Chapter 75: 075 Albus Dumbledore
Hu Qing and Newt walked along the main road, passing the owl post office, and one after another owls flew out of it and quickly disappeared into the rain.
There is a small road next to the post office and a small bar at the intersection. A worn-out wooden sign hangs from a rusty stand with a severed boar's head, blood seeping through the white cloth that encloses it. The signboard crackled in the rain and creaked in the wind.
"This is it?" Hu Qing showed a stunned expression.
Newt affirmed, "That's right, Pig's Head Bar, you see, Pig's Head!" ”
"It's too sloppy." Hu Qing couldn't cry or laugh.
"Let's go inside."
The pig's head bar was small and dark, with some candles lit on the rough wooden tables, and the light emitted dissipated some of the darkness and the chill of the rainy day.
It was very deserted inside, there were no guests, an old man with gray hair and lost teeth was sitting behind the bar napping, if it weren't for his head little by little, Hu Qing would think he was dead.
"When I went to school at Hogwarts, Hogsmeade's Pub was Hogsmeade, and he was the owner of the pub and used to tell us stories about wizards. I haven't seen him for a few years, and his energy is getting worse and worse. Newt sighed.
"Wizards are human beings, they grow old, they get sick, they die."
A tall, thin, bearded man stood up from behind the bar, his blue eyes bright and sharp, and he glanced at Newt and stared at Hu Qing intensely.
"Mr. Hu?"
"I'm Qing Hu." Hu Qing nodded.
"The famous hero of the wizarding world has come to the pig's head bar, and if you let this old guy know that he is going crazy, he will invite you to sign for him so that he can stick it at the door to attract customers."
His tone is very uncomfortable, praising Hu Qing's achievements on the surface, but listening to his ears feels like he is mocking you.
"Two glasses of Butterbeer." Newt said.
"Hot butterbeer?" The wizard asked.
"Yes."
The wizard muttered impatiently, "Picky and troublesome guest." ”
Newt looked embarrassed and whispered to Hu Qing, "I haven't seen him, maybe I came here after I left Hogwarts." ”
"A weirdo." Hu Qing said with a smile.
Newt nodded approvingly, and after a while, the wizard came over with two hot glasses of butterbeer, and placed them heavily on the table, behaving in a rude and irascible manner.
Hu Qing wanted to say something, and someone opened the curtain and walked in. He was a tall, middle-aged man, wearing a black coat, a black fedora, a brown beard, and a pair of blue eyes as bright as the wizard just now, extremely penetrating, well, a little crooked nose!
"Professor Dumbledore!"
Newt hurriedly stood up, with an excited, respectful look on his face. Hu Qing's body was shocked, and he looked at the greatest wizard of the future with some incredulity, and found that it was far from what he remembered, perhaps because of his youth, he was only forty or fifty years old now.
"I'm very happy to receive your letter, but it's a pity that you didn't choose a good day, and the weather is terrible today." Dumbledore grumbled as he walked over and hugged Newt.
"Let me see, Mr. Hu, our hero in the wizarding world."
Dumbledore smiled and stretched out his hand, Hu Qing reached out to shake him, and said with a smile: "Heroes don't dare to be, it's an honor to meet a great wizard." ”
"Great?" Dumbledore shook his head with a smile, pointed at Newt and said, "He is a great wizard, wizards all over the world have not yet realized how noble and great the work he has done, to be honest, I have heard about Newt's deeds, and I am very pleased with his choice, patience, perseverance, and love, and I am proud of him." ”
Newt looked embarrassed, and Dumbledore's assessment of him surprised and surprised, "I didn't do anything...... Just want everyone to know, understand, and protect the magical creatures......"
"It's hard enough, Newt, you don't have to be presumptuous. I'm looking forward to your book, by the way, what's the title? ”
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"
Dumbledore looked surprised, "Good name, I think the school should adopt a textbook called Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." ”
"Merlin is on it, I haven't written it yet, thank you so much...... Professor Dumbledore. Newt couldn't believe his ears, and he couldn't even speak.
Hu Qing nodded secretly, Dumbledore is not only talented in magic, but also very charismatic, even Grindelwald fell under his pomegranate skirt, and there will be many wizards by his side to fight Voldemort in the future.
"Sit down."
Hu Qing reminded Dumbledore and Newt, Newt regained his composure, and Dumbledore looked apologetic.
He took off his hat and coat and handed it to the bar waiter, "A hot butterbeer, and by the way, help me put my clothes away, Aberforth, thank you!" ”
Aberforth was expressionless, and his body was covered with an irritable aura, like a volcano about to erupt.
Dumbledore looked unaware, and a pair of blue eyes swept over Hu Qing and Newt, "Let me guess, you're here for Grindelwald?" ”
Newt gave a surprised look, "Yes, Professor...... Grindelwald has set up an operation station in France, co-opted wizards everywhere, formed an army, his ambitions are growing, we must stop him, you are the only wizard who can stand up to Grindelwald......"
Dumbledore crossed his hands and stared at Newt with a pair of penetrating eyes, "If you don't look for me, I want to find you too, Newt, Grindelwald must stop ...... But I can't make a move, Newt, Mr. Hu, you have to ......"
Hu Qing couldn't help laughing, and said to Newt, who was angry, shocked, and surprised, and Dumbledore, who looked puzzled: "I'm sorry, I remembered a very funny joke, I might have to go out and laugh for a while, let's talk." ”
After speaking, Hu Qing stood up and walked out, he was afraid that he would laugh and tears if he walked slowly, it was too gaffe.
As soon as he walked out of the bar, there was a quarrel inside, the honest Newt was really angry, the Ministry of Magic did not act, and Dumbledore, who was the most respected and most promising to defeat Grindelwald, actually stood by and let them deal with Grindelwald, please, they just escaped from Grindelwald, they can handle it and come to him?
"You're smart!" Aberforth appeared beside Hu Qing, "This is not a beauty difference, he asked you to send you to death...... The wizard in the wizarding world, who has the best hope of defeating Grindelwald, and the wizard who is the most obliged to make a move, does not dare to face Grindelwald at all, how ridiculous is it? ”
"You seem to know him well?" Hu Qing was thoughtful and vaguely guessed who he was.
Aberforth looked sarcastic, "Great Dumbledore is my brother. ”
"You don't like him?"
"If you knew what he did, you wouldn't like him......"
"What's going on?"
"Can't tell you ......"
Hu Qing couldn't help but scold: "Then you talk to me about a fart." ”