Dumbledore slowly sat back down on the couch.

Townsend could notice that he was trying to keep his composure, but the slightly trembling ripples on the surface of the black tea in his cup reproduced the turbulence in his heart.

After a long time, he raised his head, looked at Tang Sen again, and asked in an almost pleading tone, "Professor Tang, you are a soothsayer, if you can see the future, tell me that the future will have a different ending, right?" ”

"I mean, you don't have to destroy all the Horcruxes to kill Voldemort completely?"

Townsend responded to Dumbledore with a sad gaze and said, "Professor Dumbledore, I said that the future will change, so there may be hope. ”

“.”

Dumbledore closed his eyes and leaned back, letting his long gray-white beard spill all over his placket.

He understood what Townsend was saying, at least in the future that Townsend saw, there was no such possibility.

"Professor Tang—"

Dumbledore noticed that his voice was a little hoarse, so he coughed lightly and said, "You must have heard of that prophecy. ”

"The man who has the power to defeat the Dark Lord approached the man who had resisted him three times, at the end of July. The Dark Lord will mark him as his rival, but he will have powers that the Dark Lord does not know, and one of them will die at the hands of the other, for neither of them can live, only one will survive. The man who has the power to defeat the Dark Lord will be born at the end of July."

"I've always believed in this prophecy, I mean, Harry lived up to everything described in the prophecy, he did kill Tom, even if he came back now, I believe that Harry must be the one who finally defeated Voldemort"

Tang Sen listened quietly to him before he spoke, "As I said, Professor Dumbledore. ”

"When a prophecy is spoken, the future has been changed, Professor Trelawney has a gift for foresight, but she obviously can't control it, she just instinctively gets the revelation from the future, but can't tell what the future will be after saying this prophecy."

"Divulging the future, especially with profound impact, is always a matter of caution."

"So." Dumbledore said, "So this prophecy has expired?" ”

"You can't try to rely on a young wizard, a student who should be happy studying in school, to defeat a terrible enemy that threatens the entire wizarding world, Professor Dumbledore."

"It's not realistic, and it's not fair to Mr. Potter. ”

He slowly stood up.

"I once spoke to my students."

"Fate is not an immutable river, you always think that people's fate is already predestined, but that is a fallacy."

"On the contrary, as a person who can see the future, I always believe that the future can be changed and that people's destiny is always in their own hands."

He stared at Dumbledore and said, "It is not justice to impose responsibility on someone else in the name of fate. ”

"Just running away."

Towngsen's words were offensive, sounding even close to refuting and preaching, but Dumbledore didn't show any annoyance, his eyelids drooped, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to deepen.

"Escape." Dumbledore muttered, "Maybe you're right, Professor Don." ”

"I did put too much responsibility on Harry and I just. I'm just some."

Dumbledore didn't look at Townsen, his gaze seemed to look into the void, into the depths of distant memories.

At this moment, Townsend felt that Dumbledore in front of him was no longer the greatest white wizard of this century, who was always wise and calm, but an old man.

There was silence in the headmaster's room.

Until the phoenix in the corner suddenly flew up and landed next to Dumbledore, rubbing Dumbledore's white hair with its side face.

This woke Dumbledore up, he patted the phoenix on the head, looked at Townsend again, and said, "I'm sorry I lost some of my temper. ”

"Maybe I need time to think. Professor Tang, that's all for today's conversation. ”

Townsend nodded and said softly, "If you need my help, you can always come to me, no matter what, I am a professor at Hogwarts after all." ”

"When it comes to the mystery man, I believe our position is the same."

He turned, walking lightly towards the headmaster's room.

"Professor Tang—"

Dumbledore spoke suddenly.

"What about the magician?"

"Do you stand the same as him?"

Perhaps he had received too much shocking news during the conversation, and Dumbledore no longer had the heart to test and maneuver, and unabashedly stated the core purpose of his interview today.

Tang Sen's footsteps paused, he didn't look back, just said calmly:

"I'm a soothsayer, and my position is always in the future."

