Harry Potter and the Secret Treasures

“For the greater good! ”

This statement seems reasonable and profound, but what is the greater good?!

No one can answer, for different people, for different times, the greater good is different.

For Dumbledore in the early years, the greater good is to prove one's talents and to promote the glory of the magical world;

For Dumbledore today, the greater good preserves the peace of the magical world and repents of what he has done;

For Voldemort, the greater good is eternity and conquest;

For Minister of Magic Fuji, the greater good is the right at hand;

For Snape, the greater good is his love for Lily, Harry's mother;

For Patty Crouch Jr. and Bellatrix, the greater good is the trust of the master;

For a pureblood wizard family like Malfoy, the greater good is the supremacy of family power and pureblood;

For Ivan, the greater good is to protect his loved ones.

Different people have different purposes and needs, of course, when compared together, the rest can only be said to be a selfish desire.

What do we need to do next, not to say whether these interests are truly great, but to set goals?

Undoubtedly, for the greater good, everything else can be sacrificed and given up.

But isn't that too radical? How many more people can actually do that?

“For the greater good!” Dumbledore said softly, staring at the letters above the walls of the barbed stone.

He showed a look of nostalgia and deep wrinkles on his face made him look older than usual.

“Greendward engraved it here as a truth, and he sought a beautiful excuse for what he had done and what he had done, in the hope that he would prove to the world that his ideas and practices were correct.” Dumbledore closed his eyes and sighed deeply, "but this was actually a mistake, just the insane slogan of a young, audacious fool to deceive and disguise his conscience so that he could travel further along the corrupt path at a painful price...”

Ivan was not sure how to answer, and he knew that the sentence had originally been proposed by Dumbledore.

And that young, cheerful fool he was talking about, he meant himself.

Unlike the wise headmaster of peace, Dumbledore is now too unusual.

A lot of things tonight touched his deepest secrets deep in his heart, touching those dusty things for a long time.

At this moment, he looks incredibly old and emotionally fluctuating.

The resurrection stone of one of the sacred instruments of death, the summoned Ariane, the Newmongard of Greendward, and his own slogan as a young man, represent his dreams and remorse, all of which are the weakest places in Dumbledore's heart.

When they all come together, you can imagine Dumbledore's mood at this time...

Especially the emergence of the Resurrection Stone, one of the three holy objects, completely extinguished Dumbledore's dreams for many years.

His desire to resurrect his sister had been frustrated, and the summoned deceased had only made him more sad.

Not surprisingly, Dumbledore will have to use the Stone again when he returns.

No one can resist that temptation as long as they have lived and died parting, which is humanity.

In one cycle, he will become even more sad, eventually ending himself and putting himself in the arms of the Reaper.

Looking at the elderly headmaster, Evan suddenly felt it necessary to remind Dumbledore of this and to put the Resurrection Stone in his custody.

He has nothing to miss about the dead, this stone is of no use to him...

Although Dumbledore did not tell his own story, Ivan felt the need to talk about it.

“Shall we go in, Professor?” Ivan said, looking at the closed door.

“No, Newmongade is a witch prison, and we don't have permission to enter.” Dumbledore explained, "Wait here, he'll be out in a minute. ”

“Professor, can you tell me what kind of person Greendward is?” Ivan nodded and pointed to the entry point of the problem.

“A radical revolutionary, but undeniably, is also a notorious dark wizard, an extremely evil dangerous man. ”

“But does he look different from Voldemort? Ivan continued, pointing to the words at the door," For the greater good, Voldemort would never say such a thing, even if it was an excuse, but he would not seek excuses for what he had done. ”

“Indeed, compared to Voldemort, he has not lost his humanity and has not fallen into a purer evil.” Dumbledore sighed and looked at the highest end of the tower, "I heard that he showed remorse when he was locked up in Newmongade cell alone in his later years. I hope this is true, I hope he can feel how horrible and shameful what he has done, I hope he can atone in his confession...”

“Professor, haven't you seen him? ”

“No!” Dumbledore shook his head, "We haven't seen him since he was locked up. I was scared, scared to meet him, and even if it was me and his duel, we hadn't talked. ”

“Are you afraid of Grindelwald?” Ivan blinked, which was indeed unexpected.

“Yes, people say he's afraid of me, but I think I'm more afraid of him.” Dumbledore replied, "Sounds pretty inconceivable, doesn't it? I am not afraid of death, nor of the harm he has done to me with his magic, but of the truth. ”

“Truth? ”

“This is about me and his past, and if you'd like to hear it, we can say that there's nothing to hide, although I generally rarely talk about it with anyone else.” Dumbledore said, "You know, Ivan, my sister Arianna was very sick, not by nature, but by accident, when she was a kid, she was hit by three Muggle boys, who did terrible things to her, and since then, she has lost control of magic, magic in her body, driving her crazy. My father Percival was locked up in Azkaban for revenge and eventually died there, and my mother gave up her life to take care of Ariana..."

Despite Dumbledore's simplicity, the truth is far more brutal and disgraceful.

His father killed the three Muggle boys himself to avenge Ariana.

The tortured crazy Ariane became a silent person, unable to control the magical power within herself.

Eventually, due to an accident, she killed her mother herself.

As a result, both parents died and the family's reputation fell, while the task and responsibility for taking care of Ariana fell to Dumbledore.