radicalducati Chapter 109 The Strongest Principal
Chapter 109 The Strongest Principal
Chapter 109 The Strongest Principal
"Why wouldn't we dare?" Irving sat in the principal's office, looking at the professors standing before him. "You gentlemen don't think that this Triwizard Tournament is still the same old competition, do you? The conspiracies involved are practically written on parchment!"
At this point, he looked at Snape and said, "Karkaroff has contacted you, hasn't he?"
Without waiting for Snape's reply, he turned to Professor McGonagall: "In the second match, even if he was dissatisfied, didn't he reluctantly accept it? He was just waiting, waiting to make his move in the third match, am I right?"
Snape remained silent, tacitly agreeing.
Professor McGonagall also lowered her eyelids. It was probably only Percy who didn't notice Karkaroff's restrained demeanor.
"Does this mean we really don't need to worry about anything?"
After Owen left, Snape turned his gaze to the old wizard: "You're just entrusting such an important matter to a child?"
Dumbledore laughed: "Severus, you probably don't know what Owen has prepared. Even if Tom can be resurrected, he still won't be able to get into Hogwarts."
Ultimately, the old wizard is the current headmaster, and nothing Owen does at Hogwarts can be hidden from him. For example, the four fire dragon statues that suddenly appeared on the tops of the four wizarding towers were not fake, but real fire dragons. They were just dormant using a petrification spell. Once Owen needed them, they would instantly break free of petrification and return to their original forms.
So, are there only four of these stone statues at Hogwarts?
No, there are thirteen!
Besides the four on the top of Wizarding Tower, there are two in each of the four directions: east, south, west, and north. There's even one more at the main entrance of Hogwarts!
The students didn't pay much attention, assuming it was someone's work, a decoration intended for the garden.
The Fire Dragon Reserve has already sent a letter asking when the borrowed fire dragons will be returned. Although the contract stipulates that the fire dragons will be borrowed for two years, the reserve staff believe that since the dragons for the competition have already been secured, there is no need to stick to the contract and the fire dragons can be returned ahead of schedule.
He showed the letter to Owen, but Owen just smirked and said, "Hogwarts is a school. If schools don't abide by the contract, wouldn't that be corrupting the students?"
So the old wizard wrote Owen's exact words in his reply—
That's right, Irving tampered with the contract. Nothing else changed, except that he secretly changed the two months to two years while the dragon was away.
It was only because Owen had a change of heart that he didn't change the time to two hundred or two thousand years; otherwise, Hogwarts would have truly been able to keep having dragons forever.
If it were just the dragon, the old wizard wouldn't have let Owen have his way, because Voldemort was really not easy to deal with. He had countless opportunities to fight him, and he could win in the early stages, but he couldn't stop Voldemort. Voldemort could always escape if he wanted to. Later on, it would be a 50/50 match. A twisted mind produces twisted magic, which is indeed very difficult to deal with.
But Kyrie Irving is different; he has many more trump cards up his sleeve.
First, there's Owen's own magical power level. Wearing a magic suppressor, he can only use one-fifth of his own magic power, but even that's not less than what I, the headmaster, am capable of. If the suppressor were removed, then in terms of magical power, Owen, who is not yet an adult, would already be the number one wizard in the world.
Then there's his magical skill. His powerful magical reserves mean Owen needs to practice several times more than a normal wizard. In addition, Owen has never stopped learning and practicing over the years. With the magical techniques taught by his professors and old friends, even Flitwick, the champion of wizard duels, couldn't last two minutes against Owen.
Finally, there's Owen's amazing ability to communicate with magical creatures. With this ability, there's no need to worry about the dragons causing large-scale destruction to the school, because Owen can guide them. There's also the Basilisk, the cat-leopard Molly, and if necessary, the giant spider or even a unicorn can become Owen's help. And that's just within the school; outside the school, there are even more, such as Dementors.
These are all the conditions that can be put out in the open. As for some things that cannot be said, for example, when he found the Golden Cup, he went to Azkaban again. He did not use Legilimency or Truth Potion, but instead used a mysterious potion that Owen had developed himself on the Death Eaters.
Furthermore, Owen has now taken over all of Grindelwald's influence, not only placing people in Hogwarts but also sending numerous individuals into the Ministry of Magic.
Owen could do whatever he wanted much more easily than the headmaster. If he openly confronted Voldemort, he would face far less resistance than Owen, but would receive immense support. Although there was no evidence, judging from the various grants he received to the school each year, many pure-blood families had probably already been subdued by Owen.
Thinking of this, the old wizard was not worried at all. Instead, he couldn't help but laugh out loud. Owen is still young. He needs to sit in the position of headmaster for a while longer to protect Owen. After a few years, when Owen is more mature, he will definitely be the strongest headmaster of Hogwarts, apart from the four great masters!
As for whether a new generation of Dark Lord will be created, Dumbledore can confidently assure himself: No!
Because he knows Irving too well; this kid hates trouble the most.
World domination?
In Owen's eyes, that was an utterly foolish and hopeless affair. He had neither the inclination nor the time to concern himself with such trivial matters. The professors all knew this, so they were completely at ease. Even Snape wouldn't consider it, because he had asked Owen what he wanted, and Owen's answer was "freedom"—not the freedom to do whatever he wanted, but the freedom to choose not to do what he didn't want to do.
Snape was unsure whether he should scold him for being too lazy.
Everyone has aspirations. Some people yearn for power, some yearn for money, while Irving yearns for a higher level of spiritual evolution.
Before he obtained the Golden Light Mantra, he wanted to be a free and unfettered wizard, protect the people he cherished, and finally live out the rest of his life comfortably at the end of his life.
Now, things have changed a little. We try our best to find a higher level of life. If we can't reach it, or the cost is too high, then we'll keep our original goal: to live a comfortable and free life.
In short, he can yearn for it, but if the process conflicts with comfort and freedom, then he should give it up. Nothing can stop him from yearning for the comfort and freedom even more!
That's how spineless I am, so what!
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