The Silent Witch of Hogwarts

Chapter 541 Turmoil

Have you heard?

"Um?

'

Loila, who was sitting in the library with a worried look on her face, suddenly looked up at Miss Nagini sitting opposite her.

"I heard—what?"

I was so engrossed in reading that I didn't notice what Miss Nagini was saying at all.

"Haven't you read the newspaper for days?" Nagini said, pausing for a moment. "Ah—I almost forgot, you never read the newspaper."

"It's not that I never—don't read newspapers," Loila explained. "I do read 'The Quibbler.'"

"Mr. Lovegood's newspaper—" Nagini said, raising an eyebrow, "a very interesting read."

Luna might not be happy to hear you say that.

However, The Quibbler was indeed the newspaper that Loila read the most, since other newspapers were telling lies, while The Quibbler was the real newspaper!

"Anyway—there's been a lot of big news lately," Nagini said, lowering her voice. "After your trial, Fudge went crazy."

"Or perhaps he's always been a madman, only recently discovered."

It seems Miss Nagini doesn't like Fudge at all — although Loila doesn't like him either, she wouldn't call him crazy.

"He's been attacking Headmaster Dumbledore in the newspapers," Nagini said, shrugging. "Or rather, at his behest, many newspapers have been attacking Headmaster Dumbledore."

"Um?"

This doesn't sound like a madman at all!

Upon hearing this, Loila immediately perked up: "How did you attack?"

"How realistic—no, how vicious the language is!" Loila looked at Nagini expectantly, her blue eyes blinking as if she had discovered some new magic circle.

"You're actually that concerned about Headmaster Dumbledore?"

"Of course." Loila nodded without blushing or skipping a beat, though her ears twitched slightly.

"That's how it is." Seeing Royla's interest, Nagini coughed and said, "They say that Headmaster Dumbledore is fabricating a crisis, saying that Voldemort is all made up—his goal is to seize power—and something about his evil experiments and such."

"They even said he was an old madman."

I feel like everything they said makes sense — especially the part about the old madman —

But this doesn't really seem like news, does it?

After all, in Loila's memory, newspapers had been attacking Dumbledore for quite some time now; it's just that the current wording was more in line with her own preferences.

Looks like I'll have to buy a few copies of the Daily Prophet to read —

"But compared to recent events, this really isn't news," Nagini said, raising an eyebrow. "Do you remember Sirius Black?"

"Mr. Blake?"

"Hmm." Nagini nodded. "That's him, the Animagus who can turn into a big dog. He's also Harry's godfather."

"Is Mr. Potter involved in this too?" Upon hearing Harry's name, Royla paused for a moment. Wasn't it summer vacation?

Shouldn't Mr. Potter be enjoying a happy vacation?

"That's right." Nagini nodded seriously. "Did you know that Harry has been living with his aunt?"

"I'm not sure." Loila blinked and shook her head; she wasn't particularly interested in her students' private lives.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Mr. Potter's parents are gone, and I really hadn't thought about how he spent his summer vacation. Could he have been hiding in the Astronomy Tower at Hogwarts?

Oh—that's Miss Hamilton, not Mr. Potter.

"His aunt wasn't very nice to him."

Miss Nagini, how did you know about this?

"Of course I heard it from others," Nagini said, seemingly noticing Loila's confusion. She smiled slightly and added, "As a snake—you always hear incredible things."

"If you're interested, I can also tell you what those Pinecone Party guys have to say about you—"

"Ah—no need, no need!" Roy could already imagine what those students who even stole his blood would say.

"In short—he doesn't get along with his aunt." Nagini paused and said, "So a few days ago, Sirius went to his aunt's house."

"Then what conflict occurred—"

"In short," Nagini paused and said, "Sirius Black is a fugitive again."

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"Huh?" Loila's eyes widened in disbelief. "You're a fugitive again?!"

"That's right." Nagini shrugged somewhat helplessly. "It seems the charge is—exposing the Ministry of Magic?"

"Didn't Mr. Potter's aunt know he was a student at Hogwarts?" Loila asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Of course I know." Nagini curled her lip. "So this is probably just some charge the Ministry of Magic made up."

"You know—Sirius is also on Dumbledore's side."

"They're going to treat Sirius and his gang the same way they treated you."

Is that so?

If they treat me the same way, then it doesn't seem like a big deal—after all, I was just getting paid by Dumbledore for nothing at the Ministry of Magic back then, and I even got to watch the show at the trial.

"So things aren't going to be peaceful at Hogwarts lately," Nagini said with a slight sigh. "The newspapers have been attacking Hogwarts' education—and security issues."

I see.

Upon hearing this, Loila was at a loss for words. After all, these matters were far too complicated—it was best not to overthink them.

I have many tasks to complete right now. Besides Lord Grindelwald's affairs, I also have to work on Lady Ravenclaw's mission, such as retrieving the mysterious treasure.

However, you really can't get any clues just by reading books — Loila has already read through all the materials related to Ms. Ravenclaw in the library these past few days.

To be honest, I didn't find anything special—Lady Ravenclaw's stories are the kind of traditional and classic stories, and a large part of them are even related to Mr. Lockhart's books.

Could it be that the author secretly plagiarized Mr. Lockhart?

Hmm—after looking at the author's name and birth and death dates, I feel it's probably just a coincidence.

Wait a minute—thinking of something, Loila looked at Miss Nagini and asked, "Nagini—what do you know about—"

Is it about Ms. Ravenclaw?

"Hmm—" Nagini paused upon hearing this and said, "If I had known, wouldn't I have told you already?"

Yes, Miss Nagini was with me that day — it seems I won't get any valuable information from her either.

Seeing Loila sigh, Nagini thought for a moment and said, "If you want to know anything about Lady Ravenclaw—"

"Why not ask the Ravenclaw students?"

"Um?

""

Nagini replied matter-of-factly, "Students of Ravenclaw must know a lot about their headmaster, right?"

"It might even be more than what's recorded in the books."

"Is that so?" Loila nodded thoughtfully. Then who should she ask?

Ah—I almost forgot, isn't Luna Ravenclaw's student?