From Azkaban To Hogwarts

‘I took a bunch of copies from Mr. Filch for students to copy, but I didn’t expect that I would also use them one day. ’

Looking at the thick stacks of copies of historical records stacked in the corner of the room, William couldn't help but sigh.

However, he is not in a hurry to find the required information from this pile of scary information. Instead, he directly locks the door and walks towards Dumbledore's office - he found some clues and was killed while searching. He had read too much, and now that it was him, he didn't want to plant this flag.

'Tell Dumbledore my guess first, and then confirm it--' William held the wand in one hand and walked towards Dumbledore's office with great vigilance.

This is not a trivial matter like the dead rooster last time. If it involves the Dark Lord, it is definitely right to contact the principal.

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"Principal, are you there?"

William knocked on the door cautiously. Although this office was theoretically the safest place in the wizarding world, countless people fell in the last scene before victory.

Fortunately, when the door opened, it was Dumbledore's face that appeared.

"Professor William?"

The first white wizard showed a puzzled smile, "Are you here too?"

What is it called?

When William glanced at the door curiously, he immediately understood what was going on - the office was crowded with professors.

There are not enough chairs in the principal's office, and there are still many professors who are just standing. When William looked inside the door, these professors also stared outside the door and looked at him.

'By the way, Adams pushed those professors who were curious about the diadem to Dumbledore's side! ’

William suddenly remembered the previous conversation with Adams - there is no doubt that Adams did a pretty good job.

But now the problems that were originally solved are very likely to continue to become pressures. There are a room of professors here, and they are definitely not here to catch up with the principal - especially since there are several professors in there who don't even attend class, let alone reminiscing. Maybe he doesn't even care if the principal changes.

"Sorry, Professor Dumbledore, I want to talk to you about my personal salary issue."

Looking at the professors in the room, William subconsciously opened his eyes and told lies - he really couldn't bear the ball being kicked back by Dumbledore.

The matter of private salary is confidential enough that others will have no desire to interfere. As long as Dumbledore is not determined to kick the ball over, there is enough excuse to have a private chat.

"Salary?" Dumbledore looked surprised, but quickly softened, "Okay, but I'm afraid I don't have much time."

"It's okay, Professor, just a little while."

The two left the principal's office one after another and stopped in the corridor.

'That's pretty much it - if talking to Dumbledore at Hogwarts can be overheard, I'll admit it. ’

"Well, Professor, I suddenly came up with a very interesting guess today." William stood still and whispered his guess, "Tell me, can that Tom, the Tom that Miss Helena mentioned? Something to do with the Dark Lord?”

"It's an interesting guess," Dumbledore looked at William with a relaxed tone, "Although it's just a guess, I can tell you, Professor William, you are very close to the truth."

"But -" Dumbledore's tone suddenly became serious, "You shouldn't check that, Professor William, you are still young, and he is much more cunning than you think. Since Voldemort became famous, there have been countless The wizard tried to trace his past, but all those people died."

"Dead?" William frowned.

"He even put a curse on his name. When he was so powerful, there were too many people in the wizarding world who could only call him Mysterious Man." Dumbledore looked at William seriously, "Although it will be difficult for such news to spread. It caused panic, but now I have to tell you, he was not dead at the time."

"Similarly, the Ministry of Magic's hunting operation more than ten years ago was not fully successful. There are too many of his admirers lurking in the wizarding world." Dumbledore's tone was not relaxed at all. "If you want to be his enemy, you will encounter It’s more difficult than you think.”

"But there are still old guys like me in the wizarding world. I think I'm trustworthy, right?"

Although the words were said in a joking tone, Dumbledore's eyes were all serious.

This is not a threat, but a protection - William knows this very well.

"You're right, Professor."

William nodded in agreement.

"Then it's settled, Professor William. Well, I think this year's OWLs exam results should be very good -" Dumbledore's expression softened, "This is a common understanding between Minerva and I."

