we need to take stock of the expenses. "Yes." She thought for a while and then said, "The things were delivered on time. I would like to see how the Ministry of Magic solves the problem."

Orion shrugged, and out of the corner of his eye he caught sight of his youngest son eavesdropping, chatting in Walburga's ear. Then he picked up a stack of letters and walked out of the study. He wanted to discuss it with Lucius.

Regulus continued to look at the account book with an expressionless face, but in fact there were several wrong words written in the book.

In Malfoy Manor, Lucius was carefully supporting the pregnant Narcissa for a walk in the garden.

Yes, Narcissa is now four months pregnant. They were relieved after they found out through magic that it was a boy. They really didn't want to experience another separation.

"Sissi, baby, are you bothering me?" Lucius gently stroked Narcissa's slightly protruding belly, his eyes full of tenderness.

Narcissa shook her head slightly. This pregnancy was much easier than when she was pregnant with her daughter Laila. At least she could eat meat.

"Luke, we only need this one child." She murmured softly. The child came so suddenly that she once thought it was her daughter coming back.

Lucius recalled his silence when he asked his father why he had no siblings when he was a child, and nodded with a heavy face.

The atmosphere was somewhat condensed, leaving only the rustle of walking.

Orion appeared in this weird atmosphere, brushing the non-existent dust on his body and saying hello to them.

"Lucius, Narcissa, good day."

"Good day, uncle." Narcissa stared blankly at Orion, who had appeared openly, not understanding why he was here.

Lucius supported Narcissa and led Orion to the flower room, and the three of them sat down and drank tea.

"You all know about the magical creatures attacking young wizards at Hogwarts, right?" Orion didn't mince words and directly stated his purpose, "The Ministry of Magic wants to take this opportunity to drag Dumbledore into trouble, and they are not afraid of annoying them. That gentleman from Germany... is really..." He laughed out loud at this, what kind of brains do people in the Ministry of Magic have?

Narcissa nodded with lingering fear, rubbing her belly with her palms.

"Dangerous creatures raised in the Forbidden Forest. I have told other people on the school board several times before, but they didn't take it seriously... What a bunch of old stubborns..." Lucius tapped his fingers on the table. Although Professor En also raises dangerous magical creatures, they are all registered with the Department of Magical Creatures.

Orion smacked his lips unnaturally, not wanting to admit that he was also one of the 'old diehards' among the school directors.

The school board meeting was held as scheduled on March 3st, and they also chose Saturday as that day. The people from the provincial Ministry of Magic refused to admit their fault and asked them to fight Dumbledore and then hug someone's thigh.

The school board, represented by Lucius, naturally required an inventory of assets and accounting, as well as dealing with the losses caused by ranger Hagrid and the dismissal of several school employees who had neglected their duties.

The accountant they brought was writing and drawing in the room next to the conference room, and used a calculator to assist from time to time.

Thanks to Merlin, they can still use electrical appliances where they are.

Minister of Magic Macon came over to suppress the battle. When he saw Dumbledore just smiling kindly, his heart almost jumped out of his chest when he thought of the agreement between them, so he could only go ahead.

"Gentlemen of the school directors, I think we should consider how to strengthen the defense of Hogwarts and rectify the dangers caused by the Forbidden Forest." Instead of arguing here, Macon muttered in his heart.

Lucius glanced at Minister Macan speechlessly and winked at the head of the Carlo family.

The head of the Carrow family nodded knowingly and distributed the documents and information collected in his hands to everyone present. Even the Wizengamot member Ms. Marchbane who was observing received a copy.

"These are the information I collected. You must read them carefully. I think you will thank me." After speaking, the head of the Carlo family sat down.

Everyone in the conference room frowned and looked at the documents in their hands. The expressions on the faces of some pro-Deng school directors changed from casual to serious, and cold sweat gradually broke out on their foreheads.

"Everyone, I know that the magical creature that broke into Hogwarts and hurt people this time was raised in the Forbidden Forest by the expelled student Hagrid, and it was not registered with the Department of Magical Creatures. Don't you think so?" Head of the Norton family Throw away the information and take the lead in attacking the Ministry of Magic. Even though he only gives Hogwarts 30,000 galleons every year, he is still the school director!

Look at what happened this time, how ridiculous it is!

Another pro-Deng family head frowned, "Albus, I don't want Hogwarts to become a sea of ​​spiders, and those spiders are still poisonous eight-eyed spiders that like to eat meat!"

Walton McNeil, who acted as the invisible man, bulged his chest muscles. He could go and kill the spiders to create a safe reading environment for the children. (This man is the executioner of the winged beast.)

The other two members of the Ministry of Magic knew that the situation was getting worse and could only hope that the Minister would give some help.

Dumbledore's expression remained unchanged and he still smiled gently. He took off his glasses and wiped them.

"Children, please believe that Hagrid is not the messenger. He was also surprised that the eight-eyed spider suddenly broke into Hogwarts and hurt the students. When he saw those students injured, he wished that he was the one who was hurt." Dumbledore said Good Glasses, sighed, "He has been crying for several days, and now he is still taking care of those students in the medical wing... Those eight-eyed spiders have also been driven back to the Forbidden Forest..."

Lucius and Orion looked at each other after hearing this, and both saw the impatience in the other's eyes.

A school director who graduated from Ravenclaw slapped his hand on the table and asked angrily, "Dumbledore, don't forget, those hurtful eight-eyed spiders are the ones you are calling to take care of the injured little wizard. Fed by humans!”

