Who let this Dementor into Hogwarts!

Chapter 161: It's really a narrow road for enemies... Do you want to go on the road with your good brother?
"I have some suggestions for the paper you submitted last time, 'Red Hat Coping Methods,'" Professor von Braun said. "Would it be convenient for you to come to my office?"

"I can go during the summer vacation." Cohen turned to Luna and said, "But we have to meet after July 15th, because I have to go to my grandma's house to celebrate my birthday-"

"That's great," said Luna. "And then I can show you my collection of drawings of fantastic creatures—so you can tell the difference between a philadelphus fly and a nymph hook."

Luna winked at Cohen. She was standing right in Professor von Braun's blind spot, so even if she mouthed the word "Silver Key," von Braun wouldn't be able to see it.

Cohen almost understood what Luna meant.

This Professor von Braun should also have some connection with the Silver Key - if Luna recognized him... it is very likely that this person has had contact with Mr. Lovegood.

Dumbledore is really good at recruiting people. He recruits all kinds of bad guys into the school. Is he afraid that the students will live too safely?

But Cohen was no delicate student, and if this von Braun didn't understand reason, then Cohen knew a little about the "Dementor's Kiss."

After following the middle-aged professor with short brown hair and a serious face to the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office, which Cohen had often visited last year, Cohen was the first to ask.

"You didn't have any homework last week."

"You didn't hand in your homework."

Von Braun closed his office door and sat down behind his desk.

"But I didn't call you here because of homework."

"Why is that?" Cohen raised an eyebrow. "I'm only twelve, and a boy—wait, isn't this exactly what you want?"

"You have a very vivid imagination," von Braun said, staring at Cohen. "I heard you were kidnapped after returning to school at Christmas."

"Then Professor, your hearing is quite good. You know about things so far away." Cohen said sarcastically, "This matter is only known to me and Dumbledore - and of course, my kidnappers."

"Headmaster Dumbledore told me." Von Braun narrowed his eyes. "Where are the people who arrested you?"

"I told Dumbledore about this. If he told you about the kidnapping, why didn't he tell you the ending?" Cohen asked in a roundabout way.

Cohen was certain that von Braun was the man with the Silver Key - now he finally knew who had sent the letter that lured him into the cave.

"You are smart, but I am not your enemy." Von Braun stood up, grabbing the corner of the table with one hand and climbing to the edge of the table with the other hand, looking very anxious.

"That group of people is very dangerous. I have to make sure they don't attack you again—"

"So Dumbledore doesn't know that you are the one with the Silver Key, right?" Cohen stopped pretending and wanted to continue acting without showing off. This von Braun still wanted to continue acting.

"He doesn't know, and I don't care." Von Braun stared at Cohen. "They want—"

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a knock on the door outside.

"Professor von Braun, Professor von Braun? Are you there?" a student's voice rang out. "Professor Dumbledore wants to see you. He wants you to come over right now."

Von Braun could have continued speaking, but he stopped talking immediately after hearing that Dumbledore was looking for him.

"Stay here, I'll come back and explain everything to you." Von Braun hurried out.

Come back? Cohen didn't think he could come back - Dumbledore must have discovered the matter of von Braun, because Cohen saw several portraits of the school in this office, and all of them were of the headmaster's spies.

Dumbledore moved quickly.

However, Cohen was really curious about why Dumbledore could always find senior students so quickly to help him run around and report news, and from the sound of the voice it always sounded like it was the same person.

Won't……

But Cohen didn't really care about the relationship between Dumbledore and other students. He was more concerned about what Mr. von Braun was trying to do this time.

First he lied, then he criticized his teammates, and then he tried to whitewash himself.

You know you can’t take a hard approach, so you’re going to start taking a soft approach?
While von Braun was away, Cohen wandered around the office.

The Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher changes frequently. Although their offices are in the same place, the decoration style of the office is different for each class.

Quirrell's office was full of books, giving it a rather academic air. Lockhart's office was covered with his own portraits, while von Braun's office looked ordinary, like a corporate slave, with no decorations except for some teaching plans and reference books.

However, there was a conspicuous ornament on his desk.

A family photo, including an elderly couple and two men who look about the same age, one of whom is Professor von Braun.

The people in the photo should be von Braun's parents and brothers.

Among them, Philip von Braun's father looked very familiar to Cohen. His previous guess was correct. The old conductor on the Knight Bus that Cohen had met before was indeed Professor von Braun's father.

In addition to this old man, for some reason, Cohen always felt that von Braun's brother also looked familiar.

But it’s been a while, and I can’t remember where I met her…

Before admission?
No, it feels like it's later.

On the Hogwarts Express? There were only students there.

Christmas?
Cohen remembered that he had spent Christmas break at Burke Manor during his first year—it seemed to be during this time…

"what?"

Cohen finally remembered that the tall and thin man standing next to von Braun in the photo was one of the two Aurors he had killed at Burke Manor.

What kind of "meeting despite being thousands of miles apart" is this? A murderer and the victim's relatives can meet in the same school. Isn't this kind of fate a bit too weird?
However, Cohen felt that von Braun probably didn't know who killed his brother, and no one knew that Cohen had gone to Bock Manor.

Not only did the two Aurors leave no record of their itinerary because they visited Burke Manor suddenly, but their bodies were also missing, and no one could find them.

It's fate. If I work harder, I can become a ghost under Coin's command with my brothers - no, souls eaten by Dementors cannot become "ghosts".

After waiting for a long time, until Cohen thought that von Braun had been secretly killed by Dumbledore and was about to return to the dormitory, von Braun came back and looked not very good.

"So, Dumbledore is also taking advantage of you?"

Coin remembered that Quirrell had a similar expression after meeting Dumbledore.

(End of this chapter)