Chapter 16 Above the top of the food chain

"I see, I have a general understanding. ”

With Phoenix Fawkes' wailing, the Sorting Hat's denunciation, and the portraits' ramblings, Dumbledore quickly figured out what had happened in the Headmaster's office in the space of ten minutes.

Dumbledore rubbed his eyebrows with a headache after a glance at the silver-haired little Lori who was sitting quietly on a rattan chair, looking at her nose and nose, looking well-behaved and obedient, and quietly sliding on chilled pumpkin juice.

Over the years since he entered Hogwarts, he has met many students with eccentric personalities.

But it was the first time he had encountered a student like Elena, who was sometimes as obedient as a model student, and sometimes more unscrupulous than Peevesβ€”at least in the long history of Hogwarts, who dared to stew the owl that sent a letter to the school year.

"Miss Kaslana, it seems that you have a different understanding of the word food. ”

Combined with Professor McGonagall's previous disappearance of the owl, Dumbledore even had a strange guess. In the eyes of this well-behaved little girl, perhaps everything in the world is simply and rudely divided into two kinds - what can be eaten or what cannot be eaten.

"However, this kind of behavior is actually ......"

After thinking about it, Dumbledore said tactfully, thinking about how to guide the girl to understand his problem little by little.

"I was wrong. ”

Before Dumbledore could finish speaking, Elena blinked, put down the iced pumpkin juice in her hand, and replied with a serious face.

"I'm not accusing you, just ......"

Dumbledore froze, shook his head, took a slight breath, and continued gently.

Based on his years of experience in teaching students, simply emphasizing or blaming a student's mistakes will not help these children find the right path, except for venting their anger again and again.

It was much more effective to discuss issues from the perspective of an older friend than to use the professor's position to coerce and coerce, and this was what Dumbledore was most proud of, as he was always able to be friends with all his students.

- Well, before today.

"I know what I'm doing wrong!" interrupted Elena again.

"Uh, not ......"

Dumbledore's smile froze a little, and he subconsciously raised his hand to say something.

"The phoenix is a friend of mankind!"

"It's very wrong for me to do this!"

"I'm so annoyed and sorry for what I've done!"

"I promise never to do it next time!"

β€œ......”

The silver-haired little Lori put her hands on her knees, like a cannon, and carried out self-examination with an extraordinarily upright attitude. The delicate little face has a vivid and firm expression, and methodically explains his mistakes from all aspects, as well as the ways to correct them.

So much so that for a moment, even Dumbledore didn't know what to say anymore, and could only open and close his mouth in embarrassment.

After saying a long series of words in one breath as if reading RAP, Elena finally stopped, let out a long breath, picked up the iced pumpkin juice that was placed aside, and continued to suck it in small sips.

There was a strange silence in the room.

Except for the whispers of the headmaster's portraits on the walls, only the faint and aggrieved whimper of Phoenix Fawkes remained.

Dumbledore reached out and gently stroked the beautiful golden red bird lying beside him, he clearly felt that Phoenix Fawkes trembled visibly the moment he put his hand on it, and it was obvious that Fawkes's psychological shadow on Elena was more obvious than he had imagined.

But the point is, how exactly did she do it......

Dumbledore's left index finger rubbed back and forth over his wand, his blue eyes full of confusion.

It stands to reason that Phoenix Fawkes, who is in adulthood, will not be caught so easily by a little girl who has not yet learned magic, let alone be tossed so embarrassed.

This was the only thing he couldn't understand after listening to everyone's descriptions of the stories that took place in this room.

If the phoenix could be subdued so easily, the wizarding world would not have rated it a special magical creature with a XXXX rating (dangerous/specialized and skilled wizards to deal with).

"Don't you think, Dumbledore, that phoenix of yours is in a strange state of mind?"

At this time, Phylda Spoh, who was indirectly involved in the chaos, remained silent in the room abruptly. [Portrait of the principal (see note)]

Dumbledore frowned, and took a closer look at Phoenix Fawkes, whose large beautiful eyes showed obvious fear and uneasiness for the first time, as if an animal had encountered a terrible predator.

Wait a minute...... Encounter predators?

Dumbledore suddenly remembered the properties of a magical creature that Newt Cramander had mentioned by chance a few years ago when he had returned to school and shared with him stories from his previous experiences observing magical creatures.

An extremely rare magical trait that can only be found in magical creatures.

In the long process of studying magical beasts, Newt Scalmande discovered that some special individuals are born from certain magical creatures with powerful magical powers. Although there will be obvious differences in strength and weakness in terms of abilities due to their different species, there is one that will show an extremely obvious commonality - these special individuals, in the face of hunting targets, will spontaneously produce an incredible deterrent, just like the breath of some carnivorous creatures in the non-magical world will make the prey stiffen its muscles due to fear.

It's just that when this happens between magical beasts, it's not just muscle stiffness, it's due to some mysterious entanglement, and it can even affect the magical ability of the prey.

Newts Cumander refers to this unique individual as a predator, and their diet is often more than twice as wide as the population average. If he had had had the pleasure of visiting Elton, a British animal ecologist of the same period, perhaps he would have come up with a more accurate explanation – the existence at the top of the food chain of the upper stratum of the population.

Thinking of this, Dumbledore subconsciously glanced at the harmless Elena, and a trace of absurdity appeared in his heart, there is no way that such a little girl will be associated with any predator, even if she does have half of Meiwa blood, but Meiwa itself is not a fierce existence.

What's more, according to Newt Scamander's research, the most important thing is that all predator threats are all required to make the hunting target feel the threat of death, and the phoenix has been a transcendent existence that has no fear of death from the beginning.

"Unless......" Dumbledore looked up, his eyes glowing with a light silver light, and suddenly asked, "Elena, have you ever thought about what if I gave you the phoenix?"

Give it to her?, Elena glanced at the large golden red bird curled up beside Dumbledore with a confused look.

"Cut a wing every day, of course, and wait for it to ...... alive"

Little Lori, who was distracted, replied subconsciously, and just halfway through speaking, Elena bit her tongue violently, "Phew, I mean, cut a piece of fish every day and feed it to be white and fat." ”

Really!

Dumbledore's face suddenly became serious, and he could feel the moment Elena's attention focused on Phoenix Fawkes, there was an extremely subtle confusion in the magic on Phoenix Fawkes.

The key is, is it the predator trait produced by Meiwa's bloodline, or is it ......

Dumbledore couldn't help but shudder, this kid might be more dangerous than he thought.

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