Harry Potter's Bastard

"So you were able to come back this time because of their help, right?"

It was late at night, and Dumbledore finally had time to talk to Solim after dealing with a series of things.

"Don't you already have an answer?" Dumbledore didn't look the same as the last time Solim saw him, "I wouldn't have come back so easily without the intervention of some powerful people." "

"So-" Solim continued, "how far can they go?"

"To what extent?" Dumbledore sighed and said, "That's all." "

"Your family also belongs to that level, and I think you should understand very well what their interests are, what they value - people like us are just tools for them to maintain balance and stability. "

Solim was silent, he knew Dumbledore was right. The Council of Elders doesn't care who rules the kingdom at all, all they want is balance and stability, business activities can be carried out, various wizarding organizations can operate normally, and the entire wizarding society can operate in an orderly manner - that's all the Presbyterians want.

For the ruling class, stability is their first priority, unless chaos brings them greater good. And the Death Eaters led by Voldemort are destabilizing and balanced, you don't need to look elsewhere, just look at Diagon Alley, now business activities there are much more depressed than before, and this is just the beginning, when Voldemort and the Death Eaters start to show up in public - just like the one a few decades ago, when business activities will tend to stop, and the social order at that time will be seriously disrupted - Not only wizarding societies, but also Muggle societies will suffer from upheaval, and there is even a risk of large-scale exposure to wizarding societies, which is absolutely unacceptable to conservative Presbyterians.

This time the Presbyterian Council came to help Dumbledore in order to maintain the balance between Dumbledore and Voldemort, just like Solim judged before, the Presbyterian Church is also tendentious, they are more inclined to Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix than Voldemort who caused chaos and killing.

"The Dark Lord seems to have come to his senses. Solim said something mindless, but he was sure Dumbledore understood.

"That's true. Dumbledore nodded, "I think you realized how wrong you were then. "

"That's right, very stupid thing to do. Solim unceremoniously commented on what he had done before, "But mistakes have already happened, and there is no point in dwelling on the past." "

"It's not meaningless, if you can learn from the mistakes of the past," Dumbledore seemed to sigh with emotion, "In that respect, the mistakes we made in the past are still very meaningful. "

Dumbledore may have thought of his younger self – his power-seeking self. After killing his sister and breaking up with his brother, Dumbledore repented and abandoned the path he had been pursuing.

"Solim, are you free this holiday?" Brido looked at Solim, "There's something that might need your help. "

In all fairness, Solim didn't want to run around, and if he could, he would prefer the cat to hide in an unknown place. But this was Dumbledore's request, and Solim needed to think carefully before refusing.

"May I ask what it is first?"

"It's not a big deal. Dumbledore said, "For the sake of teaching for the next semester, I am going to invite an important old colleague this holiday, I think you must have heard of him. "

"Slughorn......" Solim knew who Dumbledore was talking about, "it was Horace." Slughorn, right?"

"Of course. Dumbledore said as a matter of course, "I remember mentioning him here at the end of last school year. "

"It looks like Professor Snape can finally go and teach Defence Against the Dark Arts class. Solim's words didn't feel any emotion, "I guess the professor wants more than just take me, right?"

"That's right, if you go with Harry, I don't think that old friend of mine will be able to refuse. Dumbledore winked at Solim, "One is Selwyn and the other is Harry Potter, I don't think Horace could resist such a temptation." "

Horace. Slughorn - Pleasure-loving and vain in nature, but not a bad guy at heart. He loves to associate with celebrities, successful people, important people, and he really enjoys being able to influence them. And because he had been the head of Slytherin House for a long time, he had access to many pure-blood heirs, which, combined with his own insight and proper help, made Slughorn's students very "powerful", either in high positions in the Ministry of Magic, in important organizations, or in influential celebrities...... He has woven a huge network of people with himself at the center, and he has done so by making bridges in the middle, collecting some appropriate benefits and deepening his influence.

As Solim had said, Slughorn was better suited to be a politician than a professor, and his connections would play a huge role in a complex interpersonal environment like the Ministry of Magic, but it seemed that he was only inclined to the "benefits" of matchmaking and the satisfaction of using his influence, and had no further thoughts.

Of course, this is Slughorn's own choice, and Solim is not in a position to make irresponsible comments.

"I think Harry alone is enough. He is a well-known 'savior', and Slughorn will never meet such a student in his next life, and he will not give up this opportunity. Solim's words were very tactful, he really didn't want to go.

"What?" Dumbledore looked at Solim with a narrow squeeze, "Are you so unconfident in me? I'm old, but I'm not old enough to hold a wand. "

Dumbledore said so, and Solim reluctantly agreed.

"Horace is a very important person – both for me and for Tom. Dumbledore's words were full of meaning, "Maybe I need your help next semester." "

Truth be told, Solim has a lot of ways to deal with a snobs like Slughorn, and if nothing else, the surname "Selwyn" alone is enough to make the old man who has made a fortune flock to him. _

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