He didn't linger any longer, walked out of the principal's room, and gently closed the door.

It wasn't until the rumbling of gargoyles moving outside that Dumbledore's eyes were still on the closed door.

A long, deep sigh echoed in the headmaster's room.

The rest of the day went on as planned, and Hogwarts Castle, and the entire wizarding world of Britain, seemed to be peaceful.

For nearly three weeks, Dumbledore never came to see Townsend again, and he seemed to have become busier, and from the words of the students, it was clear that Dumbledore was rarely seen in the Great Hall even during meal time.

And the resurrected Dark Lord, as if he had never been resurrected, during this time no news came out, and the words of Rita Skeeter, a reporter for the Daily Prophet, became sharper and sharper, as if this quiet day was enough to be ironclad proof that the mysterious man was not resurrected, she laughed at Harry Potter's lies more than once, and even began to mention Dumbledore's name in a big way.

As for "The Magician", the Daily Prophet has never mentioned anything about the careerist since the original report, despite the fact that the undercurrent of the entire British wizarding community has been known for his remarks at the Leaky Cauldron.

Many wizards believe that the Ministry of Magic is fully prepared to arrest the magician the next time he appears, and then crucify the other party for his crime with absolute ironclad evidence, imprison the other party in Azkaban forever, and even directly sentence him to death-

While none of the wizards have publicly expressed their support for the magician's statements, the Ministry of Magic has come to realize from the rumors that the impact of these statements is growing, as evidenced in part by the fact that the Department of Misuse of Muggle Items has been so busy during this time that some employees have even submitted their resignations on the grounds that they are increasingly unable to understand the confiscated Muggle items

Apparently the Ministry of Magic realized that they were no longer able to deal with the wave of rumors, so it might be a better option to address the source directly.

These external undercurrents did not affect Hogwarts Castle too much, the fear caused by Voldemort had subsided over time, the arguments about the magicians that could often be heard appeared less and less, and the daily life of the students was naturally occupied by lessons and trivialities.

Truth be told, they were more disgusted with Umbridge who had become more and more careless after Dumbledore showed up less than anything in the outside world.

The walls of the corridor on the first floor have been nailed with various regulations by Umbridge, and any student who violates the regulations will be brutally punished, and it is the picket team led by Malfoy who pickets and inspects the students.

The Slytherin student seemed to have a gloomy personality after his father's death, he had no smile on his face, no one wanted to look at him when he walked down the corridors of Hogwarts, and he was always merciless in refuting those who supported the idea of magicians, cursing them and even their family.

This behavior was punished several times by Professor McGonagall, but with Umbridge's support, the other party intensified, and the most direct effect was that Harry Potter was almost unable to survive at Hogwarts, and if it weren't for Hermione's obstruction and the sense of accomplishment brought to him by the Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the Room of Requirement, he would definitely have duel with Malfoy regardless of the consequences.

As for Towngson, his days were simple and fulfilling.

The last time the Fantastic Beasts Division sent to process the meat was almost exhausted, and it only took Townsend a short month to consume the amount that would take almost two or three years to digest.

Snape's digestive potion played a crucial role in this.

Although the Potions professor angrily refuted Townsend every time, declaring that he would never concoct potions for him again, Townsend was always able to find a way to make the other party have to obediently hand over the purple liquid.

The extraordinary properties in his body had accumulated more and more as he continued to eat, and Tang Sen felt that his physique had at least doubled—and this was on the basis of the potion power of the previous world that had almost raised his physique to the limit of ordinary people.

As for magic, his repair spell could already ignite a half-meter radius of flames, and if it weren't for his ability to manipulate flames, Tang Sen would not have been able to practice spells in the Cauldron Bar anymore.

Of course, these gains have not greatly improved Tang Sen's strength at present, after all, the ability of the magician is good enough, and Tang Sen's biggest gain in this month is that he has finally eaten the pre-knowledge in the research materials of the ancient transformation magic.

Although he was still a long way from being able to transform living creatures, at the very least, he unleashed his first normal spell since coming into this world.

