Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts.

Chapter 233 I'm taking him away today.
When Sherlock uttered the name Voldemort, the entire headmaster's office fell silent once again.

Dumbledore's gaze, hidden behind his crescent-shaped spectacles, was fixed on Sherlock.

He hesitated for a few seconds before finally making a decision: "Okay, I'll take you there."

As is widely known, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has many secrets.

The Hogwarts Castle basement alone contains many key buildings, including the kitchen, the boathouse, the Hogwarts dungeons, the Potions classroom, and the Slytherin Headmaster's office.

There's also the series of seven underground rooms that housed the Philosopher's Stone last school year, and the Death anniversary party hall where Harry and his friends visited on Halloween.

In addition, the Hufflepuff and Slytherin common rooms are also located here.

The Hufflepuff basement is right next to the kitchen.

Slytherin Dungeons extend to the bottom of the Great Lake.

Incidentally, part of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry dungeons belongs to Slytherin, but not all of them.

Dumbledore and Sherlock's destination this time was the kitchen.

It is located directly below the auditorium, next to the Hufflepuff common room.

Soon, they stopped in front of a wooden door painted with a fruit platter.

"Here we are."

As Dumbledore spoke, he stretched out his finger and gently scratched the only pear in the fruit bowl.

The pear immediately laughed and then turned into a green doorknob.

Dumbledore grasped the doorknob and pushed open the kitchen door.

"You don't seem surprised?"

Before entering, Dumbledore asked a question.

Sherlock is in second grade now.

Given his resourcefulness, this school, apart from the Forbidden Forest, has virtually no secrets left to him.

Even though it's a forbidden forest, through continuous exploration this semester, he has found a way to enter the depths of the forest and successfully return.

If it weren't for the secret room, he would have planned to explore the Forbidden Forest again after returning to school after the Christmas holidays.

Even his friends only knew that he had been to the Ravenclaw common room while investigating the case.

Little did he know that he had already trespassed through the common lounges of the four academies.

Gryffindor, needless to say, is their own house and poses no challenge whatsoever.

There was no password in the Ravenclaw common room, so the pull ring problem was no problem for him. He had gone to Professor Flitwick after class more than once or twice.

Besides asking about Lockhart, he also sought him out several times when learning the Clear Spring Spell—after all, that was material for advanced students.

The entrance to the Hufflepuff common room is a large wooden barrel in the right corner of the kitchen corridor. The password is to tap the bottom of a barrel in a certain rhythm.

It wasn't difficult for Sherlock to get his hands on this, because the rhythm was exactly the name "Helga Hufflepuff".

The passwords for the Slytherin common room are changed every two weeks, and the new passwords are announced in advance on the common room bulletin board.

What might be difficult for others is incredibly easy for Sherlock to find out.

After all, Slytherin had idiots like Crabbe and Goyle, making it too easy to obtain the password. For Sherlock, getting the password didn't even give him any sense of accomplishment.

He'd already ventured into those places, let alone the school kitchen.

Therefore, it's not surprising that this seemingly hidden way of entering the room is so obvious.

Dumbledore asked the question casually, and Sherlock didn't answer, nor did he think much of it.

Upon entering the kitchen, four long wooden tables came into view, corresponding exactly to the positions of the tables in the four colleges of the auditorium on the upper floor.

"There are over a hundred house-elves here, and all the school's food comes from here."

When the school serves meals, food is magically delivered directly from the kitchen table to the corresponding academy table on the upper level of the Great Hall.

Dumbledore gave a brief introduction, then said, "Please bring Dobby over."

No sooner had he finished speaking than four house-elves appeared out of nowhere and dragged Dobby over.

Upon seeing Dumbledore and Sherlock, Dobby immediately exclaimed:
"The great Mr. Albus Dumbledore, and you, who can see into people's hearts... Harry Potter's friend!"

Clearly, although Dobby didn't remember Sherlock's name, he still hadn't forgotten how he was captured and brought here.

Dumbledore glanced at Sherlock and couldn't help but laugh:

"It seems you've left this little guy with quite a bit of psychological trauma."

"It brought that on itself."

Sherlock said bluntly, then looked at Dumbledore, "Sir, can you guarantee that what it says is true?"

"If you need it."

"very good."

Hearing Dumbledore's affirmative answer, Sherlock showed a satisfied expression, while Dobby shuddered.

Ever since he was tricked by Sherlock in a despicable way during the summer vacation and then taken to Hogwarts by Professor Snape, Dobby knew he was doomed.

