Under Phoenix Fox's whine, the Sorting Hat's condemnation, and the portraits' explanations, Dumbledore quickly figured out what happened in the principal's office in just ten minutes.
Glancing at the little silver-haired Luoli who was quietly sitting on the rattan chair, looking at his nose and nose, looking at his heart, looking obedient and sipping ice-cold pumpkin juice, Dumbledore rubbed his brows with a headache.
After teaching at Hogwarts for so many years, he has encountered many students with weird personalities.
But this was the first time he encountered a student like Elena who was sometimes as obedient as a model student and sometimes even more unscrupulous than Peeves.
——At least in the long history of Hogwarts, she is definitely the first one who dares to stew the owl that delivers the letter for the beginning of school.
"Miss Kaslana, it seems that you have a different understanding of the word food."
Combined with the missing owl mentioned by Professor McGonagall, Dumbledore even came up with a strange guess.
In the eyes of this seemingly well-behaved little girl, perhaps everything in the world is simply and roughly divided into two types - edible or inedible.
"However, this kind of behavior is actually..."
After thinking about it, Dumbledore spoke tactfully and slowly while thinking about how to guide the girl to understand her problem bit by bit.
"I was wrong."
Before Dumbledore could finish speaking, Elena blinked, put down the iced pumpkin juice in her hand, and answered seriously with a serious face.
"I'm not blaming you, it's just..."
Dumbledore paused, shook his head, took a breath, and continued gently.
Based on his many years of experience in teaching students, simply emphasizing or blaming a student for their mistakes, apart from venting their anger again and again, cannot actually help these children find the right path.
It is much more effective to discuss issues from the perspective of an older friend than to use pressure and force as a professor.
And this is what Dumbledore is most proud of, he is always able to become friends with all the students.
——Well, before today.
"I know where I went wrong!" Elena interrupted again.
"Uh, no..."
Dumbledore's smile froze a little, and he subconsciously raised his hand to say something.
"Phoenix is mankind's friend!"
"What I did was very wrong!"
"I am extremely upset and regretful for everything I have caused!"
"I promise I won't do this next time!"
"..."
The silver-haired little Luoli put his hands on his knees, like a barrage of firecrackers, and quickly conducted self-examination with a particularly upright attitude.
The expression on the girl's delicate little face was vivid and firm, and she methodically explained her mistakes and how to correct them from various aspects.
So for a moment, even Dumbledore didn't know what to say anymore and could only open and close his mouth in embarrassment.
After saying a lot of words in one breath as if rapping, Elena finally stopped, let out a breath, picked up the iced pumpkin juice placed aside, and continued to sip it in small sips.
The room fell into an extremely strange silence.
Apart from the whispers of the principals' portraits on the wall, the only thing left was the weak and aggrieved whimpering of Phoenix Fox.
Dumbledore stretched out his hand and gently touched the beautiful golden-red bird lying next to him. He clearly felt the phoenix Fox trembled obviously the moment he put his hand on it. It was obvious that Fox had a crush on Ai Lina's psychological shadow was more significant than he imagined.
But the key is, how did she do it...
Dumbledore rubbed his left index finger back and forth on the wand, his blue eyes filled with confusion.
Logically speaking, Phoenix Fox, who is in adulthood, cannot be caught so easily by a little girl who has not learned magic, let alone be tortured in such an embarrassing manner.
This was the only thing he couldn't understand after listening to everyone's descriptions of the stories that happened in this room.
If the Phoenix could be trapped and subdued so easily, then the magic world would not rate it as a special magical creature with an XXXX rating (dangerous/requiring specialized knowledge/skilled wizards to deal with).
"Dumbledore, don't you think the mental state of your phoenix is strange?"
At this time, Phyllida Spohr, who was indirectly involved in the chaos, suddenly broke the silence in the room. [Portrait of the Principal (see notes)]
Mental state? Dumbledore frowned and carefully observed Phoenix Fawkes. For the first time, his beautiful big eyes showed an obvious look of fear and uneasiness, as if an animal had encountered a terrible natural enemy.
Wait... meet a natural enemy?
Dumbledore suddenly remembered that a few years ago, when Newt Scamander returned to school and shared stories with him about his previous experience of observing magical creatures, he accidentally mentioned the characteristics of a magical creature. (Character) Click here for introduction details)
An extremely rare magical property that only appears in magical creatures.
In the long process of studying magical animals, Newt Scamander discovered that among certain magical creatures with powerful magic, some special individuals would be born.
Although due to their different types, there will be obvious differences in strength and weakness in abilities, one of them will show an extremely obvious commonality.
That is, these special individuals, when faced with hunting targets, will spontaneously produce an incredible deterrent force - just like the breath of some carnivorous creatures in the non-magical world will make the prey's muscles stiffen out of fear.
However, when such a situation occurs between magical animals, it is not just a matter of muscle stiffness, but stems from some mysterious entanglement, and may even affect the magical ability of the prey.
Newt Scamander calls this unique individual a predator, and their diet range is often more than twice as broad as the average for the entire group.
If he had been lucky enough to visit Elton, a British animal ecologist at the same time, perhaps he would have come up with a more accurate explanation - an existence at the top of the food chain at the upper level of the group.
Thinking of this, Dumbledore subconsciously glanced at the harmless Elena, feeling a sense of absurdity in his heart.
It's unlikely that such a little girl would be associated with any predators. Even if she is indeed half Veela, Veela itself is not a ferocious existence.
What's more, according to Newt Scamander's research, the most important thing is that all predator threats require the hunting target to feel the threat of death, and the Phoenix has been a threat from the beginning.
A transcendent existence that is not afraid of death.
"unless……"
Dumbledore raised his head, his eyes glowed with a light silver light, and suddenly asked, "Elena, if I give you the phoenix, have you ever thought about what you would do?"
Give it to her? Elena glanced at the big golden-red bird curled up next to Dumbledore with a confused look.
"Of course I cut off one wing every day and wait for it to live..."
Little Luoli, who was distracted, replied subconsciously. Just halfway through speaking, Elena bit her tongue sharply.
"Bah, I mean, cut a piece of fish every day and feed it until it becomes fat and white."
really!
Dumbledore's face suddenly became serious. He could feel that the moment Elena's attention focused on Phoenix Fox, there was an extremely subtle confusion in the magic power of Phoenix Fox.
The key is whether it is the predator characteristics produced by Veela blood, or...
Dumbledore couldn't help but shudder. This child might be more dangerous than he thought.
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(Cute and cute, you are begging for food. Please support the recommendation vote for the new book, 嘘嘘嘤! The protagonist’s golden finger is finally out. Well, this one is based on the animal world of teacher Zhao Zhongxiang and the records of the handsome Mr. Bei! It’s reasonable and confident.