Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

Then his complexion returned to normal.

"What's wrong, Albus?"

This made Professor Marchbank somewhat puzzled.

"Oh, nothing—sorry, where were we?"

"I'm talking about Elias—he's just too good... I mean, completely ahead of his time. When are you going to have him join the Wizengamot?"

"The Wizengamot..."

Dumbledore thought for a moment, then seemed to react.

"Of course, of course he will join."

Chapter 172: Follow-up to the Maze, Friday’s news!

The assessment of the Pavatu Club is over.

But its impact on the young wizards of Hogwarts was obviously just the beginning.

Because the influence and fun of the 'Hogwarts Maze' really made the young wizards love it so much, the word "Pavathu Club" immediately became the hottest topic in the entire Hogwarts after the examination.

"I was so close to defeating that three-headed dog—you know, it's worth 130 magic points... and I almost did it, but unfortunately my wand was broken because I encountered a big Mordra rat before."

A young wizard claimed that he almost defeated the 'three-headed dog', the most powerful magical animal discovered in the maze, but was ultimately defeated due to problems with the wand.

But someone quickly pointed out that if a wizard's wand could be broken by a Modra rat, then that wizard obviously wouldn't be able to fight against the three-headed dog.

A young wizard also pointed out that he found a special test task in the maze.

"Its icon on the Dome Map is gold. I mean—that's obviously a rare color, isn't it?"

"I'm sure that's the treasure Elias hid. It might contain Hufflepuff magic or the secrets of ancient magic... He said he was willing to pass these things on, didn't he?"

"Maybe magic points can be exchanged for the right to use some ancient magic... Elias said it would be very useful!"

Similar rumors made many young wizards who were unable to join the Pavatu Club very excited.

It is worth mentioning that Gemini, who has a very sensitive business sense, has found new business opportunities as soon as the test of the Pavatu Club ended.

They started selling things related to the Hogwarts maze, including things like the 'Maze Fantastic Beasts Encyclopedia' and the 'Maze Detection Strategy'.

"If you buy a set now, you can also get a shopping voucher for 'Weasley and Elias Wizard Wheezes' - the magic props and Hogwarts maze are produced by the same alchemy workshop."

Such a promotional slogan undoubtedly attracted the attention of many people, and even Ryan sighed that the Geminis were really smart in this regard.

In addition to the maze, the bigger topic of discussion at the moment is the 'specific activities of the Pavatu Club'.

This discussion was understandable. After all, in the eyes of most people, if even an entrance exam could be so interesting, then the club itself would surely be even more fun.

Especially some young wizards who failed to join the club were beating their chests and stamping their feet.

This has directly led to Mr. Ron Weasley holding his neck high when walking around the school recently, whether intentionally or unintentionally - he would wear the club badge in the most conspicuous place to greet the cheers of some young wizards.

And every time this happened, Harry and Hermione would quietly stay away from the complacent Ron, pretending that they didn't know this friend.

But it's worth mentioning that Harry himself was also very excited about it.

This made him release his owl Hedwig as soon as he passed the test at the Pavatu Club and send the good news to someone far away.

In this situation, Ryan naturally saw it all.

So in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he has naturally been staying at home recently and rarely moves around in the school.

At this moment, he was in Dumbledore's office.

"So, there is indeed a group of observers around Malfoy Manor?"

He looked at the letter in his hand that was sent to Dumbledore by an unknown wizard and said thoughtfully.

The content of the letter was very simple, just a brief record of the recent situation at Malfoy Manor.

According to the content of the letter, there have been many wizards of unknown origin active near Malfoy Manor recently, and they are obviously monitoring the situation inside the manor.

In addition, Lucius Malfoy and his wife have not left the manor for a long time.

Especially recently, the number of watchers outside the manor has increased further.

"It looks like they're under house arrest."

Ryan was not surprised by this, but rather a little pleasantly surprised.

"Yeah...Tom is still so suspicious, which always reveals some problems for him."

Dumbledore smiled and nodded.

That's right.

Both of them were well aware of the significance of the Malfoy family's current situation.

