Chapter 39 Conversation in the Principal's Office

The eighth floor of the castle, the principal's office.

Dumbledore, who was being discussed by Andy and Hermione, was sitting in the principal's office at this moment, frowning and thinking.

He did know.

The portraits and ghosts in the entire castle were Dumbledore's spies. Nothing that happened in the castle could escape Dumbledore's eyes - as long as he wanted to know.

The office was quiet, and the portraits of the past principals hanging on the wall were pretending to do their own things, but the eyes that glanced at Dumbledore from time to time had already exposed their desire to hear gossip.

They really wanted to know how Dumbledore would deal with this matter.

This was a strange story that had not happened in Hogwarts for thousands of years.

For the first time, the four major colleges of the school joined hands with one mind, and their purpose was to drive away a professor.

If the four founders of Hogwarts knew about this, it was unknown whether they would be more angry or more relieved.

Principal Phineas Black was obviously not a very patient person, and he decided to say something to break the deadlock.

"Who will say that Albus Dumbledore is the greatest headmaster of Hogwarts in the future? When I was the headmaster, such outrageous things would not have happened in the school!"

Phineas Black's tone was a little proud, "I heard that this matter was initiated by our Slytherin students? Ha! If you ask me, this matter is really well done!"

Principal Delys Devonte ignored Phineas Black. She looked at Dumbledore and asked, "Albus, how are you going to deal with this matter?"

As soon as this question came out, all the portraits stopped what they were doing at the same time. They all looked at Dumbledore, and even Phineas Black did not speak.

"Ah! I'll think of another thing."

Dumbledore seemed to have just woken up, "Although it will be a bit troublesome, it's good to drive Quirrell out of Hogwarts. This saves me a lot of trouble."

Dumbledore frowned and thought, what exactly went wrong?

Well... This matter has to start from a few months ago.

Voldemort is still alive, and his spirit is active in the forests of Albania - Dumbledore knew this a long time ago.

It was not until Quirrell went to the forests of Albania that Voldemort left there.

Later, Dumbledore received a message that someone was plotting against the Philosopher's Stone.

So Dumbledore decided to use the Philosopher's Stone to lure Voldemort into the trap.

Harry Potter was about to enter school, and Dumbledore had to ensure that the child had enough courage to face Voldemort.

At the same time, he also wanted to verify another thing, whether the protective magic on Harry Potter was still effective against Voldemort.

This prophesied child was the only hope Dumbledore could think of to defeat Voldemort.

Can Dumbledore defeat Voldemort?

I don't know!

Because Voldemort would never fight him to the death.

Since there would be no fight to the death, Dumbledore would naturally not be able to kill Voldemort.

What's more, Voldemort still had a way to avoid death.

At the beginning, the plan was actually going well.

Dumbledore asked Hagrid to pick up Harry for school, and at the same time asked Hagrid to take away the Philosopher's Stone stored in Gringotts.

Hagrid is a careless person, he will not avoid Harry at all.

As long as Harry has enough curiosity, he will know about the Philosopher's Stone sooner or later. If he has justice and courage in his heart, he will take action to protect the Philosopher's Stone.

As for the next step, Dumbledore only needs to wait patiently.

However, who would have thought that the famous Harry Potter could not even do the Unlocking Charm?

Not to mention finding the trap door guarded by the three-headed dog, he didn't even enter the door.

Of course, this is not Dumbledore's fault.

Dumbledore was a magic genius back then. He could learn small magic like the Unlocking Charm without reading books.

It's like Einstein couldn't imagine that someone didn't even know how many one plus one equals.

Does this need to be taught?

But one failure doesn't matter. Dumbledore still has a year to plan slowly.

However, Slytherin's action disrupted all of Dumbledore's arrangements.

Just as Andy said, the headmaster cannot go against all students. It is the common wish of all students to drive Quirrell away, and Dumbledore can only compromise.

Since the dismissal of Quirrell is a foregone conclusion, Dumbledore naturally needs to change his plan.

Click!

The spiral staircase moved slowly, and Snape, dressed in a black robe, pushed open the door of the headmaster's office and walked in.

With a hint of sarcasm on his face, "You look like you're in a good mood."

"Ah! Yes!"

Dumbledore showed a relieved expression, "This is the first time that the students have united. Let me think about it, what did they say? Ah! Defend our right to study to the death."

"From this point of view, Quirrell is indeed a little unqualified. Miss Granger of Ravenclaw even wrote me a letter of complaint before!"

Snape had a blank expression.

Except for dealing with Voldemort, Snape and Dumbledore have never been able to piss on the same pot.

"I checked, and it was indeed Malfoy who started this."

At this point, Snape couldn't help but reveal a hint of doubt on his face, "But I know Malfoy, he doesn't have the ability to plan such a thing."

Think about what Draco Malfoy did this week!

He had just arranged a midnight duel with Ron and Harry, and then he went to Filch to report them.

For a young wizard like Malfoy, would he think of contacting all the students to drive out a professor together?

It's impossible!

"I don't think Malfoy is the mastermind either."

Dumbledore crossed his fingers in front of him, his tone seemed a little calm, "But... unless we force Malfoy to tell the truth, we will never know who is the mastermind of this matter."

"But I can't think of a reason to do this."

Dumbledore continued: "Although the method is a bit intense, writing a complaint letter does not violate school rules."

Snape would not believe Dumbledore's nonsense. He looked directly at Dumbledore and asked: "You should have some doubts in your heart, right?"

"..."Dumbledore was silent for a moment.

"Severus, can you help me keep an eye on a child?"

Dumbledore's tone was a little complicated, and he seemed to be ashamed of his behavior.

After that, Dumbledore took out a letter from the drawer and handed it to Snape - it was a complaint letter written by Hermione.

Snape just glanced at it lightly, and he immediately understood what Dumbledore meant, "Are you talking about Collins? He does have some talent, but he is only eleven years old this year!"

"But I am over a hundred years old!"

Dumbledore did not avoid Snape's gaze, "I can feel that the child is full of enthusiasm for magic, and he will sooner or later become curious about dark magic."

"Severus, we can't watch a talented child being led into darkness by dark magic."

"I'm afraid I won't have much time this year, so I can only trouble you."