Hogwarts: A Chinese-Style Professor

Chapter 2 About Li Wei
Let's go back to before Dumbledore set off.

"Dumbledore, I need to talk to you!"

Professor McGonagall called out to Dumbledore with a serious expression.

"Minerva, I have something urgent to do right now—"

“I know,” Professor McGonagall interrupted Dumbledore, unusually, “it’s about Livy, isn’t it?”

“Minerva, I must say I’m a little surprised.” Dumbledore’s expression remained unchanged, but the atmosphere clearly sombered.

"I didn't expect even you to know about him. It seems his influence is more serious than I imagined!"

"Of course I know him, he's my student—no—no—what are you talking about!"

Professor McGonagall glared at him, realizing that Dumbledore had misunderstood her.

“I have maintained correspondence with Li Wei for many years, and my communication with him is far more frequent than yours, so of course I know him well!”
It's not the kind of infamous knowledge you're thinking of! It's an exchange between two scholars!

Professor McGonagall was clearly getting impatient, and her tone was quite indignant.

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Dumbledore's eyes widened slightly, then immediately lowered again.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't expect that to be the meaning."

Professor McGonagall is not a petty person.

She stared intently at Dumbledore with a stern face.

"The Ministry of Magic wants you to personally capture him?"

“Indeed, what he did may not be harmful for the time being, but Fudge and I both see a dangerous trend.”

He should be imprisoned in Azkaban.

Professor McGonagall blinked, not in a hurry to speak.

Then came a heavy sigh.

Oh no.

But she didn't say much more.

No one understood Li Wei's thoughts better than she did.

This student believes that magic is a miracle that makes wishes come true, a mystery containing the ultimate truths of the universe, but at the same time, it is also a science that can be deconstructed.

Whether it's spells, transfiguration, or black magic, they all have traces to follow. The reason we can't understand them is simply because we haven't studied them enough.

During his 21 years of quiet work, Livy mastered all the spells, from the first to the fifth stage of Transfiguration, and combined spells and Transfiguration to invent many spells that Professor McGonagall applauded.

What pleased Professor McGonagall even more was Levi's willingness to share – he believed that simply understanding and mastering knowledge was not enough; only when you could teach it to others could you say that you had truly grasped it.

Although he did not serve as a professor at any magic school, he had been in the magic world for many years, had taken on more than a dozen students, and had two assistants whom even Professor McGonagall admired.

She had also tried to persuade Levi to stop researching dark magic, but in the end, it was Professor McGonagall who was convinced.

In fact, every powerful wizard has studied dark magic, even Dumbledore and she were no exception.

What Li Wei did was actually similar to what they had done before, only the times were different. Professor McGonagall racked her brains, trying to think of a way to save Li Wei from this predicament.

Dumbledore sensed Professor McGonagall's complex emotions and was somewhat surprised. He rarely saw Minerva display such complex emotional changes.

The other party seemed to have a completely different perspective from him regarding that unassuming student.

"Minerva, I fully respect your opinion."

Dumbledore's expression was gentle as he watched Professor McGonagall, who hurriedly looked up.

"If you have any thoughts or opinions about Livy, please tell me. I promise I will take your ideas into consideration carefully." Professor McGonagall hesitated for a moment, knowing that her words would influence Dumbledore's judgment, but she still spoke up.

"Dumbledore, is there any other possibility besides capturing Livy and sending him to Azkaban?"

"Of course—as long as he gives up on continuing to research and spread black magic."

Professor McGonagall's heart, which had just settled down, tightened again, and she finally sighed in dejection.

"That is impossible."

"Has he become this insane?"

Dumbledore raised an eyebrow, his inclination shifting to the other side.

"Obsession? Perhaps, but it's definitely not obsession with black magic, but rather obsession with magic itself."

Professor McGonagall sighed again, her mind racing, wondering if there were any other possibilities.

Li Wei was not only her former student, but also a close friend with whom she had corresponded for over ten years, and a like-minded companion in teaching and magic.

Despite the differences in their ideologies, Professor McGonagall still genuinely respected and appreciated the existence of someone like Livy.

"I thought magic wasn't just limited to black magic?"

Dumbledore made a sarcastic remark with a lukewarm tone.

"According to him, he has reached a dead end in terms of spells and transfiguration unless a new perspective is added—such as dark magic and ancient runes."

However, he considered ancient runes a subject he hadn't yet mastered. Asking him to abandon dark magic to study ancient runes was like ignoring a gold mine right in front of him and choosing to mine underground—that's what he said himself.

Dumbledore's eyebrows rose imperceptibly.

He became somewhat interested.

Although he didn't think ancient runes were really as bad as Livy said, he found the other's knowledge of black magic and ancient runes quite interesting.

Of course, Dumbledore would never admit that he secretly thought the same thing.

Otherwise, why would he have gone to study dark magic in the first place?

"No way out? That's a pretty broad area."

Even Dumbledore wouldn't say that he could no longer improve in magic, but he had indeed seen some people who, after reaching a certain stage, could no longer make any progress.

"At the very least, are you sure he has mastered all spells and transfiguration? Or is this just an excuse?"

"As far as I know, he only got eight Os in the OWL exam."

Of course, this is already a remarkable achievement; he didn't even use a time-tamper, but it brings him very close to his goal.

The Hogwarts library contains the vast majority of knowledge about spells and transfiguration; even books like "The Secrets of Dark Magic," which involve dark magic and the Unforgivable Curse, are kept in the restricted section.

However, it is impossible for a student to master this knowledge while in school, and it is not so easy to acquire knowledge after graduation.

Not to mention, Levi neither joined the Ministry of Magic nor the Death Eaters, so how did he acquire that knowledge?
Or was Minerva simply deceived by him?
"When I first learned about this, I was surprised for a long time and even verified it myself—I have to admit that I am indeed not as good as him in terms of mastering the number of spells."

As if she had thought of something interesting, Professor McGonagall smiled again, and even seemed to be keeping it a secret—just now, she had thought of another solution to the problem.

Although the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor changes every year, Professor McGonagall would rather let Levi take the gamble than be imprisoned in Azkaban.

Moreover, she believed that Li Wei might be able to solve this problem.

What method did he use?

Seeing that Professor McGonagall was only smiling without speaking, Dumbledore asked, half in a show of flattery and half out of curiosity.

"He memorized all the knowledge needed for the entire library and the restricted book section."

(End of this chapter)