A day at Hogwarts

It was late at night, and all the house elves in the kitchen had gone to rest, and there were only Charles and Dumbledore in the huge kitchen.

Dumbledore took a sip of his drink and began to tell a story.

He asked Charles: "You should know about Merlin."

Charles nodded and replied, "I know that Merlin is a powerful wizard in history. It is said that he has lived for thousands of years and served as King Uther's think tank and King Arthur's teacher."

Dumbledore said with a smile: "Merlin did not live for thousands of years, but his successors are also called Merlin. Some historians believe that the first Merlin was a druid 1,500 years ago."

"Druid?" Charles was taken aback, this style of painting is a bit wrong.

Dumbledore said: "Many years ago, people's understanding of magic was limited, and there were many names for wizards. Druids were one of them. They had not yet separated from primitive religions."

Charles expressed his understanding that people in the past had limited knowledge of the world, and wizards with magic skills were regarded as the spokespersons of gods.

Dumbledore continued: "According to legend, the magic used by the ancient wizards a long time ago was rough, but powerful. It was just before the era of the first Merlin that the magic power of the wizards gradually became weaker than before. .”

Charles is not very familiar with the history of wizards. In the history of magic class, you can win if you don’t snore. When he heard this, he was surprised and said: "So about a thousand years ago, the strength of wizards declined a lot. The contradiction between ordinary people and wizards, began to hunt wizards, and then there was Hogwarts, which protected young wizards."

Dumbledore took a sip of his drink while listening to him, then nodded and said, "Charles, you have very keen observation skills, just as you said."

"Later, the power of the wizards gradually recovered, which made some wizards have some kind of idea."

Charles tentatively asked, "Grindelwald?"

Dumbledore nodded, and then said: "Grindelwald believes that the era of wizards' powerlessness has passed, and the future will be the era of wizards ruling Muggles, but he is wrong."

Charles didn't think about whether Grindelwald was right or wrong, but his mind was full of black lines, how did this style of painting turn to the flow of spiritual recovery.

Dumbledore began to talk back to Merlin: "It is said that the first Merlin discovered the problem of the weakening of wizards' power, so he and other wizards 'hid the sunset deep until the long night passed and the sun rose'."

Charles thought about it and said, "So, Merlin thought that magic would disappear in the future, so he and other wizards hid their inheritance somewhere, and waited for the magic to reappear before handing it over to new wizards."

"That's right." Dumbledore was satisfied with his sensitivity, "This inheritance is guarded by every generation of Merlin."

"It is said that a thousand years ago, when Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff decided to establish Hogwarts in the darkest hour, they met Merlin of that era, and then the four The founders built Hogwarts here, and people can't help but associate it."

Charles nodded, thinking it made sense.

Dumbledore continued: "The things that Merlin worried about at the beginning did not happen. Although the strength of the wizards has weakened, they have not been cut off, and the magic has been passed down."

"The last Merlin has been troubled by this for a long time. The cause that countless people have guarded for thousands of years is useless in the end. But he finally figured it out. No one can predict what will happen hundreds of years later. Although the efforts of the ancestors did not work , but we cannot deny their sacrifice and dedication to the wizards of the world."

"The last Merlin told his disciples that the career of Merlin in the past is over in his own generation, and he can continue to use the real name of Nicole Flamel."

"The position inherited by wizards such as Merlin was brought into the grave by the last Merlin."

Charles blinked after hearing this. He didn't expect the ending of this story, let alone that Nicole Flamel was the last inheritor of Merlin.

It's no wonder Dumbledore knew the history, he and Nico Flamel were friends.

Charles thought to himself, now that Dumbledore told himself this history, maybe he wanted to pass on the story of the Merlins.

After Dumbledore finished his drink, he said: "There is no definite conclusion on whether the thermal cave and Merlin's inheritance are related. It's just a guess. Someone once excavated the room inside, and the result was nothing but collapsed."

Charles said with a smile: "It seems that I am lucky."

Dumbledore said: "It is mainly your bravery and kindness that gave you the opportunity."

"I'm going to explore the hot cave with other professors next weekend, are you coming?"

Charles naturally agreed to form a team with the boss to gain experience.

Dumbledore said to him again: "Don't tell others that you can use the Patronus Charm and hunt Voldebats. You are very talented, but the time to learn magic is still short, and it takes time to settle down before you can go further .”

"You didn't join the dueling club, did you? How about I arrange for a professor to give you a supplementary dueling class?"

Charles immediately replied happily: "Thank you for the cultivation, principal!"

But the next second he said helplessly: "But I don't have that much time, I'm still in Professor Snape's confinement period."

Charles could tell that Old Deng had the idea of ​​cultivating himself, but the time in a day was limited. Even if he was young and could stay up late, he couldn't drag the professor out of bed in the middle of the night to teach him.

At this time, he suddenly thought of the Time Converter. This thing can indeed allow him to exercise 30 hours a day. In "Memory", Hermione applied to the Ministry of Magic because she was good enough, and he should be in the excellent range if he can use the Patronus Charm. Inside it.

Charles' heart suddenly beat violently. If he could get a time-turner, would he go back to Wales 12 years ago to see who put himself in the trash can, and then went over to give him two slaps.

Or... there's plenty more to do, like go back 350 million years and kick the first animals out of the water back into the water.

Sure enough, Dumbledore said to him: "I will find a solution to the problem of time, but it will be very hard."

Charles immediately replied: "No problem, the hard work now is to enjoy life in the future!"

Dumbledore secretly sighed that this kid's ideas are always so unexpected.

Charles was a little on his feet as he left the kitchen, and it sounded like Dumbledore was actually going to apply for a Time-Turner for him.

He just smiled so silly that when he met Malfoy on the stairs, he greeted Malfoy with a smile, scaring Pony to run away.