Hogwarts: The Wizarding World's First Capitalist

After hearing this, Professor Snape suddenly understood a sentence he had read in a Muggle psychology book.

That is, when a person is extremely speechless, people tend not to show anger or yelling.

They often just stand there in silence, staring at the person who said such words as if in a daze.

This is his current situation. Looking at the young man in front of him with a smile on his face and a cheerful expression, he was completely silent and couldn't say a word.

He couldn't imagine what kind of state the other person was in to be able to say this name so easily.

You have to know that Dumbledore is nominally the child's guardian and adoptive father, and the other party can easily achieve so many achievements in the British wizarding world.

90% of the reason is because of this identity. This title allows him to easily gain the trust of many ordinary wizards.

It became the key to his future fertility, and also allowed him to negotiate with those so-called noble pure-blood wizards.

It can occupy a naturally advantageous position, but now, the other party wants to use it as the final scapegoat.

After squeezing out all the value from the other party, the only thing left for the old man, his "reputation", will also be taken away.

Thinking of this, Professor Snape couldn't help but feel pity for the second most hated old man in his heart.

On the other hand, Carl just looked at the man opposite with interest, admiring his silence and the unconcealable disbelief on his face.

However, compared to his wild father, Professor Snape's performance was actually better, and the other party did not show overly surprised.

It may be because the other party should have thought of this answer before, but it was too shocking and so he chose to give up on it.

So when you reveal the correct answer, the other person will become silent out of surprise.

"Don't be surprised, Professor. From your performance, I can conclude that you must have thought of this name before."

"I just chose to give up in the end. Sometimes reality is like this, and the correct answer is just around the corner."

"But I always miss it. There is no need to regret it."

Carl seemed to be taking advantage of the situation and his expression was full of smugness.

Upon hearing this, Professor Snape just shook his head awkwardly and said helplessly.

"You are right. I have carefully thought about it and analyzed your recent signs."

"I have come to this conclusion, but the result is too horrifying. I think you should at least not, or..."

Professor Snape used three transition words in a row but hadn't finished the sentence.

Seeing this, Karl spoke for the other party with a smile.

"At least I shouldn't be, or I'm not, so cruel to an octogenarian who has very little time left to live."

"To do such a cruel thing, to take the reputation that the other person had guarded his whole life and throw it on the ground casually like used toilet paper."

"He even stepped on it to prevent someone from picking it up from the ground. Is that right, professor?"

Professor Snape nodded silently, expressing his approval, but soon he shook his head again.

"I was actually mentally prepared for you to do something like this, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon."

"I thought you would wait for a while, at least until you graduated, but I didn't expect that only a little over a year has passed."

"You just made this decision. Although it may seem a bit vulgar to say this, I still want to ask why."

"Why do you want to do this? How do you convince yourself? At least from my personal perspective, I can't make this decision."

Even if I was prepared in my heart, when I was really asked this question in person.

Carl couldn't help but hesitate. He took out a box of cigarettes from his ring, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth.

Without asking Professor Snape's opinion, he lit it directly and blew out several smoke rings in succession.

He looked at Professor Snape with a smile and said playfully.

"Because of what I am about to say, it involves some very serious secrets, and it is also a burden for me personally."

"So I need to use some external objects to destroy the sweet air here. Please forgive me, professor."

Faced with this set of rhetoric, Professor Snape just nodded silently and continued to stare at the other party in silence.

Carl, who had received tacit consent, finished smoking the cigarette in his hand, then spoke with a wry smile.

"Maybe what I'm about to say will seem very hypocritical, but I still want to say it, at least from my personal perspective."

"I did all this just for the good of that old man, so that he could enjoy some real happiness in the last moments of his life."

"It's indeed hypocritical." Professor Snape sneered and immediately gave his own evaluation.

"Even Voldemort would find it difficult to say such shameless words. You have destroyed the reputation that an old man has accumulated for nearly a century."

"He squandered it all at random, and made the other party bear the biggest blame in the history of the entire British wizarding world."

"And if all this becomes a reality, he will have to leave Hogwarts, the place he has fought for his whole life and to which his soul is attached."

"You took away everything from the other person, and told others that you were doing it for the other person's good and for his or her happiness."

"I cannot accept that, Mr. Hohenzollern."

Faced with Professor Snape's sarcasm and denial, Carl did not show any emotional fluctuations. He just asked softly and weakly.

"So do you think Albus Dumbledore is a happy wizard now?"

An ordinary question instantly made Professor Snape freeze in place, and confusion appeared in his sharp eyes for the first time.

His expression seemed somewhat dull, and he seemed somewhat at a loss.

"You haven't thought about this question, have you?" Looking at the professor's actions in front of him, Carl laughed disdainfully.

He stared into the other's confused eyes and shook his head.

"It's not just you, professor, but the entire Hogwarts, the entire British wizarding community, and even so many wizards in the entire wizarding world."

"Maybe I haven't thought about this question for a long, long time when I heard the last name Dumbledore."

"People can always associate it with many words, such as the greatest wizard, the greatest legend, or the most perfect headmaster."

"In this endless association, my poor old man was infinitely mythologized, so much so that everyone forgot about him."

"Under the halos of glory, there is a tired and helpless body struggling to support itself, a miserable empty shell without the support of family, love, and even friendship."

"The only thing that keeps this empty shell going is the so-called responsibility, if we extend the problem to this point."

"Am I really the selfish one? Or are you the ones who have always been selfish?"