A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 385 Dialogue and Scheme

In the thinking cabin, Felix passed a cup of tea.

"It's getting more and more real here," Dumbledore said curiously, and he took a sip of the amber liquid. "What kind of tea is this? I don't think I've ever drunk it."

"Ordinary tea, you and I have different tastes." Felix said, he sat opposite Dumbledore, at this time, there were only the two of them here.

"How much time do we have?" Dumbledore asked, smiling.

"Two and a half minutes," Felix rubbed his head, "if you insist, it's up to five minutes."

"That's at least a quarter of an hour." Dumbledore nodded slightly and said.

Felix stared at him and rolled his eyes. He raised his legs and said slowly, "Two things, one is to appease the four schools, and the other is to track down the mastermind behind the scenes."

Dumbledore crossed his slender fingers in front of him, "Do you have any insights?"

"The first thing is easy to solve, mainly depends on your opinion."

"My opinion?" said Dumbledore, smiling.

"The contract of the Goblet of Fire cannot be violated, this one can crush them to death, but this will cause a problem, the reputation of Hogwarts will plummet, and the embarrassment will be thrown abroad—"

"This is also a scenario I don't want to see." Dumbledore said decisively, "We need to make a certain compromise."

"There are two ways. One is to strengthen the opponent, and the other is to weaken oneself. The former is not advisable, after all, each school has different demands." Felix said calmly.

"Then we can only choose the latter, let's talk about the second thing, this is the key point." Dumbledore said, "Who do you think their target is?"

"It can only be Harry. This possibility is the greatest." Felix suddenly thought of something: "Sirius mentioned to me during the World Cup that Harry's scar..."

"I know about it, Sirius also wrote to me." Dumbledore brought up the topic, and he said in a deep voice: "Back to the Goblet of Fire, I once suspected that Harry used some means to bypass the flames." Cup limit, but when Miss Granger appeared, I knew it was impossible."

"Is it possible to bypass the restriction? I always thought it was a powerful confusion spell..."

Dumbledore smiled: "It is human beings who make the rules of the Goblet of Fire, and human beings will have loopholes. To be honest, I am a little disappointed in the people behind the scenes. The methods are too obvious."

Felix nodded. This is true. If loopholes in the rules can be found, it may be even more confusing.But now, everyone knows that the Goblet of Fire has been artificially disturbed.

The difference is that the other four schools think Hogwarts did it, and even if they didn't, they took advantage of it.

"So, Voldemort?"

"So, Voldemort," said Dumbledore softly, "but from what I know of him, it is impossible for him to do it himself."

"He must have helpers. The one who attacked Harry with Peter Pettigrew may have more." Felix continued following the headmaster's train of thought: "He once ruled half of England, so it shouldn't be difficult."

Having said that, his mind turned.The deadline he left for Lucius Malfoy was before Christmas, but now that the situation has changed, it is impossible for him to wait any longer. In addition, according to the feedback from the patron saint of Swift, it seems that the mysterious antique seller also has a relationship with Malfoy Manor. There are inextricably linked...

"No, Felix, you don't know him. Voldemort regards power as the cornerstone of his rule. Without power, he loses the constraints on his subordinates." Dumbledore said with a sigh, "I visited him one by one during the summer vacation. The companions and staff in the orphanage, the more they understand him, the more they understand his true nature."

Felix thought for a while: "So he has been hiding in the Albanian forest all these years, and it has something to do with this? He doesn't trust anyone after losing his power, no, it should be said that the group he trusted were all imprisoned in Azka Ben...until Peter Pettigrew finds him!"

"You've hit the point." Dumbledore agreed with him.

Felix frowned, "Can you be sure who did it? Theoretically speaking, the four principals and the professors they brought have a chance, even the professors in Hogwarts..."

This range is too large.

"Igor Karkaroff used to be a Death Eater." Dumbledore said calmly, "That's why I stopped Alastor."

"Could it be him?" Felix didn't quite believe it. Karkaroff's reaction was too real. Even if he wanted to clear himself of the suspicion, he didn't need to work so hard. The emotions of the other three schools were all inspired by him. .

On the contrary, it was Moody... The past scenes flashed quickly, some doubts were plausible, and he couldn't produce any evidence.

"Karkaroff is unlikely. He betrayed his former master and revealed a list of Death Eaters after the war." Dumbledore said, "Personally, I don't think Voldemort will find him."

"What about the Imperius Curse? Compound Potion?" Felix said tentatively. He didn't want to talk about this person, but he wanted to see Dumbledore's attitude.

"You still don't understand what I mean, Felix. If it was Voldemort, he would not show his weak side to the former traitors. He would be more willing to proclaim his name after resurrection and let the traitors live day and night In fear, until quietly dying in a dark corner."

