Chapter 257 Challenge

"How is it, can it be fixed?"

"...I need to take a look."

In the deep mountains of Wales.

Lu Yunkai looked at the two old cabinets in front of him with a serious expression.

Malfoy's expression was even worse.

Lu Yunkai's words made his heart sink.

"Do you know where you found the other half of the cabinet?" Lu Yunkai continued to ask Malfoy.

"...I don't know." Malfoy answered patiently.

He was almost out of control now.

Lu Yunkai saw it, so he nodded and stopped talking.

In fact, he had already seen what the problem was with the damaged cabinet.

The cabinet door was broken.

Well, to use the words of the magic world, the closed magic circle that triggers the teleportation magic between the two cabinets was destroyed because there was a hole in one of the cabinet doors, and that hole happened to be at a critical point, which caused the energy of the magic circle to be unable to be sealed, and the teleportation could not be activated...

In other words, if a cabinet door with a complete magic circle is replaced, it should be able to be fixed.

Of course, it is also necessary to check whether the teleportation magic has been in disrepair for a long time, but in short, it is not difficult.

Lu Yunkai is now more and more convinced of what Snape said. In the British Isles, his Lu Yunkai's research on magic circles is already very deep...Maybe the people that Malfoy's parents asked to help repair this cabinet can't recognize that the pattern on the cabinet door is a magic circle?

"I'll go back and check if there is anything about this thing." Lu Yunkai did not immediately pat his chest to assure Malfoy, "Don't be too anxious, there should be a solution."

"...Yeah." Malfoy was obviously a little discouraged.

He was still hoping that Lu Yunkai would give him an accurate answer as soon as they met today!

It seems that it won't work...

However, Lu Yunkai didn't pay much attention to him. He just continued to study the magic circle between the two teleportation cabinets and the magic that maintained them. Malfoy sat down on the ground next to him and watched Lu Yunkai busy without saying a word.

I don't know how long it took.

Suddenly, Malfoy's communication mirror rang.

Malfoy took out the mirror, glanced at it, and didn't answer it immediately.

"Or I'll go back first." Lu Yunkai noticed this very sensitively and smiled, "Contact me later if you have anything."

"...No." Malfoy put the mirror back into his pocket, "Not the one over there, but Pansy."

"..."

"She's really annoying." Malfoy scratched his head in annoyance, "I really don't feel like talking to her recently, and she got angry with me..."

"She doesn't know that you're worried about something." Lu Yunkai said for Pansy, "And she saw that you were in a bad mood and cared about you, what's the problem?"

"...Alas, to be honest, I'm really not as good as you when it comes to dealing with women." Malfoy sighed, "If I met someone like Daphne, I would have broken up long ago."

"Daphne's personality is very good. It's fine, don't say that. "Lu Yunkai smiled and shook his head, "You should talk to Pansy more, at least you won't be so upset."

"... I don't want to be distracted by her." Malfoy sighed and stood up from the ground, "I'll take this cabinet back first. If you still want to see it, contact me later."

"Wait until we get back to school, it's really not convenient now." Lu Yunkai smiled and shook his head, "You... Actually you can try, at least fix the cabinet first. These things are not easy to do in school later."

"What's so good about this! This is for work, not for viewing..."

"..."

"...Okay! Listen to you." Seeing Lu Yunkai's speechless expression, Malfoy could only agree.

After putting away the two cabinets with the space bag, the two rode on the flying broom together and returned to the Leaky Cauldron in London.

They were originally planning to go back to their own homes through the fireplace just like they did when they left in the morning, but...

"Why are there so many people suddenly?"

When they pushed open the door of the bar, they were both stunned, and Lu Yunkai muttered.

The Leaky Cauldron is now almost full.

"Strange, it was empty when we left in the morning!" Malfoy also nodded.

"I'll go ask."

Lu Yunkai walked through the crowd and came to the bar.

Tom was busy preparing various alcoholic drinks and didn't even see Lu Yunkai coming.

"Tom, what happened? Why is it suddenly lively?"

Lu Yunkai tried to start a conversation.

But before Tom could answer, another wizard in front of the bar had spoken for him.

"Don't you know yet? At noon today, the mysterious man issued a warning in front of the Ministry of Magic that he would duel with Dumbledore!"

"...What???"

Lu Yunkai and Malfoy who followed him were stunned.

The two looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

Duel?

What is Malfoy doing now? ?

And...

Duel? ?

"So you see, everyone is discussing this matter." The wizard's face was filled with indescribable emotions, "We... really hope there will be a result!"

"Yeah."

Lu Yunkai and Malfoy looked at each other again and nodded together.

Then they went back to their own homes.

...

"Meow, what did Malfoy say?"

"He said he hasn't seen his parents yet." Lu Yunkai put down the mirror in his hand angrily, and then looked at Chris, "Didn't you go to see Nagini this morning? What did she say?"

"I didn't see her. It seems that Voldemort sent her out to do something."

"Really, what is Voldemort going to do!" Lu Yunkai sighed and said nothing.

Chris looked at Lu Yunkai, then looked at the communication mirror, curled up and closed her eyes.

On the balcony outside the bedroom, the sea breeze was blowing, with a kind of tranquility and leisure belonging to summer, but Lu Yunkai's heart was not calm at all.

