In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

After coming out of the abandoned classroom, Freud returned towards the dormitory with a happy smile on his face.

Behind her, the two followers had worried faces.

"Is it really okay if we just leave her here? The way I looked at her just now, I feel like something might go wrong later."

The smile on Floyd's face turned cold.

"Something went wrong? What else do you think could go wrong with her?"

The follower explained in a panic.

"I'm not sympathizing with her. I'm just afraid that you might think that she might not be able to think about it later. Yes, she might..."

"suicide?"

"Yes, if it's just a curse, then we can still find a way to overcome it without getting into any trouble. But if she dies, the professor will definitely find someone to hold her accountable. This violates the blood law."

Floyd sneered disdainfully.

"If she really has such courage, can she still endure it to this day? Don't worry, I know Connair. Even if you lend her another hundred courage, she will not commit suicide."

She said it with such confidence that the two followers following her could only put down their worries.

However, that night, after the curfew patrols in the castle began, the Aurors suddenly began to search various locations in the castle.

Freud was woken up from bed in the middle of the night. Her eldest daughter had lost her temper. When she was woken up, she kept yelling that she would use her family connections to make these desperate Aurors look good.

Then she met the pure-blooded Lucius Malfoy, the immediate boss of all British Aurors who had been stationed in Hogwarts Castle.

"Miss Floyd, I heard that you were the last person to see Asia Connaird."

After seeing Lucius, Freud panicked.

Even among purebloods, there is a difference in status, and people like her and the new pureblood family who have only accumulated ten years of experience behind them are not worthy of going up to the pole to carry someone's shoes in front of the Malfoy family.

"She, what happened to her?"

"Has anyone ever taught you to answer the questions that others ask you before asking them?" Lucius looked at Freud with unabashed contempt and disdain, as if It's like looking at a country bumpkin who just came to the city from the countryside.

Such a look made Freud feel humiliated, but she didn't have the slightest courage to lose her temper.

"I, I have met her, and she offended me, so I wanted to use some means to scare her, but other than that, I didn't do anything else to her!"

"Use some means to scare her? What means?"

The old god Lucius was sitting on the chair. There should be no need for him to personally intervene in the mixed-race case, but what was special was that it happened in Hogwarts Castle and at such a special time. , in order to prevent this matter from being involved with people on Dumbledore's side, that's why he was needed to take action.

Floyd's eyes wandered.

"Just a little joke."

"We found the spellcasting traces you left on the sixth floor of the castle. It's obviously not a small curse." Lucius's eyes were full of indifference, as if Freud was looking at the Mudbloods. "Blood curse, do you know that the magic law clearly stipulates the consequences if someone is found to have used this spell?"

"First of all, sir, there is no record in the jus sanguinis."

"So your family only teaches you about blood law?" Lucius's disdain was not concealed at all. "Do you know that some laws are above blood law?"

In front of Lucius, the quill pen that was recording on the desk suddenly paused. He lowered his head and glanced at the content on the parchment, and then continued to ask.

"The last question, Miss Floyd, is also the most critical question. I hope you can think it over carefully before answering me. This will determine what kind of crime you will be sentenced to in the end."

Floyd's body tensed.

"Did the blood curse you cast on Miss Connair succeed in the end?"

The scene suddenly fell silent, and Freud was stunned, but soon she swallowed nervously and asked tremblingly.

"Mr. Malfoy, I remember that there is a provision in the Bloodline Law that no matter in any interrogation, the use of Veritaserum and Legilimency is not allowed without the consent of the Headmaster himself, right?"

Lucius said casually.

"Since you are familiar with bloodline law, you still want to ask me to confirm this kind of problem?"

"No! I just wanted to scare her! I put on a blood curse posture, but I didn't actually use the blood curse to curse her at all!"

Freud suddenly spoke loudly, the words were firm and unquestionable, as if she had determined something.

After hearing her answer, Lucius had no intention of wasting any more time here. He directly knocked on the parchment on the table. The parchment filled with interrogation records rolled up on its own and flew in. into his robe pocket.

"You should stay here until the final result comes out."

After saying that, he turned around and left the temporary interrogation room.

In addition to interrogating Floyd himself, there were other Aurors interrogating her two followers on the same issue. Lucius did not stop after the interrogation and came to the room where the crime took place again. Abandoned classroom, here, there are already Aurors handling the scene.

He held a small transparent bottle in his hand, which contained some white ash.

"Director, it has been determined that she drank the death fire potion that led to her final death, but whether it was suicide or not is still open to question."

"Were there any traces of the fifth person's activities collected at the scene?"

"No, we only found four people, that is, the three suspects who have been identified and the victim himself."

"What's the news about other people who are investigating and collecting evidence from surrounding students?"

"Some classmates around the victim were willing to confirm anonymously that the three suspects were very difficult to deal with in daily life and often violently abused the victim, and the trend has become more and more intense recently. We also collected the victim's information in the library. Through the borrowing records, we discovered that she had recently borrowed several books about introducing blood spells. We also found a record of her purchase of materials for preparing the deathfire potion from her package collection records."

Lucius looked at the information in his hand, listened to the report from his subordinates, and finally threw the confession about Freud to his subordinates.

"Now that everything has been found out, what are you waiting for? Let's close the case. The result is obvious. The student thought he was hit by a blood curse and committed suicide."

There was a moment of hesitation on the subordinate's face.

