Chapter 237: Dumbledore's Weakness
Brie heard another meaning in Dumbledore's words.
ββ¦ But they left Hogwarts behind, right, a school that had been beaten by time for thousands of years and not fallen. β
"Yes." Dumbledore nodded.
"As long as the original intention is good, even if it fails, there will always be something valuable." Dumbledore seemed to be talking about himself and others, and his whole person exuded an open-minded and calm attitude.
"Of course, I'm not taking you to see this to refute your point of view or influence your judgment."
Dumbledore looked at Brie's still pensive appearance, blinked mischievously, and laughed, interrupting Brie's thoughts.
"Don't worry about these things, because no one can predict the full future."
"Do you know why the Big Four parted ways, Ode?"
Brie nodded, there was some mention of this paragraph.
"Because of the increasing number of half-blood wizards and Muggle wizards, the Big Three except Slytherin decided to recruit these wizards, much to the dissatisfaction of Slytherin, who insisted on pure-bloodism, and Slytherin left Hogwarts after a conflict with Gryffindor."
"After that, the other three giants gradually contradicted each other, and of course, only a few words were recorded in this part."
"Yes, the source is in the bloodline of wizards." Dumbledore nodded with a little regret: "This is the change of times, when the Muggle kingdom underwent a revolution, and the Holy See that hunted wizards was no longer free to deal with wizards, so the number of wizards born in the Muggle world gradually increased, and Hogwarts, as a school, would not refuse their joining." β
Dumbledore gestured to the Pen of Acceptance and the Book of Access.
"Hogwarts is impartial, he will not favor any house, any wizard, even the headmaster and professors, this is also the magic set by the Big Four at the beginning, anyone who wants to win the favor of Hogwarts must show their strength."
Brie nodded, the Big Four lived in a dark age, strength is what wizards rely on to survive, and there is nothing wrong with such an atmosphere at Hogwarts.
"But times have changed now, and Muggles are growing too fast." Dumbledore spoke suddenly.
"Hogwarts may be changing with the headmasters."
"But...... Not at all, wizards are no less dangerous now than they were in the Dark Ages a thousand years ago, and the Holy See may be dead, but that doesn't affect the Muggles' fear of wizards. β
After thinking for a moment, Dumbledore slowly spoke: "Whether it is Muggles or wizards, it is difficult for human leaders to allow exceptions, especially those that can threaten them... The people at the bottom must be ignorant, voiceless, and follow the crowd, and it only takes a horrific story from the leaders to get them to raise a torch together and burn a poor man to death. β
Dumbledore's emotions were a little agitated, and he slowly calmed down before looking at Brie.
Brie seemed to be shackled to his ankles, but he tried to back away but was pulled by Dumbledore, unable to move.
"Thank you for your natural magic, Brie Ode, it is the luck of wizards, and I can responsibly tell you that wizards are vulnerable to Muggles, both then and now...... But your natural magic strengthens the wizard's strength. β
Dumbledore's eyes darkened, and he continued, "The appearance of natural magic is also wrong, it will breed the arrogance of wizards and increase their contempt for Muggles, especially dark wizards, because you have not restricted their learning. β
"Many wizards don't know that the International Wizarding Union Secrecy Act protects wizards, not Muggles, and wizarding leaders have chosen to forget this original purpose and fall into self-aggrandizing fantasies."
"What about you?" Brie asked, he suddenly felt a little sad in his heart, he didn't understand what the point of learning magic was, was it to facilitate the hiding of the East, then he went from a Muggle to a wizard from a strong to a weak?
"Me?" Dumbledore closed his eyes and said slowly: "The Secrecy Law protects wizards, and I protect the Secrecy Law, this is my bottom line and my weakness. β
"Huh?" Brie staggered back, he was frightened, he didn't expect Dumbledore to speak out about his weakness in front of him so unscrupulously.
"What are you doing, Dumbledore!"
Brie regretted coming to the office, but at this point, he couldn't escape, because he was a wizard, and he had his own insistent wizards, not Peter and others who could fake their lives and escape at will.
"Do you want to keep the wizard and Muggle balanced, Brie Ode?" Dumbledore stared at Brie's red eyes and silver-white hair, which were slowly revealing because of nervousness, looking forward to it.
Brie pursed his lips and didn't answer for a long time, as a wizard from the welfare house and with An Qing's memories, he knew better how much potential humans without magic had, they focused their talents on knowledge and creation, and they had a power that wizards could not match, including him.
Exhaling, Brie gritted his teeth and said, "Have you ever seen something that can blow up the entire wizarding world, Dumbledore?" β
Dumbledore was silent, indicating that he had seen it.
