226. The taste of feelings
Lucius Malfoy made a good move, and when everything was settled, Lucius thought about what the Malfoy family would be like now if he had chosen to deal with Dumbledore.
If he wants to move Dumbledore to fall into the ground, he must also unite those old guys on the board, even if he ousted Dumbledore at that time, but according to the current shape, he will still come back, and then those old guys will definitely sell themselves, and if they lose the right to be a director of Hogwarts, they will lose a lot of things, and now it seems that if they chose to be happy for a while, the Malfoy family would have changed a lot.
Lucius was glad that he was now sitting on the single couch in Dumbledore's office, with his precious son standing next to him, and across from him sat the Lestrades family, Lucius looked at the two of them with nine children and snorted, it seemed that the Restriders had taken this time as a tour.
Secondly, the Weasleys, who sat at the head of the Lestrade house and their worst match, except for the Grangers, who were also Muggles, were not invited, and everyone who participated in the Chamber of Secrets had already arrived.
Dumbledore smiled and looked at the children standing in Lestrade's house, speaking of which they looked not only cute, but all of them were very beautiful, as an old man Dumbledore liked children very much, just because there was always a person in his heart who could never let go, he was not married, so lonely and lonely with this school for the rest of his life.
Compared to Harry, they are older and the only girl, Raven, I don't know why Dumbledore prefers little Merlin, he has a feeling of wanting to be close when he sees Merlin, Dumbledore thought at the time that maybe Merlin's soft smile gave people a warm feeling.
Dumbledore beckoned to Merlin as each family discussed it for themselves, although he knew that the Lestrade family would never treat the child badly, but Dumbledore still wanted to give the candy that had been pushed out of the Duke Bee's house to the child recently.
He beckoned to Merlin, and he could see that the little Lestrade was shy, and for a while he clung to the corner of Harry's coat and didn't let it go, probably because he saw that he was waving to him, so he leaned forward but looked a little scared.
Then Harry looked down at Merlin and showed a shallow smile, he patted Merlin on the shoulder, and with his head down, he didn't know what to say to him, Merlin let go of the corner of Harry's coat and came to Dumbledore's side.
Loki glanced at Harry when he saw Merlin running to Dumbledore's side, and then whispered, "You did it on purpose, Dumbledore obviously didn't know Merlin's name." โ
The eyes that were said to be deliberate looked at Loki crookedly, he just thought it was funny, and it was not something they could control if there would be a duplicate name, who called the little Merlin who had amnesia at the beginning only remembered this name.
When Dumbledore saw Merlin running over, he smiled and said to Merlin, "Hello, Les Traids' little friend, what's your name?" โ
Merlin looked at the old man with a white beard and said politely, "Hello sir, my name is Merlin Lestrade. โ
Dumbledore's eyes widened and he laughed, Merlin Lestrade?! Hahaha, it turned out to be Merlin's name. However, Dumbledore was not too surprised, but just sighed in his heart that the name was not common in the wizarding world, except sometimes when they said Merlin's รร.
Dumbledore's laughter was a little loud, causing everyone else in the Headmaster's room to stop and look at him, and Dumbledore immediately regained his composure, smiling and stuffing the candy into Merlin's hand, touching Merlin's head and saying, "Merlin, this name is very meaningful." โ
Merlin held the candy and kicked the ground, of course he knew what Merlin meant to this place, Harry had already said it when they came home, but his name had already been decided, and it was impossible to change it.
"Well, it looks like it's going to be fun when you come to our school."
Dumbledore heard early that there are three little wizards in Lestrade, it should be said that there are three little wizards in addition to Thor, Harry, Loki and the little Merlin in front of him, in Dumbledore's opinion, Harry is a Gryffindor In addition to his parents, in fact, Harry sometimes protects others bravely, and he looks like a Gryffindor, Loki is a Slytherin, and his character has some advantages of Slytherin, he should be regarded as a perfect person who inherits the character of Slytherin, as for Merlin Lestrader's words, Dumbledore thought he was supposed to be a Hufflepuff, and Merlin had a Hufflepuff feel to him about his innocence and his shy personality.
And if it's Hufflepuff, Merlin should live a good life in it, Merlin's name and identity are a little special, if it's Hufflepuff, those people won't pay attention to these things, Hufflepuff's character has integrity and loyalty.
Hufflepuff Jr., in this case, there are probably no Lestrade brothers in Ravenclaw, the other three houses are there, Dumbledore looked at Merlin and thought with a smile, according to the things of Harry, Saul and Loki, although some of them are not very high-profile, they have never been confined to people, if Merlin also has a part of this character to become the leader of Hufflepuff......
