The Lonely Dragon of Hogwarts

This is bound to be an unsolvable problem.

Because Michael said that due to the confidentiality contract, he himself could not explain too many reasons to John.

Fortunately, John didn't take any chances.

With Dobby's help, he quickly sneaked back to Hogwarts.

The next morning, a thickened version of the Daily Prophet appeared in his hands.

Just as the reporter said yesterday, the picture of him sitting on a pile of gold coins made the front page headlines.

Underneath the magic photo, there was also an extremely exaggerated text description, which simply praised John as the best little wizard in the world today.

Of course, there are more reports on this page about Fudge’s self-promotion.

Through those gorgeous words, John could clearly feel Fudge's pride.

However, after turning over this version, the situation has reversed.

The news that the Auror escort team was attacked and killed last night, and that Sirius Black and Remus Lupine were both kidnapped, occupied the entire remaining page.

Fudge also spoke overnight.

It can be seen from the magical photos published that Fudge was really angry at this time.

In the photo, he was blushing, waving his arms and saying something loudly.

John didn't even need to read the description below to guess that Fudge must have said something to condemn the attacker and promise to do his best to catch the culprit.

As for whether these words can be realized, that is unknown.

After all, it was just as John said to those Aurors in the principal's room before.

Aurors and the Ministry of Magic always feel that saying 'there has been a murder' will make everything clear, and adding 'we are hunting the murderer' will make it clear.

This was John's impression of the current Ministry of Magic and Aurors.

"This is all incompetent trash."

Draco made the same comment.

He waved the newspaper and said loudly with a sneer, "Look, John and Professor Snape managed to catch the murderer with great difficulty, but they let them go so easily."

The surrounding Slytherins all echoed loudly when they heard this.

Their admiration for Snape and John could be described as fanatical, especially for John, almost to the point of saying, "Everything John says is right."

After all, the things John did were more shocking and unimaginable than the last.

The information published in this issue of the Daily Prophet also caused the entire auditorium to explode.

John could see the chaos on the faculty bench.

Dumbledore frowned, gave a few instructions, then stood up and returned to the principal's office.

Snape followed him with an ugly expression, probably preparing to contact Fudge.

Not to mention the students below.

Except for the fanatical Slytherins, the students in the other three major houses all showed some nervousness and fear.

They were afraid that Sirius would continue to attack Hogwarts after he escaped.

The expressions of Harry and others were a bit complicated.

On the one hand, the delay in bringing Peter Pettigrew to justice made them have some doubts about Sirius and Lupin's claims.

On the other hand, based on their remaining trust in Lupine, they were grateful that Sirius and Lupine could escape and avoid the death penalty.

These complex emotions were entangled in their hearts, making their expressions extremely tangled and depressed.

Among the few people, Michelle was the only one who remained optimistic.

She was already standing on the chair, with one foot on the long table, raising her arms and shouting some words of encouragement.

Affected by her extremely contagious energy, the little lions around her were extremely excited by her, and they all yelled and said that if Sirius dared to come to Hogwarts again, they would give him a good look.

Even Professor McGonagall's scolding not far away could not calm them down.

After all, they have been suppressed and looked down upon by the Slytherins in recent days.

Seeing this, the Slytherins were not to be outdone. A large number of Slytherins represented by Draco began to shout and confront the Gryffindors.

Some people even wanted to get John, the chief, to stand up.

But John was unmoved at all.

He picked up another pile of packages next to him, got up and returned to the dormitory.

Just this morning, Michael had borrowed the Invisible Stretch Spell Bag and Dobby to hand over all the wealth in Black's vault to John.

According to rough estimates, there are more than 9 gold galleons in it.

There is also a large collection of antiques, art, and magical materials.

The comprehensive value is upwards of 13.

In addition to the thirty-two thousand Galleons given by the Ministry of Magic, and John's own wealth.

Now, the number of gold galleons held by John has reached a huge 15!

These galleons were enough to sustain John for a while.

So in the following days, John almost entered a state of retreat.

Apart from basic classes and study every day, he would huddle in his magic suitcase, use a large number of high-end magic materials purchased from Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley to refine and drink potions.

'Chew' to absorb the magic in it.

This kind of absorption is almost uncontrolled. Unless John clearly feels that the magic power that his 'chewing' ability can absorb has reached the upper limit that day, and his body also feels 'stuffed' and 'bloated', it will not stop at all.

The absorption of such a huge amount of magic power even caused John to experience nausea, vomiting and other discomforts during this period.

At this time, John would miss the dementors extremely.

The sour and spicy magical taste of the dementors can definitely alleviate this discomfort.

Unfortunately, with the evacuation of the Ministry of Magic, these dementors were also evacuated.

But even though the process wasn't pretty, the results John achieved were amazing.

By the end of the semester, the quantity and quality of magic in John's body had officially reached the level of an ordinary professor, only one level below Snape and top Aurors.

During this period, Snape's Order of Merlin Level [-] also came down.

John's outstanding performance in the 'Black Incident' also allowed the Slytherins to steal the spotlight at the year-end dinner and successfully defended the House Cup.

The combination of the Academy Cup and the gold medal on Snape's chest made the Slytherins go crazy again.

The silver-green color that symbolizes Slytherin House almost envelopes the entire Hogwarts Castle.

Amid the roaring cheers of the Slytherins, Snape's smile was a bit stiff and forced.

It was obvious that he was unhappy that Sirius and Lupine had not been caught so far.

Also unhappy among the crowd was Alice.

Taking advantage of the opportunity for John to leave the crowd temporarily at the year-end dinner, Alice came over and crossed her arms with her arms crossed and said in a sinister tone:

"Oh! Mr. Shafiq, you are now a real Mr. Shafiq. So many galleons, tsk tsk tsk-"

John stared expressionlessly at the jubilant and celebrating crowd in front of him and said calmly:

"I've always been curious. Judging from your manners and knowledge, you shouldn't be short of money. But why are you so eager for money?"

Hearing this, Alice was stunned for a moment.

Her face was a little pale and her expression was a little complicated, as if she was recalling something not so good.

But this emotion was quickly concealed by her.

Alice forced herself to give a formulaic and elegant smile, then held the skirt in her hands and turned it around, showing John her gothic-style black dress as well as the complicated hairstyle and exquisite jewelry on her head. The movements are very elegant and noble, but there is also a touch of madness in them.

“Maintaining elegance and elegance is an extremely costly endeavor.”

Alice smiled and said, "This is true even for a naturally beautiful person like me. So, isn't it a matter of course that I am short of money?"

John looked deeply at Alice.

This is obviously an excuse and a disguise.

But he had no interest in exposing it.

Shaking his head, John turned and walked towards the dark Slytherin dungeon.

Michael had informed him a few days ago that he had discovered another interesting place in the country that he wanted to share with him.

He had to prepare early for the journey that was about to start tomorrow.