During the two weeks of the Christmas break, Rose was with Red.

Under the pretext that in order for the child to have a happy Christmas, she took a leave of absence from the church hospital and took Red out to play every day. The many places they go to are Diagon Alley.

At the end of the Christmas break, Poise decides to move the plumber couple to keep Red in London for a church school – she can't bear to be separated from him any longer.

Everything went smoothly. Especially after she said she was willing to pay for all the expenses of Rhett's life here, the plumber couple agreed to let Rhett stay in London to go to school.

Hou Baosi personally sent them to the train station, and watched them get on the train and leave.

Red didn't want to go to school like that, he was willing to stay at home and read magic books and learn magic by himself. Baoth refused to listen to him at this point, insisting that he should have more contact with ordinary children instead of being alone. He became more and more like Tom, which made Baoth very uneasy, and she tried to find a way to make friends with many people, so she took him to the Ministry of Magic to check the current number of registered wizards, and then she asked him, "Do you know how many Muggles there are?" ”

She calculated the Muggle and wizarding population as a percentage - Red didn't know arithmetic, and when he first saw it, he didn't believe that this method could calculate the correct number, and then Paise convinced him with the facts.

Then she prepared red beans and mung beans, red beans are ordinary people, and mung beans are wizards, mixed them into a large basin, and then she asked him, "Rhett, tell me now, who has more Muggles and wizards?" ”

When a few mung beans were mixed with a large pot of red beans, Red was visibly dumbfounded, he had never thought that there were so few wizards.

He said stiffly: "...... But wizards are better than Muggles, one wizard is worth hundreds of Muggles! ”

"Do you really think so?" Pauss said contemptuously, and then took him to the city library, where she brought him an old newspaper to read. Just over a decade after the Second World War, a lot of news is still there. She showed him photos of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including the rows of corpses that had been collected and lined up in the square after the bombing. It's not like a wizard photo that moves, but it's still chilling.

In fact, there are many similar pictures, bombers flying over and dropping bombs, incendiary bombs, tanks, infantry troops, naval battles, countless war pictures are cruel and bloody.

It was clear to Paules that it was useless to use scientific inventions to convince Red that Muggles were stronger than wizards, and that nothing could be more useful than strength.

She watched the newspaper with the Reid City Library for a week, and then asked him, "Rhett, do you think there is anything better about wizards than Muggles?" ”

If there are broomsticks or flying carpets, then Muggles have airplanes. She took him on a civilian airliner, from London to Scotland and back. It's just flying in the sky, and the plane is definitely more comfortable than a broomstick.

"A wand can do a lot of things, but Muggles can do these things, even better than wizards." She said.

Red fell into a strange circle, and he began to work on finding out that wizards were better than Muggles, and Muggles would never be able to do anything. He first brought up the three unforgivable spells of wizards, among which the Dementor Charm was the one his father used to subdue him, and he used this spell to make him understand how powerful wizards are.

Bao took him to the police station, where there were many criminals. She asked some police officers to teach her son how dangerous it was to be a perpetrator and how vulnerable a child like him was.

She reluctantly said to the police: "He always refuses to obey, he even thinks those criminals are cool, I hope to make him understand that those people have done wrong things, they have caused a lot of harm and pain to others." ”

At first, Red was unimpressed, but from winter to summer, months passed, and Paoth took him to the police station every day to sit, and if any of the cops were available, they would chat with him, and it was clear that most of the cops could see that the child did have a kind of admiration for criminals in his mind, as his mother said, and he seemed to lack a sense of empathy and identification.

Pauss was completely out of the way to work at the church hospital, and nothing was more important to her than Red. She took him to sit on the reception bench at the entrance of the police station, and looked at the □ people, including criminals, hooligans, and victims.

Red went from being blind to slowly starting to feel something, and one day, he said to Paus, "Mom, when we left the police station, I felt good air outside. ”

Pauss patted him on the shoulder and led him home.

Red spent less time magically, and he no longer refused to go outside to play with what he called 'Muggles'. When the neighbor came to visit, she could hear that he was not so perfunctory in his greetings. He used to take almost no one seriously.

The methods of those robbers and murderers were sensational, and Red no longer felt how surprising the three unforgivable spells of wizards were.

Pauss touched his head and said, "Do you think these people are doing well?" ”

Red shook his head, she had just relieved herself a little, and then he said, "Of course I know it's not good. Mom, don't worry, I won't use spells to hurt others. ”

- Trick little guy.

She believed that before this, he must not have thought that using the Three Unforgivable Spells was a big deal. But now he has probably changed his mind, at least he doesn't think violence is a good thing anymore.

He refused to go to the police station again, at least not every day. He said, "Mom, I see what you mean." I guess I need to think about it. ”

Pauss allowed him to 'think' at home, but she would also be at home with him. She didn't dare to let him take a step away from the front of her now, she felt that it was time to turn his mind around.

Red had been in his room all day, and he was lying in bed looking at the ceiling, not knowing what was going on in his little head.

