Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 324 Dumbledore's Consideration
"Harry, thank you very much for listening to my old man's nagging with your wounds." 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, and was about to say goodbye to Dumbledore when he was yanked by Sirius and walked out the door.

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

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

Hearing this, Harry's eyes widened instantly.

He once struggled to tell Dumbledore about this matter, but after thinking for a long time, he decided to keep this secret in his heart forever, because once he said it, no matter whether it had anything to do with Mike or not Both are bound to get Mike into trouble.

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

"You are a child who values ​​​​friendship very much. This is commendable. I am proud of you. But in order to keep your friendship clear, I decided to make this matter clear." Dumbledore said, "Although the wand It was indeed Krum's, but things were the opposite of what you guessed. Krum was controlled by Barty Jr. with the Imperius Curse and attacked Mike. After subduing him, Mike took his wand, And fired a firework, so Krum's death was a total accident. Mike said it to me himself, and I chose to believe him."

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

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

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

"Okay, good night."

……

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

He returned to the eagle-legged table, and continued to tap the table with the knuckles of his index finger, making a crisp knocking sound.

From the looks of it, this seemed to be his habitual action when he was in deep thought.

The sound seemed to disturb 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 started again, what an annoying successor." The yellow-faced wizard frowned and said, "Dalice, please, stop him! Just treat me as if I owe you a favor!"

After all, the yellow-faced wizard disappeared into the frame in a flash, leaving only the silver-haired witch Doris looking at Dumbledore with a displeased expression.

"I really can't stand you, Dumbledore. You've been in a bad situation recently, and this is the second time you've made that annoying noise today." Doris said, "If you plan to continue like this, I Think I will consider moving to Armando!"

"I'm sorry, Ms. Deventer."

"Hey, tell me, Dumbledore, what is it that's bothering you? Maybe us useless old guys can surprise you."

Dumbledore in front of the eagle table didn't reply when he heard the words, but just glanced at the empty wall very covertly.

But this scene was discovered very sharply by the silver-haired witch Doris.

"Are you worried about Mike?"

Doris' tone seemed to be very familiar to Mike, and now it was Dumbledore's turn to be surprised, and he looked at the portrait above the office in astonishment.

"Don't be too surprised, Dumbledore, Mike and I met when we were in Armando, and we chatted for a while." Doris laughed straight, "He is such an outstanding boy , Ravenclaw has not had such an outstanding student for a long time. I have a hunch that he will lead Ravenclaw to glory again. So, tell me, why such an outstanding child makes you frown ?”

"He is indeed an outstanding child, but he hides too many secrets." Dumbledore said with a frown, "How should I put it, he doesn't behave like a child at all, and I can't see through him at all. "

"Have you used Legilimency to read? Even so, you still can't see through him?"

"That's right. Obviously, Mike has quite advanced attainments in Occlumency." Dumbledore said, "Especially what happened in the maze tonight, I always feel that he has hidden some very important things from me .”

"So? What are you going to do?"

Dumbledore was silent, and the office fell into an eerie silence, while the other portraits on the wall who 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, but Dumbledore finally spoke.

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

Dumbledore's voice was slightly bitter, and this option was the best solution he could come up with after thinking hard for a long time.

On the one hand, his plan against Voldemort has reached the most critical moment, and he does not allow any accidents to occur at this time.

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 in Hogwarts cannot guarantee Mike's safety.

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

In this case, it is a very good choice for Harry to transfer to another school.

For example, the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Coal Country is very good. Not only is it far away from the center of the storm in the Coal Country, but the Ministry of Magic in the Coal Country is no worse than that in the Coal Country. What's more, the wizarding community in the Coal Country is far more united than the Coal Country!
Thinking so, Dumbledore nodded silently.

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

"You're going to fire him!? Merlin's beard! Didn't I have hallucinations? You said you were going to fire him?" Doris roared, "You make me sick, Dumbledore! Just because he practiced Occlumency, Are you going to fire him so that you can't satisfy your disgusting voyeuristic desire on him?"

The surrounding portraits all looked at Doris in surprise. It was the first time in hundreds of years that they saw Doris get so angry.

"Cough cough!"

There was a coughing sound, and everyone looked around after hearing the prestige, and 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 would be very happy, this will undoubtedly make Hogwarts lose a genius." Phineas said, "At the same time, I agree with Doris, you are a disgusting old man, Dumbledore, you are more disgusting than me, maybe I should give you the title of the most unpopular headmaster."

