A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 393 The Death of Malfoy?

Draco Malfoy... is dead!!

The herbalism class had just ended, and they hadn't gone far from the greenhouse when a group of young Gryffindor wizards passing by brought this "news interlude" that could only be described as terrible news.

The news was indeed explosive, but William remained unfazed, simply responding with a calm "oh."

Then, the phrase that came to his mind was: "The wind is even noisy today."

He may seem cold, but ever since William enrolled, with Prefect Robert, Professor Tywin, Quirrell… people have died every year!

As the time loop continued, the basilisk swept its gaze across the Quidditch arena, seeing piles and piles of dead bodies, like dumplings being dropped into a pot!

William was somewhat numb, even used to it. After all, deaths at Hogwarts weren't uncommon; it would be strange if no one died.

Therefore, William wondered: Is this year's death...coming so early?

In previous years, it would have been at least after Halloween... It's only the first day of school now, and even the dead don't follow the Basic Law?

Attacker, do you even know what the Hogwarts tradition is?

When Qiu heard the news, she turned pale with fright, but William calmly comforted her, saying, "Keep calm and learn to remain composed in the face of great events."

What a load of rubbish! William can do whatever he wants just because he has the Ravenclaw ring.

William initially thought it was either the Thunderbirds attacking Malfoy, or the Dementors causing the security guards to attack the students.

But upon closer inquiry, it turned out that it was the hippogriff in Hagrid's class that had given Malfoy a hard blow.

The descriptions were so vivid that it seemed as if everyone was there, witnessing this human tragedy firsthand.

At first, several Gryffindor students told William that Malfoy had just died in the school hospital and that his body was still warm.

A little while later, I ran into a few more Ravenclaw students who said: Malfoy died on the spot, his pancreas was eaten, his intestines were dragged all over the ground, and he lost hundreds of liters of blood.

That's terrible!

Later, Hufflepuff said that after Malfoy died, he became a ghost and became lovers with Moaning Myrtle, living happily in the bathroom.

Okay, the tragedy has taken a turn, and it's now a happy ending!

This is absolutely a rumor spread by Myrtle.

She was probably the one who most wanted Malfoy to die and become a ghost.

Myrtle also had a series of lists of students who had died in her mind. Every year, she would pick a few handsome young men she found pleasing to the eye and write them down, like a death note.

To this day, no one knows who the hidden top-ranked figure is.

After hearing more than a dozen versions of the rumors, William finally confirmed that Malfoy was not dead, but only slightly injured.

He and Cho entered the Great Hall and immediately spotted Harry and Ron at the Gryffindor table.

It's too conspicuous.

Because Ron was sobbing, Harry held him and comforted him softly, looking like he wanted to take responsibility.

Harry caught a glimpse of Cho out of the corner of his eye, and as if struck by lightning, immediately released Ron, seemingly afraid that she would misunderstand.

Harry was completely overthinking it; there wouldn't be any misunderstanding whatsoever. Cho already understood the relationship between Harry and Ron.

Completely

Without any prejudice whatsoever!

"What's going on with those two?" William asked, sitting down at the Gryffindor table.

Ron was crying his eyes out, and given the rumors of Malfoy's death, anyone who didn't know better would think he was grieving for Malfoy.

"They went to visit Hagrid after class," Fred explained.

"Ron had just entered the house when he spotted a big black dog."

George continued, "Ron thinks it's a bad omen! He's terrified now, and keeps saying he's going to die."

"Big Black isn't unlucky; it's Annie's pet dog," William said speechlessly.

"What?" Harry looked up and asked. "Whose dog?"

"That dog was left with Hagrid at noon; it's Anne's pet," William said, shrugging.

"Alright, Ron, did you hear that? Cheer up!" Harry shouted.

"It's just a pet, Annie's pet, not something ominous."

"No...you don't understand, Harry, isn't it too much of a coincidence?" Ron trembled all over.

"Professor Trelawney said this morning that I had bad luck, and this afternoon I encountered a black dog... This is an ominous sign, an ominous sign of death!"

"Ron, if it really is an ominous sign, it wouldn't be Malfoy who was attacked, it would be you." George frowned.

"Yeah, and this morning, you heard what Professor McGonagall said, didn't you?" Harry patted Ron on the shoulder. "Professor Trelawney predicts one death every year, you were just... unlucky."

If it were me making that prediction, I definitely wouldn't believe it.

"No..." Ron insisted, "I originally wanted to ride that hippogriff, but I didn't see the ominous sign, so Malfoy beat me to it."

"And that black dog, did you see it? It went crazy and tried to bite me. If it hadn't been in a cage, it would have killed me!"

My heart is still pounding! Feel it if you don't believe me!

Harry had no choice but to reach out and touch it.

Pale-faced Ron grasped Harry's hand and murmured, "I can feel it, Harry! A malevolent aura hangs over me... Death is drawing ever closer..."

"..."

Ron started sobbing again; he was already considering taking a break from school.

Hogwarts is far too dangerous.

William and the twins exchanged a glance, concluding that Ron's mental state was somewhat problematic.

"How is Malfoy?" Cedric asked as he approached.

"We just sneaked off to the school clinic and found that he's almost fully recovered, but he's still complaining of pain," Fred said.

"He's faking it!" George said. "Let's go check it out again. Dumbledore's probably here too, and we can eavesdrop on how they're dealing with Hagrid."

The twins left.

William, Cedric, and Cho left the auditorium, crossed the lawn, and went to visit Hagrid.

Harry wanted to go too, but Ron's mental state was not normal, so he could only continue to comfort his good friend and give him some sense of security.

When William arrived at the cabin, Anne and Hermione were at the door tending to Big Black.

Annie was wrapping bandages around it through the cage, round and round, making it look like a mummy dog.

The bandages on his head were already bleeding, and Dahei was extremely listless.

It seems it really wanted to bite Ron; it even banged its head against the wall and it was bleeding.

Could there really be something ominous about Ron?

William and the other two went inside, where Hagrid was packing his things. He forced a smile and said, "William, you've arrived?"

Hagrid's hands trembled so much that he crushed the iron bowl that Ya Ya was eating from.

Ya Ya raised her head and whimpered, then lay back down on the ground with her ears drooping.

"This is probably a new record," Hagrid said dejectedly, sitting down in his chair.

"I don't think they've ever seen a teacher who's only worked one day."

"They won't fire you, Hagrid," Cho comforted her. "It's not your fault."

"No...it's all the same, isn't it? That's Malfoy, his father..."

Hagrid covered his face. "The school board also knows about this, and they think I've gone too far."

I should wait a while before bringing out the Hippogriff... after we've finished the Flobber Caterpillar or something else... I thought I was being cautious enough.

I might not even keep my job as the key manager.

Hagrid was clearly overthinking it; he couldn't possibly be expelled, much less kicked out of Hogwarts.

Last semester, after Dumbledore removed Malfoy from the board of trustees, the entire school became a place where the headmaster had absolute power.

Malfoy had neither the right nor the ability to decide a teacher's fate.

Hagrid should be worried not about his position, but about that hippogriff... it will surely be sentenced to death.

After all, it's not under the jurisdiction of Hogwarts, but belongs to the Beast Office of the Ministry of Magic!

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