On the second floor of Hogwarts, the door of the temporary meeting room was suddenly pushed open, and the four deans met at the school more than a month before the start of the semester.
Professor McGonagall, who was in the lead, had an extremely serious expression on her face. Those who knew Professor McGonagall knew that she was in a very bad mood.
"I just got a letter from the school board."
A letter was thrown casually by Professor McGonagall on the conference table, as if it was just a useless piece of waste paper.
"About the new principal?"
The room suddenly fell into an eerie silence. Ever since Voldemort completely took control of the Ministry of Magic, they had expected this day to come.
"Who did they find?"
Professor Sprout was the first to break the silence, looking at the letter uneasily, but ultimately did not reach out to read it.
"Severus Snape?" Flitwick looked at the letter and asked tentatively. He had heard from Albert that Snape would become the new headmaster.
"Severus, we should have thought of this earlier."
Professor Slughorn picked up the letter, opened it, quickly read its contents, and sighed softly.
If we were to ask who among the Death Eaters is the most suitable for this role, Snape would undoubtedly be the most suitable candidate. He has served in Hogwarts for many years and knows everything about this place. He can ensure Voldemort's control over this ancient school.
"The cowards have given in!" said Professor McGonagall in disgust.
"It can't be helped, Minerva." Professor Slughorn said soothingly, "No one dares to disobey You-Know-Who now. I believe..."
"If it weren't for those children, I would have resigned and left Hogwarts long ago."
Professor Sprout was very pessimistic. She really couldn't imagine what a terrible scene Hogwarts would be in if it was controlled by a mysterious man.
"Same with us, Pomona."
Professor McGonagall raised her hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then she went straight to the main reason why she had asked everyone to come here today: "You should have noticed the Muggle-born Grade Committee set up by the Ministry of Magic a while ago."
"That is simply the ugliest face I have ever seen."
"You're worried..."
"If the You-Know-Who takes control of Hogwarts, what will happen to those children born in Muggle families? Will Snape agree to let them go back to Hogwarts to study, or will they be expelled directly?" Professor McGonagall took out a newspaper from a few days ago and put it on the table. "Even if those children are allowed to go back to Hogwarts to study, I am still worried about their safety."
"Honestly, I never thought the Death Eaters would go easy on them just because they were just kids."
The conference room fell into silence again, and Professor McGonagall raised the issue that worried all the professors.
What should be done with those students who were born in Muggle families? Once they return to Hogwarts, will they be sent directly to Azkaban by the Death Eaters
Nowadays, many Muggle-born wizards have been tried by the Muggle-born Hierarchy Committee. After being charged with ridiculous crimes, they were thrown directly into Azkaban to keep company with Dementors. Once those poor children are thrown into Azkaban, God knows how many of them can survive.
"But what can we do? Should we tell them to hide?" It's not that Professor Slughorn was unwilling to help those poor children, but he didn't have any good ideas.
Although Muggle wizards and witches do not make up the majority of the students at Hogwarts, their number is still considerable (about a quarter). Even if letters are sent to them to remind them that they should be careful, it is useless. If underage wizards carry healds, they will be tracked immediately if they use magic outside the school. The consequences can be imagined.
"I don't recommend betting on low-probability events. It's best not to pin your hopes on the mercy of the Death Eaters, because they don't have that kind of thing." Professor Flitwick suddenly said, "Otherwise, the scene at the British Ministry of Magic might be repeated again. If the Ministry of Magic sends someone to invite them to interview the Muggle-Born Registration Committee, what do you think the result will be?"
Even longer silence.
This kind of thing could really happen, especially since the one who managed the Muggle-Born Registration Committee was Umbridge, whom they hated the most. After working with Umbridge for a year, everyone knew what kind of person she was.
They shouldn't expect anything to happen.
"Perhaps, we should let them stay at home." Professor Slughorn tentatively suggested: "Instead of coming to Hogwarts to study, as long as they stay away from the wizarding world, they should be able to..."
"That's also unsafe. More and more Muggle-born wizards have been imprisoned in Azkaban." Professor McGonagall interrupted, "Besides, do you think they will arrest Muggle-born students attending Hogwarts based on the list? Although I have planned to burn that thing, I don't think they will give up easily."
"In fact, it would not be difficult for the Ministry of Magic to find where those children live if they really wanted to. By then, their families would face a catastrophe."
"Perhaps, we can hide those children, I mean protect them together, and use that... I remember the one that the Potters used... the Fidelius Charm?" Professor Sprout felt that this might be the best way at the moment.
"As for the food problem, we can send some house-elves over to help."
"We don't have a suitable place to accommodate those children, and it is not easy to manage those children. What's more important is whether they are willing to accept protection?" Slughorn felt that his colleagues must be crazy.
There's no way, this plan is really too ridiculous.
Away from the comfortable environment of Hogwarts, how are they going to take care of those children
"Why don't we ask professionals for their opinions?" Professor Flitwick said suddenly.
"Professional?"
Everyone looked at him with doubt.
"I mean Albert," Professor Flitwick reminded. "He anticipated all this a long time ago and published a book called 'Self-Defense Guide' to help Muggle-born wizards. I think he might have other ideas about this matter."
Instead of the four of them racking their brains to come up with a temporary solution, it would be better for them to go directly to Albert. With his smart brain, he might have already thought of a solution to the problem.
"Anderson seems to be in hiding," Slughorn muttered. "Do you know how to contact him?"
"Who has a two-way mirror that can be used to contact Albert?" Professor McGonagall suddenly asked.
Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.
"Albert's friends should have an emergency contact method." Professor Flitwick reminded, "The Weasley brothers, or someone else?"
"You're right, maybe Hagrid has some too."
Professor McGonagall waved her wand and asked her Patronus to pass the message to Hagrid.
After a while, Hagrid hurried over.
He squeezed his huge body into the room, scratched his head in confusion and asked, "What two-way mirror?"
"Didn't Albert leave you a way to contact him?" Professor McGonagall asked directly.
Hagrid obviously sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere and asked in confusion, "No... well, what happened?"
"We have just received news from the board of directors that Severus Snape has been appointed as the new headmaster of Hogwarts. Hagrid, maybe you should leave the school for a while." Professor McGonagall summoned the Patronus again to pass the message to Sirius. She knew that the Weasley brothers must have the two-way mirror to contact Albert, and Sirius must have a way to contact the Weasley brothers.
"Snape, how dare they let the bastard who murdered Dumbledore take over the position of headmaster." Hagrid's angry roar echoed in the room.
"Calm down Hagrid."
"How do you ask me to calm down?"
Hagrid was so angry that he wanted to break Snape's bones with his bare hands to avenge Dumbledore.
"Now that You-Know-Who has taken control of the Ministry of Magic, it is not surprising that the Hogwarts directors chose to compromise." Slughorn reminded, "We are discussing a more important matter now."
"You-Know-Who and the Death Eaters are capturing Muggle-born wizards. We are discussing how to help students from Muggle families to prevent them from being sent to Azkaban prison collectively." Professor McGonagall looked at Hagrid. If they planned to hide those Muggle wizards, they would need someone to help look after them. Hagrid was obviously a good choice.