027- Meeting with Dumbeldore!

"Yes... Professor, technically we should be in the dormitory by now." Harry swallowed hard under Professor McGonagall's gaze.

Professor McGonagall's face suddenly became sterner, and Harry, who sensed something wrong, quickly added.

"It means that Ron and I heard the news about the troll at the feast. I then remembered that Ivan and Hermione were still out there and they didn't know anything about the troll. So we came here because we were worried."

Ron gritted his teeth and was about to speak about what happened during the day, which caused Hermione to cry and hide in the female bathroom.

"Yes, they were here to find me!"

However, Hermione interrupted them suddenly with a word and then turned to McGonagall.

"Professor McGonagall, I came to deal with the troll, thinking I can deal with it, you know because I read about them in a book on how to deal with this creature..."

"But the monster was beyond my imagination. If Ivan hadn't arrived in time, I would have died."

"As for Harry and Ron, they should have been secretly worried about us..."

This was the first time Hermione had lied, she seemed to be a little uncomfortable, her face was a little flushed, but fortunately, her words became smoother and smoother soon, and she came was able to finish her statement smoothly.

"How can you think like that silly girl!, you are only a first-year, how could you deal with a troll?" Professor McGonagall said.

"Ahem..." Ivan coughed slightly when he heard these words, reminding Professor McGonagall that there was a troll who was successfully defeated by a first-year wizard.

Ivan's shameless cough made Professor McGonagall unable to continue her statement. Fortunately, Dumbledore, who was invited by Filch, arrived in time to relieve her of the embarrassment of taking her statement back.

The moment Dumbledore appeared, his eyes were fixed on the scattered thorns and the monster's corpse, especially on the cone-shaped spike that penetrated the troll's head for a while.

"That's an excellent transfiguration spell. Among all the students of your age that I have seen, I am afraid that no one could have done that better than you. If it was performed in class, I think Professor McGonagall would definitely have given 10 points to Gryffindor..." Dumbledore directly praised Ivan.

"Albus, what we should be discussing now is these children looking for trolls violating instructions." McGonagall nodded, although she was also a little surprised at Ivan's level of transfiguration spell, it was obviously not the time to discuss that.

"If that's the case, then so be it..." Dumbledore pondered for a while, then looked at the crowd.

"Miss Granger's reckless behaviour endangered not only her life but also her friends, 10 points from Gryffindor. Although Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley violated the school rules, their dedication towards their friends is a feat worth only of recognition, so there will be no punishment for them"

Harry and Ron breathed a sigh of relief, while Hermione bit her lip slightly, the deduction was still difficult for her to accept.

"As for Halls..." Dumbledore paused, and Hermione's heartbeat was raising again, but Dumbledore said in a relaxed tone.

"Because of his actions today, 20 points to Gryffindor!"

Hermione's heart finally came down completely, and she looked at Ivan with joy, which had diluted the impact of her deduction.

Ivan also raised the corners of his mouth, because just when Dumbledore said he was going to give him extra points, the system also gave him 20-grade points, which was worthy of his hard work for several days.

"Will it a little too lenient?" Professor McGonagall frowned, thinking that Dumbledore's actions might encourage others to take risks.

"Not every student can successfully defeat a troll shortly after enrolling," Dumbledore said, shaking his head.

"By the way, Professor, I don't have to pay for the damages, right?" Ivan, who was in a good mood, and asked casually.

"Of course not, but..." Dumbledore smiled at Ivan.

"Can you come to my office later? I'm very interested in the process because by which you defeated the troll. Maybe, after I have dealt with the things here, we can have a good chat." Ivan's smiling face froze for an instant, he opened his mouth but couldn't speak...Could he even decline?

Ivan was depressed after hearing the headmaster's verdict, maybe he shouldn't talk too much!

...

'I'm so stupid. I knew I should read OOcclumency a few times when I went to the restricted section.. I'm so stupid...' On the way to the Headmaster's office, Ivan regretting over and over that he had not learned Occlumency in advance.

Of course, he can't be completely blamed for this.

During the past month, in order to be able to complete the challenge more smoothly, almost all of the grade points that he obtained were spent on improving Potions making and several key spells. There were no extra grade points left for the study of Occlumency.

As for learning Occlumency without an experience card?

Ivan didn't even think about it. He still clearly remembered that even magically gifted Harry was unable to learn it under the guidance of a master Occlumus like Snape, the difficulty of learning Occlumency from self-study was too high.

However, this also reminded Ivan about a fact mentioned in the original work, which was that the caster can only read the memories that were on the surface of the target's mind.

If you want more information, you must use more power to force the subject to actively recall more.

That's why in the original book, when Snape read Harry's memories, it caused Harry to replay the memories on the surface of his mind until he used his wand to forcefully dived into his memories.

With these guesses, Ivan was a little relieved, as long as he thinks about useless things when talking, he would be fine. Dumbledore would not forcefully search his memory, right?

Ivan walked to the headmaster's room with a trace of anxiety. The office was guarded by an enormous stone Griffin. When Ivan arrived there according to Dumbeldore's instruction, the stone beast started rotating with a dull sound. The upward rotation reveals a set of stairs hidden behind.

Ivan walked up the stairs, inside was a spacious round room. The old walls that had stood the test of time were covered with portraits of Hogwarts' previous headmasters. The headmaster's name and the time during which they were Headmaster were clearly marked below each portrait.

What interests Ivan the most are the Pensive placed on the long side table and Dumbledore's pet Phoenix Fawkes.

The Pensive is what Ivan dreams of obtaining. As long as he learns to compartmentalize his mind, he can use the power of the meditation basin to sort out his memories.

Phoenix blood was an important ingredient that can be used for a blood fusion potion, and it was also the top-level one.

If it weren't for the lack of tools, plus the fact that Dumbledore might return at any time, Ivan would have wondered whether to take this opportunity to draw a tube of blood before talking to Dumbeldore...