Chapter 367 You Will Definitely Be Even More Surprised This Time!
Ivan wound his way up the stairs, his brain subconsciously operating Occlumency.
But then Ivan thought that Hermione didn't know Occlumency, and if Dumbledore dug deeper, there would be nothing he could do.
Entering the principal's office with a worried heart, Ivan saw Dumbledore in gray wizard robes, standing with his back to him, teasing Phoenix Fox.
Ivan looked a little greedy. After getting the legendary title of Ouroboros, his legendary value reached five points again, and he could fuse with the next bloodline, and the blood of Phoenix has always been his first choice!
"Hals? Miss Granger? Why did you come to see me?" Dumbledore noticed the strange movement behind him, turned his head to look at the two of them, and asked in surprise.
"Yes, Professor, we came to you because of an important matter." Ivan organized the words, hesitating where to start.
"Sit down and talk first!" Dumbledore stepped forward and sat behind the desk. With a flick of his wand, two more stools appeared next to Ivan and Hermione.
"I still remember that every time you came to me, you would bring me some unexpected news, and it seems that this time is no exception."
Dumbledore's slender fingers met together, and a pair of blue eyes under his half-moon glasses stared at Ivan, with a hint of ridicule in his words.
It's obviously you who usually comes to me
Ivan complained secretly in his heart, and then said embarrassedly.
"Then you will be even more surprised this time!"
Ivan asked Dumbledore to be mentally prepared before placing the damaged time turner on the table and speaking again.
"Do you remember the time-turner you gave us before? Now it's broken!"
Seeing the time turner that was full of cracks and might explode at any time, Dumbledore had a look of astonishment on his face. After a while, he raised his head and looked at Ivan and Hermione with a strange expression, and said in a deep voice.
"I think you need to explain to me what the hell happened? How on earth you broke it!"
Ivan explained with a hint of apology.
"Professor, I'm sorry! I was studying the improvement plan of Polyjuice Potion before, and I was too obsessed for a while. I frequently used the power of the time turner and misjudged its limit, which led to this result."
Ivan said all the things he had already thought about, and even took the initiative to talk about his research and development of improved polyjuice potion during this period.
Because with a little investigation, Dumbledore could learn from Snape that he had asked about some knowledge about potion improvement. This matter could not be hidden, and there was no need to hide it!
He can say that because he received glory and attention for developing the wolfsbane potion last school year, he is a little addicted to it. This semester, he is planning to continue his efforts to make big news or something.
"Professor, I am also responsible for this matter. The time turner broke in my hand," Hermione said hurriedly.
Ivan glanced at Hermione helplessly,
Girl, now is not the time to take responsibility?
The reason why he took over the responsibility was to let Dumbledore focus all his attention on himself, so that Dumbledore would not notice Hermione's poor disguise.
Hermione also stared at Ivan dissatisfied. They had clearly agreed to take responsibility together before, but Ivan threw her aside again.
The eye contact between the two did not last long before they were interrupted by Dumbledore's words.
"I think I warned you that the power of the Time Turner needs to be used with caution! You also promised me not to use its power outside of class!"
Dumbledore's face was full of seriousness, and his deep eyes slowly swept over the two of them. After briefly staying on Hermione's body for a while, he quickly turned to Ivan.
"And I think it's not as simple as you said, isn't it? Hals!" Dumbledore took out a few letters from the drawer, turned them over, and continued.
"About a month ago, the day before school started! The Dementors sent by the Ministry of Magic to guard Hogwarts intercepted a suspected Sirius Black not far from the castle and planned to enter Hogwarts from the air. Gwarts people
certainly! The interception operation of these dementors failed in the end. For this reason, the Minister of Magic Fudge wrote me several letters in succession, wanting to send more dementors into Hogwarts to conduct an all-round search, but I gave him no answer. Rejected! "
Dumbledore said while watching Ivan's reaction. As far as he knew, there were not many wizards who had the ability to break through the blockade of dozens of dementors.
Especially from the information received from the Ministry of Magic, it seems that the other party defeated those Dementors in order to conceal their identity without even releasing the Patronus. Sirius Black would never be able to do this.
Coincidentally, this news was sent together with the news that Ivan had expelled a large number of dementors on the Hogwarts train the next day and "saved" his classmates.
At that time, he had some doubts, and coupled with the class schedule Ivan handed in, Dumbledore was sixty-seven percent sure.
Since he can think of it, others are certainly not fools.
So he stopped the application that McGonagall had written for Ivan, and only applied for a time turner in the name of Hermione, so that it would not be easy for people at the Ministry of Magic to associate this with it.
Hearing Dumbledore's words, Ivan's pupils shrank. He did not expect that he would be exposed so early. However, he remembered that when he came to the principal's office at the beginning of the school year, he saw Dumbledore reading these letters.
Ivan thought these letters were from Dean Bohan before, but now it seems that he has misunderstood him. No wonder Dumbledore was reluctant to give him the time turner at that time, and even specifically mentioned to himself the dangers of using the time turner.
Hermione's face turned pale, and she couldn't help but cast a questioning look at Ivan, wanting to know what to do now?
Dumbledore saw the reactions of the two people in his eyes, and immediately became more certain of his previous guesses.
Ivan soon regained his composure, and spoke apologetically again without changing his expression.
"I'm sorry, Professor, and please forgive me for using the power of the time turner privately and causing damage to it."
Ivan didn't make up any reasons. In the situation that Dumbledore had already determined, there was no benefit in making up lies.
Because Dumbledore only needed to use Legilimency on Hermione to know everything. Even with all his strength, Ivan suspected that his Occlumency could not resist it.
It just depends on whether Dumbledore wants to do it or not
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