Look at the swarthy tombstone.

and the white-haired old man who stood in front of the tombstone with his head bowed.

Jon suddenly felt a sense of sadness in his heart.

Dumbledore placed the flowers in front of the tombstone, and then he slowly stepped back and bowed deeply to the tombstone.

Jon followed his lead and saluted towards the tombstone.

"Nick Lemay and I have been friends for a long time!" Dumbledore said, "I was just a young man in his twenties at the time, and he was already a famous alchemist...... He was my mentor and my best friend, and together we captured a giant Ukrainian iron-bellied dragon, discovered twelve uses of dragon blood, and published that astonishing treatise together......"

Dumbledore remembered quietly.

"He's helped me a lot over the years...... Although I knew very well that he had always been a quiet man, and that he wanted nothing more than to live in seclusion with his wife in Devon, and to devote his time to the stage plays they loved, I had to turn to him for help with all sorts of accidents......"

"A year ago, he told me that he wanted to leave this world...... You must know that an alchemy master like him completely decides his own life and death...... My emotions at that time can be described as completely lost, my former friends are not left, and another one is leaving!"

Jon didn't try to interrupt Dumbledore's memories, just nodded silently.

"Jon, when I was younger, I lost myself because of strength and power. Dumbledore suddenly said with a serious face, "But it was only later that I found out......; Love...... Camaraderie...... is the most precious thing in the world. ”

"I see, Professor!" Jon whispered, "I'll remember your words." ”

......

They stayed in the cemetery for a long time.

Jon suddenly realized that after these few hours, his fear and hostility towards Dumbledore seemed to be disintegrating little by little.

If another Boggart appeared in front of him, it was likely that he would not be in the form of Dumbledore.

It has to be said that if you don't count people...... Albus Dumbledore was indeed a kind, even somewhat lovely old man.

"Professor, where are we going now?" Jon looked at his watch, and before he knew it, it was almost eleven.

He remembered that today was his birthday.

It was a happy birthday, a patriotic education, a trip to Britain's most horrible prison, and a funeral.

"Sorry to disturb your birthday, Jon!" Dumbledore said with a smile, "I think I'll be able to send you back soon!"

"Dumbledore...... Professor Dumbledore!" An old voice suddenly came from afar.

"Oh my God!" Dumbledore looked back, his face beaming.

Jon saw a scruffy old man, two old ladies, and a child of the same grade as him, coming this way.

Dumbledore and the sloppy old man hugged each other, "Newt, my friend...... I guess you're here to pay tribute to Nicholas......"

"Yes!" Newt-Scamander nodded, "In Paris, Mr. Flamel helped me and my brother a lot. ”

"Tell me about it!" Newt gestured to a few of his neighbors, "My wife Tina, her sister Queenie Kowalski, and my youngest grandson, Rove." ”

The two old ladies were very old, one of them looked kind, and the other had a sad face.

The little boy, who looked about the same age as Jon, smiled kindly at Jon, and Jon immediately nodded in response.

"In two months, Rove will be a new Hogwarts student...... I want him to get a Hufflepuff. Newt pointed to his youngest grandson and said to Dumbledore.

"I don't think I can help much...... It's Jon Hart!" Dumbledore patted Jon on the shoulder, "Coincidentally, he's a little Hufflepuff. ”

"Hufflepuff?" Newt looked suddenly interested, "That's where I studied...... It's a pity that when I was in the fifth grade, I was expelled. ”

"Phineas Black later thought it was the biggest mistake he had ever made in his life!" Dumbledore laughed.

Newt smiled too, "I also remember Principal Black's nasty face. ”

The two elders, Dumbledore and Newt Scamander, began to greet each other.

Jon pondered for a moment, then finally pulled his wand from his waist.

Taking advantage of a break in the conversation, he spoke, "Mr. Scamander...... I have a question, would I like to ask you?"

"Oh?" Newt turned to look at him, "Fantastic Beasts?"

"Yes!" Jon nodded, "I don't know if you know about the Ironeater, Mr. Ollivander said that the core of my wand is the Ironeater's fluff...... I searched the library for a long time, but I couldn't find it. ”

In fact, Jon did read a lot of books about Fantastic Beasts, and there were very few descriptions of the Iron Eater, except for a cursory introduction, which was a Chinese magical beast with powerful enchanting magic...... Now that he had met a master of magical beasts, he felt that he should take this opportunity.

"Ironeater!" Newt pondered, "I remember...... When I traveled around the world in 1925, I observed them up close in Sichuan......"

"The Iron Eater is a very powerful magical animal, and if you rank it according to its magical ability and danger level, it can be classified at least 4X!" Newt explained, "Of course, you may not understand the classification of magical beasts. ”

"Generally speaking, magical animals with strong magic and high aggression will only be classified at the highest level of 5X, such as basilisks, giant griffins, and the most ferocious of the fire dragons, such as the Hungarian Tree Peak Dragon and the Ukrainian Iron Belly Dragon, while magical animals with strong magic but not high aggression can only be classified at the maximum level of 4X, such as the Phoenix, the Digger or the Thunderbird. ”

"Fantastic beasts above level 4X basically have more than 95% of the wizard's magical abilities. Newt added, "But the Ironeater is also a magical animal with a very high level of intelligence, which is quite rare among magical beasts. ”

"Ironeaters are very friendly to wizards and ordinary people, they rarely attack humans, and they seem to be very docile magical creatures. ”

"However, Ironeaters are not very aggressive, limited to intelligent creatures such as humans, and will display their terrifying power to non-intelligent creatures (magical or not) that intrude into their territory. ”

"In Lijiang, I once saw a rhinoceros that broke into the lair of an iron-eating beast and was smashed into the skull by an adult iron-eating beast...... And before the rhinoceros died, it was still affected by the magic of charm, and still felt that the iron-eating beast that attacked it was its mate, and did not have any hostile intentions. ”

"In addition, it is very unusual for the Chinese fireball dragon to be active in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the area where the fire dragon is more suitable for living should be a forest area like the upper reaches of the Yangtze River...... However, I traveled all over Sichuan and Yunnan, but I did not find a single active fire dragon, but instead I found several fossil pits of the Chinese fire ball dragon. ”

"In fact, there is no kind of active beast or magical animal in Tibet or in the entire upper reaches of the Yangtze River...... Many of the local Muggles say that the Iron Eaters bless them, and I think there is some truth to that. ”

"It's a shame that that's all I have to ......know about iron-eating beasts," Newt Scamander concluded his introduction.

"Thank you, Mr. Scamander. Jon said with a grateful look on his face.

......

After leaving Devon, it didn't take long for Dumbledore to send him back to Eighty-six Easterly Road.

It was almost 12 o'clock, and after a hurried goodbye to the headmaster, Jon returned home.

However, Albus Dumbledore did not return to Hogwarts, but instead came to the Ministry of Magic using Apparition.

Late at night, with not many staff on duty in the Ministry, Dumbledore took the elevator all the way to the sixth floor: the Department of Magical Communications.

Finally, he enters the Portkey office.

"Professor Dumbledore!" shouted the young officer on duty in the Portkey Office, seeing the uninvited guest.

"Good evening, Bob!" Dumbledore said with a smile, "I need a key to the Tower of Newmontard, where Phantom Shifters and Floo Nets are forbidden for a hundred miles, you should know." ”

As he spoke, Dumbledore pulled a document out of his pocket: "This is the Nyungard Tower Privilege Certificate that the Wizengamot gave me. ”

"Okay, Professor Dumbledore, wait a minute!"