The sickly, iron-fisted beauty in Harry Potter

"Therefore, Luna, I will continue to use this power. Only with this power will I be able to protect you the next time you are in danger."

Dolly smiled firmly and took Luna's hand in her arms.

This is the first time that Dory's friends have been affected. Hermione was supposed to be petrified, but now Luna has been possessed.

So while Dolly was relieved, she also felt a vague sense of unease and guilt, and wanted Luna to have a more normal school life.

Therefore, increasing strength is inevitable.

Moreover, Dolly and Voldemort have clashed several times already; the only way to avenge this grudge is to confront him directly.

Luna pursed her lips, as if she wanted to say something more.

However, seeing Dolly's determined eyes, she calmed down.

Dolly asked, puzzled, "I thought you were going to keep trying to persuade me."

“I stole the diary, and you secretly sacrificed yourself. We are both secretly doing what we think is right, so there is no need to persuade others.”

“We are all Ravenclaws, we are all intelligent people, and we are all people who are confident that we are intelligent.”

"How could Ravenclaw easily listen to other people's advice?"

Luna answered Dolly's question in a joking tone.

However, it is also a statement that is quite consistent with the facts in a certain sense.

After all, whether Ravenclaw students are truly intelligent is uncertain, but they will certainly think they are intelligent.

This is why Ravenclaw often produces oddballs; after all, what others see as an oddball might actually see themselves as a unique genius.

"Thank you, Luna."

Dolly thanked her softly, then said, "I won't pursue the matter of you stealing the diary any further, and I'll help you keep it a secret from others."

"But as a price, please keep my secret from me, okay? This is a secret that will last a lifetime for both of us girls."

A flicker of panic flashed in Luna's silver eyes once again. She lowered her head, remained silent for a moment, and then said, "You didn't have to tell me your secret."

“I messed everything up. I should apologize to you, Hermione and Cho Chang, the professors and even the whole of Hogwarts.”

"But now, it has become that we keep each other's secrets."

Luna slowly raised her head, a slight smile on her lips, her bright silver eyes seemingly able to see through everything even more than Dolly's.

She even said in a slightly indulgent tone, "Dolly, you really don't need to protect me like this."

Dolly paused, then blinked.

When she looked again, the expression on Luna's face that had surprised Dolly had disappeared, replaced by a childlike tantrum.

Dolly chuckled and said, "You figured it out again?"

"Okay, actually I just don't want you to be under too much pressure. As for apologizing to the professor and everyone at Hogwarts, don't even think about it."

"Luna, you need to understand."

"The person most responsible for this situation escalating to this point is still Dumbledore."

"We had already solved the problem, but he..."

Dolly sighed and didn't say anything.

Training Harry was absolutely not wrong.

But this always comes at a cost to ordinary people; it is a sacrifice for greater benefits.

Is this matter right or wrong?

In any case, the one who gets sacrificed is unlikely to be happy.

Luna nodded thoughtfully and said, "I understand."

Dolly laughed again, pinched Luna's cheek, and said affectionately, "What have you figured out now? It's better not to figure these things out, otherwise Dumbledore will come after you."

"In short, let's leave it at that."

"If someone bothers you and asks what happened, just say you found a diary, used it normally, and then forgot everything."

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Chapter 220 Newt's Letter.

Luna finally nodded.

Dolly has already revealed her most important secret, and if she still refuses, then it would be to disregard Dolly's feelings.

This is an absolutely impossible situation for Luna.

Having never had any friends since childhood, she found her first true friend.

We should... be considered friends, right?

Luna did not lose her memory.

She was very clear about what she had done after she grew up.

However, something was strange; she didn't quite understand why she had done that at the time.

It was as if they had lost their minds and made the choice based solely on physical impulses.

This isn't Luna's style.

Although Luna possesses some Gryffindor traits, she is ultimately a Ravenclaw, or even a Ravenclaw with an extremely high concentration of them.

Reason and intelligence should be her defining characteristics, and seeing through everything is an innate ability of hers.