"But if she wanted to commit suicide, why did she have to drink the death-fire potion and burn herself to death?"

"This is not a simple reason. She thought she was under a blood curse. If she simply ended her life, the activated soul of the beast would completely occupy her body, making her unable to maintain human life even after death. Instead of showing such an ugly appearance that her family cannot accept, it would be better to drink the death fire potion and still retain a little face."

Lucius said casually. He seemed to have lost interest after making sure that no one from Dumbledore was involved and it was just a simple case of school bullying.

But his subordinate still didn't get rid of the confusion in his heart, and he continued to ask.

"But the truth is just like what Freud said in his confession. She was just scaring Connair. In fact, she had no intention of imposing a real curse on her. Was it Connard who was scaring herself? The runes and remaining potions we found at the scene can prove that she was fully prepared, so how could she fail on purpose in the end?"

Lucius suddenly turned his head and looked at him indifferently.

"How about you go and apply to that gentleman to use Veritaserum on Floyd?"

The Auror's body suddenly tensed up, and he stood upright and lowered his head.

"My subordinates dare not."

"If you don't dare, please stop talking nonsense like this. Close the case immediately, notify the victim's family, and report the final result to Snape and Crouch so they can decide how to deal with these three suspects." , this matter must be settled within three days, you know what time it is now, a mixed-race bastard committing suicide for such a boring reason cannot affect the subsequent games!"

After speaking, Lucius turned around and left without looking back, leaving the Auror holding Floyd's confession and Asia's ashes standing silently, and finally let out a long sigh.

All the evidence is sufficient, and there are no similarities or differences in the confessions of the three Freuds. They were all killed in one fell swoop. They did not actually cast a blood curse on Asia, but simply wanted to scare her. This mixed-race student committed suicide. The case was quickly concluded.

The punishment for the three Floyds was immediately resolved. The principal culprit, Floyd himself, was punished with a one-year delay in graduation and was sent home to reflect until the start of the next semester. The two accomplices' two followers were each sentenced to two months of confinement. .

Such a punishment that was better than nothing did not stir up much turmoil, because according to the news reported by the Aurors, Freud and others only performed some "trivial" pranks, and the main reason was that Asia's own mental endurance was fragile. , glass heart, which led to her final suicide.

Coupled with the special status of pure-bloods, such small punishments and severe punishments did not cause any turmoil or public opinion not only among the professors, but also among the students. Everyone's attention was mainly focused on the upcoming Christmas dance. The suicide of a mixed-race student, who usually receives no attention at all, has caused almost no discussion.

In this way, Asia seemed to have never appeared in this castle, and was quickly forgotten by everyone in the castle.

And this matter was quickly sealed in the castle. When the students in the castle had nothing to talk about, it was even less likely to spread outside the castle.

In other words, until the day before Christmas, Jon was still a little surprised that the mixed-race girl who had been looking for Hermione before had not appeared again recently.

"Is there any conflict between you two?"

During dinner, Jon and Hermione chatted.

Hermione's expression was calm and she shook her head.

"No, it's not that we have a conflict, it's that the school she is in is sick."

Jon couldn't help but complain.

"I always feel like you're imitating how I talk."

Hermione's eyes couldn't help but narrow into crescent shapes.

"If you can feel it, it means I learned a lot, doesn't it?"

"How is the work you and Professor Dumbledore have been doing going now? Is there anything else you need my help with?"

"You can invite me to the ball, which is already the greatest help to me." Hermione said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Jon couldn't help but shrug.

Hermione is obviously different now from the cautious little girl he brought back from the castle two years ago. She has more confidence, and as she experiences more and knows more, she becomes more confident. The less she looks like a fifteen-year-old girl, the more mature she is compared to Jon's original mental age, which is not at this age.

For this dance, Snape, as the current temporary director of Hogwarts Castle, also formally extended an invitation to Dumbledore and his entourage who were always stationed outside the castle.

In addition to the warriors who are the lead dancers and their dance partners, they can enter the castle. Other students who are willing to participate in the dance can also relax in the auditorium, but they can only do activities in the auditorium or the temporary garden outside the castle. Other areas of the school are not open to them. Still on lockdown.

In the end, Dumbledore and Rozier asked the students to voluntarily decide whether to attend the dance. Except for Jon and Diane who had to go, and their respective dance partners, most of the students who signed up were actually not interested. .

After all, this kind of behavior in the castle is more like charity than respect. In the end, only eight students decided to participate in the dance.

On Christmas Day, it snowed again.

It's just that the snow is not very heavy, and there is no oppressive feeling of heavy snow. Instead, it is scattered and scattered, as if God is adding some embellishments to the upcoming dance party.

As usual, every student on the carriage received a Christmas gift of their own, because this year some of the Durmstrang students were also in the carriage, and all of Hogwarts also thoughtfully treated them as well. One was prepared, which made every student feel very happy during lunch. Even the tense competition did not affect their festive atmosphere.

In the evening, Rozier led Jon, Diane and other students who were going to attend the dinner tonight into Hogwarts Castle, while Dumbledore stayed in the carriage to spend time with the remaining students. This Christmas this year.

The Hogwarts auditorium had already been grandly decorated, and many students from the castle had gathered here. When Jon and the others arrived, they also attracted the attention and pointing fingers of many students.

As soon as Jon entered the auditorium, he did not pay attention to anyone else. Instead, he quickly glanced at the figures in the auditorium, but did not find the person he wanted to find.