The first White Lord of Hogwarts - Chapter 71
Ivan did not participate in what happened next.
He returned to his dormitory to rest and waited for the results of the professors’ searches.
However, things did not develop as Ivan expected. Be it Dumbledore or other professors, no one could find any trace of Quirrell.
They had searched almost everywhere, including the Forbidden Forest, the Black Lake, and the castle.
Ivan also reminded Dumbledore to check the Room of Requirement, but unfortunately he still found nothing.
What was going on?
Ivan thoroughly experienced the troubles brought about by the butterfly effect: Did Quirrell really run away?
No!
As soon as this idea came out, Ivan immediately denied it: Voldemort’s goal was the Philosopher’s Stone. Where could he go without the Philosopher’s Stone?
Even if Voldemort had another target, Ivan would stay in Hogwarts, and Voldemort would have even less reason to leave.
However, for a great wizard, even a lingering great wizard, it would not be difficult to avoid the search of others.
Voldemort wanted to hide, and even if Dumbledore took action himself, he would still return empty-handed.
And now there is something more troublesome.
《The troll sneaked into the safest place in England, Hogwarts》
《First-year wizard defeats troll》
《The threat of the dark wizard, who will protect the little wizard?》
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The newspapers published a lot of news about the troll incident, most of which questioned whether Dumbledore was still capable of serving as the headmaster of Hogwarts.
“We all know that Dumbledore was once the greatest white wizard of this century.”
“But now, there are less than ten years left until the end of this century,” Hermione read the negative news about Dumbledore in the newspaper:”We cannot entrust the safety of our children to an old man over 100 years old.”
“”Bang!”
After the words fell, Hermione slammed the newspaper heavily on the table. The little witch said angrily:”It’s nonsense.”
“It’s been almost a week, and the comments in these newspapers are getting more and more outrageous!”
Parvati agreed:”They only make sarcastic remarks, question this and that, but no one has ever suggested what to do.”
During this period, all the deans lived with the students to ensure their safety.
Hermione could see that Professor McGonagall was visibly losing weight because of her hard work day and night.
Wizards are also human beings, and their bodies will not be able to bear seven or eight days of exhausting work.
“Why is this happening?”
Harry was very confused. He didn’t understand why the news said this about Dumbledore.
“Aren’t they right?”
At this time, Malfoy came over, and he couldn’t hide the smile on his face at all:”Dumbledore is already old, and who knows what the school will become in his hands!”
“My father is discussing this with the school board. Maybe in a few days, Hogwarts will have a new headmaster.
Malfoy’s words aroused the dissatisfaction of many students.
Especially the Gryffindor students, they were even more excited.
The Weasley brothers glared at him, and many people were just waiting for someone to speak, and then they would rush forward and beat Malfoy, who didn’t know how to live or die, to the ground.
“Malfoy, let me guess why you came here at this time.”
Harry looked around pretentiously and said,”Oh, yes, it’s because Ivan is not here.”
I don’t know if Harry was too much of a victim of Snape’s venomous tongue, but at this moment, he hit Malfoy’s sore spot, making him so angry that he wanted to strangle him to death.
However, Malfoy subconsciously looked around and confirmed that Ivan was indeed not here.
“You won’t be so proud for long, Potter!”
Malfoy:”When Dumbledore is kicked out, it will be the next…”
“”Whose turn is it?”
Ivan’s voice interrupted Malfoy’s beautiful fantasy.
He trembled all over, and cold sweat broke out on his back.
Damn it!
Malfoy felt that he had miscalculated.
He only considered that Ivan was not there, but he did not expect Ivan to come back at this time.
“”Okay, go back.”
Ivan didn’t do anything to Malfoy. He patted Malfoy’s shoulder and told him to go back to the Slytherin table.
“Okay, okay.”
Malfoy did not hesitate and ran away from Ivan.
“Hahaha…”
Harry laughed,”It’s you, Ivan. That guy Malfoy actually said that Dumbledore would resign as the headmaster.”
Indeed, the current remarks are very bad for Dumbledore.
But how could the greatest white wizard be defeated by a mere rumor?
Only a spoiled little wizard like Malfoy would believe that Dumbledore would be replaced because of this.
“”Hmm?”
Hermione noticed that Ivan looked unhappy and asked,”What’s wrong, Ivan? Did something happen?”
“No way?”
Parvati said in horror,”Could it be that what Malfoy said was right?”
