Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 325: Insomnia
At night, the headmaster's room was still lit, and Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk reviewing the documents accumulated in recent days. Although the vice-principal Professor McGonagall would also assist him with most of the school's affairs, some documents were still Requires his own signature by the principal.
"A lot has happened recently."
Dumbledore finished processing the documents, took a sip from the cup of milk tea with several sugar cubes, and his eyes fell on the pile of envelopes.
Voldemort has his eye on the Philosopher's Stone, Professor Rowena Smith's inexplicable disappearance, and reforms within the Ministry of Magic.
Dumbledore can be sure that Voldemort is definitely back in England secretly, and has his eye on Nicole LeMay's Philosopher's Stone, but the big question now is, where is Voldemort hiding?
Originally, Dumbledore wanted to use the Philosopher's Stone to lure Voldemort out. After all, the enemy hidden in the dark is really difficult to deal with.
Unfortunately, Voldemort never acted, and he still carefully concealed his whereabouts, even when monitoring Nicole LeMay, for fear of being discovered by others, and it would be difficult to catch him for a while.
Dumbledore didn't even want to play hide-and-seek with the other party. He was old, and his energy was not as good as before, and he couldn't stand the random toss.
There is another thing that makes Dumbledore very concerned. How could Professor Rowena Smith suddenly disappear? There is no news at all, as if it disappeared out of thin air.
Dumbledore suspects that Professor Smith's disappearance has something to do with Voldemort.
There is no way, with Voldemort's current situation, someone must be helping him, otherwise I can't find him hiding there for a while.
It is understandable that Dumbledore would have such thoughts. After all, the other party is Voldemort and must be handled with caution no matter what.
Will it be Rowena Smith?
Dumbledore paced back and forth in the headmaster's room, considering the possibility of this matter, and if it was possible, it was really not high. If he is Voldemort and wants to completely hide his whereabouts, he should not let Rowena Smith disappear inexplicably. The Smith family's reward has always been hung on the Daily Prophet.
"These two things probably don't matter."
After clarifying his thoughts, Dumbledore sat back at the headmaster's desk and began to open the envelopes he had recently received with a letter opener, and replied one by one.
Since Cornelius Fudge became Minister of Magic, he has been sent letters of many owls every day, asking him to help come up with ideas for some of the Ministry's policies.
Buffy's brain-boosting agent is still a hot topic after all, and the Ministry of Magic is considering a new exam bill.
Although Dumbledore is not an expert on potions, he is well aware of the difficulty of making Bafet's brain-refreshing potion. There is no need to make a statement about this matter. After all, the materials for making this potion are so expensive and the difficulty is so high. There are simply not a few brilliant potion masters who can make it successfully.
Thinking of the Slytherin student who had been poisoned by Buffy's brain-boosting agent and went to the school hospital, Dumbledore couldn't help but sighed. To avoid the dangers of mind-boosting agents, to avoid people taking risks of poisoning after taking them.
After all, 100% of the Bafei brain-refreshing pills on the market are poisonous failures, and even if the medicine is diluted, it is still fatal.
There is no need to specify strict laws. It is the most important thing to let everyone understand. I believe that there are precedents, and few dare to touch Bafe's brain-refreshing agent.
Would anyone drink it if they knew it was poisonous?
Certainly not!
After dealing with this, Dumbledore began to open other letters, and after careful consideration, he gave a recovery.
However, he was stunned when he saw the sender's name.
Albert Anderson?
Dumbledore whispered the sender's name, and opened the envelope with the open letter on the side, which contained a piece of parchment, and a...photograph.
The picture shows an ugly bust of an old wizard atop a crate, his head covered with an old gray cap and a rusted crown.
Dumbledore was stunned for a moment, unable to understand the meaning of the picture for a while, and because it was a bit far away, it was not clear.
He picked up the letter and read it quickly. The letter probably said: Albert accidentally found an item that looked like a black magic tool in a mysterious room in the school.
The rusty crown of the wizard bust in the photo is the black magic item. As long as you get close to its surroundings, you can hear evil whispers.
He suspects that this thing may also be the crown of the legendary Ravenclaw House that has been missing for many years.
Here are two of his suspicions, a dangerous item of dark magic, or Ravenclaw's diadem, based on hearing whispers.
Dumbledore narrowed his eyes, picked up the not-so-sharp photo again, took a closer look, and then looked at the portrait behind him.
"Armando, do you think the crown in the photo looks like a Ravenclaw crown?" Dumbledore handed the photo in the direction of the portrait of Armando Dippet.
"Amando Dippet is the headmaster from Ravenclaw, and he is more familiar with the crown thing than they are."
"The crown of Ravenclaw?" Armando Dippet pushed his glasses, stretched his head and leaned in here, and all the other principals in the office opened their eyes and turned towards Crowded with nearby portraits.
Want to see the so-called Ravenclaw crown, after all, that thing has disappeared for a long time, there is no shortage of students trying to find the crown to add points to their house ~IndoMTL.com~ This shape, Kind of like, but, you know, that thing has been gone for hundreds of years, and no one has seen it at all. "Amando Dippet is not sure either, he has seen the crown on the Ravenclaw statue, but this one is rusted...
"Wait a minute!"
Speaking, he disappeared from his portrait. Not long after, Armando Dippet appeared again out of breath. He just went to the Ravenclaw lounge,
"It looks a bit similar, of course, it's not ruled out as imitation. By the way, where did you get this photo?"
"Sent to me by a student." Dumbledore said, "He thinks that the crown is most likely a dark magic item, because he heard a strange sound from the crown, as you all know, in It's not a good sign to hear strange noises in the wizarding world."
In the wizarding world, anything that can think for itself needs to be vigilant. Dumbledore is not sure if Ravenclaw's crown has the same ability to think like the Sorting Hat, but Albert's judgment and practice No doubt quite wise to tell him this directly rather than trying to figure it out for himself.
"I suggest you take what's in the photo back and study it." Armando Dippet's tone was a bit urging: "Although it's unlikely, it should still be taken seriously."
"I will, Armando." Dumbledore glanced at his pocket watch, it was already early morning, and it was impossible to find it now, although Albert said where this thing was, but... The treasure trove in the Room of Requirement is so huge that it's hard to find it for a while without Albert's help to lead the way.
"Looks like this has to wait until tomorrow." He murmured, staring at the photo.