Chapter 192: Departure
Luke looked at Luna in front of him, and his face was a little strange.
"Hey, Luke!"
Luna looked at Luke's smile and waved her hand, and then she looked at Luke's height with hindsight, and said with some surprise, "You said in the letter that you have grown a lot taller, and now it seems that it is indeed a lot."
"Is it the help of the tall elves?"
Luke was dumbfounded......
"Who is the tall elf?"
Is it a new magical beast?
Luke felt the urge to shake his head. It turns out that there are not only hooks, harassing flies, and scimitar-horned snoring beasts in this world...... Is there such a thing as a tall elf?
Luna seemed to sense Luke's thoughts, and said to Luke, "My father tricked me into going to bed early, and the tall elves would come and cast magic on children while they were sleeping. But they rest early, so they can only cast magic on the children who go to bed early, and then they go back to rest. So the children who go to bed late are not enchanted, so they don't grow tall."
Luke's mouth opened, and he noticed the word "deceit" in Luna's words.
"Liar?"
"Or else?" Luna looked at Luke's expression, and the smile on her face became more and more happy, "Dad looked so weak when he said this, of course this is fake."
"Er, I thought you'd have some evidence that the tall elves don't exist."
Luke didn't expect Luna's reason for opposing Xenophilius to be his own intuition.
Then Luke laughed, "Hahaha, but that's your style."
Luna still had a smile on her face.
"Let's go inside and talk. But I don't think we will talk for long, and I'll be on a long trip in a while."
Luke invites Luna, explaining that he may not be able to stay long.
Luna was really happy to be able to come and play with him. There's a secret in this girl. It's good to be able to see it up close. It's not that Luke doesn't want to find out what secrets Luna has, but he's too busy. Only a few days after the summer vacation, he had to go on a second long trip.
There is no time to have during the whole summer vacation. And this year Luna will also be enrolling, so there will be plenty of time to contact Luna at Hogwarts. So he won't be temporary.
But he didn't think about why Luna would suddenly come to play with him.
If this were a different person, Luke would definitely think that the other party had some plans. But it was Luna...... At most, he was suspicious that the little girl suddenly remembered that she knew her address, and then stopped by to take a look.
As for how it came about. Luke's own Floo network address was not told to anyone. He bought the house on the edge of town, closest to the woods. He turned the fireplace into a Floo network, and told some of his friends, along with a guest token.
If Dumbledore had to go through Floo's net, he would have to go that way too.
Just now, the snakes had a guest with a token in hand to visit, and Luke thought it was Dumbledore. I really didn't expect Luna to visit. However, since the guests are here, they can't let people stay outside the door. This is really rude.
So he invited Luna into the house. But Luna surprised Luke again.
Luna shook her head and said, "I'm not here as a guest this time."
Luke was a little puzzled, if this was a different person, then Luke would have to wonder if there was some other purpose. But again, the person who came was Luna, which naturally made people less vigilant.
It was hard for him to imagine Luna coming in with malice to harm someone. Or rather, it was hard for him to even imagine the girl with bad emotions other than anger......
Every ripening comes at a price. It doesn't matter if it's Luke, or Luna.
"And who are you?"
As soon as Luke's words fell, he saw Luna pull out a necklace from his chest. The pendant of this necklace is a small piece of emerald that has not been polished too much.
The quality of this emerald is very high. It's not too small. For Luke, such a thing is naturally nothing, but for any normal wizarding family, such an emerald is considered a luxury.
And as far as Luke knows...... The Lovegood family, although it is a pure-blood family with a relatively long history. But because each of their heirs has a tendency to go crazy, they have never been wealthy, nor are they nobles.
In other words, the ancestors have never been broad.
And now Xenophilius Lovegood really doesn't make much money. It's not uncommon for the magazine "Singing Against the Tune" to sell badly. Luke didn't think Lovegood would be able to buy Luna such an ornament......
"It's something my mother left me."
Luna held the emerald in her hand, a happy smile on her face that Luke had never seen before.
Her smile is always so spontaneous, so fairy-like. Such happiness from the heart has never been seen in Luke before.
"She said that this gem would protect me from danger and keep me from those dangers." Luna reluctantly looked at the gem in front of her, but her eyes finally showed a touch of determination, "But I still think that you may need it."
"It's ...... Intuition."
Luna still had a relaxed smile on her face.
Luke looked at Luna and the necklace in her hand, not knowing what to say for a moment. He knew what this thing meant to Luke, and he couldn't have imagined that Luna came here today just to give this thing to himself.
Luna's intuition, whether it is accurate or not, this Luke can't tell. But Luna's worries about herself, he really felt it.
After a moment of hesitation, he chose to take the necklace. The necklace straightened for a moment, then Luna let go of her hand.
She was clearly not as calm as she appeared.
"Luke, I don't know what you're going to encounter, but anyway...... Stay safe......"
Luna looked at Luke seriously and admonished seriously.
Luke nodded earnestly and said, "I see."
"Who are you?"
Dumbledore's voice came from not far away.
From afar, he saw Luke, and a little girl he didn't know.
Looking at Dumbledore, Luke just nodded. The little girl looked at him with some curiosity, but the expression on her face did not change much.
"This is my friend, Luna Lovegood." Luke introduced Dumbledore to "She'll be a first-year student at the end of this summer."
"Lovegood? Pandora's child?"
