Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 643 Shocked (big chapter)

   "Come with me, Mr. Anderson."

  Professor McGonagall brought Albert to the principal's office so that after Dumbledore returned to school, someone could tell him the matter as soon as possible.

   This is the "important" task assigned by Professor McGonagall to Albert.

  In order to prevent Albert from being bored waiting in the principal's office, Professor McGonagall handed him the latest issue of "Transfiguration Today" magazine and asked him to read to pass the boring waiting time.

  Before leaving, Professor McGonagall "intimately" conjured a large cup of pumpkin juice for Albert out of thin air.

Looking at the creaking oak door, Albert squinted at the "Transfiguration Today" magazine in his hand, threw the magazine on the desk, picked up the cup of pumpkin juice, and drank most of it Finally, drawing his wand from his pocket, he cast a refill spell on the cup.

  Looking at the refilled glass of pumpkin juice, Albert nodded with satisfaction, put away his wand, walked to the desk, and picked up the tattered and crumpled sorting hat on the bookshelf.

   Albert intends to take this opportunity to get in touch with the Sorting Hat. He always feels that there are many secrets hidden in that broken hat, and he wants to figure out how the Sorting Hat is made.

   This thing may develop in the direction of artificial intelligence in the magic world.

   Well, it might not be appropriate to call it artificial intelligence.

  Anyway, it’s probably something similar.

  Albert took the sorting hat and thought about it for a while, but he couldn't make the broken hat talk. Finally, in desperation, he had to put the sorting hat on his head, so that the two sides could communicate smoothly.

Albert kept talking to the Sorting Hat, testing its intelligence level, and trying to find out if there were any secrets hidden in the hat. For a while, he was obsessed with the memory presented by the Sorting Hat, and forgot the time until someone put his hand on it. On his shoulder, Albert suddenly came back to his senses, took off the sorting hat on his head, looked up at the figure appearing in the principal's office, and almost jumped out of the chair.

   "Professor Dumbledore." Albert called out the other party's name.

   "Minerva asked you to wait for me here?" Dumbledore was a little surprised that Albert would be in his office.

"Yes, Professor McGonagall hopes that when the professor returns, someone will be able to tell you what happened in the school as soon as possible." Albert put the sorting hat on the desk lightly, earnestly fulfilling his duty to stay here responsibility.

   "The murder of Miss Weasley?"

   "No, I don't think Ginny is dead, she was just taken into the secret room." Albert quietly closed his brain, preventing Dumbledore from reading information from his eyes.

   "Oh, Miss Weasley is not dead?" Dumbledore couldn't help but loosen his frown, "This is the best news I've heard today, tell me what's going on!"

   Albert told Dumbledore the most important things in the simplest and most straightforward words.

For example: Ginny controls the basilisk to attack other Muggle wizards, the entrance to the chamber of secrets is in the girls' bathroom on the second floor of the castle, you need a Parseltongue to open the entrance to the chamber of secrets, and finally the monster in the chamber of secrets is a basilisk, which is exactly the same as the real heir of Slytherin A wizard named Tom Riddle.

   "You think Tom Riddle was responsible for the attack?"

  Dumbledore was very upset when he heard Albert mention this name, even though he had cleverly used an expression of interest to conceal his emotional changes.

"According to my investigation, Tom Riddle who captured Hagrid fifty years ago should be the mysterious man." Albert didn't shy away from Voldemort, but he didn't use that name directly, but "mysterious man." person" refers to.

"The main reason I suspect that Tom Riddle is behind the scenes is that there was a "Tom Riddle's Diary" in the school. According to Harry's description, it should be a diary that can think independently, and then the diary disappeared. , I suspect it was the thing that bewitched and controlled Ginny."

   "A diary that can think alone?" Dumbledore murmured softly, obviously guessing what might be going on.

  Who let Albert help Dumbledore know about Voldemort's creation of Horcruxes in advance, it's hard not to let him not think about it.

   "I think it's best to save Ginny first. I'm afraid she's in a bad situation." Albert is not a villain, so he naturally doesn't want anything to happen to Fred and George's sister. "The basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets, as long as its eyes are blinded, there is not much danger. I think Fox should be able to deal with it."

   "It seems that you have found a way to deal with the Basilisk a long time ago." Dumbledore strode towards the outside of the office, "Go and call Harry, I need his help to open the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets."

   "I will take Harry to meet you in the abandoned girls' bathroom on the second floor." After speaking, Albert hurried towards the Gryffindor common room.

