[GGAD] Adherent

In the spring of 1900, a yard in Godric’s Valley was full of camellias. The pure whiteness of the yard and the refreshing fragrance could not be overstated associating it with heaven.

From a distance, people could see a man with reddish-brown hair and two children of about the same age, waving something in this land and among the flowers.Above their heads, a big fiery red bird spread its wings and hovered. No one knew that it was the legendary Phoenix.

On another high wall of the valley, a frustrated young painter watched them for a long time.The distance was very far, and he couldn't see the faces of the family clearly, but this picture was permanently engraved in his mind.

In the following decades, the painter locked himself in the room all day and all night. He frantically danced his paintbrush and neutralized various paints. The only motivation to support him was that What he saw in Godric's Hollow that day.

On the day when the painting was completed, the artist already looked like Zara with a beard. His clothes were tattered and covered with various pigments and turned black. His hair was oily and shiny, but his eyes were piercing.

He named the painting "The God Adherent", and it was a huge success as soon as it entered the market. Artists and collectors scrambled to raise bids to own it, and the young painter went from having nothing to becoming a local artist. The most famous rich man.

In the end, the painting fell into the hands of an anonymous buyer. Except that the person paid a sky-high price of 100 million pounds to buy the painting, the painter did not know any other information.

Of course, this staggering auction was also published in Muggle and wizarding newspapers, and it was the first page, the first page, and the most eye-catching position.

In Godric's Hollow, Albus sat in the courtyard of his house, where he had added a table and chairs, where he would often sit and read the paper on sunny days.

Today, it's just him and Fox in the house.Aberforth often lived in the Pig's Head pub in Hogsmeade, and his sister Ariana married when she was 23.

His brother-in-law is an Auror from the British Ministry of Magic, and their small family added a lovely little angel in the third year of marriage, and they are loved by her parents and Dumbledore brothers at the same time.

Albus wanted to live in the school all the time, but he thought the house was still his home, so he would come back and live there for a few days.He looked at the news published in the newspaper and thought to himself, which nouveau riche bought what kind of painting?

For art, Albus is not very proficient, for himself, he would rather use this money to buy enough snow treasures for him to eat for a lifetime.

It was another spring at this time, and the butterflies sowed the camellia seeds in their yard to the whole valley. The pure white of a yard became the pure white of a valley after 29 years of hard work.

Suddenly, Fox perched on a nearby branch flapped its wings and blew several times.Albus put down the newspaper in his hand, and looked towards the place Fox pointed, a figure suddenly appeared in the distance, and it wasn't until the figure got closer that Albus realized it was Aberforth.

"Why are you back?" Albus asked, getting up.

"It's a bad day and the bar is closed," said Aberforth.

"what happened?"

"A guy with a brain full of shit," Aberforth said angrily. "He transfigured a lizard into a picture, and said it was the one that was in the newspaper this morning, and told me Change to three years of butter beer. Merlin's beard, how can there be such a fool?"

Albus shrugged his shoulders and comforted him, "It's true that there are people of all kinds. Why spoil your mood because of a piece of mouse shit? Today is Saturday, and many students from Hogwarts will come."

"Never mind." Aberforth said bluntly, "I'm the boss, not them."

As he said that, Aberforth turned his eyes to the newspaper on the table. He saw the exaggerated typesetting, and kept complaining: "How good is this painting? I'm afraid the people who bought this painting are full of food." with?"

Albus retorted: "It's because we don't understand, people think it's called art, it's a part of life."

Aberforth did not answer. He picked up the newspaper and continued to browse quickly, and suddenly found such a small news in the lower right corner of the second page: The British Minister of Magic plans to hold talks with the dark wizard Grindelwald early next week.

He sneered, threw the newspaper in front of Albus, and said angrily: "You are doing well now, it's not like you will always be a diligent teacher in Hogwarts, the only thing that has changed is You went from Defense Against the Dark Arts professor to Transfiguration professor."

"We chose different paths." Albus smiled. "Last week, the British Ministry of Magic came to me and asked me to confront Grindelwald."

"The results of it?"

"In the end I refused, and I said I couldn't." Albus replied, "Although he is a dark wizard, he didn't do anything harmful. He has changed. He is trying to find a balance between the wizarding world and the Muggle world. In a way we can accept."