This means that Ryan's guess was correct. Voldemort did have a mission for the Malfoy family to carry out, and at the same time, he did not trust the Malfoy family so much that he had to monitor the Malfoy family's actions.

This is enough to explain a lot of things - for example, the task assigned by Voldemort must be relatively important, and it must take place in the castle, and it must also have some special identity possessed by the Malfoy family.

Because only with this possibility would Voldemort choose a family he did not trust to carry out the mission.

"What are you going to do?"

So at this moment, Ryan also asked Dumbledore: "Do you want to rescue them?"

It is obvious that the Malfoy family must have sufficient information.

But at this moment, Dumbledore nodded, then shook his head.

"Of course we have to save them—not just for Tom's sake, but because no one should have their freedom restricted like this."

"But... not now."

"Until Tom accomplishes his goal, they won't be in danger. Saving them now will only alert the enemy and make Tom even more wary of them."

Dumbledore obviously saw it clearly.

"I thought perhaps I could ask you to keep an eye on Mr. Malfoy?"

He then asked Ryan this.

"of course."

And Ryan nodded as a matter of course.

Whatever the reason, he always needed to take a good look at Draco Malfoy.

After talking about the Malfoy family, Dumbledore praised Ryan's ideas on the Pavarotti Club entrance test.

"Very creative! Filius and Minerva both praised it highly, as did Professor Griselda..."

He said so.

Then, he also asked Ryan seriously: "She suggested that I let you join the Wizengamot, what do you think about this?"

"The Wizengamot?"

Ryan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then shook his head: "I'm too young."

He certainly wouldn't mind joining the Wizengamot Council, or rather, he was certain that he would be one sooner or later.

But it was obviously not appropriate now - it would be difficult for a second-year wizard to join in no matter what.

"I think so too."

Dumbledore also smiled and said, "But Griselda insisted on doing so, and Anthony also thought her request was reasonable. They plan to push forward the process of having you join the Wizengamot next year."

"That would allow you to break the record set by Alessette Garnier, who joined the Wizengamot at the age of seventeen, making him the youngest member before that."

Ryan was naturally very surprised by this.

But he immediately accepted it with pleasure: "If that's the case, then I naturally don't mind."

And it is obvious that Dumbledore did not care about this - the reason he told Ryan about this was only because of his identity as the chief wizard of the Wizengamot.

After talking about the Wizengamot, Ryan mentioned a name to Dumbledore.

"About Sirius..."

As soon as the word 'Sirius' was uttered, the portrait of Headmaster Phineas Black suddenly sat up in shock, as if dying.

"Sirius? What happened to him!?"

The principal, who had been sleeping soundly just now, spoke hurriedly, his head seeming to stick out of the photo frame and turn into a ghost.

Ryan naturally ignored the principal, who was always unpleasant and impolite.

At this moment, Dumbledore also pretended to raise his hand.

"Don't! Dumbledore!"

And it was obvious that Phineas had guessed what Dumbledore wanted to do - he had been turned over too many times recently.

But this time he felt it was not possible.

"That's my great-grandson—Lian Elias... No, Mr. Elias, you have to tell me where he is... Did you meet him? Is he still alive? Did you kill him?"

"Tell me! I beg you—I will repay you. With my family's wealth, I can sign a contract with you..."

He kept asking questions, but finally Dumbledore turned him around with a simple wave of his hand.

"Sirius? You found him?"

At this moment, the old wizard also looked at Ryan curiously.

"No, but I have made a discovery."

Ryan naturally did not hide it.

He told Dumbledore about the day he went to Diagon Alley to buy textbooks, especially focusing on what happened in Knockturn Alley.

"I checked the situation nearby and asked the dark wizards who tried to attack Harry. They all said that Harry suddenly disappeared after a black shadow passed by, and they heard a sound similar to Disapparition."

"It's obviously impossible for Harry to Apparate, and he then reappeared at Mr. Weasley's place and said he had left on his own."

At this point, Ryan's meaning was clear.

"Sirius should be hiding in Knockturn Alley. He saved Harry."

"Harry may have recognized him. There must be a connection between them."