Hogwarts Raven

Chapter 16: Hogwarts has no shortage of talented students!

have to say.

Apart from his sharp tongue and unpleasant manner and appearance, Professor Snape actually has many other advantages.

For example, there were enough gold galleons left for Ian.

Although it cost a lot to buy various necessities today, the purse was obviously affected by the [Invisible Extension Spell], and there was still a terrifying wealth of 150 gold galleons left in it!
Don't underestimate this number.

An ordinary civil servant in the Ministry of Magic might need two months to earn this amount of salary, and that's even if he doesn't eat or drink and keeps the whole thing at Gringotts.

To know.

Ron's family couldn't even afford seven gold Galleons to buy a wand.

Can be imagined.

One hundred and fifty gold Galleons is definitely a number that makes many people envious, whether for a young wizard or an adult wizard.

"Hiss, even if I really started this by sacrificing my parents to heaven, I can't feel guilty to this extent." Ian felt that the situation was more and more complicated. Could his mother really be a clone of Lily Potter?

Don't do it!
It was only the nineties!
Neither the Muggle nor the wizarding world has this kind of technology!
"It's terrifying when you think about it! It's terrifying when you think about it!"

Ian felt uneasy.

But now he is more focused on learning magic.

After moving all his things into the neat little wooden house provided by Snape, Ian couldn't wait to take out his wand and pick up the indispensable textbook of Hogwarts - "Standard Spells: Elementary".

Dusk.

The last ray of sunset has disappeared at the end of the sky.

Night is coming.

Let Ian choose the simplest and most frequently used spell.

"Lumos!"

Ian followed the instructions in the textbook, concentrated his attention, synchronized his thoughts with his wand, took a deep breath, and whispered the spell.

next moment.

The tip of his wand began to shine.

fleeting.

It went out quickly.

This was obviously an unsuccessful attempt at a spell, but Ian did not feel discouraged at all. Instead, his eyes lit up with excitement.

In terms of learning.

Most people are constrained by various reasons and cannot make progress or find it difficult to detect their own progress. This is the biggest reason why many people find it difficult to persevere in learning a certain knowledge.

however.

For Ian.

This is not a problem to worry about.

[Lighting Spell (Level 0): ​​3/50]

Following the failure of an attempt, a new column of skills appeared on Ian's panel information. Ian had experienced a similar process more than once before.

"It seems that my magical talent is not weak!"

Looking at the information on the panel.

Ian was extremely excited.

He could gain three points of proficiency with one attempt, and after no more than twenty attempts, he would be able to master the spell and reach the most basic and easiest entry level.

When the learning of skills can be quantified numerically.

Just like God clearly showing his own blood bar.

"Lumos!"

"Lumos!"

"Lumos!"

Inside the empty wooden house.

The white light flickered on and off.

Keep trying again and again.

It was Ian’s passion for magic.

There is also anticipation for what kind of [Extraordinary Characteristics] magic will produce.

……

Hogwarts.

Principal's office.

As the most powerful wizard in the wizarding world today, Dumbledore looks like an ordinary old man, wearing old patterned pajamas and sitting behind a solid wooden desk.

The desk lamp on the desk is not connected to any wires, but it emits a steady and continuous light like an old-fashioned oil lamp. An open book is placed in the center of the desk.

【Aurora Grindelwald】

Dumbledore's gaze was fixed on one of the many names in the book, and his pair of weathered yet bright eyes shone under the silver lenses.

"Tuk~Tuk~Tuk~"

His fingers kept tapping on the table, as if he was thinking about something. For an old man, not sleeping at night must mean that he is confused.

"Boom~"

The sound of the mechanism turning was heard.

Dumbledore did not look up.

A figure hurriedly walked into the door of the principal's office.

"Albus, you didn't tell me before that Ian is a natural Legilimency!" Snape's face was full of anger, and he looked like he was going to accuse someone.

Faced with the questions that echoed throughout the office, the characters in the portraits on the wall covered their ears, but a few of them moved closer to the frame as if they wanted to watch the show.

"I think some things can only be called surprises if you discover them yourself. Just like I haven't told Mr. Prince about the inseparable relationship between you and him."