Before in Hogsmeade, Voldemort and Dumbledore had a head-on confrontation.

At that time, Lu Yunkai watched it at the closest distance.

It must be said that although Dumbledore overwhelmed Voldemort with those very ancient and gorgeous magics, after this period of time, Lu Yunkai really couldn't believe that Voldemort would be taken advantage of by Dumbledore's "surprise attack".

If the two really dueled on the stage, Dumbledore was old after all, and facing the relatively young and strong Voldemort, he was definitely not at an advantage. In addition, there was a prophecy that Voldemort "believed" that only Harry could kill him, so he jumped out and challenged Dumbledore one-on-one, and he was very confident.

And Dumbledore couldn't refuse this duel.

Just the day before, the Death Eaters attacked the Minister of Magic. Lu Yunkai was still confused about this matter at the time, thinking that it was simply instigated by Nagini to kill two birds with one stone, but now it seems that Voldemort is really forcing Dumbledore to accept it step by step.

The Minister of Magic can't guarantee his own safety, can ordinary wizards do it?

Therefore, the magic world is now in a state of panic.

At this time, Voldemort gave Dumbledore a chance to become a hero: Come on, defeat me, you are the savior, you are God. But if Dumbledore refuses, he will immediately be regarded as a coward, a traitor, and a waste by those who expect him to protect the magic world...

Dumbledore has almost no way out.

And this battle is definitely not just a battle between the two greatest wizards of the time. This battle also determines the direction of the wizarding world in the next few decades or even hundreds of years.

If Dumbledore wins, it goes without saying that all the things advocated by Voldemort will be swept into the garbage heap, no one will dare to mention it again, and the magic world will continue to survive the way it has for hundreds of years.

But if Voldemort wins, the banner of resistance against him falls, and the Ministry of Magic and most of the wizards in the magic world will "naturally" become a member of Voldemort's camp.

By then, everything will be too late.

But Lu Yunkai really doesn't want to leave the future of the magic world to Dumbledore alone.

Although Lu Yunkai's impression of the old man who seemed to dislike him all the time has improved a lot in the past two years (Lu Yunkai now understands that it may be because Dumbledore saw the shadow of Grindelwald in him), he still can't say that he trusts him.

It's true that he is a very powerful wizard, and he may even be the only wizard who can face Voldemort head-on, but Lu Yunkai really doesn't want to let his fate be decided by others.

This thing still needs to be in his own hands.

But the problem is...

Lu Yunkai remembered the excitement of Irene holding the communication mirror when she just came back from the fireplace, and his heart was heavy.

Yes! Most wizards don't seem to mind Dumbledore helping them decide their future destiny.

Lu Yunkai smiled bitterly.

Is it really like this?

With a light sigh, Lu Yunkai picked up the shaking mirror again.

He ignored the messages from Daphne, Blaise, Malfoy and even Harry and Hermione floating on it, and directly opened the address book.

After a while, an old face appeared in the mirror.

"I guessed you would contact me."

Dumbledore's voice was a little relieved and a little teasing.

"Do you need me to help you prepare a magic circle to remove the curse? Or have you found someone?" Although Lu Yunkai had a lot to say, he got straight to the point.

Other nonsense such as "There must be a lot of people contacting you? Why did you talk to me first?" I won't say it.

"No need."

"... Do you still have confidence in your current state to defeat Voldemort?" Lu Yunkai asked back with narrowed eyes.

"Even if I remove the curse on my body, I can't defeat him." Dumbledore smiled and shook his head, "And now... I may not lose to him. Can you have some confidence in me?"

"If this matter is not related to the future decades or even hundreds of years of the magic world, I won't be so worried." Lu Yunkai sighed.

"Voldemort thinks so highly of you, it wouldn't be a bad thing for you if he wins, right?"

"Lucius was good enough to him, but Draco was still ordered by him to find a way to get a group of Death Eaters to sneak into Hogwarts to kill you." Lu Yunkai snorted, "I don't want my children to grow up in such an environment in the future."

"Is there such a thing?" Dumbledore was slightly stunned, then smiled, "Then you help him!"

"The best way for me to help him is to let Chris find a way to pee in your water cup. Then you die and Draco will be relieved." Lu Yunkai rolled his eyes at Dumbledore, "So, you must win this battle."

"...There are many people who hope that I must win, and you are the only one who said this to me face to face!" Dumbledore smiled, "In fact, I have been waiting for you to contact me, just to tell you that even if I lose, the Ministry of Magic and even the entire magic world are controlled by Voldemort, there are still people who will not give up..."

"Harry?? I say! Can you not take him alone!!"

"Even if I don't say it, do you think Voldemort can let him go? And is he the kind of person who surrenders and lets others slaughter him?" Dumbledore asked back.

"..."

It is indeed not.

"So, Voldemort's challenge to me was not because he was confident that he could kill me and then control the entire Ministry of Magic. It was precisely because he was afraid. He was afraid that there would be more and more people opposing him, and he would become increasingly powerless, so he had to defeat me and use this incident to intimidate all those who had opinions about him." Dumbledore continued, "Although I don't know what he has experienced recently, he is really afraid."

"..."