The Charles Becomes a Wizard

Neville Longbottom's voice was soft, but it was deafening to those who paid close attention.

Fudge glanced at Dumbledore and deliberately lowered his voice: "So, Mr. Longbottom, what do you mean..."

Was her soul damaged because of the book hidden in the restricted section?

"That's impossible!" McGonagall interrupted Fudge's next words eagerly, "Every book at Hogwarts has been checked by the professor! There is absolutely no way there can be such advanced dark magic!"

"Mr. Longbottom, tell me what the book is called," Professor McGonagall asked.

"I, I don't know either..." Neville Longbottom's eyes turned red with fear when he met her stern gaze. He shook his head vigorously as if to prove that he really didn't know. "I just heard about this."

"Yes, "Deciphering the Cutting-Edge Black Magic." A soft female voice sounded from the side, with an obvious tremor in the voice.

Everyone looked back and saw a Ravenclaw girl with an injured arm lying on the bed by the window. Feeling everyone's gaze, the girl shrank uncomfortably, then she thought of something and looked at the adult wizards in the room again: "The name of the book is "Deciphering the Advanced Dark Magic"."

"I think she made a Horcrux as the book says."

"I," she pursed her lips, tears suddenly welled up in her eyes that she had tried to open wide, as if a heavy burden had been lifted off her shoulders, and her originally stable emotions suddenly collapsed, "I, it's my fault, I should have stopped her, I shouldn't have made a bet with her..."

"If it weren't for me, she wouldn't have become like this just to prove me wrong..."

"It's all my fault." The girl buried her face in her hands and cried loudly.

"Shh, shh..." Madam Pomfrey quickly walked up to her and hugged her, comforting her softly: "Good girl, this is not your fault."

"Horcrux?" One of the Aurors muttered in confusion, "What is that?"

Because it is an extremely advanced black magic, except for the little animals who have read the book and the members of those ancient families with a long tradition, many adult wizards in the magic world today have no concept of this term. Before this, they had never even heard of the word "Horcrux".

"What is that?" Fudge frowned again.

"Use a certain method to split your soul, and then place a part of the soul on an object...the object is the Horcrux." Lucius's face had turned ashen, and the knuckles of his fingers holding the caduceus turned white.

If he hadn't been sane, he would have cursed Dumbledore a dozen times.

Ha, what a familiar book title! How dare Dumbledore!

How dare he put such a dangerous thing in Hogwarts again!

Thinking of Voldemort, who was tortured to the point of being half-human and half-ghost because of making Horcruxes and whose mental state still seems abnormal, and then thinking of his only son Draco...

Lucius couldn't imagine if Draco would become like that without him knowing...

His expression became even uglier, and his voice seemed to be cold enough to quench ice. "Mr. Dumbledore, I think you need to give us an explanation for this matter."

Some of the adult wizards present who were unaware of this instantly gasped.

Soul! It's actually a split soul!

"This is impossible! There is no way that kind of book would appear in Hogwarts!" Professor McGonagall couldn't help but shout.

You have to know that besides the principal, there are only four deans who have the qualifications to put outside books into the restricted area. No matter how you think about it, they have no reason to bring that kind of books in.

No, wait...

Professor McGonagall's eyes seemed to glance at Dumbledore inadvertently, and when she saw the old man's slight avoidance, her face turned paler.

No, maybe she saw it wrong, she must have seen it wrong just now!

Albus, how could Albus...

He loves Hogwarts so much, there is no way he would let any student get hurt!

There must be some misunderstanding here!

Thinking of all the efforts Dumbledore had made over the years to maintain peace in the wizarding world, Professor McGonagall's slightly shaken heart became firm again.

But Dumbledore's behavior just now still planted a seed of doubt in her heart, just waiting to take root and sprout in the future.

"Professor McGonagall, instead of denying it, why don't we ask other people to see if this matter is true." Lucius didn't actually have much ill will towards Professor McGonagall, but he was in a very bad mood at the moment, so naturally he had no intention of maintaining his gentlemanly demeanor.

"So," Lucius swept his cold eyes across the entire medical wing, "Ladies and gentlemen, how many people know what we just said?"

A moment later, almost all the little animals still pretending to be dead on the beds in the medical wing raised their hands in unison.

"Merlin's garter, how dare you!" Professor McGonagall felt a black screen before her eyes and her body swayed involuntarily. Fortunately, the Auror beside her helped her up and she did not fall to the ground.

She thought she was a qualified professor. Although she was strict with her students, she was also caring. However, she never expected that these little monsters actually had such a big "surprise" hidden under her nose!

"Now, Mr. Dumbledore should be willing to give us an explanation, right?" Lucius asked aggressively.

"Mr. Malfoy, has your brain been completely corroded by the brightener?" Snape said sinisterly, "This is not the place to talk."

"Now what's more important is to figure out how many little monsters with splendens in their heads have done something to me."

"After all, if too many people get into trouble, it's not good for anyone."

After saying this, he threw his robes away, left the medical wing without looking back, and strode towards the Slytherin common room.

"Don't worry, I will give a reasonable explanation for this matter." Meeting the gazes of Fudge and Lucius, the old headmaster assured earnestly.

A reasonable explanation? Does that mean he doesn't intend to find out the "truth"?

Lucius sneered in his heart. He didn't plan to endure it any longer. Almost all the school directors had been contacted, so he might as well take this opportunity to hold a school board meeting.

Judging from the current situation, if Dumbledore leaves Hogwarts, it may make Hogwarts safer for students.