Then the three colleges are controlled by the Les Triad brothers.
Dumbledore would never allow such a thing to be replaced by someone else, after all, it can easily develop into small gangs and gangs, and if any of them go down the wrong path, they are destined to have other brothers behind to help, plus their appeal in the school...... It's also a scary thing to think about.
Still, Dumbledore wanted to trust the Lestrade brothers, or at least he believed in Harry Potter.
After that, Dumbledore discussed the matter of the secret room with the parents for a short time, and this time he called everyone over to actually praise their children, because Hermione's parents did not invite, so the Lestrade family, who knew Hermione first, became her parents.
The Weasleys looked at their youngest son, not that they didn't love him, but he was indeed the most neglected one in the family, with a group of excellent older brothers and a baby sister below, plus he himself was not very brilliant, so the Weasleys didn't expect Ron to be able to do such a ...... Great things are not something that everyone can muster up the courage to stand on their friend's side at that time.
It's just that they still have some care about the Malfoy father and son sitting over there, Ron is the one who brought Professor McGonagall to the secret room, and it was Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy who have been guarding the door of the secret room during that time and not letting anyone in.
Arthur and Lucius have always had a bad relationship, one of them is a member of the Order of the Phoenix, who fought against Voldemort and is the one who fought on the front line, while the other is a former Death Eater or the right hand of the person who can't be named, Arthur has always been very unhappy that Lucius actually used his rhetoric to avoid Azkaban's seizure.
He thought that Draco's involvement must have been instructed by his father, presumably because they were trying to do something invisible.
Lucius sensed that the Weasleys were watching him and turned his head to laugh at them, Arthur had been trying to put him in Azkaban, but he had no idea that Malfoy would be the winner this time.
Lucius had already guessed what the diary was, but he had already sold it, hadn't he? By the way, the idiot who bought the notebook was unconscious, and even if he did, who would be able to believe him, after all, he had almost resurrected the Dark Lord.
This time he chose to stand in the right direction, and they were the closest family to the Lestrader family, whether it was Loki, Thor, or Harry, they were all friends with Draco, and from this comparison, the Weasleys had already lost.
Arthur almost stood up at Lucius' ridicule, or his wife pressed his shoulder, anyway, it was now in Dumbledore's office, and by the way, they also heard that it was Lucius Malfoy who helped Fudge speak when he came to make things difficult for Dumbledore, and in any case, this incident in the secret room had nothing to do with him.
"Malfoy was a bit of a nuisance, but Hermione told me that most of the people who tried to break into the Chamber were killed by Malfoy."
According to Hermione's words, Draco Malfoy thought that such a limelight still made him better, but in the end, it was strange that Draco didn't say a word about it.
Ron wasn't stupid either, he compared Draco's behavior with Harry's experience and quickly came to the result, which should be regarded as a gentleman in Hermione's mouth, after all, most of the people who want to go on expeditions are Gryffindors, and Hermione is not good at doing it.
This time things did make Ron think a lot about Malfoy, but some things are ingrained and can't be changed overnight, such as the conflict between Weasley and Malfoy, and the conflict between Gryffindor and Slytherin.
After Dumbledore had said everything that needed to be said, he left Lucius and the Lestrade family, and it seemed that he still had something to say, and by the way, he also allowed Harry and his brothers to simply walk around the school, not to go too much, let alone to some places that could not be visited.
It was also a disguised attempt to send them out, and Harry wondered what was going on to get rid of them.
But since my brothers are here, it's okay to take them on sightseeing by the way. Draco left with them, he had wanted to go back to his academy, but Harry suddenly grabbed his hand.
"There's something I want to ask you for."
Come on? Draco raised an eyebrow, when would Harry say something like that. So he turned to look at Harry and motioned for him to say what was going on for him, not just Draco, but even the Les Trids bear children.
"I don't think I need your help about Dobby, I don't think Dobby is suitable to continue to be a house-elf in your house, I hope you can set him free if you can."
Another reason for this is that Harry is very worried that Dobby will be taken advantage of, Dobby is sometimes more stupid, although he is loyal to the wind and rain, he also has his own little ideas, he has learned about house-elves, such elves are actually unqualified, and they will also be potentially dangerous to their masters.
Therefore, it is also potentially dangerous for someone like Dobby, who yearns for freedom, so it is better to give him freedom directly.
"Dobby? So you do have a lot to explain to me, Potter. โ
Harry touched his nose, there were a lot of things that needed to be explained, but how to explain what could make Draco believe in himself, it must be okay to say as it was, and did he want to say that I sat in your kitchen all night yesterday?
