Chapter 146 The Mastermind

Because he was focusing on Quirrell, Dumbledore didn't notice that Fish was hiding something, or he didn't care about the information Fish was hiding.

He narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself: "Attack unicorns to get their blood... and..."

"You mean, there was another voice on Quirinus at that time, right?"

Dumbledore confirmed with Fish again with a serious face.

Fish nodded vigorously, "Yeah! The stinky guy still called his master meow."

If Dumbledore still couldn't guess what was going on, then he was really old and confused.

"I thought Quirinus was just seduced by Tom... I didn't expect him to be directly attached to Quirinus..."

Dumbledore lowered his head and muttered softly.

Then Professor McGonagall beside him heard it clearly.

"What?! You knew Quirrell had problems a long time ago?! Then you hired him to teach at Hogwarts!!!"

Even if the other party was the principal, Professor McGonagall scolded loudly without hesitation.

"I need a reason that can convince me, otherwise, I will resign next year and transfer to Beauxbatons or Ilvermorny with Fish!"

"Minerva~Minerva~Will there be less homework in those two schools?" (●ω●)

Hearing that there are other schools, Fish couldn't help but grab Professor McGonagall's robe and asked.

"I can't bear to lose such a great student like you," Dumbledore smiled and touched Fish's head, "so I will try my best to convince Minerva to stay, and as far as I know, the homework in those two schools is not easier than Hogwarts."

"Really? Then Minerva, let's not leave, I'm a little reluctant to leave Lochlin and the big guy..."

Under Fish's jokes, Professor McGonagall was finally not so angry, but she still needed Dumbledore to give her an explanation.

"Please be patient, Minerva," Dumbledore said calmly, "I will tell you everything in detail later."

But before that, he had to get Fish away first.

"You did a great job last night, Fish. I'll give you a dragon egg on your birthday. Also, remember to keep what happened last night a secret and don't tell anyone."

Dumbledore patted Fish's head and told him.

Fish looked at Professor McGonagall and agreed when she nodded.

"Okay, Fish is tight-lipped!"(●Φ×Φ●)

After explaining to Fish, Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall sent him away.

Then Professor McGonagall, still full of anger, stared at Dumbledore and his explanation to him.

"At first, I didn't know that Quirinus had a problem."

Dumbledore first denied that he had recruited Quirrell to Hogwarts even though he knew that Quirrell had a problem.

This is true. Quirrell was already a professor of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts before being possessed by Voldemort. It was because he knew that he would become a teacher of Defense Against the Dark Arts that he took a year off to accumulate practical experience.

As a result, when he traveled to Albania, he was unlucky enough to be fooled by Voldemort and possessed.

Professor McGonagall also agreed with this explanation. After all, she had worked with Quirrell for a while and knew that he had only started wearing that huge scarf and became stuttering this year.

Apparently, this was his disguise after being possessed by Voldemort.

"Later, I found out that someone was coveting the Philosopher's Stone that Nico gave me, and this person was in Hogwarts..."

Dumbledore continued.

"So I started to investigate secretly, and Quirinus, who had changed the most, was the most suspicious person."

"But I can't be sure," Dumbledore sighed, "or rather, I don't want to believe that Quirinus would fall because of the Philosopher's Stone..."

"Until this time, I didn't know that he was related to Voldemort, and thought he was just... confused for a moment."

Dumbledore's words were full of regret and loss.

Professor McGonagall, who had taught for decades and had also taught Quirrell, could understand Dumbledore very well. They didn't want to see their students go astray.

"So at first, I just wanted Quirinus to realize his mistake, but I soon discovered that he was seduced by Voldemort... You know how good Tom is at this."

Professor McGonagall nodded silently. Voldemort's means of seducing people were very powerful, otherwise he would not have formed the terrible organization of Death Eaters when he was a student.

"Tom has never given up on making a comeback. I always have a hunch that he will succeed one day."

Hearing Dumbledore's words, Professor McGonagall couldn't help but exclaimed.

Every wizard has a little special ability. Although not all wizards have the gift of prophecy, as the greatest white wizard of the contemporary era, Dumbledore's premonition is not something that can be ignored casually.

