Hogwarts, the teachers' office.

With Erina and Umbridge as the dividing line, the crowd was clearly divided into two sides.

Dumbledore sat calmly behind the desk at the back, his slender fingertips together.

Professor McGonagall stood upright beside Dumbledore, her expression constantly changing as if she was thinking about something. Professor Sprout stood beside Erina, vigilantly watching the "uninvited guests" who had broken into Hogwarts, as if she wanted to stand in front of the girl like a mother hen at any time.

Sirius Black and Professor Lupin leaned against the wall, chatting with Grindelwald, who was also leaning against the wall, while paying attention to the situation.

On the other side of the office, Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge stood half a step behind Umbridge.

Fudge rocked back and forth excitedly, clearly feeling that the situation was under control. Amelia Bones, Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, stood solemnly to Fudge's right, her serious look making one vaguely see another Professor McGonagall.

Kingsley and Dawlish stood like guards on either side of the office door, blocking the only way in and out of the office.

As for Lucius Malfoy and a group of school board members, they stood or sat on the edge of the office, coldly watching the conversation between Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic - of course, Lucius Malfoy stood a little closer so that he could cut into the conversation at any time.

"Well," said Cornelius Fudge, "well, well, looks like we've come at the right time today?"

Fudge looked around at the Hogwarts professors in the office, his gaze falling on the silent, silver-haired little witch.

This was clearly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Not to mention that the Ministry of Magic had just made a breakthrough in the Lockhart incident, if he could confirm under the witness of the board of directors, Bones, and a group of professors that Dumbledore was manipulating students to secretly hinder the work of the Ministry of Magic, he might accomplish a milestone that no previous Ministry of Magic had been able to achieve.

Unlike the "non-compliant" arrest in the entrance hall before, this time they occupied the absolute "moral high ground."

Even counting the few professors who were watching nearby, there were only five people on the Hogwarts side.

There were as many as five officials from the Ministry of Magic alone, and there were six people from the school board, not to mention that the Hogwarts professors might not listen to Dumbledore - whether it was numbers, strength, or reason... this might be the opportunity he had been waiting for!

Cornelius Fudge's heart was beating fast, but his mind was surprisingly calm and clear at this time.

First, he had to cooperate with Umbridge to successfully spread the "war."

"Dolores, you do have some valid points..."

Cornelius Fudge nodded in agreement, slowly weighing his words, "From the previous description, Miss Kaslana obviously did not have a particularly good reason to attack a professor, well, Professor McGonagall... I think you should be able to tell us more about the reasons, right?"

"If you have any dissatisfaction with me or the Ministry of Magic's review methods, we can communicate -"

Looking around, Umbridge said with undisguised sarcasm, "But children are innocent, right? Of course, if this little girl really suddenly became violent and hurt someone for no reason, I think her magical studies should end. Breaking wands and expelling from this castle, such cases are not uncommon in the past - even someone as outstanding as Scamander did not receive any preferential treatment in the face of the law."

Her toad-like eyes stared at Professor McGonagall, as if expecting something.

Professor McGonagall's expression was extremely serious, her brow furrowed as she looked at Erina.

Although she didn't know the reason, she was sure that Erina's outrageous behavior in the Transfiguration classroom was to actively take the blame for her.

This price was undoubtedly quite heavy. If Professor McGonagall did not take the initiative to take the blame for "instigating", then Erina would most likely become the first second-year student in Hogwarts history to be expelled. In exchange, she could continue to teach at Hogwarts.

"I..."

Professor McGonagall frowned, making up her mind - in any case, she had to protect this child.

At Hogwarts, there was never a reason to sacrifice a student's future to protect a professor's job.

However, before Professor McGonagall could speak.

A beautiful, bell-like voice suddenly rang out in the room.

"Really, you are too long-winded, don't you want evidence?"

Erina tilted her head cutely, raised her wand, and casually pointed it forward.

"explosion—maximum—"

Boom!

