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Seeing that no one objected, Dumbledore waved his wand lightly and Dolly's body floated up.

Then he said, "Miss Granger and Miss Zhang, please come with me. I'll help you for the time being. I'm afraid Madam Pomfrey can't handle it alone."

Hermione and Qiu Zhang originally wanted to follow, and Dumbledore's words hit the nail on the head, so they hurried over.

Just as Dumbledore was about to take Dolly away, Dolly's eyelashes trembled, which immediately attracted the attention of Myrtle who was floating on the ceiling watching everything.

She shouted quickly, "She's awake, she's awake!"

Everyone immediately turned their eyes to Dolly. Hermione and Qiu Zhang each held one of Dolly's hands, hoping to wake her up with their own warmth.

At this time, Dolly just muttered to herself.

"The Soul-stealing Curse..."

After uttering this word with difficulty, Dolly completely lost consciousness.

The entire space was eerily quiet; even Dumbledore, who usually had a kind face, had a cold glint in his eyes.

He swept his sharp eyes over everyone, and even at this moment Snape did not dare to look Dumbledore directly in the eye.

Dumbledore glanced at everyone, and finally took a deep look at Quirrell, who was already crying with fear, and said, "Anyway, I will take her to the school hospital first. Depending on the situation, I may have to send her to St. Mungo's."

"Minerva, Snape, I leave this place in your hands."

"No one is allowed to leave Hogwarts until I return, and students are not allowed to leave the common room."

Professor McGonagall's face also turned pale. If she was still terrified and relieved just now, she was now purely angry.

The Imperius Curse is one of the three unforgivable curses.

Someone actually used such a vicious spell on a first-year wizard in Hogwarts. Even when Voldemort was still alive, this was a despicable thing.

She rarely spoke in a murderous voice: "We will wait for you to come back, Albus. Until then, I will do my best to protect this school."

Dumbledore then nodded and left with Hermione and Qiu Zhang.

As a result, the moment Dumbledore's figure disappeared, Snape grabbed Quirrell's collar, and the anger on his face was no longer concealed.

"The Imperius Curse?"

"It's a very powerful spell. What kind of wizard would use such a spell on a child?"

"Who else is entering Hogwarts for the first time this year, and whose origins and identity remain a mystery?"

He pushed Quirrell's body backwards, hitting it against the pillar repeatedly. Quirrell's head swayed and the back of his head made close contact with the stone repeatedly.

Quirrell, tears streaming down his face, said, "It wasn't me. It really wasn't me. I definitely didn't cast the Imperius Curse."

"I swear to Merlin, you can use Veritaserum on me, but I wouldn't even dare to use the Imperius Curse, let alone on a child!"

"Stop shaking it, stop shaking it, it can kill people, it really can kill people!"

"Stop it Severus, it doesn't sound like he's lying."

Professor McGonagall spoke up, still looking at Quirrell with suspicion, but she thought that this method should not be used to interrogate others, and interrogation was not something they should do.

"We'll have to wait until Albus returns, but until then, could you please stay in your own quarters, Professor Quirrell?"

82 Chapter 1: Sleepless Night

Quirrell was trembling and looked like he would faint at any moment.

He nodded, not daring to refuse.

But this still couldn't reassure Snape. He said, "I'll go back with you, Professor Quirrell. It seems you hit your head just now. Maybe my potion can help you."

Quirrell's eyes rolled back, as if he had actually fainted.

But it seemed as if something forced him to wake up, and he said, "No, really no!"

"I'm not injured, and even if I were, a healing spell would be enough. I can still do that..."

Quirrell lifted his wizard robe, revealing the wand in his pocket, but Snape was quick-witted and took out Quirrell's wand first.

Quirrell's eyes widened as he screamed in horror: "Professor Snape, why did you take my wand? Please give it back to me, Merlin, please give it back to me!"

"Professor Snape!"

Professor McGonagall also felt that Snape was going too far. She had just said that she would wait for Dumbledore to come back.

"Professor McGonagall, I also agree to wait for Professor Dumbledore to return."

"But for many things, even if it's just a few minutes' delay, it might be too late."

After Snape finished speaking, he took out his wand and cast a flashback spell.

A flash of light flew out from his wand and hit Quirrell's wand.

Then a series of spell effects burst out from Quirrell's wand, which represented the spells Quirrell had cast recently.

"Unlocking spell, lighting spell, repairing spell, cleaning spell, silencing spell..."

Snape recognized at a glance the spells Quirrell was casting; they were all commonplace spells that even low-grade wizards could learn.

But Snape's frown deepened, he still didn't see the answer he wanted to see.

Quirrell seemed to calm down a little, realizing that Snape was investigating him. This did not seem to make him feel ashamed, but instead made him relax a lot.

It seems that he is not afraid of being investigated, but is afraid of being wrongly accused or forcibly controlled.

"Professor Snape, these are some of the things I use for teaching or daily life. I forgot to bring my room key this morning."

"Anyway, I will never use the Unforgivable Curse, Merlin. I don't want to go to Azkaban!"

Even after the flashback spell lost its effect, Snape still didn't see what he wanted.

He could only look at Quirrell deeply, wondering if Quirrell had used a large number of low-level spells to erase the remaining magic power of the wand from the Imperius Curse.

But then, Snape felt that this was unlikely.

Judging from the situation at the scene, the conflict between Dolly and the troll happened not long ago.

It was not long ago that Quirrell rushed into the lobby. Even if Quirrell wanted to find a place to cast these spells, it was unlikely that he would not be discovered.

