The sickly, iron-fisted beauty in Harry Potter

"It's a door key, and a remote door key at that."

173 Dolly in France

Harry waited expectantly for what would happen next, but everyone, including Arthur, remained silent.

"Arthur!"

Harry called out Arthur's name loudly, which made Arthur realize that he had to speak out, even though it would make the Ministry of Magic seem somewhat incompetent.

So Arthur said, "Harry, as long as Dolly is in England, we'll find her."

"Unless she herself doesn't want to be found, or someone has cast various anti-search spells on her or her."

"But now it seems that Dolly has most likely been sent abroad."

"even……"

Arthur hesitated, but Harry almost shouted, "Even what? Where is she?"

"I don't know if the child was... thrown into the sea?"

Arthur whispered the last sentence in Harry's ear.

After all, Britain is an island nation, so if it is thrown too far, there is indeed a high probability that it will be thrown into the sea.

Of course, doing this requires some feasibility.

For example, find a boat beforehand, locate the door key on the boat, and then put the door key into Dolly's hand.

Harry was struck dumb, standing there completely disoriented.

This made Petunia and Vernon even more anxious. Vernon rushed over and hugged Harry, shouting, "Harry, where is she? Do you have any ideas?"

"You are all wizards, is there anything a wizard cannot do?"

The Ministry of Magic staff looked at each other in bewilderment; there were simply too many things magic couldn't do.

For example, some of the wizards around today are wizards who live purely in the magical world, and many things in Dolly's room are novel.

Vernon swept his hopeful eyes across everyone, but then the hope in his eyes gradually disappeared, turning into despair.

He had no idea of ​​Dolly's power, and he noticed that Dolly's other wand was still sitting peacefully on the desk.

So they felt that Dolly had no survival skills in the wild, especially since she was wearing pajamas in such a cold environment.

So Vernon's remaining sanity began to crumble, and he raised his voice, shouting, "Is there no one who can save our daughter?"

"Can't your Ministry of Magic protect a child's safety, or even just find the culprit who caused all this?"

"That way, at least I can find my daughter's...body."

When he spoke of the corpse, Vernon shuddered, his eyes turning red like those of a wounded bull.

The wizards' expressions turned even uglier, including Arthur's.

He noticed that Harry was looking at him with anger and even hostility, which was not a good sign for a young wizard.

He was about to say something when Harry spoke up, his voice a little hoarse, "Take me to see Dumbledore. I want to see Dumbledore."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the wizards changed.

Arthur's expression also changed, not because he had any issues with Dumbledore, but because as a member of the Order of the Phoenix he was a staunch supporter of Dumbledore.

But he knew that if Dumbledore intervened at this point, it would confirm the incompetence of the Ministry of Magic.

Although in some ways the Ministry of Magic is indeed incompetent.

But being incompetent and being called incompetent by others are two different things, especially now that Fudge, the Minister of Magic, is a person who cares a lot about his reputation.

After all, all he has left is his reputation.

With politicians like Fouché, there are naturally officials like him, and young people who follow them.

At that point, this matter will be much more than just finding Dolly; it might even...

Ah, forget it.

Arthur scratched his head. He wasn't good at thinking about these things; otherwise, he wouldn't be a nobody in the Muggle Prohibition Office, despite his seniority, Weasley surname, and pure-blood background.

However, he could only offer his advice, whispering in Harry's ear, "Harry, you might be in trouble if Dumbledore gets involved."

"For example, the thing you just did that broke the law..."

"I'm looking for my sister!"

Harry almost shouted it out, and that made Arthur fully understand Harry's feelings.

Although he found it somewhat unbelievable, given that he knew Harry had been almost abused by the Dursleys, he now seemed to be very close to them.

However, since Harry is determined to do so, Arthur has no choice but to support him.

So he said, "I understand, I will inform Dumbledore for you."

"There's no need to go see him in person; otherwise, you'll just waste more time making the trip."

Several wizards glared at Arthur, but Arthur warned them not to disturb the scene before Apparating and disappearing.

With Arthur involved, Dumbledore will most likely arrive in a few minutes.

All Harry has left to do is wait.

However, those few minutes felt like months to Harry.