Ross sat uneasily in the drawing-room, and in a moment she was about to glance at him, as if she was afraid that he would suddenly disappear - she hated the wizard's ability to appear and disappear suddenly.

When it was time for dinner, he came out and sat down next to her and said, "Mom, I need your advice." ”

"Of course, Red." She immediately looked at him and said.

"My goal is to be a great wizard." Rhett said solemnly, "I still think so far. ”

"Of course I'm rooting for you," said Rose. She looked at him and asked him to continue.

Red took a deep breath and said, "But I find that you are against me doing this. "He looked at him and said, 'Don't contradict, I know you think so.'"

Baosi didn't immediately say that she didn't object, she thought for a moment and said, "Red, what do you think I object?" ”

This Red could immediately reply, "You are against me learning from my father." ”

Well, the point emerges.

Pauss asked him, "Do you think your father was a great wizard?" ”

Just as Red was about to say 'yes,' Paose continued, "Have you ever seen his name in a newspaper or book?" Everyone praised him as a great wizard. ”

Red shut his mouth. He really hadn't seen it.

Baosi smiled and said, "This kind of thing, it's not like you say it yourself. If you just want to be such a great wizard, then you just need to tell you that you know people. ”

Red immediately felt his father's tall and insurmountable image collapse slightly.

Pauss brought all the newspapers in the house, Muggle to wizards, and she pointed out to him the front page, where the Minister of Magic was spitting and speaking with a big belly.

Red immediately said, "Father said he was just a fool. ”

"Of course, anyone can say that," said Bosie. I also often think that he is just a fool, and it doesn't matter if he talks about it anyway. ”

Red understood what she meant, and he looked back at the man he had always looked down on the Minister of Magic, who he had thought would be as fearful as the Minister of Magic if he grew up. But my father has been an adult for a long time, and it seems that he has not become such a person.

- What if the father was just boasting? Like all hobby bombastic people?

The monument in Red's mind, called 'Father', is crumbling.

Paussie looked at the struggling expression on his little face and suggested, "Rhett, we can't really tell what a great man looks like. Mom doesn't count if she says it alone, so let's do it, tomorrow you go out and ask someone else, who is the great person in this family? ”

Rhett thought it was stupid, but he didn't have a good idea. And he desperately wants to know what a 'great man' really is.

He found a lot of people, taking full advantage of the fact that he was still a child, even if he pulled a person on the street to ask, everyone was willing to answer him.

A serious middle-aged man said, "It's God." ”

An old lady with gray hair looked at him with a smile and said, "Of course it's your mother, dear." ”

Two police officers patrolling the street with batons said, "Oh, of course it's my wife, she just gave me a baby!" ”

In addition to these answers, many of the answers gave him a great reference. Most Muggles say 'Prime Minister' and 'Queen', while Diagon Alley wizards answer 'Albus Dumbledore' in the same way, and a few others answer 'Minister of Magic', and then 'wine'.

Bao Si gave him an analysis: Queen, this is the inheritance system, and there is no hope for him in this life.

Albus Dumbledore is a hero who defeated the Dark Wizards.

Both the Muggle Prime Minister and the Minister of Wizarding and Wizarding Wizardry are easy to do, electing or electing a head of government.

Red said, "I can be a Minister of Magic who defeats the Dark Wizards." "He's ambitious!

"It's a very good wish—there is no Dark Wizard yet, but you can be the Minister of Magic, so start working hard from this moment!" ”

She bought him a lot of biographies of celebrities, and Red was fascinated, and he concluded that 'every great person is always ordinary at first', but 'they were different when they were younger'.

He thinks he's just that.

He saw it very well, in popular stories, one day can build a home or revitalize a nation, repel an invasion, and achieve a great man.

"It may seem simple in the book," says him, "but in fact it takes a long time for these people to succeed. ”

"Of course, Mom, I don't think it's a very easy thing to do." He had "Lincoln" in his hand, and after a while, he said, "...... Maybe I just didn't expect it to be that tough. ”

Before, he thought that it was a matter of course for him to become a great wizard, and the path was very simple. He just needs to be stronger than anyone else, and that strength means he's going to learn multiple spells. And, as my father said, 'Don't let anyone influence you'.

Now, he began to feel that what he had thought before was too thin, as thin as a layer of paper. And the world is complicated. He no longer thinks that he can become a great person by learning mantras, and he no longer thinks that it is right to focus only on his own path and ignore the people around him, as his father said.

He had already experienced the magic of communication. Whether a Muggle or a wizard, it was interesting to talk to □ people of all shapes and shapes - that didn't stop him from treating them all as fools.

But in other words, a fool is worth a fool.

He felt that what he had known in the past few months could not be measured in words, more colorful than the fact that he had been learning spells with a magic book in his arms.

His father had told him those words, and now he thought of them so pale. He began to wonder if his father really wanted him to be a great wizard.

- Maybe, he just lied to him?

Pauss was very happy to see Red begin to integrate into this society, instead of holding the magic book and thinking of himself as a wizard. She wanted him to see himself as an ordinary person before becoming a wizard. Wizarding is only one of the paths he can choose in the future, it is his talent, but it is by no means the only path he can take.

