The heavens begin with the king of gotham

Chapter 939 Who is the Master of the Elder Wand?
"Harry, I heard you were caught again after running away from school? Fifty points were deducted?"

Jerome walked up to Harry and teased.

Harry hurriedly explained himself, talking about shirking responsibility, such as "for freedom" and "it's not his responsibility", etc., filling the air with a happy atmosphere.

"Sirius is safe, and their war with the Muggles has come to an end." Jerome volunteered.

Harry perked up immediately when he heard what he cared about most.

"Is the war over?" he asked excitedly.

But Jerome shook his head: "It's just a temporary stop. The people of the Magic Congress have moved to Europe. The army of the United States intends to unite with England to deal with the wizards gathered in Europe."

Hearing that the battle was still going on, Harry's face suddenly fell.

"Where are my parents?" Ron also came over and asked.

"It's not bad."

Ron felt relieved, and other students came to ask, but how could Jerome know so many people?
So he could only comfort them: "The owl letter to you should be on the way. In fact, although the scale of the war is large, the wizards are very flexible and the casualties are not many."

Of course, this is also because the army did not use any heavy firepower, otherwise the wizards' resistance in twos and threes would not be able to deal with the US army at all.

Jerome then took Harry aside.

"Harry, can you still see Voldemort's memories now?" he asked.

"can."

Harry nodded, feeling extremely unlucky: "I just saw Voldemort kill an old man a while ago, and there was a big snake beside him."

Jerome immediately realized that this was the scene where Voldemort made the giant snake Nagini into a Horcrux.

He glanced at the scarecrow, and the scarecrow immediately gave him a knowing look.

Originally Jerome was still thinking about how to tip off the Scarecrow, but he didn't expect Harry to reveal Voldemort's secret.

Even Voldemort himself could not have imagined that he, the Dark Lord, was actually monitored by a little wizard.

But Harry's spying was because he had Voldemort's soul in his body, so Voldemort could also spy on Harry in return.

Jerome is now completely certain that Harry is Voldemort's seventh Horcrux.

Jerome also identified the seven treasures required for this mission.

Gold cup, ring, diary, tiara, Nagini, Harry Potter, Elder Wand.

So now of all the treasures of Voldemort that were no longer in his hands, the only one that was not in his hands was the giant snake Nagini.

The main mission is about to be completed.

But Jerome was not too excited because he didn't care about the main mission. What he wanted to do was to have fun.

Li Ming’s previous appearance made Jerome realize that there must be a big secret behind this world. He also knew that what he wanted to do could not be hidden from Li Ming’s eyes.

It is actually very obvious that Li Ming has not given him any instructions until now.

Let him continue to perform and subvert the wizarding world.

Li Ming did think so. He wanted to force Merlin, who was hiding in the dark, out, but he didn't want to expose himself for the time being, so he simply let Jerome do it.

Merlin, oh Merlin, you don't want to wake up and find your wizarding world in chaos, do you?
Jerome started chatting with Harry.

"How have you been recently? I heard that you haven't been to practical classes for many days?" Jerome deliberately teased, "Are you worried that your classmates will surpass you?"

"No!" Harry was provoked and immediately blurted out to defend himself, "It was Dumbledore!"

"Professor Dumbledore said that my practical skills are better than those of my classmates now. He said he was afraid that I would become proud, so he asked me to learn other spells first."

"Oh? How did Dumbledore know that?" Jerome asked guidingly.

In the case of the savior Harry, Jerome believes that everything Dumbledore does has a deep meaning.

"Professor Dumbledore tested me, and he was surprised by my Disarming Charm, so he let me practice alone first." Harry looked up and said with an awesome look on his face.

But Jerome's expression turned strange: "Oh?"

"You used a Disarming Charm on Dumbledore?"

"Success?"

"Of course!" Harry beamed, gesticulating with his hands.

"At that time, Professor Dumbledore's wand just…" He drew an arc in the air with his hand, "whoosh, it fell into my hand!"

"You haven't competed with anyone since then?" Jerome asked.

"No." Harry shook his head.

