Facing the black shadow's questioning, Dumbledore's expression did not change at all. His lake-blue eyes were hidden under the lenses, revealing a misty light against the night sky.
"The chaotic magic power fluctuations, and the properties of magic power that I have never seen before -" Dumbledore reached out and scratched the air, "I think I have said it from the beginning, the basis of cooperation is the trust of both parties.
.”
The shadow was silent for a while, and then still remained strong: "Dumbledore, you also understand that we are just cooperating, not digging our hearts out - you get what you want, and we get what we want."
"But there seems to be some conflict between what you want and what I want."
"Things are not what you guessed. You should also know that the unbreakable oath not only binds you, but also binds that person."
"This is not very pleasant to hear. I think I have already proven my sincerity, and some things cannot be faked."
The black shadow paused, and then said in a low voice: "I understand, I will go back to ask for instructions from that person, and I promise to give you a satisfactory answer - now, can you tell me what exactly happened here?"
Dumbledore spread his hands: "This question is also included in the question I just asked. I happened to pass by and felt something was wrong with the magic, but when I came, the place had become like this - made
The one who still possesses that kind of strange magic power in this kind of movement is one of your people, right?"
The black shadow nodded slowly: "He is indeed one of ours, and he is responsible for some work... Dumbledore, don't you have any other discoveries?"
Facing the other party's disbelieving questions, Dumbledore smiled: "To be honest, it's not a pleasant thing to explain to you - if it was me who did it, how would I deal with the Unbreakable Vow?
I did it, why should I send you messages? If I wanted to hide everything, would you still be here now?"
Dumbledore's rhetorical question left the shadow speechless. He turned his head and looked at his companion a few times, both seeing the meaning in the other's eyes.
Since working with Dumbledore, he has indeed never done anything detrimental to the returnees. Many returnees are also secretly wary of this old man, but they have not discovered his tricks.
Moreover, it has to be admitted that they made many arrangements without Dumbledore's knowledge, and the cooperation between the two parties cannot be said to be fully understood.
However, as long as that person is there and as long as it is certain that Dumbledore will not join forces with Grindelwald, then the status quo is acceptable - at least Dumbledore can't do anything on his own.
What's more, they have always been the dominant party in terms of cooperation.
Thinking of this, the black shadow nodded to Dumbledore: "I understand, Dumbledore, please don't get me wrong. We don't mean to question you, but there are some situations that we really need to figure out..."
Dumbledore was noncommittal, and he took out his wand: "I hope our cooperation can proceed smoothly, and I also hope that you can keep your promise."
"Of course, we don't have to go against the greatest wizard in the world. It would be great if we could cooperate. Moreover, Dumbledore, whether you believe it or not, our purpose is essentially the same as yours. We are for,
Make this world a better place.”
Dumbledore's lenses flickered, he took one last deep look at the other person, nodded silently and turned around.
He disappeared on the spot.
The black shadow and his companions looked at each other, and one of them said: "Normally speaking, if it was Dumbledore who did it, then there is really no need for him to call us over. There is no doubt about his strength."
Another added: "But he happened to be passing by? That doesn't make sense."
"We can't say for sure. Dumbledore's strength may be beyond our imagination. Moving quickly is too easy for him."
"But if Dumbledore hadn't taken action, where would Thomas be? Don't forget, Thomas is not the same person at the beginning... We want to take Thomas away quietly, but we have never heard of anyone with such strength.
?”
The black shadow listened to the conversation between his companions and finally said: "Dumbledore shouldn't betray us. Even if he wanted to, he couldn't. He and Grindelwald have become complete opposites... As for Thomas, I can't say that.
Yes, after all, there are many old wizards who live alone in seclusion all year round..."
"But how could that unknown strong man suddenly come into contact with the magic left behind?"
"You will know after checking. Send someone to check the anchor points. The unknown person will definitely take away the anchor points - and then follow the clues to check the people around you."
"yes--!"
…
"Ding dong——"
The doorbell rang, and Mr. Parsons raised his head and walked toward the door hurriedly.
Originally, the family should have gone to bed at this time, but due to the arrival of Mr. Wallop, the family could not sleep. Now they were discussing in the living room how their son would go to a magic school in the future.
The sudden ringing in the middle of the night made Mr. Parsons immediately think of the wizard - is there anything else that Mr. Wallop has not yet explained?
When he opened the door, what puzzled him was that an old man in a robe was standing in front of them.
"Who are you?"
The old man showed an apologetic expression: "Sorry, this is very unreasonable, but I promised Sean that I will handle the rest."
"Sean? That Mr. Wallop? You know him, do you too?"
Mr. Parsons' words were stuck in his throat, his eyes blurred, and he shook his head vigorously.
There was no one in front of the door.
"Dear, didn't you say you forgot an umbrella at the door? Why, didn't you find it?"
Parsons played with his head in confusion, and then picked up the long umbrella that had been leaning against the door for some time.
"It's a little dark, so I couldn't find-"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! He walked into the room and looked at his son: "Doug, don't read that prank letter. It's time to go up and go to bed."
The little boy who was fidgeting with a letter on the sofa pouted unwillingly: "Maybe it's true..."
"It's a pity that this school called Durmstrang is all fictitious, and no one will come to the door. Well, how about dad buy you another set of your favorite fantasy novels?"
"But……"
The family was talking when the doorbell suddenly rang.
"Well, it's so late at night, why is there still someone coming to the door?"
Mr. Parsons opened the door and saw an unknown middle-aged man.
"Sir, what do you want to do..."
Mr. Parsons stopped talking. He was hit by a ray of light and looked at the person in front of him blankly.
"Have any strange people come to your door in recent days?"
Mr. Parsons nodded.
The middle-aged man's eyes lit up: "Who?"
