Chapter 62: Chapter 62: The message sent by the Especto Patronum (Edited)
Hermione looked at the portraits in her office and then her attention returned to the Phoenix, Fawkes, and the strange silverware.
"Look, this is Fawkes, a Phoenix."
"That's a Pensive, it can store memories..."
"Ha, isn't this hat that looks dead the Sorting Hat? This guy tried to assign me to Azkaban at the beginning of the school year" Tom said, presenting the things from Dumbledore's office to Hermione.
Hearing this, many of the Headmasters covered their mouths and let out a chuckle, even Hermione was amused at Tom: "How is this possible? how can there be students assigned to Azkaban?"
"Ask me if you don't believe me!" Tom walked over and said to the Sorting Hat, "Are you there? come out and try it for me?"
The Sorting Hat simply played dead, like a normal hat. If Tom hadn't attended the opening ceremony, he would have thought it was just a hat.
"Looks like you're having a good time!" Dumbledore's voice came from the doorway. Professor Dumbledore was always on the prowl, and if he could see his panel, I'm afraid the skill points for this stealth skill are full.
Hermione was startled and immediately stood up, "Professor!".
"Alright, alright, sit down, what would you like to eat?" said Dumbledore.
"Professor, have you found the murderer?" Tom didn't want to eat sweets in the middle of the night, he wanted to know if Dumbledore had found anything new.
Dumbledore shook his head, then chatted with Tom for a few more minutes and sent them off to bed.
On his way back to the dormitory, Tom received the reward for completing the previous mission.
[Mission Reward: Demon Slaughter: Feather Refining Potion]
[Mission Reward: Elf in the Forest: Alchemy Breakthrough Clue]
Although the address had been given, it was too late for Tom to go looking for it immediately, so he decided to come back in a couple of days. But when his eyes scanned the location of the alchemy clue, he was surprised: it wasn't at Hogwarts, or even in Diagon Alley, or in the Wizarding World of England, but in Egypt.
Yes, after a mission, you had to go abroad to get your reward - that's ridiculous!
It's like winning the lottery at the supermarket and then being told that the prize is in Syria, isn't that a scam?
Tom thought it was barbaric, but then he looked at the [details] and saw that the treasure he got through this clue would allow him to improve his alchemy without getting stuck! In other words, once Tom got the item, he didn't need to test his alchemy! He could level up when he had enough experience.
Suddenly, it didn't seem unacceptable for Tom to go all the way to Egypt for this.
Tom and Hermione went back to the Ravenclaw Common Room and then to their dormitories to sleep. The next morning, they headed to the hall for breakfast as early as usual.
Everything in the school was as usual. Students were laughing and joking as they ate breakfast, and professors were arriving at the staff table. Professor Quirrell's seat was empty, and Tom didn't think he was coming back.
Hagrid and Dumbledore were there, and it was odd that the centenarian Dumbledore, who had worked until midnight last night, would show up in the Great Dining Hall first thing in the morning.
Suddenly, a graceful, somewhat unreal, transparent, fuzzy creature came running in.
It caught the attention of many of the young witches, who dropped their food in their hands and craned their necks to look at the unexpected visitor.
"What is that?" This was the question on many people's minds.
"That's the Patronus...," said a senior who recognized the creature for what it was and couldn't help but show an envious expression. The Patronus spell is an ancient and mysterious spell that is difficult for many wizards to use, and both men and women, are unable to create a complete and physical Patronus.
The Patronus before us is a relatively rudimentary, non-physical Patronus.
Patronuses are best known for their ability to banish dark creatures such as Dementors. Dark creatures that have no other defense can only be expelled by the Patronus spell. Of course, the Patronus spell itself is also the best defense.
Dumbledore developed another use for patronus: he turned them into a means of communication. And whether they are physical patronus or not, they can carry messages, speaking with the voice of the caster. But this use was not as widespread, and was only used by members of the Order of the Phoenix.