- Actually, to be honest, the world of ordinary people is more vast than the world of wizards.

At least the wizard never went to the moon.

She thought everything was getting better, and that's when Dumbledore suddenly appeared in the fireplace!

The flames were raging, and his head looked like a giant egg.

When she saw such a miracle, she was still amazed even though she knew it was a wizard's trick. But Red immediately drew his wand and pounced, he pulled Paul behind him, and a string of unknown spells threw Dumbledore at the fireplace!

She couldn't stop him, so she hugged him and said, "Don't do it!" He's Dumbledore! You should have seen a picture of him? Is it in the chocolate frog bag? ”

Dumbledore laughed in the fireplace and said, "You must be Red?" Your wand works very well. But if you're already at Hogwarts, I'm afraid I'm going to give you a warning. ”

Pauc was afraid that Red would say something unpleasant, but he simply said, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to be a mommy friend, did you come to us for something?" ”

That's what Rose wanted to know, so she looked at Dumbledore and waited for him to say what he meant.

Dumbledore stared at Paoth and said, "We found a grave in the Ingdontris family cemetery. ”

Bao Si suddenly exclaimed, "When is it?!" "So? But it's not been a year.

Dumbledore watched her react, unsure again. Originally, he thought that this must be Baosi's ghost, but now it seems that she is just as surprised.

He said: "It was probably before Christmas last year, but the strange thing is that the Ingdontris family did not respond, I remember that there should be a house-elf in their house, and in Gringotts, there have always been people withdrawing gold Galleons from the Ingdontris family's treasury. ”

Red's face didn't change, but his shoulder was already scratched by Rose.

- Mom has something to do with this? How could she be related to the wizarding family?

Dumbledore said a few words and asked, "I just wanted to ask you, I'm afraid it's not safe here, I can arrange a place for you and Red, if you want......"

Rose quickly said, "I'm going to pack my things." With that, she immediately turned and left, leaving Red standing in front of the fireplace and watching Dumbledore.

Dumbledore looked at the boy, who looked like Tom, but he didn't look as cold as Tom. He laughed and teased him, "Hello, Rhett, my name is Albus Dumbledore, and I'm a wizard, and if you've ever eaten a wizard chocolate frog, there's a picture in it that is me." ”

Red looked at him and said, "A lot of people say you're a great wizard. ”

Dumbledore grimaced in embarrassment and smiled, "Oh, actually, that's just because I like sweets more than anyone else in the world." ”

Although Red didn't understand what he was saying, he didn't despise him as much as before, but said seriously, "I will also be a great wizard, greater than you." ”

Dumbledore looked at him and thought that although he was talking about the same thing as Tom, it was like a child saying Christmas wishes.

"Of course," he said, "I think you'll make it." ”

Red smiled for the first time he saw him, and said, "I'm going to be the Minister of Magic and be a hero." ”

Dumbledore immediately became happy, his blue eyes lit up, and he said, "You will come to Hogwarts in the future, maybe you don't know it yet, there are four different houses in the school, and one of them happens to be named after a wizarding hero, called Gryffindor, maybe you will be sorted into this house." ”

Red frowned and said, "Let's talk about it." "Pauth had told him it was good to enter Ravenclaw, because there were many spell books there, and it was said that only the wise could enter the academy.

Rhett, of course, thinks he's smart.

While the two were talking, Pauss came over with a suitcase.

"Can we go now?" She asked.

"Of course." Dumbledore said, "You should have Floo powder, right?" ”

She took down the ceramic jar from the fireplace and said, "Yes." ”

"So, let Red come first. Remember to pronounce it clearly: Hogwarts. Dumbledore confessed.

Pauss was only stunned for a moment, of course Hogwarts was safer than anywhere else. She motioned for Red to grab a handful of Floo powder and walk into the fireplace, Dumbledore's head retracted.

It's not the first time Red has used Floo Powder, and Paucus used it to take him to Diagon Alley - just to try it out.

He threw down Floo Powder, the flames turned green, and he walked in and said, "Hogwarts!" Then there was a thud and it disappeared in an instant.

Not daring to waste any time, she followed in, throwing a handful of Floo powder and shouting, "Hogwarts!" ”

It was as if she had flown out of a chimney, and in the blink of an eye she saw that Red was standing next to Dumbledore, like a student standing next to his professor, and she couldn't say what was appropriate.

She walked out of the fireplace with her luggage in hand, and in front of her was an office with four walls filled with bookcases up to the ceiling.

"Feel free, this is my office." Dumbledore graciously invited them to sit on the couch and waved his wand to bring refreshments.

Pauss saw stacks of homework on his desk that read: 'Transfiguration, 6th grad, Gryffindordis Contril, 'On the characteristics and habits of mantra changes when mammals transform into non-mammals, give examples.'"

Red was looking left and right, holding the tea in his hand and not bothering to drink it.

He muttered, "Here...... Is it a school of magic? ”