061-Lockdown!

Ivan's silent attitude prompted more rumors to start sprouting and there were more and more students trying to squeeze close to him to ask questions. The sudden crowd and noise attracted the attention of the professors on the staff table. Snape took out his wand, placed it against his throat, and charmed himself with a Sonorus, "Quiet! Everyone return to your seats!"

Snape's low tone sounded like thunder as it reverberated continuously across the great hall.

The noisy hall stilled as if someone had pressed the pause button, the sound went out immediately. The students that were surrounding Ivan ran back to their seats as if running for their lives.

Ivan even saw a Slytherin student crash into the ground halfway to his table. All the students behaved like this regardless of the house, this showed how much Snape's reputation had taken root in people's hearts.

Snape was very satisfied with this, then he turned towards Harry, "Potter, if you intend to make up fake stories to fulfill your attention-seeking fantasies, get out of here immediately!"

Harry was trembling with anger, maybe if he knew how to cast the Killing Curse that Hermione was talking about before, he would probably be able to hit Snape's face at a moment's notice.

'I hadn't said one word since I came in!'

Ivan had long ago gotten accustomed to Snape's poisonous tongue, he just wondered why they didn't lose any house points.

After calming down and thinking about it, Ivan faintly figured out the warning hidden in Snape's words, his attitude reminded them not to disclose any information.

At the same time, Ivan also noticed the worry showing on the faces of several professors. Only Snape sat back in his seat silently and looked around emotionlessly. There was no emotion in his cold gaze as Ivan looked in the direction of Snape's gaze.

As expected, Quirrell's seat was empty, and Ivan estimated that Quirrell would never be able to come back after today's serious injuries.

Because Quirrell was absent, he would be guaranteed as the primary suspect in the attack on Hagrid, unless Voldemort was brain dead, he wouldn't let Quirrell get back to Hogwarts.

Another surprising thing was the presence of a translucent phoenix glowing with blue light standing on the giant eagle statue in front of Prof. Dumbledore's seat.

"Is that a blue phoenix?" Harry also noticed this, he could not restrain his curiosity and asked quietly.

He thought it looked beautiful, even more, beautiful than the phoenix he saw in the principal's office. Just looking at it made Harry's irritable mood calm down...

"That is the patronus of Professor Dumbledore!" Ivan said.

Ivan has read the original books, he knew that Dumbledore's patronas could be used as a medium to convey information. The patronas is here, which means that Dumbledore is also watching.

This also gave an explanation as to where Professor McGonagall had gone, even after the other professors had already gathered all the students in the great hall, the patrouns being here means that Prof. Dumbledore would be arriving soon to manage the situation.

"Patronas, what's that?" Harry felt like he had gone back in time to when they just joined Hogwarts he didn't know much about anything.

"That is a very high-level defense charm used to summon a guardian spirit, called the Patronus, condensed and powered using your happy memories, it is generally known as the only defense against the dementors..." Ivan said.　　

Harry squinted for a moment before he asked what a dementor was. Ivan explained it quietly to distract people's attention. "A dementor is a very dangerous dark magical creature. It would be best described as the god of death according to Muggles. It has a corrupt and cold body and it feeds on souls..."

Ivan's explanation attracted the attention of the students all around him. After all, Expecto Patronum was a high-level charm, and even many senior students won't be able to master it. Not to mention about the dementors, many people have not even heard of them, so they stopped thinking about dragons for a while, and curiously listened to Ivan's explanation.

As Ivan entertained them, Professor McGonagall walked out of the side door into the great hall, her expression more relaxed compared to before, but her brows were still set in a frown, several professors immediately came up to her to ask about the situation.

Because of the long-distance, Ivan couldn't hear what they were talking about. He saw the blue phoenix on the statue of the eagle gradually becoming illusory and transparent before finally, it disappeared.

At the same time, the door of the great hall opened again, and Dumbledore's figure appeared in front of everyone. Unlike his usual humorous appearance, there was a heavy air surrounding him, which allowed him to easily bypass the professor's questions. When he arrived at the head table, the whispers of the students became much softer.

When he reached the table, Dumbledore's gaze stopped for a moment on the empty seat belonging to Quirrell, then he cleared his throat and said. "The reason why you all are called here today is because there are some important things to announce..."

Dumbledore's eyes swept around the hall, when he saw that he had the student's attention, he continued, "The Gatekeeper of the school's Forbidden Forest, Rubeus Hagrid was attacked by an unknown person while patrolling the Forbidden Forest this evening. Although there is no life-threatening threat anymore... we have not found any trace of the assailant yet."

"From this moment onwards, the school is under lockdown. No one is allowed to leave the castle without authorization. The professors will patrol the castle until the holiday during their free time or until the assailant is caught!" Dumbledore's tone was serious. Everyone could see that he was not joking.

Ivan looked disappointed. He had expected that if Dumbledore couldn't find Quirrell's trace this time then It would be difficult to find Quirrell again.

The students in the audience started talking quietly, so Dumbledore had to use a louder voice.

"When there is darkness there is also some light shining brightly, I would also need to give extra points to a few students here..."