Phineas' tone was extremely contrived, and the portraits around him would have cursed him in unison.

But this time his speech was unexpectedly approved by all the portraits. Everyone praised Phineas one by one, which made him feel elated.

There are not many opportunities to show off like this. Just when he was about to say something more to win more praise, Dumbledore's slightly deep voice sounded.

"Enough is enough, I think I'm capable of handling this myself."

Dumbledore's voice was not loud, but the trace of anger contained in it made all the portraits shut up.

Phineas stared blankly at the companions around him who were pretending to be asleep, and immediately gave up the idea of ​​continuing to talk, and also learned to close his eyes.

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

His heart was shaken by the portraits of previous principals, and he was reconsidering his disposal of Mike.

In all fairness, it is extremely rare to find an outstanding student like Mike, and he is really unwilling to give up to other schools.

Needless to say, Mike is a rare magical genius who has mastered Occlumency and the Silent Curse in only the fourth grade!

If it was another time, Dumbledore would definitely devote himself to cultivating this child. You must know that only such good seedlings are qualified to hit the level of legendary wizards.

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

However, Mike just sold out at this time!

Whether to keep Mike and increase his training, or let him stay away from the center of the storm and transfer to other schools.

The sound of knuckles tapping on the table in the office sounded again, obviously Dumbledore fell into deep thought again.

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

Dumbledore let out a bad breath, and he decided to have a good talk with Mike before thinking about it.

"Come out, Mike."

As Dumbledore's words fell, a round arch suddenly appeared on the empty wall, and urgently, a blond boy with a huge bird on his shoulder came out of it.

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

"That's all right, Headmaster Dumbledore."

As Mike spoke, he sat opposite Dumbledore, while Fox, the phoenix, was still leaning on his shoulders.

Mike and Dumbledore sat facing each other, neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere at the scene became a little awkward.

After a long time, Dumbledore finally spoke.

"Mike, you seem to already know about Voldemort and Barty Jr."

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

Mike's words put a smile on Dumbledore's face, and he said with a smile:
"You should have taken the divination class back then. If I'm right, you should have a pretty good talent in this area."

Mike didn't speak, just pursed his lips and smiled.

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

But Dumbledore ignored them completely, and Dumbledore's expression gradually became serious.

"Mike."

Hearing Dumbledore calling, Mike nodded, indicating that he was listening.

"Can I trust you?"

Dumbledore said so, with a serious expression on his face.

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

Mike's answer seemed to be wrong, but it made Dumbledore smile again.

"Hehehe, I'm glad you think so, Mike. Well, it's getting late, you should go back to sleep early." Dumbledore smiled and stood up, "Oh! By the way! Do you want to have some supper first? Sleeping, I have brought in another batch of candies, you can take some back."

Speaking of which, Dumbledore took out a bunch of bottles and jars from the drawer, which were full of candies of different colors.

Mike did not refuse Dumbledore's kindness, he picked some candy from the pile, and then said goodbye to Dumbledore.

And it wasn't until this time that Fox, who was dozing on Mike's shoulder, woke up.

It flew to Dumbledore's shoulder with some reluctance, and waved its wings towards Mike, as if saying goodbye, and also as if telling him to come back next time.

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

It wasn't until seeing Mike's back disappearing through the door that Dumbledore patted Fox's head and said with a smile.

Hearing that Fox's big eyes suddenly opened, he chirped as if he was singing, and at the same time, he kept waving his wings, looking very excited.

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

"Oh? You value him so much? This is really rare!"

No one in this world knows the Phoenix better than Dumbledore.

In Dumbledore's opinion, this creature can be described as perfect. In addition to the powerful apparition ability and immortality, the tears of the phoenix also have almost abnormal healing and detoxification abilities. Its tail feathers are also used to make powerful wands. core material.

Naturally, a powerful creature like the phoenix would not choose its master casually.

Wizards who can subdue creatures like Phoenix must be extremely powerful and talented. In addition, they must also 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 master recognition made the phoenix the most difficult extraordinary creature to subdue, and it also made the very few wizards who became the master of the phoenix admired by all.

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

This shocked Dumbledore's heart.

Recalling the answer Mike gave himself before, under the moonlight, the smile on Dumbledore's face became even brighter.

(End of this chapter)