So Harry decided to put it another way, "Those need to be explained slowly, but do you believe me?" Dear Draco, when have I done anything against you. โ
Hannibal raised his eyebrows as they stood behind Harry, oh, it looks funny, Harry rarely says such a thing to an outsider, do you believe me? And the dear prefix.
It seems that Loki's private message to them is not wrong, Harry does have a different feeling for Draco, not just as simple as appreciation, but a bit like liking the other person.
Believe it? Draco looked into Harry's eyes, and to be honest, he should have believed it, or because Harry trusted him, he chose to trust Harry Potter now.
Just a house-elf is very important for a family, and they know a lot of things, and if Draco is not sure if it is really beneficial to the family if they let it out.
"Although I trust you, you should know the meaning and function of house-elves."
Only some of the traditional old pure-blood families have house-elves who have worked for their masters for generations until the day of death.
"So it's still that question, do you believe I'm going to hurt you? Or rather, the Malfoy family. โ
No, everyone does, but Harry Potter doesn't, at least this person is a Gryffindor, they've known each other for three years, and this person hasn't actually deceived himself about anything, and ...... Draco's heart had been telling him that this man was the one who would not hurt him.
"Well, you owe me an explanation, and I'll settle this matter."
Harry breathed a sigh of relief, and he smiled at Draco and said, "Let's go, then." โ
The Lestrade brothers looked at Harry and shook their heads, it was the first time they had been ignored like Harry, but it was also funny, it was very different from what they thought Harry would like, at least they thought Harry would like a gentle person, not a ...... Dead tsundere.
Ron and Hermione didn't know what Harry and Draco were talking about, they were just thinking about what kind of uproar would be caused in Hogwarts, hoping not to meet Professor Snape, who didn't like Harry the most.
In the end, Draco didn't choose to go sightseeing with them, he needed to go back to his academy, and there were some questions he needed to go back to explain to his friends.
As for Ron and Hermione, both of them were idle, especially Ron who also wanted to have more contact with Harry.
Just like Hermione thought, because it was the first time in Hogwarts to visit like this, but in the end, the Lestrade brothers became the animals to be seen, and the people next to them were talking about not knowing what they were talking about, and the way they pointed at the Lestrade brothers made Loki a little unhappy.
Pointing fingers at others is disrespectful in itself, especially in front of them.
Loki looked at the senior Gryffindor who was pointing at them and blinked, and suddenly a small flame ignited in the corner of the man's clothes, startling the man to let out a scream, and Loki showed a shallow smile.
"Loki."
Harry called his name, and Loki snorted, Harry didn't want them to be too showy, especially now.
Harold and the others were all in the wizarding world for the first time, so they were very curious about the nearby Qiฤ, at this time the ghost of Gryffindor almost came to greet them, and he startled Tony and them when he came out of the ground with his head, but Harry found that Raven liked Nick who was almost headless.
"Hello, please call me Sir Nicholas de Mimcy Boltington."
Raven reached out to touch his head, but her fingers ran through the head of Nick, who was almost headless, and Raven smiled and said to Nick, who was almost headless, and lifted the corner of his skirt and said, "Hello, Sir Nicholas de Mimcy Boltington. โ
Raven memorized his full name after just listening to it, and Nick, who was almost headless, looked happy and said hello to them again before drifting away.
They had heard about Hogwarts in letters before, but now it was amazing to see them with their own eyes, Harry was introducing them to the buildings in Hogwarts, etc., in fact, he wanted to take his brothers to see the secret room, but it was a little inconvenient to have a professor there.
He thought his brothers would love the giant basilisk.
Hermione's worries were not unnecessary, they did meet Professor Severus Snape, Professor Snape was in a hurry as if he was going to do something, although Hermione still had some complaints about Snape's partiality, but there was still respect.
From afar, Snape saw a group of children dressed in ordinary clothes, the youngest of whom looked like they were not even ten years old, short in stature, and the leader was Harry Potter, whom he disliked the most. Snape pursed his lips and looked at the group and stopped, obviously Harry and they also saw their professor, Ron turned around and finished speaking, wait for the quarrel.
"Professor."
Harry took the initiative to say hello, and Hannibal, who was the most observant in the family, was looking at the professor carefully, according to his appearance, his clothes and the smell of herbs on his body, this should be Severus Snape in Harry's mouth, the person who disliked Harry the most, the head of Slytherin, the person who protected Harry in the first year but had a grudge against Harry's father.
