The Silent Witch of Hogwarts

Chapter 362 Mr. Lupin's Arrival

Chapter 362 Mr. Lupin's Arrival

Soon, the start of the new school term at Hogwarts will arrive, and the end of summer vacation marks the beginning of the new term. Instead of returning to school with the students, Roy arrived at Hogwarts ahead of time.

Of course, the main reason she chose to come so early was not to make preparations for the students. She did make some preparations, but only for Karkarov.

She planned to scout out a suitable place to carry out the murder, since although Hogwarts was quite large, most places were definitely not safe to commit the crime.

The castle is out of the question; the portraits and the ghosts that wander around there will see them, and there are also many students coming and going—

—In short, it's not very suitable.

Loila walked carefully down the corridors of Hogwarts, stopping every now and then at a corner to take a look and check the situation.

There are actually some corners without portraits that would go unnoticed, but Loila can't think of any way to bring people there for the time being.

Besides that, there's the office—which is a good choice, but—it involves Miss Nagini—and Loila would never tell anyone about this.

Even if Miss Nagini is his friend—or rather, it's precisely because she's a friend that Roy can't tell her.

After all, if he told Miss Nagini, his image would be ruined, and it wouldn't be good if Miss Nagini thought he was a bad kid or something.

It's better for the person committing the murder to know it only.

Loila walked around a few more corners, then sighed—it seemed that staying inside the castle was no good after all—why not try going outside?

Thinking this, Loila was about to step out of the castle, but after only a few steps, she heard a familiar sound of footsteps.

Is it Dumbledore?

What's he doing here? Why is he out wandering around at a time like this instead of staying in the principal's office slacking off?

Loila paused for a moment, then heard the footsteps getting closer and closer until they finally reached her.

"Miss Hamilton, so this is you." Dumbledore looked at her and smiled gently. "I've been looking for you."

"Ah—is that so—" Loila pursed her lips a little guiltily and lowered her head. Fortunately, she always looked like this, so no matter what, she wouldn't be suspected of doing anything strange.

Well, in some ways, she always does strange things.

"Please come with me," Dumbledore said slowly. "You have a friend coming today."

"My—friend?" Loila paused for a moment, subconsciously thinking it was Miss Shiloh. If Miss Shiloh were back, then she could ask her for help in taking down Kakaroff—after all, she was an elite member of our Wusui Party, killing people was a piece of cake for her!

So, Royla immediately followed Dumbledore with great anticipation.

As they walked, Dumbledore casually remarked, "By the way, Miss Hamilton—don't blame yourself too much, Headmaster Karkaroff is fine."

According to him, he was probably just provoked.

I'd be more guilty if he wasn't seriously injured. It would have been better if I had scared him to death for no reason.

Loila muttered to herself, but outwardly she pursed her lips and said, "Then—that's good."

"Did nothing really happen between you two?" Dumbledore's voice came, making Loira's ears twitch.

Of course it happened, and a lot of things happened—but—to be honest—this is where Roy's biggest confusion lies.

This guy is the one who's always causing me trouble, and he even got Muller into this mess—but why did he faint when he saw me?—Isn't this some kind of setup?! I didn't do anything to him—

I just wanted to do something to him, right?

"I—I'm not quite sure either." Loila finally chose this answer: "We—we used to be just classmates—"

"I have many classmates," but few enemies like him.

"I see—" Dumbledore nodded thoughtfully, it was unclear what he had figured out—this wicked fellow was always so perceptive at times like these.

Loira knew she absolutely couldn't show any hostility towards Karkaroff in front of Dumbledore, so she thought for a moment and said, "Um—that Headmaster Karkaroff—which hospital is he in?"

"I want to go and visit them."

She said, trying to suppress the urge to throw up her breakfast.

"Ah—it's probably not necessary." Dumbledore smiled. "After all, I feel that your seeing him would only worsen his condition."

".——"

Loila's lips twitched slightly, but she chose to remain silent.

Seeing Loila's expression, Dumbledore shrugged gently and said nothing more. The two walked silently to the entrance of Hogwarts. A long stone bridge connected to the distance, and a figure was slowly walking towards them.

"Huh?!" Upon seeing the figure, Loila smiled, her ears twitching with excitement.

He was a gentle-looking young man with a refined appearance. He was wearing a well-fitting suit, carrying a small leather suitcase, and had a faint smile on his face. As if he had seen Loira, he immediately waved.

"It's...it's Mr. Lupin!"

"Hmm." Dumbledore nodded and said, "After Miss Shiloh left, Remus took over the job."

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"Huh?" Loila suddenly paused for a moment and then looked at Dumbledore.

"Remus will be teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts this semester."

Huh?! Dumbledore, you've introduced another dangerous job to my friend—now that's great, Miss Heero, Mr. Lupin, and I have all been Defense Against the Dark Arts professors, so are we going to recruit Miss Nagini next?

Is this job, where you get a different professor every year, really not cursed?

"The position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is not cursed." Dumbledore said seriously, seemingly knowing what Loyra was thinking, but his expression immediately softened as Lupin approached.

"Headmaster Dumbledore, Royla." Lupin approached with a smile and a nod. "It's been a while. How have you been?"

"It's...it's alright." Loila nodded with a smile: "I have...I have a new goal in life."

"That's wonderful." Lupin had no idea how terrifying his friend's goal was; he just smiled and nodded.

Dumbledore then said slowly, "Let's go to the headmaster's office to talk. There are some things I'd like to ask for your opinions on."

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