Chapter 1043 Prophecy and the New Era

On the morning of the second week after the Christmas vacation, Elena and the three disciplinary committee members were late for their morning meeting again.

After enrolling for more than a year, Hermione, Hannah, and Luna finally understood the uncertainty of the distance between "Hogwarts Castle". They could flexibly control the length of the journey by letting Elena go at the front. , to extend the "walk and talk" torture time.

Therefore, when they arrived at the auditorium, the Hogwarts auditorium was already full of people.

All the usual decorations disappeared, replaced by flags representing the four houses of Hogwarts.

A huge curtain with the Hogwarts school crest hung on the wall behind the staff desks.

At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, this auditorium decoration style has only one meaning: the starting point of a new school year.

Elena and her group walked to the long Hufflepuff table, found a few empty seats at the end and quietly sat down, looking around curiously.

There were noisy discussions around, and many little wizards were chatting uneasily and excitedly - everyone was guessing what the professors were going to announce later, and a few well-informed little wizards were excitedly sharing what they had learned from their parents. From what I heard, most students who paid a little attention to the changes around the school discovered the foreign wizards appearing around Hogsmeade.

After a while, Professor McGonagall picked up the silver spoon and tapped the goblet.

The crisp and sweet sound spread like magical ripples.

The noise in the auditorium gradually died down.

At the same time, Professor Dumbledore stood up from the staff table.

"Welcome back to Hogwarts," Dumbledore said softly, looking at everyone, "Of course, it may be a little late to say this now -"

He stopped talking and looked at the Slytherin table.

Before Dumbledore spoke, there was a very strange and depressing atmosphere lingering there.

Most of the little wizards at the Slytherin table have a newspaper in their hands, with black and white magic pictures and dazzlingly identical page layout styles, which to some extent aggravate this depression, especially when there are other houses around. Curious, uneasy, discursive glances.

"These things should have been explained at the end of the Christmas break and the start of the new term."

Dumbledore said, looking away from the Slytherin table and looking around at the upturned faces in the Great Hall.

"However, due to the importance of the matter and some teaching reforms in Hogwarts, we decided to explain it at the beginning of the second week. Now I must trouble everyone to listen to the babble of an old man... I believe that among us Some people know a little bit about the content, but I still implore you to listen patiently and carefully. For some strange reasons, newspapers and oral information are often not so comprehensive and correct."

"First of all, it's about what happened in Hogwarts Castle last Christmas holiday."

"Before that, we may have to face up to it and look back at some of the ancient legends about Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry..."

Dumbledore cleared his throat, swept his blue eyes over the students in the auditorium, and said calmly.

"As you all surely know, Hogwarts was founded more than a thousand years ago - the exact date is uncertain - by the four greatest wizards of the time. The four houses are named after them. : Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin. Together they built this castle away from the prying eyes of Muggles look……"

"In the first few years, the founders worked together harmoniously, looking for young people who showed signs of magic and bringing them to the castle to train them. However, slowly there were differences between them. Slytherin and The rift between the others grew wider. Slytherin wanted Hogwarts to be more selective in its admissions. He believed that magical education should be limited to pure wizarding families. He was unwilling to accept children born to Muggles, believing that they were Unreliable. After some days, Slytherin and Gryffindor had a fierce quarrel over this issue, and then Slytherin left the school. At the same time, a strange story suddenly appeared in Hogwart It spread among the people..."

"The story goes that Slytherin built a secret room in the castle that the other founders knew nothing about."

"According to this legend, Slytherin sealed the Chamber of Secrets so that no one could open it - and sealed within it was a horrific monster that, if released, would attack the students in the castle, in fact... …The chamber has been opened more than once in the past.”

"What is extremely shameful is that we have never been able to catch the real murderer before, nor have we been able to find the entrance to the secret room——"

Dumbledore paused, looked around the quiet auditorium, and said calmly.

"The last person to open the Chamber of Secrets was Tom Riddle, who caused a horrific murder at Hogwarts."

There were nervous murmurs in the auditorium.

Everyone raised their heads and stared at Dumbledore in horror and uneasiness.

Unlike a few months ago, almost everyone in the wizarding world now knows that Voldemort's name is Tom Riddle.

However, compared to the previous "fear", people will neither shudder nor gasp when they hear "Tom Riddle".

"I believe many students will still remember that a few months ago, Professor Binns took a short break... Fortunately, by some chance and after paying a certain price, Professor Binns finally found Find the location of the legendary secret chamber.”

Dumbledore paused again, his eyes passing over a small silver head, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Now it seems that fully trusting the little witch's judgment can be said to be one of his most correct decisions as the principal.

That was last semester, after he "confirmed" Elena's identity as a prophet, he asked the girl again about the source of the secret room information.

Elena's answer to him was that the attack "will" occur in the second year of her arrival at Hogwarts, and listed the list of victims shown in the "sight": Hermione... Granger, Colin Creevey, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Penelo Crevat...

The credibility of this list is quite high, because there is a young wizard from the non-magical world who has not yet entered school at the time.

Colin Creevey, before officially enrolling, this little wizard's name was only known to the principal.

When Dumbledore saw this name in the Book of Access, his doubts about Elena's identity as a "prophet" were completely dissipated, along with the "prophecies" the girl had made... If those were all true , then the future is too dangerous and scary.

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Guacridine!