On one side of the wall in the principal’s office, there are several rows of portraits of former Hogwarts principals.
In Scott’s peripheral vision, all the former principals in the portraits are dozing off, and it seems that no one is listening to his conversation with Dumbledore.
But Scott is sure that in fact, the former principals in these portraits must be listening.
Medea once revealed that she knew that Scott had used arithmetic divination to calculate Voldemort’s Horcruxes, which means that she has a way to know some of the conversations in the principal’s office of Hogwarts.
At the beginning, Scott could not help but have a suspect-Phineas Black, the most unpopular principal in the history of Hogwarts.
But this is just a guess.
Scott is not sure how Medea knows the information from the principal’s office. It can only be said that the probability of one of these portraits leaking the news is the highest.
If there is a portrait that can convey the news that Voldemort has regained some power to Medea, it will be a good thing for Scott.
Medea should not be willing to see Voldemort completely recover his power.
Once Voldemort fully recovers, with his strength, Medea may not be able to get his soul.
After all, without sacrificing Voldemort’s soul, Medea cannot be fully revived, and her strength will be inferior to Voldemort who has fully recovered.
Scott just needs Medea to be busy, and once the lady is busy, she will not be able to take care of him, an underage wizard who has not yet grown up.
At this time, Dumbledore said to Scott again: “Ms. Slytherin, this lady’s activeness may not be a good thing for the magic world, what do you think?”
Scott nodded.
Although Medea is more measured than his descendants, in the final analysis, she is also wantonly destroying the stability of the magic world.
“Those Thestrals…” Scott suddenly remembered the stolen Thestrals, so he asked Dumbledore curiously, “Didn’t you think about taking them back?”
“I am also worried about how to get the carriage moving when the next semester starts.” Dumbledore sighed, “It’s a pity that I am too old.”
“…”
Scott remained silent about this.
He felt that the old headmaster was playing tricks. He was really old, after all, he was over a hundred years old, but he was not too old to wave his wand.
Dumbledore successfully got rid of this question and started asking Scott questions again.
He smiled at Scott, “What you meant just now is that even if Voldemort regained his strength, he would be busy fighting Medea first?”
“That’s what I think.” Scott said, “Medea needs Voldemort’s soul to restore his strength, and Voldemort needs to eliminate the threat of Medea. This is the most important thing for them.”
“I didn’t expect Tom… I mean Voldemort will face such a threat one day, I guarantee that he can’t stand it.” Dumbledore seemed to agree with Scott’s statement.
But Scott didn’t think so.
Sure enough, the old headmaster changed the subject, “Maybe… Letting these two people fight each other, it’s best to let them both lose, and finally come forward as the righteous party to clean up the mess. This is indeed the smartest way…”
However, Scott silently said this word in his heart.
Dumbledore continued: “But we can’t do this, do you know why?”
Scott was silent.
Because we are not the Ministry of Magic? He muttered in his heart.
“You know, Scott.” Dumbledore said patiently again.
Scott certainly knew what he wanted to say.
If the two were allowed to fight, the entire British magic world would be in chaos. At that time, not only would the society be in turmoil, but it was unknown how many innocent people would be involved.
But Scott still didn’t understand why Dumbledore wanted to discuss this with him.
After all, he was not a man like Dumbledore who cared about the world.
At this time, Dumbledore continued to look at Scott, and Scott continued to remain silent.
Scott knew what kind of person he was. In short, he could not be considered a good person. He believed that Dumbledore could also see some of his essence.
So, he could only remain silent about Dumbledore’s words.
Did he want to hypocritically say that he had been taught and said that he would change himself from now on and become a kind and brave person?
There was no need to bring out such a lie to embarrass himself.
Not to mention that he was not hypocritical to this extent, even if he shouted slogans, Dumbledore would not believe it.
“Can’t figure out why I told you this?” Dumbledore asked again.
Scott nodded. He was indeed a little confused.
He was not the “savior”.
Dumbledore laughed again, and the atmosphere between the two became relaxed again.
“I have been in this school for many years.” Dumbledore thought for a moment and pretended to be confused, “…Oh, I don’t know exactly how many years.”
Scott looked up at him, curious about what the old headmaster wanted to say to him.
“Many years, that is to say, I have seen countless students walk out of this castle.”
Dumbledore smiled slightly and looked up at the window.
“Most of these students just became an ordinary wizard in the magic world and lived an ordinary life. Of course, that’s also good…”
He seemed to be trapped in a long memory.
“It’s just that there are some special students. Some of them became the Minister of Magic, some became animal experts, some became heroes, and some became the Dark Lord.”
At this time, he looked at Scott again, “In my opinion, you are also a special student, Scott, because everyone can see that you have such talent.”
“Thank you, professor, but I will not become a hero, nor will I become a Dark Lord.” Scott said.
Dumbledore smiled and nodded, “Maybe you will become a scholar? Or a professor?”
Scott just smiled, he hasn’t made a career plan yet.
“It doesn’t really matter what you become. Of course, I am sure you won’t become the Dark Lord.” Dumbledore said, “I just told you about those things…about Voldemort and Ms. Slytherin, not for you to deal with, after all, you are still a student.”
Speaking of this, he took a sip of tea before continuing: “I noticed that you helped Neville Longbottom and Jacob Kent make changes, which is good.”
He looked at Scott with appreciation.
“I have to say that sometimes the wonderful ideas of young people like you can also inspire old people like me.”
“That’s nothing.” Scott said, “Just some cleverness.”
He really thought it was no big deal.
“But what makes me a little regretful is that you are always unwilling to change yourself.” Dumbledore said earnestly, “Many times, the smartest choice is not the best choice. I hope you can understand this.”
Scott opened his mouth when he heard it, but couldn’t say anything.
At this time, Dumbledore had laughed again, and he blinked at Scott, “I always thought that stubbornness was a problem that only old people like me would have.”