He gripped his wand, head bowed, trying to think of something, but his mind was a complete blank.

I even feel my scars starting to ache faintly, but I don't know what this means.

Could it be that Voldemort's henchman has once again turned against his own family?

If Harry, in his first year, was completely bewildered and didn't understand what had happened after learning that his sister had been attacked, then this was a different story.

So now it's pure anger.

He was angry at Voldemort and his minions, and also angry at his own powerlessness.

The other party simply used a spell to throw her sister thousands of miles away, her fate unknown.

So, the environment he lived in was actually so unstable?

Meanwhile, at Hogwarts.

Dumbledore looked at Arthur in front of him, holding the letter written by Harry, his expression serious and even a little embarrassed.

He anticipated that the other party wouldn't give up on the secret room so easily, especially after someone appeared who could evade his magical traps.

He never expected that they would use such a method to distract him.

It must be said that this method really put Dumbledore in a difficult position.

Dumbledore could certainly go and save Dolly, but that would mean he would have to leave Hogwarts.

But if he leaves Hogwarts, there's no way he can completely control whether someone will sabotage him.

In reality, even if Dumbledore were in the headmaster's office, it would be unlikely that he could have complete control over the internal workings of Hogwarts.

This is a magical fortress, a magical wonder built by the four founders, each of whom was more powerful than Dumbledore.

Therefore, Dumbledore could use his authority as headmaster to know every secret passage and room in the school that was built by the four founders, but he had no way of knowing the personal secrets left behind by the four founders.

For example, the Room of Requirement and the Secret Room are both such personal imprints.

The Room of Requirement is at least a room full of goodwill, but the Chamber of Secrets is undoubtedly filled with Slytherin's malice, especially the basilisk kept inside.

To put it bluntly, the goal is to one day eliminate all Muggle-born wizards from Hogwarts, since Slytherin are staunch pure-blood advocates.

Dumbledore had originally planned to further explore the Chamber of Secrets, and even subdue the Basilisk during Christmas, in order to prepare Harry for the next test.

But now it seems he has to choose between the basilisk and Dolly.

"Arthur."

Dumbledore, unusually eager to hear an outsider's opinion, asked, "Do you think Dolly is important to Harry?"

Arthur, with a serious expression, said, "Excuse my bluntness, Dumbledore."

"For Harry, the Dursleys are now more important than your or my family."

"If he really loses this family, putting aside whether Harry's magic will still work, I'm afraid Harry will completely hate the magical world."

“A child who is filled with hatred for magic, I don’t think he will become the kind of person you expect him to be.”

Dumbledore sighed and said, "But Arthur, what about Hogwarts..."

"If we're really short-handed, how about we old folks come to Hogwarts and help with patrols?"

Arthur offered a feasible suggestion, but Dumbledore firmly shook his head.

The Order of the Phoenix was one of his trump cards against Voldemort, and its members could play a greater role in crucial moments.

As a secret society, the Order of the Phoenix cannot be exposed at this time.

So Dumbledore said, "I will have the professors concentrate more and set up more magic."

"Then find Dolly as soon as possible... find out about her, and then we can deal with the basilisk problem."

Dumbledore finally made up his mind that he had to walk into a trap, even though he knew it was one.

For Dumbledore, Dolly wasn't someone he couldn't give up, but if Harry were to be consumed by hatred, Dumbledore truly didn't know what might happen.

After all, Harry is one of Voldemort's Horcruxes. Could hatred become nourishment for the Horcruxes?

What if Harry kills Voldemort in the future, but he himself isn't a good person?

That was not an ending Dumbledore could accept.

As for the Basilisk... well, it's fortunate that it's the Christmas holidays, so there aren't many people staying at Hogwarts, and the professors should be able to manage.

It means the professors are unlikely to have a good Christmas.

Afterwards, Dumbledore and Arthur returned to Dolly's room.

As Dumbledore and Arthur had predicted, there were even more people here, it was so crowded that it was packed with people.

Clearly, many people didn't want Dumbledore to steal the spotlight, and Arthur's advice was meaningless.

More Aurors and professional wizards arrived, trying to find Dolly's whereabouts, and they proved quite effective.