   Halfway, under the signal of Felicia (intuition), Albert slowed down and checked the Marauder's Map in his pocket. Sure enough, Harry Potter was no longer in the Gryffindor common room.

   That's right, with Harry Potter's character, he probably couldn't help it, and entered the secret room alone to save people.

   In the case of tampering with the plot, I don't know if Harry will die in the secret room.

   Albert thought maliciously.

  If the savior is lost, what will the world be like?

   Change to another savior?

   Is it possible to save the world by yourself?

  Well, it is impossible to save the world to save the world. Albert doesn't have such a noble consciousness, and he never thought of fighting Tom.

   If it is said that he hides behind and sneaks on Tom twice to earn some mission rewards, he still doesn't mind at all, and it's better to face Tom head-on.

   It is best to be a tumbler.

   In this life, I finally got a good pregnancy. A good life has just begun, so why rush to die?

   Moreover, I am not destined to be a savior!

   When Albert quietly came to the second floor of the castle, he didn't forget to rub his cheeks with both hands. He took a deep breath and knew that it was time to perform real acting skills.

   trotted up the stairs, turned into the girls' bathroom panting, and said loudly, "Professor Dumbledore, Harry is gone, I think he may have run away by himself..."

The entrance to the Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Professor McGonagall, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Fred, George, Ron, and Percy are all here. When they heard Albert's shout, they all turned their heads to look at the chamber. Albert who entered the girls' bathroom.

   "Where's Dumbledore?" Albert shifted his gaze to the opened entrance of the secret room, and said in a slow voice, "Harry is gone, he may have secretly tried to open...the secret room."

  At this moment, Albert really felt that the Oscar in this world should award him a statuette.

   "Professor Dumbledore has gone down." Percy said, looking nervously at the entrance of the Chamber of Secrets.

   "Albert, you **** just now..."

  Fred and George surrounded Albert, looking a little annoyed, Albert actually used the stun spell to knock them down.

  However, the attention of the two was quickly attracted by the phoenix flying out of the entrance of the secret room.

  Afterwards, Harry, Ginny, and Dumbledore slowly ascended from the passage as if they were taking an elevator.

   "Harry, Ginny!"

   There was an exclamation immediately in the girls' bathroom.

  Harry looked a bit miserable, as if he had suffered a serious injury, but he seemed to be out of the way now, probably healed with the tears of the phoenix.

   "Damn it, if only I had a phoenix." Albert envied Dumbledore for having a phoenix pet.

  At this moment, Harry was holding a silver sword in his hand.

  Professor Dumbledore didn't know when he would send the sorting hat to Harry, or that he didn't need the sorting hat at all to summon the Gryffindor sword.

   This magical sword will appear when Gryffindor students need it?

"it's all over?"

   Albert looked at Ginny and Harry who were being hugged by the Weasleys, and moved his gaze to Dumbledore who was standing beside him smiling.

"It's over, the basilisk was killed by Harry, and the memory of Riddle in the diary was also erased from it." Dumbledore took out Riddle's diary and showed it to Albert that it was stabbed by the fangs of the basilisk. out of the hole.

   History revisions are horrible!

   Albert couldn't help feeling emotionally.

"By the way, Albus, there is one more thing." Professor McGonagall looked at the crowd with relief, and then remembered what happened to Lockhart, and told Dumbledore about the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's misfortune: "Gidero's Things didn't seem quite right, Snape told me that someone had cast a powerful Amnestic on him, made him forget everything, and now he's like a little kid."

   Speaking of this incident, Professor McGonagall's face couldn't help shaking twice, and he didn't know whether it was because of happiness or other reasons.

   "I probably know why he was attacked."

  Felix Elixir (intuition) told Albert that it is time to attract the attention of others so that he can take the opportunity to reveal Lockhart's secret.

"you know?"

  At this moment, everyone in the girls' bathroom turned their heads to look at Albert, as if wondering how many secrets he knew.

"Yeah, not long ago, when I was talking about the attack with Hermione, Lockhart passed by. Although I shut up immediately, I think Lockhart may have overheard us." Albert said. Te made up a reason casually, but they couldn't find it anyway.

   "That's when I began to suspect Ginny, because Ginny was there at the time, and Hermione was attacked later, obviously not because of her status as a Muggle wizard, but for other reasons."

   "You mean Ginny attacked Lockhart?" Ron said dumbfounded.

"No, you got Ron wrong. It should be the mysterious man who attacked Lockhart." Albert looked at Ron, who was a little thoughtless, and couldn't help but slander: You just want to cheat Is it my own sister?

