Dumbledore came to pick up Evan and Hermione at about half past eleven, anyway, it was too late!

Moreover, it is easy to make people cranky.

Evan had to explain to his mom over and over again that the headmaster was busy and had a lot to do, so he could only take time out of the evening to pick up the two of them, reassuring her not to be cranky, and that he and Hermione wouldn't have anything to do and didn't have to come out to see them both.

But the Masons were still very uneasy, and from half past ten, they stood guard at the door with Aven and Hermione.

Occasionally, neighbors who came home late passed by and asked them what they were doing in the yard without sleeping at night.

Mrs. Mason said she was looking up at the night sky, and she enthusiastically introduced Evan and Hermione to them.

It was the first time that Evan had been seen since every neighbor and acquaintance with Mr. and Mrs. Mason had learned that their son had gone to a high school abroad, and as for Hermione's identity, Mrs. Mason explained that it was his son's girlfriend who brought him home.

Usually after saying this, no one cared why they didn't sleep and stood in the yard at night, but began to look at Evan and Hermione, and then gathered together with the Masons and muttered, and let out a chuckle from time to time......

Hermione leaned over to Aven with some embarrassment, the wind was cold at night, but the stars were beautiful.

In fact, Evan was well aware that the reason why Dumbledore had scheduled so late was for Horace Slughorn.

If you want to find Slughorn and find this cunning old wizard, you have to set off at night to have a chance.

During the day, he is very good at hiding, and once he senses danger, he will immediately move away, and it is difficult to see each other.

Now that it's so late, Slughorn's vigilance will be lowered and he won't leave so quickly.

After all, no matter what, he's no longer young!

Dumbledore wanted to invite Professor Slughorn back to teach at Hogwarts, and in the current situation, there were many advantages to doing so, both to protect his old friend and to boost the morale of the school, as Slughorn was a well-known old professor.

In addition, Dumbledore must have thought that it was necessary to know more about Voldemort's past.

Slughorn was Lord Voldemort, or rather Tom Riddle's teacher, and the dean of Slytherin House.

He had a great influence on Voldemort as a teenager and helped Voldemort a lot as he grew up.

In the end, Slughorn was invited back to teach at Hogwarts, and Dumbledore probably couldn't find a suitable faculty member.

Evan had suggested that Sirius remain as a Defence Against the Dark Arts teachable, but it was not known if Voldemort's curse was at work, and he was sent abroad to represent the Order of the Phoenix and contact foreign wizards to defend against Voldemort and the Dark Wizards.

When Voldemort's influence was no longer confined to the country, this work became even more important.

Of the members of the Order of the Phoenix, only Sirius is up to the task.

So, he was sent out to France and Italy to investigate Raven's Claw, and then on other missions.

Dumbledore didn't seem to want Sirius to stay at Hogwarts and fight Snape, and the gladiatorial fight between the two of them during the exams last year had taken the old wizards of the Wizarding Examination Authority by surprise and marveled at the chaos at the school.

In this case, the return of Professor Slughorn is inevitable.

Just as Evan was thinking this, Dumbledore and Harry appeared at the gate of the courtyard and threw his parents into a jump.

He and Hermione hurried up to meet him, seeing that Harry was feeling uncomfortable with the apparitions.

Over the summer, Harry was taller and still chronically malnourished, thin, with messy black hair, panting with ripped jeans and a T-shirt, and a little blood on his face, looking a bit like a ghost.

"Harry, how are you? You don't look good?" asked Hermione.

"It's not good. Harry muttered, rubbing his ears vigorously, "Because the apparition manifests." ”

He felt his ears seem to be reluctantly leaving the privet road.

"It's going to take you to get used to it, you need something to drink now, come on, my mom has prepared refreshments. Evan pulled Harry into the house, "You're already familiar with her, you're welcome, just like you're home." ”

Harry hurriedly greeted Aven's parents, and Mrs. Mason asked about Harry over the past year.

Also, whether you like the Christmas gift she gave or not.

Mr. Mason invited Dumbledore to the house, and Evan found the two of them awkwardly chatting about the plants in the garden, and it was clear that his father was still not comfortable communicating with a wizard, but did not want to snub Dumbledore.

"We don't have much time, but there's no reason to refuse a hot cup of tea and dessert. Dumbledore said pleasantly.

He accepted the invitation and followed Mr. and Mrs. Mason into the living room.

The six of them gathered around the table to finish what Evan's mother had cooked, and Dumbledore and the Masons gave a brief overview of the current situation in the wizarding world, hoping that they would not worry too much about it, and that they would not get up until it was almost twelve o'clock before they got up to leave.

Aven was ready, and he and Hermione were saluting in his sack.

Since her trip to Egypt last year, Hermione had been giving her belongings to Evan for safekeeping.

After this period of adaptation, Evan has also passed the stage of staring at a girl's underwear for a long time......

In the courtyard, Harry held Dumbledore's arm as tightly as he had before he came, while Evan held Hermione, led by Dumbledore, and apparitions departed together, and after a few seconds, they appeared in a place that looked like the yard of an abandoned village, with an old war memorial and a few benches in the middle.

Dilapidated, backward, time seems to stand still in this place, leaving the village stuck in a long time.

"This way!" Dumbledore waved his hand as he wrapped his traveling cloak around his neck.

He walked briskly, past an empty tavern and several houses.

Judging by the bell of a nearby church, it was exactly midnight.

"By the way, Harry, I forgot to ask!" Dumbledore said, "Tell me, your scar, is it still hurting lately?"

Harry subconsciously reached to his forehead and touched the lightning-shaped scar.

"No!" he said, "it hasn't hurt since that night at the Ministry of Magic, it's incredible." ”

"Obviously, as we guessed last time, Voldemort realized that you had been able to enter his mind and emotions all the time, and he felt that it was dangerous. Dumbledore said with satisfaction, "Well, he's using Occlumency on you now. ”

"I wish it was. Harry said.

He didn't miss the torturous nightmares, nor the horrific experience of suddenly gaining insight into Voldemort's mental activity.

"That's true, but I think it's wiser to take the initiative into your own hands, you should work on Occlumency, you can ask Aven, he used Occlumency again on his trip to Egypt, it's a very useful magic. ”

Although Evan didn't tell Dumbledore what had happened inside his cage, he seemed to know something.

Dumbledore has always been like this, so incredible, that he knows everything......