Dumbledore looked at Luna in surprise. And his reaction fell into Luke's eyes, causing Luke to raise an eyebrow.
"You know my mother? Professor Dumbledore?"
Luna looked at Dumbledore with some confusion but also some surprise.
It is not uncommon for anyone in the wizarding world to know Dumbledore without meeting him. As the top of the wizarding world that haunts the headlines of major wizarding news magazines all year round. Many people know Dumbledore's photo, and many people know it.
Dumbledore reached out, touched Luna's head, and smiled, "Of course I do, your mother...... He's a very good wizard......
As he spoke, he looked at Luna with a somewhat complicated expression, as if he couldn't bear to say something.
"Your mother is a genius, Luna. But I ......."
Dumbledore didn't say anything.
He just smiled and said to Luna, "I hope you can have a happy learning career."
Dumbledore's expression was so kind, as if he had seen his own juniors.
Luke saw this scene in his eyes. I don't know how much of it was due to myself, and how much was due to Luna's mother, whom she had never met.
In the original book, Dumbledore except for Ha
In addition to the benefits, I don't care about other students. Unbeknownst to Luke, it was because of his own influence that Dumbledore had wavered in his plan for the death, so there was more emotion. Or maybe it's because something happened on this plane before it came that didn't appear in the original book.
Pandora Lovegood, the dead woman who didn't even know her original surname and wasn't taken seriously by Luke before. For the first time, it gave Luke the desire to explore.
"I will, Professor, because Luke is too."
Luna's smile was still so bright and lighthearted. When people see it, they can't help but feel comfortable.
She looked so at ease throughout herself. Neither be bound by the rules of the world, nor be moved by the gaze of others.
This is a girl who is at ease.
A combination of old and young watched Luna leave. The expressions on the faces of the two were different, but they were obviously touched.
"It's a very good girl."
Dumbledore said with emotion.
Luke nodded. He definitely doesn't deny that Luna is a wonderful girl. It may be a little different from the average person in terms of personality. But if someone likes such a character, he will definitely love Luna so much.
Luke? Luke doesn't hate such a character. The leisurely character has a kind of ethereal beauty.
"So I think you'd better not delay her."
Dumbledore's words changed abruptly, and he said something that didn't quite fit his elder's status. Luke knew that Dumbledore's current position was that of his old friend and Luna's elder.
"Other kids, I know it's useless for me to say this, it will make him more attached to Luna. But you're different, Luke, and since we've been through that in France, I've stopped treating you like a child."
Dumbledore's tone was rather flat. It can even be said to be cold.
"You're not a good match for any girl. At least not until you fulfill that wish of your heart. And, for now, none of the girls around you can really be equal to you."
"An unequal emotional ......"
"I understand, Professor!"
Luke interrupted Dumbledore. Dumbledore lowered his head and saw Luke's somewhat cold eyes.
"I understand everything. But Professor, I'll take care of that myself."
"And, Professor, I have to tell you......" Luke and Dumbledore looked at each other, not giving an inch, "I don't like people dictating my private affairs."
"Neither can the elders."
Luke was long past the age when the elder's words were like a guide. He is reborn once, and in addition to completing the tasks of the system, the rest of the things are up to him.
Dumbledore and Luke looked at each other for ten seconds, and finally smiled helplessly, "It's good that you know it yourself, it's useless for me to say anything."
As he spoke, Dumbledore pointed to the cabin in the distance and said, "I need to borrow your dressing room."
He pointed to the suitcase in his hand, "I need to change my clothes."
Luke nodded, "You can do it yourself, the locker room will open on its own."
Dumbledore nodded, and walked to the cabin with the suitcase.
Luke, on the other hand, looked at where Luna had left and was silent for a long time.
A moment later, a sigh was left.
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Luke looked at the brown suit and a somewhat ruffian jazz hat in front of him. The whole person was dressed like a lively old English gentleman, Dumbledore, and there was some surprise in his eyes.
Dumbledore said with some smugness, "When I was young, I was also very fashionable!"
He himself is not a conservative person, but he knows his character and his strength, so he locks himself up with layers of rules so that he can't act arbitrarily.
He's just too strong, strong
Alone can destroy the existing order in the wizarding world. Unfortunately, he really didn't like the existing order. The only thing that can restrain him from the desire to destroy the existing order, the destruction of the existing order, the loss of countless lives.
Life is so precious. Anyone who loses their life will grieve for it. Especially when his beloved one died, the heartbreak, distress and anger of that moment were experienced by Dumbledore.
It's the pain that drives people crazy.
If you've been drenched in the rain yourself, don't splash water on others.
Dumbledore could watch someone suffer from the loss of a loved one. But he didn't want it because of himself. That's why he's so nervous about Luke. If you can't stop Luke, then at least you can't let Luke become extreme. Become your younger self, or Grindelwald.
"I must not praise your clothes. You remind me of another famous educator."
"Oh, which one?"
"One of the principals who once appeared in my dreams was a Frenchman named Angers."
Luke said casually, as if the name had really just appeared in a dream.
Dumbledore nodded, "If there really is such a person, I would be happy to get to know him."
Luke chuckled dryly.
"Where's your luggage? We're going to go......
Dumbledore looked at Luke's empty hand. He asked, a little confused. But as soon as the words came out, he regretted it.
Isn't this a chance for this kid to show off?
Luke smiled and patted his belt and said, "Multi-purpose belt, Professor you deserve it!"