Chapter 320： Dumbledore's consideration

"Harry, thank you very much for listening to my old man's nagging with injuries." In the principal's office, Dumbledore said with a smile, "Now you can go back, I hope you can sleep well."

Harry, who was opposite Dumbledore, breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to say goodbye to Dumbledore, he was violently dragged by Sirius and walked out the door.

But when they were about to walk to the door, Dumbledore spoke again.

"Oh, yes! Harry, the wand that Mike crushed at the last moment was indeed Krum's."

Harry's eyes opened instantly after hearing this.

He had been entangled in this matter whether or not to tell Dumbledore, but after thinking about it for a long time, he decided to keep this secret in his heart forever, because once he told it, it didn’t matter whether it had anything to do with Mike. Both are bound to get Mike into trouble.

But he never expected that Dumbledore would speak his heart as if he could read his mind.

"You are a child who values ​​friendship very much. This is commendable and I am proud of you. But in order to keep your friendship free, I decided to make this clear." Dumbledore said, "Although that magic wand It was indeed Krum’s, but it was the opposite of what you might guess. Krum was controlled by Barty Jr. with an Imperius and attacked Mike. Mike took his wand after subduing him. He also fired a distress firework, so Krum’s death was totally an accident. Mike said to me himself, and I chose to believe him.”

Harry at the door let out a sigh of relief. He patted his chest and said with a smile on his face:

"I see, Principal Dumbledore, thank you very much for telling me this."

"Hehehe, okay, go and rest soon, it's getting late."

"Okay, good night."

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Watching Harry, Sirius and the others leave the office, the smile on Dumbledore's face quickly disappeared, replaced by an extremely serious look.

He returned to the eagle's table, and continued to tap the table with the knuckles of his index finger, making a crisp knock.

It looks like this seems to be his habitual movement when he is in deep thought.

The sound seemed to have disturbed the sleeping portraits on the wall of the principal’s office. I saw a yellow-faced wizard with short black bangs on the wall and an old witch with long silver curly hair in the frame next to her frowning and opening her eyes. .

"He's starting again. What an annoying successor." The yellow-faced wizard frowned and said, "Dailys, please, stop him! I just owe you a favor!"

After that, the yellow-faced wizard disappeared into the frame suddenly, leaving only the silver-haired witch Diris looking at Dumbledore with an unhappy expression.

"I really can't stand you, Dumbledore. You have been in a bad situation recently. This is the second time you make that annoying noise today." Daris said, "If you intend to continue like this, I will Think I will consider moving to Armando!"

"I'm sorry, Ms. Derwent."

"Well, let's talk about it, Dumbledore, what is it that is bothering you? Maybe we useless old guys can still surprise you."

Dumbledore at the eagle's table didn't reply when he heard the words, he just glanced at the empty wall very concealedly.

And this scene was discovered very sharply by the silver-haired witch Dairis.

"Are you worried about Mike?"

Dailys’s tone sounded very familiar to Mike, but Dumbledore’s turn was surprised, and he looked at the portrait above the office in a daze.

"Don't be too surprised, Dumbledore, Mike and I met as early as when we were in Armando, and we talked for a while." Daris smiled, "He is such a wonderful kid. Ravenclaw has not given birth to such an outstanding student for a long time. I have a hunch that he will lead Ravenclaw to glory again. Then, tell me why such an outstanding child makes you frown. ?"

"He is indeed an excellent child, but he has too many secrets hidden in him." Dumbledore frowned and said, "How can I say, he doesn't act like a child at all, I can't see him at all. "

"Did you use Sensing to read? Even so, you still can't see through him?"

"Yes. Obviously, Mike has quite advanced knowledge in Occlumency." Dumbledore said, "Especially what happened in the maze tonight, I always feel that he is hiding something very important from me. ."

"So what? What are you going to do?"

Dumbledore fell silent, the office fell into a strange silence, and the other portraits on the wall that were still asleep opened their eyes at this moment, obviously they were also very interested in this topic.

