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Conversely, the Ravenclaw team lacks sufficiently strong brooms and will likely return to competing with Hufflepuff for third place.

Of course, Malfoy didn't dare to show off in front of Dolly.

Or rather, Malfoy had been deliberately avoiding Dolly for a long time, clearly because his father and Snape had given him a good education.

Dolly was happy to have some peace and quiet, but Cho Chang came to her about it.

"So you want to sponsor the Ravenclaw team?"

Dolly looked at Cho Chang with curiosity, while Cho Chang's face was unusually serious.

Although this wasn't a huge sum for Dolly and her, how to sponsor it was a question that needed to be considered.

Lucius is a Hogwarts board member, and it's only natural for board members to sponsor school supplies. As for why these brooms are only for Slytherin students, there's no need to find a reason for that.

Once Snape accepted these brooms, there was no way he would give them away to other houses.

The defeats in last year's Quidditch Cup and the College Cup must have left Snape resentful for a long time.

"Then what do you think?"

Hermione asked from the side, and after thinking for a few seconds, Cho Chang said, "Perhaps my father could make the donation in his name, and we don't necessarily have to limit the donation to Ravenclaw."

"After all, Hufflepuff House also needs to change its brooms, while Gryffindor and Slytherin House have already completed the replacements."

“We also bought the Nimbus 2001, so they have no reason to compete for these supplies anymore.”

It's a very clumsy method, but it's definitely a flawless one.

The only problem is that it also strengthened the Hufflepuff members.

However, Cho Chang clearly didn't care about that; at least when facing Hufflepuff, Cho Chang had absolute confidence.

Dolly nodded and said, "You can go and talk to the Hufflepuff team about this first, and make them owe us a favor."

Qiu Zhang was taken aback and looked at Dolly with confusion.

Dolly wouldn't be planning anything behind the scenes, would she?

Dolly smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, it definitely won't affect your match."

"But with the support of Hufflepuff Academy, everything we do will be much easier, won't it?"

Cho Chang nodded. Although she didn't understand Dolly's thoughts, she chose to believe Dolly.

After she left, Hermione asked curiously, "What are your plans now?"

"I'm looking for something. It should be at school now, but I don't know where it is."

"what?"

"A diary."

Hermione still didn't understand, so Dolly simply described the diary to her.

In her description, the diary is a dangerous dark magic item that could cause someone's death.

Someone warned Dolly that the diary would be sent to Hogwarts, causing chaos and ultimately forcing Dumbledore to leave.

As for the diary entries about Voldemort, Dolly kept them hidden for the time being.

It's not that I don't trust Hermione and Cho Chang, it's just that Dolly shouldn't theoretically know about this, and it's too sensitive.

As for the question about the diary, if we are ever asked about it in the future, we can simply pin the blame on Dobby.

This Malfoy traitor house-elf, even though he only causes Harry trouble now, Dolly still wants to bring him back to Hogwarts.

Just because she sacrificed her life to save Harry in the original story, Dolly, such a vital force, cannot be ignored.

"So, is there anything I need to do?"

Hermione asked curiously, but Dolly laughed and asked in return, "Don't you go to study and read?"

"I……"

Hermione hesitated to speak, not because Dolly was wrong, but because Dolly was absolutely right.

But seeing Dolly planning and busy all by herself, Hermione felt a growing anxiety and wanted to help Dolly so that she could spend more time with her.

After all, Hermione felt that the unspoken emotion in Cho Chang's eyes was even more obvious when he looked at Dolly.

Dolly, on the other hand, didn't seem to notice anything, as her attention was now entirely focused on finding Voldemort's diary.

According to Dolly's memory, the secret room will be opened at the end of October.

The current timing is definitely not accurate. Whether it's earlier or later, Dolly must find the diary before this time as much as possible.

Otherwise, once the Chamber of Secrets is opened, the Basilisk will be able to roam freely in Hogwarts' underground network, making it much more difficult to catch it.

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Hermione ultimately didn't dedicate all her time to Dolly, mainly because Dolly repeatedly refused.

Even if Hermione joined in the search for the diary, it wouldn't significantly improve efficiency, so having her wouldn't make much difference.

It would be better to let Hermione continue doing what she loves, which is studying.

