Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 556 Annoyed Chris
Professor McGonagall pursed her lips and walked away without looking back. Listening to the tapping sound of high heels gradually fading away, Harry's expression became a little awkward. He felt that Professor McGonagall seemed very angry, which made him a little worried.

The portrait of Dumbledore opposite him seemed to understand what Harry meant and said with a smile:

"Don't worry about it, Harry. Minerva will recover in a few moments."

"Yes...really?"

Harry said somewhat uncertainly.

At this time, the portrait of the witch with silver curly hair next to Dumbledore's portrait shook her head in dissatisfaction.

She saw the emotional entanglement between Dumbledore and McGonagall from beginning to end. In her opinion, Dumbledore was a complete emotional cheater and a scumbag.

If she could, she would have turned Dumbledore into a slug and then sprinkled salt all over him!

But that is ultimately unrealistic, after all, she is just a magical portrait.

Dumbledore's portrait completely ignored the silver-haired witch. He stared at Harry for a long moment before he said seriously:

"Harry, do you remember the invisibility cloak I passed on to you? There were patterns engraved on it. Oh, you probably haven't seen it, after all, it's invisible. But there are indeed patterns on it."

"Of course I remember it, it was the first Christmas present I ever received!"

"That was actually your father's legacy. I am just returning it to its original owner."

"Is that right?"

Hearing this, Harry's eyes gradually became blurred. Before this, he had always regarded the cloak as an ordinary invisibility cloak. He didn't expect it to have such an extraordinary meaning.

Fortunately, he has always taken good care of it, otherwise it would be too late to regret it if it got dirty or damaged!

The portrait of Dumbledore stared at Harry quietly until he recovered from his memories, then continued:
"What I want you to do is very simple, that is to protect the invisibility cloak. No matter who asks you for it or wants to take it away from you, you must do your best to protect it! Especially Mike, I estimate that he will find you soon."

Harry's heart tightened when he heard this, and he instinctively asked:
"But...why?"

"Why?" Dumbledore smiled and said, "Because the cloak in your hand is the Deathly Hallows. As for the Deathly Hallows, you can read The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Although the description there is a bit exaggerated and not very accurate, it does make sense in some things.

When all the Deathly Hallows are gathered together, Death will come, but He will not come to grant you good luck or declare that you have defeated death.

On the contrary, He came to spread death.

By then, something very bad will happen.

So you must protect the invisibility cloak in your hand, just like the third brother in The Tales of Beedle the Bard did. "

"I understand, Headmaster Dumbledore."

Harry said with a determined look.

He actually didn't fully understand what Dumbledore had just said, but that didn't affect his obedience to Dumbledore's orders.

But before going to carry out Dumbledore's orders, Harry still had a question that was not answered.

He raised his head, looked directly into Dumbledore's eyes and asked:
"Principal Dumbledore, did Michael really kill you? Why did he do that?"

Dumbledore's portrait showed an expression of astonishment, and replied with a smile:

"I was indeed killed by Mike. But unlike the murder described by the outside world, Mike did not actually want to kill me. I asked him to kill me. In other words, this was actually a suicide."

"What?" Harry said in disbelief, "But why would you do that?"

"Because my life is too painful, and I have completed my mission." Dumbledore said, "You may not understand it now, but deep in the human heart, there is actually a self-destructive factor. When you live as long as I have, you will probably understand why I do this."

Harry looked at the portrait of Dumbledore in confusion.

He felt that Dumbledore's speech became increasingly incomprehensible after his death.

But at the same time he was relieved.

Deep down in his heart, Harry was never willing to believe that it was Michael who killed Dumbledore. Now that Dumbledore has cleared Michael of the charges, the knot that had troubled Harry for so long has finally been resolved.

The conversation between Harry and Dumbledore continued. After going through so many things, Harry had countless words he wanted to say to Dumbledore.

Normally, Dumbledore would never be so patient, because the headmaster of Hogwarts is very busy.

But now it's different. Dumbledore is just a magical portrait and he has plenty of time to chat with Harry.

The conversation between the two did not end until the sun set, but at the same time, Chris was smashing things like crazy in the office of the Minister of Magic.

Those exquisite portraits, gorgeous chandeliers, and quaint furniture...

Everything was shattered by Chris's violent outburst!
The newly hired beautiful assistant was hiding under the desk and trembling. She couldn't understand why Minister Flint suddenly went crazy, and she didn't understand how to calm Minister Flint down again.

Fortunately, the noise outside suddenly stopped, and then Chris shouted in a slightly tired voice:

"Get out of here!"

The female assistant under the desk climbed up almost instantly and ran out of the office in high heels at the speed of a 100-meter race.

As the door was closed again, Chris stepped back and sat back in his seat.

It had been almost a day since he returned from Dumbledore's funeral, and he had spent most of the day venting the anger deep in his heart.

Of course, please don't get me wrong, the reason why he was so angry was not because Mike killed his respected Professor Dumbledore. His relationship with Dumbledore was not that good yet.

What really made him angry was that Dumbledore had deceived him.

You have to know that Voldemort, that is, Tom, had actually given up the idea of ​​challenging death after he was officially resurrected as Chris, but the fact is not as he said, he had reconciled with death.

But it was because he discovered that death was invincible!

But after becoming the Minister of Magic and reading a lot of historical materials, he suddenly discovered that there are such things as Deathly Hallows in this world. As long as one collects three Deathly Hallows, he can defeat death.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald were the companions who collected the Three Deathly Hallows together. In other words, Dumbledore always knew how to defeat death, but he never told anyone.