Boom! Boom!

A scarlet beam of light grazed the heads of Cornelius Fudge and Umbridge and disappeared into the wall behind.

The ominous red light flashed for half a second, and a thunderous roar exploded in everyone's ears. A quarter of the wall in the direction of the teachers' office door disappeared directly, and a huge gap appeared in front of everyone. Outside was a large group of students who looked like stone statues.

Grayish-white stone powder fell rustlingly belatedly, and the Ministry of Magic and school board members near the door seemed to have aged a dozen years in an instant.

"Here, Professor Umbridge, you should be grateful that I didn't kill you..."

Erina retracted her wand, casually grabbed a chair and sat down, and said calmly.

"Frankly speaking, since you entered Hogwarts, I have always disliked you - even without Professor McGonagall's matter, I would have wanted to give you some small kind reminders long ago. The Defense Against the Dark Arts class was so fun, what kind of broken thing did you change it to? I went to Muggle Studies, Professor Quirrell didn't say anything, who are you to nag there? Subsequent arrest of Professor Quirrell, connoting Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall..."

Erina's wand was held up flatly, passing over Umbridge's body and pointing at Kingsley, who was smiling wryly, standing directly behind her.

The red light on the front end of the wand flickered with the aura of death, and the air seemed to be condensing.

"If it weren't for considering respect for teachers, you would have been lying in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries - "

"Say, thank you, Miss Erina Kaslana."

In the blink of an eye, almost everyone drew their wands.

"Stupefy!"

"Stupefy!"

"Expelliarmus!"

Accompanied by uneven chanting.

Four or five red and silver spells crossed the dust and landed squarely on Erina.

However, none of them could touch the girl's body - in the smoke, a translucent magic shield appeared, and all the spell attacks disappeared silently into the faint magic ripples, like sugar grains sprinkled into a deep lake.

"Alright! That's enough! Everyone calm down!"

Just then, a vicissitudes, tired old man's voice suddenly exploded in everyone's ears.

Dumbledore quickly stood up, raised his wand, and walked quickly to Erina, forcefully pressing down on the girl's arm.

This little ancestor was really terrible... If he didn't stand up, perhaps most of these mindless fools from the Ministry of Magic would have fallen at Hogwarts today, and that was still based on the condition that Grindelwald didn't attack and Hyperion didn't provide coordinated bombing.

The old man's tall body stood directly in front of Erina, and a trace of exhaustion flashed across his wrinkled old face.

"Erina, detention for a month, Professor Umbridge, pay attention to the method of review later."

Dumbledore said decisively, making a decision extremely forcefully. His blue eyes swept over Cornelius Fudge.

"Alright, this matter is over - Minister, if you have anything else, let's go to the headmaster's office to continue the discussion."

"Over?! What jokes are you talking about?!"

Fudge, with a gray face, smiled angrily, and now he looked at Dumbledore without any fear, his tone full of anger.

"In this school, a student first attacked a High Inquisitor, and then blew up half a wall in front of a group of professors, Ministry of Magic officials, and the school board. Facing this kind of lawless behavior, your judgment as headmaster is actually... detention, and that's it?!"

"Yes, that's right. It's terrible."

Dumbledore said, nodding with a serious face, and said quickly.

"Miss Kaslana recreated the incident, but her method was obviously wrong - she 'confessed' by repeating the mistake. Hogwarts will obviously correct and teach her various mistakes in the subsequent detention, which is also the school's responsibility."

"Unreasonable—"

Lucius Malfoy patted the dust on his body and looked at Dumbledore angrily.

"Are you crazy? It sounds like you want to protect this student? What she did is enough to be expelled several times!"

"I very much agree with your point of view, Mr. Malfoy."

Dumbledore turned his head, sighed a little tiredly, and said softly.

"However, Miss Kaslana is different... As long as she doesn't cross the unforgivable red line, then I think it's best not to expel her from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. At least, in the recent years, I will try my best to avoid such things from happening."

