Under Professor McGonagall's stern gaze, Professor Dumbledore sat obediently in his seat, reading every document one by one and signing his name.
Harley had escaped the dreadful place, which was shrouded in Professor McGonagall's oppressive presence, long before that. She had the house-elf take her back to the Dursleys' home.
After signing all the documents, Professor Dumbledore watched Professor McGonagall slam the door shut and rubbed his brow hard.
He leaned back, half-reclining in his chair, and suddenly let out a couple of bitter laughs.
Until they had thoroughly studied the golden Round Altar, they couldn't destroy the Horcrux ring, in case the important magic inside it was damaged.
So the ring had been frozen along with the golden Round Altar.
That also meant Professor Dumbledore's plan had fallen through.
He had originally planned to try using the broken Resurrection Stone to bring Ariana back after destroying the Horcrux.
"Come to think of it, I forgot to ask Harley why she can turn into Medusa."
Professor Dumbledore closed his eyes.
"Snakes for hair, a snake's body, eyes that can turn my Petrification by Fire to stone... the legendary Medusa... snakes..."
"Never mind. It's not important. I wouldn't get an answer anyway."
"That child is much better than Tom in every way. At least Tom wouldn't have fought me to protect my life."
"That's enough." A smile suddenly appeared on Professor Dumbledore's face.
"She understands love. She has people she loves, and people who love her. Why should an old man like me worry about anything else?"
At that thought, Professor Dumbledore suddenly felt a burst of enthusiasm and summoned himself a large bottle of mead.
For some reason, he was in a good mood, and decided to reward himself.
Professor Dumbledore seemed to have forgotten that Professor McGonagall would come