But all of this proved ineffective in the face of Dolly at that moment.

It's really strange.

Could it be because Dolly possesses some kind of magical power?

Luna still couldn't figure it out, so she wisely put it aside for the time being and stopped thinking about it.

So now all she has to do is keep quiet and let it all pass.

Next is the matter of Dolly. She sacrificed her life force to increase her magic power. Is there really no problem with that?

Luna, of course, couldn't let go of this question just because of Dolly's two words; she was filled with worry about it.

After all, this was the most important person to Luna besides her father.

She didn't want to see Dolly suffer any more harm, even if it was caused by Dolly's own sacrifice.

The two girls chatted for a while, and Dolly only left after Mrs. Pomfrey asked them to leave.

At this point, the locked-room mystery has essentially come to a complete end.

As for Dolly, apart from Luna being hit, she has achieved her goal, at least Hermione was spared from being harmed.

On Dumbledore's side, the crisis in the Chamber of Secrets was resolved, Harry and the trio were trained, and Voldemort's first Horcrux was successfully destroyed.

Lockhart was also brought to justice, which, while not helping the former authors of the books whose brains he had damaged with his powerful spells, was still a way of protecting the public good of the wizarding world.

As for the Malfoy family, they suffered heavy losses.

Dobby is not just a house-elf; he knows almost all of the Malfoy family's secrets.

After all, wizards have long accepted that house-elves are the most loyal people, and no matter how much they mistreat them, they don't have to worry about house-elves betraying them.

As it turned out, Dobby really did betray them.

Of course, this is due to Dobby's personality.

Dolly's role in this was actually negligible. No matter how hard Dolly tried, or even if she tormented other house-elves with curses, they would not betray her.

In reality, Dolly had already discovered the Malfoy family's secret.

Although Dobby was still reluctant to talk about the Malfoy family's secrets, as long as Dolly told Dobby that it was for a greater good.

In order to protect more people, to protect Harry, and to defeat Voldemort and his minions, Dobby told them all without reservation.

Looking at these secrets, they weren't exactly shocking.

Since Voldemort has been dead for eleven years, most of the dirt that Dobby possesses has lost its practical significance.

However, the accusations made by the Lucius couple could be gathered enough evidence to allow the Ministry of Magic to re-examine whether the Malfoys were Death Eaters.

The reason the Lucius couple escaped investigation was because Lucius claimed he was under the influence of the Imperius Curse.

However, some intelligence provided by Dobby can refute all of this.

Dolly stroked her chin, a satisfied smile spreading across her face.

Upon closer reflection, this is actually quite interesting.

It's important to know that in the original story, Dobby became one of the house-elves at Hogwarts, meaning that Dobby was under Dumbledore's command at that time.

In other words, did the information Dobby possess end up in Dumbledore's hands?

Thinking about it this way, the Malfoy family may already be under Dumbledore's control, or at least have gained a huge influence over the Malfoy family.

No wonder Dumbledore later chose Malfoy to kill him; it seems he was certain that even if Malfoy became the one to kill Dumbledore, the Malfoy family would not become Voldemort's greatest ally.

From this perspective, it makes sense that Snape made an unbreakable vow to protect Malfoy.

They're all just part of Dumbledore's grand strategy.

But now, Dobby is in Dolly's hands.

Dolly pondered whether she should use Dobby to her advantage.

Of course, it wasn't about reconciling with Malfoy, but rather about increasing Dolly's influence in the wizarding world.

Although it seemed a bit too early for a second-grade girl, Dolly felt she couldn't wait any longer.

Putting everything else aside, Dolly is starting to increase her influence in terms of public opinion.

She and Luna had become best friends, sharing life secrets and essentially confiding in each other. This made it possible to consider Luna's father's dissenting opinions.

Of course, Dolly alone is unlikely to be able to do it.

Since the Daily Prophet is essentially the mouthpiece of the Ministry of Magic, directly opposing them would certainly be a very dangerous thing.

Luna's father might be arrested and investigated by the Ministry of Magic just because he had a sip of alcohol today.