Vol 2 Chapter 422: 1st attack

"Something happened, Jon... Something happened..." A panting voice came from the wall.
"What's wrong, Dexter?" Jon raised his head, frowning.
But it’s no longer necessary for Principal Dexter-Fusco to continue to explain. He only heard an earthquake-like knock on the door outside.
"Professor Dumbledore...Professor Dumbledore..."
It is the voice of Ruber Hagrid, a teacher in the protection of magical animals.
Jon frowned. He took a sip of the compound decoction and ordered: "Dexter, let Professor Hagrid come in!"
...
The door of the office slammed and was pushed open.
Hagrid rushed in, putting a helmet on top of his dark, unkempt head.
"Professor Dumbledore...an attack...Gryffindor's Katie Bell, she is dying..." Hagrid said loudly, headlessly, panting heavily.
"Hagrid..." Albus Dumbledore tried to interrupt Hagrid.
"I just sent Katie to the school hospital... Harry and Hermione were putting that opal necklace..." Hagrid continued to yell.
"Hagrid!" Dumbledore had to raise his voice: "Keep calm and listen to me!"
"Oh!" Hagrid was taken aback for a moment, and then nodded: "Okay, follow your instructions, principal."
"Can you understand that Katie Bell of Gryffindor was attacked by something. Is it the opal necklace you just mentioned?" Dumbledore asked calmly.
"Yes, yes..." Hagrid nodded repeatedly.
"How is Miss Bell, then?" Dumbledore continued.
"I just took her to the school hospital, and Madam Pomfrey said she was dying..."
Dumbledore frowned. "So... are there any other witnesses?"
"Some, some...Harry and Hermione were nearby, and there was a Gryffindor girl named Lini who was Katie's friend..." Hagrid nodded again and replied.
"Okay, where are they now? And the opal necklace you mentioned... Could you let them come to my office quickly?" Dumbledore said.
"Wait a minute, the principal...oh, they're here!"
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Since Hagrid took Katie Bell to the school hospital earlier, the three slower people behind also rushed to the principal's office.
"Syrup cake!" Only the crisp voice of Hermione Granger was heard, followed by the vibration of the stairs.
Harry, Hermione, and Lini went up the stairs and entered the office.
The rain and snow-spattered window glass rattled in the window frame, but the fire in the principal's office was crackling, and the room was very warm.
"What's the matter?" Principal Albus Dumbledore asked with a serious face.
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sp; The girl named Lini stammered, because she couldn't control her crying, and paused several times in the middle.
She told Professor Dumbledore how Katie went to the bathroom at the Three Broomsticks Bar, and how she looked a little weird when she came back, holding the unmarked package... How did they quarrel, because she thought Katie shouldn't agree to hand over an item of unknown origin; when the quarrel reached its peak, the two began to the package, but the package was torn apart...
At this point, Lini's emotions were completely broken, and she could no longer speak a word.
"Okay, Miss Lini!" Dumbledore nodded thoughtfully: "Hagrid, I can't help you take her to the school hospital, can you? I think Madam Pomfrey can help her stabilize! "
"Of course, no problem!" Hagrid also seemed to realize that he stayed in the principal's office, making the space much smaller.
He bent over and lowered his head, helped Lini, and led her out of here.
"Daisy!" Dumbledore said to an old portrait very close to the ceiling: "Excuse me, go to the school hospital and see how Miss Bell is doing."
A witch with long silver curly hair opened her eyes immediately: "No problem!"
"Phineas, you go contact Professor Snape; and Dexter, you go contact Professor McGonagall... let them come to my office as soon as possible." Dumbledore continued to order.
The three wizards all got out of the frame from the side, but they did not appear in the frame beside them (as often happens at Hogwarts), but disappeared.
Dumbledore turned around and looked at Harry and Hermione.
He took the necklace wrapped in a scarf from Harry and placed it on the desk; at the same time, he raised the elder wand, opened the scarf, and made a few complicated gestures at the necklace.
"What happened after Katie touched that necklace?" After a long period of thought, Dumbledore turned around and asked.
"She rose into the air." Harry rushed ahead of Hermione and said, "Then she started screaming, and then she fell down. Professor!"
"You haven't touched it afterwards?"
"Yes, Hermione asked me to wrap it in a scarf..."
"A very wise choice, Miss Granger." Dumbledore gave a compliment, then turned around.
He walked all the way to the long table behind, searched for a moment, and finally picked up a silver statue in the shape of a goat.
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Professor Severus Snape and Professor Minerva McGonagall walked into the president's office.
They all know what happened here...
Professor Snape was told by Phineas; and Professor McGonagall did not seem to receive Dexter's notice, but she met Lini and Hagrid in the corridor.
Snape rushed directly to the opal necklace on the table and raised his wand to it.
Professor McGonagall looked at Harry and Hermione with concern, and asked a few more questions.
As for Principal Albus Dumbledore, he kept making that "unpredictable" expression, thinking about something.
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bsp; when Snape slowly put down his wand
Dumbledore asked faintly: "Severus, what do you think?"
