Ancient Warlocks at Hogwarts

After talking to Sirius about Larry Farley, a few days passed, but Professor McGonagall never came to him, which was a bit beyond Andre's expectations.

He thought that his dean's wife would immediately come to ask him about the Free Magic Union, but it seemed that this matter was not very important to her.

But soon, he learned the reason from Sirius.

Jerome's death, Dumbledore's dismissal, and the arrests of Larry Farley and Myrna, the accumulation of many things has already made their vice-principal's wife's head grow three points bigger.

The current situation gave her no time to think about the fact that Andre had provoked a dark wizard organization in France. After all, he was still in the Hogwarts castle at the moment. After catching him, there is no need to worry about his current safety.

So according to Professor McGonagall's idea, you can solve a few other problems first and then ask Andre.

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"So Jerome's parents have arrived at school now?" Hermione asked while eating breakfast at the long table in the auditorium.

Speaking of which, this was the first time the little witch had spoken to Andre since Gemma Farley kissed him in the corridor on the eighth floor. It seemed that her anger had finally subsided.

"Sirius said last night that they had applied to the Ministry of Magic and would come to the school this morning. I think they should have arrived at this time." He took a piece of bread from the long table and nodded in answer to the question .

"But hasn't that Myrna been sent to the Ministry of Magic? Why are they still here at school?" The little witch frowned. In her understanding, the real murderer of Jerome's death should be found. Instead of always having trouble with the school, after all, it was Jerome who entered the Room of Requirement and fought with Milna.

Regarding this, Andre had some idea. The couple wanted to get a large amount of compensation from Hogwarts.

According to the principles of Muggle society, they cannot be said to be at fault. The school does have to bear some responsibility in Jerome's death.

But he heard some behaviors of the Jerome couple from Sirius, but it was hard not to feel disgusted with them.

First of all, Mrs. Jerome, she is not Marion Jerome’s biological mother. She is the second wife that Mr. Jerome took after the death of his first wife. Marion was probably only three or four years old at that time. age.

Since Mrs. Jerome married Mr. Jerome, Marion's life has not been so easy. His childhood was basically either being abused or waiting to be abused.

It is said that the main reason why Marion was so disliked by his stepmother was that his biological mother was actually a Muggle, and his stepmother was from a pure-blood wizarding family.

From here, it is not difficult to see why this Ravenclaw boy behaves so withdrawn in school and has a strange preference for black magic. Growing up in such a family, it is difficult for his psychology not to be distorted.

In addition, it is conceivable that even Sirius, who had just come out of Azkaban, could know this kind of news, so the bad reputation of this family must have become famous throughout the British wizarding world.

In fact, after Marion Jerome entered Hogwarts at the age of 11, he basically never saw his parents again. Every Christmas and summer vacation, he would go to his uncle's house to spend time. It can be said that he and Like Sirius who ran away from home back then, he cut himself off from his original family.

But this time after his accident, the first person who came out was not his Muggle uncle. Of course, this may also be related to the fact that the other party didn't know much about the magical world.

Before Marion disappeared, the Jerome couple completely ignored their son. But after he disappeared, the couple immediately went to the Ministry of Magic and demanded compensation from Hogwarts. They didn't even ask Marion at that time. ·As for Jerome’s whereabouts, the only thing he cares about is how many Galleons the school can give him.

After Milna was sent to the Ministry of Magic a few days ago, the news that Jerome had been killed was revealed, and his parents became even more reluctant.

The lion opened his mouth and asked Hogwarts to pay them the sky-high compensation of 100 million gold galleons.

Considering the wealth of Hogwarts' family, this amount of money is not a small amount. You must know that last year, Andre sold a whole fire dragon and only received 100 gold galleons. Although the price was lowered by black market merchants, But it is enough to see that [-] million gold galleons is definitely not a normal price.

What's more, the main reason why Marion Jerome was killed in school was because he got together with Milna.

If he hadn't agreed to help Milna repair the disappearing cabinet at the beginning of the semester, he wouldn't have fallen out with her later and lost his life at a young age.

In any case, Andre felt that the school must bear some responsibility, but the asking price of 100 million gold galleons was too exaggerated, and it was more appropriate to give the money to Jerome's uncle than to his parents. , but on this issue, Andre had no say. He could only discuss it with the little witch and Harry.

"Well, I really didn't expect that Jerome to be so pitiful." The person who said this was naturally Harry. His experience was similar to Jerome's. When he was at his uncle's and aunt's house on Privet Drive, The abuse he received was not light, almost like that of a child laborer, and he was free of charge.

But compared to Jerome, Harry's personality is much better. Although sometimes he can be a little extreme, at least he is not withdrawn.

Ron on the side also echoed at this time: "I originally thought he was an evil dark wizard who likes black magic."

"Forget it, don't talk about it. This is a matter for the professors and we can't help. By the way, did Sirius say when Professor Dumbledore will come back? The murderer has been caught and confirmed. Everything was done by the mysterious person behind the scenes." Hermione sighed at Jerome's experience and the behavior of his parents, and finally proposed to end the topic and ask about their principal.

Valley</span> "I'm afraid it will take some time," Andre shook his head. "As for the issue of the mysterious man, Professor McGonagall and the others have unanimously decided not to describe too much. Anyway, he has not recovered his strength now, and Magic The Ministry has always been fearful of the Dark Lord, and they are absolutely unwilling to let the British wizarding world know that he has returned, as that would have a very negative impact on them, especially Fudge's status."

