Lucius screamed and jumped as if he had been hit by a hot iron.

His reaction made Dumbledore narrow his eyes slightly.

"Ah! Sorry, Mr. Malfoy, I didn't mean it, I just..."

Fudge opened and closed his mouth a few times, but couldn't continue. He could only change the subject and said, "John, please continue talking. I still don't understand what the incident you are talking about has to do with the attack on Hogwarts."

.”

John continued:

"This is actually very obvious. A normal person would obviously not lose his mind just because his diary was thrown into the dung heap, and would dive into the dung heap to look for it without hesitation. But Harry did this.

.

Considering that Harry didn't behave like a retarded person on ordinary days, it was obvious that his condition at that time and even later was abnormal.

Ron and Hermione should have felt this too."

Hearing this, Hermione nodded quickly and said:

"This diary was actually given to Harry by Ginny, and Harry felt very strange after getting the diary. It was as if... it was as if he was deliberately hiding something from us. Especially these days.

, he became completely unlike himself.”

John spread his hands and said:

"Based on the above information, I guess that this diary is likely to be a dark magic product with the ability to control people's hearts. And Harry was controlled by it, so he used Parseltongue to control the basilisk and attack his classmates."

Fudge's expression was dull and unbelievable.

Not that he didn't believe John's reasoning.

But Fudge knew that John had previously received two months of closed treatment in the Potions Office, during which he was basically isolated from the outside world.

Then, he was just released today and everything was settled.

This means that John may have collected the intelligence and completed the reasoning work in a few hours!

This kind of thinking ability is really amazing.

But thinking about Dumbledore's previous evaluation of John, Fudge felt relieved again.

People who are born with talents may be like this.

On the other side, Dumbledore began to look at the diary.

He used his magic power to control the diary to turn the pages on its own, and when he saw Tom Riddle's signature on the first page, his movements froze.

Snape noticed his abnormality and asked:

"Did you find anything?"

Dumbledore waved his wand lightly, causing the diary to close automatically and then said:

"John is right. This blank diary is indeed a dark magic item. It's just that its ability seems to have disappeared now."

"This has something to do with my previous battle with Harry."

John took over the conversation, and then told the story of his battle with Harry, or Riddle.

Of course, he concealed the circumstances surrounding Riddle's final devouring, saying only that after defeating Harry, the diary seemed to have lost its magic.

Most of his descriptions were indeed true, and they were also blessed by [Occlumency], so they did not arouse anyone's suspicion.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

They knew that John would be in danger if he went to capture Harry alone, but they didn't expect that the danger would be to this extent.

Especially when they heard 'Harry' attacking John with a [Death Curse] that had almost no cooldown, almost everyone present took a breath.

"You must inform us professors when you encounter this kind of thing in the future! John, do you understand?"

Professor McGonagall held John's hand tightly and scolded.

"Don't worry, there won't be a next time."

John comforted softly.

He could see that Professor McGonagall was really angry this time.

Dumbledore smiled and said:

"Okay, then it seems like this is how it should be. We will also ask Ginny later to find out the origin of the diary. Of course, this should be the job of the next headmaster, after all, I have been dismissed

Already."

"No! Dumbledore! Hogwarts can't live without you, just like the Ministry of Magic can't live without me!"

Fudge suddenly stood up and said, "I beg you to stay. I believe everyone thinks so too."

As soon as this was said, Ron, Hermione, Michelle and others all echoed loudly, and McGonagall and Snape also nodded towards Dumbledore.

This put a little more smile on Dumbledore's face.

But he still pretended to be distressed and said:

"But this is not something you and I can decide. I believe you also know that the power to remove the principal lies with the school board. Although after the exchange just now in London, many school directors have changed their minds. But there are still

Some school directors firmly believed that it was the right choice for me to leave."

After saying this, Dumbledore turned to look at Lucius, who had been silent.

Others in the principal's room looked over.

Fudge even put on a serious look.

This made Lucius's expression become increasingly ugly.

He had a hunch that Dumbledore might have guessed that he secretly hid the diary next to Ginny.

Dumbledore is clearly playing a double act with Fudge now to threaten him!

After struggling for a long time, Lucius slowly said:

"I think this... this won't be a problem. After all, the school directors' appeal is only to maintain the safety and stability of Hogwarts. Now that the danger has been lifted, it will be easy to let Dumbledore return to Hogwarts.

It’s natural.”

"So, Lucius, you don't object?" Dumbledore said with a smile.

"certainly!"

"It would be great!"

Dumbledore stood up and said to everyone, "In order to celebrate the end of the crisis, let's have a banquet tonight. Cornelius and Lucius, will you stay and join us?"

"Oh! I'm honored!" Fudge said with some exaggeration.

Lucius, on the other hand, was too lazy to deal with Dumbledore and others anymore. He said "Sorry" and quickly walked out of the principal's office.

Looking at his back, Ron and Hermione couldn't help laughing.

They really don't like Lucius Malfoy at all.

This is not only because Lucius tried to remove Dumbledore, but also because he is Draco's father.

And John followed quickly.

He stopped Lucius at the end of the corridor.

"Mr. Malfoy, please wait," John said.

"Ah, it's John. Are you going to ask about Draco's situation?" Lucius's expression was still very ugly, but when he saw that the person coming was John, he still managed a smile, "I have arranged for someone to go there.

Buy the Mandrake Restoration Potion and Draco will be back soon."

"Mr. Malfoy, I would also like to ask you to give Draco a message."

"Huh? You say."

John said seriously:

"Tell Draco that I have avenged him!"

As soon as these words came out, Lucius was stunned.

To be honest, Lucius was still a little dissatisfied with John.

After all, although his plan had some accidents along the way, overall, it went smoothly.

As a result, today John directly overturned his entire plan.

But now, listening to John's words and feeling John's sincere feelings, the dissatisfaction in Lucius's heart quickly disappeared.

"Thank you, John, I think Draco will be very happy to hear this news."

He took a deep breath, squatted down and looked level with John, "I must say, Draco is lucky to have a friend like you!"

Hearing this, John chuckled and said:

"I have another thing to tell you."

Lucius nodded.
To be continued...