Mysterious Journey

Chapter 1270 The Headmaster's Responsibility

"Forced to... remove us from Hogwarts Castle?!"

Mrs. Ackmo subconsciously repeated, looking at Erina with a comical expression.

"Just because we read our children's diaries and cast spells in the castle?"

"Yes, that's right, if you don't apologize—"

Erina nodded lightly, answering sweetly.

"As the Head of Hogwarts, I believe it is necessary for me to maintain order in the school—including student privacy and personal safety."

"Of course..."

Before Mrs. Ackmo could react, Erina took out her wand, looking at the witch with interest.

"You can try to attack the Head or other prefects before that, and I'd be happy to heal all your injuries."

Unlike the relatively steady and mature Professor McGonagall, Erina's age is her best weapon.

In Hogwarts without Dumbledore, she has too many ways to solve campus conflicts simply and quickly, but compared to violence, she is more accustomed to early deterrence.

This morning, most of the parents watched the Gryffindor and Slytherin House magical dueling competition.

As the referee, Erina was naturally a rather bright spot in the minds of many adult wizards.

If the students showed super-level dueling skills, then the overwhelming control ability shown by Erina was a force of another dimension.

Not to mention, her joint spellcasting with Grindelwald just now directly defeated nearly a hundred wizards who were in a stalemate.

"Hogwarts... Head? It seems Hogwarts has changed a lot."

Mrs. Ackmo's gaze fell on Erina's wand, and her tone weakened unconsciously.

She is just a Floo Network office official, not an Auror who is good at fighting. She doesn't want to be defeated by a little witch in front of nearly a hundred wizards.

"Then what about them, them—what does Hogwarts plan to do about those things?!"

Mrs. Ackmo raised her eyebrows high, snorted coldly, and pointed to a Gryffindor student not far away.

"With something like this happening, I think expulsion is the best solution... otherwise I really—"

"I'm sorry, Madam."

Before Mrs. Ackmo could finish her sentence, a witch retorted unceremoniously.

"If I remember correctly, Miss Ackmo used Amortentia. I haven't pursued her for drugging my son yet."

"As for the things that happened to her afterwards, and what you call abandonment... I don't think those are mainly my son's fault."

"What did you say?! Say it again?!"

Mrs. Ackmo's face turned green suddenly, her decibel level raised several notches, and she looked at the Gryffindor parent fiercely.

However, her threat obviously had no effect. The Gryffindor witch was not afraid of these things.

"Oh, you can ask me to repeat it as many times as you like—"

"Silencio."

Grindelwald waved his wand, and the voices of the two witches confronting each other like fighting cocks suddenly disappeared.

The two angrily opened and closed their mouths at each other, without any sound, and turned their heads to look at the old man who was playing with his wand casually.

"Calm down, don't quarrel. Arguing and violence can't solve problems."

Grindelwald said slowly, turned to look at Erina, and grinned triumphantly.

"So, please continue—Miss Kaslana, as the Head of Hogwarts, what good suggestions do you have?"

As Dumbledore left Hogwarts Castle, there were no more wizards in this castle who could restrain him, but Grindelwald did not intend to take over Dumbledore's responsibilities.

Compared to playing professor games among underage wizards, he prefers to be a hidden, retired old demon king who occasionally maintains order.

Obviously, Professor McGonagall couldn't adapt to Dumbledore's departure immediately.

In this case, if you don't want the situation to become too ugly, someone strong has to stand up and end the chaos.

Perhaps Erina's "visual" deterrence is not enough, but if he is added, it is completely different—these young generation wizards are too weak.

"Well, I suggest adding sex education—starting from the third year, similar to the Flying lessons in the lower grades, it is a mandatory short course."

Erina glanced at the old demon king, the little ahoge on her head swayed arrogantly, and continued calmly.

"On the other hand, the Hogwarts Student Handbook will update the verification system, similar to the passwords of the various Houses. In addition to magic activation, you must enter the correct password or a specific ritual to unlock some of the function modules. At the same time, Hogwarts will also strengthen the supervision and punishment of illegal spellcasting and drugging. As for the emotional disputes that happened before..."

"Sorry, whether from basic social conventions or Hogwarts school rules, these emotional disputes do not belong to the special case of 'looking back'."

"At least I don't think Hogwarts has any reason to prohibit a witch or wizard from continuing to learn magic because of their emotional problems."

A sly and dangerous light flashed in Erina's eyes. She looked around, with a hint of excitement in her tone.

"Magic can only be dealt with by magic. We can use some special magic and potions to assist education..."

There are many missing parts in Hogwarts' education, not only knowledge, but also common sense and legal principles.

For example, the most common is the behavior of magically manipulating other people's emotions and even bodies.

