Chapter 146 For the Greater Good

Halloween has always been a festival that the wizarding world attaches great importance to, second only to Christmas. Although Cyrus couldn't figure out why wizards celebrate Christmas, who can say that Jesus is not a wizard?

The third-grade wizards will go to the wizarding town of Hogsmeade for the first time on the day of Halloween Eve.

Of course, Harry Potter can't go because he didn't get his guardian's permission because of the summer vacation. Of course, he actually has no intention of paying attention to Hogsmeade at the moment. The news that Hermione brought back from Mr. Cyrus gave him a severe shock, especially since the murderer of the year had been caught, and now all that was left was to find Sirius to testify in court.

'I will have a home...' Harry stood alone behind the window of the dormitory, feeling excited.

But soon, he became worried again.

'Will he accept me? '

He was a little worried.

"Of course he will, in fact, he is willing to give you everything he has."

A familiar voice suddenly sounded in Harry's ears, startling Harry. He suddenly came to his senses and looked around, but didn't see anyone: "Who is talking?"

"It's me." Cyrus knocked on the window.

Harry then found that a golden eagle had landed in front of his window. He quickly opened the window, and the cool wind immediately poured in, making him shrink his head.

Then he saw the eagle jump into his room, and in his astonished eyes, it turned into a man wearing a black and gold cloak.

"Mr. Cyrus?!" Harry's eyes widened!

"Good morning, Harry. How is Sirius's matter?" Cyrus greeted naturally.

He didn't know the Gryffindor password, so he chose this method to come in.

"Peter Pettigrew has been detained in the Ministry of Magic. The headmaster said that as soon as Sirius shows up, the trial can be held." Harry answered naturally, but he soon realized that in addition to answering, he still had too many questions to ask Cyrus.

For example - those things related to Voldemort.

"How... have you been recently? Hermione said that you ignored her again after you replied to her in your diary last time." But he opened his mouth and said only ordinary greetings. He was worried that if he said something too clearly, they would no longer be friends.

"I can't stand her chattering all the time. I have a lot of things to do."

"Busy bombing Gringotts?"

"I did do the Gringotts thing." Cyrus nodded, "But I was just following the normal procedure to get something, but those greedy goblins plotted against me. You reminded me - I can't let them have an easy time."

Cyrus planned to find time to write to Lucius Malfoy.

The greedy goblins must pay for their actions, but blood is far from enough! Cyrus wants to take away their most precious wealth!

Harry did not comment on this.

"What are you doing this time?"

"I came to the school to find something, but I have to do something first to avoid being discovered." Cyrus explained.

He was referring to the Marauder's Map.

Although the Pavilion of Knowledge is in Hogwarts, Cyrus did not expect to find its location immediately. It might take some time. Cyrus needs to ensure that he stays in Hogwarts for a long time without being discovered.

"So, do you need someone to possess you?" Harry asked hurriedly, and he even looked a little eager to try.

Cyrus: ? ? ?

"No, I don't need to possess you now, Harry." Cyrus saw that Harry seemed a little disappointed, so he said, "Don't tell others about my whereabouts, okay? This is our secret."

"Of course!"

Cyrus picked up the wand and turned into another person in front of Harry - Neville Longbottom.

This is a boy with a fat round face, with a very poor memory and often forgetful. Cyrus spent some time with Ginny when he possessed her last year, and he was a familiar transformation object.

The most important thing is that with Neville's memory, it is too normal for him to appear in the castle on this day when everyone goes to Hogsmeade. No one would doubt it, everyone would think that he must have forgotten something, so he had to stay.

After completing a perfect human transformation, Cyrus was about to go out, and at this time he found that Harry was looking at him eagerly.

"Together?" He asked tentatively.

Harry seemed to have been waiting for him to say this, and nodded without hesitation: "Of course!"

Instead of staying in the dormitory alone, it is better to follow Cyrus to go out for adventure, even if it is not an adventure, just wandering is also good.

"Where are we going now?"

