bioinnovel Chapter 354 Someone Has Disappeared
Chapter 354 Someone Has Disappeared
Chapter 354 Someone Has Disappeared
The following day, a piercing scream shattered the dawn at Hogwarts.
Looking at the medicine cabinets before her, which resembled a swarm of locusts, Mrs. Pomfrey let out a sharp, explosive sound.
Soon, Headmaster Dumbledore and Vice-Headmaster McGonagall arrived together, and the two professors quickly discovered something else.
Besides a large number of finished medicines disappearing without a trace, Igor Karkarov, who should have been recuperating at the school hospital, also vanished.
Soon, more professors flooded into the university hospital. Professor Flitwick, Head of Ravenclaw House; Professor Sprout, Head of Hufflepuff House; and Snape, Head of Slytherin House.
And then there's Belvina. Although she's only an elective professor, her background with the Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore's high regard give her a somewhat privileged position at the school.
Basically, wherever there's an incident, you'll see Belvina Black.
The same thing happened this morning. After being notified, Belvina leisurely made her way to the school hospital.
Belvina arrived with Viktor Krum, a warrior from Durmstrang. The two met at the entrance of the school hospital.
The school hospital was quiet at that moment. Professor McGonagall and Professor Sprout were helping Mrs. Pomfrey take stock of the damage, while Dumbledore...
Flitwick and Snape stood beside Kakarot's hospital bed.
"Headmaster, if I may be so bold," Snape said, "I think Karkaroff has most likely escaped."
Snape was the first to state his conclusion, pointing to the hospital bed where Karkaroff had lain.
"Although the bed is a bit messy, there are no signs of a struggle." Snape then pointed to the medicine cabinet. "Plus, considering the missing medications, Karkaroff probably left the school hospital on his own."
Dumbledore nodded, agreeing with Snape's statement.
Apart from the messy medicine cabinets, there were no signs of a struggle or any damage in the school hospital.
Although Igor Karkaroff was incompetent, he wasn't completely incapable of putting up any resistance. If he did anything to resist, even just shouting, Mrs. Pomfrey in the office would hear him.
However, Mrs. Pomfrey knew nothing last night until she saw the appalling state of the medicine cabinet and realized something was wrong.
This indicates that Karkaroff left the school hospital without making a sound, and most likely he walked out on his own.
"You've arrived."
Dumbledore looked at Belvina and Krum, who had just entered the room.
The headmaster said to Krum, "Viktor, I need to confirm one thing with you: has Professor Karkaroff returned to the ship?"
"No, Professor Dumbledore," Krum said in a low voice. "After receiving the message, my classmates and I searched the entire ship, and no one saw Professor Karkaroff."
Viktor Krum remained as somber as ever, and it was impossible to tell from his facial expression how he felt about Karkaroff's "disappearance."
"As you can see, Professor Karkaroff is missing," Dumbledore said, pointing to the empty hospital bed. "I've sent men to search the castle, but they haven't found him yet."
Krum glanced at the messy empty hospital bed, then looked at Belvina who walked in with him.
Near the end of the second project, Belvina gave Karkaroff a good scolding and left him alone in the Forbidden Forest.
Belvina was exasperated. She thought to herself, "Little brother, what's with that look in your eyes? I didn't lay a finger on Karkaroff last night."
"So, Professor Karkaroff has disappeared?" Krum asked. "He went missing last night at the university hospital?"
As he spoke, Krum looked at Snape, who was likely the last person to have seen Karkaroff.
Snape, his hands tucked into his sleeves, his greasy black hair like a curtain obscuring his sallow face, said indifferently, "Don't look at me like that, Mr. Krum. Karkaroff was perfectly fine in his hospital bed when I left last night."
Then, Krum looked at Belvina again, his eyes sincere and ardent, as if asking: Aren't you really the one who acts on behalf of heaven?
"Please don't look at me like that, Mr. Krum." Belvina sighed. "I didn't go near the school hospital last night."
Viktor Krum's disappointment was palpable; he seemed to desperately hope that Karkaroff had been taken away by one of the two men.
"Professor Dumbledore, is there anything we can do for you?" Krum asked Dumbledore.
"How is everything on the ship?" Dumbledore asked. "If you need any help, feel free to come to me."
"Everything is as usual," Krum said somberly. "Professor Karkaroff usually stays in his cabin, and we do all the work on the ship."
This means that on Durmstrang's ship, it makes little difference whether the Durmstrang principal is present or not.
Upon hearing this, not only Belvina, but even Snape and Flitwick couldn't hold back their laughter. Karkaroff's inhuman behavior towards outsiders was one thing, but...
They're completely inhumane to their own family!
No wonder the Durmstrang students were unmoved and indifferent; no wonder only Viktor Krum showed up, while the others didn't even bother to show their faces.
Belvina strongly suspected that Karkaroff was just as popular at Durmstrang as Phineas was at Hogwarts.
"Professor Dumbledore, if there's nothing else, I'll head back to the ship," Krum continued. "There's a lot of stuff to take care of on board, and we need to inform everyone about Professor Karkaroff's disappearance as soon as possible."
"You go back now. I'll let you know immediately if anything happens," Dumbledore said. "Also, if you need any help..."
Come find me anytime.
Viktor Krum didn't say anything more. After politely greeting the professors, he left.
As Krum walked out of the school hospital, his steps were without hesitation or lingering, as if the "disappeared" Karkaroff were just a stranger.
With Durmstrang's sole representative leaving, Dumbledore also left the university hospital, and the professors followed the headmaster.
Belvina and Snape went to the headmaster's office with the headmaster, while the other three deans went to their respective houses' common rooms.
Regardless of whether Igor Karkaroff was truly missing, or whether he was kidnapped or left voluntarily, given the magnitude of the event at Hogwarts, the Headmaster naturally had to instruct all students to be cautious.
As for Severus Snape, who was also the head of the house, he probably thought that such a thing as going missing wouldn't happen to Slytherins.
On their way to the headmaster's office, Dumbledore and his companions encountered Alastor Moody.
Professor Moody, leaning on his cane, walked toward them with a limp.
"I found something in the second-floor hallway," Moody said as he walked. "There were signs of a struggle; a suit of armor was broken, and several portraits were damaged."
"So, Karkaroff might have gotten into an argument with someone in the second-floor hallway?" Snape asked. "Why would he be there?"
"How would I know?" Professor Moody shook his graying head. "I'm not Karkaroff."
With Professor Moody, who had a limp, joining them, the group had to slow down their journey to the principal's office.
At that moment, Snape looked at Belvina just like Krum, his deep eyes seeming to try and see right through her.
Belvina looked back defiantly, as if Karkaroff's sudden disappearance had nothing to do with her.
Guilty?
nonexistent!
Belvina didn't even tie anyone up, so what's she feeling guilty about!
Furthermore, Karkaroff was planning to escape last night, so kidnapping him could be considered a way of helping others.
Since it was a good deed of helping others, what was there to be ashamed of? Therefore, Belvina felt no guilt about sharing the burden; on the contrary, she felt she was doing a good deed anonymously.
Before long, the group slowly arrived at the principal's office.
Under normal circumstances, they should then discuss Karkarov's disappearance and figure out how to deal with the changes that have occurred since his disappearance.
But that's normal; Igor Karkarov's disappearance is not.
"Severus," Belvina suddenly stopped, "from what you just said, you saw Karkaroff last night, at the school hospital."
Upon hearing this, Professor Moody, who had already entered the principal's office, immediately turned around and looked at Snape with his bright blue magic eyes.
"You met Karkaroff last night. What did you talk about?" Moody asked immediately.
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