Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

After that, people kept coming in, calming down Sirius, Tonks, Hagrid, professors in the school, and other members of the Order of the Phoenix.

Professor McGonagall left with Dumbledore's wand on her way to announce the sad news.

Soon, she came back again, together with Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and Fleur.

Everyone was thankful again that Greyback hadn't bit Bill.

As soon as he is badly hurt, but will recover.

Finally, Hagrid, who was crying with red eyes, came in, and when he saw Ivan and Harry, he cried even harder.

He seemed to accept it at last, trembling, clutching a speckled bandanna.

"Professor, Professor Sprout asked me to inform you that he put the children back to bed, and Professor Slughorn said the Ministry of Magic had been notified."

"Thank you, Hagrid!" Professor McGonagall stood up. "I may have to meet the Ministry of Magic when they arrive. Hagrid, please tell the heads of the four houses that Slughorn can On behalf of Slytherin, say I'm going to meet them in my office right away, and I want you to come too."

Hagrid nodded, turned and walked slowly out of the room.

Chapter 1525 The Future of Hogwarts

After Hagrid left, Professor McGonagall turned to look at Ivan and Harry again.

"Ivan, Harry, can you two come with me? I have a few words to say to you." She said, sighing, "Remus, Sirius, can you come together? Now Huo It's time for Gewarts to die, and you used to be professors at Hogwarts, I want to hear your opinions on the future of the school."

"The future of the school?!" Sirius stood up and said, his voice hoarse and sounded strange, "Minerva, do you want to close Hogwarts?! I will not agree, Dumbledore back ..."

"Dumbledore is dead, Sirius!"

Sirius' body froze suddenly, and he regained his silence.

Lupine patted him on the shoulder, and Harry walked over to him and whispered to him.

Professor McGonagall shook his head and walked out of the ward first.

Ivan said "see you later" to Hermione and Elaine, and walked out with Lupine and Sirius with Harry.

He didn't take the Snake Staff, and Ivan was not worried about losing this important magic staff, but he just warned others not to touch it.

He is also thinking about the next thing. Ivan doesn't care whether Hogwarts will close. What needs to be dealt with urgently is the Snake Staff.

Not surprisingly, under the pursuit of Voldemort and Death Eaters, they will start their escape journey next.

Aiwen couldn't carry the Double Snake Staff with him, so he had to find a safe place to hide it.

This scepter is very important. If Voldemort wants to summon the evil god to descend, he also needs its help, so he cannot get it.

Aiwen needs an absolutely safe place to hide things, preferably inside Hogwarts...

In this way, after confirming that Dumbledore can't come back, they can use the double snake staff to go to that world immediately.

The corridor outside seemed empty, and the only sound was the singing of the phoenix in the distance.

No one spoke anymore, the five of them were thinking about their own thoughts, and they followed Professor McGonagall to Dumbledore's office.

Passing through the stone monster, everyone climbed the spiral staircase in silence and entered the circular office.

Here it was exactly as it had been a few hours before they had left it, silver instruments whirling and puffing smoke on the thin-legged table, Gryffindor's sword gleaming in the moonlight in its glass case, the Sorting Hat still on its shelf behind the table superior.

But Fox's perch is empty, and the phoenix still sings its dirge on the field.

A new portrait has joined the ranks of the late headmaster of Hogwarts House... Dumbledore sleeps in a gold picture frame above the table, half-moon spectacles resting on his hooked nose, looking serene and peaceful peaceful.

Professor McGonagall glanced at his portrait, then made a strange movement, as if to harden himself, and then walked around behind the table.

She looked at Ivan, Harry, Sirius, and Lupine one by one, her tense face was full of wrinkles.

"Ivan, Harry," she said, "I want to know what you and Professor Dumbledore did after you left school at night."

"I also want to know." Sirius said, "Ivan, you just said that Dumbledore used that strange scepter, what did you do?"

"It's related to the evil gods. We found the double snake rod and the brain of the despicable Haierbo under Azkaban." Ai Wen said simply, "In order to destroy it, Dumbledore used the double snake rod and used his whole body magic power to destroy it." For the price..."

Both Professor McGonagall and Sirius stared at Ivan, as if digesting this absurd experience.

"You went to Azkaban tonight?"

"The brain of despicable Haierbo, you mean the dark wizard who transformed himself into a terrifying monster?!"

"I really don't understand why Dumbledore would..."

"If you want to know more specific details, I can tell you later." Ivan said, looking back at Sirius, Professor McGonagall, and Lupine calmly, "But this matter needs to be kept absolutely confidential, and we cannot Spread the word, and don't tell the Ministry of Magic."

