The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Dumbledore took two deep breaths, quickly rethought the pros and cons of this matter, and made up his mind. There was also a subtle change in his arrangement with Professor Lockhart.

"I'm going to the Ministry of Magic to check their recent files and see if there are any abnormalities. Professor Lockhart, please go to the Muggle community to investigate. The previous death of Evans was still very popular. It will probably attract the attention of the police.”

Dumbledore blinked, a mischievous look flashing behind his half-moon glasses, "Even if something goes wrong, you can solve the problem with a Forgetting Curse, right?"

Tom: Thank you, principal.

"By the way, how should I get to London?" Tom thought of a very crucial question.

"The Floo network in my office is connected to the outside world. You can go to London through the Floo network there."

The Floo Network is a very popular way to travel in the wizarding world. You don't need to blow cold air on a broom, you don't have to feel the process of compression and decompression in a tube, and you don't have to experience the feeling of being hooked in your navel. With just a handful of floo powder, you can travel from one place to another via a connected fireplace.

Therefore, the fireplace in almost every wizarding home is connected to the Floo network - just like Muggle homes are connected to Internet cables and telephone lines. There are thousands of Floo connected fireplaces across the UK. The exception is the Hogwarts fireplace. Normally they don't connect to the Floo network, but it's not too difficult to connect secretly.

Dumbledore's fireplace was a fireplace that he modified to be able to communicate with the outside world. The fireplace in Hogwarts blocks the Floo network, mainly to prevent students from sneaking out of the school without the principal's knowledge, or enemies from other schools invading the school through the Floo network.

Placing a fireplace with access to the outside world in Dumbledore's office easily solves both problems.

Tom returned to Dumbledore's office.

Dumbledore did not choose the Floo network as a means of transportation. He left Hogwarts directly on Fawkes. He only leaves for a short while, and if something happens he will come back as soon as possible.

At this time, Harry, who was lying in the office, woke up slowly.

Harry rubbed his forehead, where a big bump formed. When he recovered from the confusion when he woke up, his body immediately shook: he remembered that he was still in Dumbledore's office!

He trembled and almost jumped up: It is not suitable to stay here for a long time! There was a slippery feeling on his head, and he realized that he was still wearing an invisibility cloak.

The scene before coma gradually emerged in his mind.

Harry remembered that before he passed out, a red object hit him and Ron one after another, knocking him unconscious. Who would do such a thing? And he did nothing after knocking himself and Ron unconscious, not even taking away the invisibility cloak.

When Harry's blank eyes swept across the empty sycamore branches, he suddenly realized what the creature that knocked him unconscious was: the legendary phoenix that followed Dumbledore.

Harry shuddered at the thought of being discovered by Dumbledore's Phoenix.

He tried hard to stop thinking about where Phoenix Fox had flown to. He didn't dare think about what he would face if he was caught. He only knew one thing: he couldn't be stuck in the office. Fred once said that only being caught was a violation of school rules. Fox was just a phoenix who had nothing to worry about. He shouldn't know him, right?

Harry glanced at his partner Ron, who had a lump on his forehead and was lying quietly on the floor, with a stream of saliva dripping from the corner of his mouth. Harry shook Ron hard, and it took a long time to wake Ron up.

Ron wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, and the burning pain on his forehead made him quickly recall his situation.

"There's no time, get up!" Harry didn't want to waste any more time. He took Ron's arm and pulled him up. Harry decided to take Ron away as quickly as possible. But contrary to expectations, as soon as they reached the door, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door.

Harry showed a look of despair. He could only pray that his invisibility cloak was strong enough - this dress had never let him down. He dragged Ron and huddled in the corner, shivering, not daring to make a sound.

The door was pushed open with a creak. It was a little different from what Harry thought. It was not Professor Dumbledore who came in, but Lockhart.

Tom always felt something was wrong when he walked into Dumbledore's office. He also had this uncomfortable feeling when he came in with Dumbledore before. He always felt like someone was staring at him in the dark.

He looked around and found nothing, but the feeling of being watched grew stronger.

Tom silently equipped himself with the title: Hound of the Baskervilles. Wearing this title can greatly enhance the sense of smell. Tom rarely does this, but today he felt the need to give it a try.

After equipping the title, all kinds of smells hit his nose one after another, making Tom feel dizzy. This was also the drawback of this title. It took him some time to adapt to the suddenly strengthened sense of smell. However, through the analysis of various smells, Tom immediately discovered something unusual: there was a very fresh human smell in this room! And there's more than one person...

Tom realized there was someone else in the room besides him! Because the "human smell" in the room has not faded with the passage of time, this can only mean that the source of the smell is still in the room.

Tom immediately tightened his grip on his wand under his robes.

However, when he identified the source of the smell again, he found that the two smells were a bit familiar, as if they were his acquaintances. After Tom analyzed it for a while, an idea came to his mind: No way, could it be?

He walked toward the corner of the wall where the smell was strongest. It looked empty and empty of anything.

Harry's heart was racing and he couldn't help but swallow. He couldn't understand how Professor Lockhart discovered them?

Tom walked near the corner and stopped. If someone could see through the invisibility cloak, they would see a rather funny scene, where Harry and Ron were huddled together, being blocked in a corner by Tom and not daring to move.

"The invisibility cloak is of very good quality." Tom praised. At this time, he was really envious of Harry's Deathly Hallows. Unlike the Disillusionment Charm and the Invisibility Cloak, where you can still find clues if you look carefully, Harry's Invisibility Cloak will not leave any traces behind after wearing it.

"Come out, Potter, and if I'm not mistaken, Mr. Ron Weasley?"

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