Aberforth cannot deny this. Grindelwald subverted his understanding of black magic. As long as it is used properly, black magic and white magic are the same.

But Aberforth looked at Albus's indifferent face, and couldn't help but feel angry: "Can't you be more promising? Is it so scary to confront him? Or have you never forgotten him? Abu Si Dumbledore, 29 years have passed, when will you come out?"

Aberforth knew about the relationship between Albus and Grindelwald by chance. At that time, Anna and her elder brother were discussing the matter of Grindelwald in the living room. No one noticed Aberforth who came down from the stairs. .It just so happened that Albus's words "I slept with him" fell into Aberforth's ears. As you can imagine, Aberforth ignored his elder brother for a month, and even helped Anna, who helped hide it from him. , he will occasionally ridicule a few words.

He always felt that his eldest brother was ruined by a guy with a head full of shit. If Albus hadn't finally revealed that he had tampered with Grindelwald's memory privately, Aberforth would have desperately searched for him all over the world. , Then prepare a shit bowl and buckle it on the opponent's head.

On that night 29 years ago, when Albus was about to use the Oblivion Charm, the blood oath they made prevented him from doing so, thinking it was an injury to Grindelwald.In an instant, he chose to tamper with Grindelwald's memory, and he wanted Grindelwald to feel that he was alone leading the change from beginning to end.He wasn't born again, he didn't fall in love with himself, Albus Dumbledore was just a young man next door.

He left Bagshot's house in a hurry that night, and until today, except for the occasional photos published in the newspaper, he has never seen Grindelwald once.

"Look at the stupid things you're doing, maybe the kids are almost out of school now and you're writing those boring papers by yourself," Aberforth complained.

"Aren't you still alone? And these books are very interesting." Albus said with a smile, "I'm writing about Transfiguration recently, maybe I will be able to write about Chocolate Frog in the future because of these things I wrote card."

Aberforth sighed helplessly. He didn't want to pay attention to Albus, so he walked up to Fox and smoothed its feathers: "Good guy, it's getting fatter and fatter, who would have thought that our Dumbledores would There is a phoenix."

"Many people know now," said Albus, "at least half of the wizarding world. Although Guy... Grindelwald has never met me face to face, he must know me, the one who owns a phoenix." Professor Hogwarts."

"Could you stop being such a spoiler?" Aberforth glanced at Albus. "You're making my mood worse."

Albus apologized, but before he could say anything else, he heard a loud cry from inside the room.The two turned their heads at the same time, and Albus stepped into the room before Aberforth.

"What's wrong with Tom?" Aberforth followed Albus to the living room, he saw Albus knelt down in front of a child who was only about three years old, and then softened his tone and began to comfort him.

It wasn't until the child named Tom stopped crying that Albus picked him up, sat him on his neck, and replied, "It's nothing serious, I fell off the sofa."

Tom looked at Aberforth and stretched out his hand to scratch his hair. Although Aberforth was a little dissatisfied, he was also embarrassed to lose his temper with a child who didn't understand anything.

"Come on, Tom," said Aberforth, pointing to his head. "You're going to pull out Uncle's hair."

Albus laughed, looking at Aberforth's shriveled look, he thought that only this kid could make him restrain his temper.

Tom laughed happily on Albus' neck, and when he got excited, he would stare at Albus and yell "papa" twice.Aberforth felt very uncomfortable when he heard that, looked at Albus and complained: "When will he call me?"

Albus joked, "When he plucks your hair out."

"Childish." Aberforth said softly, and asked again, "Anne's birthday is next Monday, and Anna said that she has prepared a room for us. I remember that Hogwarts is on spring break at this time every year. What are you planning? Time to leave for London?"

Ah Bu thought for a while and said: "Next Monday morning, it happens that Tom can go with me this year, I think Annie will like him very much."

Annie is Anna's daughter, she usually studies at Hogwarts, and now she just returned to London with her parents during the spring break.She was different from her mother Anna, the little girl was more attached to Albus than to Aberforth.

She always felt that when her uncle got old, he must be a little old man with a weird temper, and Albus must be the kind of old man who looked particularly wise and kind.

Brother Dumbledore didn't know what the little girl was thinking, and loved her as much as his own daughter.

