The location of Slytherin's locket. Early in the morning, bright sunlight streamed through the windows and shone across the marble floor of the Headmaster's Office.
Dumbledore, who had stayed up late last night, was already awake. He sat behind his desk, enjoying the Early Tea prepared by the House-elves while reading the latest issue of Transfiguration Today.
Ever since Albert had stopped submitting articles to the magazine, Transfiguration Today had rarely featured anything that truly caught the eye.
The September issue of Transfiguration Today had even included several filler articles, which left Dumbledore rather disappointed.
Setting down his teacup, Dumbledore picked up the latest newspaper that a House-elf had placed in the corner of his desk.
Unfortunately, there was nothing in the paper worth his attention, and the headline in particular completely ruined his good mood so early in the morning.
Yesterday, two more "Dark wizards" had been sentenced to death by the Wizengamot court.
To be honest, Dumbledore greatly disliked the New Minister's tendency to kill at the drop of a hat. Although Scrimgeour was willing to take his advice on certain matters, he had always held firm on sentencing "heinous" Dark wizards to death and refused to yield an inch.
"The Ministry of Magic has always used Veritaserum to interrogate prisoners. We do our utmost not to wrong a single innocent person, but we will never let a single heinous criminal go."
Dumbledore put down the newspaper, recalling the unpleasant conversation he had last time with Scrimgeour about executing prisoners.
Scrimgeour's hard-line attitude on the matter had been truly surprising, and he never hid the specific reason for it.
In fact, even the members of the Wizengamot court and the upper ranks of the Ministry of Magic understood why.
"Even if the Ministry of Magic continues to strengthen