Chapter 69: Afternoon Tea
Chapter 69: Afternoon Tea
In the UK, people are always accustomed to eating a little sandwich, bread and milk, as lunch, so it leads to a quick hunger in the afternoon, which also derives the British afternoon tea.
Dressed in black casual clothes, he was close to 15oo years old, but he couldn't even remember how old was Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts professor Balthazar Black came to the restored Crystal Palace.
Originally born at the same time as the World's Fair in 1851, the 19th-century British architectural wonder was moved to south London in 1854 and reduced to ashes in the fire of "the end of an era".
Following the footsteps of the French plane trees on both sides of the road, Balthazar slowly walked into the crystal palace.
"Long time no see, teacher." The 66-year-old noble woman, who was already old, stood up while putting down the small teacup containing black tea in her hand.
"Oh, Elizabeth...... "Time really doesn't mean anything to Balthazar, a year, a ten, a hundred years, or even the year before, and his appearance doesn't change in the slightest. But in the last few hundred years, he has indeed ignored the passing of those around him.
I still remember about half a century ago, the young girl who liked to ride an English horse on the green grass in the afternoon, it turned out that she was so old......
"Sure enough, the teacher is a person who won't get old...... It's magical," Elizabeth smiled as she walked over to Balthazar's side, letting Balthazar help her to the sand by the coffee table again.
"Is there anything you're looking for me for?"
"Can't you find a teacher if you don't have anything? Half a century ago, I said goodbye, and today, oh no, it's September, the teacher returned to the UK from the United States, and from September to today, I didn't even want to visit the female student I once liked so much? β
Elizabeth made it to the comfortable sand, and took a thick book from the maid next to her,
"Although I can't find any records from the past, but I have found traces of the teacher from Leonardo da Vinci's paintings five hundred years ago, and since then, I have always been curious about your true identity, teacher, until I became the queen, I didn't know that there was a group of people called wizards in the world, who have been active in unknown places. Moreover, they even waged the so-called war...... Look, this ugly guy is why Dumbledore asked you back, right? Elizabeth slowly pulled out a picture of Voldemort and looked at Balthazar with a smile.
"Enough! Elizabeth! What the hell are you asking me to do today? Now your child is not young, right, haven't you let go of your feelings more than 50 years ago! Balthazar looked at Elizabeth's smile, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt angry, and he slapped the table and stood up.
Such a rude and rude act really startled the maid next to her.
"It's none of your business, you go down first!" After the maid was gone, Elizabeth's smile remained unchanged, "Unexpectedly, teacher, not only your face has not changed, but even that heart has not changed...... Maybe for someone like you, even 15oo years ago is like yesterday? It's just that students have already experienced a long life of 5o years......
After chatting for so long, I think it's time to get down to business.
Teacher, no, Mr. Balthazar, the government that you wizards have set up privately, after the Ministry of Magic was destroyed by our militants last week, I have received the news that you have moved to Scotland? Is there such a thing? β
"Yes, so what? You should go straight to Fudge for this kind of thing, Dumbledore, I'm not interested in the so-called politics at all! β
"Not really, but, Mr. Balthazar, you are indeed a good microphone...... Do you know this teenager? β
Elizabeth said as she handed over a color photograph.
"It's ...... Albert Green Crowley? Glancing at the photo, Balthazar looked at Elizabeth in confusion, "This boy is just an ordinary little wizard, but I see that his talent is very good, and I have taught him some of my understanding of magic, as well as his little girlfriend, what is the matter?" β
"No, no, there's nothing wrong at all. Just do you know Harry Potter? The smile on Elizabeth's face became more and more like that of a fox.
"He and Albert are students of the same class, and it is said that he is the savior who defeated the Dark Lord in the prophecy many years ago, but now it seems that he does not have any ability to fight against the Dark Lord......" Before she could finish speaking, the female fox named Elizabeth pulled out seven books from under the table, "This ...... How can it be? β
"Published from 1997 to 2oo8, they are the Philosopher's Stone, The Chamber of Secrets, The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Goblet of Fire, The Order of the Phoenix, The Half-Blood Prince, and The Deathly Hallows." The female fox smiled as she handed the book to Balthazar, "I know that there seems to be a magical thing in the wizarding world that can travel through time, but these are not prophetic books, just ordinary fairy tale books that have been displaced from the future to the present day (1992), about Jk Rowling, I have also investigated, it is just a very ordinary woman." And the content of the book, until July, can basically be on the right number, oh, don't worry, it's just ordinary eyeliner, so that I can understand whether the protagonist of this book really exists......"
