The day after the attack, news of Slughorn's death had spread throughout the carriage.

Most of the students were unbelievable by the news. Except for those who entered the carriage at the beginning of exile, the other young wizards had never experienced a separation from any professor.

But the body of the defense professor who always smiled on the podium had been retrieved from the carriage, and the painful reality was placed in front of them, and no one could not believe it.

While having lunch in the restaurant, Dumbledore also announced Slughorn's death in front of everyone, and many students cried on the spot.

The fat walrus may not treat all students equally in the carriage, but he is a loyal teacher. Whether it is a black magic defense class or a magic history class, he will never limit the knowledge he teaches because of his preference for a certain student.

In addition, most of the carriage are Muggle wizards who have no relatives and families. For them, everyone in Hogwarts is their family, and several professors are even more like parents.

But now, one of these people has left them forever.

During lunch, Dumbledore not only announced the death of Slughorn, but also announced that a funeral would be held for him tonight.

The students finished their lunch dullly, and all the classes today were stopped. Some returned to their dormitories, while others gathered in the common room.

Jon and Neville did not return to the dormitory. They walked into the lounge silently with Ron Justin and Ravend.

There were more than a dozen students sitting here, but no one made a sound, only the explosion of fire burning wood in the fireplace echoed in this quiet space.

Even the two twins George and Fred, who were the most lively and active in the past, were lying on the table with a gloomy face, without any mood or thought of engaging in the atmosphere.

Jon was also silent, but of course he was not sad about Slughorn's "death", he was just thinking about the last conversation Dumbledore had with him last night.

There were many contents of the conversation, and finally Jon was given the right to choose. However, Jon had no way to make sure of it for a while. He could only express the time he needed to consider.

Dumbledore would certainly agree to such a request. He did not seem to force Jon to do it at all, but he truly respected his choice. No matter whether he was willing to do it in the end, his attitude towards him would not change anyway.

But Neville and the others didn't know about this now. In their eyes, Jon and Slughorn had the best relationship among the freshmen, but something happened now, and the saddest person must be him.

"I can understand your mood. Jon, when my mother left me, I thought I would probably never be happy again, but in fact, no matter how alive people always look forward, after all, this is not only for ourselves, but also for those who died for us."

Neville whispered seriously, and Ron and the others looked at Jon with concern, and a smile appeared on Jon's face, and he comforted them in turn.

"Don't worry, I'm fine, I won't be so depressed because of this."

Seeing that his expression was not forcing a smile, Neville and the others breathed a little relieved.

The whole afternoon passed like this.

As the evening approached, Hagrid stopped the moving carriage and came to a cliff.

Dumbledore has promised all the students that there will be no next attack, no one will doubt the old man's words, and no one will dare to get off the carriage because they are afraid of danger.

Under the cliff is the turbulent sea surface, and the cold wind blows on the faces of every student who walks off the carriage.

No one was afraid of this coldness, because most of them were stunned by the tombstone group in front of them.

On the steep cliff, there are nearly a hundred tombstones standing in a row, and almost everyone can find familiar names on them.

A student silently raised the wand in his hand. He walked to a tombstone with the old short wooden stick and bowed deeply to the name on the tombstone.

The wand he used to learn magic now was the one who inherited it from the man buried under this tombstone.

More and more students have discovered the tombstone of their master in front of their magic wand, which is their ancestors and their guide to magic.

The students held the wand in their hands, and like the student at the beginning, bent down deeply and bowed deeply, expressing their respect to every senior who buried his bones here.

No one burst into tears, and even the weakest girl usually pursed her lips and did not choke.

The corpses of the martyrs were buried under their feet, and they could not reveal a trace of weakness here.

The professors carried the coffin containing Slughorn's "corpse" and walked out of the carriage. Most of them had no sad faces, and even a little gloomy on their faces.

The Ministry of Magic will not hide the news that Slughorn rebelled against Dumbledore and brought the Philosopher's Stone back. The Prophet Daily this morning must have been reporting on this matter.

For Slughorn's safety, Dumbledore didn't tell anyone about him being an undercover agent. There were only two people in the know except him, Jon and Lily.

Needless to say, Lily was able to be this insider because both Dumbledore and Slughorn were worried that she, who had endured enough suffering, would not be able to accept that her most respected teacher would betray her.

Her mental state was already a little unstable, and they didn't want her to be stimulated any more, so they originally planned that she would be the only insider except Dumbledore.

As long as McGeverway, who was unaware of the situation and others in the Order of the Phoenix, almost everyone understood what was going on when they saw today's newspaper.

Instead of dying, Horas Slughorn betrayed Dumbledore and all of them.

Dumbledore forbids them from telling the students about this matter, and the purpose of holding the funeral was to leave Slughorn a last bit of beautiful thoughts in the hearts of the children.

Jon could think of what kind of abuse and curse Slughorn would be slandered by the members of the Order of the Phoenix and McGverlivi, but there was no way to blame anyone.

The professors buried the coffin underground, and Dumbledore erected a stone tablet with the name Slughorn in front of the tomb.

The students lowered their heads silently, the surging waves under the cliff slapped the reefs on the shore, and the wet and salty and cold sea breeze blew up the hem of their robes.

The seagulls chirped in the sky, and before night fell, Dumbledore recited the last eulogy while carving a sentence left on each tombstone on Slughorn's tombstone.

——【To those stars who dare to shine in the dark】
Chapter completed!