Everything that happened in the Great Hall in mid-air actually didn't take much time.
But for the Professors and young Wizards, the shock was quite significant.
"Did you see that? Dana Emrys summoned a ghost!"
"He even kneaded The Bloody Baron into a ball and embedded him in the ceiling!"
"He's so different now that he's back!"
Dana, of course, understood what the young Wizards were saying, but he didn't care.
He had largely completed his revenge, the layout of the Wizarding World was basically finished, and his own strength was unmatched in the world, so he didn't feel he had an obligation to explain himself to them.
He was the only one of the five founders left, so Hogwarts Castle was all his. If anyone started to grumble, he could just take back the Castle.
Of course, the two people most likely to grumble were currently in need of his help.
Look at Dumbledore and Snape; their expressions of longing were so obvious. As for why?
One, Lily Evans, and the other, Ariana Dumbledore.
You two, you wouldn't want to lose the chance to see your loved ones again, would you?
Dana was about to say a few words to his mother before leaving, but he saw Ms. Anna float down:
"Professor Dumbledore, Professor Flitwick, Professor McGonagatt, long time no see! Pomona, Severus, hello!"
"Hello, young friends, I am Anna Emrys, your senior, and also the mother of Dana Emrys. Please take good care of me from now on!"
He wondered if it was because she had been with the Emrys ancestors for so long, but his mother was exceptionally lively now—
Come to think of it, in Emrys Paradise, his mother was the youngest one...
"All you young Witches, anyone want to be Dana's girlfriend? If so, come find me in Ravenclaw Tower!"
Anna smiled, left a sentence, and floated upwards. Before disappearing into the ceiling, she turned back and gave Dana a silly grin.
Helena immediately followed, giving Dana a grimace before she left—The Grey Lady, who had been serious for nearly a thousand years, suddenly made such a playful expression, leaving everyone stunned.
The ghosts quickly dispersed, and Dana also summoned the Spandim Gate, preparing to leave.
"Dana, wait a moment, I have something to say to you,"
Dumbledore suddenly said,
"Come to the Headmaster's Office!"
"Crack!"
Dumbledore vanished from the Great Hall.
Dana dismissed the Spandim Gate and curled his lips.
"Crack!"
He also disappeared.
"What? Why can Dana use Apparition at Hogwarts?"
"What, what? Can't Apparition be used at Hogwarts?"
"Of course! No one can use Apparition at Hogwarts, except the Principal!"
...
"Dana, how did you manage to bring back the dead who have been gone for many years!"
Dumbledore asked impatiently, not even realizing that Dana had Apparated into the office right after him.
"What? Do you also have someone you want to bring back to the present world?"
Dumbledore sensed the coolness in Dana's tone, and his slightly heated head immediately cooled down. Wisdom re-occupied the high ground.
"Oh, I just want to understand, after all, this is a completely new field."
"A completely new field?"
Dana sneered,
"A technique my ancestors could skillfully use over a thousand years ago, and you call it a completely new field? Professor Dumbledore, you are not as learned as I imagined."
Dumbledore wasn't angered, still smiling as he said:
"I've never said I was a learned person, Dana. I sense that you seem to be angry with me. Can you tell me why?"
Dana leaned back in the chair, crossing his arms.
"Angry? No, no, no, that's not anger."
Dumbledore finally frowned.
"I don't quite understand, Dana."
Dana sneered:
"Professor, do you have nothing to say to me?"
The smile left Dumbledore's face, and he fixed his gaze firmly on Dana's eyes, wanting to extract Dana's intentions from them.
However, he failed.
"Let me give you a hint,"
Dana said,
"Ollivander Avery, Gai Avery, Azkaban."
Dumbledore's heart sank. How did Dana know?
"Still trying to hide it, Professor Dumbledore?
The bad idea given to Ollivander Avery, to have someone else impersonate Gai Avery, came from you."
Dumbledore's lips moved, about to explain, but Dana continued:
"You're looking for me because you want to fish your sister, Ariana Dumbledore, out of the sea of death, aren't you?"
Dumbledore's expression froze—Dana even knew this. Even though he already held Dana in high regard, he realized that he seemed to have underestimated this young Wizard—
Of course, this young Wizard was already formidable. He was the one who had turned the entire Wizarding World upside down, so it didn't seem too difficult to understand that he knew these secrets.
"Dana, listen to me. Gai Avery is a very important part of our fight against You-Know-Who. He is crucial for us to defeat You-Know-Who, so..."
"So, for the greater good, right?"
Dana coldly interrupted Dumbledore,
"But what does your 'good' have to do with my family? Why should my mother and I die for your 'good'?
Albus Dumbledore! If it weren't for the fact that you weren't directly involved in my family's tragedy, you would be just like Old Avery right now!
And you still have the nerve to ask me to bring your sister back to the present world for you?"
"Ollivander Avery?"
Dumbledore was startled,
"What did you do to him?"
—Gai Avery was a secret member of the Order of the Phoenix, and Ollivander Avery had also chosen Dumbledore over Lord Voldemort.
Dana pulled out two crystal vials and placed them heavily on the Principal's desk. They were indeed the [Eye of the Sacred Twenty-Eight] and the [Hand of Abstinence].
"You!"
Dumbledore pointed at Dana,
"What did you do?"
"I didn't do anything,"
Dana threw two betting slips to Dumbledore—
[I, Ollivander Avery, voluntarily pledge my left eye as collateral for a loan of one hundred Galleons at Pharaoh's Left Hand Auction House.]
[Ollivander Avery voluntarily pledges his right hand as collateral for a loan of one hundred Galleons at Pharaoh's Left Hand Auction House.]
"See, this was Old Avery's choice. I just helped him redeem his eye and hand from the casino—as for where he is now...
Who knows?"
Dumbledore felt a chill down his spine. Dana had already far exceeded his control—
His own strength and his subordinate forces were not something he could currently contend with.
He began to regret. If he had acted promptly when he first discovered Dana was Dark Dentis, would things not have developed to this point?
The two of them stared at each other in silence until the door of the Headmaster's Office was burst open, and a breathless Severus Snape rushed in:
"Dana Emrys, if you summon Lily Evans back to Hogwarts, I'll do anything you
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