Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 147 Attack
"Professor you?"

"Look... we have too many ways to deal with Muggles..." Dumbledore pointed at the McGuffin with his index finger like a goblin, and moved it slightly upwards.

McGuffin was surprised to see him levitating slightly.

"In the long history of the magic world...it's not that no one has considered enhancing their body's magical defense ability, or moving speed to fight against other wizards. For example: lycanthropy [werewolves], [vampires], [Tauren Minotaurs], [pentapods], there are too many crazy things... more or less related to those ancient or medieval wizards." Dumbledore put down his fingers, and McGuffin fell from the floating state on the bed.

"But a wizard is a wizard after all..."

"MacGuffin Albert, don't think that you and Harry defeated Voldemort or Quirrell... Judging from the descriptions of the two of you, Voldemort was completely incapable of casting spells at that time, and even Quirrell... probably because Voldemort attached to him and continuously absorbed life force and magic power for almost a semester....He is not a wizard in the true sense anymore. He probably didn't have much magic power that night..."

"There is nothing to be proud of!... A real wizard will cast [Protective Curse] or cast other magic to protect himself at the first moment of battle, such as..."

Dumbledore snapped his fingers again.

--Snapped!

Two identical Professor Dumbledores suddenly appeared in front of McGuffin, not to mention the appearance, even the movements and demeanors were exactly the same.

--This is?
"[Illusion Curse]...a very simple spell."

The two Dumbledores spoke together.

"Although it is not effective against wizards, it is a very useful spell if you are facing Muggles head-on. Generally speaking, those gun toys that face Muggles head-on... Aurors usually cast such a spell or protection spell on themselves before they start casting Confusion and Forgetting spells to deal with the incident."

"The magical world is huge, McGuffin, you still have a lot to learn..."

"Of course, the most important thing now is to help you lift the [Blood Curse] first!"

Dumbledore snapped his fingers again, and his avatar disappeared, and he began to ask McGuffin how to break the curse of [Blood Curse].

"... there should be something besides the blood and horn of the unicorn, maybe there should be tears of the phoenix... or some kind of aconitum?"

McGuffin temporarily let go of his guesses about the strength of Dumbledore or Voldemort.

——Can he really achieve this situation by relying on that unreliable system?
——Looking at Dumbledore's easy way of casting spells without a wand, the state he entered when he communicated with the Philosopher's Stone that night was just Dumbledore's or Voldemort's usual spellcasting state...?
McGuffin began to talk about the solution to the [Blood Curse].

——After all, what Dumbledore said is right... This is the most important thing for me right now.

But what the two of them didn't know... Now a group of people are approaching Hogwarts, targeting Dumbledore... There are even McGuffins in some way, and to a certain extent, they can be said to be more sinister, shameless, vicious and despicable than Voldemort.

……

"It's almost Hogwarts..."

A carriage speeding across the sky was rapidly approaching Hogwarts.

This carriage is in the shape of black glass, blending with the night sky with a different kind of translucency. Even so...but the guests sitting inside cannot be seen from the outside.

And as the sky brightens, its own color is also fluctuating with the background, gradually preparing to hide again.

The style of the carriage has the style of an 18th-century London aristocratic carriage...classical, elegant and poetic.

A four-corner lantern is swaying at each of the four corners where the roof extends, and the magic lights inside are flickering. In the Middle Ages, these lanterns not only provided illumination, but also drove away the monsters hidden in the darkness... Dementors, werewolves, or vampires, or even fire dragons.

Outside the carriage, on the raised seat of the carriage, sat a coachman, smoking a huge pipe that almost occupied his face.

He wears a black eyepatch on his head, and there are three long old scars across his face diagonally downward from the left side, and a blood-red scarlet light shines in the remaining eye.

The driver wore a long black cloak.

He raised his arms high and shook the black reins in his hands from time to time, urging the four Thestrals ahead, which were invisible to ordinary people, to speed up.

—Thestrals are only seen by those who have seen death.

They are a kind of Pegasus, tall and bony, with a black body and a dragon head.

A black rein was looped around the Thestral's neck and tied.

The broad wings on their backs flapped vigorously, causing them to pull the carriage and fly at high speed in the air.

In this way, when it was only half an hour before dawn, they took the carriage across half of the UK, from London to Hogwarts.

