Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

"I hope my worries are unnecessary. Maybe Scrimgeour is stronger than I thought." Ivan continued.

But no matter how hard Scrimgeour struggled, it was only a matter of time before the Ministry of Magic fell.

Either today or tomorrow, Aiwen and the others must be prepared to leave the Burrow at any time.

In the corner of the tent, Harry seemed to be talking to Doge about Dumbledore's past.

"You're right, my dear boy," said Dorje, his voice very thin and wheezing, "I've known Dumbledore the longest, if you don't count Aberforth, somehow Well, people really don't seem to count Aberforth, in fact, very few people..."

He stopped, panting heavily, and looked at Ivan, Hermione, and Elaine approaching vigilantly with his cloudy eyes.

"Don't worry, this is Ivan, he wears makeup like me, you know Ivan Mason?" Harry said.

"Of course, of course!" Duoji said nervously and happily, "I have written with Aiwen before, of course you are here, Arthur told me, I am really confused, I should have thought of it earlier. Sit down, Boys, I was just telling dear Harry about my acquaintance with Dumbledore, and that was a long time ago."

"You were classmates at the time?" Hermione asked curiously.

"Just like you, Albus and I entered Hogwarts in the same year and lived in the same bedroom. For a while, we were inseparable." Duoji said melancholy, his small eyes suddenly filled with tears, "It's so long ago Dumbledore, who was still a student, showed amazing talent, as I mentioned in my obituary, brilliant. Before he graduated, he attracted the attention of many magic masters at that time. Research is even more sophisticated than the professors."

"Since the obituary was mentioned, Mr. Doge, I don't know if you have seen..." Harry asked.

"Oh, my dear children, just call me Elphias, and you may all call me that."

"Ephias, I wonder if you have seen Rita Skeeter's interview with Dumbledore in the Daily Prophet?"

Dorje's face suddenly flushed with anger, and he said angrily, "I saw it, Harry, I saw it. That woman, maybe it would be more appropriate to call her a bald old eagle, she actually pestered me to talk to her. I am ashamed to say that At that time, her attitude was also very rude, and she called her a nosy and hateful mother-in-law. As a result, you probably also saw that she poured dirty water on me and slandered me for being insane. Children, don't believe what she said , don’t believe a single word, it’s all made up indiscriminately.”

"But Rita Skeeter hinted in that interview that Professor Dumbledore was exposed to black magic when he was young."

"No, that's false, don't believe a word of it, Harry! Don't let anything stain your memory of Albus Dumbledore!"

Duoji had a painful expression on his face, because his tone was too hasty, he could only keep saying "don't believe a word" in the end.

For a while, the atmosphere fell silent.

Harry stared at Dorje's sincere and painful face, instead of being comforted, he felt disappointed.

Did Dorje really think that things were so simple that Harry just had to choose not to believe it?

Could it be that Dorje really didn't understand how he felt?What he really cared about was not whether Dumbledore had studied black magic, but the meaning behind it.

It's no surprise that Dumbledore dabbled in the Dark Arts.

Aiwen has known for a long time that the headmaster never applies those magics because he is too noble, but this does not mean that he does not understand. , Dumbledore probably has the deepest understanding of this extremely evil black magic.

Black magic needs to be tended by evil thoughts, but it doesn't mean that all wizards who use black magic are evil.

Chapter 1595 Greatness

It would be too hasty to judge whether a wizard is good or bad based on whether he is black magic or not.

Black magic is indeed composed of various negative emotions and magic, but it is not only used to hurt others or do bad things.

Likewise, so-called white magic and general spell-like spells are not all used for good.Magic itself is not good or bad, the key lies in the mind of the wizard who uses magic. The key to judging whether a wizard is a dark wizard is whether the wizard himself is evil, not what kind of magic he uses.

Of course, because of their cruel and evil nature, dark wizards have no scruples in the use of black magic, which is much more convenient than normal wizards.

Having said that, Dumbledore's dabbles in the Dark Arts were unusual, at least to Harry.

Looking at Dorje with a painful and flustered face, Harry was very sad.

He didn't care if Dumbledore dabbled in the Dark Arts, he himself had used them to vent his hatred.

It doesn't seem like much of a thing to do when a person is in a state of extreme anger.

