Harry Potter’s Book of Sin

() In the principal's office, nothing seems to have changed much.

The sorting hat was still on the shelf behind, Phoenix Fox squinted and took a nap, and the silver ampoule on the long table next to the bookshelf was still puffing out with blue smoke...

Only on the top of the wall behind the desk, among the rows of golden picture frames, there is one more one.

That is the portrait of the former principals of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. When a principal leaves, there will be an extra portrait of that principal on the wall.

At this moment, in the new frame that has just appeared, the old wizard with half-moon glasses on the bridge of his nose is closing his eyes lightly, as if he is closing his eyes and resting.

But if you look at it for a long time, you will find that unlike other portraits that can freely come and go in the frame, the old wizard in this frame has never moved.

It was as if it was a picture of a Muggle, motionless.

"Minerva, the minister will come over this afternoon, the schedule is already set..."

Suddenly, a person walked in one of the empty frames and said something.

"Thank you, Evra."

Having been standing at the desk since just now, staring at the last portrait of Professor McGonagall, he moved his gaze to the person who was speaking and nodded gently.

Just as she looked again at the portrait of Dumbledore, the door to the principal's office was knocked.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk"

"...Please come in." McGonagall slowly turned around and pointed at the door with his wand.

Before the words fell, the door opened quietly, and three professors, Flitwick, Snape, and Sprout walked in one by one.

They are all deans of the colleges.With the death of Dumbledore and the vacancy of the headmaster's position, the deans of the colleges became the highest decision-makers at Hogwarts.

Although Professor McGonagall was temporarily selected as the principal's agent, she has no absolute power to deal with some major school affairs.

"It's all here," McGonagall nodded slightly. "The Minister of Magic will be there in the afternoon, but before then, I think we should talk about... the future direction of Hogwarts."

"How do you say?" asked the little Flitwick shrillly.

Professor McGonagall looked at the several deans in front of him, and then went through the things he was thinking about just now before continuing to speak.

"First of all," she pursed her lips. "According to Snape's description, Dumbledore's death shouldn't have been homicide-he'floated' down from the Astronomy Tower, right? "

While speaking, McGonagall glanced at Snape, and Snape nodded blankly.

"There is no sign of being hacked in the school. We searched together last night. There should be no problem with this." She said seriously, "At least, I don't think anyone can sneak into Hogwar without a trace. Now, silently kill Dumbledore."

Professor McGonagall’s words were unanimously approved by the other two deans.

"Then, Dumbledore's actual cause of death—"

"...It's suicide."

As the door to the principal's office was opened again, Maca walked quickly to the deans and made a clear conclusion on the matter.

"McLean?" "Maca?"

When the four people in the principal's office looked at him, he nodded calmly, and then his gaze fell on Professor McGonagall.

"It's suicide," Maca repeated what he had just said before continuing. "It is not convenient for me to state the specifics for the time being. However, Dumbledore personally conveyed this to me..."

"This..." Professor McGonagall was stunned.

"But, what is his reason for doing this?" Professor Flitwick said sharply, "This matter is not reasonable at all?"

"Prolonging time is probably one of the reasons," Maca shook his head. "Of course, for Professor Dumbledore, there are other more important reasons for him to do this."

Judging by what Dumbledore said to him, there may be even greater changes next.

Dumbledore was "selfish" as he himself said, but while he chose to continue on the path of magic, he was obviously still working hard for the future of this world.

He even used suicide to abandon his body and head to the edge of death.

"Anyway," said Maca, "something worse will happen next. Whether it's Hogwarts or other places, we must closely observe and step up prevention."

"Maca, is this also what Albus told you?" Professor Sprout asked.

"Almost!" Maca spread out his hands and said helplessly, "Professor Dumbledore has never liked to speak too clearly, you also know that..."

"Then...what should the students do next, do you have any suggestions?"

Maca could see that after Dumbledore's death, Professor McGonagall's usual courage and decisiveness had been greatly reduced.

Maybe she is also lost!

