Taking a long sip of Butterbeer, Dumbledore said, "So, what do you think of Professor Quirrell?" ”

Phyllis just picked up the cup, put it down again, and said, "What? She didn't quite understand what Dumbledore meant by asking.

Sitting in a richly decorated but worn-out high-backed chair, Dumbledore fell into his memories and said, "I went to Professor Quirrell to be a professor at Hogwarts, and it was a fine afternoon, and he was wearing a new red robe......"

Dumbledore babbled a little about Quirrell's time at Hogwarts, but it didn't help. After seeing Dumbledore pause, Phyllis casually chimed in, "Yes, Professor Quirrell has been teaching seriously all these years. ”

"Professor Quirrell is young, not yet thirty." Dumbledore said this abruptly, he looked at Phyllis and said, "You're right, he's been working hard to get applause and cheers. ”

"That's normal, isn't it?" Phyllis finally picked up the cup, and did not answer in a hurry, but took a sip of black tea before saying, "People always want to be better. ”

"Yes, people always want to be better." Dumbledore sighed slightly and said, "But there are many options on the road to becoming better, and Professor Quirrell, including Tom before, has made the wrong choice. ”

Dumbledore's statement alludes to the fact that Tom had made the wrong choice before, so what about you? Phyllis and Tom have many similarities, such as a tragic childhood and an extremely talented talent for magic...... This forced Dumbledore to be cautious about Phyllis in case Tom's situation happened again.

"They don't know what's right and what's wrong." Phyllis said something that was very much in line with Ravenclaw's thinking, "Ignorance blinds them and leads them to narrow-mindedness, to extremes." ”

"Ravenclaw celebrates knowledge and wisdom." Dumbledore smiled, quickly retracting his smile and said seriously, "But knowledge and wisdom can help people make the right choices?" ”

Dumbledore said this in a tone that was not strong, but it did have some doubts, not about Ravenclaw's thoughts, but about Phyllis's thoughts.

"Yes." Phyllis's heart has long since become turbulent, but on the surface it is still a light and breezy appearance.

This was the first time she had revealed her thoughts in front of Dumbledore, and it was different from the idea of "love" that Dumbledore had always admired.

At this point, Dumbledore was already visibly frowning and said, "Of course I believe that a wise man like Miss Ravenclaw can cut through the layers of fog and see the true trajectory of events. But for most people, having such knowledge and wisdom is an unattainable thing. Caught in the middle of the authorities, we often can't clearly tell whether the path we have chosen is right or wrong. At this time, what we need is persistence in love, and only then can we get rid of pain and killing and have a happy life. ”

At this time, a strange thought suddenly popped into Phyllis's mind, she felt that Dumbledore at this time was very much like a priest, preaching love and kindness in the church, almost holding a Bible in his hand. But then again, as the spiritual leader of the entire British wizarding community, Dumbledore himself acts as a priest-like social duty, though this is likely unconscious.

Putting aside these cluttered thoughts, Phyllis said, "Acknowledging one's ignorance is a prerequisite for acquiring knowledge and possessing wisdom." And love is the precious knowledge left to us by the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...... We should abide by it. ”

This argument is a bit far-fetched, but the truth is that none of the four founders of Hogwarts left a precept about "love". The admiration for "love" is actually Headmaster Dumbledore's own thoughts.

Dumbledore's expression was a little complicated when he looked at Phyllis. The girl he personally recruited into Hogwarts and stayed in the castle for six years chose a completely different path than he did. Phyllis has always adhered to the knowledge and wisdom that Ravenclaw Academy revered, and love is only recognized by her as a result.

Despite her nervousness, Phyllis bravely stared at Dumbledore. She knew that in addition to "love", Dumbledore believed in "tolerance", and there were many different people in the Order of the Phoenix he founded, which was the power of tolerance. However, Phyllis also knows that the premise of "tolerance" is "love", and only those who believe in "love" will be tolerated by Dumbledore.

From this point of view, both the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters have clear requirements for the minds of their members. The Death Eaters demanded loyalty to the dark arts, and the Order of the Phoenix demanded a belief in the power of love.

As a result, Phyllis could not become Dumbledore's "own person", and she could not even join the Order of the Phoenix.

Phyllis didn't know what Dumbledore would do to himself as an "outsider", and in the bedroom before, Chen's advice was just to wait and see. Relying on nothing more than his own influence in the Ravenclaw faction.

Dumbledore took another sip of Butterbeer and said in a slow tone, "I have received information that Professor Quirrell has the intention to harm Hogwarts......"

As for Dumbledore's thoughts, Phyllis had some vague speculation, he should want to see himself and the Death Eaters and Voldemort face off.

Voldemort was not a forgiving man, Dumbledore was well aware of that. In the face of such a retribution, once she becomes his enemy, then Phyllis does not want to join the ranks of the Death Eaters.

"Do you need me to do anything, Headmaster?" Phyllis immediately said, "I've lived at Hogwarts for six years, this is my home, and I won't allow anyone to threaten her stability and order. ”

"Nothing." Dumbledore said, "I just wish you could pay more attention to Professor Quirrell, he's doing so strangely. ”

"Okay." Phyllis replied.

She wasn't worried about offending Voldemort and the Death Eaters, or what she had done before, having greatly offended Tom.

But what does it matter? Phyllis didn't have much faith in Tom, she didn't think he would be able to win.

However, she only got an errand to spy on Quirrell, which was still quite far from what Phyllis had expected, and she thought ...... Dumbledore would show her the Philosopher's Stone!