Days wandering around Hogwarts

Chapter 506 Go to the Back Door
The Gryffindor dormitory was in chaos, and the boys were busy carrying the unconscious Seamus and Harry to the school infirmary.

Ginny asked Ron nervously, "What happened to Harry and Seamus?"

This is the Gryffindor dormitory. Someone actually attacked Seamus and Harry and succeeded. This is a huge event.

Ron said anxiously, "Charles's 3 Galleon crystal is gone!"

The students nearby were suddenly in an uproar. They had all seen the crystal before, and now it was gone. Harry, who collected it, and Seamus, who lived in the same dormitory, might have to pay for it.

"Huh?" said a boy from seven years ago, "Smith is back today. I saw him go to Professor McGonagall's office before dinner."

Ron immediately asked, "Really?"

The boy said: "It's absolutely true. I happened to pass by and said hello to him."

Ron immediately rushed over and said, "Harry, Seamus, Charles is back, you don't have to faint."

They both woke up in seconds.

Harry immediately ran back to the dormitory, took out the Marauder's Map, and confirmed that Charles was really back.

"Ok?"

Harry found Barty Crouch in the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office. For a moment, he couldn't figure out why he came to Hogwarts. Now it was important to confirm whether Charles had really returned.

Professor McGonagall's office soon appeared on the Marauder's Map. Professor McGonagall was there, as were Charles and Dumbledore.

Harry breathed a sigh of relief.

He was relieved, but Charles was extremely nervous at the moment.

Professor McGonagall stared at Charles as he explained the matter of spying on Dumbledore.

Charles was vague for a moment and said that someone from the Ministry of Magic received the task and then subcontracted it to himself, but he didn't say who it was.

After listening to this, Professor McGonagall said in disbelief: "How could you do such a thing!"

Dumbledore also nodded and said, "Yes, we agreed on 30 Galleons a month, why did you deduct 10 Galleons yourself?"

"Albus!" Professor McGonagall glared at her bestie even more angrily, "You're as ridiculous as Charles?!"

Dumbledore shrank his neck. Professor McGonagall was very angry now. If he made her even angrier, the dessert in the headmaster's office would turn into salt.

Dumbledore turned to look at Charles, signaling him to speak quickly to attract fire.

Charles could only say, "Actually, this matter is not that strange. It's just that the rift between the Minister and Professor Dumbledore widened because of what happened on Halloween night, and for some reason he targeted me, so he hired someone to keep an eye on us."

"The person who accepts this task will definitely not be stupid enough to become an enemy of Professor Dumbledore, so he came to me."

Professor McGonagall sighed deeply. What Fudge did was heartbreaking.

Dumbledore said, "I fear that Fudge may do something more radical."

Charles shrugged and said, "It's nothing, actually. It's hard for him to make a move in the Triwizard Tournament this school year. Professor Moody will no longer be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor next school year. He will most likely send one of his own to Hogwarts to take up this position."

"For example, Mr. Barty Crouch, who was idle and disappeared from public view last summer, or senior officials in the Ministry who sided with him, such as Umbridge, Bagman and Penrose."

Dumbledore spent a lot of time and thought on Voldemort and had no time to think about this matter. Now that Charles reminded him, he immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

Professor McGonagall said anxiously, "If Fudge really arranges for someone to come to Hogwarts, I'm afraid it will have a very bad impact."

Charles nodded and said, "I am worried that the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is just an excuse to enter Hogwarts. After he enters, the Ministry of Magic will issue an administrative order to grant this person various powers, and the ultimate goal is the position of headmaster."

Professor McGonagall thought what Charles said made sense, and said to Dumbledore: "Albus, I think we should first decide on the candidate for the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts next school year, and not give the Ministry of Magic any chance."

Dumbledore said distressedly, "But no one is willing to take this position. We can't ask Jack to come."

Professor McGonagall glared again, "Albus, this is not the time to joke!"

Charles thought it was not impossible for the old man to become a professor, but he had to wait until he graduated.

He said to Dumbledore, "Headmaster, what do you think of Mr. Grindelwald?"

Before Dumbledore could speak, Professor McGonagall said, "Hogwarts prohibits romantic relationships between faculty members."

Charles was not clear about the rules between professors at Hogwarts, and asked doubtfully, "What about Filch and Mrs. Pince?"

Professor McGonagall explained: "They are not teaching staff."

Charles understood that the two men were just handymen and had no right to sit at the same table with the professors during meals. The professors' rules and regulations did not apply to them.

Dumbledore finally said, "Let me think about it. There is a candidate and I will talk to him later."