   "Mr. Anderson, please tell me what you know from beginning to end." Dumbledore turned to Professor McGonagall and said, "Minerva, do you mind if we borrow your office?"

   "Oh, of course I don't mind." Professor McGonagall was also very curious about what was going on.

  Everyone poured into Professor McGonagall's office.

  Sitting on the comfortable sofa, Albert picked up the hot tea that Professor McGonagall had just created out of thin air, took a sip, and slowly told the story he specially prepared for this time.

"This matter has to start at the end of the third grade semester, when Professor Trelawney invited me to discuss crystal ball divination." Albert glanced at Professor McGonagall, who was dismissive of divination, and then looked around and listened quietly. The crowd continued, "At that time, I predicted that Hogwarts might not be too peaceful next semester."

   "What did you predict?"

  Dumbledore was also very curious about whether Albert really had the ability to predict. There are too few master prophets who really understand prophecy.

   "I saw the sentence originally written on the wall in the crystal ball: The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Those who are enemies of the heir, be vigilant."

After finishing speaking, Albert put down his teacup, looked around the dead office, and was very satisfied with the current atmosphere, "There is another picture with a copper faucet engraved with a snake mark, which is why I later determined that the entrance to the secret room is in the girls' bathroom one of the reasons."

   "You have been investigating this since then?" Professor McGonagall's eyes widened, and she couldn't believe her ears.

   "That's it!" Albert said with a smile: "My predictions are usually very accurate, and I also believe in what the predictions see."

   "Don't prophesy, your words are very accurate." Fred couldn't help but slander in a low voice. George immediately nodded approvingly.

   "I didn't find much information, but I still found something." Albert ignored Fred and George, and continued: "At that time, I probably guessed what might happen."

"So that's why you asked Nico to help you make the pair of protective glasses. Did you already confirm that the monster in the secret room was a basilisk?" Dumbledore was also amazed at Albert's sharp thinking. The result is based on only that bit of scattered information.

"What glasses?" Fred and George stared at Albert, looked at the eyes on his face curiously, and suddenly said: "I said, why do you suddenly wear glasses, so this pair of glasses Is it used to prevent basilisks?"

"Well, Nico said that this pair of glasses should be able to prevent me from dying tragically when I accidentally looked directly into the eyes of the basilisk." Albert took off the flat-frame glasses and handed them to Fred, "However, I haven't tried it, so I also I don’t know if the glasses will work.”

   "Nico?" Percy raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked tentatively, "Which Nico? That can't be that one!"

   "Yes, that is Mr. Nicole Flamel." Albert said as a matter of course: "Mr. Flamel is my half teacher. I can know him thanks to Professor Dumbledore's introduction."

   "He's not dead yet?" Harry couldn't help blurting out, the Philosopher's Stone was destroyed by Professor Dumbledore last year.

   "Of course they didn't die, Harry." Albert stared at Harry slightly dissatisfied and said, "Even if the Sorcerer's Stone is destroyed, they can still live for a few more years."

Everyone looked at Harry, then at Albert, opened their mouths in surprise, and looked at Albert with disbelief. They never thought that Albert actually knew the legendary alchemist His teacher was Mr. Nicole Flamel, and he was still half a student of Mr. Nicolas Flamel.

   And, the most shocking news for them: Nicole Flamel is dying.

   "You knew it last semester?" Professor McGonagall's words brought everyone's attention back to the matter of the secret room.

"Actually, it's easy to guess that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is a basilisk, because it's related to Slytherin, and the one that can live for thousands of years is a basilisk, and Slytherin is still a Parseltongue. It's not difficult." Albert took another sip of tea, moistened his throat and continued: "Later, the attack happened, and the prophesied text appeared on that wall."

   "Why didn't you tell everyone!" Percy's eyes widened, and he couldn't help asking: "If you can..."

"No, I can't." Albert glared at Percy, told him to shut up, and then continued: "At that time, who would believe my nonsense, let alone the professor, even you wouldn't believe it. On the contrary, it will make everyone suspect that I am the murderer, so think for yourself if what I said makes sense."

   Albert knew that the headmaster was suspicious of Voldemort at that time.

However, he didn't mean to expose the other party's thoughts, and continued: "Because I am also a Muggle wizard, and I am also on the attack list, so I started to investigate this matter. After all, there is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days. Once the murderer is caught, you will be safe."

   Everyone couldn't help being stunned by Albert's tough approach.

   "If the murderer knew why he was caught, I don't know what he would think." George muttered softly.

