"I have three questions …" Ravenclaw's expression did not change at all. He was not moved by Dumbledore's words.
Dumbledore could not wait to reply, "Wise Ravenclaw, please feel free to ask. As long as you can answer my questions, I will answer whatever you want to know truthfully."
Ravenclaw did not lower his head. Instead, he looked down at Dumbledore and said, "First question, what is the responsibility of a headmaster?"
Dumbledore was stunned for a moment. He understood what Ravenclaw meant. He clenched his fists tightly and leaned back slightly. "To plan the development of the school and educate and nurture the students."
Ravenclaw lowered his head and focused all his attention on Dumbledore. "Second question, in the past thousand years, which batch of headmasters had the weakest spellcasting and combat ability?"
Dumbledore took a deep breath. His lips trembled and he fell into silence. He could not deny Ravenclaw's words, but he felt very embarrassed and wronged. The weak spellcasting of Hogwarts was also caused by the policies of the Ministry of Magic. The Ministry of Magic and the pure-bloods did not want the school to impart too much powerful knowledge to the students. Ravenclaw was only against Allen's teaching of dangerous magic to the students. He did not think that Allen was trying to improve the students' spellcasting ability.
"Your silence and your heart tell me that you are not convinced. But no matter what the reason is, in the past thousand years, no graduate of Hogwarts has ever been this weak. Your self-righteous actions have severely limited the development of Hogwarts. You may be the greatest light wizard in the world today, and you have achieved great things among all headmasters, but I think that you are the worst headmaster of Hogwarts in the past thousand years." Ravenclaw's words did not have any emotional fluctuations. He was calmly stating the facts, but every word was like a sharp knife stabbing into Dumbledore's heart. "If not for Allen Harris' training class and the improvement of ancient magic classes, I have observed that under your leadership and education, the school I founded would not have been able to cast the Disarm Spell. This situation was extremely rare even before I founded the school, in the chaotic Middle Ages where apprenticeships were prevalent."
Although the wizards on the ground were shocked by Ravenclaw's ruthless words, the truth was as Ravenclaw had said. But now, they felt sympathy for Dumbledore. It was too pitiful to be judged by the founder Ravenclaw in public. This would definitely be recorded in The History of Hogwarts. It was a great humiliation for a headmaster.
Some of the wizards who were used to supporting Dumbledore agreed with Ravenclaw's words, but they knew that it was not Dumbledore's fault alone.
They felt sympathy for Dumbledore, but now they had no ability to break free from the restraint of the divine power and speak up for him.
Only Professor Mag kept trying to open her mouth and speak up for Dumbledore. Her courage and determination allowed her to break free from the suppression of the divine power, and she succeeded in speaking in a hoarse voice. "He delayed the education of Hogwarts because he wanted to deal with the Dark Lord …"
"It was his improper education system that brought up Tom Liddell." Ravenclaw looked at Mag and said indifferently, "If he's more concerned about a certain black wizard that he's groomed and doesn't have the ability to take care of his duties as the headmaster of Hogwarts, then he shouldn't neglect his duties and delay the students of Hogwarts. Facts have proven that this deterioration can be corrected."
Mag lowered her head. She couldn't find a reason to refute Ravenclaw's words. Although the deteriorating strength of the Hogwarts graduates had something to do with the Ministry of Magic's policy, Harris's class and the rapid improvement of the students' strength after he became the professor of ancient magic proved that the situation could be corrected.
"For Merlin's sake, Madam Ravenclaw …" Pomona Sprout also untied herself and wiped away her tears. She took off her thick hat full of patches and patted the dirt that seemed to never be cleaned off, so she looked more polite in front of the school's founder. "Even if Abusi made mistakes in his education, at least he tried to protect his students and keep them away from danger. He meant well …"
"This is related to my last question. I think Dumbledore's mistakes in this issue are more unforgivable than his mistakes in education …" Ravenclaw looked at everyone seriously. "What's the last line of the Hogwarts' school song?"
"Because our minds are empty and full of air,
Dead flies and trivial things,
Teach us some valuable knowledge,
Give us back what we have forgotten,
You just have to do your best, and leave the rest to us,
We will study hard until our minds are a mess. "
Without waiting for the others to reply, Allen sang the end of the school song, which could be used in any tune, in his own way.
