The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

Professor McGonagall said loudly.

She swept her gaze sternly around the room, and the students immediately fell silent again.

Dumbledore took the opportunity to pick up his cup, take a sip of his drink, and then continued speaking.

“Someone… Yes, I already know the truth.”

He put down the cup in his hand.

"A malicious person secretly placed a dark magical artifact belonging to Voldemort into the school. That evil magical artifact controlled one of the students. That's the truth of the matter."

When he uttered the name "Voldemort," the Great Hall fell completely silent.

Scott even saw many students involuntarily shiver and turn pale.

“Here, I need to commend a few students,” Dumbledore continued casually.

Scott suddenly had a bad feeling.

Seriously? Public praise?

He instinctively felt this was a troublesome matter, a very troublesome one.

“First, Mr. Trollope of Ravenclaw, and the two Weasleys of Gryffindor,” Dumbledore said, naming the three.

The Ravenclaw students all looked at Scott with curiosity, wondering what he had done.

Scott remained seated, motionless.

He turned to look at Gryffindor, where Fred and George had already stood up proudly and were waving at him.

“Oh, please call us George and Fred, Professor,” George said to Dumbledore.

Fred pointed to their other two brothers, "There are four Weasleys here!"

The Gryffindor students burst into laughter, and Dumbledore smiled and nodded at them.

"These three clever gentlemen helped find a crucial clue to solve this case, and for that, I would give them each 100 points!" He said, then led the applause.

Scott couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Dumbledore did not reveal exactly what they did.

If people found out that he was the one who created that "shocking article" that shocked the entire Hogwarts, he might fight Voldemort and the Death Eaters to the death.

"Scott, what exactly did you find?"

"Scott, tell us about it!"

The people sitting around Scott all started asking questions.

“No, we just got lucky and came across some clues…” Scott replied somewhat perfunctorily.

While Scott was busy dealing with the curious Ravenclaws, Dumbledore began praising Potter again.

"Harry Potter bravely joined me and two other professors on an adventurous battle, and risked his life to provide us with tremendous help."

"Dumbledore said happily."

"For this, I'd give him an extra 200 points!"

At the Gryffindor table, the students immediately cheered loudly.

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Chapter 072 A Few Things That Happened at the Banquet

After Dumbledore finished explaining the bonus points, Eddie couldn't help but say to Scott, "That's not fair! Gryffindor got a total of 400 points!"

Scott smiled dismissively, not telling him that this wasn't over yet.

Dumbledore gestured for everyone to be quiet with his hands and continued, "In addition, I have decided to award Harry Potter a Hogwarts Special Contribution Award!"

After he finished speaking, he led the applause again.

The Gryffindor students cheered even louder, clapping and stomping their feet, looking extremely excited.

Scott saw Potter excitedly hugging his two friends.

He also noticed that Professors Flitwick and Snape, who were on the faculty bench, both seemed very unhappy.

Roger retorted, dissatisfied, "You should also receive a special contribution award, Scott."

“I don’t care,” Scott said softly. “Porter should be the Mystic’s nemesis.”

Eddie, standing nearby, glanced around and immediately understood what Scott meant.

"Is that what you're thinking?" he said to Scott. "I was originally planning to promote your achievements privately, but it seems I should pass now."

Scott stared at him expressionlessly.

This guy almost got him killed!

Eddie immediately apologized to Scott.

"I'm sorry, I didn't think of that." He chuckled awkwardly. "You're right, safety is the most important thing."

Scott nodded in satisfaction.

Once the Gryffindor students had completely quieted down, Dumbledore announced the start of the dinner.

But the Slytherin students, who had been quite dissatisfied, made a new move.

"professor."

A Slytherin student suddenly stood up.

Scott looked over and saw that it was the wizard who had taken over Malfoy's attack on "The Message" the previous morning, the seventh-year Strilner.

Stryner appeared to be a mild-mannered man, and he bowed politely to the teachers' table.

