Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

Chapter 80 The mysterious man appears

Six pm.

Douglas received a message from Dumbledore's Patronus.

Invite him to have dinner in the principal's office at 7 o'clock in the evening, and ask him not to tell anyone else. Special password: Dragon Blood Copper Crucible.

So Douglas found an excuse to send the four people who came to be detained to Professor McGonagall's office.

This time he didn't want to leave a few people outside the office, otherwise the place would be in chaos again when he came back.

At seven o'clock he appeared at the door of the principal's office on time.

He also brought a box of various candies that the owner of Honeydukes Candy Shop had given him.

"Dragon Blood Copper Crucible!"

The stone monster at the door of the principal's office looked around cautiously, then parted to make way for the spiral staircase behind him.

When Douglas entered, he saw that the office's special hot pot table had already been set up.

It was filled with various dishes, especially some magical animal meat that was not easy to get on the market.

In Dumbledore's words, these are all materials that his friends will never run out of for research.

The bottom of the specially made copper crucible is burning with the gubra fire. (The gubra fire is a magical flame that can burn forever.)

This is why Douglas likes to eat hot pot with Dumbledore. You can always find something here that you can't eat outside.

When Dumbledore saw Douglas come in, he blinked and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, I set a special password at the door. Severus will never think of it."

Douglas couldn't help but feel relieved. It wasn't that he was afraid of Professor Snape... Well, he was indeed a little scared about this matter.

He handed the gift to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore said in surprise:

"That's great! There are several new varieties!"

Before Douglas could say anything, Fox, who looked even older than the last time he saw him, flew onto Douglas's shoulder and pecked him on the head.

Douglas shrugged.

"Oh, Fox, stop it, you know the principal won't allow you to eat those things!"

Dumbledore put a Pepper Pudger in his mouth and, like a cherub, caused flames to burst from his ears and nostrils. (Pepper Pudger is a candy sold by Honeydukes that causes fire to burst from the ears and nose of the person who eats it. The slogan is: "Breaking fire from your nose for your friends.")

Then he said with emotion:

"Great! Isn't it? It fits today's hot pot theme perfectly!"

Douglas asked doubtfully:

"Principal, is Fox about to achieve Nirvana?

Dumbledore beckoned Fawkes back to his gilded perch, then told Douglas to sit down and said:

"I think so, probably for a while.

Lately I've allowed it to enjoy its peculiarities, as we must always allow a little whimsy in older people."

After saying this, Dumbledore winked at Douglas, with an inexplicable look in his eyes.

Douglas suspected something else, but had no evidence.

But he couldn't wait any longer and took the lead in putting some dishes into the cauldron...the hot pot.

And took out the pair of unicorn horn chopsticks that Hagrid gave him.

The bowls of ingredients are all prepared according to his taste.

Dumbledore just sat there and looked at him with a smile.

“Ahaha, you made me realize how lucky I am to have a friend with whom I can enjoy hot pot.

You know, I’m usually alone.”

Douglas looked at the contents of the pot and calculated the time in his mind.

He casually said, "There are so many professors in the school, and no one is willing to have hot pot with you?"

Dumbledore shook his head regretfully:

“Minerva thinks I’m too old to eat such stimulating food so often.

Other professors either don’t like it or are too busy…”

Douglas nodded subconsciously, counting down in his mind, 'three, two, one.

Just as he picked up the chopsticks and was about to pick up the piece of Romanian longhorn dragon meat.

But then all the meat slices in the pot flew up and went straight into Dumbledore's bowl.

"Haha, you really understand the characteristics of the ingredients the best. I always cook them too early or for too long!"

After saying that, he ignored Douglas's murderous look and started to eat with relish.

If Douglas hadn't considered the other person's age...

In this way, no matter what Douglas had placed in the early stage, as long as Douglas decided to take action, Dumbledore would use magic to take away the food.

Finally, maybe he felt comfortable eating and slowed down.

At this time, Douglas finally ate the dragon meat he had been longing for, and complained as he ate:

"I finally understand why no one wants to have hot pot with you!"

Dumbledore said with emotion:

"When it comes to food, no one can rival Hufflepuff...

It's been two weeks now, how do you feel?

I heard from Minerva that you are very attentive, although your educational philosophy is different from most of us.

But it does give Hogwarts an unusual energy!"

Dumbledore turned so sharply that he almost broke Douglas's waist.

He finally realized that the theme of tonight was not hot pot at all.

......

Just when the old man and the young boy were enjoying delicious food in the principal's office.

A roar came from one of the girls' bathrooms at Hogwarts.

At the same time, he noticed that next to a copper dragon head engraved with a small snake, there was a line of small words engraved: "Welcome home, Mr. Voldemort."

Suddenly he was shocked and scared.

Seeing that the handwriting did not look like it was carved recently, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He originally planned to wait until he recovered slowly before coming over quietly.

But recently, I learned some interesting things about the school from the child he possessed.

He found that the new professor seemed to know what kind of monster existed in Hogwarts and was trying to teach students how to face that monster.

Although he disdainful of those things, he was still very worried that he had been exposed.

So he had no choice but to expose his true nature in advance and control the child.

When he saw this line of words, he completely understood that he was not only exposed.

And the other party also knows the entrance to the secret room and what is inside the secret room.

He drew his wand and cautiously tested it around the tap.

After discovering that no traps had been set, he muttered quietly:

“Douglas Holmes!

I'm really curious about who you are?

Are you also a descendant of Slytherin left in the Muggle world?

Otherwise, how could we know the location of the secret room?

Or are you a prophet..."

Mag's office.

Because the only content that Harry and Ron had to memorize was Defense Against the Dark Arts.

So they were the first to be liberated from Professor McGonagall's office.

Before leaving, Professor McGonagall carefully checked their previous dictation.

He seems to be very interested in this method of dictation.

This made the two of them worry about other students happily.

After all, Transfiguration was part of their detention this semester.

As they walked along the street, the two discussed Quidditch.

Suddenly Harry heard a creepy, breath-stopping, cold and vicious voice.

"Come... come here... let me tear you apart... tear you apart... kill you..."

Harry suddenly yelled, "What?"

Ron was stunned. "I meant the goalkeeper of the Chudley Cannons... What's wrong, Harry?"

He suddenly noticed that Harry's expression was not right.

Harry looked around and said with a strange look on his face:

"The—the voice said—didn't you hear?

Who is it going to kill?"

Ron looked at Harry in astonishment, following his gaze.

In the quiet castle, some sounds seemed particularly unusual.

"There was a rustling sound, as if the walls...

Harry, run, don't look..."

Ron dragged Harry desperately and ran towards Gryffindor Tower without looking back...

When he reached the fourth floor, Harry finally couldn't run anymore.

He asked breathlessly:

"Did you hear that voice too?

What on earth is talking? A ghost?

Ron said in surprise:

"What voices? I didn't hear anything!

But I heard a rustling sound..."

Harry Potter was a little angry. He felt that Ron was playing tricks on him.

"What the hell is that rustling sound? Someone is obviously talking. Just tell me straight up, I'm not kidding!"

Ron shook Harry's arm, feeling a little confused.

"It was just a rustling sound, I didn't hear anything else!

No!

Although I couldn't tell whether it was the sound of the wind or something else.

However, I suspect that it was most likely Professor Holmes who released the monster in the practical class.

That sound is very similar.

If it really is that thing, you look everywhere.

We were both under a full body binding spell until the professors found out.