Chapter 48: Ranlock: 6
Hogwarts, Headmaster's Office.
Behind his desk, Dumbledore held a quill and wrote on a piece of paper, occasionally putting it down completely in a contemplative motion.
As the Headmaster of Hogwarts, all the portraits and ghosts in this castle are his eyes. Except for the common rooms of the various colleges, almost everything in the castle was under his watch.
He will often use this advantage to observe the students in the school, so as to identify those who are extremely talented and focus on their development.
And in Dumbledore's eyes, Ash was such a talent.
He is obviously a person from a hundred years ago, but his thinking is not a little different from that of today's people. You must know that a hundred years ago, not to mention the discrimination between Muggle wizards and pure-blood wizards, the discrimination between men against women was just as serious, and among Muggles at that time, women did not even have the right to vote.
Dumbledore was also a man of his time, so he knew how profoundly the environment affected people. And Ash grew up in such an environment, but was able to have no prejudice against women, which is undoubtedly precious.
While in Diagon Alley, Ash is unaware of the identities of Kassandra Malfoy and Harry Potter, but is still able to treat them as equals without any prejudice at all. He was even able to convince Malfoy's daughter to accept his teachings, which shows that he was kind-hearted and sincere.
He can accurately see Snape's heart, and take the initiative to connect him with Harley, but he does not take the initiative to delve into their secrets, and even Snape has a good impression of him. It can also be seen that Ash is thoughtful and emotionally intelligent in dealing with people.
When he was at the Weasleys' house, he gave Ron Weasley the wand he used to use, and gave Percy Weasley a newest model of broomstick, Halo 2000, just because of the Weasleys' takeover.
In just one month of getting along, the Weasleys all had a very high opinion of him, and even the twins could get along with him.
And when on the train, he can also single-handedly make Kassandra Malfoy, Harry Potter, and Hermione Granger, three women with completely different backgrounds, family backgrounds, talents, and personalities, live in peace.
In the Forbidden Forest, he will not hesitate to cast a powerful spell to kill a troll as a completely unreasonable creature.
But when facing a werewolf who did not take the initiative to attack, he would not choose to strike first, but would wait for the opportunity and observe carefully.
To be honest, even Dumbledore was sweating for Ash, and he didn't even expect the appearance of these werewolves.
Dumbledore didn't understand why these creatures dared to take the initiative to lay siege to a wizard, and he even thought for a moment whether to remove these werewolves from the Forbidden Forest.
However, judging from the subsequent reactions, it seems that these werewolves did not intend to attack Ash, but instead expressed their loyalty to him. To Dumbledore's surprise, werewolves had never had a similar attitude towards other wizards.
Could it be that Ash is also a werewolf? It can't be, there is never a record to show this.
Of course, it is also possible that his father was indeed a werewolf, so he had some werewolf blood in his body. And if that was the case, then his mother hadn't been married to a Muggle back then, and the attitude of the Black family might have improved.
And when the werewolf is surrounded by trolls, Ash will not hesitate to use precious potions to help the werewolf and heal the werewolf's injuries.
Even when he faced Filch's deliberate troubles, there was no discrimination in his words and deeds, but he took some pity on Filch's identity as a Squib, and took the initiative to send the Booster Potion, which is extremely precious even among wizards.
In the former Hogwarts, both teachers and students had surprisingly consistent evaluations of Ash:
Treat people gently and humblely, be honest and kind, and treat everyone equally. And it has a strong strength, but it will not abuse this strength, know how to distinguish between right and wrong, and will not decide the lives of others according to its own preferences......
Dumbledore sighed softly:
"It's no wonder that he can make Professor Figo remember, if he really dies young, it will be a great loss to the wizarding world."
"Luckily, he's still alive."
The fairy rebellion a hundred years ago, the vast majority of people do not know the truth.
Even a few who want to find out the truth will be fooled by Phineas Black's diary, believing that the war was the result of Phineas's exaggeration, in order to satisfy his own selfish desire to make a member of the Black family a hero of Hogwarts.
But Dumbledore knew the truth better than anyone else, and he knew that the events of that time were really about the survival of the entire wizarding world.
In order to obtain the power of ancient magic, the elf Lanlock has carried out evil experiments in the ancient ruins of Hogwarts at the cost of the lives of thousands of wizards and thousands of elves!
If it weren't for Ash Black discovering Langlock's conspiracy in time and forcibly manipulating ancient magic at the cost of his life to die with Lanlock, I'm afraid the entire wizarding world would have been slaughtered by the goblins who had obtained the power of ancient magic!
It can be said that Ash is not only a hero of Hogwarts, but a hero of the entire wizarding world!
When it comes to credit, even Dumbledore asks himself if he can't compare to it.
But unfortunately, because this matter is quite involved, if it is exposed enough to make people in the wizarding world panic, it will also cause a bigger war between goblins and humans. For this reason, a group of people, led by Rector Black and Professor Figo, decided to hide it all, covering it up in an almost 'farce' way.
Because it's so appalling, that's a thousand wizards!
Even today, a hundred years later, there are only about 140 new students enrolled at Hogwarts each year. And even if you add up the population of the entire British wizarding world, there are less than 20,000.
A hundred years ago, that number would have been even lower, perhaps not even 10,000.
In other words, the goblin rebellion set off by Lan Lock back then caused the entire wizarding world to lose more than one-tenth of the wizards!
If you don't count the old and young wizards, then a full third of the young and middle-aged wizards died in this war, and the wizarding world lost an entire generation!
Not only did that battle hurt the vitality of the wizarding world, but the goblins also completely wiped out several tribes for it.
With this series of numbers alone, it is not difficult to imagine that Lan Lock's ruthlessness is simply unscrupulous to achieve his goals!
But it is precisely because the impact is too bad, so once this matter is exposed, it will inevitably cause an uproar in the wizarding world.
The wizards will call on everyone to go to war against the goblins and exterminate the race.
But everyone knows that the wizards can't afford a war, and the goblins don't want any other tribes to perish because of this, so both sides have tacitly covered it up.
In the entire wizarding world, only a few high-ranking officials, such as Dumbledore, who is the headmaster of Hogwarts, know the truth of history.
The only thing to be thankful for is that Ranlock has been ambushed, while Ash is lucky to be alive until now.
It can be said that Dumbledore was quite satisfied with Ash in all aspects, and even thought that Ash was the most qualified candidate to take over his position and become the headmaster of Hogwarts, and there was no one!
Whether it is character, personality, or qualifications, Ash is the best choice.
"It's a pity that he's still too young."
Dumbledore shook his head, the Ministry of Magic would not approve such an appointment, nor would it believe that Ash was a person from a hundred years ago. Even if it is, Ash's actual experience is only a dozen years.
Although the strength is strong, it is not enough to provoke the beam.
But fortunately, Ash is now back at Hogwarts, and Dumbledore has plenty of time to nurture him.
Merely......
Dumbledore's gaze fell on the newspaper on the side of his desk, with the headline written in large print:
[Does the Gringotts break-in incident reveal a security vulnerability in Gringotts?] 】
"According to well-informed sources, an unknown dark wizard broke into the Gringotts vault on July 31. The goblins at Gringotts admit that there was no theft, and that the underground vault that had been searched by the intruders had in fact been emptied earlier in the day.
A Gringotts leprechaun spokesman said this afternoon:
The security breach has been closed, and there is no comment on what exactly is stored in the vault, so please do not interfere in this matter. ”