Hogwarts. Unlike the silence at the entrance to the third floor where the giant, ugly stone beast had not split into two, the spiral staircase behind the stone beast had a shiny oak door at the end. On the door was a brass knocker in the shape of a lion's body and an eagle's head. All sorts of comical noises could be heard coming from within the door.
In the spacious, beautiful, circular room of the headmaster's office, many strange silverware were placed on a long, slender table. They spun and puffed out small puffs of smoke. Behind the headmaster's table, which had a large claw-shaped leg, and on a shelf next to the glass case that held the Gryffindor sword, the headmaster's hats and portraits of the headmasters and headmasters of the past hung on the wall were complaining indignantly.
"Merlin above! Abusi just left, and you've already made this place a mess! " A headmaster's portrait complained. He wore a silver and green Slytherin costume and looked like a smart wizard with black hair and dark eyes. His eyebrows were thin, and he had a goatee.
"Stop complaining, sir!" A fat wizard with a red nose waved his fist and roared. "You're not doing your job!"
"We have an obligation to serve the current master of the Hogwarts!" Shouted an old wizard who looked weak. Harry recognized him as Dumbledore's predecessor, Amando Dippet. "Don't worry about it, Phineas!"
On the huge table in the headmaster's office in front of them, Dumbledore's personal belongings had all disappeared.
The dusty, worn-out headmaster's hats were placed on a shelf at the edge of the table, and they were excitedly watching a group of elderly wizards playing poker below. "Darius Derwent! Or who? Go and control that noisy Phineas! He's just angry because his family lost their position on the school board! Ha, Owen, you lost again. I told you to throw out the King of Hearts. "
"I'll whip him!" A shrewd-looking witch in the portrait raised an extremely thick wand that looked like it was made of birch branches. She was about to move from her portrait to the portrait of Phineas Nigellus Blake, who was rated as the most unpopular headmaster in history. Phineas quickly gave in and glanced at the wand with a little fear.
"Shut up! Stupid hat, if you didn't reveal that I had this card, I wouldn't have failed to throw it out, "Owen complained bitterly as he watched the old wizards divide up his chips.
"Owen, you have to forgive it! I heard that the poor headmaster's hat in this English school only has one task in the whole year, and that is to compose the song to be sung at the beginning of the school year. How boring is it? "The red-nosed old wizard sitting opposite him said with a slight German accent as he adjusted the chips in his hand.
Owen didn't say anything else. He let the long-eyed Vladimir, who was temporarily acting as the dealer, reshuffle the cards and distribute them one by one to him and the other old wizards sitting around the table. They were all former subordinates of Grindelwald, and now their descendants were working for Family Harris. Owen, who was more or less a distant relative of them, didn't dare to put on airs in front of them as the head of the Ministry of Magic.
After receiving the cards, Owen opened the cards in his hand and leaned back a little to the right. His eyes were sneaky as he tried to prevent the talkative headmaster's hat from revealing his cards again. The headmaster's hat made a very human-like expression of helplessness. It couldn't move its body as it was hanging on the shelf. But after seeing the cards, Owen held the cards with both hands. The thirty-third head of the Ministry of Magic, who held great power in his hands, seemed to have encountered an inexplicable problem. His brows were tightly knitted together. He felt that his luck was particularly bad today. Most of his chips had already been won by the red-nosed wizard opposite him.
Many wizards had gathered in other places in the headmaster's office. Today, they were celebrating Allen's ownership of the Hogwarts. In addition, Harris also had important matters to announce, so they gathered here. In order to avenge the humiliation of Dumbledore's victory over Grindelwald in a duel in 1945, the survivors of the First Demon King era clamored to change the venue of the celebration from the Family Harris Manor to the headmaster's office of the Hogwarts. They wanted to celebrate the long-overdue victory in the headquarters of their arch-enemy.
On the other side of the office, which was filled with portraits of the old headmaster, Lunn was talking with a portrait of Evra. The headmaster's portrait was also hung in the Ministry of Magic. Lunn was very familiar with him, but this was the first time they had a conversation in the headmaster's office.
Hibiscus Chinensis was dressed to the nines today. Together with her mother-in-law, Morgan-le-Feil, they were surrounded by other witches of various ages. She was smiling as she shared her beauty and skincare tips. Hermione and Penello were also pulled over by Morgan-le-Feil.
Penello, in her evening dress, looked very decent and even honest. She would only say a few words when necessary. Hermione, as an executive in the Umbrella, was not as abnormal as Penello. She let the group of old witches, who had some contempt in their eyes, see her domineering side. However, the aura she maintained was destroyed by Anka, who was perched on a tall gold-plated perch behind the door. Anka, who was not used to the new room, could not help but nestle on Hermione's head.
