When Jon read the original novel, he often thought about this question.
Dumbledore was indeed a very powerful Wizard, but other than the great White Wizard, the good Wizards did not even have the ability to protect themselves when they were hunted down by the Black Wizards. They were always hiding, running away, and entrusting their safety to someone else (the secret keeper). When they were in danger, they would protect their children with their lives. However, no one stood up, picked up their magic wands, and said that they would fight back.
This was definitely a mistake, and the seeds of this mistake had already been planted when Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald in 1945.
Jon took out a pen and wrote in his notes.
He had a habit of taking notes when he was doing research.
First, Dumbledore was the greatest White Wizard of this century. Because he defeated Grindelwald, he gained an unparalleled reputation in the Wizard World. This was something that Jon had to admit.
However, Dumbledore had indeed overcorrected in some aspects. At least, Dumbledore played an important role in the implementation of the ban on Unforgivable Curses in the Wizard World.
This could not be said to be a mistake. The ban on Unforgivable Curses was indeed a good thing.
The problem was that when the ban on Unforgivable Curses was implemented, it did not prohibit the Wizard World from obtaining Unforgivable Curses.
Even if there was no way to completely ban these channels, the Ministry of Magic, including Dumbledore himself, had not tried to do so.
The books in the forbidden section of the Hogwarts Library were an example.
Could it be that the Hogwarts Professors really needed to use these books when teaching a student?
Could it be that their magic level was not enough to deal with a student?
Jon did not think so. He could only explain this matter as a tradition of the Hogwarts Library, or as Dumbledore had too many things to deal with and forgot about this matter.
Second, when Jon was arranging the memorabilia of Harry Potter, he found a problem with the powerful spell that Harry's mother, Lily Potter, used.
The spell that sacrificed the mother to protect the child should have been obtained from Dumbledore.
Harry's father, James Potter, and his three companions were not smart and studious people. Although they were talented in certain areas of magic (such as Animagus) and were willing to put in hard work, they were not proficient in the study of spells as they were born in Gryffindor.
There were many outstanding Wizards in Gryffindor, but in view of the average standard of Wizards at that time, Jon still had some doubts about this concept of excellence. After all, there were many graduates in Gryffindor every year, but there were not many who could reach even half of Dumbledore's standard.
Perhaps Lily Potter was a diligent and studious witch, but to be able to severely injure Voldemort, the second generation Dark Lord, the curse was not something that could be found through diligence. This kind of curse was like the power of love that Dumbledore had told Harry, it was very illusory and ethereal.
Hence, Jon guessed that even if this spell did not come from Dumbledore, it must have had something to do with Dumbledore.
Then, did Dumbledore already know about the prophecy of the savior?
This was another question.
Thirdly, there was the problem of Dumbledore's strength.
Gelert Grindelwald was one of the most powerful Black Wizards in history (Jon personally believed that this Black Wizard's strength was stronger than Dumbledore's, after all, Dumbledore had split too many souls). If he could be defeated by Dumbledore when he was at the peak of his magical power, then it should not be a problem for Dumbledore to defeat Voldemort.
Unless Dumbledore's victory was not a victory of strength like the legends said.
If it was because of love … it seemed to make sense. This would also explain why Dumbledore was so insistent on the so-called magic of love.
After all, he himself was a precedent of success.
"Alright, that's all for now."
Jon closed his notebook and looked around to see that no one was paying attention to him. He directly stuffed the notebook into his ring, and then returned the book that he took from the shelf.
Madam Peacock greeted him, and Jon left the library and walked around the castle.
After sitting in the library for so long, he did not feel hungry at all.
The castle of Hogwarts was as complicated as a maze. Jon walked around for a while and actually walked to an unfamiliar place on the eighth floor. He simply found a window, leaned against the wall, and began to stare blankly.
He wanted to get his hands on the map of the survival point, which wasn't a difficult thing to do. He just didn't know if the Weasley twins had managed to steal the map of the survival point at this point in time.
Jon only entered school next year, and he only got the map when he was in his third year. The twins were one year older than him, and now they were in their second year, so they should not have gotten the map yet.
If they did … then it would depend on whether the replication spell would work and replicate the effect of the map.
The scenery of Hogwarts was very beautiful, even grander than in the movies. Most importantly, it was very real.
When the cold wind high above hit Jon's face, he had a more direct experience of this reality.
The Harry Potter series was a literary work, but Jon was in a real world. This was the contradiction that Jon was facing now.
Literary works often had the problem of being overly beautiful. Even in that world, J.K. Rowling was a fictional world, but this kind of beauty still existed.
The overall structure of the world did not change. Voldemort was still defeated by Harry Potter, and Harry Potter would still enter school next year. But obviously, the real world was much more cruel than the book.
After all, the world of magic was not a storybook written for children.
Apart from the main story of Harry Potter and Tom Liddell's enmity, the side stories that did not appear in the book were actually more important.
Even though Dumbledore took away the wand of Grindelwald, who was imprisoned in the tower of Nurmengard, could he, who once had more followers than Voldemort, really be imprisoned so easily?
Nurmengard was a prison built by Grindelwald himself. If he wanted to stage a prison break, he did not even need to dig a tunnel.
If he did not come out, was he unable to come out, or was he unwilling to come out?
This question, perhaps, would have to be asked of Dumbledore.
Moreover, this was not something that Jon should be thinking about now.
Jon stopped admiring the scenery and looked towards Dumbledore's office.
Snape had just walked past the guardian stone elephant and entered the room.
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