Drink Black Tea Calmly at Hogwarts

ten years ago

I'm still a student, you're not a professor

we are still the same

Stay with Hogwarts

Walking through the increasingly familiar corridors

ten years later

We are friends, we can still say hello

Just that tenderness

I can no longer find the feeling of freedom

The campus will inevitably become a society in the end.

Dividing line

The four people in the office discussed the details of tomorrow and then dispersed.

Hermione and Ron came to Diagon Alley together. The tea in her office was out and she had to replenish it.

But Hermione soon discovered that something was wrong with Ron. "What are you thinking about?" she asked.

"It's nothing." Ron said softly, "I just realized that we can no longer go back to the past era where everyone could solve problems together without any worries. Now when we want to solve a problem, there are too many things to take into consideration. Just like Fudge back then.”

Under the watchful eye of the salesperson in a long skirt from Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes, when Hermione and Ron walked through the fireplace in the store to the Burrow, Neville had just finished reporting to Professor McGonagall what the four of them had discussed today.

Professor McGonagall looked at Neville coldly and said nothing, which made Neville very uncomfortable.

The silence in the principal's office lasted for almost five minutes. Professor McGonagall finally waved to Neville and only said, "Just do as you say."

After Neville left the office, Professor McGonagall leaned back on his chair and sighed. Neville, who seemed honest and honest back then, was also playing tricks on him.

The identity of "descendant of Voldemort" is a hot potato for former Death Eaters like the Malfoy family, but it is a very tempting political resource for Neville.

When Dumbledore was training Harry Potter, he didn't get the glory of the "savior". With Harry's card in hand, many things would be much easier to handle, such as convening Order of the Phoenix members for the second time, or cooperating with No. 10 Downing Street.

Neville must also be planning to win these two people to his side. In this way, the slogan of "educating and influencing the descendants of Voldemort" can add a lot of highlights to Neville.

Where there are people, there are also arenas, and there are all kinds of overt and covert struggles among the professors at Hogwarts. But in the past, Dumbledore's golden name was so prominent that the professors put away their little thoughts.

However, Professor McGonagall's prestige is far less than that of Dumbledore, and the threat of Voldemort has been eliminated. Now someone is starting to make a move. On the first day of school, she also planned to ask Zhang Xu to attend the opening banquet and put some pressure on some people. However, Zhang Xu realized that something was wrong at the first moment and left the UK early the next morning.

Among the professors in the same group as Professor McGonagall, although Professor Sprout still serves as the dean of Hufflepuff, she no longer carries out any teaching tasks. She now devotes all her energy to herbal genetics. on research. Professor Flitwick, who serves as the vice-president, is very simple. Although he is the same age as Professor McGonagall, he has made no secret of his goal - to wait for Professor McGonagall to retire and sit on the position of principal for a few years.

Among the other professors, Hagrid only had eyes for those animals and his lover far away in Beauxbatons. Professor Babbling had changed jobs a few years ago, Professor Trelawney had always stayed away from the worldly world, and Professor Sinistra only cared about heaven. Star, Professor Victor is still a little transparent...

Lupine and Black were relatively calm. The former was strictly neutral and had no desires and desires. The latter originally wanted to jump, but lost interest after being suppressed by Malfoy over old scores.

What surprised Professor McGonagall the most was Professor Rodney. At first, Professor McGonagall thought that this former military person would cause trouble at Hogwarts. Who knew that all her thoughts besides teaching were focused on suddenly appearing in the school? The person who came out claimed that it was given to his daughter after drinking alcohol.

Among the professors, the ones who jumped the most were Faranir, who was brought in by the school board, and Neville, who was secretly against him.

Now it seems that Neville has found an opportunity to jump out.

The only one who is most worry-free is Professor Binns.

As my generation retires, I wonder what trouble the new professors will cause in the future. Thinking of this, Professor McGonagall had to sigh, "It's hard to lead a team."

"So I left as soon as I saw something was wrong with the current situation in the UK." As soon as Zhang Xu finished speaking, with a "pop", a disposable paper cup filled with a glass of water hit the table in front of him. Fortunately, thanks to the magic spell, not even a drop of the tap water in the paper cup was spilled.

Later, a cup of hot honey lemon tea and a small plate of various flavored gummies appeared in front of the host sitting opposite Zhang Xu.

"In Beverly Hills, a servant like you is unique." Zhang Xu was not angry because he was treated lightly. Instead, he joked about the male maid who had not given him a good look in the past few years. "Why haven't you returned to Nurmengard yet?"

"When he is really dead, I will go back after I stuff him back into the grave." Grindelwald said, pointing to the old man beside him.

"Okay, okay, I'll die tomorrow." Zhang Xu had heard Dumbledore's words for several years.

Some people are alive, but he is dead. These words are more suitable to describe Dumbledore now.