I don't know how long it took before Dumbledore finally spoke.

"Perhaps, I should let Mike stay away from the storm center of Hogwarts for a while and go to a safer place to study."

Dumbledore’s voice was slightly bitter. This option was the best way he could come up with after a long time of meditation.

On the one hand, his plan for Voldemort has reached the most critical moment, at which time he does not allow any accidents to appear.

On the other hand, Mike can be said to have offended Voldemort tonight.

It is conceivable that Voldemort will retaliate against Mike at all costs. In this case, even Dumbledore at Hogwarts cannot guarantee Mike's safety.

This is not because Dumbledore is not strong enough, but his attention is now all focused on Harry.

In this case, transferring Harry to another school is a very good choice.

For example, the Ilfamuni School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Coal Country is very good. Not only is it far away from the storm center of the Coal Country, but the power of the Ministry of Magic in the Coal Country is not worse than that of the Country. What's more, the Wizarding World of the Coal Country is far more united than the Country!

Thinking so, Dumbledore nodded silently.

But suddenly there was a sharp roar from above his head.

"You want to fire him!? Merlin's beard! I didn't have hallucinations, did you? You said you want to fire him?" Dairis roared, "You make me sick, Dumbledore! Just because he practiced Occlumency, If you can't satisfy your disgusting voyeuristic desire on him, you will expel him?"

All the portraits around 　　 looked at Dairis in surprise. It was the first time they had seen Dairis in such a big fire in hundreds of years.

"Ahem!"

There was a coughing sound, and when everyone heard the reputation, they saw the portrait of Phineas Black combing his little hair.

"Although I really want to kick that impure kid out of Hogwarts, I have to say that that kid named Mike is a very good little wizard. If you really kick him out of Hogwarts Watts, although I will be very happy, this will undoubtedly make Hogwarts lose a genius." Phineas said, "At the same time I agree with Dairis's statement that you are a disgusting old man. Dumbledore, you are more disgusting than I am. Perhaps I should give you the title of least popular principal."

Phineas' tone is extremely artificial, if the portraits around him should have cursed him in unison.

But this time his speech was unexpectedly approved by all the portraits. Everyone praised Phineas in a word, which made him triumphant.

There are not many opportunities to show up like this, just as he was about to say more to win more praise, Dumbledore's slightly low voice rang.

"Enough, I think I have the ability to handle this matter myself."

Dumbledore's voice was not loud, but the slight anger contained in it caused the portraits to shut their mouths.

Phineas stared blankly at the companions who were all pretending to be sleeping, and instantly gave up the idea of ​​continuing to talk, and learned to close his eyes.

The office fell silent for a while, Dumbledore looked at the empty wall with complicated eyes, and kept weighing things about Mike in his heart.

The words of the portraits of the previous principals shaken his heart, and he is reconsidering his handling of Mike.

In all fairness, it is extremely difficult to see such an outstanding student as Mike. He really does not want to give it to other schools.

Needless to say, he has mastered Occlumency and Silent Curse in the fourth grade alone, Mike is a magical wizard that is rare in thousands of years!

Dumbledore will definitely train this child wholeheartedly if he changes time. You must know that only such a good seedling is qualified to hit the level of a legendary wizard.

And the number of legendary wizards is the key to maintaining the false peace between wizards and Muggles!

But, Mike happened to sell his head at this time!

Is it to keep Mike and increase his training, or to keep him away from the center of the storm and transfer to another school.

The sound of the knuckle tapping on the tabletop in the office rang again, and it was obvious that Dumbledore was lost in thought again.

I don’t know how long it took, the moon outside the window had risen to the center of the sky, and the crisp noise in the office finally stopped.

Dumbledore let out a sigh of relief, and he decided to talk to Mike again before thinking about it.

"Come out, Mike."

