The Charles Becomes a Wizard

With just a few words from Charles, the little snakes that were beginning to be dissatisfied with him quieted down. They looked at each other and stood silently behind Charles.

"I'm just curious, how can Headmaster Dumbledore guarantee that Slytherin won't encounter a troll on the way back to the common room?"

"Does Mr. Dumbledore not care about the safety of Slytherin, or..." Charles did not finish the rest of the sentence, but paused meaningfully.

This pause gave others a lot of room for imagination, especially the little snakes who wished they had eight hundred minds. They looked at Dumbledore with obvious vigilance and dissatisfaction.

Humans are social animals, and individual will can easily be swept away by the collective will. Even if they are not valued in the family, the little snakes present have at least one magical item that can be used to resist danger. In other words, not only the little snakes, but most of the small animals from wizard families have magical items on them, but the chaos happened so quickly that no one could react.

"The professors are so powerful, I think we don't need to mobilize all of them to deal with a troll?" Charles praised the professor who looked unhappy. After all, he still had to stay in Hogwarts for several years. It would be fine if he couldn't help but offend Dumbledore, but it would be a waste if he really offended all the professors.

"Why did Mr. Dumbledore take all the professors away?" The boy tilted his head in confusion. "It's obviously safer for us to have professors in the Great Hall, isn't it?"

Yes, the auditorium with professors is safer than going back to the lounges of various colleges anyway...

The little animals were talking about it, and even the professors looked at them strangely.

What could Dumbledore say? He could only look deeply at the harmless boy, and then apologized: "Haha, I was wrong. I just thought that the castle was too big, and the professors would be able to find the troll faster if they searched separately. But since Mr. Phantomhive is worried, then do as Mr. Phantomhive said. All students must stay in the Great Hall and are not allowed to leave. McGonagall and Flitwick are sorry to trouble you here."

Just as he finished speaking, a cry of surprise came from the Gryffindor table: "Harry and the others are gone!"

"What?" Professor McGonagall asked sternly, "When did they disappear? Who knows where they went?" This was no small matter. No matter how famous Harry Potter was as the "savior", in McGonagall's view he was just an eleven-year-old cub who needed protection. Professor McGonagall couldn't help but shudder at the thought of the possible harm the little wizard might suffer when facing the troll.

"They seem to have gone to the bathroom to look for Hermione." A little lion said tremblingly. "Ron and Harry are together."

"Hermione didn't come to dinner tonight..." he added under everyone's burning gazes.

Well, there are so many students in the school, but only three of them made mistakes, and they are all from Gryffindor. This question made Professor McGonagall look even uglier.

The most important thing now is to get the children back safely. The professors did not waste any more time, picked up their wands and left the auditorium.

"Do you think the principal knew that the savior was not in the auditorium, so he was worried and wanted to send all the professors out?" Someone in the crowd whispered.

"No way?"

"Why is this happening? Is his safety more important than all of ours?"

"Humph, he is the savior, what are you in front of him?"

"Isn't this too much?" Don't you take their lives seriously?

"Don't talk nonsense. How could the principal know in advance that there was a troll in the castle?"

"How could he not know?" A young eagle couldn't help but sneer. His family had been in Ravenclaw for generations, so he was naturally proud and of course knew a lot of Hogwarts' secrets. "The headmaster has signed a contract with the castle. His control over the castle is far beyond your imagination."

You should know that Hogwarts and Gringotts are known as the "safest places in the wizarding world". In order to protect the little wizards in the castle, the four giants put a lot of thought into it and installed various complex defensive magic in the castle. It is absolutely impossible for a stupid giant monster to bypass the magic circle of Hogwarts and appear in the castle silently.

In other words, it is impossible that Dumbledore, as the headmaster, was completely unaware of this matter!

There are so many of them, but they are still no match for a so-called "savior"! Is the principal a little too partial?

The little animals started to stir again because of this sentence. Even though they were suppressed by Professor McGonagall, this incident still left a mark in their hearts. Of course, they also had some opinions about Harry Potter, who was treated specially by the headmaster.

The story of Harry Potter and his trio bravely fighting the troll was not widely publicized by the animals as a "legend" as Dumbledore had imagined, and this incident naturally did not add any prestige to the title of "savior" in front of the animals' parents.

In fact, after this incident, many small animals began to stay away from Harry on their own initiative. Even some little lions who believed in "personal heroism" no longer approached Harry.

No one feels pain until the knife falls on them. Perhaps Dumbledore has the confidence to ensure the safety of all students, but when faced with danger and one really becomes the one being abandoned, no one can remain calm in front of the vested interests.

For the young and energetic little animals, being able to resist falling out with Harry Potter was already the best case scenario. After all, he was just one of the chosen ones, and if you really want to count them all, the title of the culprit could not fall on him. But wanting to gain their admiration by stepping on their safety?

Go dream!

That night, flocks of owls flew up from the roof of the castle. The howling letters sent to Dumbledore by angry parents almost flooded the entire headmaster's office. The graduated Slytherins caused countless troubles for the Order of the Phoenix.

The reputations of both Dumbledore and Harry Potter at Hogwarts plummeted without them knowing it. Dumbledore got countless troubles, while Harry Potter got a knowledgeable partner and the hostility and vague attention from the animals, which also led to Harry Potter being reported and deducted points for no reason every time he made a mistake...

Of course, this is a story.