24. Celebrities
"Here, Sauron, go around by yourself, you can't see that bar, don't keep your eyes open, remember, you have to keep your mouth shut about the wizarding world, otherwise even I won't be able to eat and walk around." McGoth stood at the door of the bookstore and looked at a somewhat curious Sauron.
"I know, young master, I won't let the third person know." Sauron replied with a serious face.
Magos nodded and walked to the bar, and although Sauron had seen him several times, he was still curious about how a large living person suddenly disappeared. But it was easy to suppress my curiosity and pretend not to care.
McGoth had just walked a few steps into the bar when he felt that the atmosphere was not right, it was not that there were too few people, although it was not full, but it was almost the same. What felt wrong was that it was about the same as the first time he came, the whole bar was silent, and almost everyone's eyes were on him. McGoth watched the scene a little bewildered, wondering what was going on.
'Didn't I get Sauron to erase his memory, they all know?' How long has it been? That's an exaggeration. Is my plan in vain? McGoth thought disappointed and confused.
He took a few steps forward, and suddenly, everyone applauded. Everyone looked at him with a hint of appreciation and even admiration. This made McGoth breathe a sigh of relief and at the same time was inexplicable, how did he feel a little Harry Potter treatment, and whether they were mistaken.
"Uh, hello everyone, did you recognize the wrong person?" He greeted him with some embarrassment.
"They didn't recognize the wrong person, and they were so lucky today, and it was rare to meet our little hero, McGoss. Mr. Will. A tall, thin old man stood up and chuckled. He had long russet hair, blue eyes that seemed to be able to see through the people in front of him, a pair of half-moon-shaped glasses, a long hooked nose that looked like a broken hook, and a long silver-white beard.
Seeing the old man dragging the purple robe in front of him, Magos was stunned for a moment.
"Deng-Deng-Dumbledore??"
"Oh, it looks like our little hero seems to know me, what an honor. Nice to meet you, Mr. Will. Dumbledore didn't mind at all that McGoth was rudely calling him by name, still speaking in a cheerful tone.
The last hesitation in McGoth's mind was dispelled by Dumbledore's answer.
"Headmaster Dumbledore, are you really? I didn't expect to meet you here, you're my idol, I'm sorry I just didn't make a polite move, I'm so excited. ”
His eyes widened and he shouted in a tone that couldn't contain his excitement.
"Don't be so excited, I'm actually no different from ordinary wizards, you see." As he spoke, he waved his hands and lowered his chest, and a burst of laughter erupted around him.
"It's you, it's unbelievable, a young wizard under the age of 11, born into a Muggle family, who has not been taught by school, who met two vicious adult wizards and saw his companions in crisis, who sacrificed their lives and forgot to die, so great, so touching, you are very brave, really." Dumbledore looked at Magos with great pleasure.
McGoth was a little embarrassed to say that it was nothing, he was too nervous at the time to think about it so much. After saying that, he asked them a little strangely how they knew.
Before Dumbledore could speak, an elderly wizard said:
"Kid, you haven't been following the news of the wizarding world these days, have you? Didn't even read the newspaper? ”
Hearing this, McGoth remembered that he seemed to have forgotten to subscribe to the newspaper, and was a little ashamed to say that he had forgotten to subscribe to the Daily Prophet, and had been attending a Muggle school for the past few days, and had forgotten about it. The wizards around him looked at him a little speechlessly, but they were still very enthusiastic to show him the newspapers of the past two weeks.
The Ministry of Magic has succeeded in apprehending two wizards who have committed numerous crimes! It's a two-week-old newspaper, and there's almost no mention of McGoth in it, just one sentence.
How is it...... Trial! The next day's newspaper mainly reported how many crimes the two men (Reagan did it, but the newspaper didn't care) had committed a total of crimes, especially the plot of the torture and murder of Durmstrang's students was very detailed, and McGoth had the urge to kill those two scumbags directly.
The newspapers of the following week almost exclusively reported on the cries and anguish of the families of the Durmstrang students who were tortured and killed, and it was very sad to see that they hated the two murderers even more.
Then came the report that the Ministry of Magic had agreed to hand over the two prisoners to the victims' families, and McGoss applauded.
After this incident, people suddenly became interested in the little wizard who appeared in the incident, and the newspapers began to report news about him, but ......
Mysterious wizards?
Muggle wizarding power!
The little wizard and his powerful magic!
Brave, fearless Mr. Will!
Self-taught, super genius, invincible!
