Chapter 66: Dumbledore Wants To Be Lazy (Read More)
The days passed like this. The wolf cub ate and slept every day. In addition to practicing the fluorescent spell, he wrote and sent letters to Hermione. Occasionally, he would sneak out of the office at night and wander around, living a life without hope.
Carefree.
Compared with the wolf cub who didn't need to worry about anything, Dumbledore's life was much busier. In addition to his job as the headmaster of Hogwarts, he also had a lot of Wizengamot official duties to deal with, including Fudge from the Ministry of Magic.
The minister also often sent him letters asking him for advice on how to handle various affairs, which left Dumbledore with almost no free time.
That day, after Dumbledore had written a reply to Cornelius Fudge, he caught a glimpse of Lovell lying in the corner of his office, stretching his hind legs to tickle himself.
Dumbledore couldn't help it and sighed.
Lovell will come to Hogwarts in two years, but can it really adapt to human society? It seems to lack common sense.
It stands to reason that as Lovell's current guardian, Dumbledore has the obligation to spread various knowledge to Lovell, but Dumbledore is really too busy. He asked himself that he was completely unqualified in this regard.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Dumbledore decided to entrust Lovell to someone he trusted.
Who could be more trustworthy than Ms. Minerva McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts?
After Dumbledore made his decision, he immediately found a way to notify Professor McGonagall. A few minutes later, the door to the office opened, and a tall witch wearing an emerald green robe with her hair combed into a tight bun came out.
Came in.
"What's the matter, Albus?" She pursed her lips and looked at Dumbledore with a serious expression - she was summoned by Dumbledore's patronus. In her eyes, this must be something extraordinary.
Only something big would force Professor Dumbledore to use his Patronus to summon her.
"I need your help." Dumbledore was equally serious, but the reason for his seriousness was not that serious...
"Whatever it takes." Professor McGonagall took a deep breath and decided to fulfill Dumbledore's instructions at all costs.
"I need your help to take care of a little guy - Lovell!" Dumbledore called Lovell's name and asked him to come over.
"No problem - wait, Lovell?" As soon as Professor McGonagall agreed, she felt something was wrong: Lovell, seems to be the name of the wolf cub adopted by Dumbledore before?
Professor McGonagall had heard from her colleague Flitwick before that Dumbledore had adopted a cute little wolf named Lovell. However, she had never seen this little guy.
"What are you calling me for? Professor Dumbledore?" Lovell jumped up and down to Dumbledore's desk and almost shouted out the nickname he gave Dumbledore.
Now Minerva McGonagall finally saw the legendary Lovell.
At first glance, it looks like a silvery-white dumpling, but upon closer inspection, it turns out to be a little wolf with silvery-white hair. It looks extremely beautiful, almost like a physical guardian angel.
More importantly, it can also speak human language, which also represents an extraordinary significance.
"This is Professor Minerva McGonagall. She is the vice-principal of the school, the professor of Transfiguration and the dean of Gryffindor House." Dumbledore first raised his hand to introduce Professor McGonagall to Lovell.
.
"Oh!" Lovell glanced at Minerva McGonagall in front of him with wide eyes, feeling that she didn't seem to be easy to get along with.
"I'm Lovell, I'm nothing, I'm the forbidden wolf who temporarily lives in Dumbledore's office!" However, it was still necessary to introduce himself, so Lovell also introduced himself loudly.
Professor McGonagall couldn't help laughing: This little wolf cub is quite interesting.
She bent down, stared at Lovell and said, "You can call me Minerva."
"Okay!" Lovell nodded, keeping Professor McGonagall's name in mind.
"So, what do you mean, Albus?" After introducing each other to Lovell, Professor McGonagall turned to Dumbledore. She needed Dumbledore to give her an explanation.
"Lovell will come to Hogwarts in two years, but as you can see, he is not ready at all, so..."
"So you are going to throw it to me? Let me take care of the child?!" Professor McGonagall was indeed Dumbledore's confidant. Before he finished speaking, Professor McGonagall understood Dumbledore's intention.
At this moment, Professor McGonagall felt that her blood pressure had risen - she also had a lot to do! The daily teaching work had overwhelmed her, and what was even worse was that she also had the Headmaster of Gryffindor and
For these two positions of deputy principal, she felt that the fact that she did not receive two extra salaries was due to her decades-old friendship with Dumbledore. But Dumbledore actually dared to make such an exorbitant request?
Dumbledore nodded silently.
Lovell looked at Dumbledore and McGonagall, unable to understand why the atmosphere between the two suddenly became tense.
"I refuse." Professor McGonagall simply refused Dumbledore's request. "If there is nothing else, I will go back first."
After saying that, she turned around and left Dumbledore's office without looking back.
Dumbledore:!!!
"Wait a minute -" He wanted to say something more to save Professor McGonagall, but Professor McGonagall had already left the office, and left quickly as if he was afraid that Dumbledore would catch up.
If it was a more serious request, Minerva McGonagall would just have to work harder. But taking care of a wolf cub, how could it be a serious request? So she refused without mercy.
The conversation ended unhappily.
Dumbledore sighed and said somewhat self-deprecatingly: "I should give Minerva a salary increase first."
"So what exactly happened?" Lovell blinked his big innocent eyes, completely lacking any understanding of the "culprit".
"Alas..." Dumbledore just sighed, feeling his temples hurt.
Do you really have to do socialization training for Lovell yourself?!
Lovell carefully recalled the conversation between Dumbledore and Minerva, and a thought emerged in its mind: These two people couldn't be so unhappy because of me, right?!
"Is it because of me?" Lovell shared his guess with Dumbledore.
Looking at Lovell who had become cautious, Dumbledore rubbed his brows. In the end, he couldn't bear to deceive the little wolf cub in front of him, and he nodded.
Lovell blinked twice more, and it thought of a plan to get the best of both worlds.