Chapter 974 The Power Is Always in Your Hands, Isn’t It?

After the two signed the contract, the scene constructed from memory quickly collapsed, and the familiar principal's office reappeared in front of Ivan's eyes.

In the fireplace, a blazing fire burned, dispelling the cold at midnight, but Ivan could not find peace in his heart for a long time.

Because he finally understood many of the problems that had confused him in the past.

For example, why Grindelwald was able to learn the whereabouts of Nico Flamel's safe house, and how he defeated Voldemort holding the Elder Wand in an extremely poor condition and successfully escaped from Nurmengard.

Everything behind this has some shadow of Dumbledore...

While Ivan was meditating for a moment, the quiet sound in the principal's room could be heard, and the noisy portraits all silenced. Although they could not see the scene in their memory, the faint pressure on Ivan made them understand that if they did not want to If you were to be thrown into the fireplace and burned to ashes, it would be best to keep your mouth shut.

Ivan sat on the chair in the principal's office, was silent for a long time, and then sighed. "It seems you are right, Professor Dumbledore. The most dangerous person in the wizarding world has never been Voldemort or Grindelwald..."

If it is an enemy, Dumbledore is undoubtedly the most terrifying one. This is not only because of his powerful power, but more importantly, among all the people Ivan has ever seen, Dumbledore's planning and layout abilities are also the most terrifying. The strongest.

Even though he was already dying of black magic, he was still able to calmly use the limited chips in his hands and cold-bloodedly use his own death plan to help Harry get rid of his Horcrux identity, kill Voldemort, release Grindelwald, and almost It can be said that he single-handedly created the situation in front of him.

This feeling of being unknowingly manipulated by others made Ivan feel very uncomfortable.

"Don't you have anything to say? Professor?" Ivan turned his head and looked at the portrait of Dumbledore and said with a hint of dissatisfaction. "Such a sophisticated layout, taking everyone into account, in order to complete your grand plan..."

"There is no grand plan, Hals. You may have overestimated me. Things have developed to the point where they are no longer under one person's control... In fact, even though I made a lot of preparations in advance, things are not going to happen." But it never developed as I expected." Dumbledore in the portrait put down the tea in his hand and said slowly.

"Three years ago, when I was searching for Voldemort's Horcrux, I was accidentally hit by the black magic attached to the ring. I almost died. It was Severus who saved me. It's a pity that even the British Even the best potions master could not completely cure such a serious injury, and I was told at that time that I only had more than a year to live."

"At this point, I'm not as good as you, Hals!" Dumbledore looked at Ivan and said with emotion. "Severus once accused me of being less vigilant than a child of twelve or thirteen years old. Now that I think about it, he was probably not wrong."

Ivan touched his nose and did not reply. He was able to find Voldemort's Horcrux so easily and destroy it. The most important thing was because he knew the plot well. Otherwise, he could only be like Dumbledore in the original time and space. It would be difficult to judge the location of the Horcrux based on Voldemort's character and experience.

Dumbledore didn't pay attention to Ivan's silence, but continued to speak. "Although I am not afraid of death and am willing to accept it happily, this still breaks all my original plans."

Originally, he wanted to find and destroy Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes one by one, but with only one year left to live, it was obviously not enough to complete it.

He had no choice but to adopt some radical and risky strategies. Fortunately, Tom Riddle did a stupid thing in order to be resurrected. He added Harry's blood to the resurrection ceremony, which solved his most troublesome problem before.

Based on the blood curse in Harry's body, using the Elder Wand's ability to not harm its owner as insurance, and letting Snape connect to create a bridge, that's all his revised plan...

As for how to deal with Voldemort and deal with the remaining Horcruxes, he had no idea until one day he recalled Trelawney's prophecy...

prophecy?

Listening to Dumbledore's words, Ivan was stunned, and then quickly remembered that at the end of the third grade, Trelawney made a true prophecy while invigilating Harry's exam.

"Darkness is approaching. There is a huge shadow covering the sky. The servants of the Dark Lord will escape. The magical world is about to undergo great changes." Dumbledore slowly repeated Trelawney.

The first half of the sentence obviously refers to Peter Pettigrew and Voldemort. As for the second half, he once thought he was talking about Gellert Grindelwald, because the other party had a criminal record, and he also had the idea of ​​using Grindelwald to defeat Voldemort. idea.

However, in the next two years, Ivan's strength repeatedly exceeded his expectations, and was even enough to compete with Voldemort, so Dumbledore had some new ideas.

"The existing system in the wizarding world has been running for hundreds of years. Although there have been many adjustments in the process, it is indeed time to make all changes." Dumbledore said solemnly. "At first I thought no one could do this, but you gave me new hope, Hals!"

"With your talent, it is only a matter of time before you surpass me and Gellert. If there is really one person who can change the entire magical world, then I think it can only be you."

"So you just treat me as a new chess piece." Ivan said with a sneer.

"I didn't mean that, Hals, and I don't intend to control your life." Dumbledore said calmly. "The power is always in your hands, isn't it? What matters is not what I did, but what you wanted to do..."

Facing Tom Riddle who had gone astray decades ago, he used brutal force to force the other party to repent, trying to get Tom Riddle back on the right track, but the result was exactly the opposite.

After that unparalleled duel, he chose to imprison Grindelwald in Nurmengard against all odds, in an attempt to make the other party wake up, but all he got was hatred.

The more he interferes, the worse things will get, so he doesn't plan to do that this time...

"If you think about it carefully, I should have never influenced any of your decisions." As Dumbledore said this, he took out a book from the portrait that seemed very familiar to Ivan.

"The idea of ​​changing the magical world was never given to you by me... First control England, and then wait for an opportunity to control the entire magical world. Isn't this the plan you had already thought of three years ago?"