As Albus said, he took Tom and left Godric on time on Monday morning. He asked Fox to take care of the flower field and promised to bring him the food he liked when he came back.

If he was the only one, Albus could use Apparition to go to London directly, but now that he has a child over three years old, he can only choose to walk to the nearest train station with him on his back, and then hire a cart to pull him. They go to Anna's house.

Fortunately, they were all in the UK, and the train only drove for more than an hour.Albus took Tom to a seat by the window while Tom rested his head on Albus and fell asleep.Tom was still sound asleep when the train arrived at the station, so Albus had to carry him on his back and follow the crowd out of the train station.

He was still carrying heavy luggage in his hands, and it was the first time that he felt that he had chosen the wrong train because he felt inconvenient. Maybe the earlier train or the later train would not have so many people.

Once out of the train station, Albus saw a man in a suit and a top hat approaching him. It was Gene, his brother-in-law, Ariana's husband.

"Albus." Gene greeted him, took the heavy object from Albus's hand, scratched Tom's nose with his hand, and said, "Your name is Tom, right? Lovely brat."

Albus followed Gene into a car, knowing that Gene had come to pick them up specially, so he thanked Gene very naturally.

Gene said with a smile: "If you really want to thank me, then come forward and deal with Grindelwald's matter. His influence has put too much pressure on the Ministry of Magic in the past few years."

"It's not that I don't want to," said Albus, "it's that I really can't."

"If even you can't do it, then we can't think of anyone else who can." Gene said, "Albus, you are very powerful, no less than Grindelwald."

"Did Anna tell you about me?"

"Yes." Gene replied, "She said that you and Grindelwald were as close as brothers."

Albus laughed, "We were closer than brothers."

"Then what happened?"

"There's a lot going on."

There was a clear intention in Albus' words that he didn't want to go on, and Gene could sense it.Just now he was talking to Albus as an Auror, but now he is standing in the position of his brother-in-law, as a father, and said: "How is Anne doing in school?"

"She's very clever," Albus praised. "The Head of Gryffindor mentioned her to me, saying she resembles me."

Hearing this, Gene suddenly laughed: "She's your niece, she doesn't look like you, who does she look like?"

In the middle of the car, Gene suddenly stepped on the brakes. The two watched the crowd around them continue to run in the opposite direction, and quickly got out of the car to check.

It wasn't until the end of the road that they saw a huge magical animal, like a lion or a cat, with a long colorful tail sticking out behind it.

"Zouwu?" asked Albus, "how did it appear here?"

Looking further ahead, in front of that magical animal, a young man in a long gray coat was holding a cat teasing stick. He half-arched his back in front of Zou Wu, and kept waving the stick.

When Zouwu's attention was completely attracted by the stick, the man suddenly threw the cat teasing stick into the open box on the ground, and Zouwu jumped in the next second.The man quickly stepped forward to close the box, and after fastening the lock and confirming that it was all right, he slowly got up with it.

"Professor?" the man asked in surprise when he saw Albus, "Why are you in London?"

"Newt, you answer me first." Albus pointed to his box, "Why did Zouwu run out? You must know that there is an Auror standing next to me. You are in trouble."

As soon as the words fell, Gene stepped forward and stopped in front of Newt: "Sir, you have to know how much trouble you have brought to our Ministry of Magic. This is the territory of Muggles, and you rashly released such a big one." Fantastic Beasts, we have the right to arrest you."

With that said, Gene took out a book that looked a little special from his pocket, he looked at Newt and asked, "Name?"

"Newt Scamander," Newt explained, "I didn't mean to, this magical animal likes furry gadgets, you know, I just passed a store full of them, it... ...."

Before he finished speaking, Gene interrupted and asked, "What is the relationship between Theseus Scamander and you?"

"My brother."

Gene tore a piece of paper from the notebook, and the piece of paper flew to Newt automatically, and he said, "Okay, related parties, go to the Ministry of Magic and accept the punishment, and solve the trouble you caused yourself."

Newt accepted the paper resignedly, and Albus patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Why are you in London?"

"A company commissioned me to write a book about magical animals." Newt replied, "I spent ten years working on it, and I came here to deliver the manuscript today."

Albus was taken aback, then smiled and said, "Maybe we can catch up on the past when we have time."

