Chapter 263: Reluctance to Part with Voldemort

"Password."

The fat lady looked at the three Harrys while holding the wine glass.

"Uh... um..."

Ron was silent for a moment and looked at Hermione for help.

"Get out of the way and let me come."

Hermione pushed Ron away and stood in front of the Fat Lady:

"The five major exceptions to Gamp's law of transformation are:..."

"The password is correct."

The fat lady nodded and made way for a few people.

"I really don't know why Professor McGonagall changed the password to something from the Transfiguration class. Who can tell the difference between Gryffindor Tower and Ravenclaw Tower if this continues?"

Ron couldn't help but complain.

"No, no, no. The scope of Ravenclaw's knocker has now expanded to include the knowledge of the entire library, but Gryffindor's password is limited to the classroom, and it will be told to you in advance."

Hermione shook her finger:

"It's a good idea to memorize it or find a piece of paper and copy it down, and you can enter the common room normally."

The password to enter was just a brief interlude. After entering the common room, Ron and Hermione found a corner seat, pulled Harry over, and started talking about business.

"Harry, we saw Professor Dumbledore coming to Hogwarts!"

"What?!"

Harry was startled, and then asked quickly:

"Did you see where Professor Dumbledore went? Was he looking for Professor Gandalf? Or..."

"To Professor Snape's office!"

Ron and Hermione spoke to Harry seriously and quietly. After speaking, they looked around cautiously and continued:

"They seemed to chat for a long time, and then they left the office directly and went to the principal's office."

As for why he went there, Harry knew very well without having to tell Ron and Hermione that at Hogwarts, only the fireplace in the principal's office was connected to the floo network.

What happened that made Professor Dumbledore come to Hogwarts in person to find Professor Snape?

Is it about the Order of the Phoenix?

Harry knew in his heart that it must be about the Order of the Phoenix. Apart from this, nothing else would be so urgent and would allow Professor Dumbledore to come to Professor Snape.

Are members of the Order of the Phoenix in danger?

Are Voldemort and the Death Eaters making any moves again?

Was Sirius involved?

…

For a time, countless questions emerged in Harry's mind. He couldn't help but go back to the dormitory and took out the double-sided mirror to try to contact Sirius.

However, a minute passed, and the double-sided mirror did not respond at all.

After returning to the common room and sitting down, Harry pursed his lips:

"No, I have to go to the principal's office!"

"I'll go with you!"

Ron knew Harry so well that he knew what Harry wanted to do as soon as Harry opened his mouth.

"What do you want to do?"

Hermione's eyes widened:

"Have you forgotten, we have monthly exams tomorrow!"

"..."

Ron's face turned pale when he thought of the monthly exams where parents' signatures were required.

"...I have to go and see, Sirius will support me."

Harry's voice paused, but the firmness in his tone did not diminish at all:

"It has nothing to do with you staying at Hogwarts."

"...Okay, let's go together."

Looking at Ron who was pale but still didn't want to change his mind, Hermione sighed and stood up resignedly:

"Let's go quickly. Professor Gandalf doesn't seem to be in the principal's office right now. I hope we can get back before the monthly exams..."

Without further ado, the three of them set off immediately and were stopped at the door of the principal's office.

Professor Gandalf is not Professor Dumbledore. Normally, Harry and the others would have no way of knowing the password, but Ron spoke at this time:

"x-on:%#￥!"

The painting of Anubis judging sinners remained motionless, and Hermione and Harry looked at Ron in confusion.

"I saw Professor Dumbledore's mouth shape when he entered the door before, and I can more or less guess it. Let me try again."

Ron explained, and then began to exhaustively compare the mouth patterns. Although there were many words with the same mouth pattern, the password in the principal's office was unlikely to be a string of meaningless words.

Finally, after more than two minutes of trying, the portrait finally moved:

"Go in."

The portrait of Anubis slowly turned around to reveal the path to the office.

"Ron! You are so awesome!"

Hermione cheerfully gave Ron a hug.

The kobold in the portrait rolled his eyes, he was so awesome, and he spoke the wrong language. If the boss hadn't told you to go in, you wouldn't have been able to get in even if you tried until your death!

Breaking into the principal's office, Harry looked around, fixed his eyes on the burning fireplace, and looked at Hermione and Ron:

"You really don't have to go with me, I can do it alone."

"No need to say any more, Harry, we are friends, and friends never leave you alone!"

"Ron! Hermione!"

Harry was extremely moved.

"Stop yelling yet. There are no Floo fans here. How should we go?"

Hermione's face looked a little ugly. She didn't expect that in order to prevent students from leaving the school through this method, Professor Gandalf didn't even put Floo powder in the office. Didn't he use the Floo network himself?

"It doesn't matter, I'm prepared!"

Harry smiled and took out a packet of Floo powder from his pocket.

Ron, Hermione:? ? ?

"When did you prepare it?"

"After the last attempt to leave Hogwarts failed, we have no time left, let's go."

Harry briefly explained, then grabbed a handful of floo powder and threw it into the fireplace, handed the rest to Ron, and stepped into the green fireplace fire:

"Grimmauld Place!"

Number 12 Grimmauld Place is now protected by the Fidelius Charm, and the floo network cannot pass directly through it, so you can only go to the vicinity first and then walk there.

After Hermione, who was walking last, disappeared into the fireplace, Adam shook his head, waved his hand to restore the flames of the fireplace, and then looked at the portrait of Professor Dumbledore on the wall:

"It's up to Professor Dumbledore next."

Professor Dumbledore on the portrait nodded, then disappeared into the portrait to find his real body.

"Alas, in this case, Voldemort probably won't be able to jump for a few days, right?"

Although it was expected, and the warranty period of Nagini left for Voldemort was about to expire, Adam still felt a little reluctant to Voldemort.

Apart from anything else, Voldemort is really useful!

In the short time after Voldemort's resurrection, he promoted the entire process of Eugene's camp from its establishment to its growth to the gathering of people's hearts, helped Adam get the position of Hogwarts principal, and swept away or pulled most of the upper-class forces in the wizarding world to the opposite side of justice.

Not to mention that he destroyed everywhere in the UK, not only made outstanding contributions to Adam's cultural relics collection plan, but also made Adam make a lot of money by shorting the pound.

There is no way, although he is now the principal of Hogwarts, the owner of most of Hogsmeade Village, and the owner of half of Diagon Alley...

But the boss is often just an empty frame. Every day when he opens his eyes, hundreds of people have to wait for him to eat, drink, defecate, and urinate. In order to prevent the economy from collapsing before Adam solves Gringotts, Adam has to suffer those leeks.