When Dumbledore saw this Patronus, he immediately recognized it as the Patronus of Kingsley Shacklebolt, a member of the Order of the Phoenix. He waved his wand and created an invisible barrier that blocked the sound.
Kingsley could have summoned a solid lynx Patronus, but he did so ambiguously to conceal his identity, so that no one would know he had sent the message through his Patronus. Such a move made Dumbledore alert.
The Patronus spoke, in Kingsley's low, soothing voice: "Last night, the Ministry of Magic received a report that someone at Hogwarts was raising a three-headed dog, and that the dog had been wandering the halls of Hogwarts. As we speak, Fudge is on his way to Hogwarts, Professor Dumbledore, if the three-headed dog is yours, move it quickly..."
With those words, the Patronus slowly disappeared.
Dumbledore was wrong, was there a three-headed dog at Hogwarts? Of course, there was, Dumbledore knew all about it and now this information had reached the Ministry of Magic. Luckily, on Fudge's side, Kingsley belonged to the Order of the Phoenix, so he had been informed in advance.
Dumbledore then gestured to Hagrid, who was concentrating on his sausages when he suddenly took Professor Dumbledore's hint, and froze, then swallowed his sausages and other things and followed Dumbledore out of the Great Dining Hall.
Once outside the Great Dining Hall, Dumbledore saw no one in the vicinity and immediately said to Hagrid, "Go to the third floor, the Ministry knows of Fluffy's presence, we need to move him quickly."
Hagrid: "!!!"
The Ministry of Magie has many kinds of forbidden magical creatures, some of which are so strange that ordinary wizards sometimes accidentally keep things they are not allowed to; of course, most of them can be bred by applying for a license.
But a dangerous magical creature like a three-headed dog could not be kept private, and the fact that it had a history of wandering the halls of Hogwarts made it an entirely different matter.
Once the Ministry of Magic found out that Hagrid had a three-headed dog, Hagrid would have to be housed in Azkaban, so Dumbledore acted immediately.
But to Dumbledore's surprise, Hagrid was still there like a wooden stake. Dumbledore's eyes flashed with confusion.
Hagrid hesitated for two seconds and then hesitantly said to Dumbledore, "Professor, I, well, I have a fire dragon too!"
Dumbledore: "!!!!"
Chapter 63: Chapter 63: The Ministry of Magic's Annoyances (Edited)
Dumbledore had experienced many things in his life, but Hagrid's situation was something new to him.
Looking at Hagrid, who was standing there like a child who had done something wrong, Dumbledore took a deep breath and then said, "All right, no problem. I'll arrange for someone to take the dragon away right now."
With that, Dumbledore immediately summoned his Patronus.
"Now, come with me to the third floor, we need to move Fluffy."
There was no time to waste, Fudge could arrive at any moment and Dumbledore had to speed up. He and Hagrid reached the third floor and opened the door.
Fluffy raised both heads warily and bared his fangs, but when he sniffed the visitor, the expression on all three heads softened, with a hint of flattery.
It squatted down and stuck its tongue out at Hagrid with all three heads, looking three times as fawning as a normal domestic dog.
Without further ado, Hagrid put the collar on him and pulled him close to the door, Dumbledore stood back, casting a cleaning spell in the room to clear it of any dirt, then casting a small spell before leaving.
He led Hagrid straight to Hagrid's hut, where an old man was already waiting for them. The old man, whose hair was completely white, wore a blue wool coat with a hedgehog-colored scarf in his breast pocket, and carried a somewhat old leather briefcase.
"Newt, it's been a long time." Dumbledore saw the old man and smiled brightly. But Newt didn't look as happy as Dumbledore: whenever Dumbledore came to him, it was usually for no good reason, like when he was sent by Dumbledore to fight Grindelwald in the twenties...
But almost seventy years had passed, and the boy back then was already old. In that long time, Dumbledore had not bothered him much and had let him live a peaceful life.
