Chapter 481 Crucial Memory

The walls of Hogwarts may have been made of paper, and news of Ada's debate with Umbridge in class spread like wildfire.

Even by Hogwarts standards, this spread was incredibly fast. In the corridors and classrooms, students discussing this matter can be seen everywhere.

While praising Umbridge's courage, the students analyzed Ada's words sentence by sentence to find out which of them were true and which were exaggerated.

At the end of last school year, Dumbledore announced in front of all students that Voldemort was back. This fact was difficult for students to accept and believe. Even if Dumbledore released all the details, it would be difficult to change this situation.

During the summer vacation, the Daily Prophet, authorized by the Ministry of Magic, smeared Dumbledore, whitewashed the situation, and promoted Dumbledore's conspiracy theory. The weakness of public opinion also put Dumbledore in a disadvantageous situation, which can be said to be attacked from both sides.

Everyone may not have understood Umbridge's remarks last night at the time, but after a night of fermentation, everyone knew that the Ministry of Magic wanted to intervene in the management of Hogwarts and control the school.

The Ministry of Magic wants to interfere in the school, but most students think it's okay and acceptable. It's no easier than accepting Voldemort's return.

To put it bluntly, no matter how much the Ministry of Magic targets Dumbledore, suppresses him, or discredits him, it is a matter between the top management and has nothing to do with the students.

It is neither the students' turn to speak, nor their turn to dictate. All the students can do is watch and wait for the two sides to decide the winner.

But when the debate between Ada and Umbridge came out, and when they spread out their remarks, the students were surprised to find that they seemed unable to continue to watch. They had been affected by the Ministry of Magic's brainless and large-scale harm. .

No one wants to silently read and copy texts in Defense Against the Dark Arts classes. Everyone wants to learn some real things and real skills.

People say that if the city gate catches fire, the fish in the pond will be affected. However, a series of operations by the Ministry of Magic failed to do anything to Dumbledore. The Ministry of Magic failed to set the city gate on fire, but it successfully affected Chiyu.

During lunch, Ada received the attention of the students as soon as she entered the auditorium.

Ada's remarks in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class may have been selfish and exaggerated, but she did speak from the perspective of the students and was protecting the rights of the students.

This is also where Ada is smart. She did not mention Voldemort, but refuted Umbridge from the perspective of a student. Ada did what the students wanted to do but were afraid to do.

Umbridge did not appear in the auditorium, probably because she had not thought about how to face the questioning looks of the students. But Umbridge's escape could not solve the problem, and the Defense Against the Dark Arts class had to continue.

So in the afternoon, another news came out from the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, that Umbridge had another quarrel with Harry Potter.

But this time Umbridge learned a lesson. She didn't give Harry more opportunities to show off. She only said two or three sentences and put Harry in solitary confinement for a week.

Harry Potter, what a miserable man; Umbridge, what a miserable man... Forget it, let's not talk about it, Mr. Longbottom's Leif should be angry.

It was evening and Ada left the Gryffindor common room. Of course she wouldn't go to solitary confinement with Harry. She went straight to the eighth floor of the castle and stood in front of the ugly stone statue.

After saying the pass code, the stone statue jumped aside, revealing the stairs hidden behind it.

Climbing up the stairs, before Ada could knock on the door of the principal's office, Dumbledore's voice came from inside.

"You came a little earlier than the agreed time."

Opening the door, Ada walked into the principal's office, and Dumbledore just left his chair.

The principal waved his hand, and a cabinet door opened. The pensieve flew out of the cabinet and landed firmly on a table.

Dumbledore had said during the summer vacation that he would give Ada a concrete explanation after returning to school. So he asked a student to send a message to Ada, asking Ada to come over tonight.

Walking over and looking at the shining Pensieve, Ada asked: "Professor, are we going to look at your memory again tonight?"

Watching Dumbledore's memories was quite an interesting experience, but the lack of a fast-forward button made Ada uncomfortable. Watching a video without being able to fast forward or rewind is soulless.

"Yes, that's right. A memory from many years ago." Dumbledore said. Of course the principal didn't know what Ada was thinking about, and even if he knew it, he might not be able to understand it.

"How many years ago was it?" Ada answered without saying anything.

"Fifteen or six years ago," Dumbledore said. "That is a crucial memory."