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This is the headline of the Daily Prophet's news about McGoss, and the content in it is also extremely touted, it is not an exaggeration to say that every word is super mocking, super hateful, and in the end, it was McGoth who defeated the two adult wizards alone and handed them over to the Ministry of Magic. Watching McGoth himself, he felt that he was already awesome enough to take on Voldemort alone.
"This, these are too exaggerated, how can I defeat two adult wizards? I just found them, and then they beat them to the ground, not later saved by a wizard, I'm not here now. Magos pointed to the newspaper headline and said to all the wizards in the bar.
"Of course, of course, the newspapers always exaggerate, but I think they are right about one thing, and that is that the brave are invincible." Dumbledore said to McGoth with deep meaning.
McGoth felt that Dumbledore's attitude towards him had changed a little, as if he had approved of him, which made him feel strange, when had he ever been so sharp?
"But, sir, I'm not as brave as the newspapers say, and I'll ...... afterward," McGoth tried to defend himself as he was scared.
"Everybody is scared, everybody is going to flinch and be scared, but not everybody can fight back in the situation you were in the right place, and the incredible power that explodes for the sake of a friend, kid, too much humility is pride." Seeing that McGoth was still trying to defend himself, Dumbledore said the last sentence.
"Well, although my mind was blank at the time." McGoth looked helplessly at Dumbledore, who admired him very much, and whispered.
Dumbledore raised his glass as if he hadn't heard it, and said to the other wizards in the bar:
"Let's give a toast to our little heroes."
"Okay." "." The surrounding wizards all happily raised their glasses in response. It's as if the heroes in the newspaper are them.
"Thank you, thank you." Magos kept bowing to the crowd in thanks. The surrounding wizards also smiled and saluted back. Until Dumbledore pulled him away. Although they still glance at him from time to time, it is much better than the attention of 10,000 people just now.
"You don't seem to like the worship of you?" Dumbledore looked at Magos and said nonchalantly.
"No, actually, I'm quite happy, but I feel a little awkward, I'm not as good as the newspaper says." McGoth looked embarrassed.
"You're honest, it's hard for anyone at your age to resist the temptation to be adored, and most of them become more and more arrogant." The blue eyes through the half-moon glasses seemed to see through McGoss's mind.
"Well, I don't really like being noticed by everyone, and it makes me nervous because I know I don't have that quality. Of course, I don't care if I really defeat those two wizards on my own. A confident smile appeared on McGoss's face.
"I've taught many students," Dumbledore looked at him earnestly, "but none of them have been like you. I seem to see the qualities of all four founders of Hogwarts come together in you. The compliment was so great that McGoth was a little confused.
"But," Dumbledore said, and it was clear that he wanted to remind himself that McGoth was listening.
"A lot of things, including people, change when they don't really become what people think they are, and no one can really guess how it's going to end. I'm glad you didn't get carried away by the newspaper descriptions, you know what you're capable of, and it's good that you dare to admit your inadequacy. The butterbeer here is great, let me take a sip, would you like a drink? ”
"Huh? No, I can't drink yet, thank you. The abrupt change in style made McGos pause for a moment before he remembered to answer.
"Oh yes, you're not an adult, Tom, give our little hero a drink."
"Okay. Headmaster Dumbledore. ”
"You may have to wait, everyone was excited just now, Tom is busy right now."
"No, nothing, I'm not thirsty right now." Magos hurried back.
"Don't be nervous, I'm not that scary (Dumbledore grimaced, McGoth was amused), where did I just go? By the way, you're great. I think you probably know about Hogwarts," seeing McGoth nodding and continuing, "I don't know if you have noticed that the wizards from Muggle families who go to school at Hogwarts are all born into very ordinary Muggle families, and even if there are a few wealthier ones, it is only a gap in occupation, and there are no very rich families or Muggle nobles. ”
"That's because they don't believe it." McGoth looked confused.
"Don't believe me? Yes, there are also reasons for this, many people either take the acceptance letter as a prank or think it is a fraudulent letter and throw it away, and some people can't find a school called Hogwarts in the Muggle world and give up, although we clearly told them the location in the letter. You know, we can't force them to come to school. But the biggest reason is not this. ”
"What's that?"
"Rich can rival the country, and power can cover the sky. Immortality and extinction of humanity. I think you'll understand. ”
Dumbledore didn't answer, he just said this.
McGoth's drink came up, but he didn't, and he just looked at Dumbledore in a daze. The words just now seemed to come to my ears again......