But what he can't accept is the meaning of this incident, that is, the things Rita Skeeter said in the newspaper may be true, Dumbledore and the dark wizard Grindelwald have studied black magic together, he He once wanted to overthrow the "Secrecy Act" and establish a system of wizards' rule over Muggles.

Then it was explained that Dumbledore's position of abhorring black magic and being committed to protecting Muggles is all false.

Fake, all are fake!

Harry was cold all over. The image of Dumbledore in his impression, Dumbledore's ideas, and what Dumbledore said to him may not be true. There may be fake things in it. Harry thought of it With such a possibility, he found that he never seemed to know the principal well.

Compared with the confused Harry, Ivan knew more.

It is really difficult for Dumbledore to explain or explain this kind of thing to others, and he is also determined to bear the pain alone without saying anything.

As far as Ivan knows, there was a time when Dumbledore was really obsessed with black magic.

He and Grindelwald became close friends, and the two explored the mysteries of magic together.

Young Dumbledore was well aware of Grindelwald's claims and what he would do with the magic they worked on together, but he didn't care at the time.

How to say, Ivan is not very sure, and I don't know whether it is appropriate to evaluate Dumbledore in this way, but judging from the current known situation, the young Dumbledore does not have such a strong sense of justice and responsibility. Annoyed by staying at home to take care of his younger brother and younger sister, he is very good and thinks he should not be tied down by his family, unwilling to waste his talent. Grindelwald's appearance ignited hope in his life, so the two equally talented The wizard was inseparable during those two months.

Maybe because they were attracted by each other's talents, maybe because they saw their shadows in each other, or maybe because of some other reasons, Dumbledore and Grindelwald, two of the greatest wizards of our time, met, and they met in those two The moon greatly promoted the development of magic, and also affected the structure of the magic world for the next century.

If there is no accident, Dumbledore may become the Dark Lord together with Grindelwald, and establish their ideal new order in this world.

But an unexpected tragedy happened. When he killed his sister Ariana by mistake, Dumbledore came to his senses.

Since then, the two great wizards have gone to different opposites, and then had that shocking duel.

In the end, Dumbledore won the duel.

This does not necessarily mean that he is stronger than Grindelwald in magic and strength, but in some respects, he is indeed stronger than Grindelwald.In terms of the principal's long-standing philosophy, that is love, and Dumbledore knows more about this than all dark wizards.

Voldemort doesn't know what love is, Grindelwald sacrificed love for the greater good, and Dumbledore understands love with his heart.

Therefore, in that shocking duel that was talked about by everyone but had no bystanders, he won the final victory.

Dumbledore is immortal because he made unforgivable mistakes in his youth, but he finally faced his own darkness and became the greatest wizard.

"We don't know about Dumbledore's past, Harry, but I think there are some things that can be seen and understood simply from the surface of things." Ivan said, "If I say, everyone makes mistakes. Dumbledore is no exception, the key is the courage to admit a mistake and what you do afterwards. What Rita Skeet wrote may be true, but it's as worthless as a fake, you know her, her purpose It is to attract the interest of the public and sell her books, so the more shocking things are more in line with her appetite, she will even deliberately hide some important facts or make up some ambiguous words to achieve the effect, Rita S. Kit..."

"Rita Skeeter?! Are you talking about her? Oh, I like her and always read what she writes!" A harsh squeaky laugh interrupted Ivan, Ron's Aunt Muriel Clutching a glass of champagne, the feathers on her hat fluttered up and down, "You know, she wrote a book about Dumbledore!"

"Hello, Muriel!" Dorje said, "Yeah, we're talking about this..."

"Yeah! Give me your chair, I'm a hundred and seven years old!" Another red-haired cousin of the Weasley family jumped up from the chair in panic, and Aunt Muriel used amazing strength Turned the chair around and placed it between Dorje, Ivan, Harry, Hermione, and Elaine, and sat down with a plop.

"You guys, have we met before? The Weasley family like goblins, you all look the same, who can tell the difference!" Aunt Muriel looked at Ivan and the others for a while, as if recalling them A few, then gave up, and turned to Dorje and said, "Okay, Elphias, let's talk, what were you talking about Rita Skeeter just now? Knowing that she wrote a book of Dumbledore Biography? I can't wait to read it, I have to remember to order a copy at Lihen Bookstore."

