Chapter 47: The Pen of Acceptance and the Book of Access
Knock knock!
Early in the morning, there was a knock on the window of Hermione's bedroom. The sound of the window alarmed Lovell, who scrambled to his feet, scrutinizing the source of the sound with a wary eye.
But when it saw who was knocking on the window, it was relieved that it was Fox outside the window.
But after being reassured, Lovell was a little disappointed, because he understood that when Fawkes appeared outside the window, it meant that he was leaving.
It glanced at Hermione, who was still asleep, and her eyes were full of reluctance.
We'll see you again. Lovell looked at Hermione and thought firmly.
It crept over to the window, opened it a crack, and crept out on its own. During the whole process, Hermione was awake and slept soundly.
Goodbye! Despite knowing that the girl couldn't see, Lovell waved his paw at Hermione, grabbed Fawkes's tail feathers, and vanished.
On the bed, Hermione rolled over, not realizing that her little wolf cub had left.
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Lovell returns to Hogwarts after a long absence.
"Welcome back, how was Christmas?" Dumbledore sat in his chair behind his desk, waiting for Lovell and Fawkes to return.
The thought of those interactions with Hermione during the Christmas holidays made Lovell feel a wave of heartfelt joy. It nodded, indicating that it had a very nice Christmas.
"That's good, many people have come to you these days when you're away." Dumbledore smiled and told Lovell that Filch, the castlekeeper, and Dimit, the Dark Magic Professor, had come to find it when it had returned for Christmas.
Dimmitt is for the transfer, and Filch wants to use Lovell's power to catch a student who repeatedly violates school rules but doesn't let go.
"Got it," Lovell flicked his paw impatiently, "I'll see them after breakfast." ”
Lovell, who was taken away from Granger's house, was not in a good mood. In revenge on Dumbledore, it decided to eat a big meal and empty the bad old man's food reserves!
This was the only way the wolf cub could get revenge on Dumbledore.
After all, it was just an ordinary little wolf, and it couldn't even resist a girl like Hermione, so how could it go against Dumbledore's will?
Hey? Lovell had a ghostly idea.
"Professor Dumbledore, can I study magic?" It looked at Dumbledore with its big innocent eyes, pretending to be as innocent as possible: I'm just a little wolf cub who is curious about magic, what bad heart can a wolf cub have?
"Huh?" Dumbledore looked at Lovell with interest, not only curious about why the little wolf suddenly wanted to learn magic, but also about Lovell's qualifications to become a wizard.
Facing Dumbledore's gaze, Lovell was a little weak - it wanted to improve its voice by learning magic, and it would be quite embarrassing if Dumbledore saw through this little bit of caution.
"It's an interesting idea," Dumbledore said slowly, "I need to verify one thing now, and when I'm done with it, we'll talk about learning magic." ”
Dumbledore wasn't stalling for time to prevaricate Lovell, he was really going to see if Lovell had the talent to become a wizard.
There are two ways to tell if an ordinary child can become a wizard.
For those children who show their talents early, it is naturally easy to judge. Some children can make glass disappear into thin air, some children can make flowers bloom and wither, and some children can float up when they roll down the stairs...... Experienced people know that this child can become a wizard as soon as they see these performances.
What about children who have no outward manifestations?
This involves two magic items that have been stored in the Hogwarts Towers: the Pen of Acceptance and the Book of Access.
These two Boosters were created by the founders of Hogwarts Magic, and they appeared even before Hogwarts Castle was built. Due to the age and complexity of the charms, the principle of the operation of the two props has been lost to the dust of history.
The Pen of Acceptance is a quill that detects the birth of a child with magical talent and writes the child's name on the Book of Acceptance. Any child with a magical talent can be detected by the Acceptance Brush, but not everyone's name can be written on the Admission Book. The Book of Admission is the overseer of the Pen of Acceptance, and unless it receives sufficient evidence of a person's magical abilities, it will refuse to write the child's name on it.
Since the Book of Access contains the name and date of birth of every wizarding child, it is able to tell people who will enter Hogwarts and when. Professor McGonagall goes to the book every year and uses an owl to send admission letters to children who are about to turn eleven, inviting them to come to school.
"You go and get busy with yours first." Dumbledore stood up, ready to let Lovell play on his own. Now he's going to look for Lovell's name on the Book of Access to see if it's on it.
Lovell blinked, a curiosity burning in his heart: it wanted to know what Dumbledore was going to do.
"You'd like to check it out?" Dumbledore noticed Lovell's eyes, and after a moment of reflection, he decided that it would not be a problem to take Lovell with him.
"Come with me, but you can't run around." After Dumbledore had said a few words, he took Lovell with him, ready to show him the treasures of Hogwarts.
"Okay, I promise!" Hearing that his request had been met, Lovell wagged his tail happily, and he quickly assured Dumbledore that he wouldn't make any trouble.
Dumbledore led Lovell to the wall of the Headmaster's office, the innermost part of the Headmaster's office, which looked like a dead end. The walls here are not covered with portraits or shelves like the walls in other places, just a small piece of empty wall.
Dumbledore held out his hand to the wall, and when his wizened hand touched the wall, the place where the palm of his hand met the wall changed: the smooth wall rippled, and the wall seemed to become water, and something was rapidly rising under the water.
The ripples gradually expanded, and a silver door gradually appeared in front of Lovell.
When the door was fully revealed, Dumbledore withdrew his palm, and the wall returned to a solid state, only now there was an extra door out of thin air.
"Let's go, I'll take you to see the Book of Access." Dumbledore said to a stunned Lovell.
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The first one is sent, I wish everyone a happy winter solstice, and I hope everyone eats dumplings
The second watch was at 8 o'clock in the morning