Among the students, Elwyn and Harry were both likely targets. To Lord Voldemort, they were second only to Dumbledore in terms of enemies.
The few of them analyzed this problem again, but they couldn't come to any conclusion.
Harry, on the other hand, insisted that Malfoy was the mastermind.
"Harry, Malfoy isn't in Hogsmeade!" Hermione said, stomping her foot helplessly.
"Then he must have an accomplice!" Harry said. "Crabbe or Gore … Oh right, maybe it's another Death Eater. He must have a bunch of buddies who are more trustworthy than Crabbe and Gore, because he's also a Death Eater under Lord Voldemort."
Hermione could no longer argue with his insistence.
However, regardless of whether Malfoy was the mastermind or not, and regardless of his goal, one thing had to be admitted. It was stupid to ask Katie to hand over the necklace. Think about it, even if Elwyn and the others did not find out, she would not even be able to enter the castle gate. The necklace would definitely be discovered by Filch.
"Think about it carefully. Maybe the guy behind this was planning to kill Filch," Ron said in the end.
This was very possible. If not for Elwyn, if Katie had not quarreled with her friend and opened the package, she would have successfully returned to the castle with the necklace. Filch, who was in charge of checking the students, would have opened the package, and if he had touched the necklace …
Well, this might be the truth of the incident, an attack full of loopholes.
Although no one said anything, the incident spread throughout the school the next day.
However, no one knew the details. Everyone thought that it was an attack on Katie herself.
For a time, rumors were flying. Katie was a good girl, and the students could not understand why someone would attack her. They did not link the incident to Lord Voldemort, but all the rumors eventually blamed the attack on Slytherin. To be more precise, it was this year's Slytherin's Quidditch captain, Malfoy.
Katie was a key player in Gryffindor's team. Everyone believed that this was a plot by Slytherin to prevent Gryffindor's team from winning the championship. Malfoy was the captain of Slytherin's team this year.
Therefore, this matter was planned by him.
Elwyn didn't know what to say about these rumors!
Just like Harry's guess, the conclusion he came up with did not have any evidence or reason, but it was shockingly accurate.
At eight o 'clock on Monday night, Elwyn and Harry arrived at the door of Dumbledore's office on time.
They did not know if the principal had returned, but they did not receive a notice that the class had been canceled. After Harry gently knocked on the door, a voice inside invited them in.
Dumbledore sat there, looking very tired.
However, with a smile on his face, he motioned for Elwyn and Harry to sit down.
The meditation basin was placed on the table again, projecting spots of silver light onto the ceiling.
"I heard from Mileva that a lot of things happened in the school while I was away." Dumbledore said softly, "So, you two saw what happened to Katie with your own eyes."
"Yes, Professor!"
"How is she?"
"Not too bad. Fortunately, she didn't touch the necklace directly. There was a small hole in her glove. If she had worn the necklace on her neck, or picked it up with her bare hands, or if it had been a while later, the glove would have been completely corroded. She would have died on the spot," said Dumbledore. Dumbledore said, "Ivan, you dealt with it appropriately and promptly, effectively stopping the rapid spread of the curse. After carefully studying the necklace, Professor Snape removed the magic from Katie's body, in his … "
"Why him?" Harry asked immediately. "Why not Madam Pomfrey?"
"Rude." Before Dumbledore could answer, a soft voice came from a portrait on the wall.
Was it Phineas? Nigel? Blake, Sirius's great-great-grandfather.
He seemed to have fallen asleep on his arm, and now he raised his head and glared angrily at Elwyn and Harry.
"Back in the day, I wouldn't allow a student to raise an objection to the way the Hogwarts were managed."
"Yes, thank you, Phineas." Dumbledore tried to calm things down. "Harry, Snape is much more knowledgeable about black magic than Madam Pomfrey. I believe that with his help, Katie will fully recover before the first Quidditch match."
"Professor, where have you been recently?" asked Elwyn.
Behind them, Phineas hissed softly again. Elwyn's question was also very rude.
"It's a long topic, and I don't want to talk about it now," said Dumbledore.
"I've collected all those things," continued Elwyn. Dumbledore knew what he was talking about.
Elwyn had told him about summoning the unknown demon under the kitchen.
That was the only clue related to Hufflepuff's secret treasure key. Elwyn wanted to give it a try, even though it was crazy.
"Oh!" Dumbledore was interested. "When do you plan to start?"
"Anytime. How about tonight?" said Elwyn.
Harry looked at them curiously. He didn't know much about Elwyn's plan.
He didn't know that Elwyn had gone to Hogsmeade to trade for the body of a house-elf, nor did he know that he planned to summon the house-elf demon. However, Harry knew that it had something to do with the secret treasure left behind by the four founders and the powerful monster that Elwyn called the "evil god".
Start what? If they were to take action tonight, would he be able to tag along?
Although he didn't know the details, Harry was sure that it would be an exciting adventure.
"I want to tag along!" he said directly. Phineas hissed again.
"You can tag along, Harry!" Said Dumbledore. "But tonight isn't suitable. I've thought about it carefully. I need some time to prepare. We can do it during the Christmas holidays. What do you think, Elwyn? "
"No problem!" said Elwyn.
"Good. Let's continue our lesson tonight. This is the new content."
He took out a new bottle filled with silver memories from his robe. He poked it with his wand and pulled out the cork.
Elwyn didn't look at the bottle. He noticed Dumbledore's hand that was wearing Gunter's Ring.
The incantations on it became more concentrated. What did Dumbledore do? What was it that he didn't want to say?
"Wait, Professor!" Harry said hesitantly.
"Hmm?"
"Did Professor Meg tell you what I said to Katie after she got hurt? About Draco Malfoy? "
"Yes, she told me about your suspicions," said Dumbledore.
"And you?"
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