“How is it possible!”
Harry was immediately anxious. He looked at Ivan, hoping to get accurate information.
“Until that point comes, Hogwarts will not change the headmaster.”
Others may not know, but doesn’t Ivan know the importance of Dumbledore in the wizarding world?
In this world, there is only one person who can influence Dumbledore’s will, and that is Dumbledore himself!
Unless Dumbledore is willing, no one is qualified to tell him what to do.
However, this is the problem now.
Voldemort has been gone for almost ten years, and I didn’t expect his followers to still have such a great influence.
No, it should be that these people have been holding grudges for a long time. Ivan thought to himself: I didn’t get angry before, but it was because Dumbledore was highly respected. Now that something happened, he immediately took action.
These guys’ little tricks are shameful, but Ivan has to sigh that Voldemort really caught Dumbledore’s weakness.
“Too many parents sent yelling letters to hold Dumbledore accountable.”
Ivan:”Just now, the Ministry of Magic notified the principal to come over and ask him to explain the matter and give an account to the parents.”
In this situation, if Dumbledore was replaced by Ivan
, Ivan would let the other party know what magic is power in a few minutes.
However, Dumbledore is a saint, and he is unwilling to use force to coerce others.
Voldemort knows Dumbledore’s style too well.
Using the emotions of the parents and cooperating with the orders of the Ministry of Magic, Voldemort easily led Dumbledore away.
Old Dumbledore had already anticipated this moment.
He found Ivan and other professors and asked them to take care of Hogwarts during his absence.
If nothing unexpected happens, the accident will come.
Ivan can be sure that all this was calculated by Voldemort a long time ago:”If you want to take action, there is no better time than now.”
Ivan didn’t know what Voldemort would do.
But he was not afraid of Voldemort.
As the saying goes, magic is power.
Ivan was confident that he could fight Voldemort who had not yet resurrected.
Especially with the other deans and Harry, who was a weapon against Voldemort, Ivan asked himself why he had no reason to lose.
The most important thing was that all of us could safely attend the final dinner.
Ivan said that Voldemort had no idea how powerful the power of fate was, and he was destined to lose in his own hands.
“Are you really okay?”
“Don’t worry.”
Ivan has been keeping an eye on Hermione, Neville and the others these days. If
Voldemort hurts someone, Ivan will be angry at best.
But if Hermione is hurt, Ivan will be unable to suppress his rampage.
So he has been very cautious recently, strictly forbidding them to go out at night, and even directly prohibiting magic practice in the Room of Requirement.
“I don’t understand why everyone is so dissatisfied with Dumbledore?”
“Who knows?”
Ivan did not answer Hermione’s question, he just said:”Just like people are afraid of the mysterious man, but they are not afraid of Dumbledore who is more powerful than the mysterious man.”
“.…..”
“What?”
Ivan’s words really made Hermione, Harry and other young wizards dumbfounded.
They really hadn’t thought about it this way. (To read the exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)
“Yes.”
Hermione:”Dumbledore is more powerful than the You-Know-Who, but everyone…”
“But you never take Dumbledore seriously, right?”
Ivan added on to what the little witch said. He shook his head and said,”Okay, everyone go back to the dormitory early tonight and don’t walk around.”
“Ivan, do you think something will happen tonight?”
“If I were Qi Luo, I would definitely take action at this time”
“Because Dumbledore wasn’t here?”
“Yeah.”
Ivan nodded and said,”After all, no one wants to fight against the greatest white wizard in the world.”
“Hermione.”
After saying that, Ivan began to organize the things on the long table:”Let’s go.”
“Wait for me.”
Seeing Ivan get up and leave, Hermione hurriedly followed.
There were also Neville and Parvati. The four of them belonged to a small group and always worked together.
Ivan planned to return to the dormitory to rest.
If nothing unexpected happened, there would probably be a fierce battle tonight.
Therefore, Ivan needed to conserve his energy and adjust his condition to the best.
Soon, the time came to 7 o’clock in the evening.
In Ivan’s dormitory, Neville and Parvati were playing wizard chess, while Hermione was reading a book as usual.
“Click~click~click”[]
It was pitch black outside the window, and the wind was strong, making the windows rustle.
Ivan frowned slightly, wondering if Voldemort was going to do something.
Calculating the time, according to what Dumbledore said, he would be back before eight o’clock tonight.
