Hogwarts: I am Harry's eldest cousin

"Tom doesn't think this thing can kill me."

Dumbledore's voice came from behind him. He first signaled Crabbe and Goyle to leave, but the two fat boys looked directly at Dudley. After getting Dudley's nod, they all breathed a sigh of relief and ran away as if they had been pardoned.

Dumbledore shook his head helplessly. Dudley's prestige among the young wizards at Hogwarts far surpassed his.

"Professor, please continue."

Dudley pouted at Dumbledore. He hated the Riddler the most because he only spoke half of his words.

"His purpose was to deliver this necklace to me."

Dumbledore took the necklace from Dudley and frowned slightly. His eyes stayed on it from beginning to end. He lowered his head so low that his nose almost touched the necklace.

But he soon relaxed and his tone became cheerful: "This way I can use the clues above to find where he wants me to go."

"A place where he once lived."

"Senior Tom is indeed the one who knows you best, Professor."

"Of course. He has spent at least sixty years studying me."

"You are also the one who knows him best."

Dumbledore said: "Yes, I have also spent sixty years studying him."

"I hope Professor Grindelwald doesn't mind."

Dudley looked at Dumbledore who was in a good mood and said, "It seems that he knows that you know, but in fact, you know that he knows that you know."

Decades ago it was Newt, now it's Tom, anyway, they both put in more time than this poor substitute dark arts teacher.

Dumbledore shook his head and did not continue the topic, but the opal necklace in his hand had also changed its appearance: "Look, Tom's patience is running out."

"Senior Tom is really impatient. I thought he would at least wait until the end of this semester. It's only been a short while since school started."

"It's been a long time." Dumbledore stretched out his right hand, looked at the shiny black fingers on it, and said helplessly: "You are exaggerating. Anyone else would think that I was too poisoned and could die at any time. No wonder Tom is so anxious. He must think that I have found a way to suppress this curse."

Dudley asked back, "If it wasn't exaggerated, how could he have smiled so happily when he left that day?"

Voldemort's chuckle at that time still echoes in Dudley's ears.

"We have received the message Tom passed on. So what do you think we should do next?"

Dumbledore had already made his own decision, but he still wanted to ask Dudley.

"One word, wait."

Dudley said decisively.

"wait?"

"Senior Tom is anxious, but he's not that anxious."

Dudley said as he pulled out a ring, a ring that looked exactly like the Resurrection Stone, and handed it to Dumbledore, motioning him to put it on.

Dumbledore looked at the ring and couldn't help but said: "Every time I see it, I am amazed. Even the aura is exactly the same. I just don't know if it is..."

"No." Dudley said decisively, "My alchemy skills are not that exaggerated. I can't make a real resurrection stone."

Theoretically, using the principle of equivalent exchange, he could create the Resurrection Stone, but he didn't need to.

Dumbledore immediately showed a regretful expression when he heard this.

"Crabbe and Goyle are just smokescreens. The other person he actually arranged is the key point."

Dudley continued with the topic he had not finished, he was not the Riddler.

"Someone else?"

Dumbledore asked with some curiosity, but soon he smiled with relief: "It seems that you know what Tom is going to do?"

"Apparition is not allowed in Hogwarts, so if the Death Eaters want to enter Hogwarts during the period when it is not open to the public, what other methods are there?"

"You can go through the secret passage," Dumbledore replied.

How many secret passages are there in Hogwarts? Even the castle's designers probably don't know. Many of the secret passages have evolved slowly over the past thousand years.

However, most of the secret passages can only be used for exit but not entry, and only a few of them can be connected to each other.

"Yes, but what you can think of, Voldemort also guessed that you can think of."

Dudley continued, "If I were him I would choose a method that has never been implemented."

"Then what is it?"

Dumbledore's attention had been drawn to Dudley, and he was right. Choosing another method that had never been implemented would definitely catch them off guard.

"You should know about the Room of Requirement, right?"

"Of course." Dumbledore nodded.

"It is filled with belongings of students who have discovered the secret of this room since the founding of Hogwarts, including many of the professors'."

Over the past thousand years, many little wizards have used it as a place to hide secrets, so it is filled with all kinds of items.

"Among them is a very magical vanishing cabinet of magical items."

The Vanishing Cabinet is a very magical item. As long as there are two doors, it can be used to travel through like a random door, and it is not affected by magic that prohibits Apparition.

"I know but that cabinet is broken."

“What if it’s fixed?”

Dudley said slowly, his tone becoming serious, "Then the Death Eaters can enter Hogwarts through another cabinet."

Chapter 459 We Need to Break His Wings

"I see. You intend to use the power of this item."

Dumbledore looked suddenly enlightened, and then his expression turned serious: "If the Death Eaters come in this way, no one knows what they will do to Hogwarts and those students."

"So Dudley, do you know who the other person Tom has arranged is?"

Dumbledore's attitude towards the matter clearly became more serious as it could threaten the safety of all teachers and students.

"Of course I know, Professor."

Dudley said, his tone as matter-of-fact as if he needed to drink water today. There was no secret in the whole Hogwarts that could be hidden from him.

