Chapter 2177 Maxim's Weakness
Madame Maxime works and likes business.
As Principal Beauxbatons, it was indeed not easy for her along the way. In this era when non-human half-blood wizards still received varying degrees of criticism, even though Maxim insisted on denying her own blood, the traces of her giant half-blood were still too obvious.
But even so, she still never gave up, relying on her own ability to get to the present step by step.
And to say that the reason why she is able to have her current identity and status in the magic world, apart from her strong self-discipline, is because she has always insisted on the word "business as usual" in her work and communication.
If you want others to be unable to grasp any of your handles, the best way is not to protect your handles tightly, let alone put your handles into other people's arms cunningly and insidiously, but to not create anything that can be exploited from the very beginning. Let people grasp the handle.
On this point, Madam Maxim seems to have done an excellent job.
However, when many people who have been in contact with her think that she seems to be a proud "big" witch who acts strictly and does not like to show affection, everyone does not know... this Olim Maxim The real character of the lady is actually not like this.
It's not that she likes to "do business" in everything, but she knows that if she really does things according to her own temperament, she will definitely suffer.
To put it simply, in one sentence - Maxim is covering up his weakness.
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"...It happens to be a personal letter."
At this moment, Madam Maxim was looking at the envelope on the table... More precisely, she was looking at the signature of "Minerva McGonagall" on the envelope and whispering to herself. And on her face, there was already a hint of helplessness.
That's right, this is Maxim's greatest weakness in his life - in private, she is a kind person who will repay her kindness.
If it is placed in personal quality, it is naturally excellent, but if it is placed in some intrigue environment, it will be very easy to be used by others.
Fortunately, Maxim is also a very persevering and persistent person. Through a high degree of self-discipline, she covered up this weakness that is not a weakness.
It's a pity that it's not difficult for a person not to favor others, but it's very difficult if he wants to prevent himself from being favored by others-this is not something that can be decided by oneself.
So... obviously, she didn't actually do it perfectly.
In fact, Madam Maxime had met Dumbledore before she became the principal of Beauxbatons.
Not only that, but at that time, she was still painstakingly making friends with others to seek fame, but because of a mistake, her life path fell into a trough, and she was even involved in a case of a black wizard.
At that time, she was speechless, thinking that she might spend more than ten years of terrible time in a wizard prison.
But just when she was deeply desperate, Dumbledore, who hadn't had much contact with her at that time, suddenly appeared for her and used a set of evidence to dispel her suspicion in the case.
This is a kindness, a great kindness-even if Dumbledore did not express anything to her at the time or afterwards, but this kindness, Maxim, who was cleared of the crime, would definitely not forgot.
But unfortunately, even if Maxim didn't want to always be in debt to others, even if she thought about how to repay Dumbledore many times after that. But she soon discovered that the other party didn't seem to need her help at all.
As a result, this friendship has been delayed, to the point where it has gradually turned yellow and faded with the passage of time.
But apparently Madame Maxime never forgot it.
Over the years, whenever Hogwarts has any external activities that need to be held, she often supports them; whenever Hogwarts professors have any research published in journals, she will send it to Hogwarts every time. Personal congratulations——that's how she and Mag got acquainted.
Even now, the reason why she supports Hermione and helps her to build an alliance is not only because of Maca, but also because of her gratitude to Dumbledore who has passed away.
Although even if she did so much intentionally or unintentionally, she would definitely not be able to truly repay Dumbledore now, but doing so could at least give her a sense of peace of mind.
And... To be honest, most of these things are actually not harmful to her, and some of them are even beneficial to her. So why didn't she do it?
However, the meaning of the letter that came to her desk today is completely different from the help that the left and right are supposed to take advantage of the trend.
Because in addition to explaining his request and simple greetings, McGonagall basically only had one sentence left in the letter: "Albus said before that if you encounter huge troubles and are in need, Maybe I can ask Madame Maxime to do you a favor."
In fact, the whole letter did not mention the past when Dumbledore helped her when she was in trouble, and even Maxim felt that Dumbledore might not have told McGonagall about the situation from the beginning to the end. listen.
But this is the case, the harder it is for Maxim to refuse. Even though she herself has just taken on heavy responsibilities and has no energy to distract herself, she can't persuade herself to ignore this letter from Mag.
A weakness is a weakness, and if it can be corrected, it is not a weakness anymore.
"But... Did Minerva stare at this letter I wrote after I took this seat?" Madam Maxim thought for a while, then unfolded the letter again, staring at the contents in it. He muttered, "This is not easy to handle!"
In fact, Professor McGonagall mentioned in her letter that she and all the former Hogwarts teachers and students had landed in Genoa, Italy, and were temporarily accepted by the Medici family in Italy.
However, even if the Medici family has been friends with Hogwarts since thousands of years ago, it is still inappropriate for so many teachers and students to stay in the family.
However, McGonagall has learned more about the turmoil in the entire European magic world through exchanges with the Medicis in the past few days. It is almost impossible to find a place where so many teachers and students can temporarily live under the current situation.
With this catastrophe and the constant threat of Haierbo, the whole of Europe will inevitably become in a constant state of panic.
At this time, no matter where the teachers and students are placed, it is difficult to make people feel at ease and safe.
Mag probably understands this. Therefore, she put this difficult problem in front of Madam Maxim... and it was a letter sent in a personal way, which made it impossible for Madam Maxim to refuse.
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