This wasn't the first time Dumbledore had come to the Longbottom house.

Compared to what he remembered, ten years had passed, and there had been quite a big change here.

Aside from the replacement of furnishings and the growth and aging that the passage of time will inevitably bring, the biggest change in this house, or this home, is the weather.

The last time he visited, it was not a sad place, but at least it was gloomy, because the pillar of the Longbottom family, Neville's father, had fallen.

Fell under a despicable sneak attack, and then the heart-wrenching torture to extract confessions.

At that time, Voldemort was defeated, and the long-awaited victory had arrived, but justice was late here at Longbottom's house.

It's a bit funny to say that the world knows more about the Potters based on their son defeating the Dark Lord, and when it comes to the venerable couple, it's like "Oh, he&she is Harry Potter's father & mother".

Only those who lived through the war themselves would understand that if it were not for the efforts of this couple and many others whose names would not even be remembered, July 31, 1980 would have been an ordinary day, and the war would not have ended on October 31 of the following year.

Dumbledore firmly believed that Voldemort's defeat was inevitable, but this inevitability was not a prophecy, nor was it a great truth such as the triumph of evil, but many deeper things.

He had already studied Muggles, and when he got to know someone in the room at this time, that understanding was taken to another level.

History is always strikingly similar, and this sentence is not made up out of thin air, but many times, many things are indeed repeated repeatedly.

Dumbledore personally ended Gellert Grindelwald's wizarding wars, and during the same period, Grindelwald's homeland also started another bloody and tragic world war in the Muggle world.

Using that war as a reference, Dumbledore found some of the similarities to what is happening today.

Therefore, if it is not possible to stop the war, then prepare before then.

Any preparation.

Dumbledore smiled and looked around, his presence attracting everyone's attention, so that no one noticed the continuous change in Lyle's expression in a short period of time.

"Uh...... Headmaster?"

Neville was only slightly surprised, after all, he saw him almost every day at school, and he didn't think about it that much, and he didn't think about why Dumbledore came to his house today.

As for Neville's family, it was evident that they were unusually surprised and excited, and even Uncle Algie was trembling physically, and even the most calm of Mrs. Longbottom, who seemed to be calm on the outside, did not seem so calm.

"Happy birthday, Neville. ”

Dumbledore was carrying a gift box in his hand, apparently prepared. After handing it to Neville, he gently hugged the student, who was almost up to his shoulders and was as strong as a boxer.

It seems that after going back, I will have to increase the size of the school bed a little more.

At this time, everyone came back to their senses, and then stepped forward to greet Dumbledore one by one.

Including Lyle.

"I didn't expect to see you here, first meeting, introduce yourself, I'm ......" Lyle didn't say his name when the fireplace flame jumped again, and another wizard appeared in the living room.

With a pinstriped suit, a black hat, gray curly hair, and a serious face that looks quite dignified, this is the current Minister of Magic who everyone else is very familiar with except Neville-

Cornelius Oswald Fudge.

The Longbottom family was shocked!

Merlin is on top, what the hell is going on today!

"Happy birthday, Mr. Longbottom. ”

The Minister didn't seem as well prepared as Dumbledore, as he had only brought a greeting card. He didn't hug Neville, not even shake hands, and after greeting the Longbottoms politely or coldly, his attention was focused on the only outlier in the room—

Lyle.

A room full of wizards, mixed in with a squib, no, not even a squib, it was really a firefly in the night, distinct, outstanding, it was difficult not to pay attention.

The previous self-introduction was interrupted by Fudge's appearance, and Lyle simply started again, only this time, his emotions were much more excited and excited, and his lines were also extremely flattering, and he was worthless, as if being able to breathe the same air as Fudge would make him happy for a whole week.

Fudge looked indifferently at Lyle's clown-like performance, his expression did not fluctuate, and his heart was full of contempt and contempt, thinking that what kind of people make what kind of friends, the Longbottom family is now also degenerate, and the glory of the ancient pure-blood family will no longer be restored.

"Okay, Dumbledore and I are just passing by, and there are many important things to deal with, so I won't continue to bother. With that, Fudge turned, threw a handful of Flylu, and disappeared into the fire.

Compared with Muggle politicians, wizards are much more direct than Muggle politicians, pretending to be close to the people, and soliciting votes, and the ministers of the Ministry of Magic are never voted for by mud legs, and Fudge doesn't think the declining Longbottom family has anything to woo.

Neville, the only one who is a little interesting, is a person Dumbledore is extremely optimistic about, and he is only a thirteen-year-old child, he is strong and has a bad brain, and it is estimated that it will be like this in the future.

The Ministry of Magic still lacks a gate to watch, so you can consider leaving a place for him.

Fudge's undisguised bureaucratic style, Algie may have been just immersed in surprise and couldn't feel it, but Mrs. Longbottom was not easy to fool, and although she didn't have a seizure on the spot, she remembered it.

"I'm sorry I can't stay with you, because there is a very urgent matter that needs to be dealt with. ”

Not long after Fudge was gone, Dumbledore was leaving, but for the same reason, compared to Fudge, he didn't feel bad at all.

"Uh, what's the matter?" asked Neville curiously.

"What's this......" Dumbledore pondered for a moment, then said, "I guess tomorrow's newspaper will be announced, so it doesn't matter if you reveal it in advance......

"Someone escaped from Azkaban prison. ”

"More than one. ”

"What has been established is that one of them is Sirius Orion Black, while the other ......"

With that, Dumbledore gave Neville a deep look and said in a deep voice, "Bellatrix Lestrange." ”

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Pinching my fingers, I haven't updated it for the whole of February, so it's really not like words, so I wrote a chapter out.

The running group of the game is also coming to an end, and the wall and the Europeans counterattacked to the first place in the team, the strength of the middle and late stages of the fourth order of the gene lock, and then the experience is really enough to write a book, very rich......