Not even Albus could intercede for him about releasing Fantastic Beasts in front of Muggles, intentionally or not.Fortunately, the memory of those Muggles only needs to be cleared, and the punishment Newt will face will not be too great.

After such a small episode happened, the time for the two to arrive home was greatly delayed.Arianna has completely faded away from the childishness of a girl at this moment. She is a mother and a good wife.

"Oh, Albus, why is it so late? Aberforth, who is always late, arrived before you." Anna embraced and took Tom at the same time, "Hi, Tom, I finally see you, I've heard Albus talk about you before."

Hearing the sound, Annie suddenly ran out of the room. She first saw Albus, and then turned her gaze to Tom and asked, "What's his name?"

"Tom," said Albus, "Tom Dumbledore."

Anne clearly liked her brother, and the birthday present Albus had brought her.Or that she would be happy even without presents, because she likes Albus as a person.

There is a market not far from Anna's house, and she proposes to go shopping with her two brothers, and take Annie and Tom along.As for Gene, he stayed at home, he had a lot of work to do.Anna dug out the stroller Annie had been riding in, and it was just the right size for Tom.

"Have we been here?" Aberforth asked.

"Come here," Albus recalled, "I took you here on Christmas Day in 1899."

"Isn't this a big change?" Anna asked again, "This is the first Muggle fair I've been to, and I remember it clearly."

There were a lot of people in the market, and if they were not careful, the three brothers and sisters were scattered by the flow of people.Albus was sitting with Tom on the steps under a huge pine tree, and he remembered it when a kid stuffed him with a candy because of the snow falling on his head.

He still remembers the smell of candy, lemon flavor.

It just so happened that there was a peddler with a bundle of newspapers selling them at this time. Albus bought a newspaper and sat in the shade of a tree to glance at it.

Glancing at the date, he suddenly remembered that Grindelwald would also come to London in the next two days, but he didn't think it would be such a coincidence, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

Suddenly a man in black leather sat next to Albus, and Albus had already guessed who was coming before he looked up.

"This is the fifth time you've come to talk to me about this," said Albus. "Crickle, is the Minister of Magic so empty now?"

"Professor Dumbledore." Creek said respectfully, "Thank you very much for saving your life 17 years ago, but we are really not sure about Grindelwald's purpose this time, he is too confusing. "

"Trust me, Crickle." Albus turned to look at the minister. "I can't hurt him, and he can't hurt me."

"Could it be possible..." Creek suddenly realized, "Is it a blood oath?"

Albus nodded: "You are a good minister, that's why I saved you in the first place. Of course, I hope you can keep this matter a secret for me, and no one can say it, especially Grindelwald. But I also believe him I won’t do anything outrageous anymore.”

The fifth request from the Ministry of Magic also ended in failure. As long as Grindelwald did not cross the line, it was impossible for Albus to intervene.But this ending was expected by Creek, she knew that Albus was not a simple character, after all he could even tame the legendary phoenix.

It's just how meeting Grindelwald gave her a headache. They didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Grindelwald's gourd, so they could only make one worst plan after another.

At this time, a white-haired man passed by her, but the crowd distracted her attention, and she never expected that Grindelwald happened to be in this market at this time.

On his shoulders lay a lizard-like creature named Antonio.His eyes passed through the crowd, and he saw the dazzling Albus from a distance, but when Albus also spotted him, Grindelwald pretended that he didn't see anything, and walked straight over.

It really is what he thinks about more and more.

Albus took a deep breath, also pretending to be calm, and walked towards Grindelwald face to face.When the two passed by each other, it seemed that they were just passing by in each other's life, as long as they didn't pay attention, it would be fleeting.

"Sir." Suddenly a familiar voice came from behind, Grindelwald's body froze, he turned his head suddenly, but found that the target of Albus's words was not himself.

He saw Albus with his back turned to him, holding the arm of the man walking in front of him with one hand: "It's not a good habit to take a sheep by the hand."

The meaning of Albus's words was very clear. Seeing that the theft was exposed, the caught man struggled violently a few times.Albus raised his hand, and pulled an ornate silver bottle from his clasped palm.

"It looks very valuable, doesn't it?" Albus asked, taking the blood oath back into the inner pocket of his clothes, "It is very valuable, so you can't let it be stolen."