   "Later, Hagrid looked uncomfortable after learning about this, so I asked his age."

"age?"

  Everyone showed puzzled eyes.

"Hagrid is sixty-four years old, and he should be sixty-five now. It is not difficult to figure out that he was studying at Hogwarts at that time." Albert explained briefly, "Hagrid told me after my questioning. Something similar happened fifty years ago."

  At this moment, Ron felt that his IQ was being suppressed, and he was relieved to see that Harry, Fred, and George were still able to look like this.

   It turns out that I am not the only idiot!

  Actually, no one else at the scene could understand Albert's way of thinking. Could it be that this is what makes a genius different?

"Although Hagrid didn't say who the murderer was, if you have noticed, Hagrid has never used a wand. He is very likely to be expelled from the school. If you connect these two things, you cannot speculate that Hagrid It may be the murderer who was caught that year."

   "So, I asked directly, and Hagrid admitted that he was fired for what happened fifty years ago." Albert spread his hands and said, "Of course, I believe that Hagrid is not the real murderer."

"Why?"

  Percy simply couldn't understand Albert's brain circuit.

   "Don't you think Hagrid doesn't look like the heir of Slytherin at all?" Harry said quietly, "And he can't speak Parseltongue, can't control basilisks, and is a student of Gryffindor College."

   This is the answer Albert gave him back then.

  Fred and George smiled and patted Percy on the shoulder and joked, "Even if you think about it with your knees, you know," the heir of Slytherin cannot be a student of Gryffindor College. "

   "Shut up." Mrs. Weasley glared at the twins.

"Later, Hagrid revealed two pieces of news to me. The guy who caught him back then was a guy named Tom Riddle, who seemed to be a student of Slytherin." Albert erected the second hand, and continued: " He said that Aragog was not the murderer, well, Aragog was the acromantula raised by Hagrid fifty years ago, and now the acromantula in the Forbidden Forest are all descendants of that guy, according to the acromantula Aragog According to the information disclosed by Ke, the monsters in the secret room are the natural enemies of the acromantula."

"Spiders' eyes allow them to see a 360-degree field of view, and the special eye structure prevents them from completely closing their eyes." Albert noticed the confusion on everyone's faces and explained: "After meeting the basilisk When the basilisk cannot close its eyes, the spider will be killed by its eyes, so the basilisk becomes the natural enemy of the spider."

   "The last thing that made me really sure that the monster was a basilisk, actually Harry's Parseltongue, Hermione later told me that Harry heard a voice that no one else could hear on Halloween night."

  Percy opened his mouth, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

   "Could it be that Hermione was attacked because she knew too much?" Ron couldn't help but interjected. He'd always thought it unusual for Hermione to be attacked.

"Yes, Hermione is also secretly investigating this matter." Albert directly admitted that Hermione's attack was related to this matter, "Later, Hermione told me that Harry picked up a book belonging to "Tom Riley." Del's diary", the diary will reply to the writer, and it will also bring Harry to see the scene where Hagrid was captured fifty years ago, making Harry think that Hagrid may be the murderer who opened the chamber of secrets."

  Harry lowered his head in embarrassment.

   "That's when you started to doubt Tom Riddle?" Dumbledore guessed the reason, and someone like Albert, who was proficient in alchemy, clearly knew what the diary might mean.

"Yeah, Riddle's diary did look suspicious. Later, I went to find Harry and found out that his diary had been stolen by some Gryffindor student, I think it was Ginny. Riddle's diary." Albert glanced at Ginny who was sitting next to Mrs. Weasley, and said his guess, "She probably wrote something in it, and she was afraid that Harry would find out, so she took advantage of it." Watching Harry stop stealing the diary."

   "I've been—writing on it." Ginny sobbed softly. "For a whole year, he—he kept writing me back—"

  Mr. Weasley was dumbfounded by Ginny's words.

   "That diary should come from Mr. Malfoy." Albert's astonishing words interrupted what Mr. Weasley wanted to say.

   "Is there evidence?"

"Before school started, you guys had a fight in the Lihen Bookstore, and this incident was even reported in the "Daily Prophet". I think Malfoy should have slipped the diary to Ginny at that time, probably in a random book Book."

   "I found it in a book my mother gave me."

   Albert's words were quickly confirmed by Ginny.

   "Why did he do this, why did he kill Ginny!" Mr. Weasley gritted his teeth, his eyes were full of anger, and he began to think about how to get revenge.

   "I think one of his reasons for targeting you should be the Muggle Protection Act."

