Chapter 56: 239
The corner of the Gryffindor common room is extremely quiet at the moment - the seniors are taking advantage of the last moment to go to Hogsmeade, and the remaining first and second years are dominated by fear at the moment, and no one dares to make a sound Too much noise coming.
Hermione Granger, who had knocked down half of her classmates, was sitting in the corner of the lounge. Her restless aura spread out from her body, making everyone around her afraid to move.
"I think I failed the exam..."
She complained to her three friends, "There are too many things that have not been confirmed..."
"There are serious flaws in my Transfiguration paper. Will Professor McGonagall fail me?"
"And the History of Magic...I must have failed the History of Magic!"
Her expression almost collapsed, causing the students around her to become even more silent. Even Ginny at the table wanted to leave - her friendship with Hermione was not that firm.
'Two bastards actually ran to Hogsmeade early...'
Under such pressure, more and more students choose to visit other parts of the castle. Although the lounge is very comfortable, considering the atmosphere of the lounge, everyone should not stay at home...
But this also made the dullness of the lounge even more serious.
"Potter, the professor is looking for you!"
A sudden sound from the door of the lounge broke the tranquility of the lounge. Harry, who was pretending to read a book on the table, used great willpower to control himself from jumping up immediately.
"Which professor?"
"Professor William, he is looking for you at the door of the lounge, looking very anxious."
"Okay, thank you, I'll go right away," Harry thanked him in the most sincere manner, and then looked at his partner, feeling pity, "How about we go together? Maybe the professor has any important documents that need to be copied. of?"
"Okay, let's go right away."
Ron almost couldn't wait to pick up the conversation, "Don't think about your grades. Go see Professor William and see if he can help."
Although she was still worried about her grades, Hermione still chose to act together. Ginny had no objection, and the four of them walked towards the exit of the lounge.
When they opened the passage and got out, the laughter, noise, laughter and curses gradually rose up, and the originally dull lounge suddenly became alive, as if it had been blown by the spring breeze, and the whole room became alive.
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'Are you here in such a neat group? But what are you doing with a small oil bottle...'
William was stunned for a moment when he saw the students coming out, but he quickly returned to his normal state, "It's good to be here together. You go to Hagrid's hut first and wait while Harry and I take care of some things."
He pulled Harry over and said to the remaining people, "Let Hagrid prepare some barbecue. I will bring drinks over! See you later!"
"Okay, goodbye Professor."
Several students said goodbye politely, but Harry realized the seriousness of the matter...
'Ron, you wish for yourself...'
But before he could finish praying for Ron, he was pulled into an empty classroom by William.
"Potter, we don't have much time, and we can't delay it for long." William looked serious, "Do you remember the house elf named Dobby you told me about?"
The sudden question made Harry stop thinking about Ron - how could he forget Dobby?
It was because of Dobby that his inability to use magic was exposed, which further led to him being locked up and almost unable to return to Hogwarts.
"Of course I remember, Professor."
Harry answered quite forcefully.
"So, can you still recognize the elf?"
"Of course, Professor."
Harry was a little confused.
"Okay, let's go to Professor McGonagall's office first," William grabbed Harry - today's school board meeting was to discuss his problem, so the four deans did not participate, and Professor McGonagall was still in the office. .
He had informed Professor McGonagall through the oil painting before, and now he could let Harry see if the elf was the same one.
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"It's him, it's him."
In Professor McGonagall's office, William's memory fragment just now floated on the pensieve, and the elf named Dobby was recognized by Harry.
'No… is it really that stupid? '
William couldn't believe that his judgment was true - the Malfoys actually brought that elf to school with such arrogance?
"Is this this one?"
Professor McGonagall was also surprised - William had brought Harry here before because of Dobby. Although he had stepped up his guard at that time, nothing more happened in the future. She also thought that Dobby would not show up, but Was it brought into school so arrogantly today?
"The Malfoys..."
Professor McGonagall repeated the incident in a calm tone, "Potter, can you remember this... Oh, you haven't mastered this yet..."
"For now, we don't need to retrieve that memory," William reminded with a smile. "After the last attack on Potter, we processed and left a record. As long as we can use it to prosecute the elf That's it, I don't believe how powerful it is in Occlumency skills."
"If there is, we can also ask Potter to testify again and let Professor Dumbledore personally take action."
"By the way," William turned his head and looked at Harry, "Don't mind, Potter. Although it may require memory, if this prosecution is successful, the warning you got last year will be eliminated, so even if you use magic against the rules again, you will be fine. You'll just get the police first——"
"Professor William!"
Professor McGonagall's tone was quite serious, and William suddenly realized what he was doing - teaching his students to break the rules in front of the Head of Gryffindor...
"Of course, of course, that's not important, but it does look nice to have the violation record gone, doesn't it?"
William tried to smooth things over.
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"I'm sorry, professors and school directors," William saluted very politely. "The students were so confused during the holidays. I wasted a lot of time. I hope it's not too late."
"Not too long - just a bit like running away in fear of crime."
The leader, Mr. Malfoy (introduced by Professor McGonagall), said in a rather harsh tone, "So, who did you bring?"
"Oh, Lucius, we have to be patient with an excellent professor," Dumbledore smiled happily. "That's not necessary, Professor William. The school board unanimously believes that you are a very good professor. This The sub-board was a success."
'It seems that Dumbledore has taken care of everything during this time. '
William thought this and wanted to find another excuse to let Harry out, but Professor McGonagall came directly in.
"Then we need to talk about something else."
Professor McGonagall's tone was harsher than ever before, "For example, a current student made an accusation. He claimed that he saw the house elves of the Malfoy family trying to cause all kinds of chaos on campus."
"All kinds of chaos?"
