Who let this Dementor into Hogwarts!

Chapter 163 They are a bit too conservative
"If this were in Asia, I might think it's a cool move," Cohen said. "But unfortunately, they're in the UK, so I can only say they need to study it further."

"What do you mean?" Von Braun thought he hadn't expressed the correct meaning. "What I mean is that they will create some terrorist incidents around you and then slander you. Then you will be suspected, isolated, and hostile by the entire wizarding world..."

"Yes, I understand correctly." Cohen nodded. "That's why I said this trick is useless in Britain - how many people are there in the British wizarding world? Even if they are all hostile to me, what does it matter?"

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"And half of them are reclusive wizarding families whose only contact with the wizarding world may be the Daily Prophet," said Cohen. "Do you think the Daily Prophet will discredit me? An evil, unpunishable or unkillable Dark Arts experiment subject whose news was suppressed by the Ministry of Magic to prevent public panic?"

"It seems... indeed?" Von Braun felt that what Cohen said did make sense.

"Think about it again. During the years when Voldemort was at his peak, did the Daily Prophet dare to say a single bad word about him?" Cohen said. "The media's goal is to make money, not to expose the truth at the risk of their lives. Voldemort might not appear outside their windows in the middle of the night because he thinks too highly of himself to run around killing people. It doesn't mean anything to him..."

"But I will."

Cohen is discussing breakfast bread.

"Everyone should be clear about this - Dementors eat souls."

"No wonder Headmaster Dumbledore wasn't worried at all after hearing the news..." von Braun murmured.

"Did you tell Dumbledore about this?" Cohen asked with interest. "What did he say about me? And you, what was his attitude toward you?"

"I felt like he saw through me at first sight..." von Braun said, "He thanked me for bringing the news and said we could keep in touch in the future - about the Silver Key's next move... I think he wanted me to continue gathering information from the Silver Key gathering..."

"You would have stayed in there even if he hadn't said anything," Cohen said firmly. "What about the part about me?"

"'Cohen is a clever and brave boy. These little tricks won't work on him—and I believe he won't make the wrong choice.'" von Braun relayed. "Dumbledore seems to trust you very much."

Cohen suspected that Dumbledore had asked von Braun to reprint this statement.

"He means that as long as I'm not the one who did the horrific incidents the Silver Keys want to pin on me, he's willing to testify for me at the trial," Cohen translated. "That way, I don't have to worry about it. It won't affect my birthday or my summer trip to the Philip Fly Tracking Expedition."

"There's no such thing as a Philip fly, is there?" von Braun reminded him. "I took an advanced Care of Magical Creatures course when I was in school, but I don't remember there being a species called 'Philip fly'... You might be in vain."

"The key is traveling. I haven't been to Peru yet." Cohen raised his eyebrows. "It's more interesting than staying at home playing chess with my dad. He always cheats with magic, but I don't really want to use spells to adjust the dice. If both of us cheat, no one can win..."

"Good luck to you." Von Braun seemed to still think it wasn't a good idea for Cohen to join the Luna family on the "Philip Fly Tracking Expedition." "Xenophilius is a man with some mental issues. A member of the Silver Key went to his house—they wanted Xenophilius to join because he knew how to make rooster eggs... I followed him, and after the Silver Key member left, I planned to go to his house and remind him of the Silver Key issue."

As he spoke, von Braun sighed.

"But he kicked me out and said firmly that he was now the owner of the Silver Key."

No wonder Luna knew von Braun… "He's not crazy," Cohen said, "It's because the Silver Key people threatened him with Luna, and the argument with you must be due to your Silver Key membership. No one knows if you were sent by the Silver Key to test him."

Von Braun nodded in understanding.

"If there's any news about the Silver Key, I'll tell you and Dumbledore in a timely manner," von Braun said. "After splitting into conservatives and radicals, they split into many small groups, making it difficult to track news..."

Suddenly, von Braun paused and slowly moved his eyes to Cohen's, as if pleading with him.

"Can you promise me something?"

"We can't be a lifelong spy team. A lifetime is too long," Cohen said decisively. "Besides, you're too old."

"Don't destroy the world." Von Braun's voice was very soft. "At least... not in the next few years... My father should have retired because of my brother Joshua's situation, but he thought that if he stayed on the Knight Bus, he might be able to find out about Joshua - until he was complained by several passengers about his work ability... Now he can finally retire. I changed his memory a little so that he can retire peacefully - at least let him spend his later years, he doesn't have many years left to live..."

"All right," Cohen said.

Hearing Cohen's decisive agreement, von Braun raised his head.

"I've already decided to give up destroying the world, and you happen to be a professor..."

Cohen thought for a moment and said:
"I think you know what to do, Professor von Braun."

"Like Gryffindor scores or something like that." Seeing that von Braun still didn't understand, Cohen explained, "Originally, I wanted to exempt me from the homework, but I realized that under the current circumstances, you wouldn't put me in detention just because I didn't do my homework..."

"Are you kidding?" Von Braun's expression was a little broken. "Just for this?"

"That's about right. Give Cohen another fifty points for saving the world."

Cohen was about to leave, but when he reached the door, he turned around and added:
"No matter how much Dumbledore offers you, remember to submit your resignation at the end of the year. This position is cursed. If you refuse to leave...something beyond your control might force you to leave. Think about it, if you fail, who will provide for old Mr. von Braun in his old age?"
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In April, not only the "Silver Key insider" von Braun but also Lucius Malfoy came to Cohen.

He approached Cohen during the school's last Quidditch match, and since Dumbledore was watching the game, he could ask Cohen to meet him in the Forbidden Forest.

And he had been kicked out of the board of directors - because of Voldemort's plan. After Dumbledore came back, the other members of the board of directors began to take sides, saying that Lucius had forced him to sign the letter of dismissal by intimidation.

However, after arriving in the Forbidden Forest, Cohen discovered that it was not only Lucius who had an appointment with him, but also Draco's mother Narcissa.

"Did the Dark Lord do anything to Draco?"

Narcissa asked Coin with great concern.

(End of this chapter)