Chapter 450 Dumbledore: What? Am I Running for Minister of Magic?

"You are finally back." Ivan slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

During the days when Dumbledore was away, he was terrified every day, fearing that something would go wrong.

"It seems that a lot of things happened in the past few days when I was away. Although I learned the story of some things from the Daily Prophet, I'm afraid they are not accurate enough." Dumbledore glanced at the letters and newspapers on the table, meaningfully. said.

Ivan didn't know how much information Dumbledore knew, so he simply started from the beginning.

"Professor, the thing is like this. I got a magical map from George and Fred that can show people's names. During a review, I accidentally discovered that a name was displayed on the head of Ron's mouse."

Ivan half-truthfully told the story of how he discovered Peter's identity. Of course, Ivan also briefly talked about recent events and his response.

Dumbledore couldn't help but applaud when he heard that Ivan had found out Peter's identity just by relying on a name on the Marauder's Map and his knowledge of Animagus transformation.

"What a wonderful deduction, Hals! If Minerva knew that you used the knowledge of transfiguration she taught to discover Peter's identity, she would be proud of it!"

"Severus was right, you are indeed a genius!" Dumbledore looked at Ivan with emotion. He had not encountered such a talented little wizard in many years.

Among the students he taught, only Tom could rival him.

Unexpectedly, Dumbledore shook his head secretly in his heart. Even when Tom was the same age, his strength and character were far inferior to Ivan.

Although Tom had his own ideas at that time and liked to be clever, he could still guess some of the other person's thoughts.

However, when facing Ivan now, Dumbledore felt more tired. This little wizard was as unpredictable as a fog.

Sometimes some of Ivan's behaviors made him feel that this little wizard seemed to be very keen on fame and power.

But at other times, Ivan showed disdain for this, looking like he just wanted to study in peace and didn't want to cause trouble.

To sum up Ivan’s various behaviors in recent years, it can only be described as the annual Wizard’s Confused Behavior Award.

Faced with the old professor's praise, Ivan did not dare to accept it and said very modestly that he had only done some minor work and it was really not worth mentioning.

From this incident, Ivan deeply understood the truth. As the saying goes, the greater the ability, the greater the blame!

I am obviously still a child! Dumbledore actually put the blame for something as important as Sirius's reversal of the verdict directly on himself. Wouldn't his conscience hurt?

Ivan looked at Dumbledore with eyes full of resentment.

However, Dumbledore was surprisingly thick-skinned. He seemed not to see the resentment in Ivan's eyes and continued to ask some detailed questions.

Dumbledore was particularly curious about how Ivan persuaded the Daily Prophet to conduct a large-scale report on Peter Pettigrew, thus putting pressure on the Ministry of Magic through public opinion.

You must know that the Daily Prophet has always been the mouthpiece of the Ministry of Magic. It is impossible for them not to discuss such heavy breaking news with people from the Ministry of Magic.

Seeing Dumbledore mentioning the Daily Prophet, Ivan couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and he said sheepishly.

"Professor, you may not believe it. The editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet thought you were running for the position of Minister of Magic because of some misunderstanding, so they all expressed their willingness to fully support you!"

What? Am I running for Minister of Magic?

Dumbledore was a little confused, and his expression when he looked at Ivan suddenly became very strange.

He really couldn't understand what Ivan had said to the other party to cause such a misunderstanding?

No wonder he saw that the Daily Prophet had recently reported a lot of dark material about the Ministry of Magic, such as the Ministry of Magic's poor supervision that led to frequent dementor riots, a high-ranking official suspected of corruption, etc.

He thought it was strange at the time, but now he understands what happened

Thinking of the trap Ivan stabbed, Dumbledore couldn't help but have a headache.

He began to wonder whether he was right or wrong in leaving this matter to Ivan.

Although on the surface it seemed that Ivan was handling the situation very well, even better than he originally thought, the trouble he caused secretly was not small.

Minister of Magic Fudge was originally afraid of him, but now that Ivan has done this, the gap between the two parties has been widened even further!

The Daily Prophet also needs to be explained by himself. After all, he has too many things to worry about and he really doesn't have much energy to be the Minister of Magic.

Thinking of this, Dumbledore suddenly felt a little glad that he came back in time, otherwise, he might not know what things would have turned out like.

Ivan knew he was in the wrong, and before the old professor asked, he poured out his bitter words, saying that it was not easy for him these days!

Not only did he have to find ways to convince the people from the Daily Prophet, he also had to scheming with the Minister of Magic Fudge, and he also had to clear up Harry and others who had caused trouble. If Dumbledore came back a few days later, he would definitely die suddenly on the spot!

"Is that so?" Listening to Ivan's complaint, Dumbledore had a surprised expression on his face. He pushed a letter on the table in front of Ivan, and then looked at Ivan and continued.

"I originally thought you were very adaptable to this kind of life. After all, I don't remember when I sent a nomination letter to the Knights of Merlin."

"Well, you have to ask Minister Fudge about this. He thinks it is necessary to commend me for my contribution to the magical world, so I suggest that we work with you to apply for a First Class Merlin Medal for me!"

Ivan glanced at the letters on the table, his expression remained unchanged, and he passed the blame to Fudge very neatly. How could he, a fake, dare to refuse Minister Fudge's kindness?

Dumbledore was very skeptical. He didn't think Fudge would have such good intentions, especially since Ivan had made Fudge, the Minister of Magic, very anxious recently.

However, Fudge's name was indeed mentioned in the Knights of Merlin's reply letter, which was what puzzled him the most.

"Professor Dumbledore, has the Knights of Merlin agreed to the nomination application?" Ivan asked cautiously regarding the legend.

"There is no conclusion yet. We need to wait until the trial results come out and Peter Pettigrew's guilt is established before they will consider whether to release it." Dumbledore replied casually, without asking to get to the bottom of this matter.

Ivan's use of his identity to apply for the Order of Merlin was within his tolerance.

When he gave the magic letter to Ivan before, he guessed that Ivan might put the letter somewhere else.

It's just that he thought about many possibilities, but he didn't expect Ivan to use it in this way.