"Ah, I'm sorry. After babbling about what had passed for half an hour, Professor Dumbledore took off his glasses, wiped them, and spoke. "I'm sorry. Older people sometimes like to reminisce about the past, making you two wait for a long time. ”

"It's okay, Professor. Ryan smiled and said, "We've learned a lot of things from the stories you just told us that we didn't know before, and that's good for our next move." ”

"Oh, what did you hear?" Dumbledore looked at Ryan with his blue eyes curiously, he just said those things, on the one hand, it was indeed a gaffe, and on the other hand, he wanted to remind Ryan through the story one by one, that the people they killed in the war also had relatives and friends, and were living people, not just an abstract concept of a brutal Death Eater.

So Dumbledore was now very curious about what Ryan had gotten out of what he had just said, so he leaned his elbows on the table and made a gesture of listening.

"I've found that the connection between wizards in England is much more than I had previously thought. Ryan said that from Professor Dumbledore's story, Ryan found that the network of relationships built by pure-blood families was far more complex than he had imagined.

It also reminded him that even if the conflict between the two sides had reached that point in the original text, purebloods like Neville and Ginny could still attend classes in the seventh year. Even if they had organized a revolt, the Death Eaters had not harmed their lives. This is not a simple reason for not wanting to waste the lives of pure-blood wizards.

"For us, that means there's a lot more we need to do to keep the innocent from being harmed. Ryan looked at Dumbledore and stated, "I think there should be a lot of people asking you to restrain our behavior and stop killing. ”

"Yes," Professor Dumbledore nodded in acknowledgement, "there are indeed people here asking me to stop your kind of killing and destruction. Children, know that any killing leaves an indelible scar on the soul. Of course, I'm not asking you to take a lot of things into account in battle, that's unreasonable. Just hope you can reduce some of the killings if you can. ”

"We are not murderous people, and you can tell from our previous actions that we did not even harm the house-elves who attacked us, because even if they attacked us, they were only the result of orders, they were just tools. Ryan explained. "Every single person we have killed has solid evidence that they deserved to die!"

"None of us has the right to decide the lives of others, no one. Headmaster Dumbledore raised his voice and said, "So it's not appropriate for you to execute the Death Eaters who have no resistance after the battle. ”

"So what do we do?" Ryan discovers that Dumbledore is not taboo about killing enemies in battle, after all, he is also a man who has been through many cruel wars, whether wizarding or Muggle. But he wanted everything to run in some kind of order, such as the trial of those criminals and the punishment of their crimes. Rather than a direct execution using similar primitive means of bloody revenge as Ryan did.

"I don't know. Surprisingly, Dumbledore didn't preach as before, but shook his head in annoyance. "After all, you are protecting the hostages when you are surrounded by enemies, and it is not appropriate to force you to bring them back for trial, and it will put you in danger. And if they are released, they will cause more casualties later. ”

"Yes, that's the biggest problem we have, Professor. Hermione added. "Killing is a terrible choice, but it guarantees that they don't do any more evil and that no innocent people are harmed. ”

"You-a-alas!" Professor Dumbledore let out a long sigh, many things could not reach the perfect ending during the war years, and even Professor Dumbledore, who claimed to be the most powerful white wizard, could not come up with a solution that could have the best of both worlds in the current situation.

After all, Dumbledore, who has been the headmaster for many years and is over 100 years old, is not a saint, but he is a really good man. So from his standpoint, he couldn't accuse Ryan of being wrong for them to protect innocent Muggles, even if it was accompanied by killing. At the same time, he can't deny that although the methods they took before Ryan were a little more radical, they were a very reasonable choice at that time.

"Okay, let's not talk about that. Dumbledore waved his hand weakly, a feeling of exhaustion coming out of him. The core of the wizarding world is still power, so the power of Ryan is basically the same level as him, and it is obviously an ally. Dumbledore could only use persuasion rather than forcible orders.

So when he found that he couldn't find a reason for persuasion that he approved in his heart, Dumbledore automatically gave up the discussion of the question and moved on to the next one. In his eyes, defeating Voldemort now and restoring order to the British wizarding world is the most important thing. Some things that are not satisfactory in the process can be put aside for a while.

Not to mention that Ryan's killing was not in line with the headmaster's ethics, but from another point of view, the damage caused by Ryan's previous actions attracted the attention of Voldemort and the Death Eaters, and greatly reduced the pressure on Dumbledore's side.

"In addition to the question about the killing, there is also your previous destruction of the estates and plantations. I hope you will give me a reasonable explanation. Professor Dumbledore quickly gathered up and asked the next question. "Your damage is not something that can be repaired in a short period of time, and even the damage in many places takes about the same amount of work as rebuilding. ”

"You know, these ancient magical plant plantations, magical creature farms, house-elf workshops, and mines are an important part of the British wizarding world, and they are also one of the foundations of the British wizarding world. If you do this, we will lose a lot even if the war is won. ”

"But that's something we need to think about after we've won the war, isn't it?" said Ryan with a serious face. "If we can't cut off the Death Eaters' source of wealth completely, I don't think we need to think about the future of British magic. Moreover, these estates have now been mortgaged to American wizards, and they do not belong to the United Kingdom, to be exact. ”

"And by destroying those estates, we've cut off some of the cash flow and material flow for the Death Eaters. At the same time, it also caused a lot of bad debts in the United States Gringotts and the American Magic Kingdom that stood behind the Death Eaters. On the premise that our cousins on the other side of the Atlantic are unwilling to fight directly, a large number of losses will force them to stop in time. That is, to reduce the covert funding of the Death Eaters. ”

"The bottom line is that we already have the means to make up for those losses. Hermione added to a somewhat worried Professor Dumbledore. "Our intensive plantations in the north provide a large part of the resources, and in the period around Christmas, I will stay here and build a few plantations or workshops in the areas under our control to make up for most of the shortfall. ”

"If that's the case, of course it's good news. Dumbledore touched his white beard. "But as far as I know, you may need a lot of resources and wealth to do so. ”

"Rest assured, I have absolutely no problem in this regard. Ryan assured Headmaster Dumbledore in no uncertain terms. ”