Dumbledore didn't expect Dudley to be so excited. After listening to Dudley quietly, he first said with a tinge of apology:
"Sorry, Dudley. Your thoughts, knowledge, way of doing things, and... appearance always make me overlook your age.
Sorry, I shouldn't have tried to be lazy and put the responsibility on you.
I haven't taught students for a long time. Now, having to teach this brand - new course that has little to do with magic and I've never taught before, I can't help but feel a bit unconfident.
I'll try my best to overcome it. Or perhaps, I can come up with some other solutions."
After apologizing, the old man then changed the subject and wisely guessed:
"Dudley, you're so concerned about the educational reform at Hogwarts. Is it because your miraculous inborn endowment can obtain some amazing power from it? Can you also gain the ability to bring the dead back to life through this?"
"Yes, you're right! I'm not one to do something without a good reason. Certainly, I won't take the initiative to worry for nothing."
Dudley didn't mean to hide anything at all. "Completing the educational reform at Hogwarts, just like harmlessly stripping Voldemort's soul fragment from the three lost - treasure Horcruxes, can also give me unparalleled conceptual power.
But what kind of power I'll specifically get from completing the educational reform is random, and I can't be sure.
There's a possibility of getting the power of resurrection, but it's not very high. We should still pin our hopes on the three lost - treasure Horcruxes.
Stop daydreaming. Do you still have any details about recruiting Muggle talents? If not, I've got to recommend two people for this job to you."
"That's just right. I was just going to ask you how to find suitable talents among so many Muggles. You know, most wizards don't know much about the Muggle world, and so do my Order of the Phoenix partners."
Dumbledore reined in his wandering thoughts and continued to ask about the main topic.
"Are Ron's parents, the Weasleys, in your Order of the Phoenix now?"
Dudley suddenly asked, and his intention was obvious.
"Do you mean Arthur and Molly?"
Dumbledore was a bit surprised, but he quickly understood Dudley's idea and replied, "They haven't joined the Order of the Phoenix yet.
They have too many children in their family. During Voldemort's rule, their children were still young. To keep their family safe, they couldn't openly join us to fight against Voldemort.
But they're my good friends and loyal allies of the Order of the Phoenix. Now that it's a peaceful time, I can definitely invite them to join the Order.
Arthur is an official in the Ministry of Magic, in charge of the Office for the Prevention of Muggle Artefact Misuse. He has a very friendly attitude towards Muggles and is very fond of Muggle technological items. He's really suitable for taking on this task of searching for reliable professional talents in the Muggle world."
"That's exactly what I mean." Dudley nodded in approval. "You invite the Weasleys to join the Order of the Phoenix. Besides paying them a salary, give them a generous amount of activity funds."
Let Mr. Arthur Weasley be the team leader and ask for a long leave from the Ministry of Magic. Then, let him take his wife and a group of gentle and meticulous members of the Order of the Phoenix to form a talent introduction team and go to the Muggle world to carry out the mission.
You can let Mr. Arthur Weasley go to the Dursleys' house and ask Uncle Vernon to use his funds and Muggle connections to provide them with some help.
The scope of talent search should be locked on the excellent teachers and professors in Muggle higher - learning institutions. It also includes the outstanding Muggle talents who have published authoritative journal papers in the disciplines I've mentioned.
Tell the wizards participating in the action that the Muggle talents they introduce should not only be knowledgeable and professionally excellent but also have good moral character. This is really crucial.
In addition, the people they find should also be brave and have a strong ability to accept new things. They can't faint at the sight of magic and ghosts.
Also, inviting people is not kidnapping. Don't force anyone. Explain things clearly to them, get their approval and consent, and then bring them here.
"What if the Muggles don't want to come? And what if we can't find enough qualified Muggle talents?"
Dumbledore asked two more questions.
Dudley's screening conditions were too many and too strict. He even suspected now that they might not be able to pick out a hundred people who fully met the conditions from the British Muggles.
"Dumbledore, I know Muggles better than you. Without the help of magic, Muggles will have many life regrets that can be easily solved by magic.
You communicate well with the Ministry of Magic and remove the restrictions on the talent introduction team's use of magic. As long as it doesn't go against morality, the team members can be allowed to use magic to help the Muggle talents we need in exchange for their consent.
In addition, there is an even simpler way, which is to use money and use gold to smooth the way.
Trust me, most Muggles in the world can be convinced by these two methods.
As for your worry about not being able to find enough qualified Muggle talents, I think it's unlikely.
There are many unknown masters in the world. Among more than 57 million people, it would be too sensational if we couldn't even gather a hundred qualified Muggle talents.
If it really doesn't work, you can use your prestige and connections in the international wizarding world and let the talent introduction team go to other countries to find Muggle talents. At that time, just add a requirement that they can speak English.
Dudley put forward all the methods he could think of.
Then, he reminded again, "We should rather have fewer but better. The Muggle talents brought by the talent introduction team still have to be interviewed by you and me again. There is no rule against using Legilimency to see through their memories and thoughts.
This point should also be made clear to the Muggle talents by the talent introduction team to prevent the team members from having poor judgment and introducing slackers or fraudsters."
Dumbledore nodded frequently. Now, he had no more questions about introducing Muggle talents.
They could start preparing to carry it out.
Dudley chatted with Dumbledore about some other things for a while. He casually left a personal letter for Uncle Vernon as a voucher when Arthur Weasley asked the Dursleys' house for help.
After that, he took away half of Dumbledore's stock of orange soda and left the headmaster's office.
Harry went to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor and created an Interrogation Room. While sipping soda, he practiced the Killing spell on Peter Pettigrew.
It wasn't until dawn that he returned to the Gryffindor first - year boys' dormitory to catch up on sleep.
Harry didn't go on a night patrol that night. He slept like a log and woke up in the morning full of energy.
On Saturday morning.
As his cousin told him, Harry wrapped his cousin's apology letter written the previous day and the upgraded Diggory wand in a large piece of parchment. Then he stuffed them into Hedwig's claws.
After Hedwig ate some dried meat, she happily spread her wings and flew out of the dormitory window to start her glorious mission of delivering the letter.
Guided by its inborn endowment, she flew straight to the place where the wizard Dedalus Diggory was.