Even a relatively clumsy wizard can easily trick other wizards with the help of Amortentia, let alone ordinary Muggles.

This is why most wizards, when facing ordinary people, mostly unconsciously show some kind of dangerous, uncomfortable, superior attitude or behavior.

However, these are not difficult problems to correct—at least in Erina's eyes, this problem from lack of education is not too difficult to fix.

If necessary, she doesn't even mind consuming some "precious" Polyjuice Potion for "resonance" education, so that students can more deeply fill in the knowledge gaps.

"So, those things before, are just going to be forgotten?!"

An Asian-looking witch frowned, ignoring Erina, and turned to look at Professor McGonagall.

"Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a school. If there are no certain rules and punishments—Professor McGonagall, aren't you going to say something?"

"Or, all the rules and regulations of this school are now self-governed by students? As the Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts, you should at least express your opinion at this time, right?"

"...Mrs. Zhang, in fact, I think Miss Kaslana is right."

Professor McGonagall said calmly, glanced at the witch, and said softly.

"Find the problem and correct it in time. Miss Kaslana's proposal is certainly not the final—the school will seriously discuss it later."

She now finally understands some of Dumbledore's happiness. Since Erina came forward, she doesn't have to bear the pressure in the first place at all.

On the other hand, in the current situation of confrontation between the two Houses, it is really not suitable for her to make any decisions immediately.

As Professor McGonagall spoke, she took out her wand and waved it lightly,解除了格林德沃施加在艾克莫夫人和伍德夫人身上的禁声魔法. (McGonagall waved her wand lightly, dispelling the silencing charms that Grindelwald had cast on Mrs. Ackmo and Mrs. Wood.)

"Hogwarts does not support anyone peeking at students' privacy without permission, nor does it intend to punish based on that content. Frankly speaking, unless those diaries contain some extremely evil dark magic, I don't see any reason to punish a student for what they write in their diaries. This is the final answer I can give."

"As for the problems that broke out in this conflict, the Hogwarts faculty will seriously discuss it later and try to standardize and improve the school system."

The more she spoke, the smoother she became. She looked around at the confronting parents and continued unhurriedly.

"Dinner is arranged in the grounds outside the castle. Everyone can slowly walk over there now."

"Dinner? A bonfire party?"

Mrs. Ackmo glanced at Professor McGonagall and snorted coldly.

"Very good—I understand. It seems Hogwarts is quite disappointing after Dumbledore is no longer at the school."

Obviously, Hogwarts' attitude is very clear. They do not intend to punish any students.

If they continue to pester here, then the other party will most likely "send" a student like Erina Kaslana to take action.

Even...

"Wait a minute, you haven't apologized yet, Madam—"

Erina said softly with a smile, looking sweetly at the adult witch.

The large-scale leakage of diaries caused by the Hogwarts Student Handbook can easily trigger subsequent resistance.

Therefore, she must firmly throw this blame on the parents in order to prevent other students from blaming the handbook function.

"I said it just now, if you don't apologize, I might have to temporarily remove you from the school."

"Apologize?"

Her gaze swept across the wand in Erina's hand, and a trace of annoyance appeared on her face.

"I'm sorry, I still have some work to do at the Ministry. I won't participate in the bonfire party—"

Mrs. Ackmo glared at her daughter, turned around angrily, and left straight away.

An apology is impossible.

Besides, Mrs. Ackmo doesn't think she is wrong.

"And—"

Mrs. Ackmo walked to the end of the stairs, turned her head to look at Professor McGonagall and Erina and the others.

"I will protest today's situation to the Ministry of Magic and the Board of Governors. Since Hogwarts cannot handle the problem fairly and objectively, then someone has to—"

"The Ministry of Magic? Then go ahead. Hogwarts is happy to accept the Ministry of Magic's advice."

Erina glanced at Mrs. Ackmo, who was still stubborn, and said with a carefree smile. Anyway, the Ministry of Magic's entry is only a matter of time.

With Dumbledore's departure, Cornelius Fudge cannot let go of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the territory he has coveted for a long time.

"Then..."

Erina did not continue to pay attention to Mrs. Ackmo, and turned her gaze to the other Ravenclaw parents.

Compared to the other three Houses, she has never found a good opportunity to "conquer" the Eagle House.

And now, the opportunity seems to have come suddenly and silently.

Erina looked at a group of Ravenclaw parents, and looked at those nervous, angry, and somewhat at a loss Ravenclaw little witches.

"Uncles and Aunts, after peeking at the students' diaries, I hope you can seriously express your apologies. Otherwise, I might have to..."

She took a small step forward, quietly approaching the position on Grindelwald's right, and said arrogantly.

"...have to, follow the duty of the Head of Hogwarts—expel you from here."

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