After the two signed the contract, the scene constructed from memory quickly collapsed, and the familiar principal's office reappeared in front of Ivan.

In the fireplace, the blazing fire burned, dispelling the severe cold of midnight, but Ivan's heart was unable to calm down for a long time.

Because he finally understood the many problems that had always puzzled him.

For example, why did Grindelwald know the whereabouts of Nicole Lemay's safe house, and how did he defeat Voldemort, holding the old wand, and escape from Newmongaard in a very poor condition.

Everything behind this has a shadow of Dumbledore...

Ivan thought for a moment, the quiet needles in the principal's room could be heard, and the noisy portraits were all silenced. Although they could not see the scene in their memory, the oppressive force faintly emerged from Ivan made them understand that if they did not want to be thrown into the fireplace and burned to ashes, it would be better to shut up.

Ivan sat upright in the chair in the principal's room, silent for a long time, and then sighed. "It seems you are right, Professor Dumbledore, the most dangerous person in the magic world has never been Voldemort or Grindelwald..."

If it is an enemy, Dumbledore is undoubtedly the most terrifying one. This is not only because of its strong power, but more importantly, among all the people Ivan has seen, Dumbledore's planning and layout ability is also the strongest.

While the black magic in his body was not long, he could still use the limited chips in his hand to calmly use his own death layout in cold blood to help Harry get rid of his Horcrux identity. He killed Voldemort and released Grindelwald, which could almost be said to have created the situation in front of him alone.

This feeling of being manipulated by others without realizing it made Ivan feel very uncomfortable.

"Do you have nothing to say? Professor?" Ivan turned his head and looked at the portrait of Dumbledore and said with a little dissatisfaction. "Such a delicate layout, everyone is calculated, in order to fulfill your grand plan..."

"There is no grand plan, Hals, you may have overestimated me. Things have developed to this point now and no longer controlled by someone... In fact, although I made a lot of preparations in advance, things have never developed as I expected." Dumbledore in the portrait put down the refreshment in his hand and said slowly.

"Three years ago, while searching for Voldemort's Horcrux, I was accidentally hit by the black magic attached to the ring. I almost died. It was Severus who rescued me. It was a pity that even the best potion master in England could not completely heal such a serious injury. At that time, I was told that I had only one year left to live."

"I am not as good as you, Hals!" Dumbledore looked at Ivan and said with emotion. "Severus once accused me of being less vigilant than a twelve or thirteen-year-old child. Now he thinks he is probably not wrong."

Ivan touched his nose and did not reply. He was able to find Voldemort's Horcrux so easily and destroy it. The most important thing is that he is familiar with the plot. Otherwise, he could only judge the location of the Horcrux based on Voldemort's personality and experience, just like Dumbledore in the original time and space. That would be difficult.

Dumbledore did not care about Ivan's silence, but continued to speak. "Although I am not afraid of death and willing to accept it happily, this still broke all my original plans in any case."

Originally, he wanted to find Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes one by one and destroy them, but the lifespan of only one year was obviously not enough to complete it.

He had no choice but to adopt some radical and risky strategies. Fortunately, Tom Riddle did a stupid thing to resurrection and added Harry's blood to the resurrection ceremony, solving the most troublesome problem before.

Taking the Blood Curse in Harry's body as the basis, using the characteristics of the old wand not harming the master as insurance, and then allowing Snape to connect and build a bridge is all his revised plan...

As for how to deal with Voldemort in the future and deal with the remaining Horcruxes, he had no idea until he recalled Trelawney's prophecy one day...

prophecy?

Listening to Dumbledore's words, Ivan was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly remembered that at the end of the third grade, Trelawney made a true prediction while invigilating Harry.

"Dark is approaching, with huge shadows covering the sky, the Dark King's servants will escape... The magic world is about to usher in a major change..." Dumbledore slowly repeated Trelawney.

The first half of the sentence obviously refers to the Petdwarf Peter and Voldemort. As for the second half, he once thought it was about Gellert Grindelwald. Because the other party had a criminal record, he also had the idea of ​​defeating Voldemort with the help of Grindelwald.

However, in the next two years, Ivan's strength grew repeatedly beyond his expectations, and was even enough to compete with Voldemort, so Dumbledore had some new ideas.

"The existing system in the magic world has been in operation for hundreds of years. Although there have been many adjustments in the middle, it is indeed time to make all changes." Dumbledore said solemnly. "At first I thought no one could do this. It was you who gave me new hope, Hals!"

"With your talent, it's only a matter of time before you surpass Gellert and me. If there is really someone who can change the entire magic world, then I think it's only you."

"So you treat me as a new pawn." Ivan said with a sneer.

"I don't mean that, Hals, and I'm not ready to manipulate your life." Dumbledore said calmly. "The power is always in your hands, isn't it? What matters is not what I did, but what you want to do..."

Faced with Tom Riddle who was on the wrong path decades ago, he rudely used tough means to force the other party to regret and tried to get Tom Riddle on the right track, but the result was completely the opposite.

After that great duel, he chose to detain Grindelwald in Newmongaard, trying to awaken the other party, and all he got was hatred.

The more he interferes, the more things go to the worst, so this time he is not going to do that…

"When I think about it carefully, I should not have influenced any of your choices." Dumbledore said, and took out a book from the portrait that Ivan felt very familiar with.

"The idea of ​​changing the magic world has never been given to you... I will master Britain first, and then wait for an opportunity to control the entire magic world. Isn't this a plan you had already thought of three years ago?"
Chapter completed!