Archdruid of Hogwarts
Chapter 10 The Leaky Cauldron
There is no letter pet yet, so the house elf will deliver the letter.
Ernie doesn't know how to dress up as a white dragon fish, so why not go to Diagon Alley to meet up, giving his opponents a chance to cause trouble, or simply attack him.
Dumbledore replied, and a day later, the shopping trip took place.
When Ernie met Dumbledore, Dumbledore was studying the annex of Macmillan's ancestral home. This is a newly built one. There was no such thing before. Seeing him coming over, he said:
"This villa of yours is very particular about details."
"We are all modern now. We no longer want slaves. At least give them some semblance of respectability. This is the dormitory building for house elves. They all have their own rooms."
Dumbledore smiled: "Isn't it more? I feel the atmosphere of a military camp, and there seems to be a dungeon. In addition, the external teleportation facilities of Moonclaw Valley Villa are only located here. Although there are many fireplaces in the mansion, there are none Connect to the Internet.”
"Isn't this because we are weak and insecure?"
"The MacMillan family spent millions of dollars to buy books, but the big news spread abroad. My friends in the Wizengamot even praised the MacMillan family for their energy."
Ernie said: "So he was waiting to beat me here."
He apologized and smiled: "From the standpoint of the family, it is no longer appropriate to retreat. In a few days, I can go to Hogwarts to hide from the disaster, but Selina cannot.
Your name is effective, but there is a saying in the East: 'A gentleman can deceive others'.
Your personality is there and has been shaped by many years of work. It is impossible for you to lose your grace because of some dirty things.
You are always planning big things, from a high position, which are related to the future of the ethnic group. But there are relatively few big things, and the cycle from inception to implementation is very long.
And some people take advantage of these characteristics to frequently take action on trivial matters, cutting flesh with a knife and gathering armpits into fur. Not only is the overall effect not weak, it can also make you angry every once in a while.
Therefore, by borrowing your name, I am borrowing the general trend, so that they dare not play anything unreasonable, but if you want to avoid being guilty of the details, you have to rely on yourself.
Anyway, I won’t tolerate this kind of knife forever.
In my opinion, life is made up of a lot of trivial things.
I'm not happy every day, even if I can change the world one day, I won't be happy.
After all, when I look back on my life, I love and the people who love me have a very bad life. No amount of glory can make up for it.
Glory cannot be eaten as food. And I believe you know better than me how forgetful humans are.
Especially when you are promoted to a high place, you should do it right a thousand times, but you will never forgive if you make a mistake once.
In short, I don’t have the baggage of a celebrity, and I don’t want to have a majestic and upright personality. I just want to be able to go into the hall and the kitchen, and I won’t be vague when I need to dig into the ditch.
This time, I spent a lot of money to bribe the goblins of Gringotts before I exchanged enough money to buy this set of books. I just want to tell some people that money can make a difference, and the ability to make money is also ability.
When pressed, I will buy murder. Nuclear weapons are not easy to buy in this world, but chemical weapons and missiles can still be bought. A military performance went awry, and the missile was accidentally launched, landing in a remote wilderness where ordinary people live. I believe this is not a big deal among the military and officials in this world.
To brag, I will compete with them from now on. Evil people will be tortured by evil people, what do you think? "
Dumbledore said: "Let me tell you, your idea is a bit dangerous."
"What's going to happen? Fight without defeat? As long as they set fire and don't allow us to light the lights? Maybe you have the opportunity to see Voldemort leading the gang, together with dementors, trolls, vampires, goblins and other dark groups, to destroy Hogwarts. Beat it to rubble and you won't be so merciful.
That's not right, you are not the kind of foolish, loyal, stupid and good person who sticks to the past. You are used to multiple plans, and if you don't move, you can kill with one blow.
I don't want to say which one is better or more suitable. All I'm saying is, might as well walk on extra legs.
Taking the overall situation into consideration and creating an illusion of dignity, peace and stability, isn’t it the Ministry of Magic’s political correctness? When did it become the responsibility of the righteous?
Compared with the ordinary world, those righteous people are the vanguard of troublemaking who dare to expose the scandal and let the people know the truth. "
Dumbledore shook his head: "You have never experienced war, and you don't know the value of peace. It is easy to start a war, but difficult to end it."
Ernie sighed: "I actually want to refute your statement by using more force from time to time, rather than holding it in until it explodes.
But I thought about it carefully and found that I don't have the control to perform this kind of operation properly.
The problem now is that we have a limit here, but our opponent is a villain who doesn't care. Especially when he loses, he dares to do any bad thing and is willing to do it.
Oh, forget it, let’s not talk about this anymore. If it is not implemented, it will be unpleasant and have no practical meaning at all. Let's go visit Diagon Alley. I'm afraid you haven't been there as a tourist for many years. "
Dumbledore wanted to say something, but finally chose silence.