Transfiguration.

And it's wandless Transfiguration.

He was able to transform small, lifeless items into another one, removing the wandless spell caster, which was about the level of Transfiguration of a second-year wizard - this achievement did not show how talented Townsend was in magic, allowing him to do in a month what a young wizard would have taken a year to do.

In fact, if you compare the time spent studying, Townsend may spend much more time and energy in a month than a young wizard in a year.

Regardless, Townsend can now proudly say that he can be called a wizard.

Smaug's learning progress was much more significant, and the ability of the audience sequence potions gave him a natural talent for language, and in a month's time, he was able to communicate with Townsend in English, and those boastful words were practiced by him perfectly.

Obviously, it can't wait to leave the dark and barren space of consciousness and soar freely above the horizon of another world.

"Calculate the time, it seems like it's time to start preparing."

Three days before the magician's appointed time at the Leaky Cauldron Bar, Townsend stood in the upper room of the Leaky Cauldron Bar, facing the mirror, which was a plain face.

It was the face of a Muggle chosen by Townsend at random on the street, a pure stranger face to the wizarding world.

He retrieved a black top hat and put it on his head, letting the shadow of the brim obscure his gaze, then lifted a black suitcase that had been placed next to him.

The suitcase wasn't the same as the one he had brought out of the Tower, but what was the same was that it still had the Traceless Extension Charm on it - illegal, of course, and Townsend had paid hundreds of gold Galleons to buy from Tumbledown Alley with another face.

After confirming his face in the mirror, Tang Sen threw out a paper figure, and the paper figure instantly turned into Tang Sen's original appearance, and under the effect of illusion, he sat quietly at the desk with a book in his hand.

After doing all this, Townsend snapped his fingers again, and his body disappeared from the spot in an instant, and when he reappeared, he had already arrived at the door of the Leaky Cauldron Bar.

Unlike before, this image entered the Leaky Cauldron without attracting any attention, in fact, it was overcrowded at this time, and this had been going on since the last magician speech, and Townsend could hear words such as "war", "Muggle", and "Internet" constantly ringing in the cacophony of sounds.

He squeezed his way through the crowd, entered Diagon Alley through the entrance to the back door of the Leaky Cauldron, and came to a domed building with somewhat sloping beams.

Gringotts.

As the headquarters of Gringotts in the British wizarding world, the gate here is full of wizards, following the crowd into the gate, you can see that on both sides of the hall are counters more than two meters high, and the elves sit on the counters, looking down on the guests.

This extremely greedy and cunning race, with its almost pathological thirst for money, runs the only bank in the wizarding world, and it is clear that their relationship with humans is anything but friendly.

Of course, this unfriendliness also stems from the unfair attitude of wizards towards them, after the conquest, most of the elves were deprived of the right to use wands, and if it weren't for the elves' sensitivity to numbers, perhaps they would not be in a much better position than house-elves.

Townsend found a counter where no one was handling business for the time being, and stopped.

The goblin on the counter, with an extremely pointed nose and ears, a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, a quill in his crooked fingers, was writing quickly on the parchment, he didn't look at Town, but said in a slightly disgusted and impatient tone: "What business?" ”

Tang Sen was not angry because of the other party's attitude, but said calmly: "I want to buy a vault." ”

The goblin was stunned for a moment, then finally raised his head and looked at Tang Sen.

"Vault?"

He did not show disdain for Tang Sen's unsightly appearance, but showed an earnest smile, put down the quill in his hand, and said, "This distinguished guest, what kind of vault do you want?" ”

Tang Sen said lightly: "I don't know much about Gringotts' vaults, so-"

"Of course, distinguished guests!" The goblin stood up, "Please allow me to give you more details." ”

"Nope." Townsend interrupted him: "I mean, so, the most expensive one will do. ”

The goblin was stunned for a moment, he didn't react a little, and repeated: "The most expensive?" ”

"I'm too lazy to choose, generally speaking, the most expensive must be the best, isn't that the case in Gringotts' vault?" Townsend Road.

