Hogwarts: Who uses a crowbar in wizard duels?

"Professor, it seems Mr. Slughorn isn't so difficult to recruit. Kevin and I only chatted with him for a while."

After leaving Horace's temporary residence, Harry asked Dumbledore curiously.

"Because you and Kevin are the biggest temptation for him."

"Horace is keen on recruiting talent. You and Kevin are both exceptionally talented and renowned individuals. He won't let this opportunity pass him by."

"Even someone like Kevin, who is beyond teaching, only needs to become a familiar face so that Kevin can call him professor in the future, and that will be enough."

After listening, Harry roughly understood what Dumbledore meant.

Why does it sound so much like Fudge?

The difference is that Fudge was courting existing elites, while Horace was an investment, cultivating talent to become new elites in order to benefit himself.

Of course, it's also possible that they simply enjoy nurturing talent, treating the people they've cultivated as their own "collectibles" to satisfy a sense of accomplishment.

"Kevin, I have some things to take care of. I'll leave Harry to you to take back to the Order of the Phoenix."

The group quickly returned to the small fountain, and Dumbledore turned to the two of them and spoke.

"About Grindelwald?"

"No, he... uh, he should be fine lately, don't worry, I'll keep an eye on him."

Dumbledore looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, considered his words for a moment, and then spoke.

That's making it sound like Grindelwald is under his control...

"Kevin, why don't you think about how to get Horace to talk? After all, his information is very important to us."

Dumbledore seemed unwilling to linger on the topic and reiterated Horace's importance.

After saying that, he simply waved to the two of them and disappeared with a snap.

Kevin and Harry were left staring at each other in bewilderment.

......

According to the plot of the movie in the previous life, there are two main storylines this year. One is the Horace storyline, which is currently unfolding normally.

The other is Draco's storyline, where he meets a special cabinet, the Vanishing Cabinet, at Borgin Burke's shop in Knockturn Alley in order to get the Death Eaters into school.

There happens to be another vanishing cabinet like this in the Room of Requirement at Hogwarts, but the one in the school is broken.

Repair the Vanishing Cabinets in the school; those two cabinets seem to be connected by some kind of spell, enabling long-distance teleportation.

But now that Draco is no longer on the Death Eaters' ship, and the Death Eaters are not as big as they used to be, Kevin is very curious about what they will do this year.

"I thought your Order of the Phoenix would be some kind of luxurious place, but this is all?"

Draco's irritating voice rang out.

That's right, this guy has now been invited into the Order of the Phoenix. Anyway, Dumbledore is the keeper of the secrets, so it doesn't matter who comes.

Harry's forehead veins bulged at Draco's disdain, while Sirius nodded in agreement, as he also disliked the room.

In the movie, the Order of the Phoenix seems to have fallen into disrepair after Sirius Black's death, and their meeting place became the Burrow, and the location of the Burrow also changed.

Although the movie didn't explain the reason, Kevin guessed it.

And nothing has changed, because Sirius is still alive.

"If you're going to complain, then go back to your manor!"

Harry lunged forward and started fighting with Draco.

"I won't!"

Draco, not to be outdone, grabbed Harry and shouted loudly.

The two started playfully fighting, which inadvertently disturbed the mural at the top of the stairs on the second floor, and instantly a sharper, more piercing curse rang out.

Then, a chain reaction occurred, waking up the other murals in the old house, and for a moment, all sorts of vicious curses echoed throughout the old house.

"You two upstairs, behave yourselves! Or I'll throw you into the slug's nest!"

Moody downstairs immediately roared angrily upstairs.

Sirius Black, meanwhile, was fanning the flames, cheering on Harry, while Ron was cheering on Draco.

For a time, the entire old house was bustling with activity.

Kevin stared blankly at the newspaper. He had anticipated this situation even before Draco arrived.

Could it be said that it added a touch of life to this place?

After all, this place probably hasn't been this lively for over a decade.

Kevin leisurely glanced at the newspaper; nothing major had happened recently.

The Ministry of Magic didn't publish anything about Grindelwald's affair in the newspapers, which gave the impression that Dumbledore had intervened.

Another point is that the Death Eaters are expected to kidnap Ollivander before the start of the school year this year, and also destroy a Muggle viewing bridge along the way.

But none of these things have happened yet.

It seems Voldemort has had quite a few troubles lately.

"Kevin, aren't you going to do anything about them?"

Hermione and Ginny upstairs couldn't stand the noise anymore and ran downstairs, covering their ears.

Hermione saw Kevin still calmly reading the newspaper and immediately grabbed him by the waist.

"Ouch, Hermione, let go, let go!"

Kevin winced and patted Hermione's hand.

"Just let them have their fun. We're going back to school tomorrow anyway. Look how much fun they're having."

Hermione looked at Harry and Draco writhing on the floor with disgust, along with the two people cheering them on.

"I think you're just doing it for fun, that's why you don't care."

She turned to look at the grinning Kevin and said speechlessly.

She then pulled out her wand and pointed it at Harry and the others.

"Shut up, all of you!"

As the wand was waved, the group was instantly rendered speechless, their lips stuck together, only able to whimper from their throats.

"Sit down, all of you!"

Hermione, hands on her hips, scolded fiercely.

Harry and Draco immediately released each other and obediently sat on the ground. Ron and Sirius didn't escape either and were also pushed to the ground.

Hermione gave them all a stern scolding.

Harry looked pleadingly at Kevin, who was watching the scene unfold, as if hoping he could lend a hand.

However, Kevin simply raised the complaint paper and pretended not to see it.

Just kidding, Hermione doesn't discriminate between friend and foe when she gets angry.

Kevin didn't want to go and get scolded.

......

The following day, Kevin and his group bid farewell to the elders of the Order of the Phoenix and boarded the Hogwarts Express to begin their new school year.

Kevin and Hermione were separated from Harry and the others as usual, since it would be too crowded for six people to sit in one cubicle.

This time, however, a stranger came to Kevin's cubicle.

"Hello, student, may I sit here? All the other seats are taken."

A handsome, white-haired young man appeared outside their cubicle and politely inquired.

They had never seen this boy before; was he a freshman?

It doesn't seem like it. He looks about the same age as Kevin and the others.

"Of course, please feel free to make yourself at home."

Kevin certainly wouldn't turn people away; after all, he didn't have that authority.

"You must be Kevin, right? I've seen you in the newspaper."

The white-haired boy gave Kevin a kind smile and extended his hand in a friendly gesture.

"My name is Grin Dole, and I'm a transfer student in the sixth grade. Nice to meet you."