Hogwarts: Wizards of Eternity.

Chapter 33: Halloween is cosplay
Dumbledore's life was filled with regrets.

After being hurt once, people will always try to avoid falling into the same pit twice.

As the saying goes, you can never know a person's heart through his appearance. After suffering a loss at the hands of Voldemort, even though he had watched Harry Potter grow up, Dumbledore still wanted to take precautions again.

This is Roger's impression of the Mirror of Erised incident.

By reflecting what Harry Potter desired most, he verified that his vision was correct.

'You're back so soon?'

Harry faced the magic mirror, lost in it once again, while Roger turned around to look at Dumbledore who had appeared behind him at some point.

Dumbledore understood the look in Roger's eyes.

But he did not answer directly, but asked: "Roger, what did you see?"

"A lot." Roger said calmly.

He saw countless beautiful things in the world in the Mirror of Erised. The only problem was that the image in the mirror kept flickering. Before he could see one image clearly, the next one would appear.

The Sorting Hat was right. The most suitable house for Roger was Slytherin. His heart was full of greed for everything. He was never satisfied and always eager.

A hundred years was too short for what he desired, so...

"Principal." Harry woke up as if from a dream when he heard the conversation between the two people behind him.

After that, Dumbledore explained to Harry the purpose of the Mirror of Erised, announced that he would move it away, and warned Harry not to try to find it again.

...In fact, when Harry looked in the mirror for the first time, Dumbledore's goal had been achieved.

However, Harry, who had never experienced family love, stood in front of the magic mirror for a long time and was unwilling to leave. Sometimes he even looked at his parents in the mirror and cried, which made Dumbledore feel a little emotional.

That's why it has never appeared.

Now, in order to live up to the trust of his Quidditch teammates, Harry chose to reject the illusion in the magic mirror and embrace reality. Even if it wasn't Roger who came, Dumbledore felt it was time to let the illusion return to nothingness.

Taking one last look at the magic mirror, Harry gritted his teeth and walked out of the old classroom with resolute steps.

When there were only two people left in the classroom, Dumbledore looked at Roger and said, "I didn't just come back. In fact, I was just about to leave."

This is the answer to Roger's initial question.

This matter is a bit abstract.

It was obvious that there had been endless disputes within the Middle Eastern wizarding community over Roger's case, and even when Roger returned to England, no one came to arrest him, so the matter was handed over to the British Ministry of Magic, and the verdict was made by the UK.

But after the verdict, some people in the Middle East were still making trouble, and there was no sign of stopping until Roger entered Hogwarts.

So Dumbledore decided to go there in person.

A big shot like Dumbledore, who is the president of the International Confederation of Wizards and also one of the top wizards in the world, would certainly not do so without telling anyone and just teleport to the place.

The Gulf War just ended at the beginning of the year, and everyone is a little nervous. Some people must be afraid that Dumbledore is going to start a wizard version of the Gulf War or something else. If it is misunderstood, it will be troublesome.

Therefore, Dumbledore's entry went through a slow and formal approval process as a gesture of friendliness.

When they heard the news that Dumbledore was coming, the people who had hostile intentions towards Roger because of his identity as a "religious prophet" became timid again.

For a time, they all stopped moving.

Dumbledore thought they were really scared, so he canceled the trip.

Dumbledore was not one to enjoy disputes if he could help it.

As a result... because their trip was cancelled, that group of people thought that Dumbledore was just trying to scare them and put extreme pressure on them as a gesture, and that he would not really come because of Roger's matter, so they started making trouble again.

So now, nearly a month after handing the Philosopher's Stone to Roger, Dumbledore once again sent an entry notice to the Middle Eastern wizarding community. He will set off in two days to show those people who don't know how to back down and have confused minds what it means to be the greatest wizard in Britain this century!
"...Thank you for your hard work." After listening to the story, Roger didn't know how to respond and could only say this.

At the same time, I also made a note in my mind that when I have the ability in a few years, I will go to the Middle East again.

Roger will repay favors, and if he has enemies, he will naturally deal with them!
"It's nothing, it's just a pity that I can't celebrate Halloween with the children." Dumbledore didn't care too much.

"When are you coming back?"

"Not necessarily. Let's see what their reaction is after I go there."

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"Pfft, Roger, what's that look?"

Time always passes quickly when you are focused enough, whether you are focusing on entertainment or studying.

In the blink of an eye, it's Halloween.

The smell of roasted pumpkin filled the entire Hogwarts Castle early in the morning, and strange Halloween decorations were hung everywhere.

Today is a holiday and there are fewer classes than usual. The children who finished their classes early are rushing towards the auditorium.

It is said that the professors have made a grand arrangement for today's holiday banquet, with a thousand bats fluttering on the walls and ceiling, and another thousand like low dark clouds, just like the thunderous starry sky at the beginning of the school year. It is very spectacular.

However, on the way there, another thing caught their attention.

I saw that the golden hair in front of Roger's forehead was combed into several strands and fixed tightly, while the hair at the back turned into a strange dark red color.

Facing the strange looks from his classmates along the way, Roger pretended not to notice until a familiar classmate asked the above question.

At the beginning of the school year, everyone was in awe of Roger because of the legend, but after spending so much time together, everyone realized that it was just a rumor... How could my classmate be a murderer?

Roger is obviously a good person!

After the impression changed, some of the more extroverted students became closer to Roger.

"This?" Roger pointed to his strange hairstyle.

Then he said, "Shouldn't we dress up a little differently for Halloween?"

Normally, when Halloween comes, children will dress up as cute skeletons, killers, zombies, mummies, etc. and knock on doors from house to house, asking for candy and saying "trick or treat".

This can be considered a festival tradition. Without cosplay, there would be no festive atmosphere at all.

"Uh, but we are wizards." The student who asked the question was stunned.

Dressing up as a wizard is also a Halloween costume.

And is there any precedent for Hogwarts to do cosplay on Halloween?

Don't we all go back to the dormitory to sleep after the party? After all, you can't trick or treat at Hogwarts.

If you really make trouble, you will probably be punished to clean the toilet.

Roger understood what he meant: "It's too boring for everyone to dress up in the same way. Besides, there doesn't seem to be any school rule prohibiting costumes."

(End of this chapter)