Dumbledore, he just watched himself go astray and turned into a monster like a monkey show! And most importantly, Chris did not find Dumbledore's wand, which was confirmed to be the elder wand of the Deathly Hallows, among Dumbledore's relics. Chris even checked Dumbledore's grave, but still found nothing.

And Grindelwald, who was imprisoned in the tower, also disappeared!

What does this mean?
This means that even if Dumbledore is dead, he is still on guard against him!
"What a fucking old bastard!"

Chris couldn't help but curse!
When he thought of this, he couldn't suppress his anger.

Fortunately, the previous smashing and looting had helped Chris vent most of his anger, so he quickly calmed down again.

If you think about it carefully, there are not many places where Dumbledore could hide the Deathly Hallows with confidence. Among them, Hogwarts, an ancient castle with countless secrets, happens to be the most suitable place.

Then the next thing is very simple. Now that Dumbledore has passed away and the position of the headmaster is vacant, he just needs to grab the position of the headmaster of Hogwarts, and then he can search for the Deathly Hallows unscrupulously.

And it was also a very easy thing for him to get the position of Hogwarts headmaster.

Even though the students of Hogwarts had just had a conflict with the Ministry of Magic and their resistance was quite strong, as long as Chris used his power as the Minister of Magic to forcibly issue an order, Hogwarts, as a magic school, would have no room for resistance.

Thinking of this, Chris's brows relaxed a little.

At this moment, the office door was opened again.

The frightened female assistant carefully dodged the broken furniture on the floor and placed a pile of documents in her hand on Chris's desk.

"Minister... Minister, the Director of the Law Enforcement Department asked me to give you these documents for your review." The female assistant forced a smile and said with difficulty. "Also, as the news of McTominay killing Dumbledore spread, those minority groups have become active again recently. The Director of the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes asked me to ask you if it is necessary to use force to suppress them?"

"Why don't they come to me in person?"

Hearing this, the female assistant glanced around the messy office, then lowered her head without saying a word.

Chris understood everything. He laughed twice, as if mocking those timid officials who only dared to hide behind a female assistant and were afraid to face him.

Looking at the documents piled up half a meter high, Chris's breathing, which had originally calmed down, began to become rapid again.

This is another thing that has been making him anxious recently.

That is the job of the Minister of Magic, it is too busy and too tedious!
Chris originally thought that the job of the Minister of Magic was to stay in the office every day, drink coffee and bask in the sun.

Be a secretary when you have something to do, and be a secretary when you have nothing to do.

But when he officially took office, he found that this was not the case.

The so-called Minister of Magic is nothing more than a document reviewing machine. The number of documents he has to review every day is enough to bury him completely!
At the same time, there are some very tricky things in these documents, some of which even Chris can't solve.

This made Chris feel very frustrated and made him realize that he might not have any leadership talent.

In the past, he always thought that the previous Voldemort must be crazy to form the Death Eaters to try to rule the Ministry of Magic in Britain.

After all, with his talent, it would take much longer for him to become the Minister of Magic through legitimate means than this.

But he understands now.

Perhaps Voldemort realized at the time that he did not have the so-called leadership talent, so he took a different approach and formed an organization that had no internal rules and was completely ruled and maintained by violence and fear.

If you think about it carefully, although I have now become the Minister of Magic and am in control of the entire Ministry of Magic of Ying Country.

But in reality, aren't I also trapped in this position by the so-called power?

The countless rules and endless work were like chains that imprisoned him firmly in this office.

He had all the legendary power but no place to display it!

The reason why he was able to hold on before was entirely because after giving up the goal of defeating death, the only goal left for him was to change the world.

But now, the hope of defeating death and achieving immortality has reappeared before him. Then, compared with this, the so-called changing the world and ruling the entire Ministry of Magic of Ying Country does not seem so tempting!
He didn't even hate Mike that much anymore!

After realizing this, a smile finally appeared on Chris's face.

He looked at the female assistant in front of him who was already shaking like a sieve, and said softly:

"Okay, don't be afraid, everything is fine now."

"Yes... yes, Minister."

There was no sign of relaxation on the female assistant's face.

Chris obviously didn't care. He stretched out his hand and pushed the documents on the desk to the ground, laughing and saying to the female assistant:

"Go tell the Director of the Law Enforcement Department and the Chief of the Auror Office not to bother me with such trivial matters in the future. They can decide for themselves! But ah! If there is a problem with their work and it causes negative impact. Haha, then they don't need to continue living!"

After saying that, Chris waved his hand, signaling the female assistant to leave.

As for whether his tough management style would cause backlash among his subordinates and result in no one wanting to take the position, he was not worried at all.

The water flows to the lower places, and the people go to the higher places.

Ambition is something that is engraved in the human genetic sequence. No one can resist the feeling of holding power.

After all, this world still respects personal strength.

As long as you are strong enough, you can exploit others unscrupulously!
This is the gift bestowed by the gods to the strong!

It’s such a simple truth, but I haven’t figured it out until now.

Chris smiled and shook his head, feeling deeply stupid.

But it’s not too late to understand now!
After being freed from all constraints, he was finally able to devote himself wholeheartedly to the collection of the Deathly Hallows.

"Hey, then let's start with Hogwarts!"

Looking at the endless clouds and fields outside the window, the smile on Chris's face became even brighter.

(End of this chapter)