Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 21 The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility

"I'm so sorry. I promise, next time I'll let you know before I take them out."

Dumbledore said to Mrs. Cole earnestly.

"Well... since they're back, let's just forget it. You don't know how worried I am! It's so dangerous out there... There are human traffickers everywhere!"

Mrs. Cole said, glaring at Tom and Levid who were hiding behind Dumbledore.

"You are not allowed to eat tonight. This is your punishment!"

"Yes...Mrs. Cole." Li Weide and Tom responded weakly.

After Mrs. Cole left, Dumbledore turned around and looked at the two of them. "Well, now it's your turn to tell me what you experienced today."

"Okay... let's go to Tom's room and sit down and talk..."

"Let's go to your room. The environment in your room is better." Tom quickly objected.

He no longer wanted to see Dumbledore in his room...

God knows if he will burn something again to scare himself?

"Okay, then come to my room..."

A moment later, the three of them arrived at Li Weide's room.

Levy pulled over a chair and asked Dumbledore to sit down, and then he and Tom sat down beside the bed.

"I think you must be hungry. However, Mrs. Cole has punished you by not allowing you to have dinner tonight, and I can't lead you to violate her rules, so let's have a drink."

As Dumbledore spoke, he took an old umbrella from the side and placed it on the ground.

"Whoosh!"

The next second, the umbrella turned into a coffee table.

This move made Li Weide and Tom's eyes light up.

Dumbledore waved his hand, and three more drinks appeared on the coffee table. No one knew where he had hidden these drinks before.

"I believe you can guess that I didn't just happen to appear here and take the blame for you," said Dumbledore.

Li Weide and Tom nodded.

Dumbledore pushed two glasses of pumpkin juice in front of Levitra and Tom respectively.

"This morning, in an alley two kilometers away from the Leaky Cauldron, Muggle police found two people who were tied up tightly..."

Li Weide nodded, "We did it."

Dumbledore paused for a moment. He did not expect Levitra to admit it so straightforwardly.

"Can you tell me why? I seemed to have told you the other day that we will never allow wizards to use magic on Muggles." Dumbledore's tone became stern.

Tom said anxiously, "They are human traffickers! They want to abduct us! We can't just not fight back, right?"

Li Weide patted Tom on the shoulder, signaling him not to be so excited.

"According to Article 1928 of Chapter of the newly revised Regulations for the Protection of Underage Wizards in , underage wizards can use magic to protect themselves when they are in danger."

"And Article 1 of Chapter 1 of the regulations stipulates that underage wizards as referred to in these regulations refer to wizards under the age of eighteen."

"Tom and I are both only around eleven years old this year, so we should both be protected by this ordinance."

"That is to say, facing the situation of being abducted, Tom and I used magic to put up an appropriate resistance, which was completely in line with the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 1, and should not violate the regulations of the Ministry of Magic..."

"So, Professor Dumbledore, we should not be held accountable for this matter."

Dumbledore was a little stunned by Levitra's words.

Tom opened his mouth wide, staring blankly at Levitra beside him. He had no idea why Levitra knew so much about the so-called rules of the wizarding world.

"How...are you so familiar with these?" Dumbledore couldn't help but ask. Levitra shrugged, "We went to Diagon Alley today, and I also stayed in Flourish and Blotts for more than two hours."

Tom looked at Li Weide in shock. "So, you really memorized all the books you were interested in? You're not bragging?"

"Not all of them. After all, time is limited. I can't read all the books I'm interested in..." Levitra said regretfully, "I can only wait until next time I go to Diagon Alley."

"That is to say... you can memorize all those books just by flipping through them once? You... you..."

Tom was so shocked that he was speechless...

Dumbledore was also somewhat shocked. In other words, the content that Levitra quoted now was what he wrote down after reading it today...

Of course, it is not ruled out that he knew what he had done wrong today, so he went out of his way to find the regulations and memorized them.

"Your talent is truly astounding, Wade... You are right, I really cannot hold you accountable for this matter. Moreover, your actions were indeed legitimate defense, and you did nothing wrong..."

"But..." Dumbledore changed the subject, "Have you been to 39 The Strand since then?"

"Yes, we did it too." Li Weide admitted it again straightforwardly.

Since Dumbledore came to them today, it proved that what they did today was exposed.

Any concealment would be in vain. Dumbledore would not have come here without sufficient evidence.

It would be better to just admit it.

"Why do you do this?" Dumbledore asked with a frown.

"We all know how miserable it is to fall into the hands of human traffickers... They will sell the good-looking children to those wealthy perverts, and those who are not so good-looking, the smart ones will be trained to be pickpockets, and the dumb ones will have their limbs broken and driven out to the streets to beg..."

"So, after learning that there were still children in the hands of human traffickers, I took Tom with me. We wanted to save people," Li Weide said calmly.

Tom was a little surprised that Li Weide took all the responsibility on himself this time.

Dumbledore opened his mouth, but no words of blame came out.

After a long while, he slowly said, "You are right to want to save people... But you shouldn't go like this. I am not saying that I doubt your and Tom's abilities. But... wizards and magic must not be exposed to Muggles at will. This is a serious violation of the International Statute of Secrecy."

Dumbledore raised his eyes and looked at Levitra. "I think since you have memorized all this, you don't need me to repeat it to you?"

"Yes, Professor...but we hadn't been to Diagon Alley at that time, and we didn't know that our actions violated the International Statute of Secrecy."

Levitra looked at Dumbledore, then lowered his head and said softly, "But I don't regret my actions at the time. There are people who need help, and I happen to be able to provide help...then I can't just sit back and do nothing. I always believe that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility."

Dumbledore raised his eyebrows slightly, "With great power...with great responsibility..."

After a long while, Dumbledore spoke again, "All the captured traffickers have been scared crazy and are unable to reveal anything about the wizarding world. So, you are lucky this time and it does not count as a violation of the International Statute of Secrecy... Okay, tell me about the whole operation."

So, Levi and Tom told the whole story of the raid on the human traffickers' lair this morning, including the gold bars, Tom's Parseltongue, and Nagini who was attracted by his Parseltongue.

It's impossible to hide it, so it's better to say it directly.

After hearing what happened, Dumbledore sighed, "I have to say that you are lucky today... I knew Nagini before, she was a very unfortunate person... She was wavering between animality and humanity, it is hard to imagine how much pain she was in."

Hearing this, Tom quickly asked, "What happened to her?"

Dumbledore said, "She is a blood-cursed orc... Well, we'll talk about her later. Let's first talk about the dozen or so gold bars you got."

Hearing this, Levitra remained calm, but Tom couldn't help but widen his eyes, fearing that Dumbledore would confiscate the gold.

Tom, who was not strong enough, now understands the importance of money.

After all, he is not the powerful Voldemort in the future...

Dumbledore smiled and said, "I am not going to confiscate your gold. I just want to remind you... Can an ordinary human trafficker's den really have so much gold? After you exchanged the gold today, you should know what a huge sum of money it is."

Li Weide reacted immediately, "Professor, are you saying that we are in big trouble?"

　I made up the so-called underage protection regulations of the Ministry of Magic because I couldn't find any relevant information...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)