Dumbledore finally raised his head, his voice was very steady yet gentle. He flicked the book on the desk naturally, and the books closed automatically.

【Book of Admission】

This is the name of the book.

The name of every student who will enter Hogwarts will be written on it by the [Pen of Acceptance]. Hogwarts' admissions system has always relied on these two alchemical creations to operate.

of course.

The book that Dumbledore placed on the desk now was not the original of the "Book of Admission". Perhaps it was just a copy that was linked to the "Book of Admission". After all, the "Book of Admission" and the "Pen of Acceptance" had been stored in a locked tower that no student had ever visited.

"He's not in a normal situation!"

Snape stood in the middle of the office, his expression showing a hint of fear. "Occlumency is completely ineffective. I have tried my best more than once."

"He said he could only detect my emotions, but I think he can do much more than that, Albus. I have never seen such unreasonable Legilimency."

Snape's eyes were fixed on Dumbledore.

"It turns out that some people are indeed more outstanding than you can imagine, Sev. I think this is not difficult for you to understand." Dumbledore's expression did not change at all.

He had obviously noticed something unusual about Ian a long time ago.

"It's not like I haven't seen natural Legilimency masters before, but none of those people's minds are so overbearing and aggressive. A talent like his is simply too dangerous!"

Snape's expression was extremely serious and earnest, his voice was filled with some undisguised worry, and his eyes never left Dumbledore.

The look in his eyes, which seemed to want to eat Dumbledore alive, made Dumbledore sit up straight, feeling somewhat uncomfortably.

"It's not a bad thing to be gifted."

Dumbledore's voice remained soft.

"We originally agreed on this! He just needs to go to school normally, and then live a normal life after graduation! Damn it! You're going to bring that guy to school next year!"

"At this stage, the last thing he needs is any special talent. He just needs to be like those mediocre students and have a mediocre life that doesn't need to be too exciting!"

Snape always sounded like he was gritting his teeth when he spoke.

"I think Mr. Prince doesn't need any of us to make decisions for him in his life." Dumbledore could understand Snape's slightly stress-disordered reaction.

but.

However, he did not agree with Snape's arrangement. "This is a right that even parents do not have. I know what you are thinking. I advise you to give up that idea." Dumbledore looked directly at Snape.

Snape remained silent.

After a while.

"He will hate you."

Dumbledore spoke softly.

"You think I care?"

Snape sneered.

"Siver, if there is anything that the long years have taught me, it is that you should never think that you are absolutely right. You should know that it is extremely foolish to try to influence other people's lives with your own will."

"No matter how powerful the magic is, it cannot change the evil consequences of such behavior." The light from the table and Snape's figure were reflected in Dumbledore's silver lenses.

"We are all losers. What qualifications do we have to decide what is the right life?" Dumbledore's words made Snape's expression like a Sichuan opera face-changing.

"You are not a loser. You are the greatest wizard in the world and the headmaster of Hogwarts. Even now, many people in the wizarding world are afraid of your power."

"Albus, being too modest will only make people think you are hypocritical."

Snape snorted coldly and spoke bluntly.

Dumbledore shook his head incredulously.

"In fact, I told you about his existence not because I want you to change anything about him. On the contrary, I want to see that you will be changed by it."

"Sev, you need him, not him."

Dumbledore's words made Snape very angry.

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Snape's voice rose several notches.

Dumbledore just smiled back.

"I don't need you to plan my life!"

Snape looked Dumbledore in the eyes.

"Whatever you're up to, you need to swear to me, make an unbreakable vow to me, and tell me he's not part of your plan."

Snape obviously didn't particularly trust Dumbledore.

"First of all, you and many others overestimate my wisdom. Secondly, if this will make you feel at ease... of course."

Dumbledore shrugged helplessly and pulled out his wand which he had placed aside. In this magical world, "unbreakable oath" is an important magical rule.

It requires two people to point their wands at each other and utter their vows in front of a witness. Once the vows are spoken and accepted, they create a nearly unbreakable bond between the two people. If the maker of the vows attempts to break the vows, they will pay a heavy price.