After Dumbledore placed it in the kitchen, it didn't even consider running away.

To put it bluntly, these hundred-plus guards of the same kind were even more intimidating than Dumbledore himself.

The main reason is the characteristics of these guys.

Loyal! Sincerity!
After Dumbledore gave the order to keep an eye on it, the house-elves at Hogwarts began to watch it tirelessly.

There are enough of them to take turns working.

Compared to them, Dobby, who pursued freedom, was simply an outlier among outliers.

But hearing Sherlock ask questions now, it still felt a chill of fear.

The taste of truth serum was truly awful. "First question, do you know what that dark magical artifact Lucius Malfoy wanted to throw at Hogwarts actually was?"

Dobby breathed a sigh of relief; he could tell the truth about this question without betraying his master's secret.

"I do not know."

Sherlock nodded: "Second question, you said before that this matter has nothing to do with Voldemort, right?"

At that moment, the five little elves all covered their ears with their hands: "Ah, don't say that name!"

Sherlock, however, ignored him and said rather rudely, "Enough nonsense, answer my question!"

"No, no, not 'that person whose name cannot even be mentioned,' sir!"

Sherlock carefully observed Dobby's expression and slowly said:

"Let me confirm again, it's not 'that person whose name can't even be mentioned,' right?"

"Yes!"

"very good."

Sherlock nodded and turned to Dumbledore. "I've finished asking my questions."

"Is this the end?"

Dumbledore was somewhat surprised.

"It's over."

Sherlock gave Dumbledore a deep look as he spoke, “If you could tell me more, perhaps I wouldn’t even need to come here.”

After saying this, Sherlock turned around and left the kitchen.

Dumbledore stood there, watching Sherlock's retreating figure without hesitation, and suddenly smiled:
"Sherlock Holmes, you are like an outsider who has suddenly entered this world."

He said softly, "Hopefully this will be a good thing for us."

After saying this, a series of popping sounds rang out, and Dumbledore actually used Apparition to leave.

The rule that this magic cannot be used within the Hogwarts school seemed to be meaningless to him.

After dinner, Sherlock returned to the common room and saw a group of people singing around Harry.

Harry was laughing along with everyone, but Sherlock could tell at a glance that Harry wasn't doing it willingly.

"what's going on?"

Although Harry Potter is hailed as the savior of the wizarding world, at this moment, when he sees Sherlock, it is as if he sees his own savior.

"Sherlock!"

He immediately ran to Sherlock's side and whispered to him, "Take me away quickly!"

"Even if the Lion King comes, the King of Fighters won't be leaving!"

The Weasley twins, always eager to stir up trouble, immediately rushed over when they saw Harry pleading with Sherlock for help.

“His eyes are as green as freshly pickled toads!” Fred Weasley said.

“His hair is as black as…” George Weasley was about to continue when Sherlock rudely interrupted him:

Upon hearing the two brothers' words, Sherlock's eyes instantly sharpened.

His grey eyes swept across the entire common room, and he spoke slowly and deliberately:
"I'm taking him away today, let's see who dares to stop me."

Even after Harry left with Sherlock, the group of young wizards were still reeling from their earlier shock.

"What a scary look!"

"Yes, yes, I never expected the usually gentle Sherlock Holmes to be so frightening just now."

"This is the true Lion King!"

The Weasley twins, who had just been desperately trying to keep Sherlock, now seemed more excited than anyone else.

“He’s usually lazy and doesn’t seem very energetic,” Fred Weasley said.

“When the crucial moment arrives, it will unleash terrifying power!” George Weasley said.

"Yup!"

"Makes sense!"

"Powerful and majestic!"

"Weasley, don't even think about running away! Don't get involved in the Lion King and the Savior's business!"

"Granger, and you too!"

"Petil, Lavender, hold her down!"

And so, Ron and Hermione, who originally wanted to leave with Sherlock and Harry, were also left behind.

Sherlock led Harry out of the common room and back to the dormitory, where Harry finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Thank you, Sherlock."

“I can tell you’re not staying here willingly—so what’s with that song?”

Harry felt a little embarrassed when Sherlock asked him this.

But facing Sherlock, who had rescued him from his predicament, Harry overcame his shame and told Sherlock what had happened.

Just as Sherlock had previously told Dumbledore.

During the first Transformation class in the morning, the three friends were worried when they saw that Sherlock was not present.

Professor McGonagall is known for her strictness.

To their surprise, Professor McGonagall made no comment whatsoever regarding Sherlock's absence.

(End of this chapter)