Just as Albus let go, the thief rushed out desperately.Some people around asked Albus: "Aren't you going to catch him?"

Albus replied: "My son is here, how can I catch him?"

Albus turned to leave, and Grindelwald also turned his back. The two figures gradually drifted away, and quickly disappeared among the crowd.

Albus didn't turn his head until he had walked a long distance. He stopped where he was, and didn't even realize that he had stepped into a puddle of sewage.

"What are you looking at?" Aberforth found Albus and followed where he was looking, "What's there?"

"Minister of Magic."

"They're coming for you again?" said Aberforth. "They're tenacious, I have to say."

Albus shrugged. He didn't know if it was a coincidence that Grindelwald appeared here, or if the other party wanted to see what he was capable of, a man targeted by the Ministry of Magic.He can be sure that with Grindelwald's ability, it is not difficult to know every move of the Ministry of Magic.

He glanced at Aberforth, and with his unique taste, Aberforth picked out an expensive goat pendant here as Annie's birthday present.

It turned out that at night, although Annie accepted the gift with a smile, she was still young and couldn't hide her emotions well. The careful Albus could clearly see the embarrassment in Annie's eyes.

Albus gave Annie a phoenix tail feather as a gift, and he wanted this tail feather to be a part of Annie's wand as a core.Although Annie didn't understand, in the eyes of Gene and Anna, this gift from Albus was a bit too precious.

"Annie, I still have a gift." After finishing speaking, Albus walked to the window, raised his hand and blew a loud whistle, "Wait a minute, it will come right away."

Annie stared wide-eyed and looked out the window, as expected, she saw a white spot that was getting bigger and bigger, until finally the white spot landed on Albus's arm, Annie exclaimed: "It's an owl!"

"It's up to you to name it," said Albus, stretching his arms forward, trying to get Anne to stroke its white feathers.

At the dinner table, Gene bought an owl-patterned birthday cake, on which he stuck thirteen candles.Annie closed her eyes when she made a wish, and said directly after she finished her wish: "I want Fox to give birth to a lot of little phoenixes!"

The whole family laughed until finally Albus couldn't bring himself to tell the truth: Fawkes was actually a male phoenix.

Children's dreams are pure, just as Albus will never tell them that Santa Claus does not exist in this world, he will guard their small but precious thoughts.

Children's birthdays are always a little noisy to make them happy. Albus took the time to rest on the balcony of the house, hoping that the cold wind would calm his heart down.

Since meeting Grindelwald in the afternoon, his inner unease has grown stronger.Albus has also heard a little about Grindelwald's power development and actions in recent years, and he doesn't know what the Ministry of Magic is talking about with him.

While thinking this way, Gene suddenly opened the door and came out. He stood beside Albus, Albus faced outwards, and he leaned on the railing with his back outwards.

"We've just had a letter from the Ministry of Magic," Gene said.

"The negotiations are not going well?" Albus asked.

"No, Grindelwald didn't come, it was Wenda Rossier who went to negotiate." Gene continued, "She replaced Grindelwald for the negotiation, which is simply unprecedented."

Albus shrugged: "What Grindelwald is playing, probably only he will know."

Gene had a cigar in his mouth, and while he was smoking, the smoke rose from his nostrils in two columns.His eyes fell on his daughter and wife in the room, but he didn't know that Albus was looking at the corner of the street not far away with a face of surprise.

Although it was only for a moment, the white hair was too conspicuous in the darkness.

"I'll go out for a while." Albus patted Gene on the shoulder, ran into the house without giving any explanation, then put on his shoes and ran out.

Standing upstairs, he could only see Albus running across the road in a hurry, before disappearing around the corner.

Albus's instincts have always been good, and now he is convinced that it was no coincidence that he met Grindelwald.It's just that the other party came to see him for what purpose, Albus had no way of knowing.

Finding a more powerful Dementor than he, Albus Dumbledore, to help Grindelwald recover his tampered memories was harder than plucking Merlin's beard.Albus first denied the possibility of the other party recovering his memory, and while following the traces left by the other party, he was thinking quickly in his mind.

