Chapter 1600 White Tomb

At this time, music sounded in the open space on the shore of the lake.

The voice is ethereal, like fairy music from another world.

Hearing the sound suddenly, many heads turned and searched, with a little surprise.

Ivan was also a little distracted, but soon realized that it was the voice of a mermaid.

He noticed that Hermione had found it, and that Elaine and Gabriel were still looking, looking dazed.

Ai Wen touched the two of them and motioned them to look to the left.

In the sunlit clear green water, just inches below the surface, a chorus of mermaids sang in a strange language unintelligible to man, their pale faces wavering, Purple hair floated around them.

The music made the hairs on the back of the neck stand on end, but it wasn't harsh.

It speaks plainly of grief and despair, and the emotional and sad faces of the mermaids are reflected in the water.

Hagrid also rose to his feet, accompanied by sad music.

Under Madam Maxim's comfort, Hagrid nodded, raised his hand and wiped his red and swollen eyes from crying, picked up the portrait of Dumbledore wrapped in purple velvet covered with gold stars on his lap, and walked along Walking slowly along the aisle between the seats.

Since there was no body of Dumbledore, the funeral ceremony was carried out in this way.

Dumbledore in the photo is as kind, kind and wise as usual, with a smile on his face, just like the first time Ivan saw him at Hogwarts when he was enrolled.

People started crying, tears were falling, and Hermione, Ginny, and Gabriel were all wiping away tears.

Only Elaine blinked, tilted her head and looked at Ivan, without crying.

In her past experience, she has witnessed too many deaths.

Her parents, clansmen, enemies killed by vampires, and weak lives who died one after another on the Norwegian permafrost and in the dark underground world...

No matter how well Keresis protected her, Elaine still witnessed the departure of these lives. Death itself is a part of vampires. She is probably used to it and doesn't think it is something worth crying. What's more, she knew from Aiwen that Dumbledore was not actually dead! He just left this world because of the magic left by Salazar Slytherin, just as their clan was doomed because of another Slytherin magic...

But after knowing the ins and outs of the matter, Elaine confirmed to Ivan alone, is it possible that her parents are not dead like Professor Dumbledore? Just went to another world, will come back one day, when the magic is over...

Facing Elaine, Ivan didn't know how to answer this heavy question.

Finally, he repeated what Dumbledore had said.

Death is not the end, but the beginning of another great journey, which only the most courageous can go on.

If one day they also embark on this journey, they will meet them eventually.

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Hagrid placed the portrait carefully on the middle table, then turned and walked back down the aisle, blowing his nose vigorously and making a sound like a trumpet, and some people gave him dissatisfied looks, including many Lores Umbridge...

But she immediately ignored Hagrid. Umbridge suddenly screamed loudly. Although it stopped abruptly, it was still extremely harsh in the solemn funeral. Everyone turned their heads to look at her. His face was extremely pale, as if he had exhausted all his strength in an instant.

Following Umbridge's line of sight, Ivan turned his head to understand what was going on.

The giant Grop staggered out of the Forbidden Forest and was waving at Hagrid.

He didn't see Umbridge, because after she screamed, she quickly turned her head back, and under the looking eyes of everyone, she smiled awkwardly, trying to hide it, but the smile was very reluctant, and it looked very Ugly, complex expressions of disgust, fear, shock, embarrassment and other emotions flashed across his face.

The funeral continued, and no one investigated Umbridge's gaffe. Only a few officials of the Ministry of Magic shook their heads helplessly. Their senior deputy minister has been very abnormal since he returned from Hogwarts last summer. , who knows what disease he made again.

But Hagrid didn't return to his original seat. He walked to the back and sat down next to Gropp. Gropp was wearing a jacket and trousers the size of a small tent. With his ugly head bowed, he seemed docile, even understanding, and he seemed to have grasped the meaning of the occasion that was going on.

I have to say, long time no see, Glop has indeed improved a lot.

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Behind Hagrid, Professor McGonagall stepped forward and placed Dumbledore's Elder Wand in front of her portrait, at which point the music stopped.

A small, bushy-haired man in a plain black robe got up from his seat, stood in front of Dumbledore's portrait, and began to speak. He didn't use magic to raise his voice, just the occasional phrase that floated back over hundreds of heads, "noble spirit", "academic maturity", "great heart" and so on...

This is the image of Dumbledore in front of other wizards. He is the greatest wizard in the world, the strongest white wizard. The existence of it supports the good wizards to fight against evil.

Dumbledore has become a symbol, synonymous with great wizards.

But at Hogwarts, in the hearts of the students, Dumbledore has always been their approachable headmaster, a role model they are proud of and learn from, the one who invented "Stupid!" The "twisted" white bearded professor...

The sound of splashing water came one after another from the left, and more and more mermaids surfaced.

All the merfolk from the nearby waters had come to the funeral, and they were all listening.

Then, there was a sudden commotion in the Forbidden Forest.

The centaurs also came to express their condolences, and instead of coming out into the clearing, they stood half hidden in the shadows, looking motionless at the wizards on this side.

They watched in silence, bows and arrows at their sides.

Under the direct sunlight, Ivan sighed. It doesn't matter whether Dumbledore really died or temporarily left because of magic. They lost the most amazing guardian, and the rest of the battle depends on themselves.

Finally, the little man finished his monotonous speech and returned to his seat.

No one stood up to speak anymore, and no one moved, including the Minister and Professor McGonagall.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment, and everyone was silently waiting.

Suddenly, several people screamed.

From the end of the Elder Wand, blinding white flames shot out around Dumbledore's portrait and the table: the flames rose higher and higher, obscuring everything. White smoke curled up into the air, taking on all sorts of strange shapes. At that moment, people seemed to see a phoenix happily flying up into the blue sky from the flames, accompanied by the unique song of the phoenix, but then the flame disappeared, and a white marble tomb appeared there, putting everything in the sky. in……