"I'm really sorry this time, Professor Dracula." Newt said, "Rolf has caused you a lot of trouble."
As he said this, Newt was about to put on a fierce expression and teach his grandson a lesson in front of Dracula and Dumbledore.
But he was a completely good-natured person, and the forced expression he made had nothing to do with being fierce. Instead, he looked kind and even funny...
"Don't make it hard on yourself, Mr. Scamander." Looking at the strange expression on Newt's face, Dracula couldn't help but say, "In fact, the problem with Assistant Coach Riddle is not entirely the fault of Rove alone."
"You don't have to consider my face, Professor Dracula. If not him, who else can we blame?" Newt waved his hand. "If it weren't for Rolf's reckless behavior, how could Assistant Professor Riddle be trampled by a magical creature and seriously injured?"
"I didn't care about your face, Mr. Scamander." Dracula chuckled, "But this accident may not be entirely Rolf's fault. Even if Assistant Coach Riddle comes, he can't deny it."
Both Newt and Rolf had a look of confusion on their faces.
"Professor Dracula, Luna didn't do anything from the beginning to the end!" Rolf seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and his expression suddenly became anxious, "I did the whole thing, please don't implicate her!"
"Luna? Luna Lovegood from Ravenclaw? Was she there at the time?" Dumbledore was stunned for a moment, then looked at Rolf with a smile, "Mr. Scamander, you didn't mention Miss Lovegood in what you just told us."
"Uh... So you didn't know Luna was here?" Rolf opened his mouth wide, "Then why did Professor Dracula say that this was not entirely my fault?"
"You, the only person involved, didn't tell us, so how can we know who else was there?" Dracula shrugged. "I guess you misunderstood what I said about you not having to take full responsibility."
"Let's not talk about this for now. According to you, Miss Lovegood was involved in the injury of Assistant Coach Riddle, right?"
"No... No, she really didn't do anything from beginning to end!" Rove was so anxious that he was about to cry. He never thought that he would accidentally implicate Luna, who was innocent.
But speaking of this... it seems that the horn of the "Curved-Horned Beast" that Luna gave him was the one that made the greatest contribution
"Tell the truth, Mr. Scamander, besides you and Miss Lovegood, who else was at the scene where Assistant Coach Riddle was injured?" Dracula asked with his arms folded across his chest, looking at Love with a smile.
"Really, there's no one left..." Luo Fu said with a wry smile, "I really did it all by myself. Who else would go to the Forbidden Forest in the middle of the night?"
"Except Percy Westley, anyone in Gryffindor is possible." Dracula answered as a matter of course, "Oh, no, Percy Westley seems to be dating the prefect of Ravenclaw, and they often sneak to the Forbidden Forest to date."
"Come to think of it, everyone in Gryffindor could be your accomplice!"
After hearing Dracula's analysis, Dumbledore, who was sitting behind the desk, had two black lines on his face.
"Professor Dracula, have you forgotten that there is a wizard from Gryffindor here?" He said with a wry smile, "As a professor, you cannot tolerate school prejudice."
"I'm not biased by the school." Dracula retorted without giving in. "I just made a reasonable analysis and guess based on the personality differences of the young wizards from different schools. This will be helpful in solving Mr. Scamander's problem."
"But your analysis is itself a product of the school's prejudice." Dumbledore said, "Not all Gryffindors are reckless. There are also students who abide by the school rules..."
"And not all Hufflepuffs are loyal, kind, and sincere. There are also naughty, deceitful little wizards there."
As he spoke, Dumbledore subconsciously glanced in Rolf's direction.
Newt and Rolf's faces froze at the same time.
One of them was expelled from school for keeping magical animals in violation of school rules; the other one sneaked into Hogwarts and cleverly got into the Hufflepuff common room.
Dumbledore's words undoubtedly made them feel very involved...
"First of all, Lord Earl, I didn't sort little Rolf into Hufflepuff!" The Sorting Hat, which was also placed in the headmaster's office, jumped out at this time, "It must be Dumbledore who indulged him, otherwise how could someone else enter the Hufflepuff common room?"
"Is that so?" Dracula looked at Dumbledore.
"I guess so. I just gave a small push for Rolf's admission." Dumbledore nodded slightly, then turned to the Sorting Hat and asked in a low voice, "Why do you become so timid when you see Professor Dracula?"
"Isn't that nonsense? He is of the same generation as my maker, and he always comes to trouble me. If I'm not afraid of him, who should I be afraid of..." the Sorting Hat said in a low voice.
Seeing that they were arguing endlessly and it seemed like they wouldn't be able to stop for a few hours, Newt quickly stepped forward to smooth things over for them.
"Albus, Professor Dracula, don't be so quick to argue, we haven't finished talking about business yet!" He interrupted, "Didn't Professor Dracula just say that Rolf doesn't need to bear all the responsibilities. So if it's not Luna, who will share this responsibility with Rolf?"
"It's not 'someone', but if you really want to count, it can be attributed to one person." Dracula thought for a moment, turned to Newt and said, "Do you know anything about the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts?"
"I know!" Rolf said first, "Every Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts always encounters various accidents and cannot be re-elected to the next term. Of course, Professor Dracula, you are the first person to break this rule."
"My grandmother and mother did not allow me to study at Hogwarts because of this biggest reason. They said that if a new professor was appointed every year, it would be impossible for them to teach the students well."
"Yes, that's exactly what happened." Dracula nodded with a smile. "You may not know, but the facts can prove that after Voldemort failed in his second job application, he was filled with hatred and cursed the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor."
"Does this have anything to do with Assist. Riddle's injury?" Newt asked.
"Not only is it related, it's a very big relationship." Dracula didn't know what happy thing he was thinking about, and the smile on his face became more and more obvious.
"I have just been away for over a month. During this time, Assistant Professor Riddle has been filling in for me. In other words, he was the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts before I came back."
"Voldemort's curse has no effect on me, but it has no problem on Assistant Professor Riddle—"
"It was precisely because of his curse and bad luck that he happened to run into little Scamander wandering in the Forbidden Forest at night. As a result, he lost to this little guy by mistake despite his bad luck."
"Hahahaha... this Voldemort and this Riddle are so interesting!"
At this point, Dracula grinned exaggeratedly and actually burst into laughter.
Newt: “…”
Rove: “…”
No, your teaching assistant was seriously injured, but you are gloating over his misfortune. Is that appropriate
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