Hogwarts White Knight

Gawain's confusion did not last long.

Although Dumbledore was always vague about what happened today during the dinner, he only mentioned that "Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets" was opened and the unfortunate victims appeared.

"But please rest assured, Professor Sprout has already contacted St. Mungo's. They will send professional healers and bring adult mandrakes to the school to provide help to the petrified students.

We will also do our best to rescue those who have been taken captive. "

Dumbledore's voice sounded tired.

He also did not release the identity of the victim.

But before dinner, Fox brought Professor Dumbledore's letter to Gawain, hoping that he could go to the principal's office on the eighth floor in the evening.

"Jane, can you help me check some information?"

Before going to the principal's office, Gawain asked Hermione, who was going to the library, to pass over a piece of parchment folded into a small roll.

He grabbed the Weasley brothers who were secretly studying the map and whispered a few words.

"Don't worry, leave it to us."

"Fred and George always keep you satisfied!"

The twin brothers smiled and high-fived.

They are always very enthusiastic about this.

Going up the stairs, past the tattered tapestry where the silly wizard Barnabas wanted to train the troll to learn to dance, Gawain walked to the principal's office.

"Pile of cockroaches."

He felt something subtle about speaking the password.

Whenever he talks about this thing, he always thinks of the scene in the school hospital where Dumbledore happily picked up a moving cockroach and bit off its head.

"Good evening, the principal is waiting for you."

said the strange-looking stone lion.

They moved aside to reveal an oak door.

"Professor, I am Gawain White."

Gawain said after knocking gently.

"Please come in."

He pressed the handle and opened the door.

In Gawain's impression, the principal's office had remained almost unchanged. Dumbledore sat behind a large desk with many exquisite silverware on it.

They jingled and white clouds rose.

Maybe a little different.

——Dumbledore looked even more tired.

"Gawain, come and sit down, we always need a cup of hot tea in this weather."

With a tap of wizard Bai's fingers, the teapot naturally lifted itself up and started pouring tea.

One spoon of sugar, two spoons of milk.

"Gawain, I think you must have many questions to ask me. At the same time, I also have something to ask you, right?"

Dumbledore took out the small jar from last time again, and he didn't know if it was intentional, but he stuffed it in front of Gawain's face.

"Tom Riddle was once my student. He was so obsessed with black magic that he chose to follow this path after graduation. Of course, I think you have heard of his subsequent identity."

Gawain nodded. Riddle later hid this name very deeply and gave himself a nickname.

--"rearview mirror".

"Bah, it's Voldemort."

Shaking his head, Gawain stopped himself from thinking further. After learning the name, he indeed spent a lot of energy to find out.

"Even I have not found out where Slytherin's secret room is. But I am sure that there is a basilisk hidden there. When I rushed to the fourth floor, Fox reminded me, but fortunately that doesn't count. Too late."

Dumbledore picked up his wand out of habit, quickly put it down, and snapped his fingers.

From a silver pot on the table, white smoke rose up, forming the shape of a huge snake. It rushed towards Gawain, but suddenly disappeared.

This saved Gawain some effort, although it made Hermione feel a little regretful and irritated.

"I trapped it in a separate section of pipe on the third floor, but before I got there, it turned a student into a stone statue

, and took one person away. "

The white wizard lowered his head. For a principal, nothing makes him feel more guilty than being unable to protect his students.

The white smoke turned into two students.

Gawain felt his heart suddenly tugged, because he not only knew the girl who was turned into a stone statue, but was also very familiar with her.

——Penello.

She was born as an ordinary person, so she might have been targeted by the basilisk. Fortunately, she was just turned into a stone statue for some reason.

The identity of the other person seems a bit strange.

Blaise Zabini.

He is a Slytherin through and through, a pure-blood advocate. Gawain suspected that he even looked down upon many of his fellow purebloods.

"The reason he came to Hogwarts, as you might guess, is for the Philosopher's Stone. He wanted a body so much, a body that could breathe, walk, and feel things.

Such a powerful obsession will always make people short-sighted and fragile, making them easily defeated. "

Dumbledore took a sip of tea and looked at Gawain.

"But Professor, why you?"

Gawain noticed something strange.

"Why are you talking so much all of a sudden? You are smart, Gawain, smarter than I could have ever hoped for.

Instead of using some riddles or hints that sound very complicated like what I said in those books, I will let you use the same complicated way to investigate and discover the truth...

Why not just be honest? "

Dumbledore smiled slyly.

"There is no need for you to be nervous. Except for our first meeting, I have never used Legilimency techniques on you. Of course, I need to apologize for that time."

His expression was very sincere.

Gawain simply couldn't bear to accuse.

"And I have received a letter from the school board. They want me to explain the Chamber of Secrets issue tomorrow, accompanied by Mr. Malfoy.

I thought that the smart Lucius would not let go of this precious opportunity and drive me down from the principal's seat. "

Dumbledore said lightly, as if it was not him who was to be deprived of the headship, but some indifferent Bowtruckle.

But everyone knows it.

Hogwarts without Dumbledore...

It's not even Hogwarts.

"What do you want me to do?"

Gawain felt a little messy.

He didn't know why Professor Dumbledore said these things to him, let alone what he thought.

"On the contrary, I don't want you to do anything, Mr. White. This is just an ordinary tea party and we are just chatting.

But I believe that when the real critical moment comes, you will not sit idly by. "

Dumbledore blinked, as if he had seen through Gawain. But Gawain responded to Dumbledore with the same sly smile. He had no such good arrangement.

Gawain could guess that Professor Dumbledore must have made a lot of arrangements to ensure that even if he was not in school, there would still be someone who could solve these problems.

But he doesn't want to be this safety net.

"Professor, it's up to you to solve your problem."

Gawain thought with a smile.

Penello's revenge must be avenged, and it cannot be overnight.

What kind of idiot would actually hurt an o.w.ls student!

"Since he was deprived of the principalship because of the basilisk and the Chamber of Secrets, wouldn't it be enough as long as he gets rid of them before he leaves Hogwarts?"

Gawain's thinking has always been direct.

The secret chamber may indeed be protected and hidden by heavy spells, and the basilisk is also a troublesome thing.

But this is 1991.

"The repair spell should be able to solve the problem, right? Probably? Or... put less of it?"

Calculating the amount of saltpeter he entrusted the twins to buy, Gawain suddenly felt a little stressed.