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"Yeah, so far only one student has been injured. Hogwarts occasionally has students injured."
"Closing Hogwarts because a student got hurt is a big deal."
Lucius looked at the school managers who spoke, with a half-smile on his face.
At this moment, why did he feel a subtle dislocation of identity?
Shouldn't he, a Slytherin-born Death Eater, say such informal words that don't care about other people's life or death?
The charm of language is really amazing!
"Then I'll wait for the next student to die before discussing this matter."
Little Avery smartly sensed that the time had come, and began to sing bad faces.
With his looks and voice, he is a born bad guy who only comes out once in 100 years.
As long as you speak normally, you will be regarded as a dangerous element.
Several school managers blushed at Little Avery's words.
It seems that they are the ones who don't care about the life and death of students.
They wanted to refute Avery Jr.
However, Lucius and Avery, who are on the side of the facts, are so easy to object?
Against them, you have to gamble.
Gamble with the lives of students and your own honor.
"Perhaps, we can trust Dumbledore once."
Old Sheffield finally spoke: "Give him a certain amount of time and let him solve the problem of the basilisk."
"If it can't be resolved, he will be removed from the position of headmaster, and then Hogwarts will be closed."
Old Sheffield began to mediate in the middle.
It's just that his mediation directly put the nine Dumbledore supporters into embarrassment.
Are they willing to gamble with Dumbledore?
The answer is no.
Because they are people with independent thinking consciousness, not Dumbledore's diehards.
This is also Dumbledore's intention. If he chooses his own loyalists to join the school board, then Dumbledore's thoughts will become known to everyone.
And that's not Dumbledore's style.
Now, these nine people don't want to tie themselves and Dumbledore completely.
Maybe it's not about protecting oneself or not wanting to be implicated, maybe even pure integrity and kindness, so that no more student casualties can be seen.
Regardless of the reason, however, the alliance of nine people is already shaky.
Lucius looked at Old Sheffield in surprise.
He didn't inform old Sheffield, after all, the old man was not familiar with Lucius and little Avery.
Old Sheffier looked at Lucius through his gold-rimmed glasses, as if saying something.
You still want to hide this little trick from my old man?
Old Sheffield may not have thought of such a comprehensive strategy, but how could he, as an old fritter from a pure-blooded family, not master some of the ability to adapt to the wind?
"So this time, how long is appropriate?"
Some school managers couldn't help but speak.
Immediately received all kinds of answers.
Some people say seven days, some say half a month, and some directly say one year.
The person who said one year was naturally laughed at by little Avery: "Are you going to kill the basilisk? But there may not be enough students in Hogwarts. After all, three a day is not enough for the basilisk to fit between the teeth."
The nine people began to quarrel, and the quarrel gradually became more intense.
The Gaoda school manager didn't want to see anyone get hurt again, and insisted that it should not last longer than half a month.
And the old school director who supported Dumbledore the most, tried his best to buy time for Dumbledore, and his bottom line was three months.
In the end, nine people actually put forward five proposals, but none of them could convince anyone.
At this time, Lucius kindly reminded him.
"I have to say, gentlemen, you have overlooked one point. In the process of implementing this plan, we should not allow any students to be attacked by the basilisk."
"Otherwise, no matter how many days the deadline is, when Dumbledore cleans up the basilisk, we will have to hold funerals for a dozen or even dozens of children."
"I think that is a result that no one can accept."
Lucius' kindness was exchanged for the gloomyness of the nine school managers.
This they really ignored.
So in the end the problem has actually changed.
It turns out that Dumbledore must find and eradicate the basilisk before the next student is injured.
"Then let's write a joint letter directly to Dumbledore, asking him to eradicate the basilisk immediately."
"If another student is injured, will he have to take the blame and resign?"
Old Sheffield concluded, and this time no one disagreed with him.
Even the old school director who supported Dumbledore the most felt that this plan was reasonable.
"That's it. I think it's reasonable to exchange the death of the second student for the peace of Hogwarts."
Little Avery was as annoying as ever.
But this time, no one had the strength to refute him.
Seeing that the school board was about to reach an agreement, Cassandra spoke.
"Gentlemen of the school, do you really think it is reasonable to exchange one person's life for a chance of Principal Dumbledore?"
Cassandra's words surprised the old school director who was preparing to draft the letter.
They all almost forgot that there was a girl watching all this.
"Son, you shouldn't be speaking at this time, this is a board meeting."
He reminded Cassandra tactfully that he didn't show too much disgust because of Cassandra's surname.
"Sir, I am a student at Hogwarts."
"If you really have to kill a person to kill the basilisk, maybe the one who gets killed is me."
Cassandra's words are already complete sophistry.
But that's okay, the British are bad at maths, and wizards are worse at maths than the British average.
What Cassandra said is indeed a possibility.
As for the probability of it, it is obviously not something that these wizard masters can calculate in an instant.
"Are you going to let me die?"
Looking at Cassandra's delicate and charming face, and her slightly frightened emerald green eyes.
A group of school managers were speechless.
Maybe they could write it down on the parchment and give Dumbledore another chance.
But in any case, it is impossible to tell Cassandra to die in front of Cassandra.
The quill pen in the hand of the old school manager was a little unstable.
Finally he sighed and put the quill back in the inkwell.
"We must discuss how to ensure that Hogwarts children are not harmed again."
"That's the top priority."
As a result, the topic of the meeting changed again.
From the very beginning, set a time limit for Dumbledore to kill the basilisk.
It became a limit of one more person to die, and asked Dumbledore to kill the basilisk.
It ended up being Dumbledore killing the basilisk without anyone getting hurt.
This means that the school board's requirements for Dumbledore are constantly increasing, and the pressure on Dumbledore has also begun to increase exponentially.
And the answer to the question is becoming more and more difficult to find, so that it is almost impossible to solve now.
"The basilisk disappeared without a trace, obviously because of the secret room."
"The Chamber of Secrets can only be opened by the heirs of Slytherin, so can't we really ask the boy?"
The discussion has reached a deadlock, and some school managers have begun to get impatient.
They weren't teachers after all, they couldn't understand the importance of physical and mental health, and they really didn't think a little Veritaserum was a big deal.
"Dumbledore won't agree. It's not like you don't know his character."
"But we have to listen to Dumbledore? If he can solve everything, do we still need such a headache?"
"Yes, Hogwarts is not his school alone, it is the school of all of us, and it is the spiritual inheritance of the four sages."
"Hogwarts, it can't just be ruined in our hands, we have to be responsible to everyone."
Anxiety makes people angry and dissatisfied, and the first person to bear the firepower is naturally Dumbledore who is ineffective.
At this time in the past, pure blood families would be scolded.
Anyway, they are pure blood and bad embryos, so they will be scolded if they are scolded.
But today, the trio of pure-blood families acted as gentlemen and quiet, even the school directors who hated pure-blood families couldn't open their mouths.
Seeing that the discussion could not go on any longer, Lucius said, "Maybe we need time for everyone to think calmly?"
"Why don't we hold a meeting in a few days, I'm still busy with company affairs."
When Lucius said this at this time, it undoubtedly became an outlet for other people's emotions.