"You, it's already eleven o'clock at night, I've never seen you before..."
The man choked, glanced at Parsons gloomily, and then asked, "Tell me everything you saw in the past two days."
"yes, I……"
After a long time, Mr. Parsons closed the door and returned to the house. He shook his head and regained his clarity.
"Dear, didn't you say you forgot an umbrella at the door? Why did it take so long?"
Parsons glanced at the umbrella in his hand with some confusion and shrugged: "It was quite dark, so I found it after searching for a while - Hey, Doug, it's time for you to go up and sleep now."
Doug started fiddling with his letter again: "Maybe this is true?"
"If it's true, then I will definitely send you to this school called Durmstrang, okay?"
"real?!"
"Of course, but you should go to bed now."
The lights in the bungalow gradually went out.
In the shadows not far away, several dark figures were talking to the middle-aged man who had just appeared at the door of Mr. Parsons' house.
"Is that Parsons okay?"
The middle-aged man shook his head: "No problem. Although his son received the admission notice from Durmstrang, no wizard has come to visit recently - I checked the action records of Durmstrang's admissions specialist.
No one comes here."
"No strange people were found in the surrounding households. There are some magic fluctuations left in the house of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd. I think it was left by the unknown strong man..."
A dark figure made an annoyed voice: "Why did I happen to be bumped into by that person..."
Another dark figure said: "There are too many wizards living in seclusion in the Muggle world. This is inevitable. This is not the first time someone has touched magic."
"But that man was too strong. The most important thing is that Thomas was taken away!"
"Don't worry, they can't come up with anything... Thomas, just die, we have more important things to do."
"……I see."
The air twisted, and then the night returned to calm.
…
In Hogwarts Castle, Sean, who was teleported back by the portkey, was in the Room of Requirement. The Lloyds were placed on two cushions by him.
"Weird..." Sean looked at his hands in confusion.
The changed magical properties of my own are now slowly changing back.
The change in magic power gained from "confronting waves" with the Black Hood is returning to its original state.
"Dumbledore knows this? Then he asked me to take action. On the one hand, he was scrupulous because of the constraints of the oath, and on the other hand... was it just to let me feel the difference of this magic?"
"Because of the [arrogance] in my body? I have experienced this magic in advance. Is it any good for me to deal with arrogance in the future?"
"However, the nature of this magic is so strange... Dumbledore doesn't seem to fully understand it..."
"or……"
Sean felt that his magic power was about to return to normal, and suddenly a bold idea came to his mind.
He came into contact with the magic power of [Laziness], and the nature of his magic power also changed, but the [Arrogance] in his body did not react at all...
What if he goes to see Arrogance in person? The nature of the magic power has not yet completely returned to its original state.
Sean hesitated for a moment, then took out the unstable coin.
Unstable Coin (Purple): A divination prop. After saying something specific, throw the coin. Heads represent affirmation, tails represent negation. The remaining number of uses is 2/5 (Note: The head or tail of the coin will be affected by weather, mood, and luck.
Uprightness often occurs. Moderate divination is good for the body and mind, while superstitious predictions are harmful to health)
Sean used this coin three times, and only once was it positive. The other times were all upright, so the effect was not obvious. It was purely a matter of luck.
Thinking of this, Sean coughed lightly, and then said: "Wouldn't it bring any disadvantages to me if I go in to communicate with [Arrogance] now?"
The coin is tossed, heads!
Positive means affirmation, which means that if Sean takes this opportunity to meet [Arrogance], nothing bad will happen!
Sean took action immediately. He summoned a full-length mirror, and then stared at the silent vortex in his eyes.
When he came to his senses again, he was already standing on the familiar empty island.
Sean looked down and saw that he still maintained his real-life attire, including his wand and ring. Of course, it was impossible for Dave and other magical animals to appear in his soul world.
Sean turned around and took a look. The empty island had not changed much from the last time he came there. The villa belonging to the Wallop family in the center was also safe and sound.
Sean did not rush to find [Arrogance]. He first returned to the villa that represented his soul and checked it carefully. After making sure that there was no problem, he walked towards the edge of the empty island.
He is now certain that the soul world where he and Arrogance coexist is part of the confused illusion.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Walking to the edge, Sean tried to give himself a far-sighted spell and looked towards the farthest distance, but his eyes were still filled with red magma, and he could not see
to any edge.
According to the fable, Mirage has been destroyed, but Sean doesn't know whether the magma is the current state of Mirage or the changes in his soul world caused by his arrogant existence.
I don’t know if I can tell him anything by asking this guy... Sean silently complained in his heart.
He stretched out his head and looked at the magma.
"Hey, come out and meet me?"
"Boom--boom--" the magma bubble shattered calmly, and Giant Sean didn't give any reaction.
"You obviously want to take over my body, but now I'm talking to you and pretending to be dead, but it's okay..." Sean muttered, and then stretched out his wand.
"Boom - boom -"
The explosive curse exploded in the magma, causing a rain of magma all over the sky.
"Hey, big man, I am your host after all. Come out and talk."
He deliberately used the last trace of the guilt magic that had not changed its nature.
Finally, there was movement below.
The rolling magma was dozens of times more terrifying than Sean's explosive spell.
A huge head slowly emerged from the magma, hot red liquid dripped from his eyebrows, and then his head raised and looked at Sean at the edge of the empty island.
It felt like I was looking into a magnifying glass... Looking at the huge Sean who looked exactly like himself, Sean glanced at his mouth.
"Finally willing to come out? Do you feel it?"
Giant Sean stared at Sean silently, his negative emotions and violent aura making the air even hotter.
"Don't just look at it. I know you have intelligence and you can communicate. Why don't you talk to me?"
A moment later, a deafening sound echoed throughout the world.