Chapter 324 Dumbledore's Consideration

"Harry, thank you very much for coming here with your wounds to listen to the nagging of an old man like me." Dumbledore said with a smile in the headmaster's office, "You can go back now. I hope you can have a good sleep."

Harry, who was opposite Dumbledore, breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to say goodbye to Dumbledore, he was suddenly dragged out the door by Sirius.

But when they were about to reach the door, Dumbledore spoke again.

"Oh, by the way! Harry, the wand that Michael crushed at the last moment was indeed Krum's."

Harry's eyes widened instantly when he heard this.

He had been struggling with whether to tell Dumbledore about this matter, but after thinking for a long time, he decided to keep this secret in his heart forever, because once he told this matter, whether it was related to Michael or not, it would inevitably put Michael in trouble.

But he never expected that Dumbledore could read his mind and said what he was thinking at once.

"You are a child who values ​​friendship very much, which is commendable. I am proud of you. But in order to avoid any misunderstandings in your friendship, I have decided to make this matter clear." Dumbledore said, "Although the wand was indeed Krum's, things were exactly the opposite of what you guessed. Krum was controlled by Barty Jr. with the Imperius Curse at the time and attacked Mike. After subduing him, Mike took his wand and launched a distress fireworks display, so Krum's death was completely an accident. This is what Mike told me in person, and I chose to believe him."

Harry at the door breathed a sigh of relief. He patted his chest and said with a smile on his face:

"I see, Principal Dumbledore, thank you very much for telling me this."

"Ha ha, okay, go to bed, it's getting late."

"Okay, good night."

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Watching Harry, Sirius and others leave the office, the smile on Dumbledore's face quickly disappeared, replaced by an extremely serious look.

He returned to the eagle-legged table and continued to tap the table with the knuckles of his index finger, making a crisp knocking sound.

It seemed that this was a habitual action when he was lost in thought.

The sound seemed to have disturbed the sleeping portraits on the wall of the principal's office. A yellow-faced wizard with short black bangs on the wall and an old witch with long silver curly hair in the frame next to him frowned and opened their eyes.

"He started again, what an annoying successor." The yellow-faced wizard frowned and said, "Dalis, please, stop him quickly! I'll consider it as a favor to you!"

After that, the yellow-faced wizard suddenly disappeared in the frame, leaving only the silver-haired witch Dalis looking at Dumbledore with an unhappy face.

"I really can't stand you, Dumbledore. You've been acting strange lately. This is the second time you've made that annoying sound today." Delis said, "If you plan to continue like this, I think I'll have to consider moving to Armando!"

"I'm sorry, Ms. De Winter."

"Well, tell me, Dumbledore, what is it that's bothering you so much? Who knows, we useless old guys might be able to give you some surprises." Dumbledore, who

was sitting at the eagle-legged table, didn't reply, but only glanced at the empty wall in a very covert way.

However, this scene was very sharply discovered by the silver-haired witch Delis.

"Are you worried about Mike?"

Delis' tone sounded as if she was very familiar with Mike. Now it was Dumbledore's turn to be surprised. He looked at the portrait above the office with a stunned look on his face.

"Don't be too surprised, Dumbledore. Mike and I met as early as when I was in Armando, and we chatted for a while." Delis laughed, "He is really an outstanding child. Ravenclaw hasn't produced such an outstanding student for a long time. I have a hunch that he will lead Ravenclaw to glory again. So, tell me, why does such an outstanding child make you frown?"

"He is indeed an outstanding child, but he has too many secrets." Dumbledore frowned and said, "How should I put it, he doesn't behave like a child at all, and I can't see through him at all."

"Did you use Legilimency? Even so, you still can't see through him?"

"That's right. Obviously, Mike has a very advanced attainments in brain occlusion." Dumbledore said, "Especially what happened in the maze tonight, I always feel that he is hiding something very important from me."

"So? What are you going to do?"