“There are less than 40 minutes left. If Voldemort doesn’t act now, he will miss the best opportunity.”
Ivan thought so and looked at the dark window again.
Unfortunately, just like the previous times, he couldn’t see anything. He was completely confused.
There was no way. Voldemort and Harry were the protagonists of this world, and their weight was quite exaggerated.
Ivan’s prediction was still valid in the general direction.
But it was almost impossible to analyze the fate of the two.
At least Ivan now could not see the fate of Voldemort.
“”Bang!”
Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and everyone was startled. Hermione and Parvati pointed their wands at the door as if by reflex.
“Harry?”
Seeing that it was Harry standing at the door, the little witches did not put down their wands.
This was Ivan’s request.
Because of the existence of the Polyjuice Potion, just looking at the appearance cannot prove the identity of the other party.
“What happened, Harry?”
Ivan could see the traces of magic left by the potion on the wizard, and the Harry in front of him was himself.
“Ron!”
“What?”
“Ron is missing!”
Harry’s news surprised all the little wizards present. Hermione asked,”Are you sure he didn’t run off to play somewhere?”
“This!”
Harry took out a piece of paper with a message written by Ron.
Ivan took the note and took a look at it.
The content above is summarized as follows:————If you don’t want Ron to get into trouble, let Harry go to the Forbidden Forest to meet him alone.
Voldemort made his move.
Ivan frowned slightly. He quickly determined Voldemort’s intention: kidnap Ron and lure Harry to the Forbidden Forest.
As for how Ron was kidnapped… it was just a matter of the Imperius Curse.
Ivan did not blame Ron for being careless. The 11-year-old little wizard would have been a fourth-grade elementary school student in his previous life.
“Hermione, go inform Professor McGonagall.”
Now that Dumbledore is away, the top fighting force of Hogwarts is the four deans and Ivan.
It is simply impossible for Harry to go to the Forbidden Forest alone.
“Ivan!”
Harry said nervously:”Inform the professor, will he…”
“Harry.”
Ivan said calmly:”Notify the professor that Ron is in danger, but if you don’t notify him, both you and Ron will be in danger.”
After notifying the professor, Ron’s safety is still unknown, but at least Harry’s safety can be guaranteed.
“I know you can’t accept it, but courage is not an excuse for recklessness.”
If it weren’t for Ivan, Harry would definitely rush into the Forbidden Forest alone. Two useless men would not be able to accomplish anything without Hermione. (Zhao Haohao)
Ivan didn’t think it was a big deal.
Harry’s scheming was only so deep. It was already amazing that he could take risks for his friend’s life.
“Fortunately, you still knew to come find us.”
Ivan patted Harry’s shoulder, signaling him to calm down, and gave him a reassurance:”Don’t worry, Ron will sit next to you at the end-of-term dinner.”
“Really?”
Harry was relieved when he heard Ivan’s promise.
Ivan’s prediction was so accurate that it was no exaggeration to say that it came true.
Coupled with Harry’s trust in Ivan, Mr. Savior immediately chose to entrust his brain to Ivan and let him direct the action.
“Go ahead.”
Ivan waved the spell, and a silver-white ball of light flew out from the end of his staff.
This was the Patronus Charm he had just learned.
Because he was not yet proficient, the Patronus Charm had not yet taken shape, but was just a ball of silver light.
The Patronus Charm has the function of transmitting messages, and the person Ivan wanted to notify was Snape.————The best fighting professor in Hogwarts besides him
“Let’s go to the forbidden forest.”
“Ivan?”
“We must make more preparations, Harry.”
Ivan did not explain, and took Harry directly to the Forbidden Forest.
He asked Hermione to find Professor McGonagall, not to let McGonagall go to the Forbidden Forest to save people, but to stay in Hogwarts to prevent Voldemort from playing another trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain.
Voldemort wanted to get the Philosopher’s Stone, and the target was under the trapdoor on the fourth floor.
But this was the original plot, and Ivan was not sure that Voldemort would still choose the original one.
What’s more, the Philosopher’s Stone was still in Ivan’s possession, and it would be useless for Voldemort to go there, and he would only be empty-handed.
As for calling Snape, it was for his own safety.
Ivan was not afraid of Voldemort, and was ready to face him directly, and even brought Harry Potter, who was Voldemort’s nemesis.
But it was obviously more reassuring to have Snape as a backup.