"So, which Slytherin?"

"No, Professor Dumbledore, not Slytherin."

Dudley shook his head, denying Dumbledore's guess.

Don't always put the blame on Slytherin. Although Slytherin's behavior is sometimes annoying, inertial thinking is not acceptable.

"It's Cormac McLaggen of Gryffindor. You should know him."

The name mentioned by Dudley surprised Dumbledore for a moment. It was Gryffindor, which was something Dumbledore did not expect, but he soon returned to normal.

There's nothing strange about being a Gryffindor. Peter Wormtail was also born in Gryffindor, but didn't he also join Voldemort?

"I know him. His uncle Tiberus is a senior official in the Ministry of Magic. His whole family works in the Ministry of Magic. Why would it be them?"

Cormac McLaggen worked for Voldemort, which meant that his family also joined the Death Eaters, but why?

"Why not them?" Dudley asked back, "It is because they are officials that Voldemort is more likely to find them."

"After all, our current Fudge is completely different from the previous Fudge. If some people still behave the same as before, they will naturally be reprimanded."

"Some people have been there for a long time and start to think they are superior to others. Their pitiful self-esteem can't stand this kind of 'insult'. Sometimes anger gets the better of them and makes them do irrational things."

Dudley didn't continue speaking, the meaning behind it was already obvious.

"I see." Dumbledore nodded. What Dudley said was very likely to happen.

If Harry and Neville in the later part of the original book are synonymous with Gryffindor's courage, then Cormac McLaggen is synonymous with recklessness. How much better can his father and uncle be?

(Don’t expect this family to be any better than they actually are, as they were hospitalized for eating poisonous eggs from a fox spirit on impulse.)

Some people are born in Rome because of their family, and some people come from Rome because of their personality.

This is the saying that wealth cannot last for more than three generations.

The McLaggens were on the wrong side before this battle began, and they would be held accountable when it was over.

Unless Cormac McLaggen came and told Dudley, which he didn't.

Gryffindor is not like Slytherin who can judge the situation. Once they betray, it is real betrayal and there is no room for redemption.

Among the Gryffindors who bullied the 'Gryffindor Lioness' was this Cormac McLaggen.

"What are you going to do?"

Dumbledore asked, then took out a familiar jar, took out a candy from it, and started eating it. He felt uncomfortable if he didn't eat some sweets for a day.

Ever since he realized that Dudley could be his heir, Dumbledore no longer planned to think about so many things. If possible, he wanted to quietly enjoy the rest of his life, perhaps alone, or perhaps with someone else.

"It's better to eat less sweets when you get older."

Dudley reminded.

But Dumbledore would never listen to Dudley when it came to eating candy.

No one could stop Dumbledore from eating candy.

Dudley curled his lips and continued, "Since we all know their purpose, why don't we just play along and put on a show for them."

"acting?"

Dumbledore immediately became interested, but Dudley's next sentence almost choked him to death.

"Isn't Senior Tom very anxious for you to die?"

"Then let's just do as they wish this time."

"I've already thought of the headline for the Daily Prophet for the next day. It's called The Death of Dumbledore."

Dumbledore: "."

"It's a fake death." Seeing Dumbledore's strange expression, Dudley added: "Of course it's more than just acting. We also need to break his arm in the process."

"The Death Eaters who came with him must be the ones he trusted the most. If they all died here, do you think it would be a good thing for the entire wizarding world? Of course, if there was a chance that he could die here, it would be even better. But this hope is rather slim."

Although this plan is good, but after hearing you say this, I always feel that the candy in my hand is not sweet anymore.

"The premise of all this is to ensure the safety of the students."

Dumbledore said as he put away the remaining sugar bowl. Now was not the time to eat sugar.

“Yes, keeping them safe is fundamental.”

Dudley nodded in agreement.

Walking into a trap is indeed a very good strategy, but the location is Hogwarts after all, and all the students are gathered here. It would be bad if something unexpected happened.

The Death Eaters are a bunch of lunatics, who knows what they will do.

"Then let the lower grade students go to Beauxbatons next door for a social event that day."

Although the situation outside was turbulent, Beauxbatons was still safe. After all, it was located in France, very close to England and far away from Romania, with many countries in between, instead of Bulgaria which was right next to Romania.

If Voldemort was going to reach France, he should have conquered England long ago.

If Hogwarts is fine, Beauxbatons must be fine too. It is definitely a good idea to go to Beauxbatons.

Dudley thought of it, and Dumbledore naturally thought of it too, so he nodded.

"Then let's do as you wish."

As for the senior grades.

The senior students, especially the sixth graders, were able to beat those Death Eaters to the ground.

Snape could hardly bear the head-on duel instruction in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class these days.

Snape's dueling skills are definitely among the best among the Death Eaters.

If these Death Eaters are not smart enough to target the sixth years, they will definitely be given a huge surprise.

"Oh, Professor Dumbledore, I forgot to tell you one thing. Remember, you are already 'dead' after that day."

"Next time you appear, you must not be Dumbledore, but..."