Dumbledore was equally surprised after listening to Nick's explanation.

Although he was surprised by the extent of the damage to the time-turner when he saw it, he didn't expect Ivan to have the ability to affect the operation of the time-turner.

Soon, though, Dumbledore came to his senses from his surprise and turned to Nick.

"His name is Ivan Hals, a young wizard who has just entered the third year, I think you should have some image of that name!"

"Hals? Is it the one who protected the Philosopher's Stone last time? Nick Lemay pondered for a moment before thinking of who Dumbledore was talking about, and immediately had a crush on Ivan.

"Yes!" Dumbledore nodded.

"That's a coincidence, I used to read the newspaper and I used to see him in the Daily Prophet," Nick Lemay said with a laugh.

Dumbledore noticed that there were many newspapers on the table next to him, the top of which were reports about Ivan, and remembered that Nick had always been in the habit of reading every issue.

"I think he's supposed to be a potions genius, does he know some alchemy?" Nick Lemay was a little puzzled, it was not easy to affect the operation of the time turner, and it would require a high degree of alchemy.

"He's probably a rare all-rounder... In the past two years, I have made some very useful magic props, and I heard that many of them have been purchased by the Ministry of Magic. Dumbledore said approvingly.

"That's an interesting little wizard," laughed Nick Lemay, who had never seen anyone as good as Ivan at the age of twelve or thirteen, even in his long career.

This made Nick Lemay interested in this young wizard whom he had never met.

"Albus, since you are familiar with Hals, what do you think of his character?" Nick Lemay asked suddenly.

"What? Are you interested in taking another student? Dumbledore laughed.

"Then we have to see if it's suitable, my family is not going to be cheaper for the Ministry of Magic when the time comes..."Nick Lemay pouted.

After living for more than 600 years, Nick Lemay has seen a lot of things. So he had planned to donate all of his books to Hogwarts after his death, and give the rest to the Ministry of Magic, leaving only the house and some memorable things for him to bury.

After all, he has no heirs at all, and none of the students he accepted in his early years can survive him, so it can really be said that he has no worries.

But Ivan's appearance rekindled Nick Lemay's interest in taking in the apprentices, and he felt that it might be a fateful arrangement, otherwise it would not be such a coincidence.

"Hals? It's hard to say—" Dumbledore groaned for a moment, frowning, and didn't give a clear response.

"Oh, can't even you figure it out? Feeling embarrassed? "Nick Lemay was very surprised, no matter how talented Ivan Hals is, he is just a little wizard of twelve or thirteen years old.

"He's a very complicated little wizard, and please forgive me for using these words on a child!" Dumbledore said this, a slight look of memory on his face.

Dumbledore did not directly tell Nick Lemay what he thought, but tried his best to explain to Nick Lemay what Ivan has done in recent years from the perspective of a bystander, and let Nick judge for himself.

Of all the students he taught, Ivan was undoubtedly the most special, and he saw many good qualities in Ivan, such as bravery, intelligence, loyalty to friends, the ability to resist temptation (return the Elder Wand), etc...

But at the same time, he also knows that Ivan is desperate to improve his strength, even risking his life for it, and is extremely good at lying and concealment, and he doesn't care about the rules of the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts...

After saying that, Dumbledore looked at Nick LeMay quietly, expecting his evaluation.

"Wonderful... It's wonderful! Nick Lemay applauded and couldn't help but ask.

"Albus, are you sure you're talking about what really happened, not a fairy tale somewhere?"

It's hard for Nick Lemay to imagine that little wizard named Ivan Hals could have such a magical experience! Fighting trolls, flying on a dragon, confronting and winning against a mysterious man twice, and seeing through and driving out two Defence Against the Dark Arts professors are legendary!

"Looks like I'm lucky!" Nick Lemay said with emotion.

Dumbledore smiled wryly, he felt that Nick Lemay was too optimistic, and in his opinion Ivan was a little wizard who could easily go astray without guidance.

It's because Ivan is so good that he needs to be vigilant and attentive to direct him in the right direction...

"Can you imagine? Nick? An eleven-year-old kid's first instinct after defeating the legendary Dark Lord was to hide himself as much as possible, to try to blame his friend for the glory, and to make up excuses to fool me. ”

Dumbledore felt a little headache when he remembered his conversation with Ivan at the end of his first year, he couldn't figure out what the other party was thinking, and he didn't feel that way with Tom as a child.

"You just feel like Hals is out of your control... So I'm just feeling uneasy! Nick Lemay said indifferently, not caring about Dumbledore's previous words, and then continued.

"Then I ask you. Does Hals hate Muggles? Want to kill them all? ”

"Nope! He didn't have any ill feelings towards Muggles... He was also closely related to a child born in a Muggle family. Dumbledore shook his head.

"Or is he arrogant, vicious, empty-eyed, obsessed with the study of black magic?" Nick asked, word for word.

"Not really!" Dumbledore shook his head again.

"And what are you worried about?" Nick Lemay asked, puzzled, "You can't impose your standards on him, Albus!" Isn't it normal for a capable little wizard to have his own thoughts?

Even if he wanted to do something, so what? There's nothing wrong with someone else being the Minister of Magic! It's better than some incompetent fool coming to power..."

Nick Lemay doesn't care about Dumbledore's little flaws about Ivan, which can be ignored compared to Ivan's outstanding abilities.

And in his impression, none of those talented and brilliant people are self-contained, and it is normal to want to do things.

It is these people who drive the course of the world...

"Or do you see your own shadow in him, so you've been haunting it?" Nick Lemay suddenly realized something, and looked at Dumbledore and asked out loud.