After hearing this, Duoji's face became dark and his expression was stiff.

But Aunt Muriel drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, snapped her bony hands to a waiter next to her, asking for a refill.

She took another swig of champagne, hiccupped, and said, "There's no need to look like a stuffed frog! I'm not the young man I am today, and I don't know anything! Our generation knew it well, eh Don't think there were some very funny rumors before he became so respected and respected!"

Chapter 1596 The Way To Treat Squibs

Dorji, who was originally calm because of Aiwen's explanation just now, became flustered and angry again, and his face was now as red as a carrot.

"A crow's mouth made out of nothing," he said aloud.

"Whatever you say, Elphias!" Aunt Muriel giggled, "I noticed that your obituary left out the difficult parts!"

"It's a pity that you think so." Duoji said more coldly, "I assure you, what I write is from the heart."

"Oh, we all know you adore Dumbledore. I bet you've always considered him a saint, even when it turns out he actually killed his Squib sister!"

"Muriel!" Dorje exclaimed, "What did you say?! How dare you say that?! Who said his sister is a squib? Isn't she sick?"

"Then you'd be wrong, Barry!" said Aunt Muriel, who seemed very pleased with the effect she had produced. "You probably don't know, yeah, how could you possibly know that? My dear, You weren't even a shadow when it happened, in fact, those of us who were alive didn't even know what was going on. That's why I can't wait to see what Skeeter unearths! Dumbledore He didn't mention his sister for a long time!"

"False words!" Duoji said angrily, "Purely false words!"

"Wait, you said Dumbledore killed his sister?" Harry said suddenly, with a chill in his heart.

"Who knows, as I said just now, no one alive knows exactly what happened, but we can infer from many follow-up clues that Dumbledore killed his sister, which is very likely Big, maybe he thinks she's a big problem, and if you've done what Dumbledore did to..."

"Dumbledore didn't kill him, but he was responsible. He didn't take care of his sister very well." Ai Wen said, interrupting Muriel, "This is his fault that can't be shirked, but everyone Everyone makes mistakes, Dumbledore has always blamed himself for the death of his sister, the key lies in his regrets and actions."

"Oh, Barry, you seem to be very understanding and great, but how much do you know about Dumbledore?!" Muriel looked at Ivan with disdain, she shook the wine glass in her hand, and even Ai Wenwen The name used behind the makeup is all wrong, "You defended him, but you must not know how Dumbledore treated his sister cruelly, a Squib... You probably don't know that she is a Squib, right? Poor Son, how do you know about these pasts that even Dumbledore's best friends don't know about? You, like those guys, have been deceived by the disguise that Dumbledore has put on for a long time. I don’t know what happened back then.”

Ivan knew very well that Dumbledore and Ivan talked a lot about his unknown past in Gaunt's cabin and the night he went to visit Grindelwald.

Things were not as Muriel maliciously speculated at all, but Ivan couldn't make it clear that his current identity was not Ivan, but a distant relative of the Weasley family. How could he know these things? !And then again, why was he arguing with Muriel about this? !

It's pointless to talk to someone like her, just explain it to Harry and Hermione alone later.

In this matter, Dumbledore did make a mistake, but he has atoned for it all his life.

This is enough, at least Ivan thinks it is enough!

"Maybe, but I don't think a person's life can be denied because of past mistakes, and many things are not as we imagined. Even if we see it with our own eyes, it may not be true, let alone it is time to speculate." Alvin said, "Okay, I'm a little hungry, I think we should find something to eat..."

But Harry was unmoved, he seemed to care about Muriel's words, and murmured in frustration, "He never told me that his sister is a Squib."

"Why should he tell you?" Muriel shrieked, swaying in her chair, trying to get her eyes on Harry's face.

She is not looking at Ivan now, and Harry's question is just right to move the topic back to the track she wanted to say.

"Albus never mentioned Ariana, not to anyone, not on purpose, my boy." Elphias said in a voice tense with excitement, "I think the reason is that Obviously, her death left him heartbroken... Well, you should go enjoy the banquet instead of..."

"Why has no one ever seen her, Elphias?" Muriel asked gruffly, interrupting Dorje, "Don't shy away, can you answer me why half of us don't even know about her This person existed until they brought the coffin out of the house and held her funeral? Where was the saint Albus when Ariana was locked in the cellar? He was so big at Hogwarts that he didn't care about his own family what happened!"

