Days at Hogwarts
Chapter 326

Insomnia

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At night, Headmaster's Office still had the lights on, and Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk reviewing documents accumulated in recent days. Although Deputy Headmaster Professor McGonagall would also assist him in handling most of the school's affairs, some documents still required his signature as the principal.

"A lot has happened recently."

Dumbledore After processing the documents, he picked up the cup of milk tea with several sugar cubes and took a sip, his eyes falling on the pile of envelopes.

Voldemort is eyeing Philosopher's Stone, Rowena·Professor Smith has disappeared inexplicably, and there are also reforms within Ministry of Magic.

Dumbledore is sure that Voldemort has definitely secretly returned to Britain, and is also eyeing Philosopher's Stone of Nicolas Flamel. But the biggest question now is, where is Voldemort hidden?

Originally, Dumbledore wanted to use Philosopher's Stone to seduce Voldemort. After all, enemies hiding in the dark are really difficult to deal with.

Unfortunately, Voldemort never took action and still carefully hid his whereabouts. He was even careful when monitoring Nicolas Flamel, for fear of being discovered by others and making it difficult to catch him for a while.

Dumbledore didn't want to play a hide-and-seek game with the other party. He was old, his energy was not as good as before, and he really couldn't stand the random tossing.

There is another thing that Dumbledore is very concerned about. How come Rowena·Professor Smith suddenly disappeared? There is no news at all, as if he disappeared out of thin air.

Dumbledore suspects that the disappearance of Professor Smith is related to Voldemort.

There was no way, given Voldemort's current situation, someone must be helping him, otherwise I wouldn't be able to find where he was hiding for a while.

It is understandable that Dumbledore would have such thoughts. After all, the other party is Voldemort, so he must deal with it carefully no matter what.

Will it be Rowena·Smith? Dumbledore paced back and forth in Headmaster's Office, considering the possibility of this matter. If it was possible, it was actually not very high. If he is Voldemort and wants to completely hide his whereabouts, he should not let Rowena·Smith disappear inexplicably. The reward for the Smith Family has always been on Daily Prophet.

"Those two things probably don't matter."

After Dumbledore sorted out his thoughts, he sat back at the principal's desk and began to use Letter Opener to open the recently received envelopes and reply to them one by one.

Since Cornelius Fudge became Minister of Magic, many owls have been sent to him every day to deliver letters, asking for his help in providing ideas on some policies of Ministry of Magic.

Baruffio's Brain Elixir's matter is still making a fuss after all, and Ministry of Magic is considering formulating a new examination bill.

Although Dumbledore is not an expert on Potions, he is also very aware of the difficulty of making Baruffio's Brain Elixir. There is no need to make any publicity about this matter. After all, the materials for making this medicine are so expensive and the difficulty is so high. There are simply not a few clever Potions Master that can successfully make it.

Thinking of the Slytherin student who was poisoned by Buffy's Brain Refreshing Potion and went to the school hospital, Dumbledore couldn't help but sigh. In his reply, he suggested that Fudge should let everyone know the dangers of Buffy's Brain Refreshing Potion through the mouth of a potion expert, so as to prevent anyone from taking the risk of taking the potion and getting poisoned.

After all, Baruffio's Brain Elixir on the market is 100% toxic and failed. Even if the medicine is diluted, it is still fatal.

There is no need to specify strict laws, the most important thing is to let everyone understand. I believe that with a precedent, few people will dare to touch Baruffio's Brain Elixir.

Would anyone drink it even though they knew it was poisonous? Definitely not!

After dealing with these, Dumbledore began to open other letters and thought carefully before giving a reply.

However, when he saw the name of the sender, he was stunned.

Albert·Anderson?

Dumbledore read out the name of the sender softly, then opened the envelope with the opener placed next to it. There was a piece of parchment inside, and a... photo.

The photo showed an ugly bust of an old wizard on top of a crate. His head was covered with a dusty old hair cover and a rusty Diadem.

Dumbledore was stunned for a moment, not understanding the meaning of this photo, and because it was a bit far away, the photo was not very clear.

He picked up the letter and read it quickly. The letter probably said: Albert accidentally discovered an item suspected to be Dark Magic Item in a mysterious room in the school.

The rusty Diadem on the wizard's bust in the photo is the Dark Magic item. As long as you get close to it, you can hear evil whispers.

He suspected that this thing might also be Diadem, the legendary Ravenclaw House who had been missing for many years.

These are his two suspicions, a very dangerous Dark Magic item, or Ravenclaw's Diadem, and the basis for the judgment is that he heard whispers.

Dumbledore squinted his eyes, picked up the unclear photo again, looked at it carefully, and then looked at the portrait behind him.

"Armando, do you think Diadem in the photo looks like Ravenclaw's Diadem?" Dumbledore handed the photo in the direction of the portrait of Armando·Dippet.

"Armando·Dippet is the principal who came from Ravenclaw. He is more familiar with Diadem's affairs than them."

"Ravenclaw's Diadem?" Armando·Dippet pushed up his glasses and stretched his head closer. All the other principals in the office also opened their eyes and crowded towards the nearby portrait.

I want to see the so-called Ravenclaw's Diadem. After all, that thing has disappeared for a long time. There has been no shortage of students throughout the ages trying to find Diadem to add points to their colleges.

"This shape is somewhat similar, but as you know, that thing has disappeared for hundreds of years, and no one has seen it at all." Armando·Dippet is not sure. He has seen Diadem on the Ravenclaw statue, but this one is rusty...

"Wait a moment!"

As he spoke, he disappeared from his portrait. Not long after, Armando·Dippet appeared again panting. He had just gone to Ravenclaw Common Room, "It looks a bit similar. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that it is an imitation. By the way, where did you get this photo?"

"A student sent it to me." Dumbledore said, "He thought that Diadem was most likely a Dark Magic item, because he heard a strange sound coming from Diadem. As you all know, hearing strange sounds from Wizarding World is not a good sign."

In Wizarding World, anything that can think independently needs to be vigilant. Dumbledore is not sure whether Ravenclaw's Diadem has the same ability to think as Sorting Hat, but Albert's judgment and approach are undoubtedly very wise, telling him the matter directly instead of trying to figure it out on his own.

"I suggest you take back the things in the photo and study them." Armando·Dippet said with a hint of urging in his tone, "Although the possibility is unlikely, we should still pay attention to it."

"I will, Armando." Dumbledore glanced at the pocket watch. It was already early in the morning, and it was impossible to find it now, although Albert had said where this thing was., but... Room of Requirement's treasure house is really too big. It contains things from Hogwarts's past generations. Without Albert's help to lead the way, it would be difficult to find it even for a while.

"It seems that this matter has to wait until tomorrow." He stared at the photo and murmured.

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