After all, so far, Dumbledore has made various decisions alone behind the scenes of Hogwarts.When looking at the current situation and development of the entire school, the location is different, and the scope of vision will also vary greatly.

Although Dumbledore did intend to train Professor McGonagall, there were too many big facts that Dumbledore had to deal with in the most critical years.

Although Professor McGonagall has the ability to be the head of a school, taking over Hogwarts in this stressful period is a very fatal test for anyone.

In addition, Dumbledore's death also gave her a very heavy blow, and the momentary weakness was excusable.

"Professor McGonagall, don't worry..." Maca looked at her calmly, "Just do what you want, and we will support you. From the beginning, Hogwarts was not A place to be supported by one person alone."

To be honest, McGonagall had actually planned to temporarily suspend the school.The reason why she has such thoughts is entirely because of the pressure that is about to come like a landslide and tsunami.

As soon as the news of Dumbledore's death came out, the parents of the students would inevitably shake the authority of Hogwarts.

In the minds of many parents, the existence of Dumbledore is one of the important reasons why they choose to enroll their children in Hogwarts.

However, when Voldemort struck one after another, Dumbledore actually died somehow?

The public opinion of the magic society, the investigation by the Ministry of Magic, the uneasiness of the students... all these will bring the school into a period of turbulence.

Whether to reconcile people's hearts or fall apart is a major issue that will soon be faced.

Choosing to temporarily suspend classes for rectification when there is no clue, and to protect the safety of students as the first priority is undoubtedly the most reassuring measure for parents.

but……

"The curriculum arrangement for each grade remains unchanged, and the priority is to complete the teaching goals for students." Professor McGonagall nodded at Maca, and then said with a serious face, "Under the above premise, strengthen the security and maintenance of the entire school. At the same time, the most subtle investigation and filing of all personnel entering and leaving the school."

"I agree." "Agree."

Both Flitwick and Sprout immediately responded to Professor McGonagall's decision. Snape also nodded, and Maca was naturally even more okay.

The measures that Professor McGonagall decided were very clear-first to let the little wizards continue to attend classes normally, and then to strengthen the school's security guards, but the school personnel entering and exiting were only investigated and filed.

This is obviously a series of coping arrangements with external loosening and internal tightening.

Maca understood that Professor McGonagall had understood Dumbledore's intentions and wanted to confuse the outside world.

"But..." After agreeing, Professor Flitwick frowned slightly and said in a sharp voice, "What should the board of directors explain? The sudden death of the incumbent principal needs to follow the rules... The board of directors should not let this matter. Just deal with it hastily, right?"

"Yes! And the Ministry of Magic, this afternoon..." Professor Sprout also hesitated.

"Of course it must be'according to the rules'," Professor McGonagall was no longer confused at this time, she said decisively, "We must not only follow the rules, but also hold Dumbledore's funeral publicly!"

"This is indeed a good idea," Maca agreed, then continued, "but before that, there is one more thing to discuss..."

"What's the matter?" McGuire asked questioningly.

"Professors, who of you is familiar with Gellert Greenward? I need to focus on this Dumbledore...well...should be considered a'former friend'?"

Maca's words made the other four people in the principal's room a heartbeat.

"Are you talking about... Sybil's prediction?" Flitwick said solemnly.

"To be honest, I have never seen such a clear prediction," Maca frowned. "If the prediction is fulfilled, then Greenward will be one of the enemies we have to face next. "

"About Greenward, it might be more appropriate to let old Bins come to talk about it..." Professor McGonagall thought for a while. "Although when it comes to Greenward, everyone will inevitably think of Dumbledore and his That duel; but the most dangerous place for him was to control the overall situation."

"Minerva is right," Flitwick said, somewhat suspiciously, "but... Greenward is... really alive?"

"...Who knows? Probably..." Maca shook his head.

At the beginning, Greenward expanded his terrorist activities, but it did not extend to the British magical world.So here, not many people knew the specific situation at that time.

It has been a long time now, and although his name is still in various historical materials, how many people are left who really know him?

Is Gellert Greenward still alive?

Here, only Maca still vaguely remembered that the first-generation Dark Lord was indeed still alive.