HP: Let professors walk towards the light

Potter and Diggory were lying on the ground, and students and teachers crowded around them. Even Professor Snape was keeping an eye on Potter and the others, squatting next to Dumbledore.

Furong screamed loudly, and the noisy scene suddenly became quiet.

"He's back! Voldemort, he's back! Cedric asked me to bring his body back, I can't leave him there..."

He held Diggory close to him, and Diggory was dead, with a horrified look on his face, obviously killed by a single blow.

The kind, honest, brave, sincere, and the best warrior in Hogwarts became the victim of Voldemort's resurrection. Potter brought back not only the trophy of the Triwizard Tournament, but also Cedric's cold body.

No...how could this happen...

Reina stared blankly at everything in front of her: Mr. Diggory's wailing, Qiu Zhang's painful crying, Potter being forcibly dragged away, Cedric's face...

Was it because of her? She knew about Voldemort's resurrection, the revival of the Death Eaters, and even Crouch's death. She knew that Hogwarts was not safe, but she chose to ignore it. Because of her indifference, she indirectly killed the bravest warrior in Hogwarts...

Reina suddenly shook off Pansy who was holding her hand and ran towards the castle.

「Reina! Where are you going? Reina──」

Pansy followed Rena back to the Slytherin common room worriedly and knocked on Rena's dormitory door.

Reina's mind was filled with the scene on the Quidditch field.

"Damn it! Mad! Why! Why!"

Reina smashed things in the dormitory without caring about her image. She was filled with irritability... restlessness.

「Reina, what’s wrong with you? Open the door──」

"I'm sorry, Pansy, I just remembered some bad things. Can you let me be alone for a while?" Lena leaned against the door and said to Pansy outside.

"We were all surprised by what happened today... Never mind, Reina, you should take a good rest. If you have any questions, come to the dormitory to find Millicent and me."

Reina listened to Pansy's gradually retreating footsteps outside the door and buried her head in her knees.

Barty Jr. died, his soul was sucked away by the Dementors brought by Fudge from the Ministry of Magic. The Ministry of Magic was unwilling to admit it. They firmly believed that everything related to Voldemort's resurrection was alarmist. Madmen, students, all people and things that could serve as evidence were covered up by the Ministry of Magic.

The Ministry of Magic refused to admit the facts. As always, they only recognized what they thought was right. The Daily Prophet said that Potter was a conspirator and received instructions from Dumbledore to spread rumors. The baby who defeated Voldemort was revered as a hero, and the teenager who witnessed Voldemort's resurrection was called young and ignorant. Even Dumbledore's prestige was facing an unprecedented threat - the Ministry of Magic began to interfere with Hogwarts' education, and Deputy Minister Dolores Umbridge began to teach Hogwarts' Defense Against the Dark Arts.

The Defense Against the Dark Arts class became boring and became a tool for Umbridge to suppress and monitor Hogwarts.

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"Who are you?" Ron stood in front of Hermione and looked at the Slytherin who was blocking their way.

"I know her, Talros from Slytherin," Harry said to Ron. "I saw her in Snape's office. He gave her some special treatment."

"It's the professor. At least I'm not his favorite now. Potter, I want to talk to you." Rena said with a cold face.

"I'm sorry, I don't think there's anything to talk about between us, Ron, Hermione, let's go." Harry responded with the same indifference, he took Ron's arm and walked forward.

Reina took a step back and continued to stand in front of Harry.

"Hey!" Hermione said impatiently, "Didn't you hear him? He doesn't want to talk to you, so, now, can we leave?"

"Barty Crouch." Lena whispered to Harry.

"Unless Potter comes with me," she said.

Harry frowned.

"Are you here to cause trouble?" Ron couldn't stand it anymore, "You——"

"Let me talk to you." Harry pulled Ron back.

"Harry, you should be more careful. Who knows if she..."

"Don't compare me to those idiots, Weasley. Do you think I would take him away in front of you and then - kill him?" Reina looked at him with disdain.

"Are you going to leave or not?" Harry walked towards an empty corner.

"What does Barty Crouch mean?" Harry turned and asked Lena impatiently.

"I know that little Barty killed his father."

"How do you know? I've read the newspapers, and they only contain criticism of me and Dumbledore," Harry asked.

"The Quidditch World Cup. I was in the woods too. I saw that it was little Barty who used your wand to cast the Dark Mark. I even saw Barty capture his son and use the Imperius Curse. Clearly he was hiding something."

"You saw it? Why didn't you say it? You should tell Dumbledore. Do you know that Barty Jr. is Voldemort's undercover agent in Hogwarts?" Harry grabbed Rena's shoulders excitedly.

"I know." Lena did not struggle to break free from Harry's hand, allowing him to continue pressing his hands on her shoulders out of anger.

"I can guess that Crouch's death was caused by his son. But you ask me, huh, who would believe the words of a Slytherin whose name is unknown? Even the brave Gryffindor hero is now labeled a conspirator, what about the sinister and cunning Slytherin?"

"What?" Harry seemed to suddenly remember something and he let go of his hand.

Harry slammed the wall beside him with a look of annoyance.

"Tell me, what do you want to talk about?"

"I believe you. I want to know everything you know about the resurrection of the mysterious man."

"I don't believe you." Harry looked at Lena warily.

"See, this is why." Reina pointed at himself.

"I……"

"I just want to know the truth. You are the only one...who witnessed Cedric's death, the only one who witnessed Voldemort's resurrection. I just...want to know the truth."

Harry looked at Reina and finally decided to tell her everything. The more people who knew the truth, the better, except for the Order of the Phoenix, of course.

……

"Be careful with Umbridge, Potter, she's not a good person."

"What about you? As far as I know, there are quite a few Death Eaters in Slytherin. What about you? Will you be like Malfoy and the others?" Potter looked at her.

"That's my business." Reina said and prepared to leave.

"Snape is also a Death Eater, just like Karkaroff. Karkaroff escaped. Do you think he will stay in Hogwarts?" Harry held her back.

"That's not for me to know."

"Dumbledore said he trusted Snape."

"Why do you say that?" Lena looked at him.

"I know you respect him very much, I just think you should know it."

"You should call me professor."

Lena left.