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"Oh? No one helped you secretly purchase explosives?"

Dumbledore raised an eyebrow, looking at Hermione with amusement, almost chuckling with exasperation.

"Then how do you explain the explosion that occurred tonight, capable of destroying half of the History of Magic classroom? I can't imagine what Professor Binns will feel like when he teaches tomorrow! And what about the students sitting by the window!"

The old wizard shook his head noncommittally, his tone becoming serious again as he spoke.

"Miss Kaslana, it seems you haven't fully recognized your mistakes—secretly buying prohibited items, enticing classmates to participate in dangerous magical experiments. If we were to strictly apply the school rules, you might spend the entire semester in detention. If similar situations occur again, temporary suspension or expulsion are possibilities!"

Although Dumbledore somewhat accepted the girl's explanations, it didn't completely negate the inherent danger of her actions, nor the dozens of school rules she violated in the process.

Most importantly, she was still trying to argue her way out of it?!

This little Elena Kaslana, with her flowery words… did she really think he knew nothing about the non-magical world? A hint of amusement and nostalgia flickered in Dumbledore's blue eyes.

Admittedly, he might not fully understand some non-magical customs, habits, or detailed scientific theories, but thanks to Grindelwald's actions and the terrible war that affected the entire world, Dumbledore knew something about bombs, gunpowder, firearms, and tanks.

If he had known in advance that Elena wanted to purchase such dangerous goods from the non-magical world, Dumbledore would have successfully stopped the order from being placed – at least, in Dumbledore's memory, the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry's external procurement approval forms hadn't contained any requests for such dangerous goods in recent months.

So, the only conclusion was…

These explosives that almost blew up the castle were likely "smuggled" into Hogwarts by Elena Kaslana through some unknown channels and means. The only strange thing was…

How did she get those dangerous items into the school past so many eyes?

"That's… um…"

Elena opened her mouth, about to explain the whole story, but suddenly felt a chill in her heart.

Wait, Professor Dumbledore seemed to have misunderstood something?

In that case…

The white-haired girl's eyes flickered, and she quickly shut her mouth, subconsciously weighing whether to brazenly endure a scolding. At least that way, she could preserve some of the revolutionary tinder for her next secret experiments or mischief.

Nitric acid was a crucial component in many chemical reactions, used in many basic chemistry experiments besides explosives.

However, at that moment, a simple, honest voice sounded in her ear.

"I testify, Elena definitely didn't secretly buy any explosives! You can't tell her parents!"

Seeing the silent Elena, Hannah Abbott bravely raised her hand and looked at Dumbledore.

Elena felt a warmth in her heart, turning to look at Hannah. She hadn't expected that the first person to stand up for her would be the usually simple-minded girl – but that wasn't surprising, after all, she was a true Hufflepuff, and one of Hufflepuff's traditions was valuing friendship.

[Don't worry, Elena, we're friends!]

Hannah returned a reassuring look to the white-haired girl, continuing to speak.

"I can testify that Elena has never purchased any prohibited dangerous items from beginning to end! Because…"

"?!"

The silver-haired witch was slightly stunned, looking blankly at the determined Hannah. A bad feeling suddenly arose in her heart. In this situation, it seemed that the following sentence should be…

Sure enough, before Elena could cover Hannah's mouth, the girl quickly revealed her first "dagger."

"Because! The materials we've been using for experiments in the castle these past few days have all been taken from ordinary supplies that are readily available in the school, like that nitro, nitro-whatever we got from the school infirmary…"

Hannah stopped halfway, frowning in frustration, her face flushed red. She wasn't a genius like Hermione. She was already on the verge of collapse from memorizing glycogen protein concepts and ATP conversion equations. How could she remember anything else?

"Silly Hannah, it's nitroglycerin!"

Hermione rolled her eyes at the suddenly stuttering Hannah, sighing helplessly as she took the initiative to explain.

"A common non-magical medicine for treating angina, one of the main ingredients is nitroglycerin, which is also the main ingredient in the explosives invented by Nobel. There's also ammonium nitrate fertilizer, which is used to fertilize vegetable gardens, which can be mixed with sawdust and other materials after frying to create similar unstable explosives."

Elena: "???"

Wasn't it enough to be betrayed by one simple-minded girl? Hermione Granger, were you going to give another stab in the back, too?

Were you two really not spies sent by Dumbledore?!

If she had known that these two would turn against her at a crucial moment, Elena should have hardened her heart earlier and sealed their mouths, preventing them from saying a word. As for now…

"Oh? Is that so?"

The corners of Dumbledore's mouth slightly turned up, revealing a pleased smile, as he murmured thoughtfully.

"Indeed, Miss Kaslana, the new procurement requests you submitted last week were for these things, weren't they? Helping me treat angina and fertilizing the school's land were all excuses. The real purpose was to make explosives."

"Professor Dumbledore, don't blame Elena alone. I was mainly responsible for suggesting mixing ammonium nitrate fertilizer with nitroglycerin and calculating the appropriate ratio. If you're going to punish someone, punish us together."

Hermione clenched the hem of her robes, looking determined as she stepped forward to stand next to Elena.

Elena stared blankly at this calculator-like girl who seemed about to sacrifice herself heroically. Dumbledore had almost been tricked into forgetting about the punishment. Was this spirit of mutual destruction the traditional curse of Gryffindor?

Luckily, Ravenclaw's Luna Lovegood hadn't…

"That's right, Elena didn't bewitch us! We calculated a lot of drafts beforehand!"

Luna nodded as well, taking out a stack of folded formulas and drafts from her arms and placing them in front of Dumbledore to prove that she had also participated in the entire experimental activity, with no intention of backing down in her eyes.

Looking at those pages detailing all the experimental records from these past few days, including the explosive ratio parameters, as well as detailed raw material sources and quantities, Elena was deeply suspicious of herself…

Since when had Luna's wings become black? That shouldn't be!

Everyone was a traitor! Everyone was a traitor!

Were all of her little wings really spies sent by Dumbledore and Grindelwald?!

"So, you've already conducted multiple experiments with different dosages…"

"Don't rush, tell me slowly. Does this value mean the ratio of sawdust…"

"Hmm, I'll seriously consider what you said…"

Listening to the girls' explanations, Dumbledore's smile became even stranger, nodding thoughtfully from time to time, occasionally asking a question or two, creating an atmosphere of peace and tranquility.

"…"

Elena's mouth twitched as she watched the old radish skillfully coaxing the naive girls.

Compared to a hundred-year-old heartless radish spirit, Hermione, Hannah, and Luna were far too inexperienced. In less than ten minutes, they had confessed everything under Dumbledore's guidance.

They even revealed Elena's subsequent plans for [Mixed Casting of Corrosive Curse and Concentrated Acid], [Synchronicity Test of Petrification Charm and Paralysis Potion], [Non-Open Flame Sustained Experiment of Fire Charm]… and a series of other plans.

This was simply… a disaster!

Looking at Dumbledore's increasingly strange smile, Elena felt like everything was going wrong.

She finally understood why Dumbledore had specifically emphasized in the previous school-wide broadcast that he wanted the four of them to report to the Headmaster's office together. All of this was part of his plan?!

Albus "Black-Hearted Maggot" "Heartless Old Radish" Dumbledore, you just wait!

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