Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

"Regarding Mr. Slytherin, did you see him getting close to any witches while he was at school?"

Ryan asked.

That's right.

After his visit to the Black family home, he became more and more curious about the descendants of Slytherin, the Gaunt family.

He was very curious as to why Slytherin was so wary and distrustful of them, and which witch their maternal line came from.

"Oh, I never heard of that, young master."

But Mr. Hat shook his hat brim, and said with a hint of amazement: "The great Slytherin... Oh, which witch can win his heart? That's really hard to imagine."

"yes..."

After hearing that the Sorting Hat was obviously unaware of the situation, Ryan nodded.

He didn't ask any further questions, but just said: "Speaking of this, Dumbledore..."

"I'm here."

As Ryan finished speaking, he heard Dumbledore's voice.

When he turned around, he clearly saw the old wizard carrying a small box and walking down the stairs of his bedroom - yes, the headmaster's office was also Dumbledore's bedroom.

"Glad to have you back so soon, Ryan—it looks like everything went well."

The old wizard said gently, "I just settled Fawkes and was planning to take a nap."

He said so, but Ryan felt something strange at the moment.

Because at this moment, he seemed to be able to sense that Dumbledore's magic seemed to be shrinking - the old wizard's magic surrounded his body, as if protecting some secret.

But after a moment, Ryan felt that this might be an illusion.

After all, as far as he knew, many powerful wizards did change the way their magic worked when they slept - that helped them stay safe and alert even while they slept.

So soon, Ryan's attention was drawn to the box in Dumbledore's hand.

"Fox?! How did it become like this?"

He looked at the creature in the box in disbelief.

It was Fawkes—but in truth, if it hadn't been for Dumbledore, Ryan would hardly have recognized the phoenix.

At this moment, almost all of its feathers had fallen off, and it looked like a bald chicken.

The key point is that on its completely bald body, there are still clumps of black and rotten flesh.

But at the same time, the phoenix's flames burned on the black flesh and blood, allowing them to continue to recover.

"Oh."

Dumbledore said the same thing.

"It's almost nirvana, Ryan."

"It will be over soon."

Chapter 200 Dumbledore's weirdness! Professor McGonagall's worries!

After hearing what Dumbledore said, Ryan began to doubt Dumbledore for the first time.

The Phoenix's rebirth is just caused by aging, but is Fox's condition at this moment really just as simple as aging?

He was doubtful.

But it was obvious that the old wizard had no intention of discussing this issue in detail.

"how is the situation?"

He just asked gently.

"...not bad, I met Sirius, found the locket and destroyed it."

Ryan briefly talked about what happened to him today and what he did.

In particular, more mention was made of the search for the locket and the truth behind Regulus' death.

Then he saw Dumbledore's expression was one of relief and sadness.

"We have lost a great warrior."

he said softly.

Ryan doesn't dispute this.

Regulus Black was a wanderer who had returned to the right path, but he was also undoubtedly a fearless warrior.

He was even willing to sacrifice his own life in exchange for that of a house-elf - perhaps to atone for his sins, perhaps because of his feelings for Kreacher, or perhaps simply because of his simple nature.

But there is no doubt that this action is enough to wash away the mistakes he made in the past.

He is indeed a hero.

"And Tom has lost another life forever. This is not the first time, and it won't be the last."

Dumbledore said quietly.

"The gathering of justice will always illuminate the darkness. Tom won't understand this, but he will understand it."

After such exclamatory words.

He talked about Regulus's funeral.

“You’re right, Ryan.”

Dumbledore gently stroked the silver on his desk, his face reflected in the surface.

Ryan didn't know if it was his illusion, but he felt that Dumbledore seemed a little tired at the moment.

"A hero's departure should not be nameless - we may not be able to make all the truth public, but we must at least give him enough fame."

He said softly, "I'll invite some old friends to attend."

After these words were spoken, Ryan's expression became solemn.

He naturally understood what I meant.

The old friends that Dumbledore mentioned must be some old wizards with great reputation in the magical world.

They went to attend Regulus's funeral, so even if the matter about the 'Horcrux' was not explained clearly, it was enough to completely wash away the labels that Regulus had in the past.

But other than that...

"I suggest Sirius invite the pure-blood families, especially the Malfoys."

Ryan mentioned the incident again.

"Wise choice."

Dumbledore's eyes flashed with approval: "Mr. Malfoy - what do you think of their situation?"

"I am not sure."

Ryan said softly, "He's been doing strange things lately... and there's also the problem with Draco Malfoy."

He remembered the news he had heard on his last visit to St. Mungo's Hospital.

Lucius is targeting werewolves, which has led to a large number of werewolf criminals pouring into the British wizarding community in recent times.

But at the same time, Lucius rarely appears in public.

Their behavior is very strange - these behaviors seem to be trying hard to convey some message without violating certain sensitive lines.

In Ryan's opinion, this is very interesting.

"I'm sure you can find the answer."

And Dumbledore said so.

So, the two of them ended the topic for the time being.

Ryan mentioned the message in the locket not long ago.

He repeated the content of the message.

"I think the key is the second half, especially 'Throwing oneself into the reckless flame' - that's very much the way to open or find the secret room."

Ryan said softly.

"Indeed."

Dumbledore knocked his head and said, "Unfortunately, I am very old and not very good at these brain-intensive things."

"And...that was the riddle you found. I shouldn't have taken it over with."

He said this with a smile.

So Ryan rolled his eyes at him.

Here we go again - the old wizard's style as always.

He always had almost no involvement with what the Big Four left to Ryan.

But Ryan didn't care - he had never intended to ask Dumbledore to help him find the Chamber of Secrets, he just told him about his discovery.

Then, Dumbledore mentioned the situation about Filch again.

"As you guessed, there's nothing serious wrong with Argus's body, but there's something wrong with his memory."

"He's almost forgotten everything now. His memory is so chaotic that Olivia has to keep him taking the Water of Life and Death to keep him asleep... But Olivia used the Soul Radiance Potion you left behind, and his memory will slowly heal itself."

Dumbledore said so, and Ryan nodded.

After Ryan's repeated teachings, Dean Olivia has obviously benefited greatly in the fields of soul and memory treatment.

At least she now has a preliminary solution for patients like Filch, who she might have been completely helpless against in the past.

but...

"She said it would take a long time, so Argus might not be able to return to school this term."

Dumbledore said softly.

Ryan could naturally understand the implied meaning.