"What do you mean by the fact that the number was basically right before July '92?"
"It's literal, but since September '92, I've really read these books as fairy tales. Why, Balthazar is no stranger to the butterfly effect, right? At first, the word came out of your mouth. The female fox picked up her teacup and took a small sip.
"The butterfly effect?" Balthazar was like being slapped on the head, in fact, he was no stranger to the content of "Harry Potter", as early as many years ago, he learned about this legendary story of being born in 91 through the omniscient record of the past and future in his hand in a magic book that recorded the past and future, but when the infinite future was shown in the magic book last month, he was really stunned, and he didn't expect it to be a butterfly effect. I thought it was a change in the will of heaven in the dark.
"You mean, Albert is the one who caused the butterfly effect?"
"Not only that, this boy, he is a child of the Crowley family. But ......"
"But if I look back from what I have experienced, at the end of the 19th century, there was no one named Aresta Crowley! Including Albert's father, Eric and his mother, the mysterious Oriental woman, not only did she not appear in the omniscient spellbook, but also none in my memory. If you use a time turner to go back to those years, will there be no such people in the world now? β
"I don't know because we don't have a time converter ......"
Soon recalled all his experiences from 18oo to the present day, Balthazar couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, Aresta Crowley, who became forbidden to be named in the golden dawn, had never appeared in Balthazar's memory.
"Let's not talk about the Aresta guys, just the little friend, Albert." The female fox smiled, "The fall of the Ministry of Magic to the world is not just an accident, I think I can tell you what I know." She handed Balthazar a dollar bill.
"Why would these guys meddle? Haven't they all but disappeared since the Middle Ages? At least I haven't seen them much in years. β
"It's not that it's gone, it's just a different approach. They no longer appear in the eyes of wizards, but they are deeply ingrained in our world. And in recent years, due to the exhibition of the world, the whole world, except for you wizards, has given birth to a sense of resource crisis, and it is precisely because of this that Albert has become a giant...... And they are no exception to such a sense of crisis.
And this teenager, since his birth, has continued to make amazing moves, and has been cooperating with the heir of the Rothschild family, guiding and changing the whole world.
As a result, in the eyes of those people, he is already equivalent to the next Albert, and is even called the "son of science".
The female fox flipped through the pages, "But the boy didn't know. So, when we, and them, learned that the Dark Lord in the wizarding world had been resurrected and wanted to see the boy, the invisible hand had already begun to act. β
"But since the boy didn't know who he was, and the Dark Lord didn't know either, why would they do it?"
"It's just to reduce the risk, no one can tell which insane demon king will do what the next second, so they directly used strange means to make the Dark Lord have to give up seeing the child, and the Dark Lord himself will not know what this hand wants to do."
"Well, yes, he really wouldn't know. And he didn't even know that there was a hand around him, and I don't think Dumbledore would know either. β
"So, I want you to use a covert way to tell SΓΉ Dumbledore and protect this boy.
Both they and the Russian polar bears want to dominate this small world, and the teenager is the key to that. As crucial as the key to the Babylonian treasury, they wanted to use this child to advance the science and technology of this world by as much as possible by a hundred, two hundred years, and preferably all the way to the interstellar age of their dreams.
And whether it's the Dark Lord or Dumbledore, if you want to do anything with this child, it can cause the destruction of your wizarding world. β
"That's none of me's business, I'm just coming back because of some favors." Balthazar shook his head, "I'll pass it on to Dumbledore as secretly as possible." β
"I hope so......" The female fox's smile did not change at all, only she knew how deep the water behind that young man was, it was definitely not just the so-called wizarding world ruining Miè, and it might even cause the world to ruin Miè.
But can the things in the female fox's plan go smoothly? She didn't anticipate the countless reincarnations of the plan of salvation in a certain time episode and the current Minister Ron Weasley's future changes.
"Well...... It's not too early, goodbye. Balthazar gave Elizabeth a gentleman's kiss, then turned around to leave the Crystal Palace, "I won't stay long, I guess I will return to the United States after Christmas, the seal of the Demon Worm King and the Witch of Destruction cannot be taken lightly, and the heirs of Merlin must also be paid attention to...... Perhaps, I'll come back to the UK next September's World Wizarding Magic Exchange Conference, right? I wonder if you want to see the Son? β
"I don't believe John, you know."
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