Hannibal pulled Will forward, he gently sniffed Snape's body, the taste of love was complicated, he looked at Harry with some dislike in his eyes, but there were some things that others couldn't understand, those eyes rubbed a lot of emotion.
The interweaving of love and hate.
The taste of love is ...... Bitter, the sourness was even stronger when he looked into Harry's eyes, and the hatred was hot, even if he stood far away, he could feel his hatred for Harry.
Love Harry Potter? Obviously impossible, except for age, when a person loves another person, it is not this kind of look, then the love hidden in his heart should have something to do with Harry, he should love one of Harry's relatives, right? Father or mother?
In fact, Hannibal found that these professors were not suitable to hide their feelings, sometimes people's eyes can really show a lot of things, Dumbledore's shrewd eyes, Lucius's calculating eyes, and that Mr. Weasley's disgusted eyes, etc., and this Professor Snape's eyes really contain too many things, to overwhelm people.
"What do you feel, Will?"
Will sighed, Professor Snape's feelings are really complicated, even if you don't need empathy, you can feel it, if he really loves someone, Will bet on Harry's mother, because Snape has been looking into Harry's eyes, and Harry's eyes are exactly the same as his mother, that beautiful green.
"You said that the person you love the most and the child you hate the most, how do you deal with it?"
Children of the people you love the most and those you hate the most...... Hannibal raised the corners of his mouth, it turned out to be this problem, and it was because of this child, the person he loved the most had disappeared from this world forever, and it was really impossible for such a complicated relationship to make him like Harry.
Hannibal's favorite study is people, in his opinion, people are the most interesting animals, including theirs, the taste of different people is also different, he has tasted a lot of people, some people are sweet, some people are sour, some people are spicy, a lot of flavors are in their blood and bones. In the same way, their feelings are also complex and changeable, the most difficult to see through but the best to see through in the world are people, and the most powerful but weakest are also people.
So Hannibal actually loves creatures like people, in a different capacity.
Snape originally wanted to taunt Harry about running around Hogwarts with his brothers, but he wanted to leave after seeing the boy in the black suit look at him, and he didn't quite understand what that look meant, sympathy or ......
Severus Snape always had a sense that he was being seen through, by the boy in the black suit.
Hannibal decided to make sure, so he smiled as Snape looked at him and lipsed a name, "Lily." โ
Harry's mother's name, Lily of Lily Potter.
Hannibal knew that Snape understood, for in a split second he had narrowed his pupils, and the sadness and anger in him had been intertwined, as he had been debunked because he had heard the name again.
Lily, the Lily he loves.
Snape never thought of himself as a good man, nor did he think he could be a hero, and in his time Gryffindor was not as radical as it is now, Lily went to school with him, and unfortunately he was sorted into Slytherin and Lily went to Gryffindor.
At that time, Lily was the only Gryffindor who liked to play with Slytherin, much like Harry at the time, but a lot happened later, and after graduation, he chose Voldemort and Lily became his opposite.
It's just that that bitter feeling has not been forgotten until the appearance of the prophecy and the death of Lily.
Snape wondered if things wouldn't have changed if he had been braver, if he hadn't been on Voldemort's side, and if things would have changed, but there would have been nothing to turn him back.
He really didn't like Harry because he was like his father, but he couldn't completely hate him because of those eyes like Lily.
When he heard that name again, Snape thought he was a wolf, he was a ten-year-old wolf bรจi for the first time, he hurriedly left Hannibal and them, as if he was hiding from something, his appearance surprised Hermione and Ron, after all, Professor Snape usually deducted points first.
Harry was also confused, but since Professor Snape was so generous to let him go, Harry took his brothers to continue the visit.
They arrived on the lawn of Hogwarts, and Harry thought that maybe he could take his brothers for a flight and experience Quidditch. At this time, there are a lot of people on the lawn, after all, today is the weekend, everyone has nothing to do, and finally there is a sunny afternoon, so everyone chooses to come out to bask in the sun.
They had already attracted everyone's attention, and Merlin did one thing later to make everyone pay attention to this huge "sightseeing group".
The girl, Harry, looked at the girl in Hufflepuff in uniform, she had been looking at Harry and the Lestrades in distraction, so she didn't pay attention to the steps under her feet and threw herself down from above, just as Harry and they were standing here, Merlin looked left and right and saw the girl who was about to fall.
Keeping with the gentlemanly style that Greg Lestrade had taught him, Merlin stopped the girl's time without thinking, and then patted Saul's arm to help him save the man.
The girl was a little frightened, but it wasn't really nice to fall, but it wasn't a good feeling to be suddenly frozen in mid-air.