At this moment, his communication notebook rang, and soon afterwards, Professor McGonagall's communication notebook also received a message.

Dumbledore opened his notebook and said, "Remus told me to quietly go outside the back door of Hogwarts immediately?"

Professor McGonagall said solemnly, "He also told me to go through without being seen."

"Is someone going to invade Hogwarts?"

Dumbledore stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look."

He was a little worried that Voldemort was going to cause trouble, so Lupin immediately informed himself and McGonagall after getting the news.

Only something like this could make Lupin notify the principal and the vice-principal at the same time.

Charles also felt that it was very likely that Voldemort was going to cause trouble, such as drawing Harry's blood or something, or it could be the Ministry of Magic, so just follow them anyway.

Because Lupin said to act quietly, Professor McGonagall turned into a McMeow, jumped out of the window in the corridor, and disappeared into the night.

Dumbledore and Charles also disappeared in the corridor.

They didn't notice that Professor Sprout came to Professor McGonagall with a witch fashion magazine. He saw the three of them disappear from a distance and thought something big must have happened, so he quietly followed Professor McGonagall.

"what!"

"Ouch!"

"Hate!"

Outside the porch bridge at the back entrance of the castle, Charles waved his wand in the air three times, and Harry and the other two screamed in pain under the invisibility cloak.

Dumbledore appeared and asked Harry seriously, "What are you doing here?"

"Headmaster, Lupin sent me here," said Harry.

Professor McGonagall walked out from the shadows and said to Dumbledore seriously, "Remus might have been kidnapped by the You-Know-Who. He used the notebook to lure Potter here, and then he took the opportunity to inform us."

With the previous example of Jack using the communication notebook to contact his relatives after being kidnapped by Voldemort, Dumbledore and Charles thought it made sense to call Harry out again this time.

At this time, two blurry figures appeared in the direction of Hogsmeade in the distance. Time waits for no one, so Dumbledore immediately arranged: "Minerva, you hold that place, Charles, you over there, Harry, you hide at the bridge head, I'll be here, wait for my signal and work together, and make sure to catch them in the shortest possible time!"

The group took action immediately. Professor Sprout, who followed behind, didn't know what was going on, but he knew it would be a good idea to hide.

The cold wind was blowing, and the two figures were getting closer and closer.

Charles activated the night vision function on his glasses, and frowned after seeing the person clearly. He thought that Voldemort was really smart this time, but too smart.

The two approached the covered bridge. The lights on the bridge head were swaying in the wind. In the dim light, everyone could clearly see the man and woman, and even saw one person holding the other's hand.

Harry's heart skipped a beat and he almost jumped out of his hiding place.

But he still held back, deciding in his heart that he would give this Death Eater a hard time later!

Dumbledore's face was grim. It seemed that Lupin was not the only one who was kidnapped. Unexpectedly, he was also kidnapped, and a professor of Hogwarts was also kidnapped. Now the Death Eaters were pretending to be them to deceive Harry!

Fortunately, Lupin tipped off Harry, otherwise he would have been tricked and kidnapped. You know, Harry would have let down his guard when he saw that man.

Dumbledore thought of Lupin again and felt a little anxious. If he informed Voldemort and was discovered, he would be in great danger.

Too many companions have been sacrificed in the struggle over the years, and Dumbledore has become accustomed to hiding his sadness in his heart.

The two stopped in front of the covered bridge. One step further would be the activation range of Hogwarts' warning magic.

The moment they paused, Dumbledore jumped out from his hiding place and shouted, "Do it!"

At the same time, he cast a spell around them, preventing the two from escaping.

Harry took action as soon as Dumbledore jumped out, aiming his wand at the face that looked exactly like Black's and casting a "Gyroscope Fifth Gear". This move was originally intended for Malfoy or Snape, but today he was using it on this Death Eater pretending to be Black!

Professor McGonagall also attacked angrily at the same time. Although she had not gotten along well with Professor Trelawney in the past, that was a teaching issue. Now Voldemort had kidnapped her and let the Death Eaters pretend to be her to abduct Harry. This was a conflict between the enemy and us.

Charles's spell came later but arrived first, with two consecutive confusing spells, leaving them standing there with their heads in a mess and being beaten.

The last one to jump out was Lupin.

He stared in amazement as Black was sent into the air and turned into a spinning top by Harry's spell, and as Trelawney was knocked to the ground by McGonagall's spell, he was unable to recover for a while.

“Bang… bang bang bang!”

A large string of colorful fireworks shot out from the tip of Lupin's spell.

(End of this chapter)