Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Professor McGonagall pursed her lips and left without looking back. As the sound of high heels gradually faded away, Harry looked a little embarrassed. He felt that Professor McGonagall seemed very angry, which made him a little worried. .

The portrait of Dumbledore opposite him seemed to understand what Harry meant and said with a smile:

"Don't worry about it, Harry, Minerva will recover after a while."

"Yes...really?"

Harry said a little uncertainly.

At this time, the portrait of the witch with silver curly hair next to Dumbledore's portrait shook his head dissatisfied.

She had watched the emotional entanglement between Dumbledore and McGonagall from beginning to end. In her opinion, Dumbledore was a complete emotional liar and a scumbag.

If she could, it would be like turning Dumbledore into a slug and then pouring salt on him!

But that is ultimately unrealistic. After all, she is just a magical portrait.

Dumbledore's portrait completely ignored the silver-curled witch. He stared at Harry and said seriously after a while:

"Harry, do you remember that invisibility cloak I once wore of yours? There was a pattern engraved on it. Oh, you probably haven't seen it, after all, it was invisible. But there is indeed a pattern on it."

"Of course I remember, it was the first Christmas gift I ever received!"

"That's actually your father's relic. I'm just returning it to its original owner."

"is that so?"

Hearing this, Harry's eyes gradually became confused. Before that, he had always regarded the cloak as an ordinary invisibility cloak, but he did not expect that it had such an extraordinary significance.

Fortunately, he has always taken good care of it, otherwise if it got dirty and damaged, he would not be able to regret it now!

Dumbledore's portrait looked at Harry quietly until he recovered from his memories, and then continued:

"What I want you to do is very simple, and that is to protect that invisibility cloak. No matter who comes to ask you for it, or wants to take it away from you, you must do your best to protect it! Especially Mike, I guess he will find you soon."

Hearing this, Harry's heart tightened and he asked instinctively:

"But...why?"

"Why?" Dumbledore said with a smile, "Because the cloak in your hand is the Deathly Hallows. Regarding the Deathly Hallows, you can read "The Tales of Beedle the Bard". Although the description in it is A bit exaggerated and not quite accurate, but it does make sense on some things.

When all the Deathly Hallows are gathered together, Death will come, but He is not here to bestow you good luck, or to declare that you have defeated death.

On the contrary, He came to spread death.

When that happens, something very bad will happen.

So you must protect the invisibility cloak in your hand, just like the third child in "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" did. "

"I understand, Headmaster Dumbledore."

Harry said with firm eyes.

In fact, he did not fully understand what Dumbledore just said, but this did not affect him from obeying Dumbledore's orders.

But before going to carry out Dumbledore's order, Harry still had one question that remained unanswered.

He raised his head, looked directly into Dumbledore's eyes and asked:

"Principal Dumbledore, did Mike really kill you? Why did he do this?"

Dumbledore's portrait showed a true expression and replied with a smile:

"I was indeed killed by Mike. But unlike the murder described by the outside world, Mike actually did not want to kill me. I asked him to kill me. In other words, this was actually a suicide."

"What?" Harry said in disbelief, "But why did you do this?"

"Because my life is too painful, and I have completed my mission." Dumbledore said, "You may not understand it now, but deep in the human heart, there is actually self-destruction. Factor. When you live as long as me, you can probably understand why I do this."

Harry looked at Dumbledore's portrait in confusion.

He felt that Dumbledore's speech became increasingly incomprehensible after his death.

But at the same time he was relieved.

Deep down in his heart, Harry still didn't want to believe that it was Mike who killed Dumbledore, and now that Dumbledore had cleared Mike's name, the knot that had troubled Harry for a long time was finally solved.

The conversation between Harry and Dumbledore continued. After experiencing so many things, Harry had countless things to say to Dumbledore.

Normally, Dumbledore would never be so patient. You must know that the principal of Hogwarts is very busy.

But it's different now. Dumbledore is just a magical portrait now, and he has plenty of time to chat with Harry.

The conversation between the two lasted until the sun went down. At the same time, Chris was smashing things like crazy in the Office of the Minister of Magic.

Those exquisite portraits, gorgeous chandeliers, quaint furniture...

Everything was turned into pieces under Chris' violent vent!

The newly recruited beautiful assistant was hiding under the desk and shivering. She couldn't understand why Minister Flint suddenly went crazy, let alone how to calm him down again.

Fortunately, the movement outside suddenly stopped, and then Chris shouted in a slightly tired voice:

"Get out of here!"

The female assistant under the desk climbed up almost instantly and ran out of the office on high heels at the speed of a 100-meter race.

As the door was closed again, Chris also stepped back and sat back in his seat.

It had been almost a day since he had returned from Dumbledore's funeral, and throughout that day he had been venting his deepest anger.

Of course, please don't get me wrong, the reason why he was so angry was not because Mike killed his respected Professor Dumbledore. His relationship with Dumbledore was not that good yet.

What really made him angry was Dumbledore's deception.

You must know that Voldemort, that is, Tom, actually gave up the idea of ​​challenging death after he was officially resurrected as Chris, but the fact is not that he reconciled with death as he said.

But because he discovered that death is invincible!

But after becoming the Minister of Magic and reading a lot of historical information, he suddenly discovered that there are such things as the Deathly Hallows in this world. As long as three Deathly Hallows are collected, death can be defeated.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald were the companions who jointly collected the Three Deathly Hallows. In other words, Dumbledore always knew how to defeat death, but he never told anyone.