But Dumbledore said to himself: "And it just so happens that Harry is enrolled this year, so I am thinking about using the fallen Quirinus to hone Harry and let him understand what he will face in the future..."

Professor McGonagall frowned and pursed her lips. She didn't quite agree with Dumbledore's approach, but she had worked together for many years and had long understood that this was Dumbledore's consistent approach.

If it was assumed that Dumbledore didn't know that Voldemort was possessed by Quirrell, then there was nothing wrong with Dumbledore's actions. Professor McGonagall didn't think Quirrell could make any waves under Dumbledore's hands.

So although Professor McGonagall had some opinions about this, she reluctantly recognized Dumbledore's reasons and didn't interrupt his narration.

Next, Dumbledore explained to Professor McGonagall in detail all the preparations he had made, including inviting them to participate in the level design, guiding Harry Potter to contact the Mirror of Erised, and letting Snape monitor Quirrell, etc.

Except for the fact that Harry had the invisibility cloak, which he concealed, Dumbledore told Professor McGonagall all his plans.

"Severus? I see..."

Professor McGonagall remembered that Snape was bitten by Fluffy before. He said Dumbledore knew about it at that time. It was probably because he was accidentally injured when monitoring Quirrell.

At that time, she ran to ask Dumbledore, and the old man lied to her that he asked Snape to improve the level and was bitten accidentally.

After glaring at Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall accepted his explanation.

If Voldemort had not possessed Quirrell, according to Dumbledore's plan, Fish would basically have nothing to do, and Harry would not be in any danger.

"In fact, if Fish had not met Quirrell in the Forbidden Forest, when I knew that the unicorns in the Forbidden Forest were attacked, I could have roughly guessed Quirrell's situation at that time."

Dumbledore sighed and shook his head, "This is indeed my mistake."

In fact, Dumbledore was still secretly regretful. It was rare that Voldemort was dying. Harry could have really faced him. Anyway, with the patronus spell, Voldemort would have found it difficult to hurt Harry.

Unfortunately, it was ruined by Fish's intervention.

"No, Dumbledore, who would have thought that Quirrell would be possessed by Voldemort."

Professor McGonagall, who didn't know what the bad old man in front of him was thinking, comforted him after calming down.

Dumbledore hesitated for a moment, but decided to sell Fish.

Who made him put the blame on himself before? So it's normal for this bad old man to take revenge, right?

"I have to apologize to you for something, Minerva. I knew that Fish sneaked out of the castle to the Forbidden Forest."

Dumbledore faced Professor McGonagall's murderous eyes and explained with a smile: "You also know that most animals in the Forbidden Forest will not hurt Fish. With their protection, Fish is almost impossible to get into trouble in the Forbidden Forest, so I didn't stop him..."

"Then you should have notified me!!!"

Professor McGonagall roared at Dumbledore again.

Dumbledore, knowing that he was in the wrong, stood there obediently, letting Professor McGonagall point at his crooked nose and scold him. He did not look like the headmaster of Hogwarts and the greatest white wizard of the time.

After scolding his immediate superior for a long time, Professor McGonagall, still angry, left the headmaster's office angrily.

"Humph! How shameful!"

After Professor McGonagall left, Phineas, who was pretending to be asleep in the portrait, opened his eyes and sneered.

Several other headmasters also spoke up. Dumbledore's plan had not been hidden from them from the beginning. Some of them agreed, while others opposed. They had discussed and argued with each other more than once or twice.

But now...

"The villain role you prepared for that boy is gone. Do you still plan to continue with that plan?"

A headmaster who had opposed Dumbledore's actions from the beginning spoke up.

"Of course," Dumbledore smiled, "I have made so many preparations, I can't waste them, right? But whether they can be used depends on whether Harry and the others are smart enough."

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Zhongyuan had just finished eating cat food in the morning, and he started vomiting. He almost vomited all the cat food in its original form. I was so scared that I took him to see a doctor.

The doctor told me after a check...

This stupid cat ate too fast, and his stomach couldn't stand it for a while, causing vomiting... I fed him some more after I came back, and now he is jumping around without any problems. He even bit the zipper on my quilt at noon.

Maybe I got up late today, fed him late, and starved him...┑(￣Д￣)┍

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