Jerome looked at Harry deeply, thinking that Dumbledore was worthy of having lived so long and was very scheming.

He now understood why Dumbledore agreed to hand over the Elder Wand so easily. It turned out that Dumbledore himself had this plan as well.

Dumbledore knew that the Elder Wand would be a target in his hands, and many people, especially Voldemort, must want to get the Elder Wand.

So Dumbledore deliberately threw out the Elder Wand. Voldemort would definitely continue to cause trouble for Dumbledore in order to recognize his master, so that Dumbledore could have a decisive battle with Voldemort.

And it doesn't matter even if he loses, Dumbledore has already made a backup plan.

He passed on his identity as the owner of the Elder Wand.

Even if Voldemort defeats him, he cannot become the master of the Elder Wand, and the wizarding world still has a chance.

But why Harry Potter?
Jerome's mind raced, and he immediately realized that Dumbledore must have guessed that Harry was one of Voldemort's Horcruxes. After all, when it comes to understanding Voldemort, Dumbledore is no worse than him.

Jerome continued thinking.

If Dumbledore lost and Voldemort found that he still had not become the master of the Elder Wand, he would definitely turn his attention to other people.

As the savior, Harry Potter must be one of the important suspects. In fact, just based on the fact that he had killed Voldemort before, Voldemort would definitely come to kill Harry Potter.

"Dumbledore, ah Dumbledore, it seems you have found a way to help Harry escape." Jerome thought to himself.

Now that he realized that the owner of the Elder Wand was right next to him, it became easy for Jerome to claim the identity of the Elder Wand's owner.

His hand slowly rose, and just as it was about to stroke Harry's neck, he suddenly turned and scratched his hair.

"We need to go to the principal's office," he said.

"Otherwise, it would be troublesome if Voldemort used your eyes to spy on Hogwarts."

Jerome did not act rashly.

If it were any other reincarnation, he might have already started to deceive Harry and take ownership of the Elder Wand.

But Jerome disliked nothing more than overthinking.

What if this was just a test from Dumbledore?
Or maybe Harry was just a decoy of Dumbledore. God knows whether Dumbledore had found someone else to "defeat" him before being disarmed by Harry?

In order for the Elder Wand to work, the previous owner did not need to be killed, only defeated.

Being disarmed in a wizard duel is also considered defeated.

What if Dumbledore had many people use the Disarming Charm on him?
Jerome thought it would be better not to underestimate the scheming of top wizards. When they arrived at the principal's office, Jerome said directly: "Dumbledore, you should find someone to teach Harry Occlumency."

Dumbledore was stunned for a moment, then he understood what Jerome meant. He took off his glasses, stared at the somewhat nervous Harry, and nodded.

“It’s time to do this.”

Harry swallowed, he didn't expect that he just chatted with Professor Valeska for a few minutes and came up with a new course for himself?

"No," Harry wailed inwardly.

He didn't want to learn an extra subject. During this period, Harry was locked up in school and couldn't go out because there was no Goblet of Fire this year, so his mind was full of Miss Qiu Zhang.

But what Dumbledore decides cannot be changed by his will.

Harry had already accepted the reality. Anyway, Professor Crane was in charge of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, and he got along well with the Scarecrow.

But the person who came to the principal's office immediately made him look bitter.

"Severus, I would like you to teach Harry Occlumency," Dumbledore requested.

That's right, the person he called was Snape, the person Harry disliked the most.

Jerome and the Scarecrow are outsiders. Although they can also teach Harry, Dumbledore naturally trusts Snape more.

After all, he knew that even if he wanted to harm Harry, Snape would not harm Harry.

Snape glanced at Harry and understood what Dumbledore was thinking the moment Dumbledore finished speaking.

"Okay, I will definitely teach Mr. Potter how to protect his poor brain!" Snape said coldly.

Harry became even more unhappy after hearing this. He looked to Jerome and the Scarecrow for help, hoping that they could speak up and save him from his misery.

But Jerome only shook his head slightly.

Dumbledore obviously trusted Snape more, so there was no need for them to make Dumbledore suspicious because of this.

Snape left with a reluctant Harry, and Dumbledore asked, "You guessed it too?"

