A day at Hogwarts

The sky at Hogwarts is gloomy, and the teachers and students at Hogwarts are on tenterhooks.

"What's wrong Albus?"

"I don't know, I've never seen him like this."

"Any idea?"

"I'm afraid it has something to do with Charles."

This is what professors muttered most when there was no president around.

The teaching expenditure application for February 1993 has been approved. Dumbledore scrutinized each professor's request report with a dark face and the spirit of picking eggs from his bones. Everyone's request for funds was slashed. Divination In class, Professor Trelawney could only use powdered tea leaves to explain tea divination.

Everyone thought that this matter had something to do with Charles, but when an acquaintance professor went to inquire about it, he had no idea.

After all, he didn't know where Grindelwald had gone. He made many suggestions that day, and he didn't know which one the boss would choose.

Charles also thought about Grindelwald going to No. 3 Privet Drive, but Petunia's letter only mentioned that the old man had hired an African gardener for the villa, and no one else.

The old man had many acquaintances in Africa, so he thought it was some old friend who was going to give him a hand to feed him. There was no way Grindelwald could work as a gardener in his own house, so he didn't take it to heart.

It’s just that the professors kept asking questions. For the sake of purity, Charles stayed in the oil painting club whenever he had free time during this period and continued to learn artificial intelligence oil painting.

The days passed and the campus was quiet. The heir of Slytherin did not appear again. The Gryffindor Quidditch team began training. After Harry found that his box had been broken open, he asked Charles to keep the Horcrux notebook. Many students are starting to prepare for the upcoming Valentine's Day.

During this time, in order to make money to buy Harry a Valentine's Day gift, Ginny often went to the boys' dormitory to water, fertilize and measure the growth of the biting cabbage grown by Charles. Now it was time to settle the wages.

Charles handed the glittering Galleons to Ginny. After taking it, the little girl hesitated to speak, her eyes a little complicated.

"Isn't it enough?" Charles asked knowingly. She saw Harry giving the Horcrux notebook to her in the common room two days ago.

Ginny bit her lip, shook her head, and said, "I want a notebook."

As soon as she finished speaking, Charles took out several colorful notebooks and handed them over, all of which he bought while buying hot pot ingredients in a German supermarket.

"Here," Charles looked serious, "Take it and use it."

No matter how stupid she was, Ginny felt that Charles did it on purpose and she should have known something from the beginning.

Before she could say anything, the door to the room opened and Percy walked in with a serious expression.

Percy didn't seem to be in good spirits since he recovered. Seamus was already bouncing around and starting to brag, but he still remained silent all day long, his expression moving closer to Snape's.

He said to Charles Vine: "Smith, I have something to say to Ginny."

Ginny seemed to be under a petrifying spell, her body stiffened, and her neck slowly turned toward the door.

Charles didn't shy away. He stretched out his hand to hold the panicked Ginny's shoulders and asked Percy straight to the point: "Do you want to talk about the basilisk?"

He clearly felt Ginny's body shake.

The little girl wanted to run, but the hands on her shoulders were so strong that she couldn't get rid of them.

Percy saw what Charles knew, nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice, "I saw Ginny in the mirror that night."

Ginny was trembling, her head lowered, her hands clutching her robe tightly, her teeth almost drawing blood from her lips.

Seeing her like this, Percy couldn't help but reach for the pocket where his wand was. He paused halfway and then returned to the original place.

Charles said to Percy: "I think some people do bad things because they are bad people, while others are deceived or even controlled. Different situations should be treated differently, what do you think?"

Percy noticed that he was speaking seriously and that his sister was very troubled, so he said to Ginny: "Ginny, tell me everything."

Ginny nodded vigorously and started talking about the discovery of a worn notebook among the old textbooks she bought.

Percy's face grew darker as he listened, and after hearing this he roared: "Have you forgotten what dad said, those books confiscated by the Ministry of Magic are very dangerous and can even burn your eyes out! Also, anyone who has read " The person who wrote the book "The Wizard's Sonnets" can only speak in limericks all his life. An old wizard in Bath has a book that you can never put down after just one glance. You bury your face in the book wherever you go. Here, you have to do everything with one hand!”

This was the first time that Charles had seen Percy so angry. His body was shaking harder than Ginny who started to cry, and the biting cabbage around him became quiet.

Percy took a few deep breaths to calm himself down as much as possible and then asked Ginny: "Where is that notebook now?"

Ginny looked back at Charles.

Percy held out his hand to Charles and said, "Give me the notebook and I'll find Professor Dumbledore."

Charles had already become extremely surprised and said hurriedly: "Let's go find Professor Dumbledore together!"

He had already thought about it before and just gave him the Horcrux Notebook. It didn't matter to him.

Percy led Ginny and Charles out of the dormitory and through the common room to head to the Headmaster's office.

Something went wrong at this time. Percy's face was gloomy, Ginny had obviously just passed by, and Charles still looked as nervous as before. It was inevitable that the three of them walking together would make people think a little wildly.

Fred and George immediately walked over, looked at Charles with an evil expression, and asked Percy in a low voice what was going on.

"Don't worry, let's go to Professor Dumbledore's place."

Percy didn't want more people to know who the so-called heir of Slytherin was, firstly to protect Ginny, and secondly to protect the reputation of the Weasley family.

Then the twins looked at Charles even more unkindly, as if this guy had done something to their sister.

Charles realized the problem and whispered to the twin brothers: "Ginny almost put a pot of mandrake in the room where I grow cabbage."

Fred and George gasped, this was a bit exciting.

Charles continued: "Ginny was bullied by Malfoy and wanted to throw an entire pot of mandrake in his face."

This makes sense. Stealing mandrakes from the greenhouse is a big or small deal, and finding an excuse to get past it can keep the penalty points within a single digit.

Deducting a few points is not a problem for the twins, but it is still too heavy for a good student like Ginny. In today's Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Hermione didn't answer the practical question correctly, so she didn't get any points. Points were deducted, and Ron couldn't even eat chicken drumsticks for dinner.

So Fred said, "Let's just say I brought the mandrake back."

George continued: "That's when I helped him cover his ears."

At this time, Wei Laosan coughed, glared at Lao Si and Lao Wu, and said seriously: "If it were you, you would be able to have breakfast in Azkaban tomorrow morning."

Charles also echoed: "Yes, you have been arrested too many times in the past, and small problems are treated as big problems."

"Ginny is different. She usually doesn't make mistakes, and she can be easily forgiven if she makes a mistake when she gets confused."

Wei Laosi and Lao Wu were speechless. This was indeed the truth.

Percy led the others out of the common room, and the two of them went to the side to study how to deal with Malfoy.

When they arrived at the headmaster's office, Dumbledore was about to leave.

"Sorry." Dumbledore said seriously, "There was a robbery in Gringotts's vault. One vault was looted and many goblins were killed. I have to rush over to take a look. If you have anything, you can go to McGonagall."