"No wonder you've been looking for balance, and you're afraid of the apocalyptic scene, which is indeed more terrifyingly dark than the Holy See thousands of years ago." Brie tried to come to his senses, so fast that he was a little taken aback.
When Brie's eyes and hair returned to their original state, he slowly revealed his identity - "I'm a wizard... Also human... But not Muggles. β
After saying this, Brie was a little lighter, at least he found the common ground between wizards and Muggles, which is why Dumbledore did not collapse by looking directly into the darkness.
Brie took a deep breath and glared at Dumbledore coldly, "Thank you for opening Pandora for me. β
Dumbledore seemed to appreciate Brina's similar expression to him when he first found out about it, and he humorously said, "Oh, that's my Pandora too...... Haha, I feel a lot more relaxed after sharing. β
Brie straightened out the neckline, which was a little hot because of irritability, and let the heat out.
"Phew, your savior is Potter, you should share it with him!"
"I can't be you, as a great wizard, you can live at least a hundred years, don't throw your burden away!"
Brie seemed to have forgotten the previous conversation with Dumbledore, and threw away the negative emotions brought by Dumbledore without any pressure, at least not to let these become Brie's shackles.
"I will leave the wizarding world when I can't do anything, but I won't give up my life for hard work." Brie looked at Dumbledore, and he thought that Dumbledore was such a person, probably the so-called greatest white wizard.
Dumbledore slowly replied to Brie's wordsβ
"Harry is the savior of England, not of this world, and he doesn't need to know this."
"I don't need you to be me... I just need to make sure you don't become him. β
"As for living another hundred yearsβ" Dumbledore thought of Ariana outside the house, and Aberforth at the Hog's Head Bar, and he was a little silent......
"Can't you let an old wizard have a vacation of his own, I want to spend more time with my family."
"Huh!" Brie laughed.
"Are you afraid that I will become Grindelwald again, start a wizarding war against Muggles, and break the Wizarding Secrecy Act?"
"Before, you were afraid that I would become Voldemort, then you were afraid that I would become an extreme pureblood, and now you are afraid that I will become Grindelwald, and you say that you don't need me to become you...... Dumbledore, this is your own burden, and I don't have such great ambitions. β
"No, you have." Dumbledore looked at Brie softly with his blue eyes, which reminded him of the source of his Patronus Charm that he had told Dumbledore in the carriage.
"Abominable old man." Brie scolded, lashed out at Dumbledore again, and hurried out of the room.
"Bang... Bang! "The door was slammed slammed with great force, and it fell down overwhelmed along with the door frame.
"Bang!" The door of the outhouse was also slammed shut.
"Young people, this world should have been handed over to you." Dumbledore sighed softly, although he stabilized Brie with righteousness, but he couldn't intervene in how Brie chose him when he calmed down, but it was enough, as he said, as long as Brie didn't become Grindelwald, and Voldemort and extreme pure-bloods were also disdainful of Brie's temperament.
Dumbledore looked at the Book of Access and the Pen of Acceptance, opened the delicate glass bottle in his hand once more, and poured the thread of memory into it.
It was the second time he had done so, the last time he had been at Hogwarts, and then he had met Grindelwald, someone with whom he shared a purpose......
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Brie, who walked out of Dumbledore's office, quickly calmed down completely, or he was not angry at all, but he just didn't want to see Dumbledore.
"It's a trap, Dumbledore, you bad old man."
Brie never imagined that a kind-looking old man would be so bad, so that Brie was now entangled, so irritated that he wanted to drop out of school and go back to the Muggle world and transfer to Stonewall!
"Heh, no wonder you don't look down on pure-bloods and Voldemort, Dumbledore, so it seems that they are indeed a group of small people, no matter how chaotic they are, they are just changing the master of the wizarding world, not bringing the wizarding world into complete destruction."
Do purebloods dare to expose the wizarding world, of course not, they are probably more afraid of being exposed to Muggles than Dumbledore.
And whether Voldemort dares, Brie can't say for the time being, he should ask Tom, or find some information to make a judgment.
"Hey, Brie, you're finally out..."Brie was meditating in the hallway when he heard Draco's voice in the distance, and Brie's stomach rumbled as Draco waved his wand, showing off his illusion charm.
There's only one thing people think about when they're hungry, and that's to fill their stomachs, and the late-night snack that Draco brought saved Brie from the trouble of disturbing the house-elves.
"Thank you, Draco, for taking me out of trouble." Brie smiled suddenly, throwing aside the responsibility that Dumbledore had imposed on him, he hadn't taken care of his own affairs, where would he have time to care about anything else, wait until he was full.