Chapter 535 Teachers and Students

Not only Harry's faith collapsed, but most of the students in Hogwarts felt this way.

Because they all also received the expedited version of "The Quibbler" that Penello spent a lot of money to urgently print.

The ironclad evidence in "The Quibbler" convinced them of a fact.

That was their hero, who was captured in such a shameful way by the person they respected the most.

For a moment, the originally noisy auditorium suddenly became silent, and everyone had strong confusion on their faces.

You must know that in their impression, Mike and Dumbledore are both on the same side. Why would two comrades who fought against Voldemort fight each other?

Moreover, since Dumbledore was able to subdue Mike who killed Voldemort in a crushing manner, this shows that he is at least capable of fighting against Voldemort.

Then the problem arises.

When Voldemort and Death Eaters were rampant in the magical world of the United States, why didn't Dumbledore take action?

Is it true, as "The Quibbler" says, that their principal is submissive when faced with evil, but punches hard when faced with heroes?

The thinking of most teenagers is always two-point and one-line, and their superficial social experience is not enough to support them to think about problems from more perspectives.

So when they found that they could not give a reasonable answer to this series of questions based on their own wisdom, they chose the most direct way - to question Dumbledore.

Ever since, after a brief moment of silence, the Hogwarts auditorium became noisy again.

The students began to rush towards the Hogwarts principal's office like crazy.

This startled the professors who were maintaining order in the auditorium and quickly stood in front of the students to prevent them from moving forward.

Normally, students like them would panic when their professors come forward to cause trouble, but it was different today. Stimulated by a series of events, many of the students had lost their minds, and some even took out their wands and started Attack professors.

Professors at Hogwarts have always been synonymous with power. This is a reputation forged by senior professors such as Flitwick, Snape and McGonagall.

But in fact, overall, the strength of Hogwarts professors is not very high. You must know that Hogwarts is still a school after all. What they need is not powerful combatants, but masters of various esoteric Teacher of knowledge.

The professors who are now stuck in the auditorium belong to the latter category. These scholar-type professors were stunned the first time they were attacked.

In a sense, the battle between wizards is very similar to the gun battle between Muggles. Both are extremely strong on the offensive end but extremely weak on the defensive end. Although this is just an attack by students, if you really want to be hit by these spells, then These people probably won't feel too good about it either.

So, facing the aggressive students, these professors who used to be superior retreated.

A large number of students directly broke through their defense line and continued to flow towards their destination.

At this moment, a huge force emerged from the stairs and pushed the students back into the auditorium.

Snape, dressed in black robes, slowly walked out of the stairs, staring at the students silently with a pair of eyes as deep as a lake.

Upon seeing this, the students who were still fierce at first were immediately frightened.

A person’s name is like a tree’s shadow!

The name Professor Snape has left such a huge shadow in the hearts of these students over the past few years that they now instinctively flinch whenever they see Snape.

For a moment, the scene returned to the previous confrontation state again!

But just when the situation was at a stalemate, Chris's tall figure suddenly appeared in the auditorium.

In this auditorium, where at least over a hundred people were gathered, Chris just walked around the crowd in a grand manner, looking around to visit the Hogwarts hall, and occasionally touching the wall or table next to him, feeling at ease. look like.

What's strange is that the students standing around turned a blind eye to the person who suddenly appeared next to them. They just let Chris stroll through the crowd and arrived at the stairs.

Looking at Snape who was blocking the stairs like a door god, the corners of Chris' mouth suddenly rose.

He put his face close to Snape and carefully looked at his shiny hair. After confirming some things, he frowned slightly and shook his head in disgust. He quickened his pace and walked around Snape towards the stairs after he got up. Go to the mouth.

Snape, who had been observed at close range by Chris, seemed to have noticed something. He frowned and looked behind him, but in the end he still didn't find Chris. He could only turn around and continue to stare at the group of students. .

At this time, Chris had already stepped onto a flight of stairs, and let the floating staircase send him to a passage higher up before walking down.

Looking back at the familiar stairs with some nostalgia, Chris embarked on the journey again.

But before he could go far, an illusory figure appeared in front of him.

That's Peeves!

Peeves was seen drifting towards the auditorium with a strange smile.

A hint of joy flashed in Chris's eyes, and he looked at Butt-Ghost with great interest. Although Peeves was basically a disgusting character at Hogwarts, in Chris' eyes at this moment, he looked more like He is an old friend who has not been seen for a long time.

While Chris was looking at Peeves, Peeves was also looking at Chris.

Originally Peeves didn't want to prank this student, but you know that as the most famous prankster in Hogwarts Castle, Peeves had to follow him to the 'banquet' in the auditorium!

But Chris's behavior of staring directly at him aroused his anger.

Are all the little kids today so ignorant?

Even if you don't run away when you encounter Peeves, how dare you stare at him like this?

So, Peeves decided to teach this ignorant boy a lesson!

But just when Peeves smiled and swooped down, preparing to pass through Chris's body to give him a heart-wrenching blow, his translucent body suddenly froze.

"You...you are..."

Before he could finish speaking, Peeves's body began to tremble violently. He turned around and tried to escape through the wall.

But it's too late.

With a slight hook of Chris' fingers, Peeves' body seemed to be grabbed by a big hand and was forcibly pulled in front of Chris.

"Peeves."

Chris murmured while reaching out and rubbing Peeves' illusory body repeatedly.

