Hogwarts: My System Arrived After Graduation
Chapter 99

Douglas: I felt like I'd gone too far

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At the sound of that name.

Everyone in the dormitory wore a different expression.

Professor McGonagall's expression changed abruptly, and she looked at Dumbledore.

Dumbledore looked gravely at Tom Cruise.

Only Douglas stood at the back, puzzled by Dumbledore's reaction. No reaction?

That wasn't right.

He suddenly felt certain there was something going on between Dumbledore and Snape.

Because even if Snape knew Voldemort's real name, there was no need to bring it up at a time like this.

After all, no one had used it in decades.

If Dumbledore had asked, he would have thought it normal, but Snape...

In short, something was strange here.

Although Snape's voice and expression frightened Tom Cruise a little, he still asked in confusion:

"Who's that?"

At that moment, everyone seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

Only Douglas stood at the back with a strange expression.

Tom Cruise's reaction left him unsure whether the boy had ever come into contact with the Diary.

After all, if three masters of Legilimency couldn't tell whether he was telling the truth, he probably really was.

But his physical weakness looked far too much like the aftermath of having his life force drained,

especially that shoe print. Unless the person using Polyjuice Potion had been careful enough to take Tom Cruise's shoes as well,

even a Transfiguration Spell wouldn't have reproduced the exact same wear patterns on the soles.

It wasn't that Douglas looked down on wizards, but their investigative methods were almost all primitive in their thinking, though of course there were also some miraculous magical methods.

Almost no one considered those tiny details.

After all, once they caught someone, there were far too many magical means of proving their guilt.

"Legilimency?"

A thought flashed through Douglas's mind.

He remembered borrowing Percy's pet Scabbers to

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