Dumbledore and his followers were speechless. They could not answer the question of the founder of the Hogwarts. Although the goal of the light wizards was to protect the wizards and bear their pain and burden, the school song that Allen sang just now, the school song that they heard every school year, contained the spirit of the school left behind by the founder, the spirit and philosophy of the Hogwarts that he had always neglected. Fill the empty-headed students with valuable knowledge and leave the rest to them to solve. The Hogwarts had to teach the underage wizards the spirit of independence.
Just like what Ravenclaw had said, there were evil forces stronger than Tom Liddell in this world. Today, Dumbledore's mind was filled with helplessness. Everything was different from usual, and it was beyond his expectations and control. Dumbledore began to doubt his own beliefs. He lowered his head and stared suspiciously at his withered and charred hand. The feelings that had condensed from his confusion and memories were like slender tentacles, wantonly drilling into the pores of his skin. They extended like vines and wrapped around his heart, suffocating him and causing him pain.
"Dumbledore … Is it so hard for you to admit your mistakes?" Although Dumbledore was silent, Allen could tell from his expression that he had only sunk into self-doubt. Allen narrowed his eyes impatiently and took out the raven skull-shaped hookah that he had used just now. He took a big puff and blew out a cloud of smoke into the air. The young wizards who had been thinking about the lyrics of the school song were now distracted by the scene in the cloud of smoke above their heads.
In the cloud of smoke, the other wizards found out that the red-haired wizard was the other founder of Hogwarts School of Magic — Godric Gryffindor.
The ancestor of Lion's Yard was standing by the Black Lake before the school was built. His angry expression made him look like a lion. Then, from his ferocious lion mouth, he roared, "The headmasters of your time were too irresponsible. They blocked the growth of other students just because of one or two pieces of rat feces. They took all the knowledge into their own office and let it be covered in dust. They even hoped that some so-called savior would save the world. We built the Magic Academy, the library, and the forbidden books section so that all the young wizards with different talents could have their own path of advancement! What he did was worse than those pureblood families who guarded their own knowledge. Didn't he completely eliminate the opportunity for anyone to learn this knowledge? What right did he have to change the original intention of our school?! "
In order to allow the wizards present to fully understand the strange ancient accent, Allen thoughtfully added modern English subtitles under the smoke illusion.
After that, Allen defended Dumbledore by saying that the light wizards had good intentions, but that they were too arrogant and wanted the world to operate according to their ideas. In the end, Godric Gryffindor finally decided to transfer the ownership of the Hogwarts to Allen so that he could correct Dumbledore's mistake and let the Hogwarts return to normal.
In the silence after the smoke dissipated, Allen's gentle voice spoke the cruel truth. "Dumbledore, even Madam Ravenclaw's appearance didn't convince the stubborn you. Perhaps you still have some kind of illusion … that I'm Ravenclaw, and that's why Ravenclaw supports me? Supporting me, who came from the Eagle Courtyard, to attack you, Gryffindor, is the right thing to do? But you've misunderstood, or perhaps you've lost your mind … Since Madam Ravenclaw still exists, her ownership is naturally with her. In fact, Helga Hufflepuff's ownership is also with Madam Ravenclaw, so the ownership I have doesn't come from Ravenclaw … It comes from the founder of your school, Godric Gryffindor. It's your founder, Mr. Gryffindor, who thought you were irresponsible in your position as principal. It was Mr. Gryffindor who asked me to stop the mistakes you made due to your own arrogance and blindness, causing harm to the Hogwarts and the British magic community … "
The bright blue eyes above Dumbledore's crooked nose seemed to have lost their light. His hands hung limply by his sides, and then he sat down on the ground amidst the shocked cries of the professors. He was absent-minded, but his open eyes and the constant shaking of his head showed that he hadn't fainted. It was just that the blow he received was so great that according to his own words, he, who was too old to feel pain, once again felt the second most intense pain in his long life.
The world's greatest light wizard, the former principal of Hogwarts School of Magic, Albus Percy Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, collapsed on the ground in front of everyone's eyes.
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