"Audrey, Audrey!"
On this day, at ten in the evening.
Isaline brought Gemma to Audrey's room, shaking Audrey vigorously to wake her up.
But Audrey, who was usually very alert, was sleeping deeply at this time.
This situation was very strange, but Isaline and Gemma had a reason they had to wake her up.
"Audrey, your gold has been stolen!"
Boing!
Audrey shot up like a rocket.
"Who, who dares to steal my gold!"
Isaline rolled her eyes. "You're finally awake!"
Audrey gasped, her heart still palpitating with lingering fear. Good lord, this girl was truly brave, daring to use this to trick her.
Just now, she almost got up and cast an Avada Kedavra!
Yes, Grindelwald had still secretly taught Audrey the Unforgivable Curses.
Audrey had mocked him for fearing Dumbledore like a tiger, but Grindelwald retorted, "Little girl who hasn't even grown hair, what do you know!"
"Isaline, can you not joke about this? I will get angry!"
Isaline shook her head. "I didn't want to either, but you just wouldn't wake up!"
Audrey relieved the discomfort of being startled awake and asked, "What's wrong? It's not dawn yet, is it?"
"Of course, it's only ten in the evening."
"Are you crazy?" Audrey looked shocked. "Or is our Slytherin holding a night party?"
"No, Audrey," Gemma Farley spoke up at this time. "The criminal Sirius Black infiltrated Hogwarts and raided the Gryffindor dormitory."
Audrey said grumpily, "That's Gryffindor's business, what does it have to do with us Slytherins?"
"That's an extremely dangerous wanted criminal!" Gemma shouted loudly. "A heinous dark wizard with many lives on his hands!"
Audrey rolled her eyes again. Leaving aside that those Muggles were killed by Peter Pettigrew, even if those fourteen lives were counted on Sirius, this "heinous" "dark wizard" hadn't killed as many people as she had...
Counting them up, the Gray family, Water Snake's Fang, goblins... she had over twenty lives on her hands.
"Alright, stop dawdling, Audrey," Isaline said. "The professors want all of us to gather in the Great Hall. Everyone is sleeping in the Great Hall tonight."
"I'm not going! I can't sleep without my gold coins!"
...
However, Audrey still obediently followed the two. In Gemma's words, "Not leading her to the Great Hall would be their fault; but if Audrey left after arriving at the Great Hall, that would be the professors' problem."
Following the principle of not causing trouble for friends, Audrey reluctantly made this trip.
In the Great Hall, the four long tables had been put away somewhere by the professors. The floor was covered with sleeping bags, and all the students were gathered here. Audrey and her group were the last to arrive.
Seeing Audrey arrive late, Dumbledore didn't say anything and spoke up: "Alright, everyone is here."
His expression was very serious. "Just now, the wanted criminal Sirius Black entered the Gryffindor dormitory. After being discovered by Ron Weasley, he fled, and his whereabouts are currently unknown."
"To ensure everyone's safety, please rest in the Great Hall for tonight."
"I hope prefects will guard the entrance to the Great Hall, and the Head Boy and Head Girl will be responsible for management. If there is any situation, report to me and the professors immediately!"
Audrey looked at the sleeping bag belonging to her, utterly speechless.
Seeing her delay getting into the sleeping bag, Professor Snape strode over. "What's wrong, Miss Astley? Do you need me to teach you how to use a sleeping bag?"
Audrey sighed. "Professor, is this necessary? Just a Sirius Black requires such solemn preparation? What if Voldemort came, what would you do then?"
"That is not a question you should consider, Astley."
Snape was clearly in a very bad mood, so his tone naturally wasn't any better.
"Now, get into your sleeping bag immediately! I don't want to say it a second time!"
Audrey looked at Dumbledore. She felt the old Headmaster's educational policy was wrong. Overprotection cannot cultivate excellent wizards!
Gathering students together for protection by professors at the first sign of danger—did he really treat little wizards like chicks?
Could a mere Sirius Black without a wand beat several little wizards?
Just jinxes like the Leg-Locker Curse and Densaugeo would be enough for him to handle!
Not to mention that among the upper-year students, there were quite a few who had mastered advanced spells!
"I have something to say to Professor Dumbledore."
Audrey walked past Snape and headed straight for Dumbledore, making Snape furious.
"Professor Dumbledore," Audrey spoke, controlling her voice into a thin line so only Dumbledore could hear. "I want to go back to my dormitory to sleep!"
Dumbledore knew about Audrey's quirks, and he knew even better that with Audrey's strength, Sirius wasn't her match at all.