Dumbledore was silent, and the office fell into a strange silence. The other portraits on the wall that were originally asleep also opened their eyes at this moment. Obviously, they were also very interested in this topic.

I don't know how long it took, but Dumbledore finally spoke.

"Perhaps, I should let Mike stay away from the center of the storm of Hogwarts for a while and go to a safer place to study."

Dumbledore's voice was a little bitter. This option was the best way he could think of after thinking hard for a long time.

On the one hand, his plan against Voldemort has reached the most critical moment. At this time, he does not allow any accidents to occur.

On the other hand, Mike can be said to have offended Voldemort tonight.

It can be imagined that Voldemort will retaliate against Mike at all costs. In this case, Dumbledore cannot guarantee Mike's safety even in Hogwarts.

This is not because Dumbledore's strength is not strong enough, but because his attention is now focused on Harry.

In this case, letting Harry transfer to another school is a very good choice.

For example, the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Coal Country is very good. Not only is it far away from the center of the storm in Ying Country, but the power of the Ministry of Magic in Coal Country is no less than that in Ying Country. What's more, the wizarding world in Coal Country is far more united than that in Ying Country!

Thinking of this, Dumbledore nodded silently.

But suddenly a sharp roar came from above his head.

"You want to expel him!? Merlin's beard! Am I hallucinating? You said you want to expel him?" Delis roared, "You make me sick, Dumbledore! Just because he practiced brain occlusion and you can't satisfy your disgusting voyeurism on him, you want to expel him?"

The portraits around all looked at Delis in surprise. It was the first time in hundreds of years that they saw Delis so angry.

"Ahem!"

A cough was heard, and everyone looked over to see the portrait of Phineas Black combing his remaining hair.

"Although I also want to kick that impure kid out of Hogwarts, I have to say that the kid named Mike is a very outstanding little wizard. If you really kick him out of Hogwarts, although I will be very happy, it will undoubtedly make Hogwarts lose a genius." Phineas said, "At the same time, I agree with Delis. You are such a disgusting old man, Dumbledore, you are even more disgusting than me. Maybe I should give you the title of the most unpopular headmaster."

Phineas' tone was extremely artificial. If it were usual, the portraits around him would have cursed him in unison.

But this time his speech unexpectedly won the approval of all the portraits. Everyone praised Phineas one by one, which made him feel proud.

There are not many opportunities to show off like this. Just when he was about to say more to win more praise, Dumbledore's slightly low voice rang out.

"That's enough. I think I can handle this myself."

Dumbledore's voice was not loud, but the anger contained in it made all the portraits shut up.

Phineas stared blankly at his companions who were all pretending to sleep. He immediately gave up the idea of ​​continuing to talk and learned to close his eyes.

The office suddenly became quiet. Dumbledore looked at the empty wall with complicated eyes, and kept weighing the matter about Mike in his mind.

The words of the portraits of the former principals made him waver in his heart, and he was reconsidering his treatment of Mike.

To be fair, it is extremely rare to see such an outstanding student as Mike, and he really doesn't want to give him to other schools.

Needless to say, just from the fact that he has mastered the brain block and silent spells in the fourth grade, Mike is a magic genius that is rare in a thousand years! If

it were another time, Dumbledore would definitely train this child wholeheartedly. You know, only such a good seedling is qualified to impact the level of legendary wizards.

And the number of legendary wizards is the key to the current false peace between wizards and Muggles!

However, Mike just sold out at this time!

Should we keep Mike and increase his training, or let him stay away from the center of the storm and transfer to another school?

The sound of knuckles knocking on the desk in the office rang again, and it was obvious that Dumbledore was lost in thought again.

I don't know how long it took, the moon outside the window had risen to the center of the sky, and the crisp sound in the office finally stopped.

Dumbledore exhaled a breath of foul air, and he decided to have a good talk with Mike before considering this matter.

"Come out, Mike."

