Dumbledore is a very selfless person in a broad sense.
They are willing to sacrifice everything, even their own lives, for the future of the Wizarding World.
However, his own moral fastidiousness actually outweighed these so-called lofty goals to some extent.
Even in order to defeat Voldemort and other conservative forces, they were unwilling to give up some ridiculous insistences.
In the original timeline, he was so obsessed with his moral purity that he allowed the Fudge faction to hold him back rather than touch power.
They refused to use their influence or force to make the Ministry of Magic operate in a better direction.
Even after proving their innocence, they did not settle scores with the backward and reactionary forces.
Just like when Voldemort was defeated, he adopted a policy of appeasement, turning a blind eye to the two-faced methods of joining the Death Eater to whitewash themselves.
Therefore, even if Dumbledore highly Mana, he can become Minister for Magic if he wants to.
People like Malfoy dare to act arrogantly in front of him.
Even someone as timid and cowardly as Fudge dared to turn against him.
Those who unequivocally follow him and share his thoughts, no matter how outstanding they are or how many contributions they make, will only be relegated to the sidelines in the Ministry of Magic.
Because no matter how wise and resourceful Dumbledore was, he could not hide his political cowardice.
They've already exposed their true colors to the enemy.
They all understood that as long as they didn't directly commit murder or arson, no matter how much trouble they caused, they could clear their names through political means Galleons.
Instead of directly confronting the greatest White Wizard.
This seemed utterly ridiculous to others, even to Voldemort himself.
But only Grindelwald knew the reason.
Dumbledore wasn't always like this. His brilliant mind and superb magical talent gave him a genuine desire to stand out and shine.
After meeting him, I had even greater goals.
Even when aware of the sacrifices and cruelty involved in the plan, they choose to ignore it.
They are willing to put their words into action for a greater goal.
They are not afraid of power like snakes and scorpions.
It was Ariana's death that made Dumbledore afraid to touch power.
I'm afraid that if I come into contact with it again, I'll become like my former self.
She was filled with resentment and pain because she had to take care of a disabled sister and a willful brother.
They feel trapped and wasting their time!
This is why, after defeating him and saving the Wizarding World of Britain and all of Europe, he refused the position of Minister for Magic.
Dumbledore considered power to be his weakness and his temptation.
He'd be safer staying at Hogwarts as a teacher—for the world.
Therefore, he was extremely strict with his own desires.
Aside from indulging his love for desserts, he refused all other pleasures, devoting himself entirely to the plan to defeat Voldemort.
But now, Grindelwald is beginning to doubt his own ears.
What did he hear?
Living with himself, the Dark Lord who threatens the existing magical order?
This is selfishness, selfishness that couldn't be more obvious!
Does Ariana's resurrection bring back the Dumbledore of the past?
Grindelwald chose to observe from the shadows.
But what happened in the next few days shocked him.
[The Daily Prophet: Our reporter investigated recent false scandals concerning Aberforth Dumbledore. Therefore, Erich von Manstein's true identity is that of a distant relative of Dumbledore in Germany.]
[Witch Weekly: Ariana Dumbledore, the same name as Albus Dumbledore's sister, is a descendant of the Dumbledore family and the cousin of Erich von Manstein, the recent center of gossip.]
[European Magical Education Assessment: Hogwarts Rises Again, the Dumbledore family Returns! Erich von Manstein, the Hidden Dumbledore, Rejects Durmstrang]
"Wow, Albus and I Albus grandfather and grandson?" Grindelwald's pupils dilated in shock.
But in his view, the focus is not on the content.
Instead, renowned newspapers from various countries all adopted the same stance within a single week.
But this only reflects Dumbledore's international influence.
The baseless scandal needs clarification.
Dumbledore could handle things even without getting involved in politics.
But the story of Harry Potter and Lily Potter is incomparable.
Harry Potter ascended to heaven in public, and for quite some time.
It even resurrected Lily Potter.
But strangely, the matter was covered up immediately.
The Ministry of Magic itself endorsed the incident, declaring it a magical accident.
The Quidditch Society, which has no connection to this, even stepped forward to claim that Harry Potter should participate in the competition.
