My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

Chapter 309, Section 306: Aftermath

"You two have quite the scheme," Lynn said, squinting at them.

"What I said before still stands, but even brothers need to keep clear accounts. Since I've spent the money, my demands won't change at all. I won't interfere with your pranks, but if I have any requests, you have to prioritize meeting mine."

The Weasley brothers had clearly discussed this beforehand, and they took full responsibility for it.

"Don't worry about that. The Weasleys don't have any selfish people who just take the money and don't do the work."

"In that case, someone will come to your house during the summer vacation to have you sign a contract. It will basically be to refine the terms we agreed on."

The Weasley twins looked at Lynn expectantly: "Can't we just sign the contract at school instead of at my house?"

Lynn raised an eyebrow at the two of them: "Are you both adults?"

"In two more years, no, in a little over a year, I'll be an adult."

"Even if there's still one day left, you're still minors, and signing such a contract requires your parents' consent. Don't worry, I know what you're worried about. My people will bring the first investment money to you, and the company you'll be signing the contract with is a legitimate magical company. Mrs. and Mr. Weasley shouldn't have any objections."

George and Fred were afraid that Mrs. Weasley would nag them for being idle if she found out. They had to be careful when they played with these things at home. If they secretly signed a magical contract with some strange person, Mrs. Weasley would probably be so angry that she would kick them out of the house on the spot.

Now that Lynn has made all the arrangements, they naturally don't need to worry too much.

After everything was agreed upon, the Weasley brothers left Lynn's hospital room in high spirits.

Hermione, who had been listening quietly the whole time, looked at Lynn strangely.

"When did you start having a company outside of work?"

Lynn casually said, "They were all left by my parents. I didn't know about them before. I only took over these things last summer when I went out of town."

Hermione nodded thoughtfully, then suddenly asked out of the blue.

"So, besides the company, there shouldn't be anything else, right?"

"What else could it be? Just some assets and connections."

"No engagement or anything was left behind?"

Lynn stared at her with wide eyes.

"What are you thinking? How could such a thing exist?"

"Even if there is, it's none of my business," Hermione said quietly.

"This isn't a question of whether it's your business or not; it's simply impossible for such a thing to exist!"

Lynn stayed at the school hospital for two weeks, and was discharged on the same day as Snape.

In fact, Madam Pomfrey had already diagnosed Lynn as being fine and able to leave, but he then realized the benefits of staying in the school hospital and kept delaying until even Snape, whose injuries were much more serious than his, was discharged. Only then did he have no choice but to leave the school hospital.

After the crisis in the Chamber of Secrets passed, Hogwarts returned to normal. Justin Finley, the only student who had been petrified, was able to use the antidote three weeks before the final exams and returned to normal.

However, he missed some classes this year, and if he doesn't want to repeat the year, he'll have to work twice as hard to catch up on what he learned this year.

Fortunately, the professors were very humane and postponed his exam, allowing him to take a separate final exam after returning from summer vacation.

It is worth mentioning that Dumbledore was reinstated to his original position not long afterward.

Mrs. Roll, the head of the Roll family, was confirmed to be a commercial spy sent by American wizards. Ten of the other eleven Hogwarts board members decided to strip her of her newly acquired board seat and even kicked out her introducer, Malfoy.

Then they brought old John, who had acquired their property, into the board of trustees.

Lynn can honestly say that there was no shady dealing involved; it was all done spontaneously by these pure-blood families in Britain. Even Lynn himself was surprised when he received the news. He hadn't even started to take action against the school board yet, and these board members had already let the wolf into the house.

After Mrs. Rolle was kicked out of the Board of Governors, the Aurors of the British Ministry of Magic, at Dumbledore's behest, secretly organized a capture operation against her, but unfortunately she got wind of it in advance and escaped to the other side of the Atlantic.

After Malfoy and Mrs. Rol were kicked out of the Board of Governors, Dumbledore naturally returned to his position as Headmaster of Hogwarts. The rest of the Board of Governors were not out of their minds yet.

They knew perfectly well that unless Dumbledore himself voluntarily resigned from the position of headmaster, no one could shake his position at Hogwarts or, in other words, in the British magical world.

As for Lynn, after being discharged from the hospital, according to Dumbledore's words, he continued to teach the young wizards in the castle the remaining month or so of Defense Against the Dark Arts course, thus completing what he started.

However, he openly changed his role in class to his original identity, and the students changed his title from Professor Lockhart to Professor Bellock.

On the surface, Lynn remained expressionless, showing neither joy nor sorrow at the change in address, but in reality, he was quite pleased.

To be honest, Professor Bellock sounded more comfortable than Professor Lockhart.

Harry and his two friends were praised by Dumbledore for catching the goblin who was about to destroy the castle at the last moment, and Dumbledore even gave Gryffindor an extra 50 points for it.

It is said that Snape was so angry that he went to Dumbledore to demand an explanation, asking why Harry and the others got extra points while Lynn saved the entire Hogwarts but didn't get any extra points for Slytherin.

Dumbledore's explanation was quite apt. He said that because Lynn was a professor at the school this year, not a student, his saving of Hogwarts was a significant event for the entire British wizarding world.

There will definitely be an award, but it should be given at the level of the entire British magical community. If the academy gives Slytherin extra points for this, the students might not say anything, but it would be a huge loss of face for Lynn's achievements.

Snape was speechless about this, but what bothered him was that he no longer had Lynn, such an excellent point-scoring machine, and he had spent nearly a month in the school hospital without giving Slytherin any points for favoritism.

Gryffindor's scores have now far surpassed Slytherin's, making it unlikely that Slytherin will win the House Cup again this year.

Lynn wasn't too concerned about this. After all, Slytherin had won the House Cup for so many years thanks to Snape's favoritism. Gryffindor was still Dumbledore's alma mater. Snape was the head of the house and could show favoritism, but Dumbledore was the headmaster.

(End of this chapter)