Harry Potter’s Book of Sin
Chapter 444
Hogwarts had accidents one after another, and finally some parents couldn't bear it anymore.
Even during this period of time, Guidro Lockhart would carry out soothing propaganda activities in front of the public from time to time, but the frequent occurrence of events made his propaganda effect continue to decline.
In the early morning of the next day, as guardians of nearly twenty students came to Hogwarts and asked to meet with Professor McGonagall, the reporter quickly got the news and hurried over.
It is foreseeable that tomorrow's newspaper will definitely not look good.
Of course, these parents are parents after all, and it is a matter of course for them to consider the safety of their children.In this regard, there is nothing wrong with their behavior, and no one can stop them from picking up their children.
Because of his feelings for Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall naturally kept on repeatedly.But even if the students are willing to stay in school, most of them can't help their parents.
In the end, at Hogwarts, eleven students dropped out and three dropped out of school, including five Ravenclaw who were injured in the incident last night.
Among the little wizards who are still recuperating, the more serious ones have been transferred to the St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries, while the less serious ones have been taken home directly.
To be honest, this number will definitely increase as soon as relevant reports are published tomorrow.As a result, Hogwarts' good reputation will inevitably be cracked.
After sending away the parents with a smile, Professor McGonagall's mood was obviously depressed.
Not long after Dumbledore's death, this happened before his public funeral was officially held.Professor McGonagall suddenly felt a deep sense of guilt in his heart.
She could clearly feel that the gap between herself and Dumbledore was beyond words.
As for Maca, Professor McGonagall is actually very clear.Just by looking at the teacher attendance list, she knew how much energy Maca had expended for the school, and how much trouble she had solved silently.
But Professor McGonagall knows better that no matter how capable and talented Maca is, it is only a child!
For a child to run around and exhausted, even to fight against all kinds of darkness, Professor McGonagall's heart is almost piled up.But if that weren't the case, I'm afraid Hogwarts would not be in such a simple situation as a dozen students dropped out.
Seeing the parents with their children, accompanied by Filch, gradually walked towards the main entrance of the school, Professor McGonagall sighed very rarely.
"McLean, if you are tired, you can take more rest."
Maca, who was standing on the side of the castle gate, turned his head when he heard the words and looked at Professor McGonagall with some surprise.Because in the other party's tone, he heard a very gentle tone.
Minerva McGonagall, who has always been serious and tough, will not easily show softness.
To be honest, no matter how strong a person is, he will show weakness in certain circumstances.This is true even if he is as wise as Dumbledore, let alone others.
Maca knew that Professor McGonagall must have been under too much pressure.
"Professor," Maca said softly, "I'm actually okay, but I just sell my strength from time to time. On the contrary, it is you. It is very difficult to keep the whole school running. Your responsibility is heavier than mine. too much."
He paused, then turned to persuade: "Don't set yourself too high a goal because of Professor Dumbledore, it will only create more unnecessary pressure for yourself. Now it is different from the past. Your burden must be heavier than Professor Dumbledore."
"What we need to do now is for everyone to do their best-please don't put the whole Hogwarts on yourself."
As a school principal with a long history and world-renowned, he must be struggling and walking on thin ice, even if there is an "agent" in front of the principal's name.
Maca couldn't do this kind of messenger, so he understood the weight involved.
When Professor McGonagall was blinded by the pressure,
"...Good boy."
Professor McGonagall thought for a moment, then suddenly turned his head and smiled at him, as kind as an ordinary grandmother.Then in the next moment, her face was covered with severeness again, as if the glimpse that Maca saw just now was just an illusion.
"McLean, I have worked hard for you during this time. But the situation will be more severe in the future. In case something happens again, I hope you can continue to work with me to guard this Hogwarts that belongs to everyone!"
"Of course." Maca nodded slightly.
"In addition," Professor McGonagall paused for a while, and then quickly continued, "It will be Christmas soon, and after the Christmas dinner is a holiday-Dumbledore's funeral will be held publicly during the holidays."
"Well," Maca heard the words, and immediately agreed with the authenticity, "The funeral is held in public just to convey our confidence to the public. It is not necessary to involve all students. After all..."