The overall compartment is designed as a rounded rectangle, and the four wheels under the chassis rotate rapidly in the air, disturbed by the rapid airflow.All the corners of the outside of the carriage are covered with a kind of black-purple leather,... densely woven textures, and brass rivets are neatly arranged to decorate the entire carriage, showing a kind of aristocratic luxury and low-key.

Moreover, this carriage was almost twice as big as the normal one, and it looked like a half-giant like Hagrid would ride on it.

This is the Thestral carriage exclusively used by the Malfoy family, and it used to be Voldemort's car...

Of course, after that night 11 years ago, Lucius Malfoy spent a lot of money and favors to stay and protect this carriage, which can be regarded as the face and symbol of the Malfoy family.

"It's almost Hogwarts..."

Lucius Malfoy opened the dark velvet curtains, and he watched the scene in his eyes slowly appear not far away.

The tip of the tower came first into the eyes of the three men in the carriage.

The faint sunlight outside has begun to wake up the entire Hogwarts Castle located on the mountainside.

There is already a large group of owls of different colors and sizes, ready to go back to the owl shed in the west tower.

During the night, they stretched their muscles and bones in Hogwarts Castle and above the Forbidden Forest. After their activities... they were about to go back to rest, and then start a day's work.

I didn't expect to see such a strange carriage... They began to fly along with the carriage.

Some of them were daring and even very close. These little guys stared at the translucent carriage very curiously, wanting to land on the roof.

Lucius stared at these annoying little things with his indifferent gray eyes. He took out his wand and clicked on the carriage, and the carriage suddenly appeared in mid-air, scaring the little guys... They made a mess and moved away from the carriage.

Lucius Malfoy is the patriarch of the contemporary Malfoy family. He has well-groomed, smooth, light-blond shawl-length hair, cold gray eyes, and a pale, pointed face... His son Draco Malfoy is almost carved out of his mold.

The Malfoy family is an ancient, wealthy and influential family of pure-blood wizards. They have manors, real estate, ... and are more or less related to other pure-blood families... They have a lot of connections in the Ministry of Magic. They were even closely connected with Voldemort when Voldemort fell 11 years ago, and Lucius, a Death Eater, was able to escape from it, which is enough to prove the influence of the Malfoy family.

But... that's all!
Lucius knew well that the Malfoy family had begun to decline...Since his grandfather's time, the Malfoy family had gradually been excluded from the rights of the Ministry of Magic...and not only in London, England, but also in the entire World United Association of Magic.

Loss of power, distance from the center...that's unacceptable to them.

Because they deeply know what rights mean to their family.

11 years ago, or earlier... Ever since the Ministry of Magic signed that damned, stupid bill to hide the wizarding world... The Malfoy family's secular property has gradually dried up, and that's all... But in the center of power, those Muggle wizards with low-born backgrounds in the Ministry of Magic have gradually replaced the status of pure-blood wizards, encroaching on their interests and rights.

"These despicable and shameless guys... In the middle ages, when faced with the dark creatures werewolves, vampires, goblin rebellion, and giant riots... Who saved the wizarding world? Could it be because of those Muggle wizards who rolled out of the mud? Or the powerful magic of pure-blood wizards..."

Lucius thought angrily, the act of magic is undoubtedly a kind of betrayal in the eyes of all pure blood wizard families.

When this kind of perception and interest converge, it is not surprising that the pure blood theory is popular among these people.

But the Malfoy family knows that this kind of thing itself serves their family's wealth, power, and fame...

So when someone has the ability to threaten the order of the existing Ministry of Magic, and says to drive out the entire Muggle wizards and redefine the relationship between Muggles and wizards... under the arrangement of the Malfoy family, he himself naturally participated in the Dark Lord's plan and became a member of the Death Eaters.

but……

Voldemort, a frightening and extremely powerful dark wizard, was originally an important bet for the Malfoy family to regain their rights and win their due status... unexpectedly lost to a half-blood, just-born wizard.

Thinking of this, he hated it so much... The gilt crutch with the magic wand hidden in it hit the floor of the carriage heavily.

This startled the other two in the carriage.

Dolores Umbridge stared uncomfortably ahead at the invisible Thestrals, pulling a chariot and speeding ahead. She had heard of the creature... an ominous omen.

If not all the Floo powder channels in Hogwarts are controlled by the school itself, she would not come to the school in this carriage...

