Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 622 Reason

  An owl flew across the night sky and flew towards a dilapidated wooden house by the lake. It seemed to be looking for something, circled twice over the wooden house, and then bent down and landed on the old handrail in front of the wooden house.

   There was a creaking sound in the wooden house, the door was opened, and a short black figure walked out from inside. After reaching out to take the letter from under the owl's claws, the apparition disappeared.

   The owl stared at the place where the black shadow disappeared, let out a cry of dissatisfaction, flapped its wings, flew into the air, and disappeared under the night.

  On the small island in the lake shrouded in mist, the house elf appeared out of nowhere in the kitchen, holding an envelope in its hand, and walked towards the terrace on the second floor.

  The owner of the house was talking to someone, but the house elf didn't dare to come forward to disturb him, but just waited quietly, and waited for them to finish talking before knocking on the door of the terrace, and walking into the terrace after getting a response.

   "Master, there is a letter." The house elf respectfully handed over the envelope: "It's from Mr. Anderson."

   "I see." Mogg reached out to take the envelope, and said to the house-elf, "Here comes the thermos."

  The house elf nodded and left silently.

  With the help of a bright candlestick on the table, Bud, who was reading the latest issue of the Daily Prophet, asked, "What do you think Lucius Malfoy wants to do?"

   He went on: "Although everyone knows that his relationship with Arthur Weasley is very bad, I think they are not just against the Muggle Protection Act."

"As we all know, the "Muggle Protection Act" bill is purely half a joke, even if it is released, it will have no practical effect." Mogg closed the letter and said calmly, "Probably because of the dispute over the rights of the pure-bloods! "

  Bad nodded, agreeing with Mogg's idea. The problem is that they may be forced to choose sides in the end. This is the reason why the two are discussing this matter here.

"Albert asked if we have Felicia in stock here, or where we can get Felicia. He needs some recently." Mogg did not answer Bud's question, but handed the letter to the opposite The old man: "Hetok Dagworth should have some in reserve."

   "Albert is more familiar with Hetok than you. I think he sent us a letter just in case." After reading the letter, Bud put the letter on the candlestick and burned it.

   "He's in trouble?" Mogg asked with a slight frown, "What happened to Hogwarts?"

"Slytherin's chamber of secrets seems to have been opened again. It is said that a student was petrified by an evil curse." Bud thought for a while and said the latest news he got, "Albus forcibly suppressed this matter, That's why the "Daily Prophet" didn't mention it, otherwise this matter may have caused panic in the magic world."

   "If this matter spreads, Malfoy might ask Dumbledore to take the blame and resign." Mogg was very aware of the virtues of those pure-bloods, and he even suspected that this matter might have something to do with them.

   Isn't the heir of Slytherin Voldemort?

  Although there is no evidence to directly prove this, but when Voldemort gathered the pure blood faction, some people claimed that the Dark Lord was a descendant of Slytherin.

   However, that ancient family has been completely desolate, and it is unknown whether there are any descendants.

   "What do you think is the monster in the Chamber of Secrets?"

   "It's probably a basilisk!" Bud said without hesitation: "It fits the characteristics of Slytherin. Slytherin has a Parselmouth and can control basilisks."

   "However, can the eyes of the basilisk turn people into stone?" Mogg expressed his doubts.

   "The power of the curse must have been weakened by something!" Bud thought for a while and said, "That's why no one died directly, but was only petrified."

   "Speaking of which, you can actually think of so many things in a short period of time." Mogg didn't expect that Bard could actually figure out so many things in a short period of time.

   "Albert mentioned it to me when I went to America last time." Bud grinned, "He thinks something bad might happen to Hogwarts this year."

  Mogg: "…"

  He said how Bud wanted to understand those things all at once.

  Bard simply told Mogg about the prophecy Albert saw on the crystal ball.

   "So that's how it is." Mogg nodded, "Then help him get as much Felicia as possible. I remember he also took Felicia last time to share the risk."

   Regarding this point, Mogg agrees with Albert's approach.

   At this time, there was a knock on the door of the terrace, and the house elf brought in warm glutinous rice wine.

   "Perhaps, the method to open the secret room was left by the mysterious man." Mogg said his guess, and it's not surprising that he would think so. Most of the current pure-blood factions are Death Eaters who escaped unharmed back then.

   "Where did they get the Parseltongue."

  Bud poured himself a glass. He still liked this drink, mainly because it warmed his body after drinking it. For an old man like him, he rarely touches alcohol anymore.

  If there is no Parseltongue, how can we control the basilisk in the secret room? Once such monsters cannot be controlled, the situation will be very bad.

   The chances of having a Parseltongue masquerading as a student and causing chaos at Hogwarts are not high, because that would be a huge risk.

   "Albus will definitely find out the reason." Mogg was very confident in Dumbledore, "But, what's the purpose of doing such a thing?"

   "Fight against the moderate faction headed by Albus?"

"To be honest, Cornelius Fudge has a lot of weaknesses, and he is too easy to be controlled by others." Bud commented, "Also, he has shown pure-blood tendencies now. In a few years, when Fudge is fooled by others later, may begin to suspect that Dumbledore intends to usurp his Ministership."

   "Then, next Lucius Malfoy should become an advisor to the Minister of Magic or a good friend, following the path of his predecessor Septimus?"

   "Septimus Malfoy's trick. (Controlling the Minister of Magic Bard was not surprised at all.

Power is something that many pure-blood wizards cannot give up, and the Malfoy family's desire for power is no exception. However, their family never wanted to become the Minister of Magic, but manipulated everything silently behind the scenes. There is a saying that "the Malfoys are never found at the scene of a crime."

  For Mogg and Bard, the British magic world is just that big, and the Ministry of Magic has nothing more than that. What they need is to maintain their detached status.

  Purebloods should try their best to influence their Minister of Magic for their own benefit, and formulate some laws that are beneficial to pureblood wizards. Obviously, the "Protection of Muggle Law" is not in line with the interests of pureblood wizards.

   It is undeniable that the current Ministry of Magic is still dominated by the pure-blood faction, they are the so-called respected families.

   Moreover, Arthur Weasley is a loyal supporter of Dumbledore, and the Hogwarts headmaster can be seen faintly behind him.

  However, the two are actually more optimistic about Dumbledore, the old man who has lived for a century, and possesses wisdom far beyond other people.

Moreover, after learning of the prophecy that the Second Wizarding War might break out in a short period of time, they did not want to make a choice in a short period of time. Although they also knew that order is much better than chaos, the Dark Lord is not an effective one. Common sense people.

  (end of this chapter)