Hiding in Hogwarts as a professor

Seeing that there was nothing left to do, Tver also planned to leave here.

He also wanted to comfort the sad Uncle Lucius~

But before he could take a step, Dumbledore suddenly stopped him.

“Tver, do you know where I have been during this time?”

Tver turned around unexpectedly.

There is something wrong with this unfolding.

Feeling the weirdness of the atmosphere, he restrained his excited expression.

“Are you going on a trip to relax?”

Dumbledore shook his head in amusement and slowly put away the sword that Harry had dropped before leaving.

After doing all this, he said with emotion.

“Yes and no.”

Dumbledore turned around quickly and faced Turville with a serious and solemn expression.

“I went to Austria!”

Austria!

Hearing this place name, Tver’s pupils shrank immediately, but he remained calm on the surface and even pretended to be more relaxed.

“Austria is great. I used to travel there often. The food there is good and unexpectedly suits my taste.”

“Of course, Austria is most famous for its music, and I can often see bands performing on the streets.”

“There are also street parades, they…”

Tweel was talking nonchalantly, but Dumbledore’s eyes became more and more playful, and he even sat leisurely on Professor McGonagall’s office chair.

It was as if he was saying: “Come on, keep talking, I’m listening.”

What else could he say? Tweel simply sat down in front of Dumbledore.

“It seems that you are not happy about traveling to Austria?”

“Yes, unhappy,” Dumbledore looked at him with a half-smile, “I am very unhappy.”

“I thought about it and hesitated for several days before I was mentally prepared and decided to go there again.”

“It’s been fifty years since I went to Austria, and then I went again…”

Dumbledore paused.

“Nurmengard…”

(I don’t know if it’s fifty years, but anyway, after Grindelwald was imprisoned, Dumbledore never went there again, so it will only be more than fifty years, not less.)

Tver’s heart suddenly sank.

When he heard the name Austria, he had a hunch that Dumbledore was going to find Mr. Grindelwald.

He also expected such a day, but he didn’t expect it to come so soon.

Last year, Dumbledore was still grieving for the past. He thought it would take several years for Dumbledore to come out.

Enough to make him jump in front of Dumbledore.

Unexpectedly, Dumbledore made up his mind so quickly and went to meet the teacher.

After finally making enough mental preparations, he failed in Nurmengard. You can imagine how bad his mood must be now.

“I need an explanation, an explanation why Grindelwald doesn’t stay in Nurmengard!”

Dumbledore said through gritted teeth, his blue eyes seemed to burst out with anger, and he flew toward Tver ferociously.

Twil smiled awkwardly, trying to quell his ignited anger.

“Since you have already been to Nurmengard, you should know that it is in a state of disrepair and cannot trap a teacher at all.”

“That’s not the reason why he left Nurmengard.” Dumbledore said coldly.

“Ahem, maybe the teacher just went out to relax?”

“Staying in one place all the time is not good for your health, and Nurmengard is cold and humid, so you can easily get joint diseases.”

“You don’t want the teacher to get sick, right?”

“Heh,” Dumbledore chuckled, looking less angry, “You’re pretty good to him, but I need to know where he is now!”

“I don’t know, the teacher always does as he pleases. Maybe he has left Europe and gone to play somewhere.” Tver said bachelorly.

Although he had been thinking about letting the two people meet again, seeing how angry Dumbledore was now, he probably just arrested the teacher and sent him back to Nurmengard.

Then the teacher can’t scold him to death?

Dumbledore fell back, leaned back in his chair, and hid his eyes behind his lenses.

“I actually don’t care where Grindelwald is or what he even wants to do.”

“Oh?” Tver was stunned.

“But what I care about is what you want to do.”

“Tver, I have been observing you from the moment you stepped into the castle.”

“Last year you asked for the Philosopher’s Stone to save your life, and I gave it to you.”

“But what about this year? I actually saw you allowing Voldemort to control Ginny and allowing the basilisk to commit murder in the castle!”

“What kind of reason are you going to give me this time?!”

Dumbledore slammed the table angrily, making a loud “snap” sound.

Fox, who was resting on his shoulder, was awakened. Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, he quickly buried his head in the wings again, pretending to be still sleeping.

Tver’s expression suddenly became serious.

Damn it, it’s probably because of his outstanding performance last night and Ginny’s testimony that Dumbledore became aware of some of his actions this year!

“The teacher now lives in Room 10 of Leon Community near the University of Vienna.” He said quickly.

It’s ridiculous. If you don’t betray the teacher now, why don’t you wait for Dumbledore to burn him?

The office was quiet for a second…

“…I will get there,” Dumbledore smiled helplessly and shook his head, “But I still care about what you think, Turville.”

“I don’t really care what you do in the castle, but you can’t hurt the students, they are innocent!”

At the end, the old man felt a little sad.

Tweel also stopped playing around and looked at Dumbledore seriously, even more seriously.

“What I do is actually the same as what you want to do!”

Dumbledore looked up in surprise.

“The secret room will not be opened for no reason, so even if I know that there is a basilisk, the first thing I want to know is who is behind it.”

“Don’t you think so too?”

“But there’s no way I can pull out the basilisk.” Dumbledore explained.

Ever since Colin was attacked, he had been aware of the existence of the basilisk, but he had not yet noticed the place where the basilisk appeared, so he did not alert the snake for the time being.

“Me too.” Tver grinned.

“So I gave badges to every student to protect them from being killed by the basilisk’s eyes.”

“At the same time, we are secretly investigating the information about the heir.”

“When Ginny told me about the diary, I realized that the diary might have been thrust into her body during the summer vacation when Lucius Malfoy and Arthur Weasley were fighting.”

“So, I teamed up with reporters at Christmas time to find out his reaction.”

“As I expected, Malfoy’s reaction was particularly violent, which confirms my statement – he is the mastermind behind it!”

“So, all we need to do is know who and where the diary is, and the whole thing will be solved perfectly!”

“Of course, it was my fault that such an accident happened last night. If I had discovered Percy’s strangeness earlier, and if I could have stayed in the office well, maybe Hermione and Snape would not have been petrified. Implicate Harry and Percy into the Chamber of Secrets.”

Tver lowered his head in self-reproach and sniffed, looking like an elf who had done something wrong.

But in fact, he is hiding his inner excitement.

Dumbledore’s attitude has relaxed and he even believed what he said!

This is the truest lie. His actions are all true, and he even told some things that Dumbledore didn’t know.

It’s just that he didn’t tell his true purpose! (≖ᴗ≖)✧

(I found that the contrast between this expression in night mode and day mode is really suitable, and it perfectly fits the image of the protagonist.)