In the Headmaster's room at Hogwarts, after listening to Ryan and Hermione's arguments, Dumbledore lay his hands on the table and pondered. The golden sunlight poured in through the window, outlining a golden border for Dumbledore with his back to the window.

"Well, I need to admit that it would be very unreasonable to ask you to keep your hands at that time. After thinking for a moment, Dumbledore said, "But I still want you two to kill as few people as possible when you are in a normal battle." Because killing affects the soul of a person. ”

Not much different from what Ryan had expected. As an old man who has experienced two brutal wars, Professor Dumbledore is just principled and has a bottom line. It's not as dogmatic as many people think. So, with a reasonable explanation, he naturally accepted Ryan and Hermione's previous practice of killing hands in the London Ministry of Magic.

Of course, Dumbledore didn't take Ryan's word of the other and choose to believe it. Before Ryan and the others arrived, he had already received news from the hidden stakes of the Ministry of Magic in London and the rescued hemp wizards who had fled here one after another yesterday. After comparing the two sides, Dumbledore verified that there should be no problem with what Ryan said.

But before he can be completely reassured, Headmaster Dumbledore has one more question to ask. "Ryan, Hermione. Can you tell me why you didn't go back directly after the battle with the ambushers, but went to the Ministry of Magic in London. ”

"That's right, because we captured something from that group of ambushers. Hermione said as she pulled out a piece of parchment from her space pocket, which he had found from Dallux.

"Here's — list. Dumbledore took the paper and looked at it carefully. On the parchment were the identities and addresses of seven or eight people, each with a sign after their name that they needed to be arrested.

"These are some innocent hemp wizards. After reading the list, Dumbledore said that as a Headmaster of Hogwarts for nearly 50 years, the people on the list were all his students. Naturally, he knew very well why these people were being arrested by the Ministry of Magic in London.

"Yes, because there's a name in it that we're a parent of a classmate we know. So when we saw the list, we thought that since we had the ability, we should go to the Ministry of Magic and save the innocent people. Ryan added. "You know I'm usually loaded with supplies, so I checked everything on impulse and set off. ”

"I see!" Dumbledore nodded, for now everything would make sense. After all, Ryan and Hermione are both young people, and it is absolutely understandable that they would come forward in a moment after seeing some kind of injustice or evil. It's just that compared to other peers, Ryan is much more hands-on.

At the same time, this kind of lone wolf random attack not only knew Ryan better, but their own people, Headmaster Dumbledore, did not actually think of it, and Voldemort, as the enemy, they actually didn't think of it. Therefore, the sudden attack on London magic can be said to be chaotic after such an unprepared situation, which also created extremely favorable conditions for the two of them to attack this miraculous attack.

"But I hope you'd better talk to us before you do anything in the future, knowing that you're not alone. Headmaster Dumbledore admonished. "Actually, an ambush like the one you had at the beginning was dangerous, but I didn't stop you out of trust in your strength. But I didn't expect you to suddenly decide to go to the Ministry of Magic. ”

"Children, I commend you for the justice and bravery you showed yesterday. But as an educator, I have to criticize your reckless behavior. Hopefully this won't happen again. Finally, Dumbledore concluded.

"Got it, this won't happen again. Ryan and Hermione assured in unison.

After discussing the matter, Dumbledore began to ask about Harry. "Ryan, could you please check the scarecrow that has been placed here right now? ”

"Absolutely, Professor. Ryan nodded and stood up, then walked over to the black scarecrow and began to examine it carefully. After reciting a large number of incantations and a series of gestures, he pulled out a piece of talisman paper and placed it on his chest. Soon, the rune paper turned a little black from top to bottom, but strangely, there was not a trace of flame on it.

"Everything works fine. After watching the rune paper in his hand turn completely black and brittle until it disappeared. Ryan turned to Dumbledore. "The connection between the mysterious man's soul hidden in Harry and the straw man is getting stronger and stronger, and I think in a week we can solve this problem permanently. ”

"Ah, that's good. Dumbledore stroked his beard and nodded, "After destroying this soul, the next thing is the last snake." It's just very bad that, for some unknown reason, Voldemort is now inseparable from that snake. We just couldn't find a way to kill that snake. ”

"What unfortunate news. Ryan said. "Since he didn't hide the snake in some hidden place, that should be a good thing. At the very least, it is clear to us where we are targeting. ”

"Hearing you say that, it's not bad news that the snake is next to Voldemort. A smile appeared on Dumbledore's face. "You're in a very good mindset, and that's the optimism we need right now. ”

"Professor Dumbledore," Hermione asked directly after seeing Ryan finish testing the straw man now. "What is the state of the war now? Last week we didn't get good news in France, and they even openly refused to recognize Hogsmeade's Ministry of Magic. When we talked to Madame Maxim, we found that they were not optimistic about us at all. ”

'It can't be helped, although we have stabilized the front and made sure that Scotland and Ireland are under our control. But neither financially nor manpower, we really can't compete with the Ministry of Magic controlled by a group of pure-blood wizard families in London. Dumbledore said in a slow tone. "The only chance we can win in a short period of time is to completely destroy Voldemort in a decisive battle. ”

At this, Dumbledore shook his head. "But Voldemort has been on track since the last interception of Harry, and it will be difficult for us to complete the decapitation. At the same time, with the absolute superiority, the pure-blood families managed to reduce Voldemort's urge to kill Harry in a short time. They want to strangle us little by little with the existing advantages. ”

"Originally, those pure-blooded wizards had an advantage in individual combat level, but we had an advantage in numbers. But now with the intervention of the United States, dark wizards from all over the country are rushing to England in a steady stream. ”

"So it's all about money, and Gringotts is really bad for us to have it in London. Ryan immediately understood what was wrong.

In the current situation, although the Wizarding Congress of the United States intervened in the civil war in the wizarding world of England, they did not dare to directly break the international agreement signed by wizards of various countries not to intervene in the civil war, so they flowed funds through the connection between the financial institutions of the two sides.

The fact that Gringotts from the United Kingdom and the United States came from the same source provided great convenience for the flow of money between them, and the money from the United States flowed into Gringotts in this way, and then was used by Voldemort to hire scum and many dark creatures from all over Europe into the battlefield and consume them on Dumbledore's side.

"It seems that we have to find a way, at least not to resist the dark side of the entire European wizarding world with half the strength of Britain as we do now. Hermione concluded.