Chapter 693 Discussion and Prospects
Ah, sorry. After rambling on for half an hour, Professor Dumbledore took off his glasses, wiped them, and said. I'm sorry. Older people sometimes like to reminisce about the past and kept you two waiting.
It's okay, professor. Ryan said with a smile, From the stories you just told, we have learned a lot of things that we never knew before, which will benefit our next move.
Oh, what did you hear? Dumbledore looked at Ryan with his blue eyes curiously. On the one hand, what he said just now was indeed a bit out of control, and on the other hand, he hoped to pass a story in this story. Someone came to remind Ryan that those people they killed in the war also had relatives and friends, and they were living people, not just an abstract concept like a brutal Death Eater.
Therefore, Dumbledore is now very curious about what Ryan got from what he said just now, so he put his elbows on the table and made a posture of listening carefully.
I found that the connection between wizards in England is far beyond my imagination. Ryan said, from Professor Dumbledore's story, Ryan found that the relationship network built by those pure-blood families is far more complicated than he imagined many.
This also reminded him that in the original text, even if the conflict between the two parties had reached that level, pure blood like Neville and Ginny could still attend classes in the school in the seventh year. Even if they organized resistance activities, those Death Eaters did not harm their lives. This cannot be explained by a simple reason of not wanting to waste the life of a pure-blood wizard.
For us, this means that if we want to prevent those innocent people from being harmed, we still have a lot to do. Ryan looked at Dumbledore and stated, I think there should be many people asking you to restrain us behavior, stop killing.
Yes, Professor Dumbledore admitted with a nod, Someone is indeed asking me here, hoping to stop your kind of killing and destruction. Children, you must know that any killing will leave an indelible mark on the soul. Of course, I am not asking you to take care of many things in the battle, that is unreasonable. I just hope that you can reduce some killings within your ability.
We are not bloodthirsty people. You can see from our previous actions that we didn't even hurt the house-elves who attacked us, because even if they attacked us, they were only the result of being ordered. They just It’s just a tool,” Ryan explained. Every single person we kill has definite proof that they deserved to die!
None of us has the right to decide other people's lives, no one. Headmaster Dumbledore raised his voice, So it is inappropriate for you to execute those Death Eaters who have no resistance after the war.
So what should we do? Ryan found that Dumbledore was not shy about killing enemies in battle, after all, he was also a person who had experienced many brutal wars, whether it was wizards or Muggles. But he wants everything to work in some order, like having a trial for those criminals and punishing them according to the crime. Rather than direct executions using methods similar to primitive bloody revenge like Ryan.
I don't know either. Unexpectedly, Dumbledore did not preach as before, but shook his head in distress. After all, you are protecting those hostages when you are surrounded by enemies. It is inappropriate to force you to bring those people back for trial. This will put you in danger. And if you let them go, they will More casualties will follow.
Yes, that's the biggest problem we have, Professor, Hermione added. Killing is indeed a very bad choice, but this method can ensure that they will not do evil again,
No more innocents will be harmed.
You——ah! Professor Dumbledore sighed a long time. During the war years, many things could not reach the perfect ending, even for Professor Dumbledore, who is known as the most powerful white wizard. In the face of the current situation, there is no solution that can achieve the best of both worlds.
After all, although Dumbledore, who has been the principal for many years and is over 100 years old, is not a saint, he is a really good person. So from his standpoint, he couldn't accuse Ryan and the others of being wrong to protect those innocent Muggles, even if this behavior was accompanied by killing. At the same time, he couldn't deny that although the methods Ryan and the others had adopted were a little more radical, they were a very reasonable choice at that time.
Okay, let's not discuss this topic. Dumbledore waved his hand weakly, a tired feeling emerged from his body. The core of the wizarding world is power, so for Ryan, the power is basically at the same level as him, and he is obviously a friendly person. Dumbledore can only use persuasion and cannot force orders.
So when he found that he couldn't find a reason for persuasion that he recognized in his heart, Dumbledore automatically gave up the discussion on the question just now and started to talk about the next question. In his eyes, the most important thing now is to defeat Voldemort and restore the order of the British wizarding world. Some unsatisfactory things in the process can be temporarily put aside.
Not to mention that although Ryan's killing did not conform to the principal's moral code, from another perspective, the destruction caused by Ryan's previous actions attracted the attention of Voldemort and the Death Eaters, and greatly Reduced the pressure on Dumbledore's side.
In addition to the question about the killing just now, there is also your previous behavior of destroying various manors and plantations. I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation. Soon Professor Dumbledore calmed down and asked to the next question. Your damage can't be repaired in a short period of time. In many places, the workload of repairing damage is almost the same as rebuilding.
You know, these ancient magic plant plantations, magical creature breeding gardens, house elf workshops and various mines are an important part of the British magic world, and it is also one of the heritage of the British magic world. If you do this , even if the war is won, we will suffer heavy losses.”
But that's something we need to consider after we win the war, isn't it? Ryan said with a serious face. If we can't completely cut off the source of wealth of the Death Eaters, I don't think we need to think about the future of the British wizarding world. Besides, these manors have been mortgaged to wizards in the United States, and to be precise, they don't belong to the UK.
After destroying those manors, we not only cut off part of the cash flow and material flow of the Death Eaters. At the same time, we also caused a lot of bad debts to Gringotts of the United States and the Magical Congress of the United States who were standing behind the Death Eaters. In the Atlantic On the premise that our cousins on the opposite side are unwilling to go directly to the battle, a large amount of losses will force them to stop losses in time. That is to reduce the secret support to the Death Eaters.
The most important thing is that we already have a way to make up for these losses. Hermione added to the worried Professor Dumbledore. Our intensive plantations in the north can provide a large part of the resources. In addition, during the period around Christmas, I will stay here to build several plantations or workshops in our control area , making up most of the gap.”
It would certainly be good news if this is the case. Dumbledore stroked his white beard. But as far as I know, if you do this, you may need a lot of resources and wealth to support it.
Please rest assured, I have absolutely no problem in this regard. Ryan resolutely assured Principal Dumbledore.
