Admiral of Hogwarts

205 After the attack

"I can understand this, Miss Halsey. After all, there are too few clues left for us now, so we can only speculate on this matter."

Principal Dumbledore had a gentle smile on his face. "So please tell me your guess. Whether this guess is right or wrong, I think it can bring us closer to the truth."

"According to my observation just now, the footprints left behind are the 13 marks on the forefoot of the sports shoes, so it is impossible to tell whether it is a pair of men's shoes or women's shoes." After Professor Dumbledore said this, the company began to talk about its previous speculation.

"But from the patterns on the soles of the shoes, we can tell that the attacker was from the wizarding world, or from a family with very good economic conditions in the Muggle world."

As he spoke, the company waved its wand to display the patterns on the soles of the shoes, and then pointed at these patterns and explained to Professor Dumbledore.

"This pattern is hand-carved and has almost disappeared in the world of Muggles. Only a few expensive customized brands will choose this method. On the contrary, it is more common in the wizarding world."

"Ah, I think these shoes probably come from a pure-blood wizard." Before Enterprise could finish his words, he was interrupted by Principal Dumbledore.

"I have observed this in school. In fact, most of the shoes worn by teachers and students are purchased in the Muggle world. Because such daily necessities in the wizarding world are obviously much more expensive."

"Only some financially well-off pure-blood wizards will consciously wear only the clothes of the magical world from head to toe, anytime and anywhere. Part of this is because of tradition, but more of it is a reflection of a certain stance. .”

"In other words, was the one who launched the attack a pure-blood wizard? This is quite consistent with the legendary heir of Slytherin," Enterprise said softly.

"No, of course not. We cannot assume a person's position because of his bloodline." After hearing what the company said, Dumbledore immediately corrected him. "Under any circumstances, we should face everyone with a neutral attitude."

"So you and the principal checked for a long time, and apart from confirming that the attacker was indeed someone from the school, you spent the rest of the time discussing issues about three views?"

When Hugo was lying in bed at night and contacted the company, the company told Hugo what he had discussed with the principal before, which surprised Hugo.

"Obviously, our principal also believes that the attacker came from within the school, and staff like me, who are new this year and are from foreign countries, are naturally the key suspects."

"Therefore, our principal obviously hopes to grasp my thoughts through such exchanges, and then use his own experience to judge whether I am the attacker hiding behind the scenes."

"Is our principal just asking?" Hugo asked with some confusion. "Although Dumbledore seems to be more kind as he gets older, I think there are some methods that he may not use on underage students. , but there should be no taboos for an adult like you."

"But that would only be the case in an emergency, and the situation is not that bad now." The company felt that Dumbledore's current behavior was normal.

"Not to mention that I am now a former Auror, and Auror training includes training against legilimens and veritaserum. Even if the principal really doubts me, he will not take any action at this time to alert the snake. "

"By the way, now I can be sure of one thing." After finishing talking about the things related to itself, the company expressed its own observations.

"That means today's attackers should not be Slytherin students, because I can confirm that they were not at the scene when the attack occurred."

"There is even worse news, do you want to hear it?" At this time, Veneto entered the admiral's network.

"Come on, there's enough unexpected bad news today." Hugo took a deep breath, and then said gently to Veneto. "

Although there are not all students on the Quidditch field today, if you combine the list of students on the field with the list of people attending the Halloween banquet and eliminate duplicates, you will find that it is a complete list of Hogwarts students. "

Veneto spoke at a very fast pace. "In other words, there is no student who cannot prove that he was not present during two consecutive attacks."

"What about the school's faculty and staff?" Hugo asked, "Are there any faculty and staff who did not participate in these two activities, and whose whereabouts during this period cannot be confirmed?"

There is only one, and that is Hagrid. "Veneto's helpless tone came from the Admiral's network. "Because he lives alone far away from the castle, there is simply not enough evidence to prove where he was during this time. "

"This is simply miserable." After subconsciously turning his head to glance at the location of Hagrid's cabin, Hugo sighed. "It seems that Hagrid will inevitably go to Azkaban to stay for a while this time."

"Yes, using severe fire to attack is not a trivial matter." Enterprise sighed softly. "Maybe old Malfoy will drive Dumbledore out of school like in the original text."

Early the next morning, news of Hagrid's capture and Professor Dumbledore's forced departure from Hogwarts spread throughout the castle overnight. This made everyone in the castle feel in danger.

"This is going to be very troublesome. Dumbledore is gone. They will probably close the school soon. After he is gone, there will be attacks every day."

"The attacker will most likely come back and kill all the non-pure-blood wizards in the school."

"Hogwarts is indeed the safest place in the British wizarding world, but a very important reason is that Professor Dumbledore is here. If he leaves here, then Hogwarts will be just a magical castle."

In an instant, a large number of pessimistic remarks filled the entire castle, and fear spread rapidly in an unprecedented way.

Therefore, the sun that warms the castle's exterior seems to be unable to penetrate the mullioned windows. Every face in the school looked apprehensive, and every laugh that rang out in the hallways was harsh, weird, and quickly suppressed.

However, this pessimistic atmosphere did not affect Hugo much. After realizing that the previous plan was ineffective, he began to mobilize the ship girls around the school to search the Forbidden Forest and the Black Lake.

After all, the basilisk has not been hibernating for such a long time, and the house elves in the school have not fed the monster.

Considering the environment around Hogwarts and the fact that the basilisk has never been discovered, Hugo and the shipgirls almost all concluded that there is another exit to the secret room in the Forbidden Forest or the Black Lake.

However, neither the Forbidden Forest nor the Black Lake are small. And now, because these activities are not suitable for publicity, the search progress of several ship girls is very slow.

Even if they can roughly judge that the exit is probably not in the Forbidden Forest based on the fact that a creature like the Acromantula, which is extremely afraid of basilisks, dares to live in the Forbidden Forest. But just a black lake is enough for the ship girls to keep busy.

Therefore, during this period of time, Hugo could only suppress his inner impatience and wait silently. Waiting for the ship girls to bring him effective news.