HP: I just wanted to drop out of school, but I saved the world

The medal seemed to have not been cleaned for a long time, and was covered with a layer of dust.

Jian Yu hesitated for a moment and asked Harry softly:

“Is this your relative?”

Harry asked in confusion, "What?"

"I mean - James Potter, here's one of his medals."

She saw the boy rushing towards her like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey, his hands with his fingers spread out, clinging to the crystal glass cabinet, the hot air from his mouth blurring the glass:

"No... He is my father..."

Jian Yu nodded and walked aside.

She stood on tiptoe and used the illumination spell to continue searching for her name among the pile of trophies and medals.

Finally she found a brand new golden medal on a tall crystal cabinet, on which was engraved:

【Special Contribution Award to the School—Yu Jian】

It didn't seem like anything special, and she didn't feel particularly honored.

If she were to carve the medal herself, she would rather change it to [Failure to Drop Out Award—Jade Jane].

She noticed from the corner of her eye that next to it was a cleanly scrubbed medal with the following inscription on it:

【Special Contribution to the School Award—Tom Marvolo Riddle】

I don’t know which senior it is.

Shaking his head, Jian Yu decided to leave.

But she suddenly heard a sob in the air.

Following the sound of crying, she found that Harry's emerald green eyes were misty.

He realized that there was another Slytherin girl here, and hurriedly wiped the tears from his eyes with both hands. Even the invisibility cloak fell to the ground in his panic.

He turned his back with a crying voice: "I'm sorry, I..."

Maybe it was because it was too quiet here, with only the two of them; or maybe he felt that Jian Yu was indeed a kind person who was worthy of his trust—even though she was a Slytherin. He suddenly had a great desire to talk, and the distress and confusion he had experienced since entering school, along with his desire for parental love, burst out:

"Voldemort killed my parents, and I am the only one who survived..."

"They call me the savior, they say I am the one who survived, but I hate it when they say that..."

Harry leaned greedily over the glass case with a longing look in his eyes, stroking the medal with his father's name engraved on it, as if this would bring him closer to his father:

"Look, my father won the Quidditch Cup, and he was a great flyer, and I'm just like him."

Jian Yu understood his psychology.

It is normal for a child who has never received parental love since childhood to be unable to control his emotions after finally tracking down his father in Hogwarts and finding some blood ties.

After all, she had longed for family affection before, but time diluted everything.

"Maybe you should clean it up," she suggested to Harry.

Harry nodded seriously, thinking this was a great suggestion:

"You're right, I'll go get the bucket and rag."

He ran out of the door in such a hurry that he even forgot about the invisibility cloak that had fallen to the ground.

So a few seconds later, he rushed back with a pale face:

"Go! Filch's cat is coming!"

One of Jane Yu's arms was held in his hand, and she had to use the other arm to hold up the invisibility cloak with difficulty. The two of them stumbled out the door, ran wildly in the corridor in a panic, brushed past Filch, and finally stopped in front of a tall suit of armor.

Because they heard Snape's voice coming from the corner in front of them.

Fortunately, there was a door on the left that opened a crack. The two men stepped back step by step and squeezed themselves into the gap.

This place looked like an abandoned classroom, with desks and chairs stacked in a disorderly manner. But in the middle of the room stood a mirror that reached the ceiling, with a gorgeous gilded frame and a line of words engraved on the top that Jian Yu could not understand.

She stood there, listening to the footsteps of Snape and Filch fading away outside the door.

Although she really wanted to do something to attract their attention, considering Harry's fragile heart, she decided not to go against the protagonist.

But she immediately realized something was wrong. Harry had pressed his entire body against the mirror, almost trying to embed himself in it, with an obsessed look on his face, as if there were a hundred Veela dancing inside the mirror.

Jian Yu pulled him away.

"Don't look at it, it's dark magic!"

Harry came back to his senses, but then he broke free from her arms and threw himself on the mirror:

"My mom and dad, they're all in there!"

He almost forgot everything, what Filch, what Snape, or Voldemort lurking in the shadows. What did they have to do with him? He just wanted to be with his parents.

But an old voice came from the darkness, interrupting his gaze:

"Harry, I imagine you've discovered the joys of the Mirror of Erised - like hundreds of others before you."

It's Dumbledore!

Harry's face turned pale as if he was stabbed, and he jumped away from the mirror:

"sorry sir!"

Dumbledore smiled and cast a lighting spell, and the dark place where he was lit up. The two then found that he was sitting at a table, and they didn't know how long he had been there.

"It--it made me see my family--" Harry muttered.

"That is the magic of it." Dumbledore slid down the table, his blue eyes smiling. "It allows us to see our deepest, most pressing desires."

He then looked at Jian Yu with admiration in his eyes:

"Miss Jane, you are very perceptive and you realized the irregularity at the first time."

"But...it's not some kind of black magic. Although it may make people indulge in fantasy and forget the reality, it will also remind you of what you really desire."

He motioned for Jian Yu to stand in front of the mirror: "What is your desire?"

He thought he had guessed what Jian Yu saw, such as becoming a Slytherin prefect, becoming the Minister of Magic, leading the reform of the wizarding world, etc. These are what Slytherins usually want most: fame, glory, power...

But he didn't expect Jian Yu to give him an unexpected answer.

"I see... I'm standing in a Muggle neighborhood in London."

Jian Yu understood why he saw such a scene.

After all, her most pressing desire was to open a shop in London after dropping out of school.

So it makes perfect sense that Muggle neighborhoods would appear in the mirror.

But Dumbledore was stunned. He seemed to not understand why such a scene had occurred. His eyes were full of confusion, and even the hand that was pulling his long white beard stopped. After a long while, he spoke:

"Oh... So that's how it is... Not a bad answer—"

He finally understood what Jian Yu wanted.

What she wants is for wizards and Muggles to live in harmony!

It's a fight against purism! It's peace!

It’s about changing the world!

What a great ideal!

When he was young, he was attracted by a revolutionary who changed the world. They had similar things, ideals, ambitions... These things fascinated him deeply. In the nearly 50 years that followed, he could no longer see these qualities in another person.

But today, he finally saw these things in Jian Yu again!

He had seen many talented students, but they were either pursuing the ultimate knowledge, or yearning for ambition, power, and immortality. In the past, he always thought that Jian Yu was one of them.

But today, he finally realized how big a mistake he had made!

Jian Yu pursues a grand ideal!

I can no longer treat her as an ordinary student, Dumbledore thought.

In the remaining time of his life, he needs to guide her carefully and not let her go down the wrong path.

"If you have time, why not chat with an old man like me."

He spoke gently to Jane Yu and Harry.