Hogwarts Negative points for Slytherin

“What’s this?”Evan first noticed a large series of letters on the mirror.

“I show you not your face, but your desire.”He read it out

“You can understand?”Harry was very surprised. He thought this was some ancient text.

“Just turn the letters upside down.”Evan said matter-of-factly

“That’s it, forget it, come over quickly.”Harry motioned to Evan to stand facing the mirror.

“Did you see it?”

Under Harry’s gaze, Evan suddenly showed a very scary expression. He took a deep look in the mirror, and then thought thoughtfully.

“What do you see? asked Harry

“nothing.”Evan stepped aside and sat down quietly. Then Harry couldn’t wait to face the mirror and sat down, watching intoxicatedly.

I don’t know how long it took.

“Are you here again, Harry? Oh, and Evan.”A familiar voice suddenly sounded behind him.

Compared to Harry who stood up in a hurry, Evan, who had been through it many times, was obviously much more experienced. Without looking back, he replied:”Principal?”

“It’s me. Please forgive me. I want to have a few words with Harry alone first.”

“Of course, no problem, just close your earplugs and listen.”Evan used an advanced spell on himself

“Harry, you, like so many others, have discovered the joy of the Mirror of Erised”

“Sorry, principal.”Harry lowered his head

“No, no, don’t apologize, Harry, you shouldn’t apologize, that’s the magic of it. I just want to give you a little reminder. What the happiest person in the world sees when he looks in this mirror is his original appearance.”

“So it allows us to see what we want? asked Harry

“Yes, Harry. It allows us to see what our hearts desire most. It’s a pity that I just saw it. Dumbledore put a hand on Harry’s shoulder,”Can you understand what I mean?””

Harry nodded hard.

“It cannot provide knowledge and truth. People will only waste their time and even go crazy looking at it all day long. So tomorrow, the mirror will be moved somewhere else. And I hope you, stop trying to find it. I know it’s cruel, Harry. But being obsessed with the past and ignoring the life in front of you is even more cruel to the people who love you now.”

Harry nodded again.

“Okay, go back and wish you a sweet dream.” He patted Harry, who shuffled slowly out of the room.

“What do you think?”Dumbledore turned to Evan

“What do you think?”

“Don’t play dumb, you and I both know that the spell was deliberately misrecited and has no effect at all.”

Evan smiled sheepishly.

“You don’t seem to be as attached to this mirror as most people are. Can you tell me what you saw? asked Dumbledore

“What do you see?”Evan did not answer, but asked Dumbledore

“I? I saw that on Christmas Day, all the gifts I received were socks.”Dumbledore said with a smile,”I like socks, but people always give me all kinds of books.”

“Sorry, I feel deeply guilty about sending you a book.”

“Oh, I quite like the copy of”Millions of Pounds” you gave me. Frankly speaking, I haven’t read many Muggle books. I never thought they could write such interesting words. It’s just a pity that they are too short.”

“He also has many short stories and novellas, you can go to the bookstore to find them yourself”

“I will, so now can you tell me what you saw?”

“I see myself, I’m using all kinds of powerful magic”

“Really?”Dumbledore’s expression is very intriguing.

“real”

“That couldn’t be better.”

A brief moment of silence

“Evan. Finally, it was Dumbledore who broke the silence,”In fact, sometimes it is difficult for people to face their inner thoughts calmly. In order to cover up, they sometimes make up many lies to deceive other people. One lie is used to complete another lie, and they deceive again and again. In the end, they also deceive themselves.”

“In fact, it doesn’t matter to me whether I receive socks or books. What I saw were my parents, my brother Aberforth, and my sister Anna. We all live happily and harmoniously together.”Looking at the mirror, he said seriously

“I noticed that when you looked at the magic mirror, you looked very surprised. Maybe you had deceived yourself so much that you didn’t even know what you wanted.”

“Even if the idea goes against the accepted conscience?”

“Oh, I see. Take it easy, Evan. It is normal for a person to have all kinds of thoughts, and a gentleman does not care about his heart. Moreover, a goal that can be achieved by using various cruel means can usually be achieved by another milder and more moral means.

A mediocre or impatient person can only see the solution in front of him, so he heads to the point of no return. I’ve met so many of these people, some of them were even my best friends. I hope you won’t become like this”

“I see.”Evan stood up, walked to the Mirror of Erised again, and stared at it

“Are you confirming your inner thoughts?”

“You may be right, principal. There is indeed a gentler way. However, the method in front of me is really charming”

“Desire is like this. With your talent, you will definitely become a powerful person. How to become a great person depends on yourself. Sorry, did I preach too much? When people get old, they always become like this unconsciously.”

“Good night, principal.”Evan printed the image in the mirror in his mind and said goodbye to Dumbledore.

In the mirror, the faces of the few remaining Slytherin students were full of fear and regret, and he waved his wand at them, Throwing out streaks of dazzling green light.