"Okay, I got it!" Professor McGonagall took a deep breath and said, "Now is really not the time to study these things, we have to prepare and the Ministry of Magic..."

"Wait a minute, Professor!" said Harry suddenly. "Before the Ministry of Magic come, I have something to tell you. Rosmerta has the Imperius Curse, and she helped Malfoy and the Death Eaters, so Necklaces and poisoned mead..."

"Rosmerta?" Professor McGonagall asked in disbelief, and Sirius frowned.

Before they could express their opinions, there was a knock on the door, and Sprout, Flitwick, and Professor Slughorn stepped into the room, followed by Hagrid who was still crying, his huge body growing with grief. shake.

"I heard about this, Dumbledore is dead?!" Slughorn asked impatiently, he did not participate in the defensive operation tonight.

"Yes, Snape killed him!"

"Where's his body?"

"There is no body, because a powerful magic item, the Snake Rod left by Salazar Slytherin, its magic swallowed Professor Dumbledore's body." Ivan said, "But he did die Yes, many are witnesses."

"Snape killed him in front of me." Harry said in a low voice, "I saw Snape use the Killing Curse on him, and the spell hit him..."

"That vile bastard, I swear, I'll tear him apart." Sirius said bitterly.

"Snape!" Slughorn looked stunned, his face pale and sweating, "Snape! It was him! I taught him! I thought I knew him! I Never thought he would do such a thing!"

Before he could answer, a high-pitched voice came from high up on the wall, and a yellow-faced wizard with black hair and short bangs had just returned to his empty canvas.

"Minerva, the Minister will be here in a few seconds, he just Disapparated from the Ministry of Magic."

"Thank you, Evra," said Professor McGonagall, and looked quickly at the professors.

"Before the minister arrives, I want to talk about the next step for Hogwarts school. Although Dumbledore's body has not been found, judging from the current situation, Dumbledore is indeed dead. This is absolutely true news " She said quickly, "I personally think that under the current circumstances, our school cannot continue to operate next year. The death of the headmaster at the hands of one of our colleagues is simply a great stain on the history of Hogwarts. horrible!"

"If Hogwarts were to close, it would be the greatest shame in the history of this school." Sirius said.

"We have to face the reality, Sirius." Professor McGonagall said with difficulty, "The reality is that we don't have enough power to guard the school, Voldemort..."

The name seemed to make the temperature in the office drop rapidly, and Slughorn shivered.

"I'm not afraid of Voldemort, I will stay and guard Hogwarts." Sirius said, gritting his teeth, "Even if I die."

Ivan noticed that his hands were tightly clenched. Although his voice was calm and not as irritable as before, Sirius was extremely restless at this moment.

The last warrior, the last guardian, Sirius is definitely the hero who will fight to the end...

Chapter 1526 Burial

The conversation froze, with Professor McGonagall and Sirius holding diametrically opposite opinions, neither backing down.

This situation has happened many times in the meetings of the Order of the Phoenix before. Ivan can understand Sirius' thoughts and understand Professor McGonagall's difficulties.

Just giving up Hogwarts like this, emotionally no one can accept it.

However, in the case of a disparity in strength between the two, it would be too stupid to stick to Hogwarts Castle and fight against Voldemort, and it would be tantamount to asking for a dead end.

Voldemort probably wished the Phoenix Colors had a definite stronghold so he could wipe them out, along with the Ministry of Magic.

"Sirius, our goal is to defeat Voldemort, not stick to Hogwarts. There are still many things waiting for us to do." Ivan said, "Dumbledore's death is not the end, but the beginning of the war..."

"You're right, Ivan!" Sirius shook his body slightly, "But there will always be sacrifices in wars. If necessary, I will stay and defend Hogwarts."

His appearance is really worrying. Will he take some drastic actions to avenge Dumbledore?

"I know what you're thinking, Sirius, but we're not talking about sacrifices now. Death without meaning is just stupid, and I hope you'll remember that," said Professor McGonagall. "Let's hear from the others." , what do you all think?"

"I support Black's view that the current situation is really bad, but I don't agree with closing the school. I believe Dumbledore must hope that we can continue to run the school." Professor Sprout said, "I think as long as one student wants to come Go to school, and the school should be open."

"But will we have students after that?" said Slughorn, wiping his brow with a silk handkerchief. "At this point, any sensible parent would keep their children at home instead of sending them off." Come to the school, I can't blame them. After Dumbledore's death, we can declare that Hogwarts has nothing to do with him and the Order of the Phoenix. I personally think it is no more dangerous here than other places, but you can't hope Mothers feel the same way. It's only natural that they want the whole family to be together."