She came here to surprise Dumbledore, let him know that she came here through the Floo powder tunnel... Don't be ridiculous!
Of course, it might also be because there is the head of the famous pure-blood Malfoy family in this carriage... But his expression seems a little worried.

No wonder!
After all, Mr. Malfoy is still a member of the Hogwarts board of directors... Hearing that such a big thing happened to his own school and his son... I can't help feeling angry.

But this is more beneficial to herself because she knows what is the purpose of coming here this time?
Fauci, the Minister of Magic, has never extinguished his vigilance against Dumbledore...

Umbridge knew exactly what he, the Minister of Magic, was thinking...

Taking advantage of the time when the teacher of these Defense Against the Darkness classes turned out to be a dark wizard... Humiliate Dumbledore severely, suppress his reputation if possible, and even kick him out of Hogwarts... Bring Hogwarts back under the control of the Ministry of Magic, that is, this minister... Only in this way can Fauci's own position be stabilized.

——Of course, the minister would never say that himself.

And this time Dumbledore made a serious mistake, ignoring a serious report letter, he returned to Hogwarts privately, and even sent Fauci a note a week later, with a few words of explanation on it.

——This is a great perfunctory of the Ministry of Magic, or Fauci's right!
This made Fauci suspicious, and decided to mess with Dumbledore and test him.

This is not surprising, because she is also such a person.

——This time she, Malfoy, and the reporter came here. Although the details of the purpose were different, they all wanted Dumbledore to die.

——According to her experience over the years... the other two must think so, yes!
"If I succeed this time, I should move up my position in the Ministry of Magic! More importantly, I will definitely occupy a more important position in Minister Fauci's heart, which will be of great help to my future future."

Umbridge thought gleefully.

On the other side of the seat in the large carriage, the tip of the quill dexterously slid across a thick sheepskin notebook and wrote:
——Dolores Umbridge is an ambitious and domineering person. She knows the thoughts of her immediate boss, Fauci... The purpose of this trip is to get rid of the serious troubles of Fauci, the scheming Minister of Magic... Albus Dumbledore, the famous wizard who is famous for competing for the Minister of Magic.

What doesn't match her heart is that she has a broad, flabby face, short curly hair with a certain little butterfly knot on it...like a girl who always wears pink clothes, and speaks in a high-pitched voice, like a girl who hasn't grown up...Different from her keen sense of power, her aesthetic talent can be regarded as a toad...a pink toad.

Rita Skeeter flicked her sleepy wrist, then took out her wand and said to erase the writing...

She is already well-known in the [Daily Prophet], and she knows who can be messed with and who can't be messed with.

Now, the matter of these two guys in front of him is not worth mentioning at all. Offending these two guys will not help him to make a name in the slightest... and these two guys themselves are not well-known guys in the wizarding world.

Or catch a big fish, like the purpose of this time... Dumbledore.

——The more famous the person, the more famous and full of aura... people secretly hope that they will fall into the abyss.

This is her many years of experience in the industry, and this kind of thing will not only bring her fame, but even once the book is published, there will be a steady stream of Galleons. If this thing is true... she can be regarded as getting into Gringotts.

Moreover, Rita Skeeter believed that she was obliged to expose Dumbledore's hypocritical double-standard, flashy face, and give the public the truth.

She considers herself righteous... takes great pride in her profession...

With two-inch long red nails, Rita Skeeter tightly fastened the buckle of the newly bought South American magic crocodile leather handbag, and her fingers began to gently caress the rough texture... This made her even more imaginative about the future.

——The Thestral carriage has already begun to land on the ground.

As the wheels rolled...they knew they had entered Hogwarts.

Rita Skeeter took out a small golden mirror and sorted out her exquisite, somewhat weird curly hair, and was somewhat dissatisfied with her chin, which she felt was a bit too big...but compared to the pink toad in front of her.

She was even more confident in her heart, and stroked the glasses inlaid with jewels.

As the carriage stopped, the driver opened the door... The three of them got out of the carriage one by one, preparing to start this operation with their own ulterior motives, the same but different.

……

McGuffin told Dumbledore in detail how to break the [Blood Curse] according to the system.

After repeated confirmation, nothing was missed.

Dumbledore fell into deep thought, as if thinking about whether this method is correct or not?

The two fell into silence.

But it didn't last long - the door of the school hospital was slammed open, and bounced against the wall behind with a bang.

Lucius stood there with two strange-looking women, looking arrogant.

(End of this chapter)