"I suggest that Hogwarts set up a management department to review whether the school's employees are responsible and to strengthen the school's defense and security!" The head of the Carrow family closed the file hard and threw it on the table with a snap. It's not big, but it's very clear in the dull conference room.

His intention was so obvious that the people in the conference room looked happy after hearing this. If he succeeded...

"Lock Hagrid to Azkaban! He should have stayed there decades ago!" The head of the Norton family didn't care about this. He touched the few hairs left and said sarcastically.

Ms. Marchban frowned and remained silent.

Dumbledore took a sip of honey and lemon tea to moisten his throat, and rarely argued about this matter.

"Hagrid's incident was already suspicious, and this time the spider broke into the school only near the covered bridge and did not enter the campus." He paused and spoke slowly, "The spider stayed in the Forbidden Forest. After decades, something must have lured it out this time.”

The implication denies that the murderer is Hagrid, and suggests that there is someone else who wants to murder the students.

Lucius sneered at this statement, and discussed with the school director the fate of the Spiders in the Forbidden Forest.

"There are too many spiders. Our department can accommodate Aragog and his mate." The two people from the Ministry of Magic quickly changed their words after being glared at by Minister Macan, "Oh, maybe we can also add some small spiders, after all, there are There are so many creatures…”

Dumbledore did not refute, so he agreed with the proposal; Lucius nodded indifferently when he saw where to go, despising the greed of the Ministry of Magic in his heart. Who doesn't know that the venom of the big spider makes money?

Orion coughed and waited for everyone's attention to turn back to him before clicking on certain pages of the document.

"I saw that in the school, except for the broomsticks, the boats, carriages and herbal medicine class protective gear are all old and OK. I remember last time a new student almost drowned when his boat capsized into the lake, and there were also people who were injured by mandrake. The scream penetrated the earmuffs and passed out..." Orion raised his chin slightly, frowned and said slowly, "Shouldn't these things be maintained and replaced every year?" If it weren't for his rebellious son Sirius, How could the Black family donate 10,000 Galleons to the school Quidditch in vain!

The Carrow family and the Norton family nodded together. When they were studying in school, those boats and carriages were there. Things in the magic world are really durable.

Lucius touched the snake staff with a smile in his eyes.

"Mr. Dumbledore, can you explain why the school's infrastructure has become like this? Our school board just donated a fund to Hogwarts last month." Lucius glanced at Minister Macan , said pointedly, "It must be the same with the Ministry of Magic, after all, it has also invested so many subsidies."

Macon took out a handkerchief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He once again felt reckless about joining forces with Dumbledore, but thinking about Grindelwald's power, he strengthened his confidence.

"Everyone knows that students are at a lively and active age, and they are inevitably a little impatient. Things that are easily damaged, funds are limited, and replacement is not so timely, and the food cost is huge, the teacher's salary and daily maintenance... these are all ..." Dumbledore stopped to take a sip of the honey water, and then let out a long sigh, which seemed to indicate his difficulty.

Lucius closed his eyes. He really admired Dumbledore's ability to tell lies. Was this because he had never attended Hogwarts?

"There are at most 21 teachers and students in Hogwarts, and there are 21 teachers among them. There are too many students to teach, and the teachers' teaching levels vary. I'm wondering how they passed the owls exam." For the exam!" The head of the Carlo family looked worried and continued what he had not finished before, "If we do not set up an additional management department, I suggest recruiting new teachers from the magic world to teach together with the school's original old professors! Enhance the quality of education , allowing students to learn knowledge better!”

The head of the Carrow family blocked the mouths of the Ministry of Magic and the pro-Deng faction with his righteous speech, and Minister Macan had nothing to say. This was all for the future of the wizarding world.

Orion saw the smile on Dumbledore's face fade, and his heart blossomed with joy. It was rare to see the white wizard feel depressed.

"Mr. Carlo is right. Times are progressing, and what students learn should also be updated. I agree with him. Recruit new teachers from the magical world..." Orion raised his hand first and approved the proposal of the Carlo family. , "Minister Mekan, what do you think?"

"You're right, hahaha." Mekan pinched the handkerchief in his hand and smiled dryly.

Lucius turned his attention to Ms. Marchban, who had been silent. He didn't know how the people in Wizengamot would react if they knew about this.

Dumbledore also agreed to the addition of teachers. After all, this way he could place his own people. If an administration department were to be added, power would inevitably be decentralized and more people would be involved, so the secrets of the school would no longer be secrets.

The accountant brought by Lucius found out that 35% of the money donated by the school directors and the Ministry of Magic every year is used to update common equipment, 40% is used to repair the castle and provide subsidies to needy students, 15% is reserved in the treasury for backup, and 10% are missing.

Dumbledore said that this was normal wear and tear, and there would be some differences between shipping materials for repairs and buying things at a premium.

It is impossible for the school directors to really care about the 'loss', so they can only hold their noses and admit it.

The final result was that Dumbledore agreed to recruit new teachers next week and send people to lay traps around the school to strengthen defense.

The eight-eyed spider Aragog and his partner in the Forbidden Forest were picked up by people sent by the Ministry of Magic. The rest of the little spiders were either shot or sent to other zoos for care. This left a large safe area in the Forbidden Forest for people to live in. The centaurs also breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Hagrid was not expelled, he was ordered not to feed any more creatures that were a threat to the students. Once discovered, Hagrid pleaded guilty to intentional murder and was sent to the Ministry of Magic for trial. If the circumstances were serious, he could be sent directly to Azkaban.

Hagrid cried goodbye to Aragog, his face covered with snot and tears, but no one sympathized with him.