Albert followed Professor Smith, walked forward silently, turned a corner, and stopped in front of the stone statue of a griffon.
"Chocolate Frog!"
Professor Smith spoke the command to the stone statue in front of him.
The griffin statue came to life, leaped aside, and the wall behind it split in two, revealing a staircase leading upwards.
"Follow me."
Professor Smith walked through the gap in the wall and stepped onto the spiral stone staircase. Albert hurriedly followed, but as he stepped onto the stairs, the gap closed behind him.
The next moment, the stairs slowly rose automatically, bringing the two to the door of the principal's office.
Professor Smith went up and knocked on the door.
The door opened quietly, and the two walked into the principal's office one after the other.
This was the second time Albert had come to the headmaster's office. There was no difference from the last time. The portraits of wizards and witches on the walls began to pretend to sleep after they entered.
"Rowena, what's wrong?"
Dumbledore was writing a letter at his desk. He looked up at the two people who came in and asked.
"Albert wants to talk to you about something. As for Hagrid, I think it's better to let him tell you himself!" Professor Smith moved his body and let Albert tell Dumbledore about it.
"Hagrid?" When Dumbledore turned his gaze to Albert, the parchment on the table had been automatically put into the envelope and sealed with wax.
He took the letter and handed it to the phoenix standing on the branch of the sycamore tree, and Fox flew away with the letter in his mouth.
Is this treating the Phoenix as an owl messenger
Albert turned his gaze away from the Phoenix and began to tell Dumbledore about Hagrid:
Hagrid secretly raised a three-headed dog named Fluffy in the Forbidden Forest, and his three-headed dog suddenly ran away and might be wandering around the school.
He explained in great detail, including how Hagrid didn't want to cause any trouble for Dumbledore, and was now running around the Forbidden Forest, looking for Fluffy.
As Albert spoke, he observed the changes in Dumbledore's expression, but the headmaster's face remained unchanged. He still stood there quietly and listened to Albert finish his story.
"Principal Dumbledore, you won't kick Hagrid out of school, right?" Albert asked with pretended concern.
"No. Mr. Anderson, your judgment and handling method are correct. Gryffindor gives you 20 points." Dumbledore smiled at Albert and comforted him, "The three-headed dog is indeed a dangerous magical creature. You did the right thing. We'd better find it and place it before it causes trouble."
"Principal, what are you going to do with the three-headed dog?" Albert asked again.
"Send it back to its homeland. That's the best option." Dumbledore did not hide the way he would deal with the three-headed dog. He said to Professor Smith, "Mr. Rowena, are you free now?"
"Of course I'm available, if you need help." Smith said with a smile, "I'm always willing to go into the Forbidden Forest to help find the three-headed dog."
"Well, let's go find Hagrid!" Dumbledore said and prepared to leave.
"Principal, can I go with you?" Albert said quickly, "I promised Hagrid that I would help him find Fluffy."
Dumbledore looked at Albert deeply, nodded and said: "Come on!"
Albert has great confidence in Dumbledore. With his help, they should be able to find Fluffy soon.
This mission is secured.
The three of them left the castle and headed towards the cottage outside the forbidden forest.
Hagrid was having lunch. When he heard the knock on the door, he stuffed the bread in his hand into his mouth and reached out to open the door. "Albert, what are you doing..."
He paused and looked at Dumbledore standing outside the door. He suddenly became a little panicked. His eyes moved down and fell on Albert beside Dumbledore. He immediately knew what was going on.
"I'm sorry, Hagrid, but I think it's best to let the headmaster know about this before Fluffy gets you in trouble." Albert said apologetically, "I don't want to see Fluffy hurting any students at Hogwarts, and I don't want you to get in trouble and be kicked out of school."
He felt that after taking the Felixir, his acting skills exploded and he would have no problem winning an Oscar.
"Mr. Anderson is right. We'd better find the three-headed dog as soon as possible." Dumbledore said with a smile.
"What should we do?" Hagrid asked anxiously, making way for the door. "Albert and I have been searching the woods for a whole morning, but we still can't find any trace of Fluffy."
"We will find it." Dumbledore comforted, "Rowenar, do you have any good suggestions?"
"I'm sorry, I don't know much about three-headed dogs. However, we can go find an expert in this area." Professor Smith suggested, "Professor Kettlebur is an expert in protecting magical creatures. Maybe he can give us some advice."
"That's a good idea." Dumbledore nodded to Smith's suggestion.
The four of them entered the Forbidden Forest together and headed towards Professor Kettlebur's cabin.
"Albus, why are you here?" Professor Kettlebur was feeding Flobberworms to his little cutie, looking at the four people with a puzzled look on his face and asked.
"Something happened." Dumbledore told about the three-headed dog.
"Three-headed dog?" Professor Kettlebur was very interested in it. "So that's it. The black shadow I saw last time was it? I was investigating what those footprints were."
"Professor Kettlebur, do you have any way to find it?" Hagrid asked hurriedly.
"Unfortunately, it's not easy to find it in the Forbidden Forest." Professor Kettlebur still gave them some suggestions, "Food is hard to find now, you can try this."
"Food? Same as Albert suggested." Hagrid muttered to himself. They had been searching for the whole morning and found no useful clues.
"We should go now." Dumbledore seemed to be thinking about how to lure out the three-headed dog. "I will ask the house-elves to prepare some fresh meat."
"Principal, can't we use reverse tracking magic?" Albert asked tentatively.
"Unfortunately, no." Dumbledore would naturally use reverse tracking magic, but the problem was that he knew nothing about Fluffy now, so it would be difficult to use magic to track him directly.
"Can we try using the Summoning Charm? Summon Fluffy directly." Albert continued to suggest. With the help of the Elder Wand, Dumbledore might be able to succeed.
"Of course," Dumbledore suddenly stopped, "Why don't you give it a try?"
"I tried sir, but it didn't work." Albert explained, "I didn't have enough magic power, and the spell might have been resisted."
"That's not surprising. Large magical creatures are very resistant to spells." Professor Smith explained, "Besides, we don't know where it is now. It may be too far away."
"We can cast the spell together." Dumbledore suddenly said, "If the three-headed dog is not far from here, it should be successful."
"How do we cast a spell together?" Albert asked curiously.
"Just say 'Luwei Feilai' and count to three, and say it together!" Professor Smith explained.
"As long as Fluffy shows up, I can subdue him immediately." Hagrid promised, patting his chest.
"Then let's get started."
All three of them drew their wands, looked at each other, and began the countdown.
"Lu Wei is coming!" they shouted in unison.