Finally, Grindelwald stopped on a deserted street, and he stood there as if waiting for Albus to arrive.Albus stopped a few meters away from him, and the light from the street lamp shone obliquely on them, making their shadows long, long.

Grindelwald turned around, he looked at Albus, he didn't speak for a long time, only his eyes kept rolling on the other side.

Albus took off his hat and asked, "Why did you let Wenda go instead of you?"

Grindelwald didn't answer, he took a step forward, but stopped immediately.He ignored Albus' question, choosing instead to say, "Did you see me this afternoon?"

"I saw it."

"You chose to ignore me," Grindelwald said, "and I did, too."

"Until I figure out what you're up to, I think that's the best option," Albus replied. "You know, the Ministry has been trying to get me to confront you."

While talking, Albus also looked at Grindelwald, his appearance changed a lot, and he didn't know what happened, the dazzling gold turned into dazzling white.

"Why don't you stand up?" Grindelwald asked again, "Aren't you on the side of the Ministry of Magic?"

Albus put his hands in the pockets of his coat, and leaned against the lamppost, speaking in a very flat tone: "I don't take sides. I like education more than politics, and I used to have People wanted me to join him in revolution, but I refused. I am a teacher, not a revolutionist, the spotlight and the stage of history are not suitable for me, I would rather rot on the podium of the classroom.”

"I admire you very much." Grindelwald said suddenly, "...your son is very cute."

Albus thanked him, and tentatively said, "Your child must be no less than him."

"I don't have children," Grindelwald said. "I have chosen this path and I have to make trade-offs. I have given up everything I have, more than once."

Albus didn't hear any strange feeling from his tone, he only thought it was a simple rebuttal from the other party.

Grindelwald didn't move, but Albus took a step forward: "Mr. Grindelwald came to me twice today, just to test my tone? See if I can stand on the opposite side of you?"

"That's right." Grindelwald said, four black thestrals suddenly appeared on the dark street beside them. They paced around several times, and the iron chains tied to their bodies were connected to a dark car.

Grindelwald turned and walked to the car, and at the moment the Thestrals took off, he repeated in a voice that Albus could just hear, "That's all."

The first meeting between the two in 29 years lasted only 10 minutes.Albus was the only figure under the streetlight now, and the empty street made his back look a little lonely. He sighed, and put the hat he had been holding in his hand back on his head again.He walked back like nothing happened, thinking about how to explain to the group of people in the room later.

He didn't expect the two to meet again in such a scene. They were full of suspicion and suspicion for each other, and the eyes they looked at each other were the same as those in the great war that he couldn't let go of in 1945.

Albus had to admit he still had pain, but luckily it was limited to pain now.

Albus stayed with Anna for three days with Tom, and on the fourth day, he decided to set off for Godric's Hollow.His book on Transfiguration still leaves a lot to be desired, and Fawkes must be eagerly waiting for him to come back and bring it something tasty.

Hogwarts hadn't even started yet, and Albus had been nestling in this secluded valley all day long.He likes this kind of day very much. On this day without chaos, he is accompanied by the sun, moon, stars, rain, dew and breeze.Occasionally, when Fox was in a good mood, Albus could make himself a cup of coffee and listen to his old friend sing a song among the flower fields.And Tom, this three-year-old boy has learned to count, he will squat in the yard and count the camellias, but every time after ten, he gets confused.

However, what Albus did not expect was that Newt would come to him one day a month later.When he was using his wand to study other uses of transfiguration that day, suddenly a small insect climbed on his shoulder, with a green body and two young leaves on top of his head, which made Albus recognize the comer at once who is it.

When he gave the Bowtruckle to Newt to raise, they obviously liked each other very much, and Newt specially named him Pickett.

At the same time that Albus saw Newt, a black fuzzy figure climbed onto his desk with a thick gold necklace.The black guy seemed to like the silver vial on Albus's chest very much, but when he cast his gaze over it, his master who came quickly picked it up by the back of his neck.

"Professor, I'm sorry, he likes gold and silver very much," Newt said.

Albus glanced at the blood oath bottle on his chest, and tapped Xixiu's head with his hand: "Little guy, this is the only one you can't take."

He took Newt into the room, the fireplace in the room had just been turned off, and the residual heat made Newt feel comfortable.He sat down on the sofa in the living room, and Albus made him a cup of coffee. When he took the coffee, the box in Newt's hand suddenly moved violently. He told Albus embarrassedly: "There is Several animals like coffee."

