Chapter 58 58. Banquet Hall and Principal's Office (Part 2)
The wizards in the banquet hall realized that the dinner tonight was actually a welcome party.
The noble wizards and witches listened to the great gentleman tell them how their former dean hibernated under the hands of the wizard and sinner, gained his trust, and how to get back the lost Philosopher's Stone.
Everyone in the banquet hall admired Slughorn's humiliation, complimented his foresight, and at the same time spurned Dumbledore's despicableness and shamelessness in stealing his friend's treasure.
After all, on the bright side, Nick Flamel's Philosopher's Stone was stolen, and he personally reported the case to the Ministry of Magic. Now that the stone was brought back from Dumbledore by Slughorn, then Of course, the crime of theft and murder should also be placed on his head as it should be.
The gentleman kindly supported the arm of the fat walrus, and asked with a smile on his face.
"In fact, I have always missed Professor Dumbledore. When I was in school, besides you, he was the only one who took good care of me. Unfortunately, I have never had the chance to see each other again these years. I don't know how he has been living recently. ?"
Slughorn laughed cheerfully, his kind face seemed never to reveal any dark expression.
"Albus is old after all, and he is exhausted in the carriage all day. I heard that he has suffered from severe insomnia recently, and he can't even eat much. For a good steak, he can only move the fork twice at most. I can't eat any more."
There was a chuckle in the banquet hall, and through Slughorn's tone, they could all imagine in their minds how the image of a very old man struggling to support the group of rebels .
The gentleman also laughed, or in other words, the people in the banquet hall were actually catering to the expression on his face. He was laughing and others would laugh too. If he was unhappy, everyone else would be sullen and silent.
"Ah, that really shouldn't be." He chuckled, "I ate a plate of beef ribs with Connelly just now, Professor Dumbledore should be as open as I am and take care of his body." It's all about being good."
Minister of Magic Fudge quickly echoed in a group.
"Sir, I still have a good appetite. I have suffered from stomach problems in the past two days, and I didn't eat a few pieces at all just now."
The gentleman just patted him on the shoulder and he said with a smile.
"Professor Dumbledore is suffering. I will take him over in the future so that he can enjoy his old age. Otherwise, at such an old age, he is still playing petty temper like a child. What's the point of tossing himself like this?"
There was another burst of undisguised laughter in the banquet hall, which was full of sarcasm.
"But there's one thing I don't understand, Professor."
Jon frowned, wanting to ask all his puzzles today.
"Since the Dark Lord can let the teacher steal the Sorcerer's Stone in the carriage, why not let him do something more valuable? Or the teacher has revealed our exact location to him three times in a row, why doesn't he Come here in person?"
Dumbledore blinked, the yellow light reflected from his crescent-shaped glasses.
Jon nodded. He could indeed feel that as long as Voldemort blocked Dumbledore, he didn't need to defeat him. As long as he could block him for a while, the Aurors and Death Eaters who had an absolute superiority in numbers could kill them all. People solve it.
"As I told you just now, Jon, he is not afraid that the Sorcerer's Stone will create wealth for Hogwarts or other people around me. What he is afraid of is that I can live on by relying on that stone. Your question is actually the same. s answer."
Dumbledore's simple reminder gave Jon a flash of inspiration, and he came up with the answer himself!
The exiled Hogwarts and the rebellious Order of the Phoenix are not important at all in Voldemort's eyes, what matters is the people who lead these two organizations!
In this Hogwarts without a savior, if Dumbledore is also lost, then there is really no future at all.
But in the same way, Dumbledore now completely regards Hogwarts and the Order of the Phoenix as his only spiritual support.
If Voldemort really destroys this carriage and the Order of the Phoenix, what will Dumbledore, who has no worries or considerations, do at that time?
A hopeless person is always ten thousand times more terrifying than a hopeful person.
Leaving this Hogwarts car with only a few dozen students is tantamount to putting Dumbledore in shackles and shackles. For these children, he will not risk himself, nor will he There is no idea of any fish or fish.
As long as he didn't destroy his hope, which was as small as a candle, then Dumbledore was safe, and it was the safest for Voldemort.
And for the only remaining students on the carriage who were not oppressed and enslaved, Dumbledore was their last protective barrier. If the old man disappeared one day in the future, then the sky in the wizarding world would be completely dark down.
Voldemort's best choice now is to suppress Hogwarts quantitatively, keep it from being completely destroyed, and at the same time prevent it from developing too much.
Even Jon suspects that Hogwarts can still **** Muggle-born students from that Hogwarts castle every year, and it is very likely that Voldemort did it on purpose.
When the candle is about to go out, he will keep the candle burning until Dumbledore's candle is completely burned out, and let him spend his whole life for this extinguished fire!
Having figured this out, Jon also fell silent.
He looked at the gray hair and beard of the old man on the opposite side, and he knew very clearly that even wizards can usually live for one or two hundred years, but the year-round hard work still made this man almost a lifetime of fighting against two generations of Dark Lords. The old wizard has exhausted a lot of energy.
Dumbledore seemed to see Jon's sad mood, and he laughed, very freely.
"Don't feel sorry for me, Jon, I didn't do this for anyone, I just wanted to do it. Just like your teacher, if it was in the past, who would believe that he would have the guts to be an undercover agent?"
Jon hesitated. After hesitating for a moment, he finally decided to ask this question, which he had always wanted to ask the day Lily took him into the carriage.
"Professor, I want to know, how did you lose to the Dark Lord? Has he really become so powerful that no one can defeat him?
(end of this chapter)