"Are you satisfied now?"

Put away the wand again.

Dumbledore was not angry at all.

"I don't know what you are thinking of, to let that guy into the school, but no matter what, I hope you can do what the headmaster of Hogwarts should do."

"Protect the safety of every student."

With the blessing of the unbreakable oath, Snape's expression finally became less ugly. However, he obviously still had a certain degree of dissatisfaction and doubt about some of Dumbledore's decisions.

"That's my duty."

Dumbledore's voice was steady and powerful.

Give people a sense of trust.

“I’ll keep an eye on that guy when he comes in.”

Snape threw away his robes, turned around and walked away with a sullen look, and his figure quickly disappeared from the office. Dumbledore looked down at the copy of the [Book of Admission] on the desk again.

"Dumbledore! Snape has really changed!"

"So indecisive! Such a disgrace to Slytherin! I feel like he should have been in Hufflepuff!"

"I'd really like to see that child. Severus has always been great at Occlumency, but there's actually a natural Legilimency that can scare even him?"

"No matter how talented you are, can you be as talented as me? Hogwarts has never lacked talented students!"

……

After Snape left.

The group of former Hogwarts headmasters on the wall began to chatter and discuss enthusiastically. The noisy atmosphere did not affect Dumbledore's thoughts.

He raised his hand again and flicked it gently, and the book on the table quickly opened.

Still the same name.

Still the same contemplation.

【Aurora Grindelwald】

After seeing this name appear in the Book of Admission for the first time, Dumbledore went to Nurmengard to meet an old friend. This surname obviously came from the first Dark Lord.

Gellert Grindelwald.

The people in the [Book of Admission] are not direct descendants of Gellert Grindelwald, but they are blood relatives who have inherited Gellert Grindelwald's rare talent for some reason.

In fact.

Just a short while ago.

The principles that Dumbledore taught Snape were his thoughts, which had been slightly changed and influenced after his visit to Gellert Grindelwald.

"Albus, your and my failures all stem from the fact that we want to change too many things and too many people, but we don't realize that we are just more powerful wizards."

"A wizard can change fate, but he should not try to decide it... Now, I just want this child to embark on her own path as a wizard with my introspective thoughts."

These are Gellert Grindelwald's words to Dumbledore.

It even has a hint of pleading.

It was really hard for Dumbledore to refuse.

however.

The reason why he was still hesitant and confused was because Dumbledore really couldn't judge whether Gellert Grindelwald had other purposes in his words.

True.

Gellert Grindelwald might not lie to him, but he could definitely do something to mislead him. There is probably no one in the world who knows how to use the art of language better than Gellert Grindelwald.

Before, Dumbledore would say that he was not as smart as others imagined. This was not just self-deprecation or hypocrisy. He had many regrets in his life because of his own cleverness.

Therefore.

Dumbledore would resonate with the above two sentences of Gellert Grindelwald.

It is also because of this.

Dumbledore would be worried about what Gellert Grindelwald was up to.

Don't blame him for being suspicious.

mainly.

After staying in Nurmengard for many years, Gellert Grindelwald's changes were much greater than Dumbledore had imagined. Dumbledore remembered that the biggest change in Gellert Grindelwald was that year.

"1979 years..."

It was on a certain day of this year.

The depressed Gellert Grindelwald seemed to have regained his former vigor and vitality. It was the first time in many years that Dumbledore was shocked and ran to Nurmengard to see this old friend.

"Dumbledore, I hope you can witness the changes in this world with me, rather than prevent it from changing."

"You can stop me, stop many things, stop that clown named Tom, but, Albus, neither you nor I can stop the rise of legends."

That was that year.

He seemed to have regained his vitality, even decorating his living quarters. While eating steak, Gellert Grindelwald, who seemed to be 20 or 30 years younger, gave Dumbledore a meaningful... warning.

And this year.

It was the year that children born in 1979 started school.

"The legend you are talking about is your descendant?" Dumbledore raised his hand and gently stroked the name on the [Book of Admission]. The low murmur was probably only audible to him.

(End of this chapter)