"Let's go to Fred and George's dormitory first. I want to find a map and then erase my name from it. By the way, have you heard of the Knowledge Pavilion?" Cyrus asked as he walked.

"Sounds like a library?"

They soon arrived at Fred's room, and Cyrus found the map without much effort.

Harry was stunned by the use of this map. He never dreamed that Hogwarts would have such a treasure.

"Your father, Sirius and the other two made this together." Cyrus used the Confusion Charm on the map, and then cast the Anti-Interpersonal Charm and the Dispelling Charm on his own name, finally erasing his name on it.

"Can you erase my name too?"

"If so, then they know the map has been tampered with." Cyrus rejected Harry.

After doing these things, Cyrus and Harry left the lounge together. The castle was sparsely populated at the moment, with only junior wizards occasionally walking through the corridors. However, Harry still felt a little guilty, fearing that others would see Cyrus' flaws.

Harry followed Cyrus all the way to the owl loft.

"Lend me Hedwig."

"certainly!"

Harry nodded in agreement, and Cyrus came to the snowy owl and tied a letter to the other's foot.

"Who are you writing to?"

"Lucius Malfoy," Cyrus said honestly.

"Malfoy...are you colluding with him?" This answer made Harry feel very uncomfortable. He never thought that the Malfoys were good people.

"To attack the financial lifeblood of goblins, I need the help of the Malfoy family, who are very prestigious among purebloods." Cyrus explained. To deal with Gringotts, we have to be quick and stir up public opinion while Gringotts' prestige is now damaged. After a long time, after the storm of the attack has passed, it will not be so effective.

Of course it would be more convenient if Cyrus took on Voldemort's identity, but now is not the time to show off.

"If Malfoy is obedient enough, he will soon declare that Gringotts cannot be trusted and goblins cannot protect their wealth, and then take out all the gold stored in Gringotts. At that time, I hope you can do a favor and respond to him "It would be better if Black could be persuaded to do the same," Cyrus said to Harry.

Afterwards, Cyrus and Harry walked around Hogwarts several times, but could not find the so-called Cabinet of Knowledge.

"Do you think the Pavilion of Knowledge will be in the Headmaster's Office?" Harry asked.

Cyrus felt that he was asking a very good question.

But if you want to go to the principal's office, you obviously can't go with Harry.

"Tonight is the Halloween banquet, and Professor Dumbledore will stay in the auditorium longer than usual." Harry suggested, "I can give you a sneak peek, and I will notify you if the professor leaves the auditorium."

"Good idea." Cyrus immediately conjured up two fake Galleons and threw one of them to Harry. "If there is any situation, use this to notify. As long as you cast a spell on it, this one of mine will If I get a fever, I will leave immediately.”

Harry nodded and put away the fake galleons.

Then, the two of them went for a walk around the Black Lake. In the evening, the little wizards who went to Hogsmeade came back one after another, and Cyrus couldn't continue to act in Neville's face. He separated from Harry and turned into an eagle hovering over the castle.

Until night, Cyrus is covered with stars and the moon sets.

He came to the door of the principal's office.

The door to the principal's office was locked, and the two gargoyles stared at him.

"Lemon Olaf." He tried a command.

But the stone statue didn't respond. Then, he tried many sweet commands, and they were all the same. Sellers wasn't surprised either. Of course, reality cannot be like fan fiction, where the protagonist just says a password and it is correct.

Otherwise, the protection of the principal's office would be in vain.

'The password for the Headmaster's Office has always been sweet, but that was the password Dumbledore himself set when he was in the Headmaster's Office and needed to see someone. ' He thought to himself, 'But if he leaves and doesn't want anyone to come in, what kind of password will he leave behind? ’

"What password is something that others can't think of and that Dumbledore thinks about most?" He lowered his head and said to himself.

A figure suddenly flashed in Cyrus's mind.

——Grindelwald!

That was Dumbledore's love and his regret; it was the person he longed for and the person he could not forgive in his life. Cyrus didn't think Dumbledore would explicitly use Grindelwald's name as a password.

