Chapter 693 Discussion and Prospect (for You Lan Yue He
"Ah, I'm sorry." After rambling about what happened for half an hour, Professor Dumbledore took off his glasses, wiped them, and said, "I'm sorry. Older people sometimes like to recall the past.
, I kept you two waiting for a long time."
"It's okay, Professor." Ryan smiled and said, "From the stories you just told, we learned a lot of things we never knew before, which will help us take the next step."
"Oh, what did you hear?" Dumbledore looked at Ryan curiously with his blue eyes. What he just said was indeed a bit rude, but on the other hand, he hoped to pass one of the stories in this story.
Someone came to remind Ryan that the people they killed during the war also had relatives and friends. They were living people, not just an abstract concept like brutal Death Eaters.
Therefore, Dumbledore was now very curious about what Ryan had learned from what he had just said, so he put his elbows on the table and made a posture of listening carefully.
"I discovered that the connections between wizards in Britain are far greater than I had imagined before." Ryan said that from Professor Dumbledore's story, Ryan discovered that the network of relationships built by pure-blood families is far more complicated than he imagined.
many.
This also reminded him that in the original text, even if the conflict between the two parties had reached that point, purebloods like Neville and Ginny could still attend classes in the school in the seventh year. Even if they organized to carry out resistance activities
, those Death Eaters did not harm their lives. This cannot be explained by a simple reason of not wanting to waste the lives of pure-blood wizards.
"For us, this means that if we want to prevent those innocent people from being harmed, we still have a lot to do." Ryan looked at Dumbledore and stated, "I think there should be many people asking you to restrain us.
Please stop killing."
"Yes," Professor Dumbledore nodded and acknowledged, "there are indeed people here asking me to stop your kind of killing and destruction. Children, you must know that any killing will leave an indelible mark on the soul.
Of course, I am not asking you to take into account many things during the battle, that would be unreasonable. I just hope that you can reduce the number of killings within your ability."
"We are not murderous people. You can see from our previous actions that we did not even harm the house elves that attacked us, because even if they attacked us, they were only the result of orders. They were just
It's just a tool." Ryan explained. "Everyone we kill has conclusive evidence to prove that they really deserve to die!"
"None of us has the right to decide other people's lives, no one." Principal Dumbledore raised his voice and said, "So it is inappropriate for you to execute those Death Eaters who have no resistance after the war."
"So what should we do?" Ryan found that Dumbledore was not shy about killing enemies in battle. After all, he was also a person who had experienced many cruel wars, whether wizards or Muggles. But he hoped that everything could be done
Operate in a certain order, such as trialing those criminals and punishing them according to their crimes. Rather than using methods similar to primitive bloody revenge like Lane to directly execute them.
"I don't know either." Unexpectedly, Dumbledore did not preach as before, but shook his head in distress. "After all, you have to protect yourself when you are surrounded by enemies.
It is inappropriate for those hostages to leave and force you to bring those people back for trial. This will put you in danger. And if you let them go, they will cause more casualties later."
"Yes, this is the biggest problem we encounter, Professor." Hermione added. "Killing is indeed a very bad choice, but this method can ensure that they will not do evil again, and will not do evil again."
No more innocent people will be harmed."
"You guys - ugh!" Professor Dumbledore let out a long sigh. In the war years, many things could not reach the perfect ending, even for Professor Dumbledore, who is known as the most powerful white wizard.
Faced with the current situation, there is no solution that can get the best of both worlds.
After all, Dumbledore, who has been the headmaster for many years and is over 100 years old, is not a saint, but he is a truly good person. So from his standpoint, he cannot accuse Ryan and others of protecting those innocent Muggles.
Wrong, even if this behavior is accompanied by killing. At the same time, he cannot deny that although the methods adopted by Ryan and the others were a bit radical, they were a very reasonable choice at that time.
"Okay, let's not discuss this topic anymore." Dumbledore waved his hand feebly, and a feeling of exhaustion emerged from his body. The core of the wizarding world is power, so the power of Ryan is basically the same as
He was of the same level and obviously a friendly person. Dumbledore could only use persuasion rather than forceful orders.
So when he found that he could not find a reason for persuasion that he recognized in his heart, Dumbledore automatically gave up the discussion on the previous question and started talking about the next question. In his eyes, defeating Voldemort and restoring the British wizarding world
Order is the most important thing. Some things that are not satisfactory in the process can be put aside temporarily.
Not to mention that although Ryan's killings were not in line with the principal's moral code, from another perspective, the destruction caused by Ryan's previous actions attracted the attention of Voldemort and the Death Eaters, and also greatly
Reduces the pressure on Dumbledore.
"In addition to the question about the killing just now, there is also your previous behavior of destroying various manors and plantations. I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation." Professor Dumbledore soon gathered his mood and asked.
The next question came up. "Your damage cannot be repaired in a short time. In many places, the workload of repairing the damage is almost the same as rebuilding."
"You must know that these ancient magical plantations, magical creature breeding gardens, house elf workshops and various mines are an important part of the British magical world and one of the heritage of the British magical world. If you do this
, even if we win the war, we will suffer heavy losses."
"But that's something we need to consider only after we win the war, isn't it?" Ryan said seriously. "If we can't completely cut off the source of the Death Eaters' wealth, I don't think we need to fight for the British wizarding world.
The future has been considered. Besides, these estates have now been mortgaged to American wizards and do not belong to the UK to be precise."
"After destroying those manors, we not only cut off part of the Death Eaters' cash flow and material flow, but also caused a large amount of bad debts to Gringotts and the Magical Congress of the United States of America, which had previously stood behind the Death Eaters. In the Atlantic Ocean
If our group of cousins across from us are not willing to end the battle directly, a large amount of losses will force them to stop their losses in time. In other words, they will reduce their secret funding to the Death Eaters."
"The most important thing is that we already have a way to make up for these losses." Hermione added to the worried Professor Dumbledore. "Our intensive plantations in the north can provide a large part of the resources. In addition,
In addition, during the period around Christmas, I will stay here to build several plantations or workshops within our control area to make up for most of the gaps."
"Of course it would be good news if this is true." Dumbledore touched his white beard. "But as far as I know, you may need a lot of resources and wealth to support it."
"Please rest assured, I have absolutely no problem in this regard." Ryan assured Principal Dumbledore categorically."