"Of course!" The elf's tone was high, and he stood up from behind the counter and said loudly, "Guest, you're so good at picking things. Please follow me. ”

He dragged his fat body down with difficulty, and stood in front of Tang Sen, the other party's height was as high as Tang Sen's waist, and now, it was the goblin's turn to look up at Tang Sen.

"The eyes of the guests are so good, Gringotts' vault is the safest place in the world, I can say responsibly that since the creation of Gringotts, not a single gold galleon has ever been lost, and almost all families in the wizarding world have purchased vaults in Gringotts to store what they consider to be the most precious things."

The goblin leads the way and chatters about it, according to common sense, people will wonder if a stranger has the purchasing power, and always like to verify the financial resources in order to avoid wasting energy, but the goblins obviously have a different understanding of this kind of thing - they will not let go of any opportunity to make money! Nor does it take any risk of missing out on an opportunity to make money, even if it is possible to be teased.

"The most expensive vault at the moment is Vault 721, its door cannot be opened in any way, only the touch of the purchaser himself and the goblin in charge of maintenance can open the vault, everyone else will be sucked in by the power of magic, and then stuck on the door Actually, the famous Professor Dumbledore's private vault is the kind of door used, of course, for privacy, I can't tell you the number of that vault."

The two of them sat on a minecart-like vehicle, and then, in a frenetic, extreme way, the vehicle began to descend down the track, as if the elves had hollowed out the entire Diagon Alley underground, until the elves had switched to the fifth way to boast about Gringotts, and the vehicle finally stopped on a small platform.

Townsend could see the number 721 on the rock face behind the platform.

The goblin politely led Tang Sen off the platform and said, "I can show you how to open the door, and after you pay the price of the vault, you can enter your own information into it, and from then on, only me and you can open this door, of course, I will naturally be the maintainer of Vault 721." Don't worry, I'll never touch what's in the vault. ”

"I'm going to do it every ten years, and you only have to pay a little bit for maintenance, I mean ten gold gallons a year is reasonable."

With that, he opened the door, and Townsend could see that it was almost as large as the first floor of the Leaky Cauldron.

"If you need more space, we can also help you renovate for a small fee." The goblin held out a finger and smiled all over his face: "It's just a trivial expense for a distinguished guest." ”

"That's enough for now." Townsend nodded and walked towards the vault.

"Wait. Guest, you haven't paid for it yet, Vault 721 is the best vault in Gringotts, and his price is yes."

The elf's words were interrupted by a dazzling golden light.

He watched as Townsend lifted one leg and placed the suitcase on his lap, then opened the buckle to reveal a full pile of gold gallons.

"I'm not interested in the price."

Townsend tilted the suitcase slightly, and the Golden Galleon began to pour out of the suitcase in a steady stream.

"How much money is needed, Gringotts can take it from these gold galleons himself."

In the space between his words, the golden gallons were still leaning outward, and soon formed a large pile that almost buried Townsen's calves.

"It's not in accordance with the rules, and you have to complete the procedures before you can use the vault." The goblin looked at the golden galleons with fixed eyes, and said quickly, "Of course, for the sake of distinguished guests like you, Gringotts is willing to be a little flexible. ”

He shook suddenly, and said: "I haven't introduced myself yet, I am the lamp buckle, and I will be your personal manager in the future, I mean, you can find me for any business, I will do it myself!" ”

Tang Sen glanced at him, still with no expression on his face.

The goblin didn't care, and said, "Guest, this is the box of the Traceless Extension Charm, right?" ”

He swallowed: "How big is it?" I mean, I'm responsible for the safety of my guests."

"Enough to fill this vault, Mr. Lampbuckle." Townsend was not interested in this topic, he placed the box on the top of the already half-human height of the Golden Galleon, and said, "Speaking of business, I do have a business I would like to entrust to Gringotts. ”

"I want to entrust all the gold coins here to Gringotts—"

He squatted.

and distribution.

Lazy to score a medal.

(End of chapter)