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'Dumbledore thought of it? ’

William was making guesses in his office - although he verbally agreed to Dumbledore, he did not completely give up his plan.

It was about his own life. Although Dumbledore could be completely trusted, it was not William's style to just wait and wait without doing any investigation.

‘But Dumbledore’s warning must be remembered. Dumbledore can conduct various investigations, target various targets, and even boldly put forward his own ideas to give others confidence, but he is Dumbledore. ’

'I'm afraid I can't search for information blatantly, and I can't ask other professors, I'm a Death Eater...'

William had heard rumors about the most terrifying Death Eater in Azkaban - the chief who leveled a street with a single spell. He was a legend even in Azkaban.

‘Staying under the eyes of dementors 24 hours a day and actually maintaining self-awareness, and not even being allowed to take a break... Are there other existences like that out there? ’

However, William could answer this question himself - in his few memories, there was indeed such a person, the Death Eater who lurked into Hogwarts and single-handedly directed the resurrection of the Dark Lord.

'It distracts you from watching movies! ’ William wanted to give himself a slap in the face, ‘Everyone else is watching the movie, but you are so focused on watching the people that you can’t even remember the plot, let alone the messy names! ’

'It may not be safe inside the castle. Who knows how many Death Eaters are lurking in? ’

'Wait, Professor Snape! ’

William thought of the card he had drawn, 'The system is hinting to me that he is a Death Eater? ’

‘We cannot jump to conclusions. Dumbledore trusts Professor Snape, otherwise he would not have allowed him to be the dean - but I am certain that there must have been Death Eaters in the school when Professor Snape was studying. ’

‘Be careful in your research and don’t tell anyone. Fortunately, Professor Binns and I have already collaborated on the history of the school, so I will not arouse suspicion by checking the information myself. ’

'You can only do it yourself - although it is repetitive work, you will feel at ease if you do it. Just squeeze some time out of your relaxation time, and save the big changes in your schedule that will attract other people's attention. ’

With the plan formulated in this way, William began to eliminate all his records of speculation.

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'Tom's years of schooling are unknown - his age is unknown - it can even be said that if Dumbledore hadn't told me that Tom was the Dark Lord, I wouldn't have been able to confirm this at all. ’

Without going to the library to borrow it, William checked all the public information about the black magic by relying on his position as a professor of self-defense in the relevant collections. After all, when it comes to black magic, there are no modern books at all. Can't get around that one.

'Sure enough, no one has investigated until now - the Dark Lord's basic profile is pure blood. It is estimated that many pure blood families are now secretly trying to get relevant information to appear. ’

‘Or maybe the Dark Lord also placed a curse on his birth information, but the curse of the self-defense professor was in the open and the curse of the investigation was in the dark? ’

'I can't say for sure - after all, if you can make one curse, you can make a second one. According to the Dark Lord's thoughts, it is natural to impose a curse. ’

William boldly made a guess. Since the curse of the position is real, the curse of the investigation should also be real.

‘It’s probably useless to investigate directly. Let’s start with the Death Eaters. In the year Professor Snape entered school, when the system card was introduced, there were Death Eaters in the school. Let’s check it from the information at that time. ’

‘Yes, Professor Snape’s record of violations——’ William happily dug out what he wanted from the pile of information.

'I have to thank Professor Lockhart. His autobiography mentioned the time when he entered school. On the first day of school, he told me about Professor Snape. Isn't this easy? ’

William rubbed his hands happily - no matter what happened, he could still see the dark history of Professor Snape, which was really fun.

‘Everyone is grabbing the cursed position, and if you can’t get it, you are still discriminated against——’ William opened the record, ‘Now the black history is gone, right? ’

'James Potter? ’

'This last name seems familiar, but it's not a pureblood of the 28th century...'

In the relatively harmonious short stories about pure-blood nobles in Azkaban, in order to make those stories look more realistic, pure-blood skin will be put on. Thanks to this, William remembered the so-called twenty-eight pure-bloods. very clear.