After saying that, the principal put the wand against his temple, and then gently pulled out strands of silver memory as thin as spider silk. Then put the memories on the wand into the Pensieve.

That memory swirled and floated in the pensieve. The ancient runes carved on the edge of the pensieve lit up with a misty light, and Dumbledore and Ada disappeared in the principal's office in an instant.

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The darkness in front of her dispersed, and Ada suddenly found herself standing in the village of Hogsmeade. It was a cold, wet night.

"Let's go, I'm going in." Dumbledore said beside him.

Following Dumbledore's gaze, Ada saw him with a shorter beard, and the principal in her memory was pushing open the door of the Pig's Head Bar. Dumbledore and Ada immediately followed him into the Hog's Head pub, and then walked to a small room upstairs.

When passing by the owner of the Pig Head Bar, Ada sighed: "Professor, I really think you look a bit like this owner."

"Of course," Dumbledore replied, "He is my brother, Aberforth. But he is not our purpose tonight."

Ada did not pursue the question. She looked at Dumbledore beside her, and then at the Dumbledore in her memory. Although this was not the first time she was in such a scene, Ada still felt weird.

After a while, the small room was opened, and Aberforth walked in with a woman.

What surprised Ada was that she knew the woman who walked in. Not only did she know her, she also took her class! Sybill Trelawney, the Divination professor at Hogwarts, was thought by Ada to be a charlatan who came to school to eat and drink.

"I came to interview Sybil, even though I wanted to cancel the Divination course at the time." Dumbledore beside him explained, "But Sybil is the mysterious person of a very famous and talented prophet. Granddaughter, I think it’s polite to meet her.”

Cassandra Trelawney, Ada still knows the name of this prophet. But because Cassandra lived so long ago, Ada didn't know whether she was really that magical or whether she was deified by future generations.

The pensieve does not fast forward or rewind, and naturally it does not pause, so it will not stop because Ada is distracted. The memories continue to play out, and so does Sybill Trelawney's interview.

Trelawney behaved very poorly in her memory. She failed to show her gift of prophecy, and her tricks failed to fool Dumbledore.

Dumbledore, who had a slightly shorter white beard, politely rejected Trelawney. The headmaster comforted her a few words in a gentlemanly manner, and then left the room. Sybill Trelawney sat with her hands wrapped tightly around her shawl, her shoulders shaking slightly from crying.

Ada looked at Dumbledore next to her in confusion, she didn't understand. Since the headmaster had rejected Trelawney, why did Trelawney still become a professor of divination?

Dumbledore didn't say anything, and the principal just asked Ada to continue reading. With doubts, Ada looked at that memory again.

Just when Dumbledore in his memory was about to leave the room, a sudden change occurred.

Sybill Trelawney's faint cries suddenly stopped and she stood up abruptly. Because of the large range of movements, she knocked down the tables and chairs around her.

In his memory, Dumbledore heard the strange noise behind him and turned to look at Trelawney who was standing up.

Sybill Trelawney stood erect, her eyes vacant, her mouth open. Then, her dull eyes began to move, as if she was about to have a seizure.

She said in a low, hoarse voice:

"The one who has the power to defeat the Dark Lord is approaching... Born to the man who has resisted him three times, born at the end of July... The Dark Lord will mark him as his nemesis, but he will have the Dark Lord's incomparable The power of knowing... One of them must die at the hand of the other, for both cannot live, only one survives... The one who has the power to defeat the Dark Lord will be born at the end of July..."

prophecy! Prophecies about Voldemort and Harry Potter!

The screen turned black again, Dumbledore and Ada returned to the principal's office, and the previous principals in the portraits on the wall began to sleep soundly again.

Ada rested her hands on the table where the pensieve was placed and did not speak for a long time. The amount of information tonight was too much, and she needed to take a moment to calm down.

After a long time, Ada asked her doubts. For some reason, her voice was a little light and trembling.

"Professor, there were no guests in the bar that night, and you and Trelawney were the only ones present... No, Aberforth was also there... Then how did Tom Riddle know about this prophecy?"

"There were indeed only three people who knew about the prophecy at the time, but Sibyl was not among them. Even though Sibyl was the one who made the prophecy."

Dumbledore said slowly.