After all, most of this funeral will not be peaceful-Maca did not say this.But even if he didn't say it clearly, Professor McGonagall knew it all right.
Declaring that Hogwarts has enough confidence to resist foreign enemies will not only give parents a little peace of mind, but also show determination to the power of darkness.In addition, whether Dumbledore is dead or not, this will also become the fear in the hearts of the dark wizards who intend to entrap Hogwarts.
For this reason, although there will certainly not be any big scenes and full-scale attacks, small-scale temptations are mostly inevitable.
Not to mention Greenward, at least Voldemort would never miss this opportunity.
After Maca and Professor McGonagall talked a few more about the silent person last night, Professor McGonagall who still had countless tasks to complete soon left.
Maca thought for a while, then returned to the school hospital ward to accompany Luna.
Although he actually wanted to take Hermione to Rowena's secret island, trying to convince the group of elves as soon as possible.But right now, he really didn't want to leave Luna's side, because that would always make him uneasy.
Just like this time, even though he was more or less vigilant from the beginning, he was always on guard for those refugees from Greece.For this reason, he even deliberately avoided too much contact with Luna, for fear that Luna would be targeted by some unruly people.
But who knows, under the situation where the clone is lacking, there is still an irreversible tragedy.
He didn't want to come here again!
Therefore, he decided to wait for Luna to recover completely before taking her to the island to meet the elves.As long as Luna stays by her side, it will at least reassure him a lot.
"...Aren't you going to do something today?"
In the ward, Luna leaned against the raised pillows, looking at Maca with blinding eyes.Her words were still ethereal and comfortable, as if what happened last night had nothing to do with her, she didn't care.
"Well," Maca smiled gently, "I always feel like I haven't been sitting with you for a long time. I have nothing to do today, I will be here with you."
"Really?" Luna tilted her head, stared at Maca up and down, and said with great interest, "I heard that you went to the United States. Have you encountered any interesting things?"
"Of course there are, not a lot!" Maca nodded, "By the way, there is one thing you will be interested in-I saw a thunderbird over there!"
"Oh—" Luna seemed to be a little surprised, and her trance eyes became clearer, "Then it must be windy! They will create storms..."
"Yes, the wind is strong." Maca smiled. "It is said that they are close relatives to the phoenix, but apart from the tail feathers, I really don't see where they are'close'? Thunderbird is bigger than I thought. The ones are bigger. According to me, they are at least not lost to the Fire Dragon in size..."
By the sunny window, Maca deliberately picked some things from a peaceful perspective and slowly shared them with Luna.Although the darkness he encountered was obviously deeper than the light, he really didn't want to pollute this pure-hearted girl with those disgusting people and things.
In the gradual conversation between the two, time gradually passed, and they seemed to have returned to the leisure time that they had been together quietly in the mountains behind Lovegood's home.
...
However, Luna and Maca deliberately suppressed the gloom, Hermione and the others were completely low.
Regarding Helen, Hermione's heart is very complicated.She obviously had a good impression of the girl. When she learned that Helen had become a murderer of classmates somehow, it took a while before she accepted the fact.
But after she accepted it, endless regrets grew in her heart.
Last night, Maca was not mistaken. At that time, Hermione and the three of them all rushed to the hall quickly and had a brief meeting with Maca.And Luna, who was holding Maca in his arms, was naturally seen by them.
Hermione thought she would be jealous, but afterwards she realized that she was full of worry at the time.Luna is a good girl. Although she often does some strange behaviors, her heart is undoubtedly pure and kind.
For a girl like Luna, not only was she unable to calmly give birth to jealousy, but she couldn't stop blaming herself for the wrong belief in Helen.
For Hermione who was silent because of this, Harry and Ron somewhat understood, because they were also secretly afraid.
In the aftermath of this incident, the emotions of the three little lions in Gryffindor College fell into a trough.It is precisely because they believe in the power of friendship that they are more suspicious of this.
Although Maca caused some misunderstandings, at least it ended well.But this time, what was in front of them was the truth-someone had really deceived their friendship.
In this silence, Ron, who was equally heavy, suddenly raised his head.