   This sentence stunned the others for an instant. I didn't expect Albert to even know this.

"Don't look at me like that, it's actually not difficult to guess." Albert briefly talked about what was reported in the "Daily Prophet", and that Ron and Harry sneaked into Slytherin after drinking compound potions The college inquired about the news.

   "That bastard!"

"Actually, you don't need to be angry, I think Mr. Malfoy will be in trouble soon!" Albert said suddenly: "After all, he threatened other school managers, and the plot failed in the end. After doing this kind of suffering If you hate something, the other school managers will definitely retaliate, I think his position as a school manager is going to end."

   "Yes, old Malfoy must be in trouble." Both Fred and George looked very happy, and they obviously believed what Albert said.

"Later, I chatted with Harry about the Chamber of Secrets, and Ginny eavesdropped on purpose." Albert raised his hand and pressed it, motioning for everyone to keep quiet, and continued, "If Ginny is the murderer, he will definitely not She will easily let me go. In fact, she let the basilisk attack me today, unfortunately, I was prepared and escaped from the basilisk's pursuit."

"I'm even more curious, how on earth did you know that Tom Riddle is the You-Know-Who," Harry couldn't help asking, although he had already learned the truth about this matter from Tom Riddle, he still couldn't help but I really want to test Albert and see if this guy really knows everything.

"After Riddle's diary appeared, Tom Riddle became very suspicious. If he is the heir of Slytherin, it means that he has a Parseltongue." Albert paused and said to Harry , "Parseltongue is one of the symbols of the heir of Slytherin."

   "You think I do too?"

"No, you are in Gryffindor College, and you can still use the Gryffindor sword. You are undoubtedly a brave Gryffindor student." Albert stopped Fred and George who wanted to talk, and continued: "Tom Riddle was a man fifty years ago. Now there is no famous wizard named Tom Riddle in the wizarding world. I even wrote to many old friends and they didn't know that there was such a wizard, but the wizarding world does not know that there is such a wizard." There's a dangerous dark wizard who speaks Parseltongue, yes, that's You-Know-Who"

   Albert used his wand to write Voldemort's name in mid-air, and then wrote Tom Riddle's name.

  "If you observe carefully, you will find that there are many letters in their names that are the same. I think they should be missing a middle name. This is why I think Tom Riddle is a mysterious man who controls Ginny."

  Everyone has been talking since just now, and they were all a little numb from the shock of Albert's analysis, listening to Albert's narration and analysis quietly.

   "After all, he did something similar last year." Albert waved lightly, and the golden text floating in the void disappeared.

   "His name is Tom Marvolo Riddle, as Voldemort told me himself."

  When Harry said the word Voldemort, except for Harry, Dumbledore and Albert, everyone in the office shivered when they heard the name.

   "So, you didn't want to tell us then?"

   "Do you believe that Ginny is the real murderer?" Albert asked back.

  Fred, George, Ron, and Harry all shook their heads in unison. They now understood Albert's original sentence: It's meaningless to tell you, because you won't believe it.

   Yes, how could they doubt their relatives before there is no evidence?

"Of course I know you won't believe it. Most people won't believe it without evidence, so don't blame me for not telling the truth. It doesn't make sense at all, just like most wizards don't want to Believe in the fact that the mysterious man is still alive." Albert made a simple metaphor, "That's why I need to lure him out and present evidence to make you willing to believe this truth."

"Lucky for me, Tom Riddle, probably out of his wits, took the bait very easily, and ordered the basilisk to attack me. However, he failed, probably more than he could have dreamed of, and I prepared him a bunch of roosters , the basilisk made a lot of noise when the rooster ran away in a hurry, so Tom had no choice but to hide in the back room with Ginny, because he knew I was going to tell other people about it .”

   Everyone admired Albert's courage, but not everyone had the guts to use themselves as bait. If he hadn't uncovered the truth of this matter, everyone would still be buried in the dark, and it is unknown how many people would be attacked.

   "How do you know Ginny is okay for the time being?" Ron asked. He obviously hasn't forgotten what he was put in by Albert, and tried to find something that Albert didn't know.

"If he wanted to kill Ginny, Ginny would have died long ago. There must be other meanings to keeping Ginny. I think Harry may know what's going on." Albert looked at Harry, who was Shake your head.

   This time, Riddle obviously had no chance to get out of the diary.

   "I think Tom may want to use Ginny as a nutrient." Albert said his guess, "Ginny's face was pale for a while, a bit similar to Professor Quirrell last year."

