Hogwarts Fantastic Beasts in the Stomach

"Ah..." Carlos was startled. He immediately jumped up and quickly hid the wand behind his back.

"Hey, Principal Dumbledore, good evening..." He scratched his head and showed an innocent expression, "It's so late, what can I do?"

"..." Dumbledore looked at him silently, his eyes seeming to say: Are you still embarrassed to ask me?

The silence between the two was extremely awkward. Dumbledore looked at Carlos with interest, while Carlos lowered his head and looked at the corner of his robe.

"Ahem..." Dumbledore spoke first. He broke the awkward silence with a slight cough. He smiled and said, "Would you like to go into the principal's office for a chat?"

"Ah...ok!" Carlos nodded, which satisfied his desire to enter the principal's office.

Thinking of this, he looked at the statue with a little showoff and pride in his eyes. Even you can't stop me!

"Honey makes sweets." Dumbledore spoke softly. As he spoke, the statue began to tremble and rotate, and then a spiral staircase suddenly appeared in front of the two of them.

"Honey, honey..." Carlos nodded. This is the password for the principal's office...

"Come up quickly, Carlos." Dumbledore looked at Carlos who was in a daze and reminded him: "You don't want to stay here at night, do you?"

Carlos nodded when he heard this, and then quickly stood next to Dumbledore.

As the stairs slowly rotated, the two arrived at the principal's office.

"Wow!" Carlos looked at the layout of the principal's office and exclaimed in surprise: "What is that?" He pointed at the huge sphere.

"The globe, um, the magic globe." Dumbledore smiled and pulled out the chair for Carlos to sit down.

But it was obvious that Carlos's mind was not on this aspect at all. He ran around the principal's office curiously, sometimes touching the statuette and sometimes taking pictures of the portraits on the wall.

"Hey! Get away! You dirty naughty guy!" A portrait yelled angrily, but in the portrait, he seemed to be helpless and furious in the face of Carlos's pointing.

"Ahem, Carlos, it's better not to disturb Principal Phineas Nigellus Black anymore." Dumbledore interrupted Carlos' exploration with a smile, then flicked his wand and served two glasses for the two of them. Honey tea.

"Please sit down." He stretched out his hand to Carlos and asked him to sit in front of him.

"It's so late, Carlos, what do you want from me?" he asked with a smile.

Looking at Dumbledore's gentle expression, Carlos took a deep breath. This might be his disguise... You know, he was the one who made his magical animal friends disappear. It is very possible that he is here now. in the belly!

Then he also left himself behind, causing himself to wander around Hogwarts late at night...

Thinking of this, Carlos considered and said: "For some small things."

"Little things?" Dumbledore chuckled. He looked at Carlos, as if he knew very well why he was here.

"You're doing it for those magical animals, right?"

After listening to Dumbledore's words, Carlos was shocked. He didn't expect Dumbledore to guess so accurately, so Carlos simply nodded and said, "It's because of them."

"Mane can't sleep at night without their company, and he doesn't even want to collect treasures."

Carlos closed his eyes slightly and said, "And I also miss them. Without them... I feel that half of the joy of life is missing..."

"Hahahaha." Dumbledore laughed, and with his laughter, the portraits hanging on the wall of the principal's office also laughed.

"What's so funny about this?" Carlos asked, "This is all from the bottom of my heart!"

"Oh... Merlin, hahaha." A portrait smiled and bent down.

"Sorry, Carlos..." Dumbledore said with a smile: "I can understand your... um, grief."

"But as far as I know, more than five little wizards reported that your Niffler stole their things today. Is that correct?"

"I even asked Mane to change it back!" Carlos quickly explained: "I even gave him a lot of extra things!"

"Well..." Dumbledore nodded: "Then let's talk about magical animals."

"Carlos, I need you to promise me that you will take good care of Mane, and then... stop running around late at night." Dumbledore looked at Carlos with a relaxed expression and asked: "Can you promise me? ?”

Meeting Dumbledore's eyes, Carlos lowered his head subconsciously: "Of course, of course..."

"you promise?"

"I promise!"

"Well..." Dumbledore said with a smile, "I can tell you where they are going."

"They were picked up by your grandfather, Mr. Scamander."

"Ah?" Carlos raised his head and looked at Dumbledore in disbelief: "Did Grandpa Newt bring them back?"

"That's right." Dumbledore seemed satisfied with his current expression.

"Then you..." Carlos immediately realized that the guy in front of him had lied to him!

"How can you lie to people?!"

"I'm not lying, Carlos." Dumbledore smiled and took a sip of honey tea and said, "I told you, I will tell you where they go."

"I kept my promise, now it's your turn."

"You...I..." Carlos was suddenly speechless. He didn't expect that the powerful Hogwarts principal in front of him would actually use this method to deceive a child!

Looking at the dumbfounded Carlos, Dumbledore smiled even more: "Carlos, did you pay attention in class today?"

Carlos was silent for a while, and then said unhappily: "Yes." Of course he was unhappy. He thought he could rescue his magical animal friends... but he was deceived.

And he was forced to swear not to run around at night...what?Are you asking about controlling Mane?Come on, Mane's education has been going well!It's already a Niffler that can be stroked, held, and kissed, so don't ask for too much!

Dumbledore didn't care at all about Carlos' performance. He smiled and nodded and said, "Are you still adapting to life at Hogwarts?"

"It's not bad." Carlos said matter-of-factly: "The food is delicious and the chef's skills are very good."

"Oh...hahaha..." Dumbledore chuckled: "Thank you for the compliment. I thank you on behalf of the house elves."

"You're welcome." Carlos said angrily, "If there's nothing else, I'm going back."

"It's too late, Headmaster Dumbledore."

After hearing the boy's angry answer, Dumbledore was not angry. He smiled and nodded, and then said, "I'll take you back."

It has to be said that Dumbledore was much more sincere this time. Maybe he realized that it was really dangerous for Carlos to walk through Hogwarts as a child late at night, so he picked up the lantern and walked in front of Carlos.

"The people on those walls are all the previous principals of Hogwarts." As they walked, Dumbledore casually chatted with Carlos: "After they pass away, their portraits will be left on it."

"Is this some kind of magic?"

"Of course." Dumbledore nodded: "And it is a very clever magic that allows them to advise the next principal while retaining their character."

"That guy must have a bad character..." Carlos thought of the portrait that cursed people. That crazy look, he must not be a good person.

"Principal Black is still a conscientious principal, even though he is the most unpopular principal in the history of Hogwarts." Dumbledore certainly knew who Carlos was talking about, and he explained to Carlos with a smile.

"You should usually be in the principal's office, right?" Carlos asked.

"Of course, if nothing else happens." Dumbledore nodded.

"Then you must be bored, right?" Carlos asked abruptly.

"Oh, why?" Dumbledore laughed, he was a little curious why Carlos said that.

"Think about it, you stay in one place all day...those portraits must be to talk to you, right?" Carlos said casually: "You don't have magical animals as friends, and you look weird. You must not have any other friends, right?"

His words made Dumbledore chuckle, nod and then said thoughtfully: "You are right, Carlos, my best friend, is gone forever."

The moon outside the window was particularly shining. Maybe someone, like Dumbledore, was watching it quietly through the window.