Standing in front of Allen, watching Theodore and Millicent on the verge of collapse, Ernie's anxious heart beat faster and faster. Students who had resisted Allen would be expelled; those who had helped Allen would be rewarded. But although the Macmillan family had not taken part in resisting Allen, they had only changed their minds at Sirius Black's request, and because of his family's neutral stance, he himself had not shown any support for Headmaster Harris either... An indescribable worry left Ernie irritable and restless, his foot scuffing back and forth against the floor.
"All right, Ernie, there's nothing else. Go back to the school." Allen brought his five fingers together and extended his hand to the right, signaling for Ernie to return to the watching Hogwarts students.
Mr. Macmillan, standing among the Pureblood governors, froze. Before he could even react, Harris had already let Ernie go back?
"He's just giving us a warning." Mr. Flint also let go of the worry in his heart, but seeing how thoroughly Harris controlled Hogwarts, he said quietly to Macmillan, "But I think we really have no connection to Hogwarts anymore... Allen Harris is also telling all of us this, making us recognize it. He can do anything he wants to Hogwarts..."
Paul Greengrass could barely suppress his fear. He wished he could rush forward and stay by his two daughters' sides, but his feet seemed rooted to the spot, unable to move even a single step. He felt that an irreversible situation was developing step by step toward an inevitable outcome, and waves of heavy, grief-stricken guilt stabbed and scorched his heart like red-hot needles.
And as Allen slowly called out names, wizard after wizard was expelled, rewarded, or returned to the Hogwarts ranks. All kinds of sorrow, joy, anger, and regret