Felix nodded, is this the pride of the Dark Lord?He said softly: "As far as I know, Professor Moody claimed that he had been attacked before he took office..."

Dumbledore looked over sharply.

"...I also noticed that he carries a curved wine bottle with him, but I haven't seen him open it once. It's a bit paranoid, won't he be thirsty?"

Dumbledore stared at him, and after more than ten seconds, he said calmly: "This is just your guess. Alastor's nerves are relatively sensitive, and it is recognized that he never touches any suspicious food. I Having known him for more than half a century, longer than Voldemort, I know enough about him to find nothing suspicious about him."

"We can't take a shot at a person because of speculation."

"It's 'you' who won't do anything to people just because of speculation." Felix said emphatically.

Dumbledore fell silent.

"Dumbledore," said Felix, "we shouldn't keep potential threats around," his tone dropped, "at least try."

After a moment of silence—

"What are you going to do?"

"The Imperius Curse, Polyjuice Potion, and memory modification are the three methods I can think of, but the third method cannot be verified without subduing Professor Moody." Felix said, and he also incidentally Others, to make it seem less specific to Moody: "Others, of course."

"The premise is that they are not willing to become Voldemort's lackeys." Dumbledore added.

"That's right, if I'm willing, my means are very limited. A dark wizard who dares to make trouble in front of your eyes will definitely be on guard against Legilimency." Felix also felt tricky, "Can I still let me Check his memory a little bit, what's the difference between stripping him naked?"

If you make a mistake, you will create a deadly enemy for yourself.

Why do wizards value their own memories?Because their fears are justified, wizards really have the means to modify, forge and erase other people's memories.

"I'll do this, Felix, I'll go and talk to Alastor." Dumbledore said in a deep voice, "Imperius Curse, Compound Potion, I will verify both methods, but to search memory, I disagree, that is the greatest humiliation to Alastor."

"But……"

"Before there is no more obvious evidence, I do not agree to use any excessive behavior." He said without doubt, "Besides, if he has no problems, I plan to let him pay attention to suspicious people around him..."

Felix shrugged, "I'm waiting for your answer." He snapped his fingers to dissipate the magic, and the two returned to reality.

In the room, Mrs. Maxime was staring at herself. She looked angry, her chest in black satin heaved violently, and she seemed to throw a fist at him in the next second, but she might have thought that he still has the identity of a school director , this barely held back.

She remained silent, and Karkaroff finally recovered from Moody's shadow, and said impatiently, "What's the problem? How to solve it? You've been staring at each other for half a minute. Don't talk, don't think you can fool it like this. If there is no good way, then let go of Durmstrang and allow them to use any means—"

"Principal Karkaroff," Felix said, looking at him, "the limits of your students are not as great as you imagine—"

"What did you say?" Karkaroff stared.

"I have a question, is Durmstrang a school for dark wizards?"

"This is slander! Mr. Crouch, do you hear that?"

"Listen to me," Felix stared at him, "Durmstrang is the most open to the dark arts, it is true. But it does not mean that Durmstrang is a In a school that 'specially' teaches black magic, black magic only occupies a very small part of the teaching content, at least I don't see much shadow of black magic from your textbooks..."

"Dark magic is most widely used in the field of dueling, but don't you teach the Disarming Curse? The Stunning Curse? The Iron Armor Curse?"

Felix said slowly: "Black magic is only an effective supplement, but it will never become the mainstream of a magic school with open enrollment, no matter how much you like black magic, you should keep this in mind! "

Karkaroff was speechless.

If he admits that Durmstrang's main teaching content is black magic, then the reputation of this school will be completely rotten tomorrow.As the headmaster, he must stand up to justify himself and the school.

Karkaroff blushed and said: "Black magic is only a part of Durmstrang, and we have the ability to solve its side effects. There are special professors in the school who will evaluate the students' learning progress and selectively teach students black magic. magic."

That's what I said, but in private, many professors turn a blind eye and close their eyes, and don't pursue it too much. This is why Durmstrang has a reputation for advocating black magic.

The reason why Durmstrang did not become a concentration camp for black wizards is indeed related to the system of this school.They did follow certain review standards. The advantage of this approach is that even if some students practice black magic in private, they don't dare to use it publicly, so the number of times they practice is not much, and the impact on their xinxing is not serious.

"What about the extra group of warriors at Hogwarts?" Karkaroff changed the subject bluntly.

"It's very simple. Since you all regard it as an advantage of Hogwarts, then turn it into a disadvantage." Felix glanced lightly at the warriors and the headmaster present. Dark wizards secretly coveted Harry, or Durmstrang's teaching problems, they just want to know how to weaken one side reasonably before the game.

"Principal Dumbledore, Mr. Crouch, Mr. Bagman, I suggest that Hogwarts' scores should be calculated according to the average."

(End of this chapter)