"I agree!" said Professor McGonagall, "Dumbledore's imprint on Hogwarts is too deep. It's not true that Cici may close the door one day. When the Chamber of Secrets was reopened, he considered closing the school. I must say that compared to the monster hiding Slytherin in the depths of the castle, I think Dumbledore The fact that the professor was murdered is even more disturbing in itself..."

"We must consult with the directors." Professor Flitwick said in a high-pitched voice, "We must follow the rules and not jump to conclusions so hastily."

"I agree with Felius, we have to be careful," Lupine said. "Whether to close the school should be decided by the school's board of trustees."

"Hagrid, you haven't said a word yet." Professor McGonagall waited for everyone to express their opinions before saying, "What is your opinion? Should Hogwarts continue to operate?"

Throughout this conversation, Hagrid kept covering his face with his tear-stained bandanna, sobbing silently.

Until now, he was unwilling to believe that Dumbledore was dead.

Hearing Professor McGonagall's question, Hagrid raised his red and swollen eyes, and said in a hoarse voice, "I don't know, professor...it's up to the deans and principals to decide..."

"Professor Dumbledore has always valued your opinion." Professor McGonagall said kindly, "Me too."

"I, I'll stay, no matter what happens in the future," said Hagrid, huge tears slipping from the corners of his eyes and streaming down his messy beard, "this is my home, it's been my home since I was 13 years old ...if any kids want me to teach them, I will. But... I don't know... Hogwarts without Dumbledore..."

He twitched, and again his face disappeared behind the handkerchief, and there was a moment of silence.

"Very good!" Professor McGonagall glanced at the field outside the window to see if the minister had arrived, "I know everyone's opinion, so I must agree with Flitwick and Lupine, and I should find The board of directors discuss it and let them make the final decision."

"What about the students? This semester is coming to an end."

"Yeah, this is something we have to consider. How to send students home... I have an opinion that it should be sooner rather than later. If necessary, we can arrange for the Hogwarts Express to come over tomorrow."

"And Dumbledore's funeral?" interrupted Sirius.

"Hmm..." Professor McGonagall said, his voice trembling, as if a little less decisive, "Although we didn't find Dumbledore's body, we do need a decent funeral."

There is no doubt about it, if Dumbledore cannot return, then this funeral will be a real funeral.

The funeral was well-timed, and only Alvin and Harry knew the whole truth, but they weren't sure that Dumbledore would return.

"I, where are we going to put Dumbledore's tombstone?"

"I know Dumbledore's wish is to be buried here, at Hogwarts..." Professor McGonagall said.

"There is no better place than Hogwarts!"

"Well, if the Ministry sees fit, we'll... You know, in the history of Hogwarts, there hasn't been a Headmaster..."

"No headmaster has done so much for Hogwarts," growled Hagrid.

"Absolutely!" said Professor Sprout.

"In that case, we'll have a funeral and build a tombstone for Dumbledore at Hogwarts into which his wand can be buried," said Professor McGonagall.

"The wand is the most important item for a wizard. Since the day I met Dumbledore, he has used this wand. It can replace Dumbledore..."

There was a moment of silence, and many people's eyes were sore. A great wizard like Dumbledore didn't even leave his body in the end, only his wand was left.

It was so tragic that his funeral could only be with the wand, Hagrid let out a wail.

"We can wait until after the funeral to send the students home, and I think there will be a lot of them who want to say goodbye to him."

"It's a good arrangement. Our students should be grateful. It's fitting that we can arrange for them to go home after the funeral," said Professor Flitwick sharply.

"agree!"

"Just do it, it's the only thing we can do for Dumbledore right now."

"Well, I think so..." Slughorn's voice was excited, and he raised his arm to wipe his eyes.

"Here he is!" said Professor McGonagall suddenly, his eyes fixed on the field. "Minister...he seems to have brought a delegation..."

Chapter 1527

As soon as Professor McGonagall's voice fell, Harry immediately said, "Can we leave, Professor?"

"We should leave!" Ivan followed up.

None of them wanted to see Rufus Scrimgeour at this point, to be questioned by him about the details of everything.

"Yes, you can go!" said Professor McGonagall. "Hurry up."

"I'll see you later," said Sirius, striding to the door, opening it and waiting for them.

"By the way, professor, it's best not to tell the minister what Dumbledore did with us tonight. The less people who know about the evil god, the better." Ivan finally said, and then he and Harry quickly walked off A spiral staircase through an empty hallway.

As before, there was no one in the corridor, not even Filch, Norris, or Peeves.

The elegy of the Phoenix had already been heard, and Hogwarts fell into a deathly silence.