Beside the witches, Daisy, who was put aside by her mother to play by herself, could not help but roll her eyes. She knew what her mother meant. Penello and Hermione's Muggle origins were more or less looked down upon by the conservative old women, so her mother was showing her attitude so that they would at least restrain themselves on the surface. However, Daisy could not stand Hibiscus Chinensis's fake smile and hypocritical behavior. She and her bodyguard, Nymphadora Tonks, took a few steps away in the opposite direction. She never had the chance to enter the headmaster's office when she was a student, so now she began to observe and study various places with great interest.
However, Tonks, who was beside her, was not interested. She felt uncomfortable appearing in this place where all the core members of Family Harris were gathered. As the bodyguard of her best friend, since Daisy wanted her to accompany her, she had no choice but to appear here.
Daisy touched the glass case and looked at Gryffindor's sword. The hilt of the sword was inlaid with a ruby. From the corner of her eyes, she saw the Tonks' uneasiness from the reflection of the glass case. "Tonks, why are you so uncomfortable? It's understandable that you and Lupin are here. No one will object."
"Of course, I'm not worried about you … Dumbledore was in a bad situation a few days ago. Now, all the wizards in the wizarding world know that he's the worst principal in the history of the Hogwarts … Those pure-blooded school directors … former school directors are also attacking him. They're trying to portray the things that the founder criticized as being fooled by Dumbledore …" As the Tonks spoke, the color of her hair dimmed. "In Sirius' ancestral home, Allen's portrait said that he had finally obtained Allen's permission. He described how Allen had already taken control of the Hogwarts and used the portrait to spy on Dumbledore and the others … Moody and the others felt that they had been fooled and were very angry … That's why Lupin didn't dare to come tonight. To be honest, Moody has been very irritable recently. We don't know what's wrong with him. We started to suspect that he was cursed, but we couldn't find out the reason. I mean, he's already so old, so it can't be attributed to his second menopause, right?"
"Uhh … If the Order of the Phoenix and the others are going to vent their anger on you, then you don't have to worry about it. Tonks, you can't be afraid of the mad-eyed man just because he was your mentor before." Daisy did not turn around as she tried to comfort them awkwardly. As a member of Harris, she already knew that Moody's condition was related to Luna's experiment with a few mood-affecting divine spells. The mad-eyed man's rage would probably last for a few more weeks before it completely subsided.
The Tonks did not notice Daisy's expression. She opened her mouth and looked hesitant. After the change of ownership of the Hogwarts, she began to doubt the validity of the theory that Luna was Ravenclaw. She especially wanted to see Luna. She hoped to use some of Aura's words to test the waters. "By the way, didn't you say that you were going to announce something? Why haven't I seen Allen and Luna yet?"
"I don't know what they've been doing ever since they got into the academy that ordinary people like us don't know! Other than managing the Hogwarts and comforting the professors and students … "Daisy looked around and realized that Hermione and Penello were not around. Her tone became nonchalant as she pursed her lips." Now, the two of them have been locking themselves up whenever they're free. I'm not sure what they're up to. I asked Allen out of curiosity. Guess how he responded? My scumbag brother looked at me like I was a pumpkin in a field. I don't understand even if he told me … Hmph! To be honest, ever since the Ministry of Magic and the others came back from the ancient times, I've felt that they've been a little weird. I think my brother has been influenced by the crazy girl and turned into a crazy boy … "
"Dad, you added thirty stakes for such a lousy hand?" On the table not far behind Daisy, her sister, Emily, yelled out in surprise and disdain.
As soon as Emily finished speaking, other than the old wizards who were sitting on the temporary chairs at the headmaster's table, some of the younger wizards who were not seated hurriedly put their chips in the middle of the long table and yelled out impatiently, "Call!"
Owen pursed his lips and raised his eyebrows. He looked at the red-nosed wizard and said, "A pair of Qs, the rest are all Nines."
"Shit …" The wizards who had just placed their bets leaned back helplessly.
The red-nosed old man, Grimson, couldn't help but ask Emily who was leaning against Owen, "Hey kid, do you know what 'three leads and a pair' means?"
"Of course I do! I always play cards with my classmates in my room. " Emily tilted her head and smiled cutely. "Also, I know what 'bluffing' means."
Everyone at the table looked at the red-nosed old man's deflated expression and the little girl's sly look and couldn't help but laugh.
"Love you to death, baby." Owen excitedly raised his hand and high-fived Emily. Emily couldn't help but shake her hand that was hurt by Owen's slap.
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