Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

The furnishings in the office were more messy than Ryan had expected, with ornaments and magical artifacts everywhere.

Ryan saw the Sorting Hat in the glass case of the display cabinet, and at this moment it was lowering its brim towards Ryan imperceptibly.

"Have a nice evening, my little master."

Ryan seemed to be able to hear the old man's voice with a hint of respect.

On the walls of the room hung portraits of past principals. Except for a few empty portraits that had gone somewhere unknown, the rest of the portraits were all awake.

"A first-year wizard?"

"What are you doing here so late? Disturbing my rest!"

"Oh, he seems to be the special little guy in this class - I mean, the Sorting Hat..."

They looked at Ryan curiously and talked about it.

Albus Dumbledore was already sitting at the desk in the middle of the room.

In front of him stood a silver teacup and various candies, and next to him were the utensils for the ten-pin bowling game he was playing. A bird with fiery red feathers stood on a shelf nearby.

"Phoenix?"

Ryan recognized this rare and magical animal at a glance - he had seen one in Northern Europe when he traveled with the Big Four.

This magical animal with powerful magic has various special abilities and even possesses "immortality", which is rare in the entire magical world.

To be precise, they will die, but will be reborn soon after, a process called 'Nirvana'.

"Phoenixes are magnificent creatures. They cannot defeat death, but they face it bravely."

Ravenclaw once said this to Ryan.

She believed that a creature that had faced death head-on and escaped death countless times would only recognize a truly great wizard.

But judging from the current situation, Dumbledore has obviously been recognized.

"amazing."

Ryan sighed softly in his heart.

It was only then that Dumbledore seemed to notice the two people entering the office.

"Oh, sorry, I got a little carried away."

He stopped playing ten-pin bowling and looked at Snape with gentle and wise eyes behind his half-moon glasses.

"Hmm? Severus, you don't look well - would you like a Leprechaun Toffee? Honeydukes' latest creation."

Chapter 35: Wizards Are Magical Creatures

As expected, Snape, with a gloomy face, decisively rejected Dumbledore's invitation to candy.

"Oh, that's a shame – it tastes amazing... Mr. Elias?"

The old wizard said sadly, then looked at Ryan.

"Give me a piece."

Ryan readily accepted the candy handed to him by Dumbledore.

When the candy box was opened, an illusory leprechaun immediately flew out of it.

He was tap dancing, but he accidentally fell and turned into a piece of delicate taffy.

"cool."

Ryan exclaimed in praise and put it into his mouth.

The rich aroma of caramel and cream entered Ryan's nose, and his eyes lit up instantly. He nodded repeatedly: "It tastes really good."

He still insisted on his opinion - the wizarding world a thousand years ago might be superior to the wizarding world today in all aspects of magic, but it would undoubtedly be defeated miserably in terms of food, especially desserts.

He even thought Hufflepuff would be willing to pay a large sum to acquire Honeydukes, and in fact... Ryan was now willing to do so.

"Yes."

At this time, Dumbledore nodded with satisfaction: "Mr. Elias has good taste."

"Just call me Ryan, Mr. Principal—As for the taste, I think the caramel flavor is a bit too dominant, somewhat covering up the mellow and smooth flavor of the cream..."

"Oh, sharp observation, Ryan."

Seeing that the old man and the young boy seemed to be discussing the best ratio of ingredients in the candy, Snape's face was gloomy.

"Principal Dumbledore, perhaps you should first pay attention to the trouble Mr. Elias has caused."

"He broke into the Slytherin common room today and injured his classmates and seniors... extremely despicable behavior!"

Snape sneered and said, "I think the board of directors will come to you tomorrow. They may ask for Mr. Elias to be expelled..."

He looked at Ryan, but found that the young wizard was still very calm even until this moment.

He just looked at Dumbledore.

And the latter did speak at this moment: "Don't be so hard on the child, Severus."

Dumbledore's blue eyes turned to Snape.

"I know what happened today. I mean—Fox heard about it when he went out to relax today."

"Young wizards are always full of energy and will do things beyond your expectations... This is perfectly normal..."

He smiled and stroked the feathers of the phoenix on the table, and the phoenix rolled its eyes.

"Energetic? Normal?"

Snape sneered.

"He challenged the entire Slytherin freshman class to a duel alone, and he easily defeated them all. He also cursed and defeated a fifth-year prefect with just one spell..."

"What!?"

As soon as he said this, the portraits of the principals in the office became restless.

"The entire Slytherin freshman!?"

The voice of one of the portraits became even sharper.

Ryan saw the portrait, which showed a dark-haired man with a thin, long face.

He had a carefully trimmed black goatee, his hair was black and slightly curly, slicked back meticulously, and he wore a dark green velvet robe.

Hmm... Judging from the color of the robes and his rather aristocratic attire, this is obviously a Slytherin.

Ryan also saw his name at the bottom of the frame - Phineas Nigellus Black!

"How dare he insult the noble Slytherin like this!"

At this moment, he was furious.

He looked at Ryan with angry and cold eyes.

"If I were the principal, he would definitely be expelled. I would not tolerate a piece of shit..."

But at this moment...

"Phineas."

Dumbledore interrupted him.

At this moment, the old wizard knocked the table with his knuckles, making the table make a "dong dong" sound.

To be fair, the sound was not actually loud.

But the air in the entire office seemed to freeze at this moment.

Fox stopped combing his hair, and Ryan sensed a huge, majestic, and stern aura.

He knew it wasn't an illusion—it was the magic possessed by powerful wizards, the natural changes to the environment that followed their moods.

So at this moment, the angry and talkative Phineas Black immediately stopped talking.

"I remember we talked about some words and the ethics of being a principal..."

Dumbledore spoke softly, his gentle blue eyes showing a rare sharp severity.

"I hope you haven't forgotten."

Then Phineas stopped talking.

He silently disappeared from the frame, out of sight.

Ryan saw that several of the principals seemed to smile.

This even includes two other headmasters who were Slytherin, and their frames have obvious green logos.

"It seems that Principal Phineas is not popular - but that's normal..."

Ryan glanced at the other person's name.

To be honest, he was a little angry at that moment.

This anger far exceeded the previous anger towards the Slytherin students.

Because it was hard for him to imagine that the headmaster of Hogwarts adhered to the stupid so-called pure-blood doctrine and had the same attitude towards Muggle wizards and half-blood wizards.

What would Hogwarts be like at that time, and to what extent would the divisions between the houses be? Just imagining it made him inevitably angry.

However, considering that Principal Phineas is so obviously unlikable...it is possible that when he was in office, the relationship between the Lion House and the Snake House was actually good?

"Blake..."

He wrote down the name of the family and decided that if he met members of this family in the future, he would teach them a lesson a little more seriously.

At this time, Dumbledore had already sat back in his chair.

"Oh, sorry - Phineas he's just sleepy... What were we talking about?"

His attitude returned to a gentle tone: "Yes, a duel, a wonderful duel!"

He winked at Ryan. "Excellent and exquisite armor spell. To save magic power, only one hand is covered. The control of magic power is perfect and ancient."

"And that particular ancient spell... I assume you learned all of this from the books in your family vault?"

He said this, and Ryan was a little surprised.