What's more, Snape went to take a look and after confirming that the Philosopher's Stone was safe, he reunited with Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall was with Quirrell at that time, and Professor McGonagall was even kind enough to wake up Professor Quirrell who had fainted.

"Professor Snape, can you please give me my wand back?"

Seeing that Snape had nothing to say, Quirrell tried to take back his wand tremblingly.

Snape was about to hand the wand back when he suddenly realized that Professor McGonagall looked at him with some hesitation.

Snape seemed to understand something, and he withdrew his hand that was about to hand the wand back to Quirrell, saying, "Professor Quirrell, I'm not targeting you, but I suspect everyone equally."

"So next..."

He used Quirrell's wand and cast a flashback spell on his own wand.

There are also some low-level spells, but more of them are professional spells related to brewing potions.

After doing all this, Snape handed the wand to Quirrell, and Quirrell quickly hid the wand and said, "I understand, Professor Snape, you are also cleared of suspicion."

Professor McGonagall took a deep breath, walked up, and said, "I'll come too."

"No, you don't have to, Professor McGonagall. You have witnesses throughout the whole process."

"For the rest, we can investigate who was not present when Dolly got into trouble before Dumbledore returns."

"That's a great idea, Professor Snape."

Mag's eyes lit up and she nodded.

Wizards are not very good at logical thinking, and Professor McGonagall is no exception.

Snape is one of the wizards with better logical thinking. The puzzle he set to protect the Philosopher's Stone is to choose the correct one from seven bottles of potion based on logic.

Next, Snape and McGonagall acted separately. Quirrell also wanted to act separately, but was pulled together by Snape.

Apparently Snape has not given up his suspicion of Quirrell and will continue to monitor him until Dumbledore returns.

Professor McGonagall also returned to the Gryffindor common room and comforted everyone, including Harry and Ron who were driven back by her.

As for Dolly's news, Professor McGonagall lied and said that Dolly fell asleep in her dormitory due to anemia and had been sent to Madam Pomfrey.

After hearing this, Harry felt relieved temporarily. Although he was still worried about his sister's health, this was not the first time that anemia had occurred.

But Professor McGonagall herself knew that she couldn't keep this kind of thing a secret forever, and Harry would find out soon.

But the current situation does not allow Harry to continue running around.

On the other side, Dumbledore took action, and Dolly naturally came to Madam Pomfrey safely.

After seeing Dolly's dirty body, with wounds all over but not bleeding, especially her left arm which was limp and had lost all the bones and even the skin.

Even Madam Pomfrey, who had experienced many fragile wizards, was frightened to death at this moment and said, "Merlin, what on earth attacked her? I have never seen such injuries."

"A troll, Madam Pomfrey."

Dumbledore spoke calmly, using as few words as possible: "But she wasn't hurt by the troll. It's more like a strange magical injury."

"She is currently suffering from a severe lack of blood. Please give her blood-replenishing medicine first, and then help treat her injuries."

"Ms. Granger, Ms. Zhang, let's go out."

"Miss Dursley's injuries will necessitate removing her clothing, and we will delay Madam Pomfrey here."

Hermione wanted to say that she didn't mind.

Although she had never taken a bath with Dolly, she had seen her clothes disheveled, revealing large areas of skin on her back and stomach.

But Qiu Zhang pulled Hermione's wrist, shook his head, and said, "Let's just listen to the headmaster."

Hermione finally followed Qiu Zhang's advice. Although she still had many doubts about Qiu Zhang's previous affairs, she didn't want to care about them now.

As long as Dolly is safe, everything can be discussed.

What's more, in such an urgent situation just now, Hermione could see that Qiu Zhang really cared about Dolly and even gave her his pendant.

Although Hermione didn't understand how she and Dolly became such good friends, at least Hermione was clearly aware of it.

If Dolly really encountered danger, she couldn't rely on herself.

Hermione is very aware of her character weaknesses, which is that she can handle prepared questions with ease, but easily loses her composure when faced with unexpected situations.

When she loses her composure, she needs someone to help her judge the situation, or at least remind her to calm down.

There is no doubt that Qiu Zhang can be such a candidate. Maybe she is not brave enough, but she is smart and careful enough.

Soon, three people came to the door.

Dumbledore looked at the night outside the window, his eyes becoming hesitant and deep.

He was actually not completely ignorant of what happened today, otherwise he would not have hidden the Philosopher's Stone in Hogwarts.

This is a test, a test of the guy's condition.

It is also a test, a test of Harry's character and ability.

Dumbledore didn't want to involve anyone else if he could help it, but now that Harry's cousin was dragged into this, he had to reconsider his entire plan.

But Dumbledore was unwilling to give up just like that, because he had been preparing this plan for a long time and it had just begun.

So he needed to understand what was happening in order to determine whether his enemy would pose a threat to more people and what methods to use to deal with him.

"Ladies, can you tell me what happened?"

Dumbledore smiled, his blue eyes flashing brightly, like a cool breeze, enough to see through the two children in front of him.

However, Dumbledore was soon disappointed.

Because when Hermione and Qiu Zhang arrived, the battle was basically over. Dolly killed a troll with her own hands and had lost consciousness at that time.

Dumbledore stroked his glasses, still finding it incredible.

How could an 11-year-old girl kill the troll using the troll's weapon?

That mallet is heavier than Dolly herself, right?

If Dolly had defeated the troll with magic, it would have been equally incredible, but at least it would have been within Dumbledore's comprehension.

But Dolly used the most unmagical method.

"Ladies, can you tell me next what is different about Dolly in her life?"