Harry Potter : The White Wizard of Hogwarts

"Incredible!"

Professor McGonagall looked surprised. She already believed that Ivan had the gift of prophecy.

She had reacted almost without thinking, just as Ivan had predicted.

"How did you do it?" she asked.

"Is there a problem with this?" Ivan replied. "I believe my talent is the magic you mentioned, Professor."

"No, Mr. Ambrosius," she said, noticing that Ivan seemed normal. She continued seriously, "Your talent is extremely rare, even in the magical world. As far as I know, only one person has a similar ability."

"Who is that?" Ivan asked.

"I'm sorry, but I can't tell you their name directly," Professor McGonagall said. "That person once brought unimaginable changes to the magical world."

"Of course, believe me, Mr. Ambrosius, this has nothing to do with your talent. You are a good kid."

To this day, whenever Professor McGonagall thought of Grindelwald, she still felt scared.

(McGonagall here is in the timeline of Fantastic Beasts, so she is several decades older than in Harry Potter.)

Ivan knew the person Professor McGonagall was talking about must be Gellert Grindelwald.

However, Professor McGonagall wouldn't connect Ivan with Grindelwald just because they both had the ability to predict.

"Your talent is called a Prophecy Magus in the magical world. It is a natural and very rare magical talent," she explained.

Professor McGonagall had thought that guiding the new students would be a simple task, but she never expected to discover such a treasure as Ivan.

A Prophecy Magus, a natural prophet!

"Believe me, Mr. Ambrosius," McGonagall said seriously, "you will definitely achieve great things in the future."

"Thank you, but you can call me Ivan," he replied.

"Okay, little Ivan," Professor McGonagall said with a smile.

She had a good impression of Ivan, not just because of his special talent, but also because he was as well-behaved and sensible as Mrs. Mena had said.

Thinking about Ivan's background made Professor McGonagall feel sorry for him.

At Hogwarts, Muggle-born wizards were not uncommon.

But orphans, especially Muggle-born orphans, faced even more challenges.

If they were placed in Slytherin, they would likely be at the bottom of the social ladder.

The hierarchy was clear: Pure-blood family > Pure-blood > Half-blood > Mudblood > Dependent Mudblood.

Ivan fell into the last category, a Mudblood among Mudbloods—slightly stronger than Muggles, but not by much.

'This child shouldn't be sorted into Slytherin,' Professor McGonagall thought.

She knew the Sorting Hat's criteria well. Slytherin typically only accepted pure-bloods.

Though there were sometimes ambitious half-bloods or Muggle-born students, these were rare cases.

Ivan was a Muggle, which alone ruled out any chance of him being sorted into Slytherin.

As for the other three houses, Professor McGonagall thought they were all acceptable.

Of course, it would be best if he were sorted into Gryffindor.

As the head of Gryffindor House, Professor McGonagall felt she could provide Ivan with the best support.

'Wait a minute,' she suddenly thought. 'Is this child really born of Muggles?'

A natural Prophecy Magus, such talent is rare even in the magical world.

But he was born among Muggles.

Professor McGonagall was a little confused.

She wasn't a racist, nor did she support bloodline theories, being a half-blood witch herself.

However, purely from an academic standpoint, the chances that Ivan's parents were wizards were much higher than that they were Muggles.

'Ambrosius?'

Professor McGonagall couldn't think of any wizarding family with the last name Ambrosius.

With this in mind, she asked Ivan about his background.

"I don't know either," Ivan replied.

When he time-traveled, he had no proof of his identity other than a piece of paper with his name on it.

He also handed the ring on his finger to McGonagall.

She checked it but didn't find anything special about the ring.

"I'm sorry, kid," Professor McGonagall said, returning the ring with an apologetic look. "I haven't seen the emblem on this ring before."

"It's okay; I'm not interested in my own background," Ivan said calmly. "What I'm more curious about is the world of magic."

"By the way, Professor, where can I buy the things listed here?"

Ivan smiled slightly, taking out the list from his admission letter. "I once saw a magical alley in the reflection of the lake. Is it there?"

"Is this also part of your prophecy?"

Professor McGonagall was increasingly amazed by Ivan's predictive abilities. "That's incredible."

"Yes, the alley you mentioned is called Diagon Alley. It's the largest wizarding market in the UK."

"And you don't need to worry about tuition fees."

Professor McGonagall motioned for Ivan to prepare. "Studying at Hogwarts is free. The school provides food and housing. Additionally, we give young wizards like you a certain amount of Galleons as scholarships."

To help Ivan understand, Professor McGonagall explained the wizarding currency: 1 Galleon equals 17 Sickles, which equals 493 Knuts.

"Shall we head to Diagon Alley now?"

"I know you're curious about the wizarding world, but I still need to guide another new student," she said.

This time, McGonagall was not only guiding Ivan. She also needed to speak with the parents of another new student to help them understand the existence of magic.

After all, Professor McGonagall had rarely met young wizards like Ivan, who could use wandless and silent spells before attending school.

So, she arranged to meet Ivan again in the afternoon to take him and another new student to Diagon Alley to buy the items on their lists.

After Professor McGonagall left, Ivan was alone in the room.

He had already thought carefully about revealing his prophetic ability.

Time traveling once was not easy, and Ivan didn't want to live in fear.

He had read many Harry Potter fanfictions where the protagonists saw Dumbledore as a potential enemy and worried about how to prevent the old wizard from using Legilimency, fearing their identity as time travelers would be exposed.

It's wise to be cautious around Dumbledore.

While he is highly respected and has his principles, he generally doesn't pry into people's private lives.

However, it's always good to be careful around others.

What really puzzled Ivan was how these time travelers often feared Dumbledore but didn't seem to worry about Snape, even approaching him willingly.

After all, Snape's Occlumency could even fool Voldemort.

Even if his skills in memory manipulation, emotion hiding, and secret exploration weren't as strong as Dumbledore's, for a first-year wizard, both of them were formidable.

Ivan didn't consider himself a genius.

He decided to tell Professor McGonagall about his gift of Prophecy Magus to cover up the fact that he knew the story.

Plus, Legilimency isn't like a psychic power from Marvel that can instantly reveal all someone's memories.

Legilimency is mind reading, which only allows you to see a person's surface thoughts and feelings.

To truly access someone's memories, you need to use a wand and Legilimency to extract them from their mind.

However, neither Dumbledore nor Snape would do such a thing.

Using Legilimency on a young wizard at Hogwarts would clearly violate professors' principles and be a serious invasion of privacy.

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