Dumbledore's feelings for Grindelwald must be complicated, not only the unspeakable love for more than two months, but also the hatred for Grindelwald. There is no need to worry about whose spell Dumbledore's sister Ariana died under.

Dumbledore, Aberforth and Grindelwald may all be responsible.

What is even more chilling is Grindelwald's decision at the time.

He left behind two miserable teenagers and a cold corpse, and fled Godric's Hollow alone.

Since then, there has been another incident with Cresden...

Grindelwald owed Dumbledore so much. Cyrus heard that Grindelwald had often written to Dumbledore since he entered Nurmengard, but he could not get a response until he tore the sheets to pieces.

This spell must not be Grindelwald's name, but something else.

Cyrus looked at the two gargoyle monsters and spoke tentatively:

"For the greater good."

The door opened.

Cyrus suddenly realized that this was not a password to open a door, but a spell to imprison two souls that were tormenting each other.

As far away as Nurmengard in Northern Europe, the same words were carved in German on the door of the prison. Grindelwald was voluntarily imprisoned there, and Dumbledore was similarly imprisoned at Hogwarts.

For the greater good.

This sentence cannot be wrong in any way, but it depends on whose interests the "interests" are.

Grindelwald naturally represents the interests of wizards. His position is the same as Voldemort's, and both regard Muggles as enemies; but his thoughts are completely different. He does not hate Muggles, nor does he despise Muggles. On the contrary, Grindelwald attaches great importance to the power of Muggles. He regards Muggles as different from wizards, but equally useful people.

That's right, "people"!

The concept of "people" has changed many times in the magic world. Nowadays, whether it is goblins, centaurs or giants, they are actually classified as "people". In the past, they belonged to magical animals.

Grindelwald regards Muggles as equals, but he always stands on the side of wizards.

In fact, it is precisely because Grindelwald can see the strengths of Muggles that he attaches more importance to Muggles, knows more clearly that the Statute of Secrecy needs to be broken, and understands that the wizarding world needs change. If the opportunity is not seized, the situation of wizards will only get worse.

From the perspective of wizards, he is not wrong, but he is too radical and his methods are too bloody.

And traditional wizards are too conservative.

Regarding the relationship between wizards and Muggles, Cyrus does not stand on the side of wizards, because he was a Muggle without magic in his previous life. Of course, if a war between wizards and Muggles really breaks out one day, he may not fight for Muggles.

He has no feelings for the Muggles in this world, and it can even be said that there is no connection.

He did not think much about this issue, but stepped onto the spiral elevator.

There is no danger in the headmaster's office now, unless Dumbledore uses the time turner to leave another of himself in the office waiting for him to arrive.

This possibility is very low, and even if it really happens, Cyrus is not very afraid. Now is different from a few months ago in the Shrieking Shack. It is impossible to defeat Dumbledore, but he is still confident that he can just escape.

The elevator took Cyrus to the headmaster's office.

"Tom Riddle!" A sharp voice sounded.

"Shut up, Phineas!"

The portraits on the wall were very surprised by Cyrus' sudden visit.

"Quick! Who's going to find Dumbledore!"

No one responded, but it was obvious that the headmasters in several portraits were ready to leave here and report to Dumbledore.

Cyrus would not ignore the portraits this time.

"I need you to stay here for a while."

He looked around and immediately cast a spell to imprison the people in the portraits, temporarily locking them in the photo frame in the headmaster's office and unable to leave. However, he did not relax his vigilance, because at this moment, on the table, there was a small and beautiful red bird looking at him.

This is the phoenix raised by Dumbledore, Fawkes.

It looks small, but in fact the phoenix is ​​a relative of the thunderbird, which is comparable in size to the dragon.

Cyrus would not ignore its power just because of its size. Not to mention that it could bring Dumbledore to him in the blink of an eye.

"Good evening, Fawkes." Cyrus greeted him familiarly, but Fawkes just looked at him in surprise without any action.

It didn't seem to have any intention of leaving here to inform Dumbledore, so it leaned against the shelf and closed its eyes.