"Fawkes?"
Audrey spread her hands. "Professor Dumbledore, have you misunderstood something?"
She stood up with a playful smile.
"I have never restricted Fawkes's freedom. Yes, he is free! Besides, apart from eating him, I have no means to restrict him. He is a phoenix!"
Dumbledore raised an eyebrow, and Audrey continued:
"Perhaps someone wronged a cute little girl, making Fawkes feel physically uncomfortable, so he abandoned the dark and joined the light?"
She blinked and pulled a big smile, not giving the Headmaster any chance to explain, and with a crack, disappeared from the Headmaster's office.
Actually, Audrey's sixth year—
Was read as sixth year, but written as fifth year.
Because she had to retake her O.W.L.s, the sixth-year curriculum had nothing to do with her!
She was in a state of preparing for O.W.L.s for the entire school year, and she was exempted from all fifth-year courses... oh, except Defense Against the Dark Arts, because the professor changed.
But Gilderoy Lockhart's Defense Against the Dark Arts class—wasn't it just watching a stage play?
And Lockhart himself was interesting enough. This school year's Defense Against the Dark Arts class was a good place to kill time!
Audrey couldn't help but sigh. Others suffered during school and enjoyed holidays; she was the opposite, enjoying school and suffering during holidays...
However, Miss Isaline Windsor seemed determined to carry out the act of "preventing Audrey from getting depression" to the end. Less than eight o'clock, she barged grandly into Audrey's dormitory.
—This young lady was one of the very few little wizards who had access to Audrey's room. The other was her little cousin, but unfortunately, the little cousin couldn't enter the girls' dormitory...
"Audrey! Get up, let's go to the Great Hall for breakfast!"
"Isaline, don't make a fuss!"
Audrey grabbed a handful of gold coins in a daze and threw them in Isaline's direction.
"Let me sleep a bit longer! I watched movies until late last night!"
Isaline skillfully waved her wand. The gold coins stopped in mid-air and then scattered on the ground.
"No! You must go to the Great Hall to eat today! You need to make new friends!"
Audrey rolled over, the gold coins on the bed making crunch, crunch sounds.
She made up her mind to ignore Isaline. Anyway, she didn't have class. As long as she persisted until eight o'clock, Isaline would leave on her own to attend class.
Seeing Audrey's lazy appearance, Isaline was so angry she laughed.
She cast two layers of Shield Charms on herself and jumped onto Audrey's large gold bed.
—Without Shield Charms, it wouldn't do. Audrey had immense strength. If she kicked her in a daze, it would really hurt!
Lifting the quilt, blowing air into the ear, tickling the armpits—a triple combo!
Audrey rolled off the bed laughing.
"Alright, alright, you win, you win!"
Climbing up from the bedside, Audrey, who looked like she had just woken up a moment ago, had instantly finished washing up and changed into her school uniform.
"Let's go!"
Audrey walked towards the door.
"But Isaline, do less of this next time, or you will lose me!"
...
...
In the Great Hall, although it was still early and there weren't many students dining, the Gryffindor table was exceptionally lively.
After sitting down, Audrey asked Gemma Farley next to her, "What happened to them? Why are they so happy?"
Farley replied, "Rumor has it that yesterday two foolish lions drove a flying car to school, but encountered Dementors on the way. The two fools fell to the ground and almost fell to their deaths!"
Audrey asked in surprise, "Almost fell to their deaths and they are still this happy?"
"Probably they think surviving Dementors is a very cool thing!"
Audrey nodded.
Hmm? Flying car? Two fools?
Because of the Auror inspection on the way and knowing Black had escaped, Audrey subconsciously thought this was the third school year, but actually, it was only the second school year!
Weren't those two fools who drove the flying car Harry Potter and Ron Weasley?
Looking at the Gryffindor table, sure enough, Miss Know-It-All's face was ashen. Watching Ron boasting incessantly there, the little girl's expression was terrible. Obviously, she didn't quite approve of her two useless men's actions.
Regarding this matter, perhaps her view was highly consistent with the little snakes of Slytherin.
Alright, it seemed Dobby had still made his move.
Audrey tapped the table, and another bowl of Boiled Cabbage appeared on the dining table—she liked this dish too much.
"Yo, isn't this the big star Audrey Astley?"
A childish boy's voice sounded.
Audrey looked up and saw an unfamiliar face—sorry, she was zoning out the whole time during yesterday's Sorting Ceremony—she never paid attention to people she had no interaction with.