"But shouldn't everyone have the right to know?" Hearing Andre say this, an incredible expression suddenly appeared on the little witch's face.

"Well, of course, but our most important thing now is to get Professor Dumbledore back to school and resume his duties as Headmaster of Hogwarts, so a little concession must be made in some aspects," Andre could only explain : "Although the Ministry of Magic has no control over the school's board of directors, those school directors have some kind of relationship with the ministry. If even the Ministry of Magic objects to Professor Dumbledore's return, and Malfoy is causing trouble behind the scenes, then It will be much more difficult to invalidate that recall order than it is now."

When it comes to adult plotting, even though Andre just said a few words very briefly, none of the young wizards, including Hermione, understood it very well. The only thing they understood was that if they talk to the Ministry of Magic Mentioning the news of Voldemort's return, or asking the Ministry of Magic to release Larry Farley's confession, then their beloved Professor Dumbledore may not want to return to Hogwarts for a while.

Harry couldn't help complaining: "It's too complicated, why can't everyone reach an agreement, so that we can find Voldemort before he regains his power, and then it will be like last semester."

"There's no way, after all, everyone is afraid of the mysterious man." But Ron understood a little bit. After all, he grew up in a wizarding family and knew the fear of the dark devil in the entire British wizarding world. In just over ten years, most adult wizards have not forgotten that era.

After continuing to discuss the topic of Voldemort for a while, they also finished their breakfast.

Next they had to go to the greenhouse outside the castle. The first class today was Professor Sprout's Herbology.

In general, the teaching order at Hogwarts was restored the day after Andre captured Larry Farley and Myrna. The only thing that did not unfold as usual was Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class.

As the school's vice-principal, after Dumbledore was dismissed, her workload naturally increased, so much so that she no longer had the energy to teach the secrets of transfiguration to students of all grades. Of course, this should only be a temporary matter. When Mr. Principal returns, everything will return to normal.

However, it is precisely because of the cancellation of Transfiguration class that Andre has not met the beautiful prefect of Slytherin recently. This makes him relieved, otherwise he really doesn’t know when the little witch will Only then will you calm down.

"Today our task is very simple, which is to repot the mandrake." After entering the greenhouse, Professor Sprout said to the little wizards of Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, but her words did not make them happy. Everyone felt relaxed.

More than three months have passed since the last time I repotted those monster-like Mandela seedlings. Judging from their growth rate, it is indeed time to change the growing environment again.

But in the face of these increasingly fat human-shaped rhizomes, even Andre, who has the best physical fitness, has to work hard to place them from the original flower pot to another flower pot, not to mention the other little wizards. , when the bell rang for the end of class, almost everyone rolled aside as if from a mud puddle, their bodies covered with compost thrown out by the mandrakes.

"It's just terrible. I can't figure out why the school has to plant these plants," Ron, who even had a piece of brown dirt on his nose, complained to his friends: "Aside from making us work like farmers, Does this have any other meaning?"

"Actually, mandrake is a very precious potion material." Among the four, only Andre's robe was relatively clean, and even Hermione did not avoid getting her clothes dirty. "If I remember correctly, a mature Mandrake can even be sold for ten to twenty gold galleons in Diagon Alley."

"Really?" Ron didn't know this. He looked back in disbelief, as if the greenhouse that was originally worthless in his heart suddenly turned into a treasure house.

"It's true," Hermione testified for Andre's words: "Didn't Professor Sprout talk about it last time? The rhizome of Mandrake is a powerful recovery agent, used to deform people. This plant is used in most antidotes to restore a person or person under a spell to their original state."

This made Ron even more reluctant to look back. He stood there and looked at the greenhouse for a long time. It was not until he realized that his three friends had gone away that he came back to his senses, and then trotted to catch up with everyone.

"It was supposed to be Transfiguration class now, but Professor McGonagall hasn't notified us yet to resume classes, so where should we go next? It's still a long time before lunch." On the way back to the castle, the little witch suddenly asked .

Andre was stunned for a moment. He originally planned to go to the library. Since he was sure that the accident in the castle would not happen again, he began to study the knowledge of potions again. The holy acorn on his body that had not yet merged with the characteristics has been Reminding him that this is the best shortcut to enhance his strength.

As for Harry and Ron, when they were not in class, they would either go back to the lounge to play or go to the Quidditch pitch to practice their flying skills.

But when Hermione raised this question, she obviously didn't want to go to the library, because usually her habits were the same as Andre's, so she didn't need to ask any more questions.

"Do you have any ideas?" Andre blinked. He felt that the little witch might have some ideas, but she didn't say it directly.

Sure enough, when he asked, Hermione said without even a trace of hesitation: "How about we go to Hagrid's place? We haven't looked at that box since we gave it to him last time. Maybe he’s got it all done inside now.”

This reminded Andre that they had indeed not visited Hagrid for a long time. Although they often met in the castle, this was different after all.

"Yeah, we haven't been to Hagrid for a long time," Harry said, "Last time I met him in the castle, he told me that the box was about to be decorated by him, and he wanted to invite us to see it together. Look, but, you know, the next thing happened, Colin was attacked, and then I forgot about it."

"Then what are you waiting for?" Having said this, Andre certainly would not refuse, not to mention that he himself also wanted to see how the space box would be decorated by Hagrid, which would affect his future ability in the world. The question of how many magical animals are kept inside.

The remaining Ron naturally had no other opinions, since he had nothing else to do anyway.

So the four of them changed their direction and set off towards the Forbidden Forest instead of walking towards the castle.