Chapter 321 Potter's Purpose

In front of the Potter family, Dumbledore did not act like a senior, but extended his hand enthusiastically and shook hands with Ryan Potter.

Yes, this is the family that the protagonist Harry Potter of the original novel belongs to - a pure-blood family that has very few roles and almost no presence in the original novel.

The Potter family is inherited from the famous pharmacist Linfred in the 12th century. It was originally a well-known potion family. But after Linfred's eldest son Hardwin Potter married the granddaughter of the third of the three Peverell brothers and inherited the invisibility cloak of the god of death, perhaps because he understood the truth that it was a crime to possess a treasure, the whole family's style of behavior has gradually become low-key, and even the sacred 28 pure-blood families were not included.

But even so, the Potter family is still not a family that can be despised.

Linfred has 7 children, and the above-mentioned Hardwin Potter, as the eldest son of the main family, is Harry's ancestor.

Before Harry's parents met with misfortune, James had a grandfather who worked in the Wizengamot. His family had a strong background, which was one of the reasons for his playboy-like character.

If James himself had not died in the First Wizarding War, he would have been an important figure in the wizarding world.

Not to mention the main family, even the branch of the Potter family is not unknown in the wizarding world.

As early as the 17th century, Ralston Potter, a descendant of one of the branches of the Potter family, had already served as a member of the Wizengamot, and was one of the strong supporters of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy.

You know, among the members of the Wizengamot at that time, the radicals who strongly advocated declaring war on Muggles were the mainstream. After all, how could a wizard with nearly omnipotent magical power be willing to turn to a life of hiding in order to avoid conflict with Muggles. The fact that he was able to successfully suppress this group of radicals itself shows Ralston's political power and skills.

At the same time, another branch of the Potter family immigrated to the United States. Abraham Potter is one of the descendants of this branch. After the establishment of the Magical Congress of the United States, Abraham was recruited by the first president of the Magical Congress, Josiah Jackson, as one of the famous "12 Aurors of the Founding Nation".

From this, we can see that although these descendants of the Potter family scattered around the world have almost no presence in the original world, they still have an influence comparable to the first echelon of pure-blood families.

The old man's name is Charles Potter, who is also a descendant of a branch of the Potter family. His wife is Doria Black. Both of their names are recorded in the Black family tree, indicating that they are recognized by the extreme faction of the pure-blood family.

"This is my second son, Geoffrey," the old man pointed to another slightly younger man behind him, "He is the captain of the guard in Transylvania. You know, those vampires and zombies in Transylvania are always restless..."

Unlike his amiable brother, Geoffrey's face was cold. Facing Dumbledore's enthusiastic hand, he did not respond immediately, but let Dumbledore's hand stay awkwardly in the air.

Dumbledore was not angry either. He kept a polite smile and pulled his hand back calmly.

"Oh, Albus," the old man coughed lightly, "please forgive the child's rudeness. After all, our parting ways back then was not very friendly..."

"Hehe, this is not a big deal, Charles, you and I have known each other for many years. You have to believe that I, who is over a hundred years old, am still quite tolerant of a young junior, not to mention-" Dumbledore said gently, "This is really not your fault. I did do something wrong at the beginning and did not take care of your feelings..."

"Humph! "Geoffrey snorted coldly, his lips moved, but in the end he still chose to keep silent.

The old man, Charles Potter, finally spoke: "Fourteen years ago, when Henry's son and his wife were killed, I proposed to adopt his son. Even though our two families have not been in contact for decades, no matter what, as members of the Potter family, we who lived in England at the time were definitely the most qualified candidates to adopt him-"

Speaking of this, even Charles, who had always been calm and polite, slowly became stiff in his voice, "And you, Dumbledore, were once a good friend of our family-you betrayed our trust and handed the child to a Muggle family!" Charles' tone suddenly rose, "When we repeatedly proposed negotiations, you insisted on your own way and didn't even give us a reasonable explanation!"

"Humph!" Geoffrey finally couldn't help it and blurted out what he just wanted to say loudly, "What other explanation can he have? To put it bluntly, they are just coveting the inheritance of our Potter family - the magical invisibility cloak! "

The scene was quiet for a while.

Dumbledore's eyes shone with a strange light, and he seemed to understand the intention of this group of people.

Yes, he had a deep friendship with this branch of the Potter family. He even wanted to pull them into the Order of the Phoenix. He even gave the important token that could contact his magical book of the Phoenix to Charles. Unfortunately, when allocating the custody of Harry, the two sides quarreled and finally parted ways. From that time on, he never had any contact with this group of people again. This time was their first meeting in fourteen years.

Tsk tsk... Dumbledore knew the virtues of the pure-blood family very well.

Although they both have the same surname, the two family branches have been intermarrying and developing in different places for centuries, and they have long been unrelated. Not to mention that Harry has never seen this family since he was born, even his father James probably doesn't know the existence of his relative.

If you say that these people proposed to adopt Harry because of family affection or family complex of blood is thicker than water, Dumbledore would not believe it. After all, what these people want is not the various inheritances inherited by Harry, which naturally includes the Death's Invisibility Cloak, one of the three artifacts of the Death.

Of course, on the surface, it is difficult for Dumbledore to excuse himself. After all, James had entrusted the Death's Invisibility Cloak to Dumbledore before his death, which is a fact known to many people in the Order of the Phoenix. Although with his bright and majestic image in front of people, it is unlikely that anyone would accuse him of coveting the cloak, but if someone really questioned it, it would be difficult for him to clear himself of this suspicion.

Moreover, it was no secret that Harry was left with the Dursleys and was abused throughout his childhood. Even McGonagall, his most trusted right-hand man, criticized him for this.

Thinking of this, Dumbledore sighed.

He looked at the other first-generation members of the Order of the Phoenix who had just arrived from the fireplace, gestured to them with an apologetic look, and then said, "The invisibility cloak belongs to Harry. I returned it to him in Harry's first year of school..."

"As for leaving Harry in the Muggle world and the Dursleys, I have always owed you an explanation," Dumbledore nodded slightly and said, "I think now is the time to make all this public..."