Chapter 1664: Dumbledore's Past
Despite being a member of the Order of the Phoenix, Evan had never met Ephias Dorjee himself at the Order of the Phoenix headquarters before.
He was too old, and as a close friend of Dumbledore and a classmate from his student days, he was far less physical and energetic than Dumbledore.
At such an age, Dorjee couldn't even stand on his feet, so naturally he couldn't participate in the Order of the Phoenix activities, but his obituary about Dumbledore published in the newspaper was impressive, and his understanding and loyalty to Dumbledore was far higher than that of others.
Dorjee has also contributed to the Hogwarts Wizardry and Wizardry newspaper several times before, publishing articles on it in support of Dumbledore.
Because he was a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Magic before his retirement, and served as a special adviser to the Wizengamot for a long time, Dorjee's article was very influential.
There are many things that Dumbledore would not be able to do in person, and the Order of the Phoenix needs a respected wizard like Ephias Dorjee to express his opinion and express some ideas that are in favor of Dumbledore or in favor of the Order of the Phoenix. In a sense, he played no less of a role than those who rushed to the front lines to fight the Death Eaters.
The last time Dorjee became known to the public was because of the obituary he wrote about Dumbledore.
In that obituary, Evan had seen a picture of Dorjee, and Harry must have recognized him because of this.
"Let's go over and say hi, Elaine, you're with us. "Don't go it alone, we'd better look for Ron ...... again."
"You two seem worried. Elaine squinted at Evan and Hermione, "Could it be that the Death Eaters would break in?"
"Believe me, it's quite possible. ”
"If they capture the Ministry of Magic, it will only be a matter of minutes to break down the Ministry of Magic, which protects the Burrow, and if that is the case, we will be ready to escape. ”
"You don't think the Ministry of Magic will collapse today, do you?" Elaine asked, surprised.
"Do you think Voldemort would tolerate us having a wedding right under his nose and doing nothing?" Evan asked rhetorically, "If that's the case, then he's not Voldemort." Scrimgeour wanted to attack the Death Eaters' stronghold, but he didn't realize that Voldemort also wanted to attack the Ministry of Magic, and he probably had already made an operation, which would be much easier for him than Scrimgeour to attack Malfoy Manor. By the way, Elaine, I let you carry your wand with you last night, did you bring it?"
"Bring it, I just used it to get rid of that nasty guy who calls himself an international star, and he's probably going to have a nosebleed all the time. ”
"Good job, but I'll allow you to use more magic when it comes to the Death Eaters. Evan said.
He observed a second of silence for Krum, and he made sure to find a good partner before he talked to a beautiful girl next time.
But then again, Evan knew that Elaine had been very restrained, otherwise it would not be as simple as a nosebleed.
In a sense, vampire magic is almost all black magic, and it is terrifyingly damaging.
"Hopefully my worries are unwarranted, maybe Scrimgeour is stronger than I thought. Evan continued.
But no matter how hard Scrimgeour struggled, it was only a matter of time before the Ministry of Magic fell.
It's either today or tomorrow, and Aven and the others must be ready to leave the Burrow at any time.
In the corner of the tent, Harry seemed to be talking to Dorjee about Dumbledore's past.
"You are right, my dear child. Dorjee said, his voice very high-pitched, gasping and gasping, "I've known Dumbledore for the longest time, and if you don't count Aberforth, somehow, people don't seem to count Aberforth, in fact, very few people ...... anymore."
He stopped, gasping for air, his cloudy eyes warily looking at Evan, Hermione, and Elaine as they approached.
"Don't worry, this is Aven, he's wearing the same makeup as me, you know Evan Mason, right?" said Harry.
"Of course, of course!" Dorjee said nervously and happily, "I wrote to Evan before, of course you are here, Arthur told me, I am really confused, I should have thought of it a long time ago." Sit down, boys, I just told my dear Harry about my acquaintance with Dumbledore, and that was a long time ago. ”
"Were you classmates?" asked Hermione curiously.
"Just like you, Arbus and I entered Hogwarts in the same year and lived in the same bedroom, and for a while we were inseparable. Dorjee said wistfully, his little eyes suddenly filled with tears, "It's a long memory, Dumbledore as a student showed amazing talent, as I mentioned in my obituary, talented." Before graduating, he attracted the attention of many magic masters of the time, and even more advanced than professors in some magical studies. ”
"Since that obituary was mentioned, Mr. Dorjee, I don't know if you saw it......" Harry asked.
"Oh, my dear child, call me Epheas, as you can all call me. ”
"Epheas, I wonder if you saw Rita Skeeter's interview with Dumbledore in the Daily Prophet?"
Dorjee's face suddenly turned red with anger, and he said indignantly, "I saw it, Harry, I saw it." That woman, I think it would be more appropriate to call her a bald eagle, she actually pestered me to talk to her. I'm ashamed to say that I was also very rude at the time, and called her a nosy and nasty mother-in-law, and as a result, as you probably saw, she poured dirty water on me and slandered me for being delirious. Children, don't believe what she said, don't believe a word, it's all made up. ”
However, Rita Skeeter hinted in that interview that Professor Dumbledore had been exposed to the Dark Arts as a young man. ”
"No, that's fake, don't believe a word, Harry, don't let anything taint your memory of Albus Dumbledore!"
Dorjee had a pained expression on his face, because his tone was so hurried, he could only keep saying "don't believe a word" in the end.
For a moment, the atmosphere fell silent.
Harry stared at Dorjee's sincere, pained face, not comforted, but disappointed.
Did Dorjee really think that things were that simple, and that Harry just had to choose not to believe it?
What he really cared about was not whether Dumbledore had studied the Dark Arts or not, but the meaning behind it.
It wasn't all that surprising that Dumbledore dabbled in the Dark Arts.
Evan had long known that the Headmaster had never applied those spells because he was too noble, but that didn't mean he didn't know, such as the Horcrux spell, and the wizards in this world were probably the most aware of this extremely evil dark magic in addition to the despicable Helmo and Voldemort.
Dark magic needs to be driven by evil thoughts, but that doesn't mean that all wizards who use it are evil.