The transfer student at Hogwarts just wants to fall in love [continued]

Chapter 342 Funeral

The mysterious man is back

"Former Minister of Magic Fudge is treated at St Mungo's for a mental breakdown"

A day ago, these two pieces of news would have dominated the headlines of the Daily Prophet.

But now it can only be squeezed into the sidebar.

《The terror sweeping across Europe reappears! 》

《The youngest Minister of Magic in history defeats Grindelwald's successor! 》

The successive breaking news stunned the entire wizarding world.

And in the end, what silenced the entire wizarding world was an obituary.

"The Legend Has Fallen."

The greatest wizard of this century, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, was brutally murdered by Grindelwald's descendant Morby with the Killing Curse in a battle with Morby who was lurking in Hogwarts. He died heroically.

He was 114 years old.

That day was the quietest day in the wizarding world.

I only heard a mournful cry from somewhere.

Hogwarts was in a gloomy mood.

The school has suspended all classes and exams have been postponed.

There is still one week left in the semester and many parents have already come to the school to pick up their children.

Without Dumbledore, Hogwarts is no longer the safest school in the world.

Seamus had a big argument with his mother in the auditorium, and finally his mother had to agree to let him stay.

"I want to stay at Hogwarts!"

He sat down angrily, and all the core members of Darkness gathered here.

"But my mother is going to stay in Hogsmeade for a while, and she also wants to see the headmaster off."

All professors unanimously decided that Dumbledore's funeral would be held at Hogwarts two days later.

This was the first time a principal's funeral was held at the school.

He gave everything for the school and he deserves it.

No one spoke.

Harry looked at the lifeless crowd and broke the silence.

"Hermione should still be in the Ministry of Magic now, right?"

"Yes, she is a minister now, so she should be very busy."

Ron replied, "Yeah, I never thought Hermione could become Minister."

"How is it impossible?" Ginny glared at him. "Hermione's excellence is obvious to all. I have never seen a wizard better than her in terms of strength and organizational ability."

"Who said there is no one? There is still Mo Bai..."

A dead silence.

Ron, whose brain couldn't keep up with his mouth, wanted to slap himself.

Ginny gave him a stern look.

"I still can't believe that Mo Bai could do such a thing," Harry said weakly, "I mean, Dumbledore is obviously his guardian..."

"Isn't it obvious?"

Seamus was furious, "Grindelwald deliberately let him sneak into the school. Dumbledore was kind enough to trust him and thought he could change for the better."

"But the fact is that he is an ungrateful person!"

"He deceived Dumbledore and deceived Hermione!"

"You fooled everyone!"

"But," Ginny's voice was filled with tears, "You haven't seen how he usually gets along with Hermione..."

How could that kind of spiritual connection be acted out?

"I feel like I don't believe in love anymore..."

Cedric beside him was numb, but he didn't know what to say now.

"You girls are always being sentimental, but he killed Dumbledore in front of everyone!"

Ron turned pale.

"And killed so many innocent people!"

"And when he tortured Umbridge..."

Many people's faces turned pale.

After that day, the bones exposed under the flames became a nightmare for many people at night.

"Besides," Harry said grimly.

"The professors say there's a chance Hogwarts might be closed."

No one shouted or screamed, as they all had more or less guesses about the matter.

"Hogwarts won't close!"

The voice came from outside the door and everyone turned around.

Hermione strode into the hall, wearing a black top hat and a black windbreaker that revealed an exquisite women's suit underneath. Her every move completely lost the immaturity of a young girl.

Scrimgeour followed her like a bodyguard, followed by a delegation from the Ministry of Magic.

Everyone's eyes were on her.

She stopped beside them with the Ministry of Magic people, took off her trench coat, took off her hat and handed it to Scrimgeour, "You should go find Headmaster McGonagall first."

"Okay," Scrimgeour took the coat and nodded to them, then led the others upstairs.

Hermione sat down directly, stretched out her right hand and then retracted it.

Looking at the crowd who seemed a little uneasy, he raised his eyebrows.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Ron scratched his head.

"It's just that I'm not used to it."

