Chapter 749: The End of the Period
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the whole semester comes to an end.
Since Draco Malfoy is no longer the childish and ridiculous little boy in the original book, Hagrid's Fantastic Beasts class of the half-giant did not have much trouble and passed the first year of coaching without any problems.
In addition, Harry Potter also missed most of his Quidditch training time because he was so focused on learning and training magic spells that Gryffindor failed to win the final and failed to learn the Patronus Charm against Dementors.
But as the saying goes, there is always something to be gained.
He had learned several lethal elemental magics, and his combat power had increased countless times instead of decreasing compared to his own at the same time.
As for Hermione and Ron, due to his deliberate estrangement, the relationship between the three gradually cooled down, becoming no different from ordinary classmates, and even if they met, they just nodded and said hello, and they were full of indescribable embarrassment between each other.
Zhang Cheng was obviously happy to see this change, and even pretended to comfort the other two, and privately taught Miss "Know-it-all" some esoteric magical theoretical knowledge.
It can be said that because of his intervention and interference, Dumbledore has lost control of the situation, and the future is like a wild horse that has escaped from the leash, and no one knows where it will go.
Of course, the most important thing is that since that night, the two young boys and girls who have just fallen in love seem to have a little spark of first love, and they begin to approach each other intentionally or unintentionally, although they are still in the ignorance period, but it will not be long before they will turn into raging fire and swallow everything.
Standing in front of the window on the second floor of the castle, Zhang Cheng looked at the students on the lawn below who were reviewing for their final exams, and muttered to himself in a voice that only he could hear: "As deep as love is, as deep as ruthlessness." Intense feelings are always the weakness that can be manipulated and exploited, so let me see how much potential you have to tap, dear Harry Potter......"
The words just fell!
He heard a familiar voice behind him: "What are you looking at?"
Turning around, it turned out to be the Headmaster Albus Dumbledore walking from a distance.
"No, it's nothing, I'm just a little lamented that it's good to be young and be able to do what you want to do unscrupulously. Zhang Cheng bowed slightly, and replied with a smile.
Dumbledore undoubtedly noticed Harry Potter on the lawn, and the girl next to him who was smiling sweetly, and his eyes revealed a look of relief: "Yes, it's good to be young, to pursue love and all things good." But you seem to be in your early twenties, so you're not too old, are you?"
"Mr. Principal, this root has nothing to do with age, but is a manifestation of a state of mind. In the East, we have always believed that the mental age of man is separate from his actual age. If a person has experienced too much, then even if they are very young, they will behave more than the old city. But if on the other hand, if a person is well protected, his mental age will be far lower than his actual age, and even if he is seventy or eighty years old, he will retain some of his innocence. Zhang Chengyi explained with deep taste.
"Very philosophical, I couldn't agree more. But I'm curious, what have you been through, and you have been able to keep yourself under the control of calm and reason from beginning to end, without having strong mood swings at all?" Dumbledore said quietly, tentatively.
In fact, this is the eighth time this semester that he has tried to find out the origin of the other party.
However, Zhang Cheng did not give the old man a chance at all, and responded bluntly: "My performance has nothing to do with age, just out of a professional ethics." In Eastern cultures, teacher is a sacred word, which means that whoever is given this title must be strict with himself and set a perfect example and object of learning for his students. ”
"So that's why you secretly disposed of several Valentine's Day cards?" Dumbledore winked playfully.
"What else can I do? Don't tell me, you encourage me to have something to do with those underage schoolgirls. Zhang Cheng pretended to be angry and rolled his eyes.
"Hahahaha! Why not? You know, this is the British wizarding world! As a headmaster, I shouldn't encourage this kind of behavior, but I also won't stop it. Everyone has the right to pursue a beautiful love, and as long as it is consensual, I will be more than happy to send a blessing. Dumbledore couldn't help but laugh.
There is no doubt that, as he said, the British wizarding community is indeed very open in this regard.
Last year, Gilderoy Lockhart did some kind of Valentine's Day event and was proud to receive a large number of confession cards from girls.
If it were replaced by the more conservative social atmosphere in the East, even if it did not involve violating the law, it would be sprayed alive by public opinion.
As for the men and women in love in the senior grades, it is even more common to not return home at night.
Zhang Cheng has met several couples who hid under trees in the middle of the night and kissed passionately, and even staged restricted blockbuster scenes.
In this regard, he didn't want to say anything, but spread his hands with an innocent face.
Seeing this, Dumbledore couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Well, it seems that you are a conservative and shy Oriental. But what do you think of Harry Potter?"
I think he is very self-motivated and understands the value of knowledge and power better than his peers. ”
"Don't you feel that he is a little too obsessed with his desire for power, and ignores many precious things around him?"
Feeling the aura emanating from the old man's unconsciousness, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but slightly curl the corners of his mouth and retorted: "No, I don't think so. The pursuit of great power is the instinct of every wizard, and the sooner you realize it, the higher you can achieve it. In the East, we call such children geniuses, and give more resources to favor them instead of trying to suppress them. You're so nervous, look, isn't Harry in a relationship like a normal boy now?"
"Maybe I'm a little nervous. Dumbledore glanced at the young men and women on the lawn below, their eyes shining deeply, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Just when Zhang Cheng was about to say something, he suddenly received a magic signal from a house-elf Dobby, and immediately smiled embarrassedly and bowed: "I'm very sorry, principal, I just remembered that there is an urgent matter to deal with." ”
"It's okay, go get busy with you. ”
"Thank you!"
With that, Zhang Cheng immediately turned around and disappeared at the end of the corridor.
As soon as he left on his front foot, Snape hurried over and whispered a few words in Dumbledore's ear in a low voice.
"What? you're telling the truth!!" Dumbledore's face changed dramatically.
"It's true! Lucius definitely didn't have a good idea this time, you better be careful. ”8)