"Miss Bell is lucky!" Severus Snape replied in an unsentimental tone, "There is a terrible curse on this opal necklace. She seems to have just touched the necklace with a small piece of skin: There is a small hole in her gloves. If she wears the necklace around her neck, or just picks it up with her hands without gloves, she will die, maybe on the spot."
"Okay, thank you, Severus... I think I need you to help Miss Bell now, Madam Pomfrey may not be able to control the rapid spread of the curse." Dumbledore smiled at him and said.
"Okay, Principal!" Snape nodded faintly. He picked up the necklace wrapped in a scarf, then squinted at Harry Potter and walked out of the principal's office.
As Snape left, Harry seemed to muster his courage.
After hesitating for a moment, he said, "I think Draco Malfoy gave Katie the necklace, professor."
"Oh?" Dumbledore's tone rose slightly: "This is a very severe accusation!"
"I don't think it's possible, Mr. Potter." Professor McGonagall said in a categorical tone: "Because Mr. Malfoy did not go to Hogsmeade today."
"Huh?" This time it was Harry's turn to be stunned: "How could..."
"Because he was confined here with me all day today. He has not completed the homework of the transformation class twice in a row, Mr. Potter." Professor McGonagall said harshly, and then she raised her head and looked at Dumbledore. : "By the way, Professor Dumbledore, one more thing..."
"What's wrong, Minerva?"
"When I met Lini just now, her mood seemed to stabilize a little... She told me that the person Katie was going to bring the necklace to was you..." Professor McGonagall said with a serious face.
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The entire principal's office was suddenly silent.
There was a look of fear on Hermione Granger's face, and Harry Potter looked a little angry.
"Bring it to me?" But Albus Dumbledore didn't seem too surprised: "I don't think this is a wise choice."
"Why do you say that?" Professor McGonagall was stunned and asked.
"Because it is impossible for her to wear this necklace and pass Mr. Filch's test!" Dumbledore said calmly, "Of course, it is very likely that Mr. Filch will be hurt by that time."
"So that's it..."
"Same!" Dumbledore continued, "It is impossible for that necklace to be taken out of Hogwarts, because it is also impossible to pass Mr. Filch's level..."
"...And Miss Bell went to the toilet and got the package with this necklace; therefore, the person who gave it to her is likely to be a woman..."
Albus Dumbledore paused, then walked to the long table at the back again and picked up the goat-shaped silver statue for the second time.
"Today's weather is so bad, so the business of Three Broomsticks is not so good!" He smiled and said, "I am next to Three Broomsticks, the man in the pig's head bar.
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When the relationship was good, he told me that when Miss Bell was in and out of the three broomsticks, except for the students at Hogwarts, the three broomsticks received only one female customer: Nifadora Tonks! "
"It can't be Tonks!" Harry blurted out, "Unless...unless she is under the Imperius Curse!"
"That's impossible!" Hermione on the side categorically said: "We communicated with her, and she behaved nothing unusual."
"Of course I believe in Nefadora, and it is very difficult to control an Auror with Imperius." Dumbledore said calmly.
Professor McGonagall and Hermione both changed their faces suddenly, and then nodded solemnly.
Only Harry stood there with a dazed expression.
"Okay, that's it...I just hope you don't say anything about what you hear here..." Dumbledore said at last.
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"What the is going on?" Harry Potter couldn't help asking softly after leaving the principal's office.
"Isn't it obvious!" Hermione replied naturally: "Since Professor Dumbledore believes it is not Tonks, then there is only one person who can give the necklace to Katie..."
"Who?" Harry was still a little confused~EbookFREE.me~Mrs. Rosmerta... She was the only woman in the Three Broomsticks bar at the time except for the students and Tonks! "Hermione said helplessly.
"Oh, yes!" Harry suddenly realized: "No wonder... I thought Mrs. Rosmerta looked a little wrong... She must be under the Imperius Curse..."
As he spoke, Harry became a little puzzled again: "But why doesn't Professor Dumbledore contact the Aurors...but ask us to keep it secret!"
"Oh, my God, Harry..." Hermione couldn't help but patted her forehead: "That necklace was meant to be handed over to Professor Dumbledore. This proves that someone tried to use Mrs. Rosmerta to attack or even kill. Professor Dumbledore...If you don’t wait for the Death Eaters behind Mrs. Rosmerta to come out, what's the use of just grabbing her..."
"It makes sense..."
"...Moreover, an exposed attacker must be much safer than an attacker hiding in the dark!" Hermione shook her head and said.
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At this moment, in the principal's office.
Principal Dairis Derwent has returned on the portrait.
"How's it going?" Jon Hart asked with some concern.
"Professor Snape has controlled the curse, and he and Madam Pomfrey are preparing to send the girl to the St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries. I believe she will recover soon!" Dairis smiled and replied.
"Okay, thanks for your hard work, Dairis."
"It's nothing, Jon... Besides, I have good news!" Dai Lisi continued.
"Oh?" Jon gave her a surprised look.
"Miss Greengrass of the school hospital, she seems to be awake!" Principal Dairis-Dewent smiled.