Buzz—
Senior Charles and Senior Miranda both felt their minds go hazy.
It took several breaths before they came back to their senses.
Only then did they notice that, at some point, Cypher had already put away the Dragon Eyes.
"Senior, I need to trouble you with something."
Cypher pulled a phoenix tail feather from his waist pouch.
"Take this, stand outside your dormitory door, and cast the Levitation Charm on it. Iris and Luna will come find you. Tell them what happened here."
"Oh, and please bring Professor Leslie as well."
A phoenix tail feather...
Simply holding it was an honor!
"Leave it to me!"
The Weasley boy thumped his chest loudly and repeatedly assured Cypher.
"Be careful on the way..."
Charles froze at those words. He seemed to understand something, put away his playful grin, solemnly drew his wand, and strode downstairs...
"Is it serious? It isn't a prank?"
Only Senior Miranda and Cypher remained in the corridor.
With Cypher acting this way and having driven away all the onlookers,
Miranda began to feel uneasy.
"The situation doesn't look good. I don't think it's a prank..."
Cypher sighed softly. It seemed the intrigues and deceptions of the outside world had ultimately tainted Hogwarts.
He simply did not know why a young wizard from the outer school had been the first victim.
Was someone trying to bully Hogwarts while most of its professors were gone, creating panic and driving the young wizards away?
In any case, setting aside his personal prejudices, Cypher had no leads whatsoever regarding the culprit behind this attack.
But if he factored in his personal prejudices,
Cypher thought the new professor, Casper Crouch, was the most likely suspect.
And Tom? Hogwarts being disbanded would do him no good.
Recently, he had built up quite a