The sickly, iron-fisted beauty in Harry Potter

"These rules have been approved by the Board of Governors and the Ministry of Magic, so I hope that everyone will not resist or refuse them."

"In short, in the days to come, I hope everyone will prioritize safety above all else."

Dumbledore raised his voice, forcibly silencing everyone, and then announced the start of the banquet.

During the subsequent banquet, everyone engaged in heated discussions, speculating about what had happened at Hogwarts and what was in the Chamber of Secrets.

Even Dolly was wondering, what stage has this reached?

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Chapter 204 A Good Solution.

According to Dumbledore's new school rules, after dinner, the students could no longer play around in the hall.

Under the prefect's arrangement, Dolly and the others obediently returned to the common room.

As a result, the common room was packed with people; it was impossible for all the students to have fun together here.

So Dolly and the others simply went back to their dorm to discuss what to do next.

Although it didn't work properly for a winter break, Dolly's generator and a series of other devices were still functioning normally.

Soon the room returned to the feel of a Muggle family home, which made Dolly comfortably lean back on the sofa.

It's a pity there's no bathtub here, otherwise she would be living the life of bathing with Hermione every day.

Wait a minute, if she doesn't have a bathtub, can't she just install one?

Although installing a bathtub would make the bathroom smaller, it's time for Dolly to start researching the Seamless Stretch Spell.

Although Dolly doesn't have any attribute points yet, she already plans to use them to improve her Flawless Stretch Spell.

Because this magic is just too attractive.

Especially after Dolly met Newt during her trip to France and experienced his magical briefcase, Dolly couldn't wait to get herself a magic bag.

At that point, let alone magical creatures or Galleons, Dolly could even fit a shotgun inside.

Few people may know that ordinary people in the UK can legally own guns.

However, the gun license that ordinary people can apply for is a hunting rifle license, which allows them to own shotguns with a capacity of no more than 3 rounds (magazine shotguns must not have a capacity of more than 2 rounds).

In addition, there is a firearms license, which is a proper gun license that can only be held by professionals.

Of course, if Dolly prospers in the future, it won't be a problem for her to get some real guns and ammunition from other countries.

But that's obviously not now.

The quickest way for Dolly to get a gun is for her father to apply for a hunting license, and then Dolly can use it herself.

Although it only has two or three bullets, the shotgun is certainly enough to blast the wizard's son.

However, all of this is predicated on Dolly actually having new equipment that can store a lot of things; otherwise, even the wizards wouldn't be able to stand by and watch Dolly with a gun.

Soon, the girls gathered in Dolly's room.

Dolly, Hermione, Cho Chang, and Luna.

The group first chatted about their holiday experiences, mainly Luna asking Dolly questions.

The conversation then naturally shifted to the current situation.

Dolly recounted her entire deal with Dumbledore, including the fact that Peter Pettigrew was involved.

Now that things have come to this, there's really no need to hide it from his companions anymore, since Peter Pettigrew will be dealt with this year no matter what.

As for Harry, Dolly decided to keep it a secret for now.

Because Harry and Peter Pettigrew are sworn enemies who killed their parents, Dolly was afraid he wouldn't be able to calm down.

"In other words, it can be basically concluded that Peter Pettigrew, this former Death Eater, obtained the diary and did something."

“We don’t know what they did, but Dumbledore probably did, which is why he created the so-called new school rules to deal with them.”

Dolly shrugged and said, "It's possible that, just like in the first year, he's planning to set a trap and lure the other person in."

Although Dolly made it sound like a casual remark, she felt that her guess was quite likely.

After all, training Harry was of utmost importance to Dumbledore.

Moreover, none of the actors involved this time, whether it's Peter Pettigrew or Voldemort from the diary, have a very detailed understanding of what happened last year.

Although the Voldemort in the diary is still Voldemort, Voldemort's Horcruxes cannot communicate with each other, and there is almost no connection between them.

So the Voldemort in the diary was really a teenager who knew nothing about what was happening in the magical world in the future, including that he was killed by a baby Harry.

"If that's the case, then we must communicate with Dumbledore to ensure that we are not completely ignorant."

Qiu Zhang calmly offered her advice, seemingly feeling much better after sleeping all day on the train.

Not only did my fatigue decrease, but my mood also improved.

Dolly glanced at her thighs; it seemed her lap pillow technique was quite effective. She could let Hermione and Luna try it sometime.

