A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 223 Coping
The phoenix on Dumbledore's shoulder yelled in response.

"Go and keep an eye on Harry without showing up," he said, and Fawkes spread his wings and flew into the air, disappearing quite abruptly.

"It's a strange creature," said Felix with admiration, "it's hard to resist getting close to it."

Dumbledore glanced at him, "Hagrid has been very happy recently. He told me that an old friend came to stay temporarily. Do you know why, Felix?"

Felix talked about him, "I don't know, the principal... I haven't had much contact recently."

Soon, the deans and professors of the four colleges arrived, and Professor McGonagall briefly explained the situation.

Snape was taken aback. "Black! Still so stupid...how did he break through the dementor's defenses?"

Felix said faintly: "Severus, he can escape from Azkaban, why does he care about a few dementors? Let me tell you, this thing is disgusting and useless."

Currently, Dementors are not present on the school grounds, and the only way students can see Dementors is when they pass Hagrid's hut, walk down a long ramp, and see the two guards guarding the school's main entrance. Only.

But if you shrink Hogwarts to a certain scale, you will find that there are a large number of dementors gathered on the fringes of Hogwarts, including Hogsmeade, a wizarding village adjacent to the school.

This is why Felix thinks that Luna's behavior is not safe. No one can guarantee whether a dementor will suddenly jump out. Although the Ministry of Magic will definitely set up a patrol area, the young and emotional students , is tantamount to a feast for dementors.

This is also the reason why Dumbledore strongly opposed their entry into the school.In his view, the Ministry of Magic had absolutely no control over the dementors.But he also had to make certain compromises, allowing them to appear outside the school.

Snape calmed down, and he said to Dumbledore hintingly: "Principal Dumbledore, the newspaper said the day before yesterday that Black was found in Diagon Alley, and today he appeared outside the castle, as if—in our It seems that no one can help him do this."

The professors present looked at Snape in surprise, and Flitwick yelled sharply: "You mean that Black summoned some Death Eaters?"

Snape was stunned for a moment, he didn't mean that...

The professors talked a lot, and they accepted Snape's 'idea' almost instantly, or in other words, this was a reasonable guess.

The newspapers had already boasted that Blake was the "No. 1 Death Eater under the You-Know-Who". With such a label, it was strange that no helper could be found.

"With his prestige..."

"Maybe that's the case. We thought Black was just one person, but maybe he has gathered a lot of dark wizards."

Lupine, who was originally silent, suddenly said: "I don't think so, Sirius—" He froze for a second or two, "Black is just an undercover agent, I think even in the circle of Death Eaters, his Little is known about his identity.”

"Lupine, can I understand that you are defending your best friend?" Snape pointed at Lupin, and he deliberately emphasized the sound of the word "best friend".

"No, Snape." Lupine said calmly, "It's just a simple analysis." He looked at Dumbledore, "Perhaps when he returns to the Death Eaters as an undercover agent, he will be warmly welcomed and sought after. But the question is, he failed, and his intelligence directly led to the disappearance of the mysterious man, will any Death Eaters believe him?"

"Headmaster, from what I know of him, Blake is definitely alone, maybe... maybe trying to prove himself, like he was in school, or in the war years-every battle, he rushed to the front ’” Lupine concluded gloomily: “He likes adventure and being a one-man hero.”

Snape's eyes turned cold, but he didn't speak any more, he huddled himself in the darkness in the corner, without saying a word.

A professor put forward his own opinion: "Without the help of Death Eaters, how did he cross hundreds of kilometers in two days? There are a lot of people trying to track down his clues, and the Ministry of Magic spent a lot of money this time, rewarding Gold is not cheap."

"There are too many possibilities, Floo powder, Portkey, broomstick..."

"But they will leave traces, and Black would never dare to expose them!"

"Could it be apparition, some wizards don't need a wand to use it."

Flitwick is an authority on spells, and he vetoed this speculation: "In theory, apparation does not require a wand, but in reality, few people can do it. It is much more difficult than you think, and it is very accident-prone. , not to mention that there are many restrictions on apparition, unless...unless he got a wand!"

"how is this possible?"

"To steal, to rob, as long as you see the opportunity, nothing is impossible."

Dumbledore interrupted the discussion, "Everyone, let's search the castle first to make sure nothing is lost."

In the end, all the teachers spent half the night until dawn, and they didn't find any problems.

The professors dispersed one after another, and Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Snape and Felix got together again.Professor McGonagall was reporting the latest developments, and Snape obviously had something to say.As for Felix, there was a small question that Dumbledore needed to answer.

Professor McGonagall said: "I have already confirmed with the fat lady with Black's portrait, and she will never admit it wrong."

"Very well, Minerva," said Dumbledore. "It's better to have all the portraits in the castle remember Blake's appearance, I mean...the ones that can communicate."

Professor McGonagall nodded, Snape gave a low snort, and Dumbledore turned to look at him: "Severus, do you seem to have something to say?"

There was no emotion in Snape's words: "Dumbledore, I think we are doing useless work. Before school started, we discussed—" He raised his head, his eyes cast from his hooked nose, "As long as there are still If there is a hidden danger, Black will always find an opportunity."

Professor McGonagall said sternly, "You mean someone tipped off at Hogwarts? That's impossible! Impossible, Severus."

Dumbledore said firmly: "What happened today just proves that there is no Black helper in the school."

"That's not necessarily true, Headmaster," Snape said quickly, in a low voice, "Maybe the insider just didn't know that there was a looking glass for Black. In fact," he showed a mocking expression, "I was also deceived In the drum, isn't it?"

Felix knew who he was talking about, Remus Lupine, Sirius Black's best friend from school, whom Snape had deliberately led to suspicion a few hours before, but Flitwick Off the track...

It seems that Dumbledore warned him not to reveal Lupine's identity as a werewolf, otherwise the professor and the parents of the students would definitely fry the pot-werewolves were once an important dark force for Voldemort during the war years.

……

After McGonagall and Snape left, Felix raised the question in his heart.

"You want to know how dementors reproduce?" Dumbledore repeated the question he had heard.

"That's right, as far as I know, there are not many dementors, about a hundred? According to the information I came across when I was in school, their numbers have not changed much in the past hundred years." Felix asked .

(End of this chapter)