Archdruid of Hogwarts

Dumbledore, who wore multiple hats and had an Order of the Phoenix to run, was always busy.

On this day, he said sincerely: "The home visit to the McMillan family cannot be postponed any longer."

Professor McGonagall, an old girl with seriously outdated aesthetics but always meticulously dressed, looked at Dumbledore with some worry and couldn't help but said: "As the principal, is it really okay for you not to attend the school board meeting?"

Dumbledore said nothing and continued to read the written materials about Ernie Macmillan collected by the trustee.

Professor McGonagall further advised: "Actually, I can do all the freshman inspections for you."

Dumbledore put down the materials in his hand, adjusted his glasses with half-moon lenses, and said sincerely: "This child is different."

"Is it because it is related to the Andromeda meteor shower? I have to say that in England today, astrology and divination have a very high reputation."

Dumbledore sighed: "Not because of the prophecy, but because of the power. In terms of talent alone, I'm afraid he will still be better than the original Tom Riddle!"

Professor McGonagall's eyes widened in disbelief. After a while, she patted her heart: "How could this happen!?"

Dumbledore spread his hands and said, "Because astrology and divination have a reputation that is hard to live up to, so you only realize it in hindsight?"

Professor McGonagall rolled her eyes at Dumbledore and asked, "What do you mean? Let him enroll successfully."

Dumbledore looked far away, looking at the big lake outside the window, and said slowly: "Tom, failed education is a pain we don't want to mention. Unfortunately, this does not mean that letting the Ministry of Magic monitor and St. Mungo's supervise, It’s more appropriate.”

He sighed: “The most important thing is that the wizarding world needs strong people.

Extraordinary gives wizards an upper limit of individual power that is higher than that of mortals, but it also means that wizard society needs its own unique social structure to be stable and transcendent.

These are not achieved through honesty and duty.

No matter how times change, ideals will eventually need strength to support them! "...

Time is something that can only be squeezed.

Dumbledore took advantage of this eagerness and set foot on the road to Macmillan's ancestral home.

The MacMillan family ranks no higher or lower among the twenty-eight pure-blood families in England. It cannot be said to be very ancient, but it is better than those families that only rose in the Victorian era and then began to decline just after a hundred years.

Like the Foley family and the Shafiq family, they may still have blood, but Zhengshuo doesn't have any.

The MacMillan family is not that miserable either.

It's really worse than miserable, and some are even worse. A person like Neville Longbottom, whose parents are almost dead, is also a pureblood, and his grandmother is old and poor.

The entire Black family is either dead or in jail.

So does Lestrange.

There is only one Voldemort left in the Gaunt family.

Avery and Carlo were the ones who had gone all out to occupy Voldemort's team. Voldemort fell, and the fall was particularly painful.

Happiness comes from comparison. Looking at it this way, naturally you don't feel how miserable the McMillan family is.

His reputation is restored, he is rich, and he has an heir, so that’s great!

Deep down, Dumbledore didn't have much sympathy for the MacMillan family.

Northwestern England, Cumbria.

This place can be called a remote mountainous area in England. If someone who is not very familiar with Great Britain is thrown here, it is easy to mistake it for the Scottish Highlands.

The mountain style of high-dimensional marine climate is vividly reflected here.

Due to the harsh climate, barren land and underdeveloped transportation, few people live here even in this era.

Of course, if you have a lot of money, a barren land can also become a paradise, especially when it is filled with strong contrasts, which will make people deeply appreciate the happiness of wealth.

The McMillan ancestral home now has such characteristics.

It is located in a valley, and its general layout is similar to the famous Chatsworth Manor in England.

This is not a coincidence, but a certain Mrs. MacMillan fell in love with the scenery and layout of Chatsworth Manor, so the then head of the MacMillan family, in order to please Mrs. MacMillan, built this building with a similar layout and similar main building shape. Wind Valley Manor.

Of course, it's the monkey version. When the MacMillan family was most prosperous and wealthy, their wealth could not compare with that of the British aristocracy after the first industrial revolution in the world.

But even so, Winddale is as big as seven Downton Abbeys (Chatsworth has 13 Downtons).

After the 1970s, Fenggu Manor only had a large area to brag about.

The problem is that the land in the barren land is worthless. As far as Dumbledore knows, from the perspective of Muggle prices, the land value of this manor is not enough to buy a townhouse of more than 100 square meters in the core area of ​​London.

