Chapter 47 Professor, Where Is Your Moral Integrity?

Facing Ivan who could move him, Ron didn't even know what to say.

Harry also wanted to complain about what was so touching about this, but seeing Ivan's sincere expression, he swallowed the words that came to his lips.

At this moment, an old and steady voice suddenly rang in everyone's ears.

“There is no shame in facing pain Hals”

This was Dumbledore's voice. Ivan heard it instantly. The next second, Occlumency was fully activated. At the same time, he spent 100 academic points to activate the Academic Experience Card mode. Only then did he feel a sense of security. Looking behind.

At the door of the principal's office, the white-haired and long-bearded Dumbledore was standing there quietly at some point.

"Professor" Harry said in surprise, and then felt a little uneasy because they used the magic mirror without permission.

Dumbledore was not looking at them, but looked at the Mirror of Erised. Ivan could not see any clues from the reflection of Dumbledore's eyes, only that he looked for a while before coming back to his senses.

Dumbledore stepped forward and stroked Harry's head with his hand, then looked at Ivan.

"What Hals just said is right. This is the Mirror of Erised, which allows us to see the most urgent and strongest desires deep in our hearts. In the past, many people were lost in front of these false illusions, and they wasted their time. They even become obsessed with it, because they don’t know whether everything in the mirror is real or possible.”

"I don't expect you to be like them," Dumbledore added.

"Halse, would you mind telling me what you saw in the mirror?" Dumbledore asked suddenly.

Ivan hesitated for a while, thinking about some excuse to fool him, but in the end he pondered for a while and told the truth.

"family."

"Yes, I should have thought of it earlier," Dumbledore seemed a little moved and murmured in a low voice.

"Professor, what did you see in the Mirror of Erised?" Ivan asked quickly without daring to let Dumbledore think for too long.

"I saw myself holding a pair of thick woolen socks," Dumbledore said.

"You can never have enough socks," continued Dumbledore. "I thought I would get a few pairs for Christmas, but unfortunately I didn't and they insisted on sending me books."

Ivan curled his lips. Although he understood that Dumbledore was using woolen socks as a metaphor for family affection, he still couldn't help complaining in his heart.

Who just said you should face your pain head on?

Professor, where is your moral integrity?

After wasting this time, Harry woke up from the excitement and reluctance of seeing his parents in the magic mirror, remembered what he was here for, and interrupted anxiously.

"Professor, we are here to report to you. A few days ago, a mysterious man in black robes got a way to pass through Luwei from Hagrid. He probably wanted to steal you through the trap door and put it below. "Philosopher's Stone"

Harry finished speaking in one breath, but felt that just saying this was not enough to win the trust, so he told the story about his broomstick being controlled during the Quidditch match, and about seeing Snape's calf injury after Halloween.

Ron and Hermione were also adding details in a moment of impatience, so their words were inevitably a little confusing.

"Don't worry, you can sit down and talk slowly." Dumbledore seemed to have known about it for a long time and was not surprised at all. He waved his wand to transform four chairs and invited them to sit down.

Harry and the others nodded, and after they sat down, Dumbledore asked.

"Can you first tell me where you learned about the Philosopher's Stone?"

Isn't it the clue you left behind? Ivan complained in his heart, but Harry and others might say something that they shouldn't say, so he took the lead before they spoke.

"We learned from Hagrid that the things hidden under the trap door were related to a man named Nico Flamel, and then we found out that he was the maker of the Philosopher's Stone."

"Then who do you think would do such a thing?" Dumbledore nodded, agreeing with Ivan's explanation.

"We suspect it's Snape! Or maybe Professor Kino," Harry said quickly.

Dumbledore did not reply this time, but fell into deep thought for a long time.

"Professor, don't you believe us?" Ron asked eagerly.

"No, of course I believe you." Dumbledore caressed Ron and others, and then said in a deep voice, "But I also trust the professors in the school, they will not do such a thing."

Harry opened his mouth to retort, but Dumbledore waved his hand.

"It's not just the three-headed dog Norway that is used to protect the Philosopher's Stone. Every professor has arranged a protective measure under it, including Snape and Kino."

"So the Philosopher's Stone is safe down there," Dumbledore added.

"Then if there are no enemies, why did you bring the Sorcerer's Stone to the school and set up so many protections there?" Ivan easily found the loophole in Dumbledore's words and asked aloud.

Now that he had found the opportunity to report Kino, Ivan of course frantically hinted to Dumbledore to quickly deal with this potential threat.

Wouldn't your conscience hurt, professor, if you hand over an enemy who is a professor and is still connected to the Dark Lord to young wizards like them who have just entered school?

Ivan complained in his mind, but he did not forget to run the Occlumency technique at full speed to create some reasonable false memories.

Because during the previous question and answer session, Ivan was keenly aware that Dumbledore had used Legilimency three times, when Harry told the story, when he mentioned the Sorcerer's Stone, and when he asked who they suspected.

Of course, the fluctuations in the memory of the three probings did not last long. It should only be to confirm whether they were lying or if they had something to hide.

Thanks to the extraordinary bonus to Occlumency in the experience card mode, and the fact that Dumbledore did not use all his strength, Ivan successfully concealed his true thoughts.

"That's because I got the news by chance that there was a very dangerous person who was preparing to attack the Sorcerer's Stone, but it wasn't Snape or Kino you were talking about." Dumbledore glanced at Ivan appreciatively, but he didn't Instead of explaining more, he stood up and looked at the Mirror of Erised.

"Anyway, thank you for the reminder. I will ask other professors to pay more attention. You can go back first. I will put this mirror in another place now. If you find anything else wrong, you are welcome to tell me again."

"Okay, professor, let's leave now." After confirming that Dumbledore did not intend to deal with Kino now, Ivan just wanted to leave quickly. He did not want to stay in front of Dumbledore for even one second.

Harry opened his mouth. He still had many questions to ask and many things to say, but in the end he left the principal's office with the others without saying anything.

Just after the four people left the principal's office, Dumbledore stood in front of the Mirror of Erised and pondered for a long time, and then suddenly spoke.

"Severus, what do you think?"