Dumbledore, who was sitting behind his desk, raised his head and looked at Snape who walked into the principal's office.
"What do you want from me?"
"The Magic School Potions Championship will be held in the Magic Garden this year." Dumbledore said straight to the point, "Do you have a suitable candidate?"
"Miss Isobel McDougal is a good candidate. If she is willing to participate in the Magic School Potions Championship, she should be able to achieve good results."
"Where is Mr. Anderson?" Dumbledore suddenly asked.
"Anderson, I remember that he is not yet an adult." Snape raised his eyebrows slightly and reminded, "It seems that there is no precedent for underage wizards to participate in the Potions Championship."
It is "too dangerous" for underage wizards to participate in the Potions Championship.
This is usually a good excuse and works well for most students.
In fact, the potion level of most upper-grade students is indeed much higher than that of lower-grade students, so this situation basically does not happen.
However, Snape didn't know whether this excuse would work on Anderson.
"Mr. Anderson was recommended to me." Dumbledore put down the letter in his hand.
"Someone, who?" Snape asked in a suspicious tone. He didn't like Anderson very much. In fact, he didn't like most of the students very much.
"Mr. Huttok Dagworth." Dumbledore said without hesitation, "He believes that Hogwarts School has not won the Magic School Potions Championship trophy for decades, and needs a trophy to tell other schools that Hogwarts School
The level of potions at Gwarts School is not as bad as imagined."
"Why would Mr. Hertok Dagworth recommend an underage wizard to enter the competition?"
"They have exchanged letters. Huttok said that Mr. Anderson has passed the examination of the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists and has a good chance of winning the championship. Can you tell me what Mr. Anderson's level in potions is?"
"His Potions skills are of a very high standard," Snape agreed, "but I doubt whether he will be able to participate in the competition, you know he is not yet of age."
"I think this shouldn't be a problem." Dumbledore said calmly, "There is no age requirement for the Magic School Potions Championship. The so-called adulthood is actually just the unknown rules of each school, just like the old Triwizard Tournament.
,No one wants casualties during the game.”
Contestants need to go deep into the magical garden to collect the magic potion they need, and return within the specified time to refine the magic potion into a potion.
That’s why contestants need to have a certain ability to protect themselves so as not to get injured while collecting potions.
"I know, I will take the time to teach them how to handle those raw materials."
"Is something wrong?" Dumbledore asked suspiciously when Snape hesitated to speak.
Snape was silent for a moment and suddenly asked: "Are you really planning to let that other end..."
"You mean Professor Lupin?" Dumbledore interrupted.
"They used to be good friends. I think...that Professor Lupin is unreliable, especially at this time. We can't take this risk." Snape said with a gloomy face, biting Professor Lupin particularly hard.
, "Moreover, he is particularly dangerous. If you are not careful, you may... We can't take this risk. Even brewing wolfsbane potion will cost a lot of money."
"You will help him brew the Wolfsbane potion, right?" Dumbledore looked at Snape and asked.
"Okay, as you wish." Snape compromised and said before turning around and leaving: "But I still insist on my opinion. We should not take such a risk, even if I am appointed as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor."
Watching Snape's leaving figure, Dumbledore walked to the cabinet with the pensieve and continued to look through the memories about Black.
Since receiving the news that Harry was the target of Black's escape from prison, Dumbledore often used the Pensieve to sort out his memories of Black.
More than ten years ago, Black was arrested by the Ministry of Magic for betraying James Potter and killing Peter, along with half of the Muggles on the street, and was even sent to prison without trial.
Fudge said Black was targeting Harry Potter, but Dumbledore was skeptical, and the Dementor said Black had been saying, "He's at Hogwarts" before escaping.
Does "he" really mean Harry?
The newspaper that Fudge gave to Black appeared in the pensieve. Dumbledore flipped through the newspaper more than once. The only thing he found related to Hogwarts was the family photo taken by the Weasley family on their trip to Egypt after winning the Galleons.
.It was mentioned above that the Weasley children are still attending Hogwarts.
"He" obviously couldn't refer to the Weasleys, so what did Black see in the newspaper?
This is what Dumbledore was wondering about. He must have seen something in this newspaper, so he decided to escape from prison.
As for Fudge saying that Black's mind was unclear, Dumbledore didn't think so. How could a guy who was able to escape from Azkaban Prison be mentally unclear?
Moreover, how did he successfully escape from that prison?
This matter is still a mystery to this day, and even the Ministry of Magic has not figured it out.
"What did I overlook?"
Dumbledore put his wand to his temple, pulled out his thoughts and put them into the Pensieve. It was the memory of when he persuaded James Potter to use the Fidelity Charm.
The secret keeper is Blake.
Only if Black leaks the secret can Voldemort find the Potters.
Dumbledore put another memory into the pensieve, which was the memory of the four people at school.
James is dead.
Lupine's life was not easy.
Blake was imprisoned.
Peter was killed by Black, and the biggest remains found were a finger.
The biggest remnant of Peter found by the Ministry of Magic was a finger?
Dumbledore knew that many dark magics could wipe people out of existence, but...he took out another bottle of memory and put him into the Pensieve. That was the memory of when the Aurors captured Black.
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Blake stood there laughing wildly, with a pile of blood-stained robes in front of him?
When he saw this, Dumbledore couldn't help but narrowed his eyes.
At this time, there was another knock on the door, pulling him out of his memory.
Dumbledore walked to the door, opened it and saw Snape standing outside the door, with an Auror beside him.
"The Ministry of Magic sent someone to look for you." Snape pointed to the Auror beside him and said.
"Come in, what's the matter, Delis?" Dumbledore looked at the Auror beside Snape and asked.
The Auror named Delis said expressionlessly: "The Ministry of Magic is ready. Dementors will be stationed around Hogwarts from tomorrow. Are you sure you don't need to station them at Hogwarts?"
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"No, as long as I am Headmaster, they will never be allowed to cross the threshold of the school." Dumbledore said firmly, "Besides, they let Black slip away from under his nose, and I have no doubts whether they can catch Black.
Suspect."
"Dementors have no eyes." Delis reminded dryly.
"I know." Dumbledore said coldly: "That's why I'm more worried about the safety of my students now. You should know the character of those dementors very well. They are never kind people, let alone their targets.
Whether they are my students or not, I don’t want them to think of my students as Blake one day..."
"The dementors are under the control of the Ministry of Magic." Delis was a little embarrassed. Dumbledore almost had his distrust of the dementors written on his face. He also knew that the other party was very unhappy with Fudge over this.
"I have always hoped so." Dumbledore reminded, "You who often deal with them should be very aware of the threat they pose to students. I don't want them to enter Hogwarts without my permission.