A "Surprise" for Dumbledore!

"Fox, come here!" After writing the letter, Ivan folded the envelopes one by one and then waved Phoenix over.

Fawkes flapped his way to the table in front of Yvonne and examined the envelopes curiously.

"Do you see this list? Deliver the letters in this order, understand?" Ivan asked, indicating the list Dumbledore had left him.

Fox nodded, picked up a letter, and burst into golden-red flames. The next moment, the bird and the letter were gone.

Before long, Fox was back with the next letter in his mouth, and so on.

"How efficient!" Seeing that Fox had used Instant Transmission to deliver half of the letters in just ten minutes, Yvonne's fondness for phoenix blood grew.

However, this was not the time to do so, as he only had two Legendary Points, and even if he was given enough phoenix blood, he would not be able to complete the fourth ceremony.

Without special means of preservation, the blood of magical creatures would become less active after three days, and the effects of fusion would be greatly reduced…

With that in mind, Ivan sighed and set aside his plans to fuse with the phoenix's blood. Instead, he focused on the task at hand, took the Time-Turner out of his pocket, and began gently turning the golden hourglass.

As the hourglass turns in a circle,

The scene around them froze and then began to change rapidly. Everything seemed to be moving away…

To be on the safe side, and to avoid triggering a protection mechanism while doing something important and being forcibly kicked back in time and space, Ivan managed to make only five revolutions using the maximum safe range…

Because of the short amount of time it took to travel back in time, Ivan was relatively unaffected, and when things returned to normal, he immediately turned to look at the clock in the Headmaster's office.

It is about four o'clock in the afternoon, and the evening sun is shining through the windows into the Headmaster's office, and the desk in the centre is empty…

"Wait, so the letters and the Time-Turner haven't arrived yet?"

Ivan, acutely aware of this, suddenly realised that if he stayed here for a while, he would be able to catch Dumbledore, who had come to place these things.

Ivan, who was already unhappy with the old professor shifting the blame to him, immediately ignored everything else and hid in the Headmaster's office.

In any case, if he was delayed, he could just go back in time. Time was the last thing he lacked now!

The wait, however, lasted for the better part of an hour, and Ivan was beginning to get impatient when the fireplace in the Headmaster's office burst into flame, and a golden-red flame leapt high into the air…

Ivan felt a surge of excitement, but to his surprise, all that came out of the flames were golden-red birds.

It was holding a thick letter on its foot, a glowing Time-Turner around its neck, and an Elder Wand in its mouth…

Fawkes spotted Ivan and flew over to him, crying out in joy as he dropped his wand.

Yvonne instinctively clutched the wand in her hand, her mouth twitching. Dumbledore was too cruel. He had left all these important things to Fox, and she had not even shown herself…

You're heartless, so don't blame me for being heartless… Ivan thought to himself.

Since Dumbledore had mentioned in his letter that he would surprise him on his return, he might as well give him a surprise!

Yvonne lifted her hand to remove the Time-Turner and the letter from Fox and threw them on her desk.

Ivan then took an envelope out of his wizarding robes and stuffed it into Fox's mouth.

"Deliver a letter to Rita Skeeter of the Daily Prophet telling her to drop everything and come to me at the Leaky Cauldron at once!" Ivan said.

…

In the evening, the Leaky Cauldron was unusually noisy and reeked of alcohol.

Tom, the landlord, treated every customer with great enthusiasm. The bar was full of empty beer bottles, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

Rita Skeeter, who entered the room, looked on with disgust. As a lady of good manners, she had never liked chaotic places like this.

"Bloody brat!" Rita Skeeter cursed under her breath. If he hadn't threatened her with that, she wouldn't have left her job unfinished and come to this place.

"Would you like a butterbeer, Ms. Skeeter?" Tom, the innkeeper, seemed to be drunk, and he greeted Rita with a laugh.

"No." Rita Skeeter haughtily refused Tom's offer and proceeded to ask, "May I know where room seven is? I've been approached about something…"

"Well… the second room on the right is upstairs!" Tom replied with a shrug.

Rita Skeeter nodded and went up to the second floor, where she found the house number and complained as she opened the door.

"Hales, why are you looking for me? Don't expect to threaten me with that…"

However, when she saw who was waiting inside, Rita Skeeter's pupils constricted and she stammered.

"Albus Dumbledore?"

Ivan had disguised himself as Dumbledore, and was amused at Rita Skeeter's reaction.

On the surface, Ivan's expression was calm as he looked at Rita Skeeter and said, "That's right, I was the one who asked Hales to write and get you here to talk about something…"

It occurred to Rita Skeeter that, although the letter contained the notes of Ivan the Imp, she had seen a golden-red feather pressed against the envelope…

She couldn't help but panic. She couldn't imagine what it was that made someone as important as Dumbledore have to be so careful…

Why did the other party come all the way here to see him?

Unbeknownst to Rita Skeeter, Ivan is doing this to save Dumbledore's magical letters…

"So… what can I do for you?" Rita Skeeter quickly composed herself and sat opposite Ivan with a fake smile.

"It says everything you need to know. Take a look!" Ivan flipped the parchment on the table and pushed it toward Rita Skeeter.