Hogwarts: I'm a model wizard

Chapter 885 Forced Retirement

Dumbledore was a little panicked, especially when Kyle suggested taking a picture of Aberforth crying and selling it to him.

It wasn't that he felt sorry for his brother, but Dumbledore suddenly remembered that he had seen Kyle holding a camera, and more than once.

Has he already done this?

Subconsciously, Dumbledore's eyes fell on Kyle's hand.

Kyle seemed to have noticed something and calmly put the camera behind him.

"This is empty, Headmaster. The previous photos have already been made."

Made...

If he still had doubts just now, Dumbledore could now be sure that Kyle had definitely taken photos of himself.

I just don’t know when, in 1899, or now…

"You know, I would be happy to pay for some... um, interesting photographs," said Dumbledore.

"If I had." Kyle laughed dryly. "We'll talk about this later. Professor, what do you want me to do?"

Can Dumbledore's photo be measured in Galleons?

Well, he can, but he's not short of money now.

Seeing Kyle change the subject so abruptly, Dumbledore could only sigh helplessly.

"I want to know what happened in the Hessidia."

Dumbledore said seriously: "I just came back from there and found a very familiar but very unfamiliar spell, so is that the answer I thought?"

"Yes, it was the God of Fire who led the way." Kyle did not hide anything and roughly recounted what he had done in the Hexagonal Islands.

"The mysterious man couldn't find me at the time, so he tried to force me out with the Fiendfyre. I then tried to use this spell to drive the Fiendfyre around me."

"Use Vulcan to clear the way and drive the Fiendfyre..." Dumbledore looked at Kyle with a complicated expression.

Can the God of Fire open the way to drive the fierce fire?
Of course it is possible. As the person who invented this spell, Dumbledore knows it very well.

Because Vulcan's Way is strictly speaking a type of transformation spell, but its target of transformation is fire.

Fiery fire is also a flame.

But he didn't expect Kyle to be able to do this.

Just like using the Transfiguration spell to turn a stone into a dog is easy, a fifth grade student can do it... but turning a mountain into a dog, not many people can do it.

Controlling the fierce fire is no easier than turning a mountain into a dog.

"Is this your first attempt?" asked Dumbledore.

"The second time." Kyle thought for a moment and said, "The first time was in Austria. In order to lure Rosier, I decided to burn the Nurmengard Tower with Fiendfyre.

"It's just that the distance was a bit far at the time, so I was thinking about whether I could use the God of Fire to clear the way and send Li Huo over there."

Nurmengard?

Dumbledore's eye twitched violently.

"you made it?"

“I don’t know if that counts as a success.” Kyle thought for a moment and said, “Because that was the first time I tried this kind of change, I could barely restrain the violent Fiendfyre and could only barely send it over.

"But the scattered Fiendfyre ignited the Nurmengard Tower more quickly, and achieved my goal better."

The principal's office fell into silence.

Dumbledore never imagined that Kyle would do such a thing.

Setting fire to Nurmengard is something many people wanted to do but didn't dare to do... but he actually accomplished it.

Dumbledore couldn't tell what his mood was at the moment.

Worried...surprised...or, gloating?

Or maybe both.

Of course, it wasn't Nurmengard that he was worried about.

When they were renovating the prison, they took into account all possible situations.

Even the Fiendfyre cannot burn through the tower. This is done to prevent Grindelwald from escaping and to protect him.

Not everyone wants Grindelwald locked up, there are too many people who want him dead.

But there are many people loyal to Grindelwald. Once he is killed, no one knows what those fanatics will do.

This is the best option, giving them hope and preventing them from harming the magical world.

Of course... this is the statement to the outside world, the reason written in the document.

"I would like to ask you another question. Why did you go to find... Grindelwald?" Dumbledore asked softly.

"Nico asked me to go. He said you must have been hiding in 1899 and only Grindelwald knew where you were," Kyle said.

"It turns out that what Nico said was correct. That barn is what Grindelwald told me about, and Professor, you indeed appeared there."

People who use the time turner to go back to the past have the same subconscious mind, which is to deliberately avoid everyone. If Kyle had not been waiting in the barn and saw Dumbledore the first time, he might not have been able to find him.

Moreover, Dumbledore had lost a lot of his memories at that time. Even if he made a big noise, there was no way he would recognize him and come to him on his own initiative.

"Ah, yes, he must know."

Dumbledore suddenly became a little embarrassed, even a little panicked.

"I think you should know... We had a very good relationship before, just like you and Mr. Diggory, we could talk about anything."

"Um, sorry Professor," Kyle muttered quietly, interrupting Dumbledore.

"It's still different. At least Cedric doesn't have the experience of being expelled from school."

Dumbledore's expression froze, and the emotions that had just been brewing disappeared in an instant like a soap bubble with a pop.

Okay, Grindelwald was indeed expelled from Durmstrang, but is that the point?

He was ready to reveal everything about his relationship with Grindelwald and the ridiculous things he had done.

"Aren't you curious?" Dumbledore looked at Kyle. "I don't think you know what we did during that time."