And just now, he received another message from Dumbledore and, as always, it had come just in time. Seeing Dumbledore, he did his best to sketch a smile, but his smile was instantly genuine: he had seen a great treasure!
"You've got a fine three-headed dog!" His eyes twinkled and he stared at Hagrid's three-headed dog, Fluffy, with a look that made Fluffy look a little embarrassed.
Hagrid returned a simple smile, "Ha, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning, Fluffy is a naughty boy, sorry to bother you."
"No, no, no!" Newt was filled with glee. He hadn't expected Dumbledore to give him anything good this time, but Hagrid didn't stop there, he went back to his hut and brought out a reluctant Norbert.
"The boy will also be in your care for a few days." Hagrid brought Newt a second piece of good news.
Newt was stunned: what else could be good?
Without a word, he agreed, and then worked with Hagrid to get Norbert and Fluffy into the suitcase. Both the dragon and the three-headed dog are very intelligent animals and not easily fooled. Fluffy struggled and did not want to leave Hagrid. He smelled a lot of scary and powerful creatures in that suitcase. Plus, he had a deep relationship with Hagrid.
But in the end, Hagrid dragged him to the suitcase, Newt's suitcase was very special, it had an undetectable extension spell and a large amount of space inside. With Hagrid's promise to come back for him, Fluffy entered the suitcase, trembling.
Norbert, for his part, ran to the suitcase without hesitation. As far as he was concerned, he was finally out of danger! He was finally out of the house.
Once inside the suitcase, he raised his head and let out a few long dragon roars: "Roar... (I am the embodiment of power!)"
"Roar! (Upon entering, all will tremble at my presence!)"
"Roar! (I am magic incarnate!)"
The inside of the suitcase exploded like a bowl of ice water thrown into boiling oil, and the roar of magical creatures spread far and wide, with the weaker ones hiding and shivering, and the stronger ones roaring against Norbert.
Newt: ...
Is something wrong with this dragon?
Norbert tried to roar again, but two red lights flew behind him, striking him with precision, stunning him and interrupting his budding dragon roar. Dumbledore then walked up to him and cast a stun spell (Petrificus Totalus), knocking Norbert completely unconscious.
"Sorry for the inconvenience." said Dumbledore apologetically to Newt as he looked at the mess in the suitcase.
"Never mind, never mind, I'm used to it..." said Newt, feeling his head spinning.
After arranging them, Newt closed the clasp on the suitcase, he had used his magic to reinforce the clasp so that magical creatures like scarbato couldn't get out of it now. He stood up with the case in his hand, gave Dumbledore and Hagrid a big smile and hurried off.
When he left, Dumbledore was relieved: he was finally safe.
Despite the complexity of the process, Dumbledore moved with great speed, and by the time he and Hagrid returned to the Great Dining Hall, breakfast was not even over. By that time, the flames in the fireplace in Dumbledore's office had turned silently green.
The Ministry of Magic was hopeless.
The sooner this raid was carried out, the better, but Quirrell had written his anonymous letter the night before and Fudge only found out the next morning when he arrived at work; it was almost the end of breakfast at Hogwarts.
As soon as he found out, he took some of his cronies to Hogwarts, and in this case he sprang into action with a vigor which I fear he could only muster in the face of a special newspaper interview.
The easiest way to get to Hogwarts was to first communicate with Dumbledore and then teleport to Dumbledore's office via the Flu network. But this time Fudge did not follow that strategy, but took his men directly to Hogsmeade and entered through the front door of the school: the purpose was to take Dumbledore by surprise.
Fudge had distanced himself from Dumbledore ever since he had taken up residence at the Ministry of Magic, and in the last two years, Dumbledore had become more of an obstacle. If given the opportunity to change things at Hogwarts, Fudge would not squander it; if he could undermine Dumbledore's prestige, he would.
How many versions has Dumbledore been stronger? it's time to nerf! If Fudge had played online games, he would have roared that.
So he came, and he came with his men.
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