"What's there to be accustomed to?"

Hermione glanced at him, "I have a few things to say."

She pulled out a document.

Harry took it and looked at it. "Darkness was recruited by the Aurors?"

"No," Hermione raised a finger. "To be precise, the Aurors were recruited by us. Now all Auror training is based on the standards of the Darkness Army. It's just that the Parliament feels that a hasty name change will affect the prestige of the Ministry of Magic. Now, you know..."

She shrugged.

Harry was very happy to hear the word "we", which meant that Hermione was still the same Hermione, not the high-ranking Minister of Magic.

"Now, all Darkness graduates will be exempted from assessment and directly transferred to the Ministry of Magic to join the 'Auror'," Hermione put a quotation mark, "but you can have other wishes if you want to. This is voluntary and not forced."

"At the same time, the requirements for recruiting Darkness will also be higher. At least they must be proficient in the Armor Spell and the Disarming Spell. We don't have that much time to train new recruits."

"All of our training resources will be borne entirely by the Ministry of Magic, provided that we take on the task of protecting Hogwarts."

Ron's eyes widened.

"We will protect Hogwarts, of course."

"There is no doubt about that."

Hermione looked at them, "My fellows, the fate of Hogwarts rests in your hands."

Everyone looked at Hermione who acted decisively, and a strong sense of confidence infected everyone.

Then they saw Hermione conjure up a tea set, brew tea expertly, and pour herself a cup.

Everyone's expression suddenly became strange.

Ginny looked at her best friend with eyes full of pain.

"Hermione, are you okay?"

Hermione looked up at them, "It's alright, what's wrong with you? Would you like some tea?"

Harry and Ron looked at each other and looked at her tentatively, "Um, Mo Bai..."

"Oh yes!"

Hermione seemed to have just remembered.

"If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten that the formation at Darkness's original training ground was set up by Mo Bai, and it's no longer usable," Hermione looked at them seriously, "But there's no need for Darkness to hide now. I'm going to ask Principal McGonagall to connect some of the empty classrooms in the north building to serve as Darkness' training ground."

"Also, Mo Bai can Apparate inside Hogwarts, so you must take turns to send people to patrol Hogwarts."

"Once you find his trace, be sure to use the magic book to call your companions."

"Don't worry, Mo Bai is a very proud person. As long as you don't take the initiative to attack him, he will not care about you."

"After this, everyone must focus on training the Patronus Charm. We must reach the level of summoning a physical Patronus, which will have a very good restraining effect on the Obscurus."

Everyone looked at her in a daze.

Hermione frowned at this.

"Did you hear that?"

Everyone was shocked and said, "I heard it!"

"very good!"

Hermione stood up and gathered her things.

"I'm going to see Headmistress McGonagall now."

After she left, everyone looked at each other.

Has she really let it go?

How could Hermione really let it go?

Hermione walked to the corner with her head down and her lips tightly pursed.

At first, she thought this might be Mo Bai's plan to make her the Minister of Magic.

It is also very likely that Dumbledore faked his death.

But during the few days she worked at the Ministry of Magic, when she saw the Ministry employees cursing Mo Bai for their dead companions, and when she saw the families of the deceased wailing in front of the corpses.

These are all innocent lives that were lost.

Is this really Mo Bai’s plan?

Why did Dumbledore have to fake his death? Even if he were alive, he would not have any influence on the selection of the Minister of Magic, and might even make her ascension to the position smoother.

Why did Mo Bai hide it from her?

Why do you want to take back your soul oath?

What if, what if he wasn't acting? What if this really happened?

What if this is just my wishful thinking?

She was very conflicted at this moment.

I can only force myself to focus all my attention on the affairs of the Ministry of Magic at hand.

She bit her lower lip and walked towards the principal's office resolutely.

Two days later, the teachers and students of Hogwarts came to the lake.

A lot of people have gathered here, both familiar and unfamiliar people are waiting quietly.

Today is Dumbledore's funeral.

He had no body. Professor McGonagall personally put his favorite purple star robe into the white coffin.

Someone was crying silently, and Hagrid hid in the corner with his beard wet.