He could feel that Ernie's mind was strong and tough, and he understood everything he needed to know and didn't need his comfort. Like Ernie said, since it's empty talk, let's not talk about it.
In the annex building, there is a dedicated teleportation fireplace with two bottles of gargoyles with teeth and claws carved into its frame. Unauthorized Internet access will be attacked by the activated gargoyles.
Two balls of green fire rose up one after another, and they reappeared in the Leaky Cauldron.
Old Tom, the bar owner, happened to be there. When he saw Dumbledore, he hurriedly put down the cup he was wiping, greeted him with a smile, and threw out his New Year's greetings as if he was free of money.
Ernie looked at the sixty-year-old man with an ordinary appearance and a smile on his face, and thought to himself: "This can be regarded as a great job.
This bar is not only a place for information exchange, but also an almost irreplaceable hub in the British wizarding world.
It is the place where trouble is most likely to occur.
However, the British wizarding world is in a state of ups and downs. Ollivander's shop, which tried to be as small as possible, was smashed and closed down, but the Leaky Cauldron can always stand. This is its ability. "
Thinking of this, Ernie couldn't help but think of the "Hufflepuff Iron Triangle" of the original historical line, the pure-blood Ernie MacMillan, the Muggle-born Justin Finch-Fletchley, and the pure-blood Hannah Abbott . They are also a trio who are so good that they are inseparable.
Among them, Hannah Abbott married Neville Longbottom in the original book and became the future owner of the Leaky Cauldron. Because J.K. Rowling thought this arrangement would make Neville look cooler.
Ernie saw a dark wizard using a black smoke flying spell four years ago, which seemed to be from the movie series.
But even though Neville was in love with Luna Lovegood, as was predicted at the end of the movie. It also does not affect Hannah Abbott's setting.
Whether in the original book or the movie, there is an incident where Hannah Abbott received a notice to drop out of school due to the sudden death of her mother. It seems to be the sixth grade, Half-Blood Prince chapter.
He had previously checked that Tom, the owner of the Leaky Cauldron, had a surname of Aibo.
In other words, Hannah is Old Tom's granddaughter.
During the Half-Blood Prince chapter of the original history, Voldemort had already launched a retaliation, and a new round of forcing people to take sides, those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish.
Hannah's mother, Old Tom's daughter-in-law, probably died at the hands of Voldemort and his gang.
Obviously, even a roly-poly like Old Tom will capsize when he encounters a villain who has no martial ethics.
All said and done, at least Voldemort was right about one thing, power comes first!
Just when Ernie was letting his thoughts wander, Old Tom had finished greeting Dumbledore and turned his attention to him: "This handsome little wizard is..."
"Ernie MacMillan, on behalf of myself and my family, I would like to express my greetings to you. In the future, I would like to ask the person in charge of the first non-governmental hub of the British wizarding world to take care of you." Ernie said, bowing and paying tribute, quite diplomatically.
Old Tom, who had always presented himself as an old bartender, was both surprised and overwhelmed by these ground-breaking comments from supporters. After that, he just said a few words of praise, and Dumbledore smiled half-heartedly. He retreated with a embarrassed expression.
Not long after, when he clicked the bricks and opened the door, Dumbledore said without hesitation: "It's very relaxing!"
Ernie said: "It seems that being served by vulgar servants is also very addictive."
"It's a shortcoming that you can cause trouble too much."
"You can teach your children in front of others, scold and scold them! What kind of reputation do you want from a servant? As long as you don't kill him, you can take the blame. Let's see who can lose face and be as knowledgeable as a servant child."
"I found out. I have to be more careful with you. You are too aggressive."
"Crazy dog! In fact, I was just telling the truth. Since I was a child, whether at home or in class, I have been taught to be honest. But it turned out that I was really honest, but I offended people. It was so difficult for me."
"Well, with that mouth of yours, you must have graduated from the Diplomacy Department of the Ministry of Magic."...
Just buying a box and a magic pet is naturally effortless. It takes less than half an hour to stand in two places and walk a few steps.
But when Dumbledore goes out, he is treated as a big star, which is well known to women and children. In this way, there is almost no wizard who does not greet him with courtesy.
Dumbledore was not a cold person, so even if he didn't return the greeting seriously, he still had to smile and greet him, which was time-consuming.
Ernie also saw what it means to have a real family full of friends. Dumbledore taught at Hogwarts for more than half a century. No matter how old he was, the people he met on the road basically either called him professor affectionately or respectfully called him principal. It would seem inappropriate to say anything other than small talk.
Ernie said in his heart: "This means that the population of the wizarding world is limited. If this were the mortal world, let alone Dumbledore who would have to laugh until his face cramped, even I, a temporary follower, would be in danger of being trampled to death. Such scenery is unlimited. , it’s okay if you don’t enjoy it!”
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