The school director who came to observe was stunned and looked at Lucius - although everyone wants to increase their influence at Hogwarts, are you too stupid?
You can't admit this kind of thing to death. How come you were caught and prosecuted?
Mag has brought it up in person, so there must be evidence. Now you can...
But Malfoy's reaction was quicker than he thought.
"House elf?"
His angry eyes were fixed on his servant, as if it was the first time he had heard such a thing.
'We can't let Dumbledore read its memory...or it will be all over. '
Normally Dumbledore would certainly not do such illegal things, but now that Professor McGonagall has brought it up, that's another matter...
"You idiot, what did you do behind my back to disgrace our family name?"
He roared, his tone quite strong.
"The Malfoy family does not need such a servant, a servant who forgets to obey his master's wishes and uphold his master's honor."
"That means - clothes."
He took out his glove and threw it at Dobby like trash, "Get out of here."
"And -" Malfoy pulled out his wand and pointed it at his elf before William almost made a reflex move towards him, "Forgot everything!"
The spell hit the elf named Dobby hard on the head, knocking him unconscious.
'I was still hidden by this old fox...'
William sighed on the side - this seems to be the so-called glory of pure blood... The big guy seemed to have said it.
The ultimate purpose of a house elf, the glorious abandonment.
If only the elf was involved in the case, then the pure-blood family could completely separate the elf from its family by giving him clothes. After that, normal legal steps would not be possible.
In other words, it is used as white gloves. As long as there is a possibility of dust contaminating oneself, the gloves will be thrown away mercilessly. (Note)
Although losing the elf is a great loss to the pure-blood family, it is not on the same level as the crime of escaping.
"This is very unpleasant, Albus, and although I have made amends for my mistakes, I will be resigning from my position on the school board as punishment for this dishonorable incident."
"Goodbye then, Dumbledore."
He saluted hastily, not caring about the house elf behind him, discarding it like a used tissue.
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"It's over."
After the school directors left, Dumbledore laughed and said, "I didn't expect you to bring me such a surprise, Minerva."
"Professor William discovered something was wrong," Professor McGonagall gave a rare laugh, "It's just that I didn't realize that Malfoy actually dared to bring an elf who has been committing crimes to the school."
"There must be a ghost, but I don't know what he is planning..." William shook his head, "By the way, Professor Dumbledore, I remember that an elf cannot violate the contract and tell information that is detrimental to the master, even if he gets the clothes and becomes free. No, why is that lame forgetting curse necessary?"
"Lucius has too many secrets, and I very much suspect that the opening of the secret room this time has something to do with him, which is why he took the initiative to resign from the position of school director..."
Although Dumbledore didn't say the next words, William reluctantly understood.
Resigning from the position of school director is a serious concession - it is a condition that prevents the school from pursuing the matter anymore.
'What's the difference from Azkaban...'
"By the way," Dumbledore laughed, "Professor William, it's summer vacation, and you are still the first..."
"Oh, my God, Professor Dumbledore, I have something else to do, and I suddenly remembered it!"
William knew what Dumbledore wanted to say without even thinking about it, and interrupted the principal rudely, "Sorry, it's very urgent. I have to leave first, otherwise the pot of very novel potion will spoil!! !"
"Sorry, principal, professor," he almost ran away, "if I don't leave, it will be too late!"
He hurriedly opened the door and ran towards his office. There was only a short time left in the summer vacation, and he didn't want to be flagged by Dumbledore.
"Well, our new professor—seems to be a bit of a maverick."
Dumbledore paused, looking for a more appropriate word.
"Maybe. Originally, I wanted to talk to him about the salary increase first, but it seems it can only be used as a surprise for next month's salary..."
"God, Minerva..."
Dumbledore's eyes suddenly became frightened.
"Um?"
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"How did the exam go?"
"Haha, half of them failed!"
"Can you, George?"
"Nothing was wasted, and half of it failed!"
The twins were happily looking at their final results in the corner of the lounge. They didn't waste the privileges brought about by this amnesia incident at all. They failed everything they should have done.
"Ron, how are you?"
"Shh-" Ron's voice was very low, "Don't let others hear!"
"If there's anything you can't say, bring it over!"
The two brothers carried forward their usual style and began to compete for report cards.
"Total failure..."
"Tsk..."
"What will mom think when she sees it..." George said regretful words in a non-pityful tone.
"That's right, our Rons are all dead..."
"How much have you forgotten? I have almost forgotten everything!"
Ron was unconvinced.
"Oh, what about Hermione?"
"First…"
Ron was very angry - even though everyone had forgotten the knowledge of the past school year, why was Hermione still able to get the first place in the exam?
"Do you think you can explain it to your mother?"
"Are you three here?"
Ginny's voice of surprise came, and then she gave each of her three brothers a hug.
"I can't believe it...it's amazing," she said excitedly, "I actually passed them all. Hermione showed me her first-year notebook, and then I passed all the exams and even got a distinction!"
"I'm going to find Hermione!"
She said goodbye to her brothers cheerfully, "See you on the train!"
"…"
"…"
"…"
The three brothers looked at each other and were silent for a long time, "We are finished."
"It's Percy again."
"Mom will kill us."
No one was interested in talking anymore. Everyone was silent and left without even saying goodbye.
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"Oh hoo, it's time for summer vacation - even though my proposal didn't pass, it's still a good end to the year."
William stretched and checked the luggage carefully.
Ninety-nine worshippers came over, and he was determined not to let anything happen at this time - he didn't even plan to use Floo powder, he just took the train back!
'I don't even carry any dangerous medicines in my luggage. I'll get rid of all the messy books to avoid social death…'
'That's it, my summer vacation begins! '
He picked up his suitcase and walked out of the office happily.
At least for this school year, he had won the curse - but he had to be more careful.
Summer vacation has begun.