Albus sat down on the side sofa to Newt's left, and he signaled Newt to be free, that he was the only one in the house, and he didn't have to be restrained.

"How did you find this?" Albus asked.

"Theseus was an Auror," Newt said. "He knew it."

Albus smiled, and asked again: "The Ministry of Magic didn't make things difficult for you last time in London, did it?"

Newt shook his head: "Crickleigh is a very considerate minister. Apart from banning me in the UK for a month and Garen fined me for three months, there is no other punishment."

"She's competent and likable," Albus continued, and then asked, "And your book? How's the preparation going?"

"It will be published in July." When Newt said, there was some excitement in his tone that could not be concealed. "In August, I will still be getting married."

Albus suddenly became interested, and asked curiously, "Who is the bride...?"

"Tina Goldstein." Newt replied with happiness on his face. "I met her in New York when I was looking for Fantastic Beasts. She is an Auror of the United States Ministry of Magic. Her Eyes like a salamander fascinate me."

"Congratulations." Albus looked at him, and raised the coffee cups in his hand to clink glasses, "I wish you a happy wedding in advance, my boy, and your book will definitely sell well. Fantastic Beasts "Where" may become a textbook for Hogwarts in the future, you are outstanding."

Newt smiled shyly, then asked, "Why do you know the name of this book?"

"Secret." Albus said, changing the subject by the way, "I remember you had a good relationship with Lita before, how is she now?"

"She's become my sister-in-law, and I'm going to be my uncle in a few months," Newt said, "but Theseus is too busy with the Ministry of Magic. Because the Dark Wizard , he hasn’t been home for a month.”

"what happened?"

"Grindelwald disappeared." Newt said, "On all occasions, the woman named Wenda who used to be next to him appeared. He seemed to have evaporated from the world."

Albus asked again, "What do you think?"

Newt was silent for a while, and said, "I don't know, I'm not a believer of Grindelwald."

As he spoke, Pickett slipped out of Newt's collar, and he ran a few steps back to Albus, lowering his head as if begging for a pet.

Seeing Pickett, Albus thought of the past again, but he obviously didn't show his feelings directly on his face, he always gave people a sense of calmness.

When Newt left, Albus was still holding the wedding invitation he had sent him.But he won't go, and Newt also understands this. The moment he opened the invitation, Albus saw a photo that Newt had attached to it, with a photo of Newt and Tina on it.

Albus smiled, thinking that they would always be happy.

Everyone has their own way of being happy, just as Albus is content with life right now.Aberforth's goats are now free-range in this valley, and no one needs to let them go. He has added a smart puppy at home, and the dog will drive the goats home on time every day at sunset.

In addition to butter beer and fire whiskey, the pig's head pub now has goat's milk on the menu.Most of the people who come to the bar are school students. They are eager to grow up, and they will often imitate the appearance of adults and drink the wine in the glass, so the goat milk is left out in the cold.

Even so, Aberforth is still happy to come to fetch fresh goat milk every day. Albus once asked him where the goat milk is sold. Every time he mentioned this question, Aberforth always said impatiently. : "Goat milk is the jewel of this world."

Albus stood in front of the house, watching the herd of goats slowly running towards him, he turned back to the house and closed the door, and it was not long before the collie scurried through the small door into the living room.

He tossed cooked chicken breast with vegetables into a bowl for the dog's supper, the dog at the table, he and Tom in the chair.

The setting sun shines in from the window, moves little by little from right to left, and finally disappears slowly.Albus could see the dust floating in the air, thinking that he hadn't cleaned the house for a long time, afraid that the dust would fall into Tom's bowl, he raised his wand and said "Breakthrough".

It's time to get a house-elf back, Albus thought.

Now that he has an extra child by his side, he has to do some things that he didn't need to worry about before.It's like preparing dinner for Tom, which is very handy for him now.He will consider the nutritional needs of the child, and also pay attention to the palatability of the food. Albus is a thoughtful person. It must be said that Tom has received meticulous care in this family.

Not only Albus, but Aberforth, Anna, and even Jean and Annie all took good care of and loved this chubby boy, even if they