Hogwarts: Becoming the White Lord from Breathing

Chapter 39: Walking in the Moonlight
"Professor, I cannot agree with your point of view."

Hearing Damon say this, Dumbledore didn't care and looked at him gently.

He began to believe what Minerva said - this child was more independent-minded than many adults, and even a little too mature and steady.

Considering his unique talent, I should indeed give him some kind guidance.

"So what's your opinion?"

"Professor Flitwick once told me that the power of example is extremely important. It contains incredible energy, especially in a group. Do you agree with this statement?"

Dumbledore nodded, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes - the fact that Damon could remember what Flitwick said and bring it up at this time showed that he was a man who respected his teachers - if this was not a pretense.

"Then, isn't this magic mirror also a kind of example?"

"Like Ron, he saw himself becoming the Quidditch captain, and his goal became reality. He would only be motivated by this. How could he be lost as you said?"

“If I could look in the mirror and see what I would look like in five years, I would definitely be more motivated to work hard to achieve it, instead of just staring at the mirror every day.”

What Damon said made Dumbledore hesitate, and he was not the only one who was thinking about it. Harry almost jumped up at this moment.

That's right! He just wanted to see his parents, but that didn't mean he would just stand in front of the mirror every day doing nothing - in fact, even now, he only came here at night.

During the day, he still lives his life well.

Why hadn't he thought of speaking about this before? Was it because Dumbledore's words were authoritative to him, so he couldn't even think of refuting them?

Harry looked at Damon, his eyes sparkling.

He looked at Dumbledore again, his eyes pleading.

Dumbledore met Harry's gaze, and his focus shifted slightly.

"Professor, if you're still worried, then I have a suggestion." Seeing Dumbledore's hesitation, Damon continued, "Leave this magic mirror with me for safekeeping. I promise to only give Harry two hours of use per week. After all, I won't be tempted by it."

"I guess it's not a waste to spend two hours a week with my family, right?"

Dumbledore was still thinking after hearing this.

Damon stopped persuading Harry and put his hand on the anxious Harry, signaling him to calm down.

Dumbledore paused for only three seconds, but these three seconds were still long enough for Harry to feel suffocated.

Fortunately, he got a good result.

"Okay, you've convinced me," Dumbledore said with a smile on his face, "but we agreed that it will only be two hours a week. If I find that you are violating this rule or abusing the magic mirror, I will take it back."

Amidst Harry's quiet cheers, Damon responded with a smile, and used a shrinking spell to reduce the magic mirror on the ceiling to the size of a palm, and then used a levitation spell to hold it in the palm of his hand.

Dumbledore looked at him again with a high opinion of him and praised him calmly:
"A very good shrinking spell."

Casting spells on magical items is several times more difficult than on ordinary items. In fact, when Damon first proposed this suggestion, Dumbledore did not think he could do it.

Obviously, his understanding of this child's abilities needs to be updated.

"Thank you for the compliment. Well, it's getting late today, so let's go back first, Professor?"

Dumbledore nodded, but Harry asked a question at this moment:
"Mr. Professor Dumbledore, may I ask you a question?"

"What did you see when you looked into the magic mirror?"

"Me? I see myself holding a pair of thick wool socks."

Harry's eyes widened.

"There are never enough socks," Dumbledore said. "Christmas came and went, and I didn't receive a single pair of socks, yet people insisted on giving me books." "Also, one student seemed to have some kind of prejudice against me. He gave gifts to all the professors, but forgot about me, the headmaster."

Having said that, Dumbledore pretended to wipe away his non-existent tears.

Dimon's response was also direct.

He did not respond directly to Dumbledore's words, but took Harry out of the classroom and said something neither loudly nor softly, just loud enough for everyone in the classroom to hear.

"Don't believe what he said, he's just bragging. He's so old and still lying to children, how shameless."

"Oh"

The two young men put on invisible cloaks and walked away from the classroom. The moonlight was scattered in the quiet corridor, and the cry of owls was humming outside the window. They moved forward all the way, with their hearts full of joy and hope. Only the white-haired old man was left there, stunned and dazed.

A breeze suddenly blew in the dark classroom.

A little dust flew up, slowly falling like stardust in the moonlight.

Everything soon returned to silence.

However, the mirror that originally belonged to the old man has completely changed its owner from now on.

——That’s fine——

he thinks.

But why, the moonlight has clearly been shining for 91 years.

But he still seems unable to forget?
"Goodbye Ariana"

A deep sigh was heard in the darkness.

In the days that followed, the Christmas holidays became quiet again.

That first day, Harry was extremely eager to look into the magic mirror again, but when he thought that he could only look at it for two hours a week and that he couldn't find Damon now, he endured it.

Oddly enough, once he thought about it this way, the desire in his heart suddenly subsided - he didn't lose anything, but instead had two more hours to see his parents every week.

This change made Harry's dreams sweet every night. In his dreams, he talked a lot with his mother and boasted to his father about his experience of catching the Golden Snitch.

Everything is so dreamy.

Only Damon - he still doesn't come home at night and is only seen once every two or three days.

Harry once considered using the invisibility cloak to follow Damon, but in the end, he gave up - out of respect for Damon, he was unwilling to do so - following someone he respected was undoubtedly a shameful act for him.

he thinks.

If Damon wants to tell him, he will tell him.

The day before school started, Hermione came back. After learning about what happened to Harry during the holidays, her mood became very complicated.

On the one hand, he was horrified that Harry had been out of bed and wandering around the school for three nights in a row, and on the other hand, he was deeply disappointed that Harry had not even figured out who Nicolas Flamel was.

As for the fact that Damon saw himself in the magic mirror and asked Dumbledore for the magic mirror, the three did not discuss it too much - it was too incredible for them.

What they have to do now is to find information about Nicolas Flamel.

Dumbledore graduated at the age of 18 and returned home to take care of his sister Ariana. During this period, Elphias Doge attended Kendra's funeral and started traveling. At the end of his one-year trip, he heard the news of Ariana's death.

So I infer that Ariana died when Dumbledore was 19 years old (1900), and came up with the number 91.

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(End of this chapter)