"I am not as perfect as you think." Dumbledore said in a hoarse voice, "We once had a common goal... to overthrow the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, establish a world ruled by wizards, and conclude a blood alliance."

"I know." Kyle shrugged.

"You know?" This time, Dumbledore really didn't understand.

Although he and Grindelwald were very young at that time, they were still wary and would avoid everyone whenever they chatted.

How did Kyle know that? Impossible.

Dumbledore didn't underestimate Kyle. He just knew himself and Grindelwald when they were younger, and knew very well that they would not make such a low-level mistake.

"I have this." Kyle didn't say anything, but took out something that looked like an ear.

"Is this... Mr. Weasley's magical eavesdropping item?" Dumbledore asked uncertainly.

"Yes." Kyle nodded. "In order to find the professor as soon as possible, I hid this thing under the floor of an old box in the barn after arriving at Godric's Hollow. The location is very concealed."

"But..." Dumbledore frowned, "We checked the barn."

"Professor, are you sure you checked it carefully?" Kyle smiled. "Or rather, who would have thought that there would be magical eavesdropping items in a barn that had been abandoned for many years? You think so too, right?"

Dumbledore nodded subconsciously.

If you think about it carefully, it seems to be true.

At that time, he and Grindelwald were more excited about finding a secret base. The so-called inspection was just a simple detection with magic and cleaning up the pests.

If it was placed under the floor as Kyle said, they would never be able to find it.

"So you know everything, huh?" Dumbledore looked dejected.

"Just a little bit."

Kyle said, "The eavesdropping ear is for finding you, the professor, not for eavesdropping on conversations, so normally I wouldn't use it, and I would even proactively cut off the connection, leaving it like a rock, not attracting any attention."

"But I'm not interested either."

"what?"

"That's your plan. I'm not interested." Kyle tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and the house-elf in the kitchen immediately brought a glass of lemonade.

Kyle picked it up and took a sip... It was really good, still the familiar taste.

"To put it bluntly, this thing is like casting a spell. Even if there is a small mistake in the gesture of waving the wand, but the result is correct, then there is no problem.

"You won't lose points on the final exam for incorrect hand gestures. The same goes for when you're facing an enemy."

Dumbledore didn't say anything, but just looked at Kyle in a trance. After a moment, he showed a helpless smile.

"I never thought that I would need to be counseled by a child. This experience is really amazing." "I also didn't expect that I would have to comfort an elderly professor." Kyle took another sip of lemonade. "This is probably because the person in charge is often confused."

"...a very apt description." Dumbledore also knocked on the table and received a cup of black tea brought by the house-elf.

He took a sip and said in a very calm tone, "Starting tomorrow, I will no longer be the headmaster. Minerva is more suitable for this position than I am."

"Hmm?" Kyle raised his head slightly but said nothing.

"You don't seem surprised," Dumbledore asked.

"Isn't that the way it should be?" Kyle said.

Since last year, Dumbledore has hardly ever been in Hogwarts, and all the big and small matters in the school are basically handled by Professor McGonagall.

It's just that Professor McGonagall is thin-skinned. If it were Kell, he would have moved his office here long ago. Would he need Dumbledore's consent?

"Yes, you are right." Dumbledore breathed a sigh of relief. "I am indeed too irresponsible as the headmaster. It's a good thing this way. I can enjoy my retirement life."

It's to accompany my sister.

He didn't retire early or late, but as long as Ariana was alive, Dumbledore was thinking of handing over the position of headmaster to Professor McGonagall. His purpose was a little too obvious.

Kyle glanced at Dumbledore but did not expose him.

"Does Professor McGonagall know?"

"I don't know." Dumbledore shook his head. "I have already contacted the school director and am going to give her a surprise."

"Are you sure it's a surprise?" Kyle raised an eyebrow, "Not a shock?"

"I can't help it. I know Minerva," Dumbledore explained. "If I had told her directly, she would not have agreed."

Kyle frowned, still feeling something was wrong.

He looked around until his eyes fell on a stack of parchment nearly two feet thick lying next to the table.

Were these things present in the office before?

Kyle recalled that when Nico came to deliver the time converter to him, the office was clean and empty.

This is normal. All matters that need to be dealt with have been sent to Professor McGonagall, so there will naturally be no documents in the headmaster's office.

These...could they have been thrown by Professor McGonagall?

Kyle felt like he had discovered the truth.

He walked over and casually flipped through the parchments under Dumbledore's nervous gaze.

"Quidditch match arrangement planning..."

"Request to move the Potions classroom to the third floor..."

"Snape applied for 1,000 Galleons to buy dark creatures such as Red Hat, Kaba, etc...."

"Professor McGonagall requested 300 Galleons to purchase a rabbit, a turtle, and a hamster..."

"Professor Sinistra of the Department of Astronomy, requesting 3,000 Galleons to purchase a panoramic astronomical device..."

……

Sure enough, these are all work arrangements at Hogwarts, from two months ago to now.

There were even traces of ink on some of the parchments. It was probably because someone had written on them and then used magic to erase them. It was just that the process was a bit hasty, leaving these traces.

