In the headmaster's office, which had been the preserve of the school since its inception, an ancient crystal lamp glowed with orange and fell on Dumbledore and Arthur.

The two looked at each other and were speechless. The long period of silence made Fawkes, who was observing the two of them, comb his hair boredly.

"Headmaster Dumbledore, it takes a lot of knowledge for my abilities to work properly."

After a long moment, Arthur finally thought of a reasonable reason.

Every time Dumbledore discovered Arthur's ability to activate, he would worry about Arthur's physical condition. He has always asked Arthur to use less abilities, because he is afraid that Arthur, who is only 11 years old, will get a backlash because of the frequent use of his abilities.

Previously, Arthur had not been able to find a good reason to dispel Dumbledore's doubts. And this time he thought of an explanation that would pay off his foreign debts and give Dumbledore peace of mind.

"Knowledge?"

Dumbledore frowned slightly. The cloudy eyes suddenly burst into a blazing light. He was too curious about Arthur's abilities.

"Yes, a lot of knowledge is the cornerstone of my ability to unleash. But the knowledge I need is not what ordinary people think, such as primary transfiguration, elementary spells, and so on. ”

"It's those holy relics that have witnessed a certain period of history, as long as the holy relics come into my hands, I will get the knowledge of that history from it."

However, this kind of knowledge is different from the content of historical documents, and it cannot be obtained simply by reading history books. I must obtain the essence of the holy relic, perceive it with my heart, let my body and mind be silent in that period of history, witness the civilization in that period of history, and absorb the knowledge I need from it. ”

After taking a deep breath, Arthur slowly began to explain in detail.

"Does it have to be a relic?"

Dumbledore was shocked when he heard Arthur's explanation. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, but when I say holy relics here, I don't just mean those left behind by ancient saints, this narrow definition. Instead, antiques with some magical attributes can be used, but the knowledge obtained is more or less different. ”

"Headmaster Dumbledore, just like the ancient Sumerian gold you gave me earlier, it is also a holy relic in my eyes. I got a sense of how the ancient Sumerian kings ruled and expanded their kingdoms, and I learned a lot from it. ”

Arthur spoke eloquently. Looking at Dumbledore's shocked eyes, he felt that the lie he had made up improvised had already made the other party start to believe it.

Arthur activates his writing ability, in addition to the physical strength required for a free number of times a day, and if he wants to activate his writing ability, he needs to consume a lot of money.

And those ancient objects that are full of magic, or some kind of magic, can be handed over to the audience. In return, the audience forgives him a portion of his foreign debt.

If you ask Dumbledore for money directly, it will easily make Dumbledore suspicious.

Arthur was born into an orphanage, which was very short of money. But Arthur is now a family, and his current manuscript fee is enough to support the daily operation of the orphanage.

In this case, asking Dumbledore for monetary compensation without explaining what the cost of activating the ability to write would not arouse Dumbledore's suspicions.

Can it be done later? Every time he used his writing skills to help Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry survive a crisis, he and Dumbledore asked for monetary compensation.

Headmaster Dumbledore would have been suspicious of Arthur as long as he didn't have Alzheimer's disease.

I compensate you with money every time, but I don't see you spending money. Slowly, Headmaster Dumbledore will no longer be willing to compensate Arthur with money.

Moreover, a normal person will have doubts in his heart, what is the price of starting to give birth to Arthur's ability to activate.

Rather than that, Arthur might as well have made up a plausible reason to explain the cost of his abilities.

Thinking of the Sumerian gold coin that Dumbledore gave him before, the audience forgave him 30 million gold galleons of foreign debt.

The most important thing is that the amount of gold galleons circulating in the entire wizarding world itself is not much, and it is impossible for Dumbledore to pay tens of millions of gold galleons to compensate Arthur, at most it is only a few thousand.

This is not Arthur's imagination.

Regarding the circulation of money in the wizarding world, Mr. Jim Baggins, as the manager of Gringotts Bank, told Arthur that the maximum amount of gold galleons in circulation in the entire British wizarding world is 899 gold galleons per day.

The entire Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has about 2 million gold galleons in the Gringotts vault.

Therefore, asking for money directly cannot relieve Dumbledore's curiosity about the cost of Arthur's ability to activate, and second, it cannot maximize the benefits.

So... Arthur came up with the idea that "the ability to activate requires a lot of knowledge." And this knowledge needs to be obtained from antiques with magical properties - holy relics. ”

In order to make Dumbledore believe in him, Arthur deliberately did not use words such as "power" and "energy", but used "knowledge", and gave "knowledge" another layer of mystery.

"Sure enough, the price required for mysterious abilities is also incredible. I can understand this, though. Just like us wizards, if you want to cast magic, you have to learn things like spells and runes. ”

After listening to Arthur's explanation, Dumbledore leaned back, leaned back in his chair, touched his long beard, and sighed repeatedly.

"Holy relics... I didn't expect that the gold coins given to you last time would not only have a magical barrier with protective abilities, but also allow you to gain 'knowledge'. ”

"Hmm... Let me think... This item may be what you want. ”

Dumbledore looked around, his gaze finally resting on his bookshelf. He waved his fingers slightly, and a stone slab flew out of the bookshelf and slowly landed in front of the two of them.

"What is this?"

Looking at the stone slab in front of him that has been washed by the years and cannot see the handwriting on it. Arthur was a little confused.

"I happened to see the Sumerian gold coin when I found it. The above is the story of the ancient Sumerian kings. I think it should give you more 'knowledge' than that gold coin. ”

Dumbledore pushed the yellowstone slab on the table towards Arthur, smiling slightly.

This kid has brought him too much shock and has a kind heart. He is happy that he can help Arthur for the rest of his life, so that Arthur can grow up quickly.

"Sumerian kings?! Aren't they in the collection of museums in the Muggle world? ”

Arthur exclaimed. Looking at the stone slab full of quaint atmosphere in front of him, he fell into a deep shock.

The Sumerian King Table, an ancient Mesopotamian document, was written in cuneiform script. The king's table lists the rulers and reigns of the neighboring regions of Mesopotamia.

A total of 27 copies have been found, but all of them are in the collection of Muggle World museums.

Arthur didn't expect Dumbledore, a wizard, to collect items from the Muggle world.