But this understanding seems to be outdated now.

Dumbledore, who had apparated here, looked at it intently.

What was once a barren land has been replaced by forests. Although it is still a little immature, the thriving natural scenery alone can at least increase the land price several times.

Dumbledore looked back and along the winding gravel road, almost at the end of his sight, he could see a mortal mountain village semi-surrounded by low hills.

The terrain there is obviously much lower than here, but from an overall perspective, it is still not the foot of the mountain, it can only be said to be the hilly area connecting the plains.

That is the nearest human settlement here. Although it is more than five miles away, it is much better than those wizard mansions that are simply located in the uninhabited wilderness.

Although wizards are powerful, they are not free from social nature. They can stand proudly in the world, but they have to see the world. Being able to see the crowds of people makes you feel less lonely.

The most important thing is that the McMillan family's mansion is legal real estate even from a mortal perspective.

Dumbledore knew that although conservative wizards represented by pure-blood families were very disdainful of this 'dual identity', they often even expressed tainted indignation when mentioning it. But in fact, they are envious and even jealous.

Everything is for profit.

Those who so-called paying attention to tradition are just trying to protect the power and wealth they already have.

Of course, Dumbledore can understand this.

People like him who have witnessed the most turbulent and brilliant century in human history naturally understand that although the old can easily appear outdated, the new may not necessarily be good.

Those reformists who used the banner of "for the majority of people" finally made the world fairer, but while they were bleeding the world and reducing those in need, the dragon slayers became evil dragons and killed themselves and their relatives. Now that I understand what will happen, it’s really hard to say.

Over the past hundred years, he has seen many scenes in the human world where a pack of wolves killed a lion king, and then filled the ditch with his own belly in an ugly manner.

So he was worried that Ernie MacMillan was one of those poor people who suddenly became rich.

I have repeatedly postponed the home visit, hoping that I can have more time to better complete my psychological construction. After all, his first meeting with Tom Riddle was a failure and unforgettable, and he didn't want to screw it up again.

Walking forward, and walking closer, he found that this forest was still immature, but the ecological base of the forest had already been reflected.

Although he is not a botanist, he is knowledgeable and has a broad vision. He can distinguish the difference between artificial forests that are less resistant to natural disasters and natural forests.

The forest in front of us is a natural-level artificial forest. Who dares to say that the technology here is inferior?

"Even if Professor Sprout is in charge, it will be difficult to achieve such results in just four years!"

As we go deeper along the road, a fork in the road appears, one continues deeper and the other turns towards the ring forest.

There is a road sign full of natural charm here, indicating that if you continue to go deeper, you will go to Moonclaw Valley, and if you turn, you will go to Howling Mountain.

In fact, this road sign is a magical creation. Mortals who come here will be affected by it, forget about entering the valley, and run around in the mountains and forests.

This design is widely used in the wizarding world, especially those in secret places in cities, such as the Leaky Cauldron.

Dumbledore watched the scenery along the way. There are restrictions here, and disembodiment cannot be achieved in one step.

A cute little rabbit jumped across the road, and stopped to look at him, with a bulging mouth and chewing.

"Wind Valley was changed to Moon Claw Valley... This new name is quite poetic."

The gray shadow flashed, and a highland wolf pounced out, grabbed the little rabbit by the back of the neck, glanced at him with a cold gaze, and walked into the forest with light steps.

"Well, besides being poetic, it's also quite wild!"

After a few hundred meters inward, the gate of the manor appeared. Right in the middle of the valley, vines of different thicknesses grow and weave together, complementing the ivy walls on both sides. They coexist harmoniously with the surrounding scenery. They are full of decoration and can be used to guard against gentlemen and villains.

When Dumbledore came to the door, the door opened automatically.

A house elf appeared, "Welcome to visit, Your Excellency the White Wizard."

Dumbledore noticed that the elf was well-dressed and looked good. He smiled and said, "Dot, you look in good condition, so I'm relieved."

Dolly and Dot originally belonged to the MacMillan family. Later, because of the injustice done to the family, they were taken in by Dumbledore and sent to Hogwarts, where they fell in love with each other.

Dot said: "On behalf of myself and my sister, Dot, I wish you good health forever. The little master and mistress are very kind to Dot and my sister. Dot and my sister are like living in heaven now."

Dumbledore soon saw what Dot's paradise was like, at least part of it - a large outdoor cooking ground...