Chapter 31: The Legend of the Three Brothers
Dudley looked at Gryffindor's palm that had been released for a long time, he didn't move, and the same voice kept coming from his ears: "Don't let go of your hand, if you get the inheritance, everything will be done, you know, your friends outside will not die, come on, accept the inheritance!"
"That's the whole thing. Dudley spread his hands, and he spat on it: "Phew, this fake and shoddy adventure old man is angry with me, and makes me happy in vain." ”
Dumbledore pondered for a long time, his shrewd eyes scanning Dudley back and forth, "It seems that the door of conscience is a double test. ”
"What?" Dudley looked at Dumbledore suspiciously.
"You've brought me one step closer to knowing you," Dumbledore smiled gently, "You're really good, there are only a handful of people in the wizarding world who can keep their hearts and not be confused by power, if I had ...... back then"
Dumbledore's face was full of traces of time, his eyes lived up to the shrewdness and wisdom they had at the beginning, at this moment he was a lonely old man, he slowly closed his eyes: "I'm sorry, I like to talk about the past when I'm old." ”
"A little cockroach pile?" Dudley pushed the cockroach plate over the table full of cockroaches, "sweets always make a good mood." ”
"You're right. Dumbledore stuffed one after the other into his mouth, and after eating a lot, he said playfully, "Don't tell Miss Pomfrey that she won't let me eat too many sweets." ”
"You feel the magic of yourself. ”
Dudley was stunned and drew his wand, and he cast a Transfiguration Charm, a delicate dagger that suddenly floated in the air, its blade glowing with a sharp cold light. He felt that the mana consumed this time was significantly more than the mana consumed two months ago, but he didn't have the dizziness that his mana was almost drained.
"Clever Transfiguration, if I am still a professor of Transfiguration, I will not be stingy with extra points for you, I never thought that I could deform air when I was your age. Dumbledore said.
"Old Deng, I'm so embarrassed by what you said," Dudley said with a look on his face that others didn't know how powerful he was, "it's about twice as much as before." ”
"So, I've got an inheritance?" Dudley waved his wand to make the dagger disappear, a little puzzled, if this was a heritage, he wouldn't be sorry for the word inheritance at all, "This inheritance is not the same as what Gryffindor said." ”
"Whether it is a legacy or not is unknown. Dumbledore's face was serious, "Inheritance is not the growth of magic power, it is the bloodline, just like our Dumbledore family, no matter who needs it urgently, the phoenix will appear in front of him." ”
"This is one of the bloodline inheritances, every pure-blood family has a bloodline inheritance, and the bloodline power is different, but time has passed, and few people can use the power of the bloodline. ”
"Only purebloods have this bloodline power?" Dudley asked.
"I don't think so. Dumbledore shook his head, and he smiled and said, "People are not born noble, if you really want to trace back to pure blood, pure blood may not have been pure blood in the first place, I think every wizard has blood power in it." ”
Dudley suddenly thought of someone.
"That being said, Seamus Finigan will explode with any magic he uses, and it's also a bloodline power. ”
Dudley said with a troll, but Dumbledore nodded solemnly, just kidding. He made up his brain, if he himself also had this kind of bloodline power, he would rather not have this kind of power, it would be better to be ordinary and honest, otherwise it would explode at two ends in three days, who could stand it.
He suddenly remembered the unusual flame that he had cast in the Charms classroom, and he asked, "Is this flame of mine my own heritage or Gryffindor's?"
"I'm more inclined to you. ”
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Dumbledore was suddenly serious, his eyes fixed on Dudley.
Dudley was nervous, as if his whole person had been seen thoroughly, not because Dumbledore had used Soul Extraction, but because of his wisdom and keen insight.
"I need you to promise me that you can't use a spell with fire until you have to. ”
What did Dudley think? He was so nervous that he was relieved and patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I promise." ”
Dumbledore's face change speed was comparable to that of Penny.
"Good. He smiled gently, "Looking at it now, you don't have anything bad to do, and you even get some benefits." The door of inquiry is gone, if you have any situation in the future, remember to come to me at any time. ”
"Gone?" Dudley tried to call out to the heart of the question, but there was no response, "How did it disappear?"
Dumbledore shook his head.
"Old Deng, if there is nothing else, I will go back first. Before he knew it, Dudley had been here for a long time, and he was already a little sleepy.
"Have a good dream. ”
Dudley was about to leave the door when Dumbledore suddenly called out to him.
"Do you know the legend of the Three Brothers?" Dumbledore put his hands on his forehead, so Dudley couldn't see his face clearly.
