A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 987 Dumbledore's Weaknesses

If a biography were written for Dumbledore, providing a final assessment, William would undoubtedly describe him as a "great man."

The greatest wizard of the twentieth century... without a doubt.

However, it should be noted that there is a world of difference between a great man and a saint, despite the difference of only one word.

The latter signifies a moral exemplar, a near-perfect person.

Great men are different; what they do is usually to turn the tide, save a collapsing edifice, or even to create a world-shaking undertaking.

These kinds of people are great, but they also have various flaws that outweigh their merits.

So, does Dumbledore have any flaws?

Of course there are.

His biggest flaw is that he's smart!

Okay, that sounds more like a compliment.

Just like William in his previous life, as an ordinary nobody, he was always the one who stepped up whenever his classmates held a group discussion.

When it comes to pointing out shortcomings, William always likes to say:

"Comrade XX's biggest shortcoming is that he doesn't take good care of his health, staying up late to study for the Youth University and the history of the Party..."

This isn't pointing out flaws at all; it's clearly a disguised compliment!

William didn't mean to subtly praise Dumbledore.

Objectively speaking, the principal's greatest strength and weakness is that he is too smart.

Intelligent people share a common flaw: their confidence borders on arrogance; they prefer to believe in themselves rather than others.

But they make mistakes just like everyone else.

Because they are much smarter than most people, the mistakes they make are correspondingly more serious.

The great Dumbledore is on the path of making mistakes.

That's what Snape thought.

In his view, since he knew Draco Malfoy was a Death Eater, creating danger, and had already caused two accidents that nearly killed students...

They should have taken him down earlier, instead of trying to persuade him and turn Malfoy into one of their own.

That's just too...naive!

Dumbledore believed he had the situation under control and that nothing bad would happen or innocent victims would be made... but what were Weasley and Katie?

They didn't die, it was just good luck, not because Dumbledore was well prepared.

Two people are lucky, but are the other students just as lucky?

Snape pinned all the blame for the incident on Dumbledore.

He believed that the principal was acting arbitrarily and disregarding the safety of other students.

Well, I never expected that Snape, who was always sarcastic and cold on the outside but inwardly (and never washed his hair), would have such a broad mind.

Is this still the same Potions professor who was once a Death Eater, went astray, was hated by his students, and spent his whole life trying to obtain Potions without success?

Even William, the next principal's successor, felt a sense of crisis.

Actually, neither side is wrong.

It's just that their positions and ways of thinking are different.

Besides his brilliant intelligence, Dumbledore's trump card also included William's Ravenclaw ring.

As long as he remained at Hogwarts, he could do whatever he wanted, being radical and daring.

Every year they always manage to come up with something new for William.

Sometimes you can't even tell if he's testing Harry or tormenting William.

Anyway, one of them will go crazy first.

Of course, even without the Ravenclaw ring, William believed that Dumbledore would still have let Malfoy run rampant.

This is what is known as the "shortcomings" of intelligent people.

Therefore, Professor Snape's concerns were not without merit.

For example, didn't this sudden event happen in Hogsmeade?

William needed to find someone to keep a close eye on Malfoy, and then find an opportunity to have an in-depth conversation with him about "life".

After leaving Professor McGonagall's office, William summoned a house-elf to monitor Malfoy's every move.

William did not ask Dobby to spy on him.

Dobby is an independent and confident house-elf of the new era, and Hermione even wants to set an example of a "well-educated elf".

But this is also Dobby's weakness...

She can't keep secrets and likes to tell Harry everything.

It's best not to assign him such a confidential task.

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Regardless of Professor McGonagall's worries or Snape's indignation, since no one died, the outcome was still good.

The curse on Kitty has been mostly removed by Hermione.

But that kind of damage cannot be completely eliminated in a short time.

Although she doesn't need to be transferred to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries, she will have to stay at the school hospital for an extended period of time.

The news that Katie was under a curse spread like wildfire throughout the school, but no one knew the specific details.

The students were also discussing her injury extensively.

Many believe that students attacked members of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

From Ron to veteran Katie... they were all former Quidditch players.

This is going to prevent them from winning the championship!

Okay, attacking Katie might be an obstacle to winning the championship, but attacking Ron... that definitely makes him a Gryffindor fanatic.

After all, without Ron, the fighting power of Gryffindor Quidditch immediately doubled.

That's how real it is!

Some students also drew parallels to the express train attack at the start of the semester.

If it weren't for William, they probably would have derailed and crashed into the school castle on the super-fast levitation train at a speed exceeding 1000 kilometers per hour.

Do you think this is a movie called "Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet"?

Harry once again demonstrated his extraordinary level of attention to Malfoy.

He insisted that the bracelet was a gift from Malfoy and spread the news far and wide.

Don't ask, just go with a man's intuition.

But when Kitty had her accident, Malfoy wasn't at Hogsmeade; instead, he was in solitary confinement by Professor McGonagall.

This made it impossible for Harry to justify his explanation.

Of course, this does not absolve Malfoy of suspicion; on the contrary, it serves as a reminder to William:

Malfoy had other helpers.

It was either one of his two lackeys, a Death Eater in Hogsmeade, or he had secretly used the Imperius Curse to control someone else.

This person must be identified immediately.

Amidst this chaos, everyone's attention was quickly diverted.

Because before Halloween,

The school finally hosted its first Quidditch match of the school year.

This year's opening match is between Gryffindor and Slytherin... a classic Lion-Snake battle.

These two teams are truly the end of the road for gamblers.

You simply can't tell whether Gryffindor or Slytherin is stronger.

Or rather, just when you think it's about to win, it always pulls off a disastrous play, handing the advantage back to the opponent.

Slytherin, needless to say, was once the Quidditch champion, but now they're at the bottom every year, the prince of easy points.

Moreover, their playing style is terrible, like the Bad Boys, who specialize in targeting incapacitated players and engaging in "physical combat."

Slytherin students always boasted that it was really boring for someone like Stark to play so softly on the perimeter.

In the era when Slytherin won the championship, he couldn't have made a name for himself and was essentially rendered useless.

Whether it's useless or not, William feels that his iron elbow might finally have a chance to be used.

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(End of this chapter)