A day at Hogwarts

The previous attack on the Slytherin heir had a very bad impact, so Dumbledore put the basilisk's body on display in the foyer, with a rope tied next to it.

The students of Slytherin finally breathed a sigh of relief. The emblem of the house no longer needs to be replaced by a jellyfish.

Minister of Magic Fudge and the famous magical zoologist Newt Scamander rushed over as soon as possible after receiving the news. Even faster than them was the famous reporter Rita Skeeter.

Skeeter received the news from Charles immediately, and Dumbledore had not yet pulled the rope when he came over.

The next morning, Ron was holding the Daily Prophet and grinning stupidly. Even Harry and Hermione couldn't stand it.

Charles read the front page headlines carefully and was very satisfied.

Because it was Ron who gave the basilisk the final blow, a photo of him posing with the basilisk's corpse appeared on the front page.

In the photo, Ron is posing in a rather handsome pose. These are not the important points. The important point is that he is putting the "Black Angry Rat" on his shoulders.

The news described the incident in detail, distorting some facts. For example, Percy and Penelope were petrified while fighting a basilisk while on patrol.

Mrs. Weasley brought Harry a big cream cake, because Skeeter's basilisk swallowed half of Ginny, and it was Harry who pulled her out, and was bitten and poisoned by the basilisk.

Seamus was brought to him by Jack at the request of Ruby and Fox. Only Charles and Jack knew this. The news showed that Seamus volunteered to crack the magic door left by Slytherin that even Dumbledore was helpless.

Skeeter even interviewed Myrtle and confirmed that he was killed by the basilisk.

The news did not mention who the heir of Slytherin was, but it was mentioned at the end that Lucius Malfoy and Arthur Weasley had a fight in Flourish and Blotts Bookstore last year, and everyone agreed with Skeeter's method. Just look and you'll know who the culprit is.

Compared to the Basilisk, there are more important things today. The Easter vacation is over and classes are about to begin.

On the way to class, Seamus whispered to Charles, "Go down to the hall and order some more basilisk meat tonight."

Last night, Charles cooked a large pot of snake meat soup with basilisk meat and invited the students who were petrified by the basilisk to have a meal as revenge. At the end of the meal, Seamus and Ruby had a fight over the last half of the bowl.

Seamus was now thinking of last night's delicacies and urging Charles to get some more.

"We'll bake it next time," Seamus said.

"Don't think about it." Charles looked depressed. "The principal placed a magic spell around the basilisk to prevent me from getting close."

Class began. Professor McGonagall looked around the students with a serious expression and said, "The vacation is over. I hope everyone will return their attention to the classroom."

"I want to ask a question now, which is the content of the last class before the holiday, to see whose soul is still on holiday."

Then Professor McGonagall ignored Hermione's raised hand and said: "Finigan, please get up and answer..."

Simo didn't expect that he would be called on. Fortunately, the question was not difficult. It was just a point question, and he answered it quickly.

"Very good, Mr. Finnigan, that's very well said, plus six points." After finishing speaking, Professor McGonagall raised an eyebrow at Seamus.

She was very strict about adding points in class, and the maximum at one time was only five points. Only Hermione got it this time, and Seamus was the first to break it.

Seamus sat down with a silly smile. He knew that the extra points he got were not for answering the questions, but for confronting Snape in the Chamber of Secrets that day.

Professor McGonagall started a new class, and everything returned to how it was when it was calm.

But there was one more thing to wrap up for Charles.

The gate hours have passed and the students have returned to the common room, and the castle is silent.

In the foyer, Dumbledore held the remains of the Horcrux notebook in his hand and stood in front of the basilisk corpse, his eyes gradually becoming sharper.

There were footsteps on the stairs, and Filch's voice: "If I find out that you are lying to me, even if it is you, I will put you in the dungeon!"

Not long after, Filch followed Charles to the foyer. After seeing Dumbledore here, he said: "Mr. Dumbledore, I caught a student wandering at night. He said you asked him to come. If he lied, I apply to hang him in the dungeon.”

Dumbledore smiled and said, "I asked Mr. Smith to come to me. If he doesn't want you to catch him, you won't catch him."

Filch left depressed.

Dumbledore said to Charles: "You can call Dobby."

Dobby had tipped off Harry before, but his memory was later modified, and he only remembered to capture Harry and protect him. Looking back, he knew about the Horcrux Notebook.

Now that things are settled, let's see if we can get him back to normal.

"More than!"

Charles waved his wand and Dobby appeared instantly.

As soon as Dobby appeared, he said to Charles: "Report to the boss, I just came back and the basilisk set meal has been given to Mrs. Delacour and Miss Delacour."

Charles immediately moved his legs and moved his feet quietly, moving away from the principal.

He didn't dare let Ruby do this for fear of stealing something along the way, so he let the working elves do it.

But Dumbledore's brow-level wand was long enough to hit his celestial cap in one fell swoop.

"No wonder it's missing another chunk of meat!" The principal was very angry.

Charles covered his head and said, "It will break if left alone. It's such a waste."

Then Dumbledore deducted five points from him for "destroying teaching aids".

Business was pressing. Dumbledore took the damaged Horcrux notebook and asked Dobby: "Dobby, have you seen this?"

"Ah!" Dobby screamed, "terrible...terrible...thing! Master...master...let the students in Hogwarts die!"

"Master will kill Harry Potter! No... no... tell Mr. Potter..."

At this time, Charles grabbed Dobby's shoulder with one hand and Dumbledore's sleeve with the other. Sure enough, Dobby disapparated away the next moment.

At No. 4 Privet Drive, Dobby was rummaging around in the closet under the stairs to find Harry. Petunia was wearing pajamas and a nightcap, holding a water glass in her hand and her toothbrush still in her mouth, looking at Charles and Harry expressionlessly. Dumbledore.

Dumbledore and Charles could only smile awkwardly, and Dumbledore said softly: "Sorry, it was just an accident. We will leave right away."

Petunia went over and said to Dobby: "I told you, Potter is not here, if you mess with my things again I will beat you!"

Dobby sat down on the ground and actually started crying: "Ugh...Mr. Potter is no longer here. Mr. Potter was killed..."

Dumbledore apologized to Petunia, took Dobby and Charles back to the Hogwarts entrance hall, and asked Charles to go to the dormitory to call Harry.

Harry was trying on his new shoes in his dormitory and was soon ushered into the foyer.

He was a little scared when he saw Dobby and trembled.

When Dobby saw Harry appear, he rushed over and hugged his legs, howling and crying, leaving Harry with a question mark all over his head.

Charles stepped aside, thinking about why Vernon didn't react when there was such a big commotion at No. 4 Privet Drive, and what was going on with Petunia's "I told you so". Did Dobby go there last year? He met Petunia when he was looking for Harry, and Petunia told him that Harry was on the other side?

He thought about it for a while and then stopped thinking about it. Vernon might have gone on a business trip. Although Petunia was a little weird, she had gone to see Snape. It was normal to see Dobby again. If he had the ability, he could take out a wand and "biu" someday. "one time.

Dobby seemed to have recovered his memory over there, maybe the appearance of the Horcrux notebook gave him a huge impact.

Charles couldn't figure it out and thought he would ask an expert when he had time.

Everything is finally settled.

Just as he was about to leave, Dumbledore arranged a new job: "Charles, help me move the basilisk corpse to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom where it will be made into a specimen."

Dumbledore didn't know how Charles circumvented his own spell and cut the snake flesh, but he had better get rid of it first so that others would not learn the same thing.

Charles had no choice but to put it into his bag after the principal lifted the spell from the basilisk, and then went to the classroom to put it away.