"My Family Has 100 Million!"
"Who are you?"
The new student frowned deeply, as if it were a crime for the woman in front of him not to know him.
"I am Viggars Carrow! Of the Carrow family!"
Audrey nodded. "Hello, is there something you need?"
Viggars Carrow pointed his nostrils at Audrey. "Look at what you're eating! Cabbage soup? Hogwarts doesn't charge you for meals, is this necessary?"
He said disdainfully, "Or do you just like eating this kind of low-class stuff?"
Isaline stood up. "Viggars Carrow, please don't expose your ignorance. You are embarrassing Slytherin! This bowl of soup is a famous Chinese dish, worth ten Galleons!"
Although Carrow was only eleven, he had learned the arrogant expressions of his family elders perfectly.
"Shut up, you half-blood!"
He said angrily, "You mean she's rich?"
"Hmph! No matter how rich a Mudblood is, she's still a Mudblood! And talking about wealth in front of my Carrow family?"
He sneered:
"My family has a deposit of one hundred million Galleons in the Heaven and Earth Bank!!"
Audrey blinked, wanting to laugh a little.
Seeing Audrey not speaking, Carrow felt he had the upper hand and spoke even louder: "Scared, right! Mudblood! That's one hundred million Galleons, wealth you can't imagine in your lifetime!"
"Viggars Carrow!"
A roar came from the staff table. Everyone looked over; it was Professor Snape.
The giant bat floated down tap tap tap, looking down at Viggars Carrow from above, his eyes full of murderous intent. "Didn't your parents teach you that 'Mudblood' is a word that cannot be spoken at Hogwarts?"
"Pro-Professor... but she really came from the Muggle world... I..."
"Enough!" Snape interrupted him. "Viggars Carrow, insulting a classmate, Slytherin loses 2 points! One month of detention, come to my office after class this afternoon!"
Snape floated back again. On the way, he glanced at Audrey with a complicated look—
Now his suspicions about Audrey weren't so heavy anymore, especially since Audrey wasn't involved at all in the Quirrell incident at the end of the last term. This greatly lowered his guard against Audrey.
It was just inevitably a pity in his heart that she was exempted from Potions again this year, which made Slytherin lose many opportunities to earn points.
Carrow watched Snape leave, his whole small face twisting. He glared fiercely at Audrey and growled in a low voice, "You just wait!" Then he left with a strut that disowned his six relations.
Audrey asked Isaline, "What's wrong with this guy? I have no grievances with him!"
Isaline shook her head. "His mother is from the Foley family, sisters with Arjonia Rolle's mother. And Arjonia's mother went mad because of that incident."
"So you mean Viggars Carrow's aunt went mad, and he's taking his anger out on me?"
"I guess Arjonia told him something!"
"Truly an undeserved calamity," Audrey shook her head. "But Isaline, how do you know every piece of intelligence?"
Isaline leaned close to her ear and whispered, "To not lose the royal family's face outside, mastering information about subjects is our compulsory course!"
Yes, even wizards were legally subjects of Her Majesty the Queen, so calling them subjects wasn't wrong.
Audrey finished her meal quietly and returned to the dormitory.
Isaline's original intention in making her go to the Great Hall was to make friends, but now, instead of making friends, she was full of anger.
Although she knew that Viggars Carrow's student life ahead would be very difficult—after all, the "Audrey Protection Squad" wasn't just for show—
But within the reach of her arm, if there was any revenge that could be taken on the spot, she would definitely take it on the spot.
She decisively took out the two-way mirror.
"Edmond?"
Audrey spoke to the two-way mirror.
"Just now a brat named Viggars Carrow called me a Mudblood and bragged to me that his family is very rich!"
Edmond Grindelwald on the other end of the two-way mirror shook his head helplessly.
"Alright, I know. His family will soon become paupers."
Audrey was very satisfied with this grandnephew arranged by Teacher Grindelwald. So far, he had helped her solve many troublesome matters!
"By the way, Audrey," Edmond spoke up. "Our people found traces of Bode Gray. He is with the goblins, currently in Northern Europe. What do you think?"
"They probably want to crack the ancient ruins themselves! Just have our people watch them. How can ancient ruins be cracked so easily?"
Thinking of the magical composition of Hogwarts, which was as complex as a CPU, Audrey shook her head.
"As long as they don't come to bother me, let them be."
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