"Of course, child," Dumbledore smiled. "But with so many students here, if you leave rashly like this, it might cause us unnecessary management trouble."
"Spending the Night in the Great Hall, What's it to Me?"
—If everyone slept in the Great Hall, no one would have an opinion because everyone was treated the same; but if someone had privileges, it would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among others, even if this person was Audrey Astley.
"Troublesome!"
Audrey rolled her eyes and sat cross-legged leisurely.
She cleared her throat, and the eyes of the entire Great Hall turned towards her.
"The moon shines on clear waves," "Lake mist paints haziness," "I wish to row a boat to relieve my worries," "But fear the night water chills my heart..."
The singing was melodious. Students stopped communicating across sleeping bags and listened quietly to the song—the resentment in their hearts for being forced to the Great Hall was washed clean by Audrey's singing at this moment.
When singing the second verse, Audrey quietly incorporated a Sleeping Charm into the song.
This move shocked Dumbledore greatly. Had this girl's magical attainment already reached this level?
The professors naturally could resist this wave of hypnotic singing attack—except for Gilderoy Lockhart. This renowned Defense Against the Dark Arts professor fell headfirst to the ground, falling asleep faster than many students.
The professors who were still awake looked at Audrey, who was still singing beautifully, with astonished expressions. They had never seen anyone capable of merging spells into singing!
This child simply exceeded their imagination!
In just a while, there were no awake students in the Great Hall.
"Alright, Professor Dumbledore," Audrey stood up. "Everyone is asleep, can I leave now?"
"Of course, Audrey," Dumbledore no longer had a reason to keep her here for the night, and besides, it wasn't necessary. "Just about Fawkes... I'll be quite busy these few days, I need him to help me deliver letters!"
"You can summon him anytime! I haven't stopped him!"
Audrey laughed, "But he has a wife now and is newly wedded bliss; he probably won't respond to your summons."
"Professor Dumbledore," Audrey suddenly smiled, seemingly thinking of something happy. "You are simply more capitalist than a capitalist. How can anyone exploit a bird like you?"
"Your subordinate gets married, and you don't even give him marriage leave?"
After saying this, Audrey disappeared from the Great Hall with a crack.
"Married?"
Dumbledore was stunned. Fawkes got married?
Did this mean that besides Fawkes, Audrey had another phoenix in her possession?
"Albus," McGall walked over. "Did you give Miss Astley permission to Apparate within Hogwarts?"
"No, Minerva. That child is a genius. Hogwarts' Anti-Apparition wards can't restrict her."
"Dumbledore, you shouldn't have let her go!" Snape strode over. "Black could infiltrate Hogwarts, someone must have guided him! Her insistence on leaving the Great Hall at this time is very abnormal!"
"No, Severus, you are wrong. You have seen that child's dormitory," a strange look appeared on Snape's face, and Dumbledore continued, "Away from her treasures, she probably wouldn't be able to sleep... She is simply—attached to her bed."
"She doesn't have classes now anyway, she has the whole day to sleep!"
Realizing this, Snape also understood he had overthought it, so he hurriedly found himself an excuse to step down, then turned and left.
Hmph, it's all Potter's fault, making him overly nervous!
...
...
Audrey didn't know what it felt like to sleep on the cold floor of the Great Hall for a night. Anyway, she slept until lunch!
Probably because the quality of sleep last night was good, Isaline didn't come to call Audrey for breakfast, until now.
"Audrey! Look at the Daily Prophet! Something big happened!"
Isaline rarely looked this flustered, which immediately piqued Audrey's interest.
"Big news? Bigger than the news of the safest Hogwarts being tormented by a dark wizard so much that all students slept in the Great Hall?"
"Stop joking," Isaline slapped Audrey lightly. "The Norwegian Ministry of Magic was broken into, and a massacre occurred. If a mysterious person hadn't intervened and killed the criminal, the Norwegian Ministry of Magic might have been wiped out!"
The image of the boy who sank a ship several kilometers away with a wave of his hand surfaced in Audrey's mind. Dead?
Good. Regardless of who did it, Audrey manually gave him a like!
The two-way mirror heated up.
"Isaline, you go first, I have something to do."
Isaline stopped, turned to look at Audrey, and remained silent.
"Don't worry, I will definitely go!"
Pushing Isaline out of the room, Audrey took out the two-way mirror.
"Edmond, what's wrong?"
"I think you'd better come to the Heaven and Earth Bank headquarters right now."
"Why?"
"An very interesting guest has arrived at the bank. I think you'll be interested."
"Who?"
"Sirius Black."
"Crack!"
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