Lily Potter must be materialized and remain in the audience.
Two people cannot sit on one broom.
Authoritative experts and professors from various fields have stepped forward to provide explanations.
Some of them were people he had seen and valued during his more than forty years of imprisonment.
It's important to understand that experts and professors are not like Flow Rate; the older they are, the more senior they are, and the more authoritative they are in their respective fields.
But now they've all thrown caution to the wind and are standing up for Dumbledore.
Everyone's opinions and views seem different.
But when viewed together, they are remarkably unified.
In short, Lily Potter was not resurrected.
This is an ancient magic of love—at the cost of sacrificing one's own soul.
The Lily Potter we see today is a ghostly creation, but unlike a ghost, she is influenced by the Love Magic Energy, making her more like a living spell.
The imagery that aligns with the Bible is also because Lily Potter was Muggle-born, had received relevant education, and possessed faith.
God and angels do not exist.
This cannot be explained away by influence alone.
"Albus never changed? Has he secretly taken control of the entire Wizarding World?" Grindelwald was utterly disillusioned.
Unlike Grindelwald, the students at Hogwarts were all focused on Snape and Harry's mother.
Colin, who was called Mudblood, Crabbe, who was called Mudblood, were completely ignored.
The substitute player status that was originally intended to be abolished after they came to their senses was thus retained as a matter of course.
Even other colleges started to follow suit.
Ron from Gryffindor was fortunate enough to become a substitute player and was allowed to train with the Quidditch players.
He was lucky; the oldest player, Wood, was only in sixth grade.
There is only one vacancy, and in addition to being tall enough to be suitable as a goalkeeper, one must wait two years before being able to play.
No one was competing with him at all.
Moreover, many people didn't even notice the news about recruiting substitute players.
The existence of Lily Potter and the transformed Snape are the central topics surrounding Hogwarts.
The focus of everyone's attention.
Even among ghosts, this is no exception.
"It's over there, look!"
Which way?
"Next to Nearly Headless Nick."
Why is Nick following her?
"You do not know?"
"The ghosts wanted to be like Mrs. Potter, like a living person."
"When the holy light shone throughout Hogwarts, some people noticed that the ghosts had also regained their blood color."
"That's not called holy light, it should be called the light of love. Didn't you see the reports? That's the energy of love."
Harry has been suffering from this problem lately.
Unlike that hidden, unknown incarnation lurking in the shadows.
Semi-independent, an angelic incarnation of his mother, he chose to keep her out of the public eye.
Instead of storing it inside the body.
But that's bad, because through their shared senses, Harry can feel his mother's current state as if he were right there with her.
The students who followed her whispers, standing on tiptoe to look at her from a short distance away, and all sorts of ghosts trying to strike up a conversation with her.
These things greatly troubled Harry, giving him a strange, fatherly feeling as if he were watching his younger brother's daughter enter society.
He is clearly the son.
But these are just minor issues.
The reason why no student dared to speak to Harry's mother was because Severus Snape was Harry's biggest problem.
Whenever he had free time and no classes, he would come to his mother on time to greet her.
We chatted casually, reminiscing about our childhood.
Unfortunately, the mother was also curious about things from her childhood and the memories she had lost.
Harry didn't want to stop him.
"Basil, what should I do?"
He had no choice but to turn to Basil, his good friend whom even he now found unfathomable.
"You don't need to worry at all." Basil shrugged. "Mrs. Potter is not an independent entity. Even if she really falls in love with Snape, she will reject her own opinion because she cares more about you."
"But if Mother really likes Snape, I won't stop her, I'll just give her my blessing." Harry forced back his nausea.
Basil smirked with amusement. "Even if you could sense Snape's kisses, touches, or anything more?"
"You can't expect them to have a platonic relationship forever."
Harry nodded emphatically. "Even so."
*Pfft! Basil clutched his stomach. "Okay, I'm not joking anymore."
"Mrs. Potter, that is, your mother, could never have liked Snape."
"Unless you prefer men."
Harry, ignoring his anger, asked, "What do you mean?"
Basil explained, "Now, what makes up Mrs. Potter, besides her own mark, also comes from you."