His hands seemed to have a magical power, and Peeves quickly turned into a ball under his rubbing, and he moved forward while being bumped.

After getting the Peeves ball, Chris seemed to be in a better mood. His steps became much brisker, and he arrived in front of the principal's office in a short time.

Unlike usual, the huge and ferocious monster stone statue was not guarding the door of the office at this moment. The dark fan-shaped corridor was just exposed in front of Chris, as if the owner inside had expected that there would be guests. Arrival, so the door is opened in advance.

Seeing this, Chris smiled at the twisted and frightened face on the ball in his hand, threw it aside and strode in.

As he expected, the ancient ornate wooden door at the end of the corridor was also wide open. For some reason, he looked a little nervous at the moment. He hesitated for a moment, then straightened his clothes and entered the office.

As soon as he entered the office, Chris smelled a strange smell of decay, which made him frown.

But soon his brows relaxed, because looking around, the situation in the entire principal's office was almost the same as when he first arrived, and even the positions of the portraits of the old principals on the wall had not changed.

"Oh!"

On a wooden shelf in the corner of the office, Phoenix Fox was chirping at Chris vigilantly.

Unlike other things, Fox's body is obviously smaller than when he last came.

But Chris was not surprised by this. He knew very well that creatures like the Phoenix were reborn from the ashes every once in a while, so it was very common for their body shape to change.

He smiled at Fox, then turned his gaze to a recliner behind the middle planetarium.

At this moment, there was a figure lying on the couch - Dumbledore.

Nowadays, Dumbledore has become even thinner, with almost no flesh on his body, and the layer of dry and wrinkled skin is so tightly wrapped around his frame, which is much thicker than that of a normal person.

The long white beard and messy hair on his head, coupled with the dry and slender body, made him look like a large brush that had been blown away by writing.

If the angry students downstairs were to see what Dumbledore looked like now, they would firmly believe that Dumbledore had been dead for many days, because at this moment he looked almost the same as a mummy.

But Chris knew that Dumbledore was not dead yet. Although he was not far from death, at least he was still alive.

Taking a deep breath, Chris slowly came to Dumbledore, carefully squatted down and called softly:

"Professor, Professor Dumbledore."

"Um?"

Dumbledore opened his eyes with difficulty and looked towards the source of the sound. His originally beautiful blue eyes had disappeared at this moment, and a thick layer of white clouds covered his corneas, which made people very suspicious. Could Dumbledore still be able to see at this moment?

Chris was also deeply puzzled by this, so in order to allow Dumbledore to see him as clearly as possible, he deliberately moved his face closer.

"Tom, it turns out you're not dead yet."

A hoarse voice, as sharp as stone, came from Dumbledore's dry throat, and upon hearing the words, a smile bloomed on Chris's face.

"Yes, Professor Dumbledore!" Chris said with a smile, "Of course I'm not dead."

Dumbledore nodded and continued to speak with difficulty:

"Are you here to kill me?"

As soon as Dumbledore said this, the expression on Chris's face immediately froze, and he stood there without saying a word.

At this moment, the portraits on the wall that were still sleeping soundly all opened their eyes and looked at the pair of teachers and students below with vigilance.

What is surprising is that among the magical portraits of the old principals, there is actually a portrait of Dumbledore.

Different from the mummy on the recliner, Dumbledore in the portrait has a red face, a tall and straight posture, his smile remains the same, and he looks full of energy.

And in this weird silence, Chris suddenly spoke.

"Professor, there is a question that has been bothering me. Can you help me solve it?"

Chris asked, but did not give Dumbledore a chance to refuse at all, and continued:

"Why did you refuse my application to become the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts?"

As soon as he said this, Dumbledore's gray eyes seemed to become clearer. He looked at the expressionless Chris and slowly shook his head and said:

"Because of the way you looked at me."

"look?"

"Yes, I'm very familiar with that look. It's the look of a resentful person. Although I don't know what you went through before you returned to Hogwarts, it must have been a period that made you sad and cynical. Experience." Dumbledore said with some emotion, "I have also been through it, so I know very well that in your current state, you are not suitable to be a professor at Hogwarts. Every student is a blank parchment. , your extreme emotions at that time will infect them, and eventually make them become as extreme as you. So... I rejected you and expected you to improve and come back here again. The result..."

"The result is that I did come back, but became more extreme, right?"

Chris interrupted Dumbledore, and a hint of ferocity gradually appeared on his expressionless face.

Dumbledore was silent.

Seeing this, Chris seemed to be unable to suppress his emotions any longer. He stood up, pointed at Dumbledore and roared:

"You clearly saw it back then! You clearly saw it! Then why weren't you willing to help me? Huh!? As a professor, isn't it your duty to help students get out of trouble?"

"You always look down on me like this! When we first met, you burned my cabinet! Then when we got to Hogwarts, you kept targeting me! Do you hate me like this?"

Along with Chris's roar, a terrifying magic power suddenly emerged from his body.

The portraits on the wall immediately closed their eyes and pretended to sleep. Even Phoenix Fox hid in a corner and covered his eyes with his wings.

As for Dumbledore, as the direct target of Chris at this moment, the pressure he is under is almost several times that of Phoenix Fawkes.

But he looked at Chris's scarlet eyes as if he didn't notice at all.

After a long time, a line of turbid tears slipped from the corners of his eyes, and his dry lips opened and closed gently, choking and saying:

"You have suffered, Tom, and I am sorry for you."