"Is that so? As the headmaster of Hogwarts?"

Umbridge narrowed her eyes and grinned, like a toad seeing its prey.

"But from the current situation, you may not be soon - the gentlemen of the Hogwarts School Board are here, it won't be too troublesome to sign a headmaster's dismissal letter. The Minister is right, someone should have taken care of Hogwarts long ago. Of course, I believe you should just be joking, after all, for a student who has made a mistake, you shouldn't be so unreasonable as to violate the rules of the Ministry of Magic and the school."

"Unfortunately, this is not a joke—"

Dumbledore looked up at the students outside peeking through the hole, and shook his head helplessly.

He raised his wand - Cornelius Fudge subconsciously shrank back - but Dumbledore didn't cast a spell on them, but muttered a small sentence towards the broken wall. As if time was going backward, the broken and exploded pieces of stone wall floated up from the ground and returned to their original state.

"This suggestion of mine is not made as the headmaster of Hogwarts, but as Albus Dumbledore—"

Dumbledore said calmly, glanced at Umbridge, who was hanging with a sarcastic smile, and sighed.

"Are you threatening me? Threatening the Ministry of Magic?!"

Fudge's face flushed slightly, but then his face showed a mixture of stubbornness and embarrassment.

"I wanted to say it a long time ago," he stared at Dumbledore and said, "I knew from last year that I found that you have always been too indulgent in some matters concerning Miss Erina Kaslana. Her authority is too outrageous, isn't it? She's simply not a normal student—"

"Well, I agree with that point, Miss Kaslana really can't be regarded as an ordinary student," Dumbledore said calmly.

"So, you admit that she has privileges at Hogwarts?"

"Most of them come from her outstanding talent," Dumbledore said, "However, her special 'immunity' is based on other considerations."

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"Other considerations? I don't see any reason why you can condone such a problem student—"

Cornelius Fudge shouted loudly, paused for a few seconds, and his face turned purple.

"Dumbledore, Dumbledore, I have always convinced the Ministry to give you full freedom. I have always respected you, even if I may not agree with some of your improvement decisions, but I will mostly remain silent. However, if you are going to go against me, against the Ministry of Magic—"

"My only enemy is the dark magic forces."

Dumbledore said calmly, "If you also want peace in the wizarding world, I think it's best to have more patience and tolerance for a certain little witch."

"Ah ha, so, you think expelling Miss Kaslana will break the peace of the wizarding world?!"

Cornelius Fudge was obviously offended. He was trembling with anger and looked at Dumbledore in disbelief.

Could this crazy old wizard find a more absurd excuse?!

"From the results, that's the case."

Dumbledore nodded again, looking at the wizards with different expressions around him with a calm expression.

Fudge's mouth opened and closed, as if no language could express his anger.

However, this time it wasn't just him alone, almost everyone showed a confused and surprised expression.

Dumbledore looked around at the wizards, his gaze swept over the silly hair swaying on Erina's head, and he continued with some weariness.

"If Miss Erina Kaslana studies obediently at school, this is the greatest contribution to the peace of the wizarding world - of course, I believe that such a statement may be a bit empty, but I think I can give a reasonable explanation, but... there is one condition."

"After I tell you this secret, I hope everyone can sign a magic contract and jointly keep this secret."

"If someone is unwilling to sign, then we may have to join hands to cast a Memory Charm."

"What secret?" Lucius Malfoy laughed, "What crazy things do you want to say again? Headmaster."

"Regarding the peace of the wizarding world, I never joke about this matter - this may kill a lot of people, Mr. Malfoy."

As Dumbledore spoke, he glanced at Lucius Malfoy, who was constantly stroking his cane, his whole body seemed to radiate some kind of unspeakable powerful force, so that Lucius Malfoy's smile directly disappeared and turned into a trace of fear mixed with expression.

"So... I want to confirm one last time, how many people plan to join the confidentiality of this secret?"

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