Harry Potter: I started signing in from Diagon Alley

If Eric hadn't opened up his spiritual stance now, he would have been tricked.

But during the whole process, he was completely unaware of Dumbledore's behavior.

Dumbledore himself didn't make any unnecessary moves, he just kept chatting with Eric.

He didn't even change his expression.

Oh no, now there is.

That was the sluggishness after the failure of Legilimency.

Dumbledore's expression didn't tense for a while, and there was obvious consternation.

Even if it was only for a moment, Eric saw it.

After knowing that he had exposed his flaws, no matter how excited Dumbledore was in his heart, he quickly adjusted on the surface.

He resolutely canceled the transmission of magic power, with a smile still on his face. If Eric didn't know what happened, he would only think that expression just now was an illusion.

Dumbledore's heart is not calm!

He used Legilimency on Eric, but only saw a gray-white fog.

There is no memory, no image feedback, just a bottomless, gray-white fog.

Dumbledore of course that means something.

This means that his Legilimency has completely failed!

This result shocked Dumbledore more than knowing that Eric was proficient in using the Patronus Charm.

Dumbledore has a very clear understanding of his abilities.

He understood that his Legilimency has already been cultivated to the extreme, and it is impossible to fail to release it.

He's not that old yet.

Then, there is only one possibility left.

Eric can block his Legilimency!

Granted, Legilimency is not invincible.

As a spiritual detection magic, Legilimency certainly has a solution.

This solution to the curse is Occlumency.

As the name suggests, this is a magic that specifically targets Legilimency and blocks information in one's brain.

However, not everyone can learn Occlumency.

It's not like you can easily block Dumbledore once you learn it.

In Dumbledore's opinion, only wizards like Snape who were proficient in Occlumency could compete with him in this regard.

But who was Snape?

He is one of the most outstanding potion experts, a former Death Eater, a double agent that Dumbledore personally protected, and a loyal supporter of Voldemort back then.

Dumbledore also took great courage to trust him.

Snape was also the most outstanding Occlumency master in the world, possibly none of them.

Even so, Snape had to keep Occlumency running at all times to keep himself safe and allow him to navigate between Voldemort and Dumbledore.

It must be moment to moment, without a single slack.

The side effect is that Snape maintains a dead fish face that has not changed for thousands of years, and everyone has the same expression.

And Dumbledore has absolute confidence, he absolutely did not reveal any intention in advance in his Legilimency just now.

But just like that, his Legilimency failed unexpectedly.

How could Dumbledore not be shocked by this.

Either Eric has practiced Occlumency at least to the level of Snape, and has maintained a state of Occlumency at all times, and can easily block Legilimency.

Either Eric had already prepared for Dumbledore's possible behavior in his heart.

He activated Occlumency upon entering the principal's office.

If he hadn't personally verified it, Dumbledore would have never believed that a wizard as young as Eric could resist his Legilimency.

These two possibilities, no matter which one they were, made it difficult for Dumbledore to accept.

The former means that he cannot control Eric and cannot determine Eric's goals and ambitions.

It is also impossible to determine how high Eric's magical talent is.

It is dangerous to allow a genius like Eric to grow freely.

After all, Voldemort was once an excellent student at Hogwarts.

With Voldemort's precedent, how could Dumbledore allow others to act recklessly under his nose.

The latter means that Eric is also aware of Dumbledore's idea and is already guarding against his possible invasion.

It was even worse for Dumbledore.

Facing a person who was already wary of him, it was impossible for him to use his charisma to ensure that Eric was on his side as he had done with other people.

As if seeing Dumbledore's doubts, Eric smiled and said, "Professor, please rest assured, I have no hostility towards Hogwarts."

Dumbledore's pupils dilated slightly and he stared at Eric, but only met Eric's calm smile.

Chapter 50

After Eric said that sentence, the smile on Dumbledore's face disappeared instantly.

Eric saw through his plan completely, and his purpose today.

His idea of ​​trying to test Eric was completely ruined.

Today, Dumbledore had no way of taking advantage of the prepared Eric.

Dumbledore stared intently into Eric's eyes, trying to figure out what was hiding inside.

And Eric didn't urge, let alone try to avoid it.

Anyway, he has a soul barrier, so what is he afraid of?

Could it be that Dumbledore could still lock him in the principal's office and prevent him from leaving?

Eric is so unscrupulous because he is a student.

Dumbledore had a weakness, a weakness he hadn't even discovered himself.

That is, Dumbledore is recognized as the strongest in the world.

While this brought him great prestige, it inevitably brought him many restrictions.

As a respected person, you have to play within the rules of the game that people have set for you.

This rule looks complicated, but it's actually quite simple.

People don't want you to act recklessly and do whatever you like with your superb magical strength.

Only in this way, the Ministry of Magic, ancient families with self-esteemed wizard blood, and various non-human races will be willing to play this game of power with Dumbledore.

They recognized Dumbledore's dominance, and then based on this, worked hard to pursue their own interests.

Otherwise, if you don't listen to your opinion and you want to destroy the other person's body, then who will care about you?

From this point of view, there is actually no difference between magical society and Muggle society.

You have to respect other people's demands in order to let others agree with you.

Voldemort just didn't understand this, so he died and Dumbledore lived.

Voldemort's destruction was not accidental, but a necessity.

Even without Harry, without that war, Voldemort would have been disapproved by everyone for his violent behavior.

Even if he won Dumbledore back then, it was the same.

So if Dumbledore wanted to live with that reputation, he had to let something go at the same time.

This also includes forcibly suppressing Eric with magical power, forcing Eric to tell the information Dumbledore wants.

Of course he could do that today. After Legilimency failed, he would attack Eric in the principal's office.

The Imperius Curse, Veritaserum, memory retrieval...

If Dumbledore wanted to, he certainly had countless ways to achieve his goal.

But, he can do this today, but what about in the future?

Is it possible that everyone who opposes him will use force to subdue him?

Who is the dark wizard?

Dumbledore couldn't do that simply because he wasn't Voldemort.

Thankfully, Dumbledore was happy to accept such restrictions.

……

The two looked at each other for a long time, as if a bolt of lightning kept crackling between them.

During this period, the two people's consciousness interacted back and forth tacitly.

It seems that each can understand what the other is thinking, but there is no way to reach a consensus.

In the end, Dumbledore was the first to compromise.

He adjusted the half-moon glasses on his face, and said: "You are very frank, Eric, which makes me think better, getting along with a frank person is better than being on guard against him all day long to cause trouble for me, Especially when you have this strength."

"I won't say anything more. I'm just curious about what you want."

This sentence is equivalent to recognizing Eric's talent.

He also admitted in disguise that Dumbledore at this time has nothing to do with Eric.

Eric had entered Hogwarts at this time and became a student of Hogwarts.

In a sense, Eric has signed a contract with Hogwarts and is recognized and protected by Hogwarts.