There's nothing she can do for a year, and Pauc knows it well, so she doesn't tell Red that Tom is here. By the time the summer vacation had passed, Red was already in seventh grade. He had stepped down as a Slytherin prefect, but his reputation in Slytherin House was unmatched. Sgollahhorn laughed that if he was willing to stay in school after graduation, then he could retire.

"Retirement?" When she heard Red say this during dinner, she was very curious: "Is he telling the truth?" She handed him the fried fish, "Eat, eat, this is what I learned from the house-elves." ”

Red took a big bite: "It's very delicious, what's in it?" "I think he should be serious." If he recommends it, maybe I'll be able to stay in school? ”

"You want to stay in school? I thought you were going to the Ministry of Magic as soon as you graduated. Rose said. He worked the Daily Prophet this summer, so that if he wanted to work at the Ministry of Magic after graduation, at least his resume should be impressive.

"Step by step from the Ministry of Magic? It's too slow. I can't spend all my time on qualifications. He waved his fork, "I have a great idea!" Dumbledore had already been nominated for the Minister of Magic, and if he took over as Headmaster, it would be easy to get closer to the Ministry of Magic! He looked at Pauss and said, "This should be much easier." I mean, Hogwarts is at least simpler than the Ministry of Magic, and there are fewer people who want to be headmaster, and even fewer who can be headmaster. ”

Paules wanted to remind him that Dumbledore was a very, very long-lived wizard, but given Red's personality, she decided he should suffer some setbacks.

So she just chimed in and said, "Oh? He does look old. But that didn't stop him from living a little longer.

Red was glad to get her approval: "Actually, the age of wizards is not so easy to tell. Like Sgollahhorn, I think he's about the same age as Dumbledore, or at least not as young as he looks. ”

"Really?" Baosi said in surprise, but she thought about it and nodded, "That's right, it should be like this." "Sgollahhorn was already Head of Slytherin when he taught Tom, so he was at least thirty or forty years old, and when Potter the little hero appeared, he returned to the castle, and by then he was more than a hundred years old, right? But it wasn't as old as Dumbledore.

Red wanted to talk about the Fountain of Youth, but swallowed it back, and he looked at Pauche carefully, and found that the Fountain of Youth had been working: "Mom, just like you, you look very young, not like my mother at all. ”

Her son's compliment made her happy, and she accepted the compliment with a smile.

For Red, his worries are his ambitions and his age gap. No matter how anxious he was, no one would think that a seventeen-year-old wizard who had just graduated could become a mainstay of the Ministry of Magic, it would take him a long time, but he didn't have enough patience anymore.

At night, before going to bed, Pauss sat in front of the mirror, and she held her face and looked left and right, if she didn't look at her hands, she was still very young, as if she hadn't changed since she moved to the castle with Red.

"Is this a crossing perk?" Forever young? Pauche muttered, thinking for the first time that fate wasn't too bad for her. Although it would be good if she could have the strength, such as being born into a good family or a good era, it is better than nothing.

She told Dumbledore about Red's ambitions, and she worried, "Will you accept him to stay in school after graduation?" Tom wanted to stay at the school as well, but Headmaster Deppert rejected him, thinking that Dumbledore must have done a lot of work. What if he also rejected Red?

Dumbledore shook his head and said, "Red...... If he wanted to stay, I certainly wouldn't refuse him. I'm just worried about whether he'll stay here when things don't go the way he thinks. ”

Pauss immediately understood what he meant. If she was not mistaken, Dumbledore's choice for the next Headmaster was Professor McGonagall, the current Head of Gryffindor, who also served as Professor of Transfiguration. Therefore, it is impossible for Red to stay in the school and become the headmaster of Hogwarts in the future, he is not a suitable candidate for the headmaster, he is too ambitious, and he will not stay in the castle for a lifetime.

Poise was relieved that instead of letting Red run out and rambling, she would leave him at Hogwarts. When he was a little older, thirty years later, if he still wanted to be Minister of Magic by then, at least he wouldn't be as impulsive as he was now.

She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, so I'm relieved." "Anyway, even without Professor McGonagall, Dumbledore is a very long-lived man, and it is impossible for Red to survive until he dies and takes over as Headmaster.

"Aren't you worried? You're not trying to make Red ......" Dumbledore looked surprised.

"Oh, are you serious?" Instead, she looked more surprised than him, "I thought you would understand what I meant." ”

Dumbledore used his look to show that he didn't understand at all.

"Anyway, I think Tom will slow down this year, you must have a way to stop him, right?" I'm sure you'll be able to do it! ”

Dumbledore suddenly realized.

Pauss took out the Resurrection Stone Ring that she had taken from Tom's hand. After Liang Shan fired a gun at the time, he was looted. He wore a ring on his left and right hands, and on his left hand was their wedding ring, just an unpretentious ring, and there was not even a single gem on it. However, at that time, with her financial resources, she could only afford such a simple ring. Liang Shan didn't care about it, but took off the resurrection stone ring on his right hand. She wasn't really robbing, she wanted to take all the magic items.

Now she handed the ring to Dumbledore: "I took it from Tom at this time. ”

When Dumbledore saw the ring, he didn't even seem to dare touch it: "Oh...... Merlin...... What do I see? ”

He carefully received it in a box and locked it up with a lock.

"Tom once gave Red a gold box, but then I don't know where it was." "I guess maybe he took it back again," she said. ”

"Tom collects them." Dumbledore sighed nostalgically, "From the first time I met him, I found out that he loved the loot. He shook his head slowly, "He hasn't changed at all. ”

Pauss wanted to quietly inspire him: "I thought, if we want to find a way to catch Tom, or can we start with these things?" If he liked such precious things so much. In fact, he told me before that he worked as a clerk in an antique shop. ”

Dumbledore shook his head, "Rose, I'm not an Auror. He said sadly, "It's not about sending Tom to jail for a change." ”

Pauss could see that he seemed disheartened, was that the same at the time? When Tom first became Voldemort, he couldn't do anything about him. It's not that simple to beat him completely, and he's been waiting for his chance.

She tried to convince him, "Professor, I'm not a wizard, but I know that Tom might do something, and he would hurt a lot of people. So if possible, why can't we lock him up first and then decide what to do with him? Whether you want to convince him or wake him up, isn't it important to arrest him and lock him up first? ”

As long as you catch him first and lock him up, the danger is reduced.

"What about his followers?" Dumbledore said.

"I don't believe in eternal loyalty," said Paus, "and who knows where those allegiances come from. Coercion or inducement? I used to be Tom's wife, and even I didn't give him my loyalty, let alone anyone else? "As soon as Tom falls, those people will leave him, and there is a reason for that.

Dumbledore smiled, "Oh, if you think so, then maybe we can have a plan?" Just like you planned back then. ”

That's when Ross understood! She pointed at him in shock: "Oh my God! I can't believe it! Are you framing me? ”

- The old fox!

Dumbledore reassured her, "Rose, I believe we are the same. "There is a common goal.

She was angry.