Hogwarts: A Chinese-Style Professor

Chapter 211: Catch the bag on the spot
"Snapped."

When Li Wei returned to the shore, he was now holding a short man wearing a black hood.

"Uh"

As soon as he landed, the figure inside the black shroud let out a painful groan—his left arm and right leg had been separated during the long-distance teleportation, leaving him completely exposed, and blood quickly soaked through his rough prison uniform.

Li Wei ignored this.

This is a death row inmate he captured from a Muggle prison, accused of raping a child. He was going to be executed soon anyway, but he used him as a victim in this trap, which is a way of making use of trash.

Faced with the man's painful groans, Li Wei simply snapped his fingers near his ear. The power of the Confusion Charm once again seized his mind, and the annoying groans immediately became indistinct, the struggles weakened, and only instinctive, intermittent gasps remained.

The rough prison uniform quickly rolled up and was used as a makeshift bandage for the wound.

It was already very dark, and everything around was a blur. Li Wei waved his wand, which transformed into a stone golem, who carried the prisoner and followed behind him as they leaped into the icy pool.

He lied before.

When they arrived at the stone wall again, Li Wei grabbed the prisoner's wrist and, following the lightning trail left earlier, activated his Apparition ability to enter the deep cave.

The stone golem reappeared, dragging the seemingly unconscious prisoner step by step to the stone basin in the center of the lake.

He casually conjured a stone bowl and handed it to the prisoner. The liquid, shimmering with an eerie green light, made Li Wei look like a devil. He simply commanded:
"Drink all the water in the basin, and don't stop."

But at that moment, a heavy sigh suddenly rang out from the previously deserted corner.

"Hey"

A tall figure enveloped in white light emerged from the darkness, looking at Li Wei with a compassionate expression.

It's Dumbledore.

When Livy resolutely smashed the crystal glass and claimed he would think of another way, a sense of unease rose in Dumbledore's heart.

As he got to know Li Wei better, he had a vague feeling that Li Wei might resort to some inhumane methods to resolve the trap.

The scene before him was one of the few tactics he had guessed Li Wei would employ, but he simply did not want to actually witness it.

At this moment, looking at Livy, whose face was illuminated by the green light and who showed no remorse even after being caught red-handed, Dumbledore's feelings were extremely complicated.

In those deep blue eyes, there was no anger or shock, only unfathomable weariness and sorrow.

“I didn’t expect you to actually do this—it seems you didn’t listen to anything I said before.”

"If you're referring to the fact that even the most heinous criminals have human rights, then I truly cannot accept that."

Dumbledore felt his body stiffen. Despite being over a hundred years old and having witnessed countless events between people, he still couldn't handle the situation before him.
"You stopped me before, now it's my turn to stop you."

Dumbledore stared intently at Livy.

“I beg you not to do this, Li Wei.”

His gaze swept over the prisoner who stood there blankly, stunned by the interruption of the magic, a complex expression flashing across his eyes.

"Even a prisoner has the right to choose how to face death."

Even if he is a heinous child rapist who is scheduled to be executed next Wednesday?

"."

Dumbledore remained silent. But then he took another step, his voice calm yet filled with determination:

"I fight Voldemort not only to destroy an evil dark wizard, but also to defend the right to life—life itself has value, and everyone has the right to choose for themselves."

Voldemort arbitrarily deprived other wizards of these things according to his own whims, so I must stop him.

But if we use the same methods as him, what significance would our victory have?

“I don’t need meaning, I only care about the result—sacrificing a villain who was going to die anyway in exchange for the White Demon King of the magic world to live for a few hundred more years is a very worthwhile deal in my opinion.”

Hearing Livy say this, Dumbledore had to admit that he was somewhat pleased.

However, he still firmly shook his head.

“Consider this my last act of willfulness, Li Wei. As long as I live, I will not let you do this—perhaps you can choose to let me drink this potion now, and I will undoubtedly die before you. At that time, I will not care what you do.”

His words sounded somewhat contradictory.

Li Wei shook his head and put away his wand—Dumbledore was on guard against him, and his plan to secretly bring a death row inmate to complete the trap had failed.

“Alright, Principal.” Li Wei’s voice was unreadable. “You win. I respect your decision.”

“However, you must also respect me—I will never let you drink the water from this stone basin—if we’re talking about being willful, I think I, a young man decades younger than you, am more qualified to say that.”

“Alright—” Dumbledore paused for a moment, “I won’t drink it, I promise you—but you also have to promise me you won’t do it again.”

Li Wei nodded.

The two men made no oath, but silently led the prisoner away from the cave again.

Neither of them could convince the other, even though their intentions were both for the other's good.

"There's no need to lie to me this time?"

As they reached the entrance, Dumbledore remarked sarcastically—he seemed relaxed, but his heart was in turmoil.

He tried to calm himself down—at the latest, by Christmas, if things worsened, he would consider making that difficult decision: to release Nurmengard's old friend and let him persuade Levi.

According to the other party's recent letter, he has already repented.

Grindelwald longed to leave everything behind with Dumbledore and travel the world.

But Dumbledore couldn't be so 'selfish'. He couldn't let go of everything. He couldn't even let go of Hogwarts, Voldemort, or Levi.

He did not want the slogan 'for the greater good' to be heard again in the wizarding world.

Therefore, he has been taking time to study Chinese culture—hoping to gain a deeper understanding of Livy's thought and find more convincing reasons.

"of course."

Li Wei responded, and the Thundermark Beacon suddenly lit up—the three of them, arm in arm, left the cave again.

"Once I send this prisoner back, I'll head back to Hogwarts—it looks like we won't be getting the Horcruxes anytime soon?"

Dumbledore glanced at the starry sky above and murmured:

"Yes, although I am more eager to resolve this issue than anyone else, our consensus is indeed much more important than the issue itself."

(End of this chapter)