"That's right." Jerome nodded, "Harry is also one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, but I don't know if Voldemort has thought of it."

Although Jerome knew that according to Voldemort's current brain sensitivity, it was probably not as good as Hagrid, the Forbidden Forest Warden.

But in front of Dumbledore, he still has to pretend.

"Maybe not yet." Dumbledore also frowned slightly, "But he will definitely find a way to kill Harry."

"He wants to wash away the shame of his past failure." Dumbledore knew Voldemort very well. "Tom attaches great importance to this sense of ritual."

"What are you going to do?" Jerome asked. "Are you going to let Harry die?"

Judging from his tone, if you didn't know him, you would think Jerome was a professor who really cared about his students.

Dumbledore pulled a black stone from a drawer.

“It took me a lot of effort to remove it from the ring without triggering the curse,” he said.

"The Resurrection Stone."

Jerome also recognized the stone at a glance. It was the one on Marvolo Gaunt's ring.

"But the Resurrection Stone can't really bring people back to life, nor can it prevent death," said Jerome.

Dumbledore nodded. "That's right."

Then he laughed again: "But it will give Harry the courage to die calmly."

"The soul of Voldemort in Harry can only be destroyed by Voldemort himself," he explained.

Jerome's eyes narrowed, and he understood what was said.

"If someone else kills Harry, they can only kill Harry himself, but if Voldemort does it himself, because of the attraction of souls, the object he kills will actually become his own soul?" Jerome expressed his guess.

"High probability," Dumbledore replied.

He didn't mean what he said.

After all, all of this is just Dumbledore's guess based on his research on Horcruxes.

"Only by dying heroically can you bring yourself a chance of survival." Jerome shook his head at Dumbledore. "It is only on Harry that you would spend so much time thinking about him, you biased headmaster!"

Dumbledore was stunned, then he actually agreed: "Compared with other little wizards, I am indeed very partial."

But there is no way around it. Harry has a special identity and his fate has been closely linked to Voldemort since he was born.

He is the key to killing Voldemort once and for all, so Dumbledore cannot ignore him.

But Dumbledore didn't completely take advantage of Harry. He still found a way for Harry to survive.

"Did you hear that?"

Jerome changed the subject.

"There's a new leader from the Magic Congress."

Dumbledore nodded. "I have heard about it from Fudge, but the Magical Congress has hidden the identity of that person, so I don't know who he is."

"I know." Jerome smiled playfully, "He is also an acquaintance of yours."

Dumbledore's face froze slightly, and he had a guess in his mind.

Although the Magic Congress concealed the identity of their leader, they did not intend to hide the slogans they shouted.

"For the greater good."

"Gellert Grindelwald." Dumbledore shook his head. "I didn't expect Grindelwald, at his age, to come out and join in the fun."

Although he was very surprised, Dumbledore remained calm. After all, he was over a hundred years old, and Grindelwald was almost the same.

He is old and ugly, and no longer as brave as he used to be.

Dumbledore was not surprised that Gellert would get involved with the Magical Congress. After all, Gellert had wanted to lead wizards in a war against Muggles decades ago.

"Gellert is not that important right now, because the leader of the Magic Congress is Mordred. If Mordred is not here, it will be difficult for all the wizards in the Beautiful Country to obey Grindelwald's orders."

Dumbledore was relatively familiar with the specific structure of the Magical Congress.

Jerome nodded in agreement, but what he didn't tell Dumbledore was.

Gellert Grindelwald's appearance and strength have returned to what they were decades ago.

The people of the Magic Congress will naturally not completely obey a hundred-year-old old man, but as for the middle-aged Grindelwald, it is hard to say whether the people of the Magic Congress will follow Mordred or Grindelwald.

"Next, we just have to wait for Tom to come." Dumbledore said, "I will go to France next week to meet up with the wizards there who do not want to get involved in the Muggle War."

Jerome understood what he meant: "Voldemort and the others will be there on time."

What they didn't know was that the Voldemort they were talking about was currently in the Forbidden Forest, looking at the Hogwarts Castle in the distance.

(End of this chapter)