curse the world at hogwarts

Seeing Rhine pull out his wand and point it at Lockhart's head, the student group couldn't help but burst into commotion.

But as he released his magic, the bleeding in Lockhart's big head gradually stopped, and when he even let out a moan of pain and relief, some more intelligent upperclassmen stopped the juniors' exclamations.

And their reassurance, Hogwarts Principal Dumbledore and several professors, had already arrived outside the crowd.

The crowd immediately separated a path, allowing them to walk to the middle and see the situation in front of them.

Rhine didn't need to look back to know that the person who was bursting out with gloating laughter was named Severus Snape.

This snot-nosed man simply carries out the concept of "a man remains a boy until he dies" to the extreme. No matter how hard he tries, he can't change his bad habits from his school days.

Fortunately, Dumbledore was not in a bad mood and had no time to enjoy the bickering between his two subordinates. He raised his hand seriously to stop Snape's nonsense.

"Professor Lyle," he said, "I think you need to give the school an explanation for the current situation."

Of course he would not believe that Rhine was the heir.

The situation before him might have evoked a fearful mentality in others, but in Dumbledore it actually evoked long-lost memories.

About the rare and fruitless care in his life, about the second person who rejected his care, about the premonition that all darkness will return in the future...

He quickly connected all the recent events, such as the office being burglarized and the mysterious Rhineland, and came to a conclusion.

That is, Rhine grasped some clues about Voldemort, but did not tell himself in time and acted without permission.

The first half he considered worthy of praise;

In the second half, if the child is disobedient, he will be spanked!

After dispersing the surrounding students and ordering Flitwick and Sprout to send Lockhart to the school hospital, Dumbledore took Rhine and Snape back to the principal's office.

Before arranging the manpower, he also paid special attention to Rhine's eyes to confirm that the other party did not exclude Snape's participation.

This comforted Dumbledore, and he glared at Snape with disdain.

They are all masters of causing trouble. Look at their attitude towards their leaders, and then look at you who already has a criminal record?

Snape was confused: What?Did I open the Chamber of Secrets or did I fight Lockhart?

Ever since Rhine entered school, Snape felt that his status in Dumbledore's heart was declining day by day. Although he didn't actually care that much, he was more or less unhappy.

So, in the Rhine, in front of the two of them, I handed Hermione the diary honestly, and after I talked about subduing the basilisk tonight...

"I originally thought that the great hunter of the dead would be a calm-minded and meticulous person, but now it seems that I was wrong."

Snape's face was full of sarcasm.

"Now it seems that you are really becoming more and more like those stupid lions! Why didn't the Sorting Hat sort you into Gryffindor?"

On the bookcase, the Sorting Hat said sadly: "I thought so at the time, but Mr. Lyle expressed his clear rejection."

The last hit is too much!

Rhine's memory of the part about his former Sorting House was fragmented, but thinking about his actions of hunting down Death Eaters alone, I guess the Sorting Hat was not telling lies.

What surprised Snape was that Rhine, who would have definitely come back with a fight in the past and even made him speechless, did not make any rebuttal.

He believes that this is his own victory!

What Snape didn't notice was that the dissatisfaction and even doubts in Dumbledore's eyes when he looked at Rhine were lessening, and instead there was a hint of appreciation or even...exploration.

In this matter, Rhine's original intention and purpose could not be said to be wrong, but he decided not to make excuses for his mistakes.

He was only in his second year now, and the future was becoming more and more difficult every year. His reflection at the moment exceeded his desire to retaliate against Snape.

When Lockhart was attacked, Rhine was regretful but not that sad. After all, he had done this before, and it was not justified. It was purely a bad thing done to expand his small strength.

Even if the opponent is Lockhart, who is proven to be a bad guy in the future, it does not mean that Rhine's actions are just.

Looking back in the future, I will see that it was just a black spot and did not need to be whitewashed.

But what if it was Sirius or Lupin who was attacked?

What if just being injured and comatose is replaced by death or other irreparable trauma?

Even if Rhine regrets to the point of tearing out his heart, liver, intestines and lungs, can he undo the consequences of his rash advances?

"I saw your confession." Dumbledore nodded, "But the problem started because of you, and I think it will have to fall on you next."

Rhine breathed a sigh of relief. What he was most afraid of was that Dumbledore would be serious and completely merciless to him.

"Dumbledore?!!!" Snape glared at Dumbledore depressedly.

Dumbledore raised his hand to stop what he was saying, and raised his eyebrows seriously.

"Now that Mr. Lyle is focusing on the wrongs he caused, we need to look at the good things he did."

"There is a basilisk hidden in the school. It may be used by our enemies at any time to cause harm to the students and directly threaten the survival of the school..."

"He stopped this evil, but left a troublesome little tail..."

This is what Rhine likes most about Mr. Deng - although he is reasonable, he can also be reasonable.

Dumbledore, who had suppressed his emotions all his life and repeatedly showed his ruthless side in front of others, had turbulent and aggrieved emotions in his heart that even surpassed most people.

When the truth is not so sharp, he is willing to show mercy to others.

Of course, if Lockhart was killed tonight, Rhine would not be able to survive so easily.

That situation is the moment when reason outweighs emotion and has to be investigated.

Beyond that, Rhine was sure that Dumbledore had at least one reason for keeping silent.

That was the diary he mentioned from Rhine's mouth, and he thought of the Horcrux from the ancient magic relics.

and so……

"While we recognize Professor Lyle, we also need a bottom line."

Dumbledore began to make the final decision "objectively", "neutrally" and "as an outsider".

"I don't want the tragedy of that year to happen again. If something like this happens, the school will no longer be able to trust Professor Lyle."

Now that we know that someone is bewitched by the diary, we must not cause a tragedy like Myrtle.

This is the most important thing right now.

Snape's lips trembled with anger, but his mind, which had been tortured by Rhine's PTSD, couldn't help but review everything just now, and finally had a glimmer of understanding.

From the moment he entered the principal's office, Laing, a subordinate, made a serious reflection and accepted the punishment. He took over the responsibility and responded to his superiors.

In this way, after the superior weighs the gains and losses, he is already inclined to affirm his gains and belittle his losses.

As another subordinate, Snape was trying to fan the flames and make things bigger. This was something his superiors were not happy to see.

So on the contrary, it pushed the superiors to forgive their colleagues, and only gave clear closing requirements without punishing the problems...

No comparison, no harm.

In front of any superior, Rhine was far more likable than Snape.

Severus Snape, an old man who had worked in the school for more than ten years and climbed to the position of dean, did not wake up from his thoughts until he and Rhine walked out of the office.

Even if he no longer looks down on Rhine, he has to lament that he specializes in business skills and is not good at workplace competition——

Volume King!

You, Rhine Lyle, are the King of Hogwarts!

Regarding this, Rhine, who was immersed in self-criticism, was not proud. He just made the attitude according to his heart, and he did not make it to keep this bullshit position.

Snape, you are too small!

But neither of them expected that Snape was on the second floor, Rhine was on the fifth floor, and Dumbledore was in the atmosphere.

When the two of them left and Dumbledore was the only one left in the principal's office, he looked at the crystal bottle exchanged by Rhine with curiosity and murmured a question -

"One more thing I want to know is, what did you see in him?"

"Geller... Grindelwald!"