Chapter 502 Parting
For the exchange students who are about to leave Hogwarts, even the air is filled with the joy of anticipation and the melancholy of leaving the family and friends of the house for a while.
After breakfast, Harry hurried to Gryffindor Tower, took his schoolbag and textbooks, put on his cloak, and rushed down the stairs in three steps at a time. Harry wanted to find Allen and say goodbye to him before he left.
"Harry." Remus Lupine, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, stopped him as he rushed to the hall.
"Professor Lupine." Harry paused.
"The Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom is not in this direction." Lupine winked at Harry.
"Professor, I want to see Alan off. I won't delay too long." Originally, Harry wanted to rush back before class, but now that Lupine mentioned it, Harry asked for leave.
"I understand how you feel, Harry, but I'm sorry." Lupine was a little embarrassed, but after taking a deep breath, he still spoke out under Harry's puzzled eyes: "The Harris family has been very close to Fudge recently. , this student exchange activity is said to be the result of their cooperation. Harry, you have never learned Occlumency, and Alan is a master of Legilimency, so Dumbledore hopes that you will try not to get along with Voldemort before it is confirmed that Voldemort has returned. Allen has too many contacts, at least not face to face, and please don't reveal too much even if it is a letter contact. You know, after your trial and your godfather Sirius and Dumbledore's quarrel, some of the Order of the Phoenix The information does not hide from you, and if Fudge and the others know about this, it will be very bad for us."
Looking at Harry who hesitated and then nodded, Lupine breathed a sigh of relief but couldn't help but feel a little guilty: In fact, Dumbledore told them that he suspected that Harry and Voldemort had a connection, and that it might be possible for each other to detect each other's sight. some information of . What Dumbledore was actually afraid of was that the news would be learned and used by Harris and the others. Whether it was telling Fudge or taking some actions on their own initiative, it might change the prophecy. After Harry was tried by the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore was no longer Just like at the beginning of the summer vacation, they are forced not to contact Harry too much, but the opposite is to ask them to pay attention to the information disclosed in front of Harry must be unimportant or even fake news. Although Lupine felt uncomfortable cheating Harry in this way, for these reasons and his conviction in Dumbledore, he decided to do what Dumbledore had arranged.
When Allen arrived at the lake at the location Mr. Harris had informed him, a very loud and strange sound floated towards them from the lake: a muffled rumbling and sucking sound, like a huge vacuum cleaner along the The river bed is moving...
There was a commotion under the water in the middle of the lake, huge splashes rose from the surface, and waves crashed against the wet shore—then, right in the middle of the lake, a great whirlpool appeared, as if a huge plug had suddenly emerged from the bottom of the lake. was pulled out...
A mast slowly rises from the center of the vortex... the sail rigging slowly rises...
"Harris, I regret that you had to go to Durmstrang." Dumbledore's voice sounded behind Allen.
"Professor Dumbledore," Allen looked away from the center of the lake and turned around, "remember our conversation in my third year?"
"Equivalent transactions are necessary. No one can achieve their goals casually without paying any price." Allen's tone and appearance when he said this sentence suddenly jumped out of Dumbledore's memory .
"Harris, leaving Hogwarts to learn new knowledge in a new environment is something to look forward to." Dumbledore paused, "But you need to be careful when you arrive in Durmstrang. Friends of the federation told me that Carson Mount, one of Durmstrang's two vice-principals, and some school trustees who supported him behind him were very dissatisfied with Karkaroff and you Harris's big moves last year .”
"Thank you, Headmaster Dumbledore, I will pay attention." Since Dumbledore wanted to show his favor again,
So even if the other party must know that he will have a channel to know about it, there is no need for Alan to take a hostile attitude, at least he can't reveal this in person.
"Take care of the other students." After Dumbledore finished speaking, he walked towards the shore without waiting for Alan to respond.
Allen had already learned about this situation from Karkaroff through the imprint of perception, but as far as Karkaroff said, although Monte is also a professor of dueling in addition to the position of vice principal, his strength is no more than He is stronger than ordinary wizards, so Alan didn't care too much about it. Alan also meant to help his family consolidate their power in Durmstrang this time.
Slowly and majestically, the great ship rose out of the water, bobbing on the choppy water, and began to come towards the shore. A moment later they heard a splash as an anchor was thrown into the shallow water, and with another snap a plank hit the shore.
Dumbledore greeted the Durmstrang staff who were disembarking from the ship. Allen, the exchange students and some entourage began to gather under the guidance of a bearded middle-aged man wearing a thick fur cloak.
Allen hugged the family members who came to see him off again, and finally hugged Hermione, who had a red nose, and whispered in her ear, "Take care."
After finishing speaking, Allen felt his shoulders sink, and something grabbed his shoulders, and then Hermione said: "Let Cotton follow you for a while, Thunderbird is highly sensitive to danger, at least it can make you feel safe." I feel relieved."
Mr. Xenophilius Lovegood handed Luna a roll of thick parchment, "Perhaps on board you can pass the time by looking at these unpublished manuscripts of The Quibbler."
He looked at Alan who was saying goodbye to his family and friends not far away, and warned: "Alan Harris, if you have bad intentions for you, cast a curse on him."
But thinking about it, Mr. Lovegood thought of Durmstrang's reputation again, and felt a little uneasy: "Except at Hogwarts, you haven't been so far away from Dad. In Durmstrang, you are the most It's best not to leave Alan's sight."
Luna took the parchment and flipped through it on the spot: "Father, you are surrounded by many disturbing horseflies."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Lovegood raised his hand and waved it around his head, as if driving away those disturbing horseflies, and finally hugged Luna fiercely for a long time before turning around and preparing to leave.
Behind the father and daughter, Narcissa Malfoy has a pale face and long blond hair hanging down her back. She holds Malfoy's wrist with her slender fingers, and holds a stuffed leather bag with the other hand. Handed it over to Malfoy: "Your father has no way to come and see you off, but we stuffed this bag full of Galleons, you remember to put it away, and you can always make friends if you are more generous over there."
"You are a pure-blood, so you shouldn't be discriminated against. You should be more generous with those followers who go to the Ministry of Magic around Allen. But don't provoke other people easily." Thinking about Durmstrang's ethos , Narcissa exhorted worriedly.
When Mr. Xenofilius Lovegood passed by Allen, he rubbed his hands, hesitated for a while and continued to walk, and after two or three steps, he suddenly turned back and ran all the way to Allen.
"Director Xenophilius?" Allen has tried to use Legilimency to detect his thoughts just now, but although he has not mastered Occlumency, he does not know whether he is born with chaotic thinking or wearing some kind of protection Items, Allen could only get some disorganized thinking information, so he had to ask.
Allen was held by Mr. Lovegood: "Allen, don't let her be wronged."
After finishing speaking, he seemed to realize that what he said might cause misunderstanding: "Oh no, I mean, don't let the people in Durmstrang bully her."
Ramona Rothier, the captain of the umbrella team who had been following Alan, took a step forward and bowed to them: "Please forgive me for being impolite and self-assertive, Master Alan has already arranged for us I will take care of Miss Luna at any time in the future. Mr. Lovegood, my daughter is only a few years younger than Miss Luna, we get along very happily, please rest assured."