Dumbledore, he just watched quietly like watching a monkey show as he went astray and turned into a monster!

And the most important thing is that Chris did not find his wand among Dumbledore's relics, which was definitely the elder wand of the Deathly Hallows. In fact, Chris even checked Dumbledore's grave. But still found nothing.

And Grindelwald, who was imprisoned in the tower, also disappeared!

What does this mean?

This means that Dumbledore is dead! Still on guard against him!

"What an old bastard!"

Chris couldn't help but curse!

When he thought of this, he felt uncontrollably angry.

Fortunately, the previous beatings had helped Chris vent most of his anger, so he quickly calmed down again.

If you think about it carefully, there are not many places where Dumbledore can safely hide the Deathly Hallows. Among them, Hogwarts, an ancient castle with countless secrets, happens to be the most suitable place.

Then the next thing is very simple. Now that Dumbledore has passed away and the position of principal is vacant, as long as he seizes the position of principal of Hogwarts, he can then search for the Deathly Hallows there unscrupulously.

And it was very easy for him to become the principal of Hogwarts.

Although the students at Hogwarts have just had a conflict with the Ministry of Magic and their resistance is relatively strong, as long as Chris uses his power as Minister of Magic to force an order, then Hogwarts as a magic school will be completely There is no room for resistance.

Thinking of this, Chris's brows relaxed slightly.

At this moment, the office door was opened again.

The female assistant with a fearful look on her face carefully avoided the fragments of furniture on the floor, and placed a large pile of documents in her hand on Chris's desk.

"Minister...Mr. Minister, the Director of the Legal Enforcement Department asked me to hand over these documents to you for review." The female assistant forced a smile and said with difficulty. "Also, as the news that Mike Townley killed Dumbledore spread, those minority groups have become active again recently. The Director of the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters asked me to ask you whether it is necessary to use force to coerce Suppress them?"

"Why don't they come to me themselves?"

Hearing this, the female assistant glanced at the messy office, and then lowered her head without saying a word.

Chris completely understood. He laughed twice, as if he was mocking those timid officials who only dared to hide behind a female assistant and did not dare to face him.

And looking at the documents piled up to a height of half a meter, Chris's breathing, which had calmed down, began to become rapid again.

This was another thing that had made him anxious recently.

That is the job of the Minister of Magic. It is too busy and tedious!

Chris originally thought that the job of the Minister of Magic was to stay in the office every day, drink coffee and bask in the sun.

Be a secretary when you have something to do, and be a secretary when you have nothing to do.

But when he officially took office, he discovered that this was not the case.

The so-called Minister of Magic is a document review machine. The documents he has to review every day are enough to bury him!

At the same time, there are some very difficult things in these files, some of which even Chris can't solve.

This made Chris feel very disappointed, and also made him realize that he might not have any leadership talent.

In the past, he always thought that the former Voldemort must have lost his mind to form some Death Eaters in an attempt to rule the Ministry of Magic of the United States.

After all, with his talent, it would be easier to become the Minister of Magic through the proper path than this.

But he understands now.

Perhaps Voldemort realized that he did not have the so-called leadership talent, so he found another way and formed an organization that had no internal rules and relied entirely on violence and fear to rule and maintain.

Thinking about it carefully, although he has now officially become the Minister of Magic, he controls the entire Ministry of Magic in the country.

But in fact, isn't it that I am trapped in this position by the so-called rights?

The countless rules and endless work are like chains, tightly imprisoning him in this office.

Let him have the legendary power, but there is no place to display it!

The reason why he was able to survive before was entirely because after giving up the goal of defeating death, he only had the goal of changing the world.

But now, the hope of defeating death and immortality has reappeared in front of him. Compared with it, the so-called changing the world and the so-called domination of the entire Ministry of Magic of the country do not seem so attractive!

He doesn't even hate Mike that much anymore!

After understanding this, Chris finally had a smile on his face.

He looked at the female assistant in front of him who had already shaken into chaff and said softly:

"Okay, don't be afraid, it's okay now."

"Yes...yes, Minister."

The expression on the female assistant's face did not relax at all.

And Chris obviously didn't care. He stretched out his hand and pushed the files on the desktop to the ground. He laughed and said to the female assistant:

"Go tell the Director of the Legal Enforcement Department and the Director of the Auror Office not to bother me with such trivial matters in the future. They can make their own decisions! But! If there is a problem with their work and it has a negative impact . Haha, then they don’t have to continue living!”

After saying that, Chris waved his hand and signaled the female assistant to get out.

As for whether his tough management style will cause a backlash from the people below, resulting in no one willing to take the position, he is not worried at all.

Water flows to lower places, and people move to higher places.

Ambition is something engraved in the human genetic sequence, and no one can refuse the feeling of having power.

In the final analysis, this world still respects individual strength.

As long as you are strong enough, you can exploit others unscrupulously!

This is the gift given by the gods to the strong!

It's such a simple truth that I haven't figured out until now.

Chris smiled and shook his head, deeply aware of his own stupidity.

But it’s not too late to understand now!

After getting rid of all the shackles of everything, he was finally able to devote himself wholeheartedly to the collection of Deathly Hallows.

"Hehe, then first, let's start with Hogwarts!"

Looking out the window at the endless cloud fields, the smile on Chris's face became even brighter.