As Dumbledore's voice fell, a round arch suddenly appeared on the empty wall, and a blond boy with a huge bird on his shoulder came out of it in a hurry.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting, Mike."

"It's okay, Principal Dumbledore."

Mike said and sat opposite Dumbledore, while the phoenix Fawkes still stayed on his shoulder and refused to leave.

Mike and Dumbledore sat face to face, neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere on the scene became a little awkward.

After a long time, Dumbledore finally spoke.

"Mike, you seem to have known about Voldemort and Barty Jr."

"In fact, I had a bad feeling since the beginning of the school year, which is why I asked someone to investigate Moody. At first, I thought this uneasiness came from this eccentric professor of the Dark Arts class." Mike's expression was natural, but his eyes were still empty. "But then Mr. Bagman's strange behavior made me pay attention to him. After some investigation, I found that this person was very suspicious. He seemed to care too much about Harry's ranking. So I became alert, and what happened tonight just proved that my guess was correct. As for Voldemort's resurrection, I admit that I did not expect it. If I knew it in advance, I would definitely not touch the trophy. Of course, I would not let Harry touch it either."

Mike's words made Dumbledore smile. He smiled and said:

"You should have chosen the Divination class. If I guessed correctly, you should have a very outstanding talent in this area."

Mike did not say anything, but just smiled.

The office fell into silence again, which made the eavesdropping portraits on the wall anxious. They all grimaced and reminded Dumbledore not to miss this genius.

But Dumbledore completely ignored them, and his expression gradually became serious.

"Mike."

Hearing Dumbledore's call, Mike nodded and indicated that he was listening.

"Can I believe you?"

Dumbledore said so, with an unusually serious expression on his face.

"I love it here, Ravenclaw is my home. And Professor Flitwick is like my father, making me feel the warmth of family love."

Mike's answer seemed irrelevant, but it made Dumbledore smile again.

"Hehe, I'm glad you think so, Mike. Well, it's getting late, you should go back and have a good sleep." Dumbledore smiled and stood up, "Oh! By the way! Do you want to have a midnight snack before going to bed? I've got another batch of candies here, you can take some back."

Dumbledore took out a bunch of bottles and jars from the drawer, all filled with candies of different colors.

Mike did not refuse Dumbledore's kindness. He picked out some candies from the pile and said goodbye to Dumbledore.

It was not until then that Fawkes, who was napping on Mike's shoulder, woke up.

It flew to Dumbledore's shoulder reluctantly, waving its wings at Mike, as if saying goodbye, and as if asking him to come again next time.

"You seem to like him very much. Did you have a good time with him just now?"

Dumbledore touched Fawkes' head and said with a smile until he saw Mike's back disappear at the door.

Hearing this, Fawkes's small eyes suddenly opened wide, and he chirped as if he was singing, while flapping his wings continuously, looking very excited.

Dumbledore seemed to understand Fawkes' words, and with a gleam of surprise in his eyes, he said:

"Oh? You think so highly of him? This is really rare!"

No one in the world knows the phoenix better than Dumbledore.

In Dumbledore's opinion, this creature can be described as perfect. In addition to its powerful ability to Apparition and immortality, the phoenix's tears also have an almost abnormal ability to heal and detoxify, and its tail feathers are the core material for making powerful wands.

And a powerful creature like the phoenix will naturally not choose its master casually.

The wizard who can make a creature like the phoenix surrender must be extremely powerful and talented. In addition, they must also have many rare qualities such as extraordinary courage, a kind and pure heart.

Just like unicorns instinctively hate men, if you do not have the above qualities, the phoenix will never look at you well.

Such harsh conditions for master recognition make the phoenix the most difficult extraordinary creature to subdue, and also make the very few wizards who have become the masters of the phoenix admired by everyone.

And now, the phoenix Fox actually showed an amazing affection for Mike.

This shocked Dumbledore's heart.

Recalling the answer Mike gave him before, the smile on Dumbledore's face became brighter under the moonlight.