She blinked and thanked the Lestrades, her eyes rolling wildly, probably looking for someone who had saved her. Harry sighed, he thought about it for a while, and then pushed Merlin out, Merlin will come to school in more than a year, and Merlin will definitely face some problems about the academy at that time, it is better to give them a reminder now, and tell them that there is a more powerful little wizard in the Lestrade family.
The girl looked at Merlin, and the little Merlin was a little surprised and said thank you, she thought it was Harry or Loki or even Thor, but she didn't expect it to be the little kid who didn't seem to have seen it, he didn't even have a wand in his hand.
Merlin thought that the girl was scared silly, he suddenly stretched out his hand, and a blue rose appeared in his hand, this little trick is usually he likes to play with Raven, as for the color, because Raven's original appearance is blue, so Merlin also gave her a blue one.
That flower appeared out of thin air, and ordinary people would think it was magic, but in this magical world, it is magic, but what is the magic that conjures a flower out of thin air......
"For you, please be careful when walking next time, otherwise it will hurt if you fall."
Harry didn't know that Merlin still had this hand, looking at the girl's red cheeks, Harry took a step back and came to the side of the two eldest brothers in the family, that is, Harold and Hannibal, and asked in a low voice, "When did Merlin start to be like this...... Clever? โ
In fact, this can't be called smart, it can only be called flirting.
"Merlin is not stupid, he usually looks stupid, but believe me, Merlin is definitely a person who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger."
The corners of Harry's mouth twitched/twitched, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger? It turns out that Merlin has already started to develop towards this property? Looking at the girl's shy appearance, and Merlin with an innocent smile Harry looking at the sky, what should he do He began to worry about whether Merlin would use this innocent smile and his ability to flirt with girls in Hogwarts in the future.
It's just that when Merlin returns to his side, Harry feels that the usually shy and timid Merlin wants to be a child again.
"Merl, flowers."
There is no way to fix Raven's habit of calling people by half of their names, and when he tells Merlin about flowers, Merlin goes up and bites Raven's ear, Harry tilts his head and listens to Merlin's words, and he asks Raven if he wants to see the flowers in full bloom.
Flowers in full bloom?!
Not to mention that Merlin still spoils Raven, Harry still thinks that Merlin is the one who everyone in the family spoils.
Princess Raven wanted to see the flowers, Merlin raised his hands and agreed, but he had never used such a difficult magic, so he dragged Harry and Loki to the two of them and stretched out their hands, Loki looked at Merlin and asked what this meant, so Merlin pointed to Raven and said, "Raven wants to see flowers." โ
It wasn't hot in March, at least not yet, when the flowers were in full bloom, and there were no flower seeds in the Hogwarts lawn, so the little wizards who sat on the lawn and basked in the sun were already stunned when the entire lawn was spread.
Dumbledore, who had already finished talking, brought Lestrade and Mycroft to find their children, so he saw such a scene, Dumbledore wiping his beard with his hand, it was indeed a little interesting, this magic could make him feel resonant.
Although he didn't know why the children of the Lestrade family were so special, this could be regarded as buying an insurance for Harry in the future, maybe the strength of the family could give Harry a strong backing for his journey, so that he could move forward bravely.
"I have to admit that Harry, Loki and Merlin are some of the most gifted kids I've ever met."
It is indeed a talent, magic without a wand is not like an explosion of magic power of young wizards, judging from their expressions, it seems to be sparse and ordinary, especially the relaxed and smiling expressions of the little Lestrades can prove this, they definitely see such magic.
The Lestrade family was strange and wanted to explore, but Dumbledore thought about the long future, and wondered why Dumbledore had a hunch in his heart that Merlin's arrival might make a difference for Gryffindor in the future.
"I'm smiling you, they should be coaxing Raven, I'll sue them for restoring their original state."
When he heard Dumbledore's words, Lestrade immediately replied, Dumbledore shook his head, this kind of scenery is very beautiful, if you can stay, stay.
"Just let these flowers stay, they add a lot of luster to the school."
After that, Lestrade did not say anything, for his little angels saw him and came to him one by one.
Lestrade bent down and hugged them one by one, each child.
Both Dumbledore and Lucius, who had followed, looked at the middle-aged Muggle man crouching on the ground, and it was unclear whether such a person could be a weakness for the Lestrades or a motivating point for them to be stronger.
The former point is powerless against them, and the latter point is powerful, if it is the former......
Mycroft looked at Lestrade with a smile and said to himself that this group of people didn't have any good ideas.