Chapter 8: Forever 18 Years ...... Zero thousands of months!
After Professor Dumbledore was seated, Harley brought him another cup of tea and gave him some extra sugar.
After Hallie sat down, Dumbledore took a big sip of tea, then smiled and began to care about Hallie's life: "Hallie, how was your summer vacation going?" ”
"Thank you professor for your concern, my holiday life is good." Harley replied softly.
"You don't have to be so inhibited when you talk to me." Dumbledore leaned back slightly on the couch,
"You can think of it as if you're talking to your loved ones.
Speaking of which, your grandfather, Fremont Porter, and I were also very good friends back then. ”
Harley nodded obediently, and sat slightly relaxed to express her support for Dumbledore's words.
As for age, Harley Potter is a beautiful girl who is always eighteen years old!
At most, it's a few hundred, no, maybe a matter of thousands of months...... It doesn't matter!
An old man and a young man chatted, and the room rang with a girl's silver bell-like laughter.
After a brief conversation, Professor Dumbledore turned to the first thing.
"I heard Amelia say that something strange happened to you some time ago? Your letters disappeared inexplicably, and finally appeared inexplicably? ”
Professor Dumbledore steered the conversation in the direction he wanted,
"You should know Lady Amelia Bones, right? I remember you had a good relationship with Miss Susan Bones. ”
"Of course I do." Hallie nodded, "Susan introduced me to her aunt and talked about her a lot. ”
"Oh, that's good, it saves me a lot of trouble." Dumbledore said with a smile,
"My brother and I have a very good relationship and are friends who can trust each other's backs. When we first started fighting Voldemort, we were on the front line.
Therefore, Amelia and I have known each other for a long time. And she told me about it not long ago. ”
"Yes." Harley duly showed a sad expression, "I was very worried about the sudden disappearance of those letters, and finally their sudden reappearance.
You know, it's uncomfortable and scary to never get a letter from a friend.
After retrieving the letter, I spent the whole day replying to the letter and explaining the reasons in the letter, and was pecked a few times by the overworked Hedwig. ”
"It's so sympathetic." Dumbledore whispered, "Originally, the Ministry of Magic wanted to send a team to reverse accidental magical events to deal with this unknown magical phenomenon.
After all, this magical event took place in the Muggle community, which was very dangerous, and could also affect the law of secrecy.
I took the initiative to take it over, though, because I had heard something different from Severus.
Of course, the Ministry of Magic would be happy to let me settle this matter. They should have a lot of faith in my old man's strength. ”
As he spoke, Dumbledore looked Harley in the eye, "Harley, can you explain to me in detail what happened?" ”
Hallie didn't hesitate. She had long guessed that Dumbledore would ask, so she directly described the matter according to what she had thought out in advance:
"There was a house-elf, at least based on what I knew, that intercepted all my letters.
The last time I intercepted my letter, though, I managed to use my innate magic to injure it and snatch it back.
The house-elf never did this again.
And I was afraid that the Ministry of Magic would do something unnecessary, so I didn't tell them, just Professor Severus. ”
Professor Dumbledore nodded thoughtfully, and didn't ask anything more, "Since you relied on your own natural magic to injure it, that's the past.
House-elves are attached to wizard families, and until now, only particularly wealthy pure-blood families are eligible to have private house-elves.
It seems that some people who don't have a good relationship with you send house-elves to play pranks on you.
However, his behavior has gone too far, and he has already violated the laws of the Ministry of Magic. ”
Hallie adjusted her sitting posture slightly, "Professor, how will this matter develop in the future?" ”
"I don't know." Dumbledore shrugged his shoulders, a gesture that was very inconsistent with his old and steady image,
"I'm only responsible for telling the Ministry of Magic about my findings, and it's not up to me to decide if they'll handle it.
You know, I'm just an old man, a headmaster who doesn't have any rights, after all. ”
Harley didn't ask any more, after all, after a year of study, she already had a certain understanding of the social and political system of the Ministry of Magic.
According to Dumbledore, the owners of such house-elves were wealthy pure-bloods.
According to what Harley learned from school, the wealthy pure-blood family in the wizarding world is equivalent to the great nobles of the Kingdom of Rune.
Want the king and the prime minister to deal with them? I can only think about it. Or with the strength of an angel on the earth, it can be done, and the demigods are not easy to use.
Of course, the wizarding world doesn't seem to be particularly strong, but Harley isn't a demigod now.
There was a brief silence between the two sides, and Hallie asked coldly:
"Professor, you don't seem to have any questions about my innate magic?"
"Of course." Dumbledore said with a smile, "The appearance of innate magic is very strange, and by now, there are dozens of recorded innate magic.
So I'm not curious about it. As for what your innate magic is, I already had a rough idea of it at the end of last semester.
After all, it was a forbidden area that I had set up myself. I'm monitoring it with magic, and it's very normal. ”
Harley didn't say anything, not surprised by the result.
Rather, she would have been surprised if Dumbledore hadn't monitored the box.
"Hallie, would you like to join me for a visit to the French wizarding world this weekend?"
After such a long conversation, the topic finally moved on to the second topic. This was also Dumbledore's original intention.
"That old friend of mine, Nicol Lemay, is very interested in you defeating Voldemort and wants to meet you.
And I also want to take this opportunity to take you to expand your horizons, better understand this magical world, and get in touch with the wonders of this world. ”
Harley didn't think much of it and agreed without hesitation.
In the past few days, she has thought about it repeatedly and feels that this is a very good opportunity.
After regaining strength, if Harley wants to be promoted further, she can't just stay in Hogwarts.
Traveling around the world of magic is obviously an optimal choice.
And now, Professor Dumbledore, who is famous in the global wizarding community, is willing to step into this stage with him, which is obviously a very cost-effective thing.
Therefore, Harley did not hesitate at all and had no reason to refuse.
All right. With a flick of his wand, Dumbledore saw a slip appear in front of him, "This is our approximate itinerary.
We will leave tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. and be back by August 15th. You can write a few more letters to your friends today to say goodbye for a while. ”
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(Thanks to the nine-tailed Yanhu for the tip!) )