Everyday Players at Hogwarts.

Chapter 280 Non-Existence

What kind of wizard is Dumbledore in the wizarding world?
In fact, before Dudley's story appeared in the Daily Prophet, not many wizards knew about his unruly and romantic life in his youth.

As for Dumbledore not getting married, that is also normal. A powerful wizard can imagine everything in his mind, real and vivid.

But now, every wizard knows about the affair between Dumbledore and Grindelwald, so Harry and the others can't think too much about it.

You know, even though Sirius was present and knew Dumbledore's true intention, he couldn't help but doubt and even had the intention to kill him.

"I think I'll explain it to them," said Sirius, but for some reason he smiled with a gloating smile.

"They all know that I came to check Regulus' body." Dumbledore keenly noticed this from their expressions.

But he was not in a hurry at all. To be honest, he had long been accustomed to this ever since Harry's childhood and Dudley's deeds were published in the Daily Prophet.

You know, even Newt's wife Tina wrote a letter about this - she suspected that her husband had an abnormally close relationship with Dumbledore.

The same goes for the other professors at Hogwarts. If there was anyone who was not affected by these reports, it would probably be Hagrid.

Hagrid firmly believed that these were all lies made up by Rita Skeeter. Dumbledore even believed that if Rita Skeeter appeared in front of Hagrid, Hagrid would probably tear her apart.

"Then let's just go out--" As Sirius asked the question, Dumbledore had already pushed open the door and walked out naturally.

As for Regulus, he must have stayed in the direct house.

It wasn't that Sirius felt that the others hated his brother and were prepared to isolate him from the others.

Rather, he discovered that Regulus preferred dark environments, even vaguely more than himself and Kreacher.

Regarding eating, Sirius also found that it was not necessary for Regulus. He ate only because of the remaining memories in his body. According to Sirius's measurements, the energy Regulus got from eating was not as much as staying in the dark room for an hour.

Now, even Kreacher no longer asked to cook for his favorite Master Regulus all day long.

On the contrary, as soon as Regulus went out, Kreacher would suddenly appear and turn off all the lights in Regulus's path.

So Sirius mustered up the courage to follow Dumbledore's tall and thin figure to the living room which was decorated like a wonderland in the forest.

In the living room, the long square table was now filled with delicious food - the singing phoenix cake, Kreacher's best French onion soup, boiled potatoes, various tempting and rich stews, syrup fruit pies, steak and kidney pies.
Ron, who should have been eating heartily at this moment, was playing with his fork out of boredom.

It seemed that even he understood that he could not eat before the others, that is, Dumbledore and Sirius, arrived and the table was not full.

No wonder Ron opened the door first - his stomach couldn't wait.

"Professor, Sirius, you're here!" Ron greeted them impatiently.

It seemed as if the scene that just happened was completely thrown out of his mind.

"Is Regulus okay?" Harry demonstrated the high emotional intelligence he had learned from his years at the Dursleys, and used Regulus as an excuse to brush aside the embarrassing scene.

At the same time, I got to the point - I know Dumbledore checked Regulus's body when he came.

"He's fine!" Sirius couldn't help but smile.

Although the scene just now was very embarrassing, the news that Regulus was fine still made him smile.

"Great! X3"

"Now you won't have to get up so early every day!" Harry and the others and Lupin said separately.

"Fortunately! Master Regulus, the only legitimate heir of my old master, is fine!" "Kreacher wants to talk to the mistress!" Kreacher disappeared on the spot.

Sirius, who was expelled from orthodoxy, didn't care at all. On the contrary, he applauded.

"Well, didn't Sirius get up early these days to prepare for my birthday?" Harry discovered the blind spot.

"No, it's also because of Regulus. I couldn't sleep because I was worried about him!" Sirius said in a relaxed tone.

Now that Regulus is well, everything is like a breeze for him.

"Why was Regulus naked just now?" Sure enough, it was Ron.

Sirius's face darkened, no, except for what just happened!

Fortunately, as Ron's friend, even Draco had learned to make up for him and change the subject, "What's going on with Regulus?"

"He doesn't seem to need to eat, and can't see the light."

Dumbledore, who was already sitting at the dining table, saw this and said, "Regulus is in a miraculous state."

"The wizard's magic power manifested itself in another form within his body."

"It seems to be able to absorb certain substances from the dark environment to maintain its survival needs." Dumbledore said with a smile.

"Like a Boggart?"

"Boggarts like to live in dark, narrow spaces - closets, cracks under beds, sinks, and lockers under desks. Oh, and grandfather clocks."

"My dad said they also like dark corners," Ron replied, raising his hand with a beaming smile.

Since Dumbledore moved his fork, that meant he could eat as much as he wanted, too.

At this moment, even Dumbledore, who had experienced hundreds of years, was stunned for a moment. He could not imagine that even if he moved his fork to remind Ron that he could start eating, he could not shut his mouth.

Comparing Regulus to a Boggart is like pointing to a baby girl and saying she is the mother of a dog.

Harry and Draco glared at each other.

Sirius didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Lupin once again began to wonder if Ron was Arthur's son.

"No, a Boggart never really lives either. It is a strange non-being in the wizarding world - beyond life and death."

"So they are neither born nor die. They arise from human emotions and feed on them. They are always appearing. In short, they grow like fungi in decaying places."

"For example, Dementors, all known non-existences are able to fly without physical assistance, which is almost impossible for wizards to do," Dumbledore emphasized.

Harry noticed that it was almost impossible to do so, and he began to doubt one thing - could Dumbledore fly like Ryan? "And Regulus is alive, he has his own life, not like non-existence - the fungus in the magical world." Dumbledore said finally.

"I see." Ron picked up a piece of pie and said as he ate it.

He didn't seem to realize how much he had just said.

He should also be thankful that Kreacher is not here. Otherwise, he would have gone from being Master Harry's friend to being the son of a pure-blood traitor.

(End of this chapter)