“Strilner is such a hypocrite,” Eddie said softly. “I heard he’s a grumpy guy in private.”

Stryner said to Dumbledore, "I wonder if you could tell us what exactly happened in the Chamber of Secrets in Slytherin?"

"Yes."

Scott heard many people speaking softly.

"Dumbledore clearly didn't explain anything clearly just now!"

He looked toward the teachers' table again and saw Snape staring intently at Stryner.

He had even curled his upper lip, but for some reason didn't say anything to stop him.

At this moment, Dumbledore stood up again.

“Good question. I also think we should tell you the whole story. Although some professors think it’s unnecessary and might even cause panic,” he said loudly, “I think we really should tell you.”

He then began to recount events from fifty years ago.

Voldemort secretly opened the Chamber of Secrets during his school days, murdering a Ravenclaw student and framing Hagrid for the crime.

When he got to this point, Hagrid, who was sitting to the side, was already sobbing uncontrollably.

He kept wiping his nose with a dirty, shiny handkerchief the size of a tablecloth.

Scott frowned upon seeing this and quickly looked away.

Dumbledore then spoke of the monster in the Chamber of Secrets, the basilisk.

When he announced that the Basilisk had been defeated by him, Professor Flitwick, and Professor Snape, most of the students immediately applauded enthusiastically.

Many people were terrified when they heard that the basilisk's eyes could kill people, and they were very grateful that the professors had dealt with the monster.

The Muggle-born wizards, in particular, clapped their hands until they were red.

They believed that Slytherin left the Basilisk to purge Muggle-born students.

“Do you have any other questions, Mr. Stryner?” Dumbledore asked Stryner, who had been standing the whole time.

"No, Professor."

Stryner sat down, his face grim.

“Those Slytherin guys actually tacitly accepted it,” Eddie said in a low voice, surprised. “They assumed Salazar Slytherin left the Basilisk behind to purge Muggle-born students!”

At that moment, William Brown, who was sitting across the long table, suddenly looked up at him and said, "That's what the purebloods think; they'd love for the Basilisk to kill us."

This seventh-grade wizard had offered himself as Lisa Dupin's lawyer, and Scott was impressed by him.

“Although I don’t know why Slytherin left the Basilisk, he didn’t intend to massacre the school,” Scott said to him. “I’ve spoken to Ms. Grey about this.”

William Brown sneered, "Those people only listen to what they want to hear. As for what Slytherin himself thinks? They don't care!"

At this point, Dumbledore said to the students, "What has happened these past two days, and what happened last school year, tells us that although Voldemort has temporarily disappeared, the dangers he left behind have not truly left us. Everyone should remain vigilant about this."

After he finished speaking, he sat down again.

Scott was somewhat surprised that he hadn't mentioned the possibility of the volcanoes returning at any moment, but anyway, the dinner could finally begin.

He chatted with William Brown while enjoying his meal, and the two quickly became acquainted.

Scott learned that William was also from a Muggle family; his parents were both well-known lawyers in London.

“From a young age, I aspired to be a more successful lawyer than my parents,” he told Scott. “Since I came to the wizarding world, I’ve been shocked by its backward and barbaric legal system!”

"The wizards' irrationality is evident in every aspect; even many of the Ministry of Magic's laws are arbitrarily drafted!"

He made a strange expression, looking somewhat amused and exasperated.

"At that time, I looked down on such a distorted legal system, but at the same time I was secretly pleased by the countless legal loopholes."

Scott nodded knowingly.

Lawyers are all guys who are good at exploiting legal loopholes.

"Back then, I was full of ambition. I felt that I could open a law firm in the wizarding world, which had never happened before in the British wizarding world!"

William was an extremely eloquent fellow, and he talked at length in no time.

He explained to Scott in detail his past career plans.

Although both are talkative, unlike Eddie who talks nonsense, William speaks clearly and logically.

After recounting his past plans, he shook his head again, "I quickly realized that my plans were not going to work."