Professor The Vampire Earl of Hogwarts

"Sylvanus, are you sure you're not joking?!" Professor McGonagall pursed his lips tightly, looking at Professor Kettleburn who stepped on the basilisk, with a sullen expression.

"Put such a dangerous thing in the Forbidden Forest adjacent to Hogwarts Castle. If it escapes and causes troubles for the students, will you be responsible? Or, do you think 62 detentions are still worth it?" Not enough, want to break the record you created again?"

Professor Kettleburn smiled mischievously, pretending not to hear, lowered his head and began to study the body of the basilisk again.

"This is an absolutely precious species. I never expected to see a basilisk in my lifetime." He looked at the position of the basilisk's eyes in amazement, and said to himself, "I have the impression that there are snakes. Reptiles like geckos don't have eyelids, but the basilisk can close its eyes, is it because of its natural ability?"

Professor McGonagall saw that Professor Kettleburn had entered the working state of studying magical animals again, and glared at the old thorn in the professor angrily, then turned around, ready to join the topic of Dumbledore and Dracula again .

However, the moment she turned her head, Professor Kettleburn slid off the basilisk with an agile movement that was very inconsistent with his physical condition.

"What a mistake, I forgot that Minerva is still here." He muttered softly, then leaned on a cane, and limped towards the door.

When he walked to the door, he seemed to remember something, and looked back at Dumbledore's position.

"Albus, we can discuss where we can place the basilisk in the Forbidden Forest next time Minerva is away!" he shouted.

Professor McGonagall was furious, and chased after him in three steps and two steps, preparing to discuss an explanation with Professor Kettleburn.

When Professor Kettleburn saw her follow, he tapped the ground with his cane and accelerated his walking speed.

The two elderly people left the room like a race with an extremely vigorous pace...

In a blink of an eye, only Dracula and Dumbledore were left in the room where the Mirror of Erised stood.

Knowing the characters of the two old men, Dumbledore came back to his senses first, and walked up to the green basilisk, gently stroking its cold scales.

Although Quirrell used some small means, the Ministry of Magic sent an urgent letter to Dumbledore and successfully lured him away from Hogwarts.But he didn't know that even though Dumbledore was in the Ministry of Magic, he was always paying attention to the scenes in the castle, especially the restricted area.

After Dracula left after Voldemort, in order to prevent the basilisk left alone in the room from making trouble, Dumbledore specially asked Phoenix Fox to carry him and send him back to Hogwarts Castle.Then he knocked the basilisk unconscious, temporarily turning it into the harmless and peaceful state it is now.

This is also the reason why Professor Kettleburn climbed onto the basilisk, but it never responded.

"So... is this basilisk the monster left by Slytherin to protect Hogwarts Castle?" Dumbledore looked at Dracula and asked curiously.

"It should be right." Dracula nodded lightly, "I should have thought of it a long time ago, the magical animal that can survive for nearly a thousand years, and at the same time possesses powerful abilities, probably only the basilisk."

He snapped his fingers in front of the basilisk's face to wake it up.

The basilisk opened its eyes ignorantly, and saw the silver-haired demon standing in front of it. It was so frightened that it closed its eyes subconsciously, shrank back to the corner of the wall cowardly, and coiled itself up. A huge lump of indescribable things...

"Professor Dracula seems to be very familiar with this basilisk." Dumbledore looked at the performance of the basilisk, and laughed cheerfully, "Oh, I almost forgot, you are a Slytherin, an old acquaintance , it’s no surprise to know his pets.”

Dracula nodded with a smile.Immediately, he suddenly thought of something, and his expression became a little unnatural.

Dumbledore just mentioned that the basilisk is a pet kept by Slytherin.This made Dracula suddenly think that, just for fun, he forced this pet to use its innate magic continuously, and exhausted its magic power many times... Could it be regarded as abusing Slytherin's pet?

Thinking of this, he patted the big head of the basilisk lightly, and subconsciously made his movements softer.

The basilisk felt Dracula's slap on the head differently than usual, and couldn't help being a little flattered. With his eyes closed, he obediently rubbed his head against Dracula's hand.

Besides being a little bit bigger, the basilisk now seems to have really become a house pet.

"Dumbledore, do you have any ideas about where to put this basilisk?" Dracula stroked the basilisk's cold and smooth head, looked at Dumbledore, and asked, "It's not really like Put it in the Forbidden Forest, as Professor Kettleburn said?"

"Forget it in the Forbidden Forest." Dumbledore waved his hand decisively, "Even if you don't care about the impact and conflicts of the basilisks on the native species of the Forbidden Forest, at least you have to care about another thing—"

"I've always been very clear that there are many daring students at Hogwarts who would sneak into the Forbidden Forest to take risks. If the basilisk is really put into the Forbidden Forest, it is indeed Too dangerous."

"So you also know that the students will slip into the Forbidden Forest?" Dracula raised his eyebrows and looked at him with strange eyes, "I thought the notice you said at the opening banquet that you were not allowed to enter the Forbidden Forest was just a joke. I've never seen you take care of this."

"Ahem, occasional adventures are helpful to cultivate the courage, creativity and resilience of young wizards." Dumbledore coughed dryly and explained, "So we will proceed in the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest under the condition of ensuring safety." I usually wouldn't stop an expedition."

"But how are you sure those naughty boys don't go deep into the Forbidden Forest?" Dracula asked.

"Don't worry, the most dangerous Forbidden Forest areas are equipped with corresponding protective magic, little wizards can't get in." Dumbledore smiled and blinked, "If they really enter the dangerous area , I must have let them go there myself."

After hearing the second half of his sentence, Dracula couldn't help curling his lips, and stuffed a blood-scented lollipop into his mouth boredly.

He had almost guessed it, and I'm afraid that Harry Potter and his companions will suffer again——

When the time is right, the old headmaster will secretly unlock the protective magic in the Forbidden Forest for the destined savior, acquiescing to him to venture into the more dangerous depths of the Forbidden Forest, so as to cultivate his so-called courage, creativity and resilience Ability to test his heart.

And this kind of long-term layout and training, Dracula finds it boring the most.

He silently patted the basilisk on the head and changed the subject.

"Since you don't place it in the Forbidden Forest, do you have any other ideas?"

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