HP Shavings Wizard

Arriving at the hospital wing, Madam Pomfrey glanced at Lockhart's pale body with a hint of disdain, then checked the petrification effect on him and tried to wave her wand and cast a few spells to remove it.

In the end, he came to the same conclusion as Dumbledore.

"A powerful petrification spell. No danger to life. However, the problem is that there is no Mandrake resurrection potion in the hospital wing, and the Mandrakes in the greenhouse are not mature yet."

Dumbledore nodded and asked Madam Pomfrey to take care of Lockhart - which actually meant putting him on the bed and covering him with a robe to prevent the little wizards from seeing anything with pinholes.

Of course, if there are not enough hospital beds in the future, maybe we can just throw this annoying statue into a corner when necessary...

Then, he took a group of people to the principal's office and gathered there.

After the old headmaster sat down, he motioned for everyone to sit down as well, then looked at Harry and the others calmly and resolutely.

"It can't be them. It's impossible for an ordinary second-year student to do this. This requires advanced black magic..."

As he spoke, his bright eyes fell on Alison, who had half-jokingly chatted about the Chamber of Secrets Basilisk and the Parseltongue legend and had warned everyone at the beginning of the school year.

Now, the little red-haired wizard pretended not to understand and was fiddling with his fingernails with his head down.

The outfit of Lu Dan was really uncomfortable, and she had no shoes, so her feet felt uncomfortable when walking. So she took off the outfit on the way by revealing her true form.

Dumbledore sighed and called out by name: "...Alison, what do you think?"

Alison played dumb and blinked innocently at her father, "Ah? Me? I think since it has already happened, we might as well discuss the candidate for the new Dark Magic Defense Professor..."

"There's no rush for a new professor, and I want to hear your thoughts on the attack, Alison."

Seeing her refusal, Dumbledore was silent for a moment, staring at his daughter with penetrating and inquiring eyes, the bright firelight flickering on his lenses, and repeated it again.

The only information the old headmaster lacked now was the location of the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets and the location of the Horcrux that had sneaked into Hogwarts - he even had some guesses about the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets, and the place where Ghost Myrtle died was a very obvious clue.

He questioned Alison, actually trying to find out why Alison was unwilling to tell him.

Alison promised Gail that she would dismiss Gilderoy within this year so that Gail could successfully become a professor. Then, in this ridiculous way, Gilderoy became a laughing stock who needed to recover by the end of the semester.

This is also the reason why Dumbledore did not ask Alison for the mature mandrake. Alison did not want Gilderoy to recover, so there was no way she would give it to him, and if she asked, she would only get an excuse.

But if all she wanted was to make Gale a professor and keep the family of three in Hogwarts, there would be no reason to hide more information and allow Horcruxes and basilisks to roam around in Hogwarts...

Alison refused to cooperate and continued to fool around and divert attention: "Harry and the others are the first witnesses, right? I was at the dinner with you guys the whole time and I know nothing."

"We didn't touch Professor Lockhart!" Harry exclaimed, as he, Ron and Hermione scrambled to explain that they had been at the Deathday party. "... and there were hundreds of ghosts there to prove we were there."

Dumbledore turned his gaze to the three little ones and listened patiently, nodding from time to time.

Snape's dark eyes sparkled in the firelight. He was aggressive and clearly had no intention of letting the annoying little lions go. "But what happened after you left early? Why didn't you come to the dinner? Instead, you went to the corridor upstairs?"

Ron and Hermione pursed their lips and looked at Harry hesitantly and worriedly.

Harry had a vague feeling that the statement of "hearing strange noises that only he heard" was untenable.

But he couldn't come up with any other reasonable reason, so he could only lie out of guilt.

"Because, because we are tired and want to go back to the dormitory and sleep early."

Hearing this clumsy lie, a smug smile flashed across the Slytherin Snake King's skinny face, and he pointed out the loopholes in Harry's words mercilessly and sharply.

"No dinner? I think the food served by ghosts at the dinner party is probably not suitable for living people..."

Ron protested loudly that he was not hungry, but his stomach growled loudly at this moment, slapping him in the face.

Professor Snape curled his lips in disdain, and immediately added his own agenda, trying to use the fact that they were concealing the truth as an excuse to ban Harry from continuing to participate in Quidditch games.

This was like a poke in the lungs of Professor McGonagall, a Quidditch fanatic who had always hoped that the Gryffindor Quidditch team would defeat Slytherin. The old professor immediately opened her eyes wide and protested loudly.

"Severus, I see no reason not to let the boy play! Lockhart was not hit on the head by the broom or the ball, and there is no evidence that Harry did anything wrong."

Then, the Gryffindor Lion Queen looked at Alison seriously.

"Now, the most important thing is the giant reptile that Miss Grindelwald mentioned at the beginning of the term, which is deadly if you look at it - at least she knows something!"

Everyone's eyes were focused on Alison.

The red-haired little wizard blinked, feeling that he couldn't fool the professors without revealing something, so he simply cast a spell and stole Draco's spot.

"Oolong out of the cave~"

It was her first time using this spell, of which she knew only the incantation, but it was clearly effective: there was an explosion from the tip of the wand, and a huge python emerged and fell heavily. Then it slithered across the floor, its head raised, ready to attack Harry.

Harry was startled by her sudden spell, but he was not afraid. He just stood there motionless, staring at the python.

The python gradually became angry and was about to jump up, but he did not retreat but moved forward, taking a few quick steps, then stupidly shouted at the snake "Stand back and keep quiet" - he did not realize that when facing the snake, what he subconsciously said was not English, but a snake-like "hissing" sound.

The python seemed to understand what he said and lay back on the ground obediently.

The professors didn't stop her before because they were ready to see what Alison was trying to do, and they were also confident that they could make the snake disappear before it bit Harry.

But this result was beyond everyone's expectations. They looked at Harry in surprise, who was "hissing" in strange snake language without realizing it, and then looked at Alison.