Kyle looked at Dumbledore, "This was... sent by Professor McGonagall."

"It was Minerva." Dumbledore's eyes wandered. "She thought I had failed in my duty as a headmaster. This is a return of the property to its rightful owner."

"So, you want to retire?"

Kyle overturned his previous guess, "Then it's reasonable to avoid these jobs, right?"

"Of course not." Dumbledore regained his composure and said seriously, "After seeing this, I realized that I was really derelict in my duty. Minerva deserves to be the headmistress."

"Haha..." Kyle laughed.

Dumbledore's excuse was so crude that even a troll wouldn't believe it.

"No wonder you wanted to give Professor McGonagall a surprise." Kyle finally understood why Dumbledore was so anxious to step down.

After all, generally speaking, it takes a long time to prepare for the replacement of a principal, especially for a thousand-year-old prestigious school like Hogwarts.

Not only should the school board be informed in advance so that they can decide whether to agree with the decision to replace the headmaster, but the Ministry of Magic, the International Confederation of Wizards, and other magic schools should also be notified in advance to avoid finding the wrong person when cooperating.

In addition, official newspapers such as the Daily Prophet are also indispensable, and their cumbersomeness is no less than the replacement of ministers.

Even if everything is kept simple now because of the relationship between Voldemort and the Death Eaters, it cannot be completed in one day.

Dumbledore did it on purpose, wanting to catch Professor McGonagall off guard.

When everyone arrives tomorrow and he announces the decision, Professor McGonagall won't be able to refuse even if she wants to.

Because if she refused, it would be like making a fool of Hogwarts for others.

Dumbledore is so shameless.

When Kyle looked at him again, his eyes gradually turned into contempt.

But Dumbledore seemed not to see Kyle's eyes and drank his tea calmly.

"It's settled. I'm over a hundred years old and have long reached retirement age. It's immoral to let a centenarian continue to work."

"Tell me in detail what happened after we came back." This time it was Dumbledore's turn to change the subject.

"Okay," Kyle said, "Professor, where do you want to start?"

"Let me think..." Dumbledore added another piece of sugar cube to his teacup, "Let's start with Cornwall... Alastor, is he really dead?"

Kyle paused with his hand holding the lemonade.

"Mainly because I'm curious." Dumbledore looked at Kyle with burning eyes.

"The Kyle I know would not watch Alastor get killed, nor would he do nothing after he was killed and just bring back a piece of strapping.

"And as far as I know, Tom didn't go to Cornwall at the time."

Dumbledore's meaning was very clear. Without Voldemort, it would not be difficult for Kyle to kill the Death Eaters and avenge Mad-Eye.

Even if there are a lot of people on the other side, as long as Kyle wants, he can avenge Mad-Eye and leave. After all, it is impossible for more than a hundred wizards to appear in one place at the same time.

It was really out of Kyle's character to do nothing and just bring back a piece of strapping.

"I wanted to keep it a secret." Kyle shook his head. "Yes, Moody is still alive. The current Lannis is him pretending to be him using the Polyjuice Potion."

"The leader of the wandering wizards?" Dumbledore continued placing sugar cubes without being too surprised.

"If I'm not mistaken, your plan is to instigate the wandering wizards to defect."

"Yes." Kyle nodded. "Professor Moody thought this plan was feasible, so he faked his own death and disappeared from everyone's sight."

"It's a good idea, but... Alastor may be in danger." Dumbledore suddenly sighed and said worriedly.

"There is definitely danger, but Professor Moody should be able to handle it," Kyle said.

"Perhaps it was possible before," Dumbledore shook his head and said, "but after you used the Polyjuice Potion in the Hexades, the situation changed... Don't forget, Tom has always been a suspicious person."

Kyle woke up with a start.

Yes, after he used the Polyjuice Potion, Voldemort might think that he would use the same trick again.

Given his suspicious personality, it is not impossible... No, it should be said that he will definitely think so.

"I killed Professor Moody..."

"No, that's not the case." Dumbledore interrupted Kyle, "You don't know Tom, or you only know Tom now."

"He never trusted anyone, not as a child, not at Hogwarts, not sixteen years ago.

After he became Voldemort, the Death Eaters who were originally his companions became tools that could be abandoned at any time. He didn't even trust his own tools, let alone a new member.

"Even if you didn't do anything, as long as you escape, he will suspect that there is a spy among the Death Eaters... Maybe this is a good thing."

"Good thing?" Kyle didn't understand.

"There's been a lot of excitement about the Hesperidian Islands incident. The Daily Prophet published an article about it this morning.

"If Alastor saw it, he would definitely be able to guess something and make corresponding preparations in advance."

"How did the Daily Prophet know that? The Aurors told them? Impossible!"

"No, I did it," said Dumbledore. "I happened to meet a famous journalist outside the Hog's Head Inn, and I accidentally let the secret slip during the conversation."

"What a coincidence..." Kyle stroked the cup, "Professor, you must have known that Moody was still alive and mixed into the group of wandering wizards."

"Of course not." Dumbledore smiled slightly and said, "I really just let it slip, that's all. After all, I just learned the truth."

(End of this chapter)