Dudley wondered why Dumbledore had suddenly spoken about it. Of course he knew the story of the legend of the three brothers, it was a long, long time ago.....
Once upon a time, three brothers loved to go on expeditions to find the legendary forbidden places, and one day, when it was nearly dusk, they walked and walked to a river. The water was too deep to wade through, and it was too dangerous to swim through the current.
The three of them were each proficient in magic, and with their joint efforts, a solid and stable arch bridge appeared on the unpredictable water. As they reached the middle of the bridge, a black mist suddenly appeared, which condensed into a hooded man who blocked the way of the three brothers.
This man was the Grim Reaper, and the three brothers were angry with the Grim Reaper, who had conjured up an arched bridge that caused him to lose three sacrifices, because any traveler who passed through the river would be drowned.
This is too disrespectful to the Grim Reaper, the Grim Reaper let you die at this time, and the three brothers dare to disobey. But the Grim Reaper was not your average cunning, and he pretended to congratulate the three brothers on their magic, saying that they had escaped death arranged by the Grim Reaper by virtue of their cleverness, and that each of them would receive something as a reward.
The Boss was a rough militant who wanted the most powerful wand in the world, a wand that would always help him win in a duel, a wand worthy of a wizard who had conquered Death! Death went to an elderberry tree on the shore and made a wand out of dangling branches and gave it to him.
The second is an arrogant man who decides to continue humiliating the Grim Reaper, wanting the ability to resurrect the dead. Death picked up a stone from the shore and gave it to the second child, telling him that it had the ability to bring the dead back to life.
The Grim Reaper finally asked the youngest child what he wanted. The third is the most humble and intelligent one, and he doesn't believe in death. So he asked for something that would get him out of there without being followed by death. Death reluctantly gave him his cloak of invisibility.
After the Grim Reaper had given the reward, he turned into a puff of smoke and left, and the three brothers continued on their way, and they talked about the wonderful experience they had just had, admired the gift of the Grim Reaper, and walked forward.
Later, the three brothers broke up and headed towards their respective destinations.
The boss walked for more than a week to a remote mountain village and got into an argument with a wizard. Naturally, he used the wand made of elderwood as a weapon, and he would undoubtedly win the duel. After his opponent fell to the ground and died, he continued on his way, entering a tavern and boasting loudly about how invincible he was with the powerful wand he had received from the Grim Reaper.
That night, when the Boss was drunk, another wizard crept up to his bedside, stole his wand, and slit his throat.
In this way, the Grim Reaper took the life of the boss.
At the same time, the second child made a long journey back to the home where he lived alone, took out the stone that could bring the dead back to life, and turned it in his hand three times. To his surprise, the girl he had wanted to marry in the past, who had unfortunately died young, immediately appeared in front of him.
But the girl behaved sadly and coldly, and there seemed to be a veil between them. The girl, despite her return to the world, does not really belong here, and she suffers. In the end, the second child was tormented by a hopeless desire to go insane and committed suicide in order to be truly with his sweetheart.
In this way, the Grim Reaper also took the life of the second child.
However, the Grim Reaper has been looking for the third child for many years, but he has never been able to find him. The third child lived until he was very old, and then he finally took off his invisibility cloak and handed it to his son, and then greeted the Grim Reaper like an old friend, and happily left the world with the Grim Reaper as an equal.
"What's wrong with this story?" Dudley asked.
"It's true. Dumbledore then waved Dudley back quickly.
This made Dudley very depressed, what was Dumbledore talking about? He scratched his head vigorously, what he hated most was to say half of it, and then let others guess the remaining half. Of course he knew the story was true, could it be that Dumbledore was just trying to show off his Elder Wand?
"Inexplicable. Dudley muttered, if you don't understand, you don't want to, Dumbledore is like this anyway, it might as well go back to sleep as soon as possible.
After Halloween, the weather gets very cold. The mountains surrounding the school were gray and covered with snow and ice, and the lake was as cold and hard as hardened steel. Every morning, there is frost on the ground.
Hagrid can be seen in the upstairs window at this time, wrapped in a long moleskin coat, wearing rabbit fur gloves, and wearing huge beaver fur boots, defrosting his broomsticks on the Quidditch pitch.
Because this Saturday is a Quidditch match, it's Gryffindor vs. Slytherin. Dudley calculated carefully, they added a total of 50 points to the defeat of the troll at the beginning of the month, and some points were also added some time ago, in fact, he was deducted more than half of the points some time ago, as long as Gryffindor can finally get first place in Quidditch, then the ranking of the House Cup will not be fourth.