As Dumbledore’s voice fell, a round arch suddenly appeared on the empty wall, and in an emergency, a blond boy with a huge bird on his shoulder walked out of it.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting, Mike."

"It's okay, Principal Dumbledore."

Mike sat across from Dumbledore as he said, but Phoenix Fox still stayed on his shoulders.

Mike and Dumbledore sat face-to-face without talking, and the atmosphere became a little awkward.

After a long time, Dumbledore finally spoke.

"Mike, you seem to have known about Voldemort and Barty Jr."

"Actually, I had a bad hunch since the beginning of school, which is why I let people investigate Moody's. At first, I thought this anxiety came from this maverick professor of black magic. "Mike's expression is natural, but his eyes are still hollow. "But then Mr. Bagman's strange behavior made me notice him. After some investigation, I found this man very suspicious. He seemed to care too much about Harry's ranking. . So I became vigilant, and what happened tonight just proved my guess. As for Voldemort’s resurrection, I admit that I did not expect that if I knew in advance, then I would definitely not touch it. That trophy, of course, I won't let Harry touch it either."

Mike’s words made Dumbledore’s face smile, he smiled and said:

"You should have taken an elective course in divination. If I guess it is correct, you should have a very good talent in this area."

Mike didn't speak up, but smiled.

The office fell into silence again, which made the eavesdropping portraits on the wall anxious. They grinned and made faces, reminding Dumbledore not to miss this genius.

But Dumbledore completely ignored them and saw Dumbledore's expression gradually become serious.

"Mike."

Hearing Dumbledore's call, Mike nodded, indicating that he was listening.

"Can I trust you?"

Dumbledore said so, with an unusual serious expression on his face.

"I love this place, Ravenclaw is my home. And Professor Flivy, he is like my father, making me feel the warmth of family affection."

Mike's answer seemed like a bull's head, but it made Dumbledore's face bloom again.

"Hehehe, I'm glad you thought that way, Mike. Okay, it's getting late, you should go back to sleep early." Dumbledore smiled and got up, "Oh! By the way! Would you like to have a supper first? While sleeping, I bought another batch of candies, you can take some back."

As he said, Dumbledore took out a pile of bottles and jars from the drawer, which were full of candies of different colors.

Mike didn't refuse Dumbledore's kindness, he picked some out of the pile of candies, and then left Dumbledore.

And it was only then that Fox, who was napping on Mike's shoulder, woke up.

It flew to Dumbledore's shoulder with some dismay, and waved its wings towards Mike, seeming to say goodbye, and it seemed to be calling him to come again next time.

"You seem to like him very much, did you have a good time with him?"

Dumbledore touched Fox's head and smiled until he watched Mike's back disappear in the doorway.

Hearing that Fox’s small eyes suddenly opened, the boss sang as if singing, and at the same time the wings were constantly waving, looking very excited.

Dumbledore seemed to understand Fox's words, his eyes flashed with surprise, and said:

"Oh? You value him so much? It's really rare!"

No one in this world knows Phoenix better than Dumbledore.

In Dumbledore’s opinion, this creature can be described as perfect. In addition to its powerful phantom shifting ability and immortality characteristics, the Phoenix’s tears also have almost abnormal healing and detoxification abilities, and its tail feathers are used to make a powerful wand. Core material.

And such a powerful creature like the phoenix will naturally not choose the owner casually.

Wizards who can make creatures like Phoenix surrender must be extremely powerful and talented. In addition, they must have extraordinary courage, kindness and purity of heart, and other rare qualities.

Just like unicorns instinctively hate men, if you don't have the above qualities, Phoenix will never give you a good face.

Such harsh conditions for recognizing the lord made the phoenix the most difficult transcendent creature to surrender, and also made the very few wizards who became the phoenix masters admired by all.

And now, Phoenix Fox has shown an amazing affection for Mike.

This shocked Dumbledore's heart.

Thinking back to the answer Mike had given him before, the smile on Dumbledore’s face became brighter in the moonlight.