if someone else wants to continue it, then they are free to do so from here. I give full right for them to do so :)

Thank you for mentioning this, Coming back to rewrite after so long makes me have moments where I forget little details I wrote despite re-reading it myself. Im amending this part now so it will make sense.

You helped me on discord my friend with the ancient language (Inheritance) stuff on fictions server, I bookmarked your book then. I look forward to seeing what you do :)

You're great with the descriptions and details, looking forward to seeing where this goes! :)

There's many things Oz can hold above Dumbledore and many reasons why he initiated this sort of rebuke. First, Dumbledore's main slipup was his curiosity leading to his rush to get the events sorted, with what happened to Oz this year, Oz only need explain to certain people who know his identity and word would spread. A headmaster allowing a student to be bullied. The teachers of the school, including those that are necessarily more 'angrier' would be easily coaxed into becoming witnesses for Oz and backing him up. Two, Merlin's Descendant as an Identity is a nameplate but that identity is heralded miles higher than what anyone would initially expect (and Dumbledore knows this) after all, The ministry is putting in actual effort to shield Oz's identity until Oz was okay with showing it and this was all due to Oz just requesting it at Gringotts (Think about it, Dumbledore is within the ministry yet had to discover the identity on his own. Thats how tightly locked it was). There's a BIG difference between 'Supreme Mugwump, second coming of Merlin' and 'Literal Merlin's proven descendant'. Paired with Dumbledore's drive to discover Oz, he wouldn't just suddenly act against Oz, Oz is purely showing his stance to Dumbledore by stating 'I don't want to be under you as you plan, I have higher goals and am not going to be restrained to Hogwarts'. Whilst he's harsh in his rebuke, he's not necessarily spitting sophistry, he's literally saying it how it is. Dumbledore's intentions were twisted and the headmaster himself knows it as he straight up apologised for this curiosity that led to a rushed and somewhat botched situation on his part due to his own rush in regards to what's happening starting next year. Three, Oz showed intelligence that he has 'some' idea of the events to come. He scratched the tip of the iceberg, as if only 'guessing', but he insinuated he knew what would happen next in the wizarding world and 'canon'. This would place him high in Dumbledore's eyes and sure, Dumbledore will place suspicion on him. With that amount of intelligence though, on the level of foresight, Dumbledore would be hard pressed to try anything as he cant predict what Oz knows or will do. On top of this, Hagrid is in the room as well, this is an incredibly important part and a defining factor as to why Oz is saying any of this in the first place. Finally, If word is to spread of this event with Dumbledore, Dumbledore's actions in Hogwarts towards Oz, Oz's identity and everything building to this point, the first person who'd be a suspect if anything happened to Oz would be Dumbledore due to how he treated Oz in the year and if this event spreads between the headmaster and Oz, (think about the people who are aware this meeting is happening), people will start to be suspicious of Dumbledore and his intentions with Oz, the descendant of merlin. So the main factors as to why Oz has charged forward with this sort of situation; Merlin's descendants identity holds weight, Hagrid being present, Oz's own foresight, the people who are angry and aware of this event happening and finally Oz's words aren't necessarily wrong or straight up antagonistic, he's simply stating what he thinks due to being subjected to purposeful bullying by a headmaster with too much curiosity. With Oz's talent, his lineage and now his intelligence, Dumbledore would deem it a waste to lose such a person considering the climate of the wizarding world soon. Hearing Oz's words he will change his plans, knowing Oz isn't simple and the way to 'approach' him would need to be more delicate as he's not a simple 11 year old boy. I hope this explains somewhat what im going for, a bit of an info dump I admit though so I apologise for the wall of text hahah To finalise all this; Dumbledore in my novel is 'Chaotic Neutral/Lawful Evil (if need be)'. He wouldn't attack Oz purely because of this and Oz knows that.

That's honestly half the reason why I wrote it haha, if people think its too 'out of character' though I can amend it :)

If more people agree with this statement ill amend this part. I didn't initially include it when Oz went around buying things but it could be assumed he got 3 sets. If others agree, Ill change this part over :)

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it's a lot of assumptions pooled into one. it's technically still an assumption too, which is why Dumbles is probably going to confirm face to face soon with Oz about it he truly is. it's still a bit confusing though so I'll review once again when I'm off work :)

The initial interest came from being an Orphan Slytherin, which would have been more a theory of 'Is he the descendant or maybe even another Tom riddle'. Then that initial interest would have snowballed as Oz evaded Severus and Dumbles throughout the year making Dumbles intrigue towards Oz grow. Eventually leading to the bullying event were Dumbles let's it pan out to see if Oz truly is 'something' rather than stepping in. Dumbledores own urgency to solve this all stems from who is coming to Hogwarts next year. he doesn't want unknown variables in his walls like Oz so he dug deeper initially than he would have usually despite the small amount of information laid out. I definetly could have explained that part better, but essentially it's Dumbles twisted curiosity that appeared when Oz was first sorted and brewed throughout the year that led to this point. Hagrid was then the final link needed for Dumbles to confirm In his own mind that Oz HAS to be the descendant.

the main linking point is hagrid appearing in the leaky cauldron and meeting Oz there a day after the descendant was discovered. Hagrid mentioning that part changed dumbledores 'reason to believe' to 'im sure' as not only is Oz a talented orphan Slytherin, he was literally around during the time that the descendant was found placing him very high on the list. Dumbledores initial interest in him would have been due to the fact he's an orphan Slytherin's (maybe another dark lord kind of thought) however it instead led to Merlin as the year progressed. I hope this explains a bit more what I'm trying to portray :)

I appreciate the comment by the way, Criticsms and directioning like this goes a long way to helping me make the story better. I've amended a part of this chapter now to explain Dumbledore's thought process in figuring out Oz being the descendant, explaining that to his peers as he makes the initial assumption :)

Sorry, it probably should have been mentioned. Its because Oz is A. An Orphan in Slytherin and B. Has immense talent that was displayed. They had the A part all this time and needed to confirm part B to make the assumption hence, 'I have reason to believe' not 'He IS the descendant'. I will amend dumbledores words a bit so it makes more sense in regards to this :)

He is of course but these words weigh heavier as he used to be a duelling champion. He's simply stating the fact that it would be difficult for a normal wizard to combat a group that large :)

For those wondering what the form looks like visually, the cover of the novel is Oz's dragon form.

You will find out eventually ;)

'too long, didn't read':