"What did you say, locked in the cellar?" Harry asked immediately, "What's going on here?"

Dorje looked distressed, and Aunt Muriel giggled again.

"Dumbledore's mother was a horrible woman, very scary, Muggle-born, but I've heard she lied about not being..."

"She never lied about anything like that! Kendra's a nice woman," Dorje whispered pitifully, but Aunt Muriel ignored him.

"Very proud and domineering, the kind of witch who gave birth to a Squib must feel ashamed..."

"Arianna is not a squib!" Dorje gasped, he was only arguing, and he had forgotten to drive Ivan and the others away.

"So, Elphias, can you explain why she hasn't been to Hogwarts?" Aunt Muriel said, and then she turned to Ivan, Harry, Hermione, and Elaine, "You may not Clearly, in our day, a Squib was often covered up in the house, but I've never heard of one that went so far as to imprison a little girl in a house and pretend she didn't exist..."

"I'm telling you, there's no such thing!" Dorje said, but Aunt Muriel kept on trying, overwhelmingly.

"Usually sending Squibs to Muggle schools and encouraging them to assimilate into Muggle society... is much kinder than giving them a place in the wizarding world, where they'll always be second-class citizens. But, of course Well, Kendra, Dumbledore would never have dreamed of sending his daughter to a Muggle school..."

"Arianna is not in good health!" Dorje said desperately, "She is in poor health and cannot..."

"Can't leave the house?" Muriel giggled. "She never went to St. Mungo's and never had a therapist come to see her!"

"Seriously, Muriel, how could you know if it was..."

"I'll tell you, Elphias, my relative Lancelot, who was a therapist at St Mungo's Hospital at the time, told our family very confidentially that he never saw Ariana go to the hospital, never, they didn't Haven't been to St. Mungo's, which Lancelot thinks is very suspicious!"

Chapter 1597 The Battle by the Coffin

Because of Aunt Muriel's words, Dorje seemed about to cry, but Muriel seemed very happy, and snapped her fingers for champagne again.

Harry stared blankly ahead, and then he looked back at Ivan, as if asking if there was any other explanation.

But before Ivan had time to respond, Harry turned his gaze back to Aunt Muriel.

When he thought about it, as Muriel said, Ivan should not be aware of this kind of thing.

These are all secret stories about Dumbledore's past that no one alive may know.

The Dumbledores had treated that girl the same way the Dursleys had locked Harry up and locked him up, they wouldn't let anyone see him because he was a wizard.Dumbledore's sister suffered the same fate for the opposite reason: imprisoned for lack of magic.

If that's true, it's downright scary.

Could Dumbledore really be indifferent to her fate, just to prove how good and talented he is at Hogwarts?

Seeing Harry turned his head in disappointment, Ivan sighed, not sure how to explain it. The situation was a bit troublesome. Of course, what Aunt Muriel said was not the truth of the matter. Although he didn't know everything, he could confirm that Deng Mother Bullido did this to protect Ariana.

Aunt Muriel's guesses were all nonsense, and her starting point was wrong.

Because Ariana isn't a Squib, she's a Obscure, a dangerous wizard who's been abused by Muggles and incapable of casting spells.

If Dumbledore's mother had sent her to St. Mungo's, she would have been imprisoned there for life.

Dumbledore loved his sister, and he had every reason to hate and take revenge on Muggles, but he didn't turn out to be that horrible person.

But now, Muriel's malicious speculation that she doesn't understand the truth is really infuriating, and her behavior of maliciously defaming Dumbledore just to satisfy herself is really disgusting. Although Aunt Muriel has always been unlikable, but The malice she is showing now is disgusting, and Ivan really doesn't want to listen to it anymore.

If Muriel wasn't Ron's aunt, if Muriel wasn't over 100 years old, Ivan really wanted to cast a curse on her.

That's it, Aunt Muriel is a downright annoying fellow.

But I have to admit that what she said may represent the thoughts of a large part of wizards.

People fear and hate Voldemort, but they don't respect the greatest White Wizard as much as they seem.

Be a hero when you are needed, and pin all your hopes and fantasies on a savior who turned out to be a savior.