‘Yes, Harry Potter, James Potter is Harry Potter’s father, that’s why I’m familiar with it! Many books that mention Harry will mention the history of the Potter family. ’

'The fighting was really lively back then - but now the child is in someone else's hands. "

William shook his head and ignored the grievances between those two generations - the father's debt was repaid by the son, what is there to say.

'You have to look for the admission list before and after Professor Snape's enrollment. Give up other houses and just look for Slytherin - anyway, the vast majority of Death Eaters are from that house. ’

Although it was a bit discriminatory, doing so allowed William to quickly find the list of those years.

"Interesting, interesting," William found the people who had committed crimes with Professor Snape, and then rummaged through the violation records on the list - finally, he found a name that appeared particularly frequently.

Horace Slughorn.

The Head of Slytherin, the former Potions Professor - at the same time, William also found a stack of order records of the professor's personal purchases of drinks from the kitchen.

‘Mr. Filch is so kind, the administrator’s files really have everything! ’

William was familiar with these orders - the elf had mentioned this when he gave the party, but he had given up on the drinks because most of the students were underage.

‘There’s also a club application form – the Slug Club. ’

‘Club party? Interesting, interesting, and close friends with Professor Snape are all in this club - could it be the predecessor of the Death Eaters? ’

William boldly speculated, 'Unfortunately, the school will not register the membership list, otherwise it would be much easier to trace. ’

"I have never met that professor - but I know from a little guessing that Professor Snape is his favorite disciple." William looked up at the sky, "Could he have the same character as Professor Snape?" '

William was not just making random guesses. There were existing examples in the school. For example, the old professor retired this year, and all the professors privately believed that Hagrid could be specially recommended by the old professor. In fact, the two people's personalities still had some differences. similar.

‘Let’s check the list of students in Horace Slughorn’s advanced class over the years. The slug club recruits students that the professor likes, so they should not be unable to pass the advanced class. ’

William determined a new direction of investigation.

"Ding, you are cursed, get the treasure chest x1."

The system suddenly made an inappropriate sound—William then raised his head and looked at the sky outside.

‘Is it getting dark now? ’

We have only found out a little bit - it can even be said that we have only found out what is easiest to investigate.

‘There is still too much information, and invalid content cannot be missed. ’

‘The progress will not be so fast next time. We will have to squeeze those children during the next confinement, otherwise we will have no excuse to get new information. ’

William silently made a painful decision for those troublemakers.

'The investigation went much smoother than expected - and is still on the right track. ’

'The system testifies that the Dark Lord is really petty. He cursed the teaching profession and also cursed his life investigation. ’

Anyway, he already carries a curse, so William doesn't have to worry anymore - curses of the same effect and origin will be seriously weakened or not superimposed at all when they are superimposed. This is common sense in black magic.

For example, the slug curse in Ron will not spit out double the worms at once if he is hit again.

A similar principle also applies to protective spells, just like the Iron Armor Curse. Repeated release will only refresh it. Stacked armor does not exist. Otherwise, the two people would just stack their armor like crazy before the wizard duel - ding ding ding ding, it's like cheating in the game. of.

This silent curse is easy to use, and most likely it will not be replaced. William already has a curse on his back, and another curse will have no effect at all.

I clicked open the purple box - and sure enough.

[Curse (Bone Necrosis) Paralysis;...

[Curse (Bone Necrosis) Loss of Heart;...

[Curse (bone-attached gangrene) death;...

Three identical cards appeared in front of William. Then, the first card that William selected began to shake desperately. The card surface was cracked and broken, and finally turned into a yellow ticket.

[Meal coupon; you can use it to offset the cost of using a card]

? ? ?

Can it still be like this?

William swallowed his complaints and happily accepted the setting of turning the repeated curse card into a meal coupon.

‘William, you have to be calm and your eyelids should not be so weak. You have to know that this kind of silent curse is also normal, and other hidden curses are not necessarily caused by this kind of group delay! ’

William, who accepted the meal coupon, began to advise himself not to seek death.