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Once another student casualty occurs at Hogwarts, then Dumbledore's term as headmaster will end at the same time.
Now Cassandra came to attack Harry, as long as she couldn't catch her.
Then if the news about Harry Potter being attacked gets out, it is very likely that the school board will really choose to suspend him.
Dumbledore wasn't afraid of being suspended, and as long as Hogwarts needed him, the trustees would call him back soon.
Because only he can withstand the erosion of the Ministry of Magic.
What Dumbledore was afraid of was that Cassandra would take advantage of his suspension to push the situation in a direction that even Dumbledore could not control at all.
Yes.
Already Dumbledore was more worried about Cassandra than the Ministry of Magic.
Dumbledore rubbed his hands, thinking what to do.
Attack Cassandra, ask the teacher to blame?
Not to mention that he has no evidence, even if there is evidence, how can he be sure that this is not a conspiracy?
Hogwarts is his battlefield, but the Malfoy family seems like a huge trap.
If he acts rashly and falls into Cassandra's trap, then he may be in a situation from which he cannot save himself.
At that time, no one can protect Harry Potter anymore.
If you don't deal with this matter and pretend nothing happened, will she do it again?
Cassandra was surrounded by Dobby, so Hogwarts was almost defenseless for her.
Only by finding a way to block Cassandra's access to Hogwarts can Dumbledore be completely at ease.
Having made up his mind, Dumbledore sighed quietly.
Defend Cassandra with the means to defend against Voldemort... Is this a respect for Cassandra, or is he really old?
Looking down at another bed in the distance, Luna was still the same.
Now Dumbledore really wants to say sorry to Luna.
Unfortunately, it is too late now.
He turned and left, tonight was destined to be a sleepless night for him.
It's just that when he turned around, there seemed to be a smile on the corner of Luna's mouth.
He stopped hesitantly, and turned his head to look, Luna was still the same.
"Maybe, I'm really old."
Dumbledore shook his head and walked out of the school hospital.
He sealed all the secret passages, and at the same time added new ancient magic around Hogwarts to prevent all house-elves from getting through.
It is obviously too late to study the magic principles of house elves temporarily.
But there is magic that specifically targets house-elves and delimits house-elves' forbidden areas.
After all, there are always some wizards who can't even trust their own house-elves, and want to open up some house-elves' forbidden areas at home.
At this time, this ancient magic happened to work, and Dumbledore turned the entire Hogwarts into a restricted area.
Of course, the house elves already inside the restricted area, that is, the house elves of Hogwarts, will not be affected for the time being.
It's as if Dumbledore drew a circle around Hogwarts.
The house-elves outside couldn't get in, and the house-elves inside couldn't get out.
After doing all this, the sky really brightened.
Dumbledore was resting on the sofa in the principal's office, looking at the windowsill of the principal's office, worried that there would be a letter from the school board suddenly.
I am also worried that the front page of the Daily Prophet today is about Harry Potter being injured. After all, in the minds of many people, Harry Potter is the great savior who killed Voldemort.
Fortunately, time passed by, and none of these things happened after all.
The Daily Prophet also returned to normal in a rare way, and no longer spoke bad or good things about him.
At ten o'clock in the morning, Newt and some wizards who had made achievements in the protection of magical animals arrived, and Dumbledore finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Why didn't Cassandra tell the school board about Harry Potter being attacked?
Could it be that his arrangement caught Cassandra by surprise yesterday?
Or maybe he guessed wrong, the person yesterday wasn't Cassandra at all?
"Dumbledore, you look suddenly ten years older."
Newt wore his trademark smirk, completely confused about the situation, and thought Dumbledore was still having a headache for the basilisk.
Dumbledore could only cheer up, and then cheerfully greeted Newt and these experts.
After all, these people will go through life and death with him.
As for the matter of Cassandra, he could only forget about it temporarily.
Hogwarts was safe now, now that Newt and the experts had arrived.
He can then activate the prepared magic and completely seal the entire Hogwarts.
Even if Voldemort was really resurrected and returned with an army of Death Eaters.
Hogwarts can hold up for a while, too.
With this level of preparation, Dumbledore naturally has no reason to be worried.
After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Cassandra brought Newt, the experts, and Lockhart, who had been dragged, to the bathroom on the second floor.
"Gentlemen, though I am very much looking forward to sharing your adventures with you."
Lockhart smiled with difficulty: "But why did we come to the girls' bathroom?"
While talking, Lockhart secretly looked at Dumbledore. This old man doesn't have any special hobbies, does he?
He doesn't want to be involved!
He's just here to make a name for himself!
"Professor Lockhart, we are going to hunt the basilisk, and the experts here will find a way to find the entrance to the chamber."
"In the future, you can write today's events into a new book, and I don't think they will mind if you take the credit for this time."
Lockhart's face changed, thinking that Dumbledore had seen through his trick.
It can be seen that Dumbledore did not do anything, and Lockhart felt that Dumbledore should have no evidence yet.
He rolled his eyes and said hastily, "Since we are taking an adventure together this time, your names are naturally indispensable."
"Why don't we just come up with a name and form a team called Lockhart and his followers, what do you think?"
While Lockhart was making jokes, the experts brought by Newt were not idle.
They took out a strange kind of ant, with a white body and a pair of huge green antennae.
The tentacles kept shaking, as if they were exploring everything around them, and the ants followed the tentacles to search around.
"This is a self-cultivating ant that likes to find a moist environment underground to build a nest."
"The place they fancy, apart from the sewer, should be the secret room."
Under the expectant eyes of everyone, the ants crawled around from the beginning, and slowly gathered beside the cylindrical sink.
Drilling down the gap in the sink, it quickly disappeared.
"Shouldn't this be the sewer?"
Newt turned to ask Dumbledore, and Dumbledore showed a relieved smile: "Of course not."
"Please step back, everyone."
After speaking, Dumbledore waved his wand.
Several stone-like arms protruded from the ground and ceiling, grabbed the sink and pulled them in all directions.
The huge sink was directly torn into pieces, as if the shadow in Dumbledore's heart was also torn into pieces.
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Dumbledore's aura made the rest of the people shudder.
Newt also looked at Dumbledore in shock. The last time he saw Dumbledore so angry was when Dumbledore had to face Grinwald.
Who provoked him? Is a basilisk enough?
"Everyone, please get ready."
But verbally, Dumbledore remained calm and wise.
Then the first one jumped off the bottomless mouth of the well, and at the same time left a ray of light on the wall of the well, illuminating the direction for those who came after.
Of course he wouldn't fall to the ground like Harry, Ron and Lockhart in the original book.
Although the shaft speed skating made his old ass hot, he used a magic spell to let himself slowly float to the ground before landing.
The bones of various animals are all under the feet, which is enough to show that this is the place where the basilisk is active.
I have to say that the basilisk is really an easy animal to feed.
Under the premise of not being allowed to go out of the secret room, one can live for thousands of years by hunting small animals that break in.
It's a biological miracle.
Soon, the remaining wizards also slid down.
Dumbledore caught everyone one by one.
With the exception of Lockhart, all the rest had developed a keen interest in the bones on the ground.
Newt even picked up a bone and put it on his nose to smell it. Seeing the dirty look on the bone, Lockhart had a troubled look on his face, and he could hardly keep being polite and accommodating.
"It's in good condition. It's hard to imagine that this is a basilisk that has lived for thousands of years."
"Look what's over here, it's the snake slough of the basilisk!"
"My God, that's a windfall. I daresay it could sell for a few thousand Galleons."