The Charles Becomes a Wizard

"Besides, as you know, we quickly separated, so I have no idea whether the two of them informed the professor, nor do I care what adventures they went through to reach Hogwarts."

The thin boy talked with a smile that didn't reach his eyes, and like countless times before, he easily attracted everyone's attention.

"Also, I'm curious, after learning that the three of us were acting separately, why didn't Mr. Dumbledore think that the two of them were working together to isolate me?"

"From the current situation, it seems that the most likely thing that happened is that the two of them excluded me from their plans, right?"

Ciel spoke in an elegant public school accent, neither hurried nor slow, but to Dumbledore's ears, every word sounded like a thorn in the side.

"Mr. Phantomhive, Harry and Mr. Weasley are both innocent and kind-hearted children. They should not be put in danger like they were tonight."

Dumbledore looked at Charles deeply and said, "I just want to ask you what happened at that time. I am sorry if I made you misunderstand me."

"I hope you can understand an old man's words in a moment of desperation. You know, as the headmaster of Hogwarts, I just want to ensure the safety of all my classmates."

"Oh, that's good," Ciel said with a relieved expression. "I thought Mr. Dumbledore was going to pin the "adventure" they had today on me without any reason."

"Even though I usually behave more calmly than them, please face the fact that I and these two people you mentioned..."

Xia paused, as if he felt that the next two words were too hot: "Innocent and kind-hearted children are my peers, and I have no right to interfere with what they do. My time and energy are precious, and I cannot waste them on ungrateful people."

After saying this, Charles glanced meaningfully at Ron Weasley, whose face was already flushed.

As for Harry? He half lowered his head, his long eyelashes hiding the sadness, pain and disbelief in his eyes.

Theoretically speaking, Harry knew that what Charles said was right. He had indeed listened to Ron's advice and did not tell Charles about their next move in order to load their luggage.

But emotionally, Harry couldn't accept that the first friend he met in his unfortunate and desolate life would say such cruel words to his face...

His hands hanging at his sides were clenched into fists, and even the joints were a little white from the excessive force.

He didn't know how he should react now, so he could only remain silent.

With his cutting and attacking words, Charles effectively shut up Dumbledore's exhortation that "we are all classmates and should get along well with each other".

Two strands of his white beard were pulled out again. Dumbledore was choked, but at the same time he felt a little relieved in his heart.

Dumbledore actually knew that Ciel had met Harry before he came to Hogwarts, but in his opinion, Ciel's background and personality were not suitable to be Harry's friend, at least not now, before Harry truly realized the responsibility he had on himself...

He was originally worried that Harry might change his personality due to Ciel's influence, and even thought about how to separate Ciel from Harry...

But now it seems that the relationship between the two is not as close as he imagined.

Dumbledore stroked his beard again and was about to speak when Snape, who had been silent all along, suddenly interrupted.

"Mr. Phantomhive, I thought you still remember the basic etiquette you should follow when talking to elders?"

"Of course, Professor Snape," Charles smiled at Snape, then turned to look at Dumbledore: "I'm very sorry, Mr. Dumbledore, I misunderstood you just now."

Well, if he continued to pester Phantomhive, Severus would really be angry.

For the sake of his own future tooth decay potion, and since it was obviously impossible to get any information from Charles, Dumbledore turned his attention to Harry and Ron Weasley.

At this moment, an owl flew in from the window, threw a newspaper on the table, and then glided out of the office window.

The front page headline of the newspaper was a car floating in the air.

"It was seen by many Muggles! It almost exposed the entire wizarding world! It even injured the Whomping Willow. Do you know how serious this matter is?" After reading the contents of the newspaper, Snape stared at Harry with a sinister look.

"You have violated more than one of the laws restricting underage wizards!"

"If you were Slytherin students, I would immediately ask you to pack your bags and go home!"

"But they are not, Severus. They are both Gryffindor students," Dumbledore calmly interrupted Snape's next words, "How about we hand this matter over to the current head of Gryffindor? I believe Professor McGonagall will handle this matter properly."

After hearing what Snape said, Harry's heart was instantly in suspense.

Leaving Hogwarts?

No, how could he leave Hogwarts!

He has already regarded this place as his home, and no one can make him leave his home!

But what should he do if Professor McGonagall really asked him to leave?

He doesn't want to, he absolutely doesn't want to go back to the days of being bullied!

"Professor McGonagall, will you expel us from school?" Ron asked timidly beside him. Harry felt his heartbeat reach its peak in an instant.

Harry could feel Professor McGonagall's eyes on him, and he held his breath involuntarily, waiting for the witch's final verdict.

It seemed like only a second had passed, yet it also seemed like a long time had passed before he heard the witch's steady voice.

"No, at least not this time."

The air around him seemed to circulate again, and Harry slowly exhaled a breath of foul air. He suddenly felt extremely fortunate - fortunately, fortunately he had firmly refused to go to Slytherin at that time.

Then he heard Professor McGonagall continue: "But you two will be punished. I will write to inform your family of this matter, and then you will be put in detention until you deeply realize the seriousness of the matter."

Ciel: ???

Even though he knew that Dumbledore would not punish Harry severely for such a small matter, Charles still opened his eyes wide in disbelief.