Professor McGonagall's Remarkable Foresight

"Ah!"

Hermione let out a soft sigh.

Voldemort had only just made his comeback in the British Wizarding World when Grindelwald escaped from prison in Europe.

If those two joined forces, not only the Wizarding World but even the Muggle World would know no peace.

Although Voldemort had restrained himself somewhat lately, many of his Death Eaters still took pleasure in torturing Muggles.

During summer vacation at home, Hermione had seen plenty of news reports about "terrorist attacks." Muggles might not have understood, but as a witch, Hermione could tell at a glance that Dark Wizards were behind them.

Thinking of what Andy had said...

Dumbledore would completely eliminate Voldemort this year! Hermione turned to look at Andy, only hoping that he and Dumbledore could defeat Voldemort as soon as possible. Flipping through the newspaper, Andy read the other reports as well.

However, the contents of the papers were mostly the same. Faced with an event as shocking as the Diagon Alley Battle, trivial matters no longer deserved attention.

Setting down the newspaper, Andy opened the letter from home.

The letter contained much the same information. Kyle had also written about some matters within the Ministry of Magic.

After this defeat, the Ministry of Magic was in a state of panic. Some people were even preparing to resign and leave the British Wizarding World, while rumors unfavorable to Dumbledore spread in private.

Whatever reasons Dumbledore might have had, the fact remained that he had not taken part in the Diagon Alley Battle.

Objectively speaking, though, Dumbledore could not be blamed for this at all.

Everyone had personal matters to attend to... right? Besides, Dumbledore was neither an Auror nor a hit wizard from the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. He was merely the Hogwarts Headmaster. By the nature of his