Just as Rove guessed, Professor Dumbledore came to the Scamander home in Dorset County early the next morning to pay a home visit to Rove.
"Long time no see, Newt."
"Long time no see, Professor. I didn't expect that a busy man like you would have time to visit a retired old guy like me."
"Speaking of old guys, I may be more qualified to call myself that. But the reason why I came to bother you today is actually for work matters."
"To save the world?"
Before Professor Dumbledore could finish speaking, Tina interrupted him. If he could face Newt Dumbledore with ease, then he would be a little embarrassed facing Tina. After all, what happened back then started somewhere.
In a sense, he took advantage of Newt, and eventually got Tina and her sister involved.
"It's just a home visit, about your grandson: Rolf Scamander. And school is about to start. I can take him to buy textbooks for the new semester."
"You..."
"Professor, Rolf has grown up, and Tina and I are also old. So you can just talk to him yourself. After all, he has always been a sensible child."
"Is this...really okay? Newt."
"Of course, I believe in him and I believe in you, Professor Dumbledore."
As he spoke, Newt showed a shy smile. Looking at this familiar smile, Dumbledore had countless memories flood into his mind.
"Professor, are you looking for me?"
"Yes, I have something to talk to you about. By the way, I will take you to Diagon Alley to buy your textbooks for the new semester."
"This is really a great honor for me, so when will we set off?"
"Of course the sooner the better, do you have anything else to prepare?"
"No, how can we get there? Use Floo powder?"
"No, just hold out your hand."
Speaking of which, in fact, Rove did not receive a letter from Hogwarts telling him what the textbooks for the new semester would be. But as the principal, Dumbledore was naturally able to know in advance, so he said that he was accompanying Rove
My husband went to buy textbooks for the new school year.
It does not seem to be any difficulty for Dumbledore to appear with a quasi-fourth-year wizard entourage, even if the distance is from Dorset to London's Diagon Alley.
But Rolf thought of another thing, that is, even if Dumbledore knew what the textbooks were, it was unclear whether Flourish and Blotts Bookstore had completed the purchase.
In the final analysis, Rolf just wanted to see Dumbledore's embarrassing scene when Flourish and Blotts Bookstore was out of stock. But it turned out that he was thinking too much. The moment the two of them entered Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, the clerk
A complete set of textbooks that had been prepared long ago was handed over, and Dumbledore had even paid for it.
"In this way, the purchase of textbooks is completed. Next, how about we go to Florin's Cold Drink Shop to have a drink and have a good chat?"
"Of course."
Originally, Dumbledore, as the greatest white wizard in the world, should be the center of attention wherever he went. But he seemed to have used some magic to make all the wizards around him turn a blind eye to the existence of him and Rolf.
Only when he ordered food from the owner of Florin Cold Drink Shop, did he seem to notice him. At Dumbledore's signal, the owner didn't make much of a reaction, but just treated him like an ordinary customer and finished his order.
meal, and then personally delivered it to the table where Rolf and Dumbledore were.
"So, you should know that using magic on Muggles is against the law, right?"
"I was just defending myself, and the Ministry of Magic didn't notice, right? Otherwise, it would have been an Auror who came to the door."
"How do you know they didn't notice?"
"Well, it seems that in order to avoid being expelled or going to Hogwarts House 5 to study in Azkaban, I can only choose to confess and be lenient."
"Aren't you afraid of making me angry when you say Azkaban is the fifth house of Hogwarts in front of the principal?"
"But the problem is that 99% of the prisoners in Azkaban are graduates of Hogwarts, while the remaining 1% entered before they graduated. For example, if I answer no
If you’re satisfied, don’t you want to go there to study?”
Rolf's outrageous remarks made Dumbledore laugh. The other party dared to say this in front of him, which was not a sign of trust in him.
In fact, Dumbledore was also very conflicted about Rolf's incident. Because this is a very dangerous trend, two people once used magic against Muggles and paid a heavy price for it.
One of them was Dumbledore's father, who was imprisoned in Azkaban and eventually died there. The other was the smartest student in Hogwarts: Tom Riddle, and he
The price is your soul.
From the moment Tom killed his biological father and grandfather, he was no longer Tom Riddle, but became the demon he wanted to be, the demon known as Voldemort.
And now, Rolf has also used magic on Muggles. Although it has not caused too serious consequences, it means that he has reached the edge of danger, at least in Dumbledore's view.
Using magic against Muggles who have no power to fight back can easily give wizards a sense of superiority. In other words, most pure-blood wizards have such a sense of superiority.
And if this sense of superiority goes one step further, it will evolve into the dangerous idea that wizards should be superior to Muggles. The end point of this set of ideas and theories is Grandfather Rolf and Dumbledore's former greatest enemy Grindelwald
What you want to do.
Dumbledore didn't want Newt's grandson to turn out to be the same person he had fought against with his life. The world didn't need a second Grindelwald, nor a second Voldemort.
Although Rolf didn't appear as talented as them in school, this was even more dangerous because it meant that he had already learned to hide himself when he was a student.
This conclusion can be drawn because Dumbledore already has some knowledge and guesses about Rove's actual magic level. He believes that Rove's hidden talent is no less than that of Grindelwald and the young Voldemort.
That's why he had this home visit and brought him to Diagon Alley to buy textbooks. He wanted to pull Rolf back from the edge of danger. He had already seen too many tragedies and didn't want a new tragedy to happen again.
In front of his eyes.
Especially since Rolf is so young and talented, he should not be captured by the Ministry of Magic and spend the rest of his life in the dark place of Azkaban.