"So she is both your mother and your father."
"So," Harry said with a sigh of relief, "My mother won't be with Snape? That's great!"
"You're getting ahead of yourself," Basil advised. "In my opinion, Snape is the easier one to deal with."
"He himself did not expect to be with Mrs. Potter. Maintaining the current relationship was the limit of what he could bear."
"Those ghosts are actually a problem."
"Nick?" Harry asked, somewhat puzzled. "He's fine."
Basil cleared his throat. "This year's Halloween is Nick's 500th birthday."
"At that time, Hogwarts will be filled with ghosts from all over the world."
"No ghost doesn't yearn to enjoy food, touch others, and hug others like your mother did, just like a normal human being."
"It's already October."
"Although Halloween is November 1st, the corresponding Halloween Feast and Nick's Deathday Party will both be held on the evening of October 31st."
"It's alright. What can they do?" Harry said nonchalantly.
He wasn't being arrogant; his subconscious told him that the only person in the castle he couldn't handle was Basil.
The rest, including Dumbledore and Grindelwald, posed no threat to him.
Basil said solemnly, "They cannot be eliminated."
"At most, they can be petrified or sealed away. No magic can completely destroy a ghost."
"Their souls and magic are completely united."
"It possesses properties that are indivisible and cannot be consumed, like magic."
"And not every ghost is as kind as Nick."
"When we pass through the ghost's body, we only feel like we've taken an ice bath."
"It's because we are wizards."
"Muggle don't have the same resistance to magic as we do."
"Ghosts can become powerful by taking the lives of Muggle. Then they are called demons."
"A spirit that is closer to death, can show signs of decay and death, and whose voice is like that of Augurey that drives people crazy."
"They are disgusting."
"You can imagine a face half-rotted and covered in maggots, revealing a pale skeleton, suddenly appearing behind you and letting out a roar that reeks of decay."
"That's why ghosts are only heard of in Muggle legends and are rarely seen in the Wizarding World."
"Every wizard who sees a ghost will choose to seal it away, and even if their power is not high enough, they will report it to the Ministry of Magic."
"The Ministry of Ministry of Magic's Ghosts Office is actually mostly dedicated to dealing with and suppressing them."
"To us, they are like annoying excrement, Dungbomb that automatically track their targets."
"We will not be harmed by it, and we can also drive it away with magic."
"But the very fact that they are here in front of us is disgusting."
"The bad thing is that among a Legion of ghosts, a spirit can perfectly play the role of a ghost."
Harry felt a wave of nausea. "Would my mother's presence attract those ghosts at this Deathday Party?"
His eyes suddenly lit up. "Will they be afraid?"
"Would it be acceptable if I tormented them with curses?"
Harry thought of the creature in the shadow that he planned to seal away for a lifetime (he didn't know he was already immortal).
That venomous snake was a dark Magical Creatures with the same ugly face as Voldemort.
Unlike his mother, who was semi-independent, this dark Magical Creatures was completely under his control.
But precisely because of this, he was unwilling to use him.
He seemed to be the embodiment of his dark side; seeing him was like seeing the ugliness within oneself.
Basil shook his head; he guessed what Harry was planning to do.
"Ghosts are alright; you can use words and magic to frighten and torment them."
"But ghosts that can fall into the form of spirits are all masochists."
"They'll actually be happy if you torment them."
Basil himself would find them troublesome.
The ghosts and spirits of this world truly embody the kind of inescapable demise found in fantasy novels.
If they weren't weaker and more limited in their methods compared to wizards, this world would probably have been ruled by the dead wizards long ago.
Every wizard, once they reach what they consider their peak, chooses to commit suicide and refuses to go to the afterlife.
Basil could imagine this future—if ghosts and spirits could use magic.
Harry was a little annoyed. "Then what should I do?"
It's one thing for him to be disgusted by ghosts.
He didn't want his mother to see those dirty things.
Basil gestured with his chin. "Look over there."
"Snape?" Harry, somewhat puzzled.
"Yes, it's him." Basil nodded. "You can tell him your concerns and let him help you drive away the ghost."
"That way, you won't have to worry about getting your eyes and ears dirty."