The Savior Group

"Ahem," Skylar coughed lightly, a hint of guilt flashing across his face. "I admit, I didn't handle the Elinor thing very well, but you don't have to treat me like a stud, okay? Not every girl who's good-looking and I have any interaction with has to be added to my harem."

"Tsk tsk, harem... that's a good word..." Daphne said with a half-smile.

"Alright, alright... I surrender," Skylar said, raising his hands in surrender. "Hermione and I are absolutely innocent friends. She did express her feelings for me, but I rejected her. In fact, she is one of Dumbledore's most valued people, the one he chose as the intellectual leader for Harry's savior team, and she will definitely be part of the Order of the Order of the Phoenix's power core in the future. There will only be constant conflicts between us in terms of our positions."

"Speaking of this, I've always been puzzled by it," Daphne said, her playful tone turning serious. "Wasn't Dumbledore's purpose in forming the Order of the Order of the Phoenix to defeat the Dark Lord? Why did Dumbledore choose Granger?"

As mentioned earlier, although the Order of the Phoenix is not known to the general public, its existence is not a top secret. Any organization with a certain level of intelligence capabilities would know about the Order of the Order of the Phoenix.

"Dumbledore, humph—" Skylar said with a hint of disdain, "He once declined the position of Minister for Magic, and on the surface, he had no attachment to power, but in reality, as the only headmaster of the magic school in Great Britain, he possessed another kind of invisible power..."

"You mean..." Daphne said.

"Due to some events that happened to him in his youth, he fears wielding power, but his political ideals constantly influence the young wizards studying under his rule—think about it carefully, over the years, Slytherin House has been isolated and ostracized by the other houses; isn't Dumbledore partly to blame for this?"

Daphne and Astoria were suddenly reminded of what the fifth-year Prefect had said when they first entered Slytherin —both Gemma Farley, who addressed Daphne, and Irina Selwyn, who addressed Astoria. Although neither of them were now at Hogwarts, their expressions and tone of discontent remained vivid in their minds.

"You may have heard some rumors about Slytherin House, that we are all passionate about Dark Arts and only associate with wizards from prominent families or similar backgrounds..."

"We should be the coolest, the most powerful house in this school. Because we fight for victory, because we value Slytherin's honor and tradition. But this ambition to win is seen by the other houses as treacherous and ambitious..."

"We are not evil. We are like the symbol of Slytherin —the serpent: cunning, powerful, yet always misunderstood. It's simply the hatred and fear of the weak towards the strong..."

There are many more, but I won't go into detail here.

Even Morrie from Ravenclaw had heard Penelope Clearwater, the Prefect at the time, say all sorts of bad things about Slytherin during the freshman orientation, not to mention the young wizards from Gryffindor, who couldn't utter a single good word about Slytherin.

Just as Gemma had said, Slytherin and Gryffindor were the two most powerful houses in the entire school. Gryffindor's ambition was no less than Slytherin's, and both houses had produced bullies and spoiled brats over the centuries—so why did public opinion portray it as mischievous pranks in Gryffindor, but as psychopathic Dark Arts experiments in Slytherin's case?

This isn't Skylar making things up. Take Snape's era for example. When Snape was researching the Levicorpus, it was seen by everyone as a dark act of researching Dark Arts. But when James used it on Snape, it became a fun prank.

You could say this was a spontaneous act by the students, but with the entire school's atmosphere spiraling out of control to this extent, doesn't Dumbledore, as the highest-ranking administrator, bear any responsibility whatsoever?

At the very least, Dumbledore shouldn't have made James the student council president. Otherwise, wouldn't that be indirectly encouraging the various houses to use the Dark Arts invented by Slytherin to bully Slytherin students? Hmm, now that I think about it, Dumbledore might have done it on purpose.

At that time, Voldemort was recruiting followers, and war was about to begin. Compared to Snape, who was powerless and had no background, it was certainly more important to win the support of the Potter Family, whose grandfather was a high-ranking member of Wizengamot. Everything was for the For the Greater Good, wasn't it?

Seeing the girls' expressions, Skylar knew they understood his meaning, so he continued, "Dumbledore is a man of principle. He has his own ideals, but he prefers to achieve them by influencing the next generation of young wizards. The savior trio is precisely the group he carefully selected—one Pure-blood, one Half-blood, and one Muggle-born..."

"His obvious intentions are clear to everyone—" Skylar continued, "Although Ron is Pure-blood, his family is Pure-Blood Traitor Faction. Even after his grandfather, Setimus Weasley, married Cedric Black, his grandmother was expelled from the House of Black..."

"Harry is Half-blood, but he grew up in the Muggle world from a young age. Under Dumbledore's arrangement, his connection with the wizarding world was completely severed. His understanding of the wizarding world came from the first two wizards he met— Hagrid and Ron. My brother Draco extended a hand of friendship to Harry before school started but was rejected. Later, under Ron's influence, he entered Gryffindor according to Dumbledore's plan... Many of his perceptions and ideas about the wizarding world were actually influenced by Ron without him even realizing it..."

"As for Hermione, although she comes from Muggle family, through extensive reading, she has already developed a fixed understanding of the wizarding world and has a strong thirst for magical knowledge, which can make up for the lack of knowledge in the other two members of the trio. Of course, she herself was raised with Muggle education and is influenced by Muggle thinking, which can also largely ensure that Harry's growth will proceed in the direction Dumbledore wants."

"The Saviors, though born to defeat Voldemort," Skylar's face gradually turned cold, his tone calm and composed, "But judging from their views on wizards and Muggle, it's clear they have perfectly inherited Dumbledore's ideology; they are Dumbledore's chosen successors to the wizarding world..."

"Therefore, Dumbledore's formation of the Order of the Phoenix," Skylar concluded, "Was never solely for the purpose of defeating Voldemort..."