No Regret Decision

"People will always experience this, so I have always opposed Kingsley's request to educate you on protection. Some things can't be experienced by people just by saying them. Only when you experience them yourself, do you belong."

Dumbledore knocked on the table, and a cup of steaming black tea appeared in front of him and Sherlock.

"How do you feel about your change this time around?"

Sherlock had never been so relaxed in front of Dumbledore, drinking the warm black tea from his cup in one sip.

"I feel so relaxed, I've never felt so comfortable."

Dumbledore smiled at him.

"I want to hear the details of what happened."

Afterwards, Sherlock told all of their experiences this morning, but he concealed the matter of finding the "Soul Stitching" created by the original owner's mother but took the initiative to ask about the mark on his left arm.

He lifted his sleeves, allowing Dumbledore to see the crescent mark on his arm.

"That's it. The first time I encountered Riddle's diary in the bookstore, it had a strong burning sensation, and then I met Neville who was bewitched by Riddle, so what exactly is this mark?"

Dumbledore was not surprised by what Sherlock said. He saw the crescent mark on Sherlock's arm, and his eyes were full of memories and nostalgia.

"This is the protection your mother left you."

"My mother?" Sherlock repeated.

Dumbledore looked solemn.

"Like the reason Harry survived Riddle's killing curse, it wasn't because he was special, but because his mother used a protective spell with her own life to protect him. In the same way, you also have protection left by your mother."

"Love is the most powerful magic, and this mark is your mother's love for you."

Sherlock silently looked at the crescent mark on his left arm. He didn't expect it to be similar to the lightning scar on Harry's body.

"So even now, you still don't want to tell me what happened to my parents back then, right?"

Dumbledore nodded slightly.

"It's not that I don't want to Sherlock, it's that we don't want to burden you with this, and we don't want you to know about them. Of course, if one day you have to know about it, someone will tell you."

There was a brief silence in the office, and Dumbledore spoke softly.

"You mean, in the end, it was Neville who drew the sword from the Sorting Hat?"

Sherlock nodded.

"You originally planned to have Harry pull it out?"

Dumbledore had a very happy-looking smile on his face.

"No, I just wanted to try it out. I think it's possible for any of you to pull it out, but I was most looking forward to you pulling it out."

"Me?" Sherlock pointed at himself in surprise, "Why?"

"Do you know the origin of this hat?"

He looked at the sorting hat that was placed in the headmaster's room again.

Sherlock thought for a while.

"I have seen records that this hat turned out to be Gryffindor's hat."

"Yes, so that sword is the same."

Sherlock looked at it in surprise, the sword that had been placed in the cupboard at this moment.

"It was once the sword of Gryffindor."

Dumbledore said softly.

"Only someone with a true Gryffindor heart can pull it out of the Sorting Hat,"

"But I'm a Ravenclaw?" Sherlock asked in confusion.

Dumbledore smiled.

"The choice of a house cannot limit the development of a person's heart. I really hope to see the unique quality of Gryffindor in you. But now this is not bad. I finally decided to hire you this year. I think I made the best decision."

Sherlock listened to Dumbledore's words and thought for a moment.

"Is that rumour that Riddle cursed the defence against the dark arts position, true?"

Dumbledore didn't hide it from him.

"It's true, Riddle did curse the position."

Sherlock stared at him closely.

"So you didn't think about me in the first place, but when you hired Lockhart, you already knew he was a liar?"

Dumbledore did not answer his question directly.

"During the summer vacation last year, he went to visit a friend of mine, and when I met him, I found out that part of his memory was missing. After that, I did some light research and found a star wizard who was famous in the wizarding world for a while— Gilderoy Lockhart, who found out that he was actually a deceitful liar who stole all his experiences from other people's minds through a memory charm."

"At that time, I couldn't recruit a suitable professor for this year's Defense Against the Dark Arts class, so I tried to contact him. Because I think that a liar like him, coming to Hogwarts to become a professor would definitely reveal his true nature. It may be more meaningful for the education of the students."

"Lockhart is not a fool either. I offered him an invitation at first, but he didn't accept it. It wasn't until I borrowed a little of Harry's fame and tempted him with the title of Teacher of the Savior that he finally failed to resist the huge fame and fortune and finally agreed."

"But then, besides me, other people discovered his problem. And they also mastered substantial evidence and sued him in the wizarding court. This forced me to change my plan for this year and choose you, Sherlock."

Dumbledore blinked.

"I even suspected at the time that you reported Lockhart behind his back in order to remove him from his position as a professor.

Sherlock was stunned when he heard his words.

He didn't know if Lockhart's matter had anything to do with the original owner, but after hearing Dumbledore's words, it seemed possible.

"No matter what happened in the past, the decision to get more to Hogwarts did not disappoint me," Dumbledore praised.

"Your probationary period has ended prematurely, and you will be the youngest Defence Against the Dark Arts professor to be hired at Hogwarts in decades."

Sherlock didn't ask too much about the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor's curse. As if his mother's protection was really that powerful he could deal with everything that came his way

He took a deep breath and asked Dumbledore what he was most concerned about after getting rid of Riddle's diary.

"Riddle's diary, was not simple, although it has been destroyed, but there is definitely more than one thing like this!"

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Editor: so we hit 1.5k collections and you might remember I said would mass-release 20 chapters when we hit that sooooooooooo

We going to #70 now

#37

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