Of course, Dolly also didn't intend to trouble Cho Chang.

At most, once the flying brooms donated by her and Cho Chang arrive, she'll ask the Hufflepuff students to keep an eye out for anyone behaving strangely.

Dolly herself was the main force in finding the diary.

Dolly knew that the entrance to the secret chamber was in the girls' restroom on the second floor of the castle, where Myrtle was active.

So Dolly went straight to Myrtle and asked her to keep an eye out for any little wizards sneaking around.

In return, she had planned to spend an hour or two each week chatting with Myrtle.

Myrtle blushed and said she wanted to talk to Harry.

Dolly naturally agreed to this excessive request.

After all, it wasn't her who felt things were going too far, but her own brother Harry.

Consider this a small tuition fee for Dolly teaching Harry how to box.

In addition, Dolly asked Spot to keep an eye out for people wandering around the castle at night, and to see if anyone was carrying a diary.

Finally, whenever Dolly had free time, she would take the Marauder's Map with her and monitor the person she considered the most suspicious.

This includes, but is not limited to, Ginny, Harry, and even Malfoy.

Although the probability of Lucius having his son personally bring the diary into Hogwarts was almost zero, Dolly still considered it an option.

What if Lucius loses his mind?

And so, Dolly began her busy daily life in the new year.

Apart from the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher who only teaches once a year, Dolly's other classes are no different from those of her first year, except for the different content.

In addition, the course pressure has increased this year because, starting from the second grade, if a student fails the final exam, they may have to repeat the grade or even be expelled.

After all, Hogwarts is a school that is almost entirely free, not a charity nursery.

Of course, aside from people with congenital intellectual disabilities, it's practically impossible for someone to fail the exam at this stage.

Even a junior wizard can spend five years at Hogwarts and eventually receive a graduation certificate.

In addition, Lockhart must be mentioned.

Because Lockhart embarrassed himself while teaching Dolly and the others, he simply stopped bringing any living beings to Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

What he did was have the young wizards read the novels he had compiled and then have them role-play the scenes from them.

Although this approach may seem a bit naive, it is actually a pretty good teaching method in a way, letting young wizards know what to do in specific situations.

The only downside is that Lockhart cannot teach any spells.

This task could only be done by the best students in the class, and Lockhart called it "leaving the opportunity to the best students."

For this reason, he gave such a terrifying bonus of 10 points more than once, to the point that Professor McGonagall had to find him and ask him to control the amount of bonus points.

However, many people could see that for Lockhart, the 10 extra points were a means of bribing student leaders.

Hermione, who is next to Dory, often gets 10 points, while Cho Chang, who is in third year Ravenclaw, often gets 10 points.

Despite his efforts to coast through life and put on a show, Lockhart's reputation was actually better than it was in the original story; at least he didn't embarrass himself too much in front of Harry.

As a result, many students still harbor illusions about his abilities.

However, this didn't matter to Dolly anymore, because she could see clearly from her dorm that Hermione had already given up on reading Lockhart's novels.

For Dolly, that was already her goal.

Dolly was then able to devote herself entirely to the search for her diary in her spare time.

However, as the days went by, Dolly inevitably began to experience anxiety.

She had initially thought that her life at Hogwarts this year would be simple and enjoyable.

After all, once she found the diary, she could have prevented the secret room from being opened.

As for how to destroy Horcruxes, there are actually other methods besides using the Basilisk's fangs. Dolly could try learning Fiendfire first.

She crafted her own wand to make it easier to achieve this goal.

However, Dolly never expected that she would get stuck at this very first step.

Where is Voldemort's diary?

For a whole week, Dolly had no clue whatsoever, and even began to wonder if Lucius might have changed his mind.

Or perhaps, without Dolly's knowledge, the diary had already returned to the story and ended up in Ginny's hands?

Of course, based solely on this suspicion, Dolly couldn't confront Ginny directly; she could only investigate Ginny as a suspect.

So Dolly found Luna.

"Luna, can I ask you a question?"

"can."

Luna tilted her head slightly, looking at Dolly with curiosity.

Over the past week, Dolly and Luna have spoken a few times, but it has all been simple exchanges of greetings, without any further deepening of their friendship.