"But will he tell us?"

Luna coughed lightly and asked tentatively.

Dolly glanced at Luna, then asked again, "Are you sure it's okay? I'll go with you to Mrs. Pomfrey's tomorrow?"

Luna smiled and shook her head, saying, "It's just a cold, and I've already drunk the potion myself."

"Ok."

Dolly nodded. She didn't recall Luna having any serious illnesses, so it was probably just a cold.

"He definitely won't tell us unless we ask him ourselves."

Hermione offered her assessment, saying, "Dumbledore isn't someone who'd easily cooperate with others. I think he'd prefer we just stay put and wait for things to unfold."

"But you wouldn't do that, would you?"

Hermione looked at Dolly with a knowing look.

Dolly laughed and didn't answer, but tacitly agreed in this way.

After all, Dolly has gotten into trouble more than once, and it's not in Dolly's style to just obediently wait for her fate.

However, just as Cho Chang said, she really doesn't know much about Hogwarts anymore.

Should we then try to communicate with Dumbledore?

To be honest, Dolly didn't really want to go to the principal's office.

Because that's Dumbledore's home turf, even though the headmasters on the walls are very friendly towards Dolly.

But in terms of their very existence, they are Dumbledore's advisors, and being tested by so many headmasters at the same time, even Dolly is under immense pressure.

"But if we don't talk to Dumbledore, what else can we do?"

Qiu Zhang raised a very practical question, and the girls began to think about it as well.

The situation is now very clear.

The masterminds behind this are Lucius, Peter Pettigrew, and Voldemort's diary, with the goal of opening the Chamber of Secrets and releasing the Basilisk.

There was very little room left for Dolly and her friends to think.

"correct."

Hermione suddenly asked a question: "If Peter Pettigrew really is the mastermind, why wasn't his name seen on the Marauder's Map before?"

"Could it be because he's an Animagus that the Marauder's Map can't display his name?"

Dolly shook her head and said, "The Animagus can't fool the Marauder's Map. That Marauder's Map is an ancient treasure."

"I guess Peter Pettigrew might know how to interfere with the Human Trace Charm and the True Name Charm, after all, it was one of the creators of that map."

Dolly felt her reasons were quite valid, especially considering that if Peter Pettigrew and Voldemort couldn't handle the Marauder's Map after they joined forces, then the Marauder's Map would have to be upgraded to one of the Three Holy Relics.

Clearly, the Marauder's Map is far from being as powerful as the Three Holy Relics, so it shouldn't be a big problem for Voldemort to have Peter Pettigrew's name hidden after he took precautions.

"Perhaps we can look at it from a different angle?"

Just as the girls were racking their brains, Luna spoke up.

The three girls all turned to look at Luna, whose already fair complexion was now even paler due to her cold, giving her a faintly poignant beauty.

However, her smile immediately dispelled that illusion.

“Hogwarts is controlled by the Headmaster, and he clearly doesn’t want us involved because it’s all too dangerous, and he has his own plans.”

"Then could we try to do it off-campus?"

Dolly immediately realized what she meant and said, "Lucius?"

Luna nodded and continued, "After all, he was the one who started all of this, so he must have information that we don't know about."

Dolly nodded, though she didn't quite agree with the suggestion.

Dolly knew that Lucius was carrying out Voldemort's orders to disrupt Hogwarts with the diary.

But after he threw the diary out, he knew nothing about it, and just waited for the Chamber of Secrets to be opened so that he could get the board of trustees to impeach Dumbledore.

However, Lucius's impeachment plan has now almost completely fallen through, and all he can do is wait for news from fate, hoping to glean some further information from him...

and many more?

Dolly's eyes lit up.

While Lucius may be of little value now, having a house-elf is certainly very valuable.

That was Dobby, who had previously harassed Harry and even met Dolly once.

As someone who knew about Lucius's conspiracy, and as a witness who secretly operated at Hogwarts and even knew the whereabouts of the diary, Dolly had reason to know more details from him.

But how do we get this guy to show up?

As expected... we should start with Malfoy, right?

"He's a pure-blooded family member outside of school, and the most famous one at that. What can we do with him?"

"We can't exactly expose him in the Daily Prophet, can we?"

Hermione didn't think it was a good idea, and even Cho Chang agreed with Hermione.