The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

"Not everyone."

Eddie muttered unhappily, and even glanced at the Slytherin table.

"Dumbledore should fire those bastards!"

Scott glanced in Slytherin's direction, but didn't see Malfoy or his henchmen.

Eddie whispered to him, "Those bastards are still tied up and locked in that little room next to the auditorium. Filch is watching them."

"Don't worry, Hogwarts will always be the strongest safest fortress for you underage wizards..."

Scott turned to look at Dumbledore, who was speaking, and began to wonder how he would deal with those guys.

At a critical moment, attempting to allow Death Eaters to enter the campus directly through a secret passage was certainly an act deserving of expulsion.

Chapter 492 Expulsion, Unrequited Love, The Magic of Love

As everyone eagerly awaited, Dumbledore, who had been unusually talkative today, finally addressed the matter of how to deal with Malfoy and the others.

"I regret."

"At a time when all the teachers and students of the school united to resist the enemy, some of us made different choices..."

"Fire them!"

At the Gryffindor table, George and Lee Jordan suddenly stood up and raised their arms in a shout.

Their actions were like stirring up a hornet's nest.

In an instant, most of the students in the auditorium began to shout indignantly.

"Fire them!"

"This is a crime!"

"They should be locked up in Azkaban!"

The Slytherin students didn't join in the shouting, but their faces also turned quite grim.

Under the gaze of other students, they no longer maintained their upright posture as before, but instead lowered their heads.

Even Professor Slughorn, sitting in the faculty section, lowered his head and raised his glass to hide his embarrassment.

Scott noticed a hint of helplessness on Dumbledore's face.

He reached out and pressed down with both hands, trying to quiet everyone down again, but it had no effect.

Everyone was shouting and yelling, venting their frustrations.

"They absolutely must be expelled!"

Eddie, who was next to Scott, was also speaking loudly.

"Just imagine what would happen to us if they succeeded and those Death Eaters and dark creatures were allowed into the school!"

Hearing his words, the students nearby became even angrier and shouted even louder.

Ding, ding ding ding...

Professor McGonagall tapped her glass, then stood up abruptly and pressed her wand against her throat.

"Quiet!"

The moment she uttered that word, it seemed to transform into a tangible sound wave, instantly engulfing the entire auditorium.

Next, Professor McGonagall surveyed the entire Great Hall with an unusually stern gaze before putting down her wand and sitting down again.

At this moment, everyone fell silent, and the auditorium became completely quiet.

"Please listen to me."

Dumbledore opened his arms and pressed down again.

"Yes, they made different choices."

His face showed a look of regret.

"But I don't want to define their behavior as criminal."

"I want to say that in my eyes, they are just like all of you, still just children."

"You are not mature, lack independent thinking, are easily influenced by others, and often make mistakes without realizing it..."

"What's going on...?"

Eddie muttered unhappily to Scott.

"Is Dumbledore going to make excuses for those little rascals? Honestly, I absolutely cannot accept continuing to attend the same school as them as if nothing happened."

“Just wait and see,” Scott said in a low voice. “Dumbledore won’t let this go so easily.”

After all, Malfoy and his group had already incurred public wrath.

Their parents had already been wanted after Voldemort's prison break, so Hogwarts' decision to allow them to continue attending school was already a lenient gesture.

In the past, there have been protests against this, and many students' parents have even expressed their dissatisfaction.

Now that such a thing has happened, it's clear that we can no longer tolerate it.

Otherwise, Dumbledore would be in for a barrage of howls.

"...I am very sorry and heartbroken."

Dumbledore seemed to sigh.

"But I still had to make this decision."

"Finally, the results will be announced." Eddie was a little excited.

Dumbledore raised his voice.

"For the four students who chose different paths—"

"Draco Malfoy".

“Gregory Gore”.

Vincent Crabbe.

"Pansy Parkinson's".

"He/She will be expelled..."

"Great!"

Before Dumbledore could finish speaking, Ron from Gryffindor couldn't help but shout out.

He seemed oblivious to the sudden focus of everyone's attention on him, grinning foolishly to himself as if he had won a million Galleons in the lottery.

Sitting next to him, Harry was also constantly pumping his fists and opening and closing his mouth, seemingly chanting, "YES! YES!! YES!!!"

"...Finally, I have something to announce."

Dumbledore continued speaking as if nothing had happened.

"From this moment forward, all Hogsmeade weekend activities are cancelled!"

"No student may leave the area protected by Hogwarts' protective magic!"

"OH...NO!"

Upon hearing Dumbledore's words, a chorus of voices rang out in the Great Hall.

But Eddie happily said, "Ha, this is a good thing, isn't it? It's foreseeable that our smuggling business will get even better."

But the next second, Dumbledore ruthlessly shattered his illusions.

"...In addition, we will also close all the secret passages in the school that lead to Hogsmeade Village."

As Dumbledore finished speaking, he smiled at George.

"Thank you, Mr. Weasley, for providing the secret passage entrance..."

"No! God! Please no! nooooooooooo!"

George let out a painful, twisted howl.

Dumbledore smiled and ignored him, announcing that dinner was about to begin.

Scott looked at Eddie, who had also lost his dreams, and patted him on the shoulder.

"Hey buddy, you must have made a lot of money this semester, right? The merchandise for the Three Kingdoms Tournament isn't selling well, is it?"

“No, it sells very well,” Eddie said, “but I never feel like I’ve made enough.”

"There's nothing we can do about it."

Milton leaned closer and said.

“I think Professor Dumbledore’s decision was correct; it was for our safety.”

“I know,” Eddie said. “If the Death Eaters attack the students going to Hogsmeade, and then take Polyjuice Potion to impersonate them, they might be able to sneak into Hogwarts.”

He sighed as he spoke.

"War does indeed lead to economic depression; after all, we're not in the arms business..."

After dinner, everyone gathered at the school gate.

Hagrid walked up with the keys and opened the two doors.

Bathed in moonlight and the light of the magic lamp, the scene outside the gate was clearly visible to everyone—

There were no abnormalities.

The corpses and blood were gone, and all traces of the battle had disappeared.

The hardworking house-elves have restored everything to its original state, even the roadside grass is now teeming with life.

Scott walked to the door.

Not long after, Golza emerged from the ground in front of him, causing a commotion.

Just then, two huge shadows were cast from the sky, and Horus and Edgar descended from the heavens.

Accompanied by the sound of flowing water, a huge water sphere floated over from the woods, and Sirai swam happily inside it.