When Dumbledore at Hogwarts learned about what happened to Arthur, he was also greatly shocked.
This was the first time in Hogwarts' history that a Professor openly went to a student's home to kill a student.
He couldn't extract the memories of the dead Vampire, but Hogwarts had a magical artifact that could help with this matter: the pensieve.
While the pensieve couldn't extract the memories of the deceased, it could extract Arthur's memories and display them to other Wizards.
Soon, he brought the pensieve to the mansion of the House of Black.
The pensieve was made of stone, with Ancient Runesand other mysterious symbols carved on its surface. The basin was filled with a special silvery substance, like clouds, both liquid and gas, which was key to the pensieve's function.
Wizards could extract their memories and place them in the basin for others to observe, or to help themselves organize the chaotic thoughts in their minds.
After Dumbledore brought the pensieve, he asked Arthur to store the memories of the previous events in the basin.
Arthur naturally omitted the magic he used, only storing the memory of Bernhard and Lockhart coming to his door.
Of course, he also concealed matters concerning Grindelwald.
After watching this incomplete memory, everyone believed Arthur's previous statements; it was indeed Professor Bernhard who came to kill Arthur.
Generally speaking, memories cannot be used as evidence because they can be influenced by a Wizard's magic.
The Memory Charm is the simplest way to modify them, though it leaves traces.
Some powerful Wizards can make memory modifications seamless, so memories cannot be used as evidence.
However, as a Little Wizards, Arthur theoretically couldn't make memory modifications seamless, and a Revelio Charm didn't reveal that Arthur had used memory-modifying magic before.
Although using the Patronus Charm against a Vampire seemed somewhat strange to the Ministry of Magic staff.
But because of Arthur's status as the heir to the House of Black, the matter was simply concluded.
The former Hogwarts History of Magic Professor, Walter Bernhard, harmed Gilderoy Lockhart and then tried to kill Arthur Black, but was killed in retaliation.
With a conclusion reached, Dumbledore rubbed his head in distress.
This matter truly drove him mad.
A Professor came to kill a student, and was killed by the student in return.
As for Arthur's claim of using a magical artifact left by the House of Black, he didn't believe it at all.
Upon entering, he had sensed the residual magictraces nearby, which were the same as those he had sensed on the Cerberus Arthur had killed earlier.
That lightning, full of immense power.
Judging by the extent of the destruction here, Arthurnow possessed the strength to fight him. Even if he guessed that Arthur had used fragments of the Philosopher's Stone, the Philosopher's Stonefragments only provided magic, which Arthur would naturally possess after coming of age.
More importantly, the History of Magic Professor had died again.
Dumbledore at this point even suspected that Arthurwas the bane of Hogwarts' teaching staff, as if he carried a curse from birth.
In his first year, Professor Binns, a ghost, died.
In his second year, first The Grey Lady, Ravenclaw's resident ghost, went to the other world, and now the new History of Magic Professor had died.
Although this wasn't Arthur's fault, but rather his own poor judgment in selecting people. But the thought of having to find not only a new Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor but also a History of MagicProfessor in the coming period gave him a headache.
Changing History of Magic Professors for two consecutive years, plus the same situation with the Defense Against the Dark Arts Class, it was possible that some people who could have been invited to be Professors would now refuse because of this incident.
The mortality rate for Professors at Hogwarts was now higher than that of Aurors who frequently went on missions.
Furthermore, today's incident would surely lead to countless complaints from parents.
A headache-ridden Dumbledore left after comforting Arthur for a few moments.
His approach to nurturing Arthur was completely different from Harry's. In his opinion, Arthur was simply too well-rounded, too talented; aside from a bit of arrogance and lack of experience, he was almost a perfect existence.
For instance, Arthur was completely unaffected by this incident. That's why he let Arthur develop freely, even directly handing over things like the Philosopher's Stone fragments to Arthur.
If it were Harry, he would absolutely not give him the Philosopher's Stone fragments. He also wouldn't dare let Harry come into contact with certain magic.
Dumbledore's reason for trusting Arthur so much was also due to a difference in perspective.
Arthur in his own eyes and Arthur in others' eyes were completely different; even Dumbledore, who could see through people's hearts, could only see through some of his personality.
Just like Harry in the original story.
Harry Potter, the Savior in the eyes of other Wizards:
After birth: Defeated the then-arrogant Lord Voldemort;
Before age 11: Retired successfully, all Death Eaters who sought revenge couldn't find a trace of Harry;
Age 11: Returned to Hogwarts with fanfare, defeated Lord Voldemort for the second time;
Age 12: Solved the thousand-year-old legend of the Chamber of Secrets at Hogwarts, killed the Basiliskwith a single sword, and defeated Lord Voldemort for the third time;
Age 13: The vicious criminal Sirius escaped from prison, Harry was unharmed and helped Sirius clear his name;
Age 14: Lord Voldemort returned, the talented Cedricdied in battle, but Harry, who also faced Lord Voldemort, fought him for a long time and remained unharmed;
Age 15: The entire magic world, under the Ministry of Magic's public opinion, suppressed Harry. But the Savior withstood the pressure, proved Lord Voldemort's return, and led his young team in a major battle against Lord Voldemort's Death Eaters at the Ministry of Magic;
Age 16: The Wizarding War broke out again, the greatest Wizard of his time, Dumbledore, died in battle, but Harry was unharmed;
Age 17: The British magic world fell, and in desperation, the Boy Who Lived returned again! First, he voluntarily gave Lord Voldemort a life, and after resurrecting, a casual wave of his wand with Expelliarmus completely killed Lord Voldemort.
Arthur was the same.
In the eyes of other Wizards, Arthur, who came from a Dark Wizard family, surprisingly hadn't learned any Dark Arts.
And Arthur, whose noble lineage could be said to be the oldest bloodline in all of Britain, though he didn't actively engage with others, was not arrogant and wouldn't actively bully other Wizards.
How was this a descendant of Dark Wizards? This was simply a noble young master who was not only kind-hearted but also possessed a strong sense of justice.
Dumbledore's good impression of Arthur was also because he didn't study Dark Arts.
But in reality, it wasn't that Arthur thought Dark Artswere bad; it was just that other magic was more cost-effective.
If his Dark Arts talent was 100, he could have directly gone to Durmstrang, studied under Grindelwald, and inherited Grindelwald's power.
Only after everyone had left did Arthur ask Kreacherto roughly tidy up the already dilapidated ancestral home of the House of Black.
Then he found a map of Britain, which marked the lands owned by the House of Black in Britain, along with dynamic photographs.
Arthur looked at each piece of land on the map and finally chose a valley with beautiful scenery.
After selecting the land, Arthur called Kreacher to go to that valley with him.
This was a valley in northwestern Wales, surrounded by mountains. The mountains were high, the valleys deep, and the water system was abundant.
The scenery within the valley was extremely beautiful, with mountains and water, like a paradise on earth.
Some peaks soared into the clouds, some mountain tops were covered with dense forests, while others were rugged with strangely shaped rocks.
There was also a high waterfall in the mountains, and several small streams converged in the valley to form a river of moderate size, finally forming a lake several hundred meters in diameter at the front of the valley.
Furthermore, the nearest human towns were several kilometers away, making it very suitable as a Wizard's home.
Supported by the powerful driving force of Galleon, countless Wizards and Squibs began to build the new Black Manor in this valley.
And Arthur, because his home was destroyed, also went to France early.