  Everyone was looking at Ginny, and found that her cheeks were still rosy, so they couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.

"I think those school councils will bring Professor Dumbledore back when they find that there is no way to solve the problem. The headmaster will definitely be able to solve the problem, so Harry, you don't have to take any risks at all, I reminded you. Albert said to Harry, "Of course, you are very brave, at least much braver than me."

   "You are brave too." Mrs. Weasley gave Albert a hug, "Thank you Albert, if you hadn't revealed the truth, Ginny doesn't know what would have happened."

   "What happened to Lockhart?" Professor McGonagall did not forget about Lockhart.

"Tom Riddle obviously doesn't know that Professor Lockhart is a wizard who likes to brag. He probably thinks that Lockhart knows the location of the Chamber of Secrets and the general situation of the whole thing after overhearing what Hermione and I said." Albert Shrugging helplessly, he said, "As you know, Professor Lockhart said that he knows where the Chamber of Secrets is, and I also heard that he plans to use the Chamber of Secrets attack as a basis to write a novel about his role at Hogwarts. Books from the time of the Professor of the Dark Arts."

"So, in order to keep the secret of the Chamber of Secrets, Tom Riddle controlled Ginny to attack Professor Lockhart and shut him up completely." Albert secretly changed the order of the attack, "I want to use the flashback spell to check Ginny wand, it shouldn't be hard to spot the spell he cast on Lockhart."

  The expressions on everyone's faces were extremely complicated. They didn't expect that Lockhart's fate would be "self-inflicted".

"Actually, it may not be the first time that Professor Lockhart has done this kind of thing. I mean stealing people's achievements." Looking at the complicated expressions of everyone, Albert threw a bombshell again, "I think Professor Lockhart is most likely a liar!"

   "What secret did you discover?" Fred and George asked cooperatively.

"Of course, I don't have sufficient evidence, but it's actually not difficult to see this in some aspects." Albert pointed out relentlessly: "In fact, Lockhart's black magic level is very bad, I suspect Some of the spells in the book, Professor Lockhart does not know at all, so I asked him a lot of questions. Of course, what made me suspicious of him was a spell called Restore Human Shape, which Professor Lockhart gave I have collected a lot of information, and although I haven't learned this spell yet, I can see that it is not a random fabrication."

"Of course, the most direct evidence is the document that Lockhart gave me. He probably didn't read it carefully. There are a few clippings on it in Armenian. Well, at the beginning, I actually didn't know what the text was. Later I I found out that it is Armenian after I found someone to check it.” Albert continued to the puzzled crowd: “Then, I asked someone to find out for me. It is said that some time before the 1980s, a very brave and quite The accomplished old Armenian wizard successfully helped the inhabitants of Wagga Wagga, Australia, subdue a fearsome and ferocious werewolf."

   "You mean Lockhart stole the wizard's deeds?"

"I heard that the old wizard seems to have become very forgetful now. I think that part of his memory may be erased by Professor Lockhart." Albert said maliciously, "So, what he gave me It is very likely that it was taken from the old wizard's house. Of course, these are my speculations, and there is no evidence of deeds!"

   This time, everyone was overwhelmed by the bombshell thrown by Albert. They never thought that the famous Lockhart was actually a liar.

"Okay, everything has been sorted out. It's obviously not Miss Weasley's fault this time. The school will not punish her. She should go to the school hospital immediately and let Madam Pomfrey examine her Take a moment." Dumbledore looked at Albert with a smile again, "Excellent reasoning, if it weren't for Mr. Albert, many of us would be kept in the dark. Of course, there is also Harry, you bravely saved Miss Weasley, you both received awards for special contributions to the school, well, let me see... two hundred points for Gryffindor each."

   "I think Hagrid should be released. Azkaban Prison is not a good place." Albert reminded Dumbledore "kindly".

"You are right, I will write a letter to Azkaban right away... Our hunting ground guard should be back." Dumbledore sighed softly: "I still need to draft a job advertisement, which will be published in " Daily Prophet. We're going to need a new teacher for Defense Against the Dark Arts again. My God, this class wears out the teacher really fast, doesn't it?"

   "Maybe, Lockhart should resign early, maybe he can escape the disaster." Albert said without thinking, "The curse of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is really terrible."

   "I think what you need now is to eat something and get a good night's sleep. I'll let the house elves prepare food for you." Dumbledore changed the subject.

   Albert shrugged and left Professor McGonagall's office with everyone.

   Sorry, the New Year is busy.

   I wish everyone a happy new year, although it is a bit late.

  (end of this chapter)