Dumbledore's illness at that time was not fake, but his problem was that he almost lost all his magic power. In the end, he was even worse than Filch, but his body was able to survive for a long time under the treatment of Slughorn's special potion. for a long time.

It's just that in the context of the times, a Dumbledore with no fighting ability was far less useful than a Dumbledore who died in battle, so he collaborated with Snape in a play, jumping out of the window of Hogwarts anyway. No one will die if you go out.

Dumbledore, who used the same fake death potion as Snape and Harry, could be said to have been sealed in the tomb while alive. That night, Slughorn, one of the insiders, took him out of the tomb through a secret passage. With the help of Newt Scamander, he came to the United States to live in seclusion.

Afterwards, Slughorn once again modified his relevant memories, but Snape still closed his mind, so this matter was hidden from everyone.

However, there were two other people who had knowledge of the matter. One is Zhao who provided him with the formula for the fake death drug during the Triwizard Tournament. The other is the company that published "The Biography of Dumbledore" and regularly remitted royalties to Dumbledore's account to allow him to live in seclusion. someone. //In Chapter 169

And these two people concealed the matter from Zhang at the same time.

Later, Qian Ziye, who had a career in the film industry, tricked Dumbledore into starring in the "Lord of the Rings" series of movies after changing his appearance a little. Like many retired veterans, he felt very uncomfortable when he was suddenly free. At the same time, he also liked acting. Dumbledore finally agreed.

Less than five minutes into the first global premiere of "The Lord of the Rings", Zhang, who saw some clues from the details of Gandalf's demeanor, movements and expressions, immediately rushed out of the cinema and came to the UK. Grindelwald was thrown on a plane to America.

Zhang didn't know what happened next. He came to the door a week later, when he thought the situation had calmed down, with the IOU left by Dumbledore.

Now Grindelwald is very disgusted with this guy who always comes to the door with a stack of IOUs and yells for Dumbledore to pay off his debts. Grindelwald never gives him a good look every time Zhang Xu comes.

Dumbledore stayed in the film industry for a few years before retiring with an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. However, because his "death" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, other people who don't know about it only regard him as an adult. An actor who looks a bit like Dumbledore.

In line with the principle of spending all the money he earned from making movies before he died, Dumbledore bought a luxurious villa in Beverly Hills. So whenever Zhang Xu waved the stack of IOUs, he always said: "Okay, when I die, this villa will be used to pay off the debt." Zhang Xu didn't really want him to pay back the money, he was just angry all the time. But Dumbledore just faked his death to deceive himself.

Dumbledore ate a gummy candy, then smiled and said to Zhang Xu: "Isn't this situation the result you have always wanted?"

"Don't you have a lot of party politics in your reading room and Muggle Studies classes?"

"So you should be happy."

Zhang Xu took a sip of the tap water in the paper cup, then sighed and said, "I'm just surprised that it all happened so quickly. I thought it would take several years for the British wizards to start taking this step."

"But I didn't expect that Voldemort's last order to Lucius was to let him investigate Buckingham Palace. Lucius directly handed over the business card, and finally let him meet the Queen. Then with the Queen's support, Voldemort just died. In a few days, he established a wizard party with slogans such as 'support local capital and reach the comprador class'. In future history books, his reputation will probably not be inferior to the two of you. "

After listening to Zhang Xu's complaint, Dumbledore just smiled and drank tea, while Grindelwald just "hummed".

Then Zhang Xu said to Grindelwald: "Maybe they can enter No. 10 Downing Street through parliamentary struggle and achieve the victory that you failed to achieve back then."

Grindelwald said disdainfully: "Parliamentary struggle is a coward's crooked way."

Dumbledore put down the empty tea cup and said, "This shows that wizards are tired of the magical world that has remained unchanged for hundreds of years, and everyone is eager for change in their hearts."

"Like you said before, where a person is determines his behavior, they just change their world based on their location."

Zhang Xu picked up the empty paper cup in his hand and played with it for a while, then asked: "Are you two interested in changing the world again?"

"Hehe." Grindelwald sneered twice, "Be careful to scare the Aurors outside to death when you say this."

It is impossible for the Magic Congress of the United States not to know that the two big bosses are living here in seclusion. Although they will not interfere with their daily lives, necessary surveillance, or disguised protection, is still needed. The two big bosses are also aware of this situation. Be aware.

Now the two sides have reached a tacit understanding. If one side does not cause trouble, the other side will pretend not to know anything.

The American Auror who was called out of the villa garden was embarrassed at this moment. The one-eyed Auror couldn't help but reach out and scratch his head, which was as dark and shiny as a stewed egg.

Dumbledore didn't care about this. He smiled and shook his head, pointed at Grindelwald and said: "We have all used our own methods to change the world, but he failed."

Then he pointed at himself and said, "It seems that I succeeded."