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Chapter 186 The Meeting at Pig's Head Bar (Second Update)

Hogsmeade Village, Pighead Bar.

Li Chuan and Newt stepped out of the fireplace and vigorously patted the dust off their clothes.

"It's Saturday, and Dumbledore is usually here."

As Newt spoke, he turned his head and searched for something in the bar, and soon a smile appeared on his face.

"Look, there he is!"

Following Newt's finger, Li Chuan saw a middle-aged, bearded wizard wearing a knitted sweater over a shirt and suit trousers.

Albus Dumbledore was in his middle age, at the peak of his magical abilities.

Albus clearly noticed their presence, put down his honey beer, and waved to them with some surprise.

"Dumbledore!"

"Professor Dumbledore!"

Newt and Li Chuan quickly stepped forward to greet Dumbledore.

At this point, the relationship between the two men and Dumbledore can be seen simply from their way of addressing each other.

Although Newt and Li Chuan's previous body, Tom Foley, both attended Hogwarts and received Dumbledore's instruction in Defence Against the Dark Arts.

However, it is clear that the relationship between Newt and Dumbledore is more like that of friends than teacher and student, so Newt always calls Dumbledore by his first name when they meet.

Newt is Hufflepuff, and Dumbledore is Gryffindor. Originally, the two would not have had any special relationship beyond the normal teacher-student relationship, since they were not in the same house and only taught one course.

Furthermore, Newt was expelled from school halfway through his studies for taking the blame for his sister-in-law, whom he had a crush on.

However, Dumbledore particularly admired Newt's character, so he took a special liking to this student.

He did his best to help Newt when he was expelled. Although he couldn't prevent Newt from being expelled in the end, he did help Newt retain the right to continue using his wand to cast spells.

According to Tom's memories, Li Chuan knew that Tom, the original Slytherin student, was just one of the most insignificant students in Dumbledore's more than twenty years of teaching.

Therefore, when he met Dumbledore, he addressed him in a rather polite manner.

"Newt, you actually came to see me? That's a very rare thing."

Dumbledore first greeted Newt happily, then looked at Li Chuan beside him, sized him up, and smiled:

"You must be Tom. I remember you. Do you remember in that class when we were learning how to fight the Boggarts, your biggest fear was the three-headed rune snake because you were scared of it when you accidentally wandered into Knockturn Alley as a child?"

"Professor, your memory is amazing. You still remember it so clearly even after so many years."

Li Chuan smiled, looking quite surprised.

Dumbledore was right; it largely matched Tom's memories, but that didn't mean Dumbledore really cared that much about his original self.

It's just that Dumbledore has an almost photographic memory.

Dumbledore's ability to become one of the world's top masters, proficient in various forms of magic, alchemy, and the languages ​​of almost all humans and magical creatures in the world, would have been impossible without a good memory.

The reason they're trying to get close to him now is simply because they value his performance in New York, which is why they're saying these things on purpose.

Although he is the White Lord, Dumbledore is different from the simple Newt. In addition to his extraordinary intelligence, he also has extremely high emotional intelligence. Dumbledore is very clear about what to say and when to say it.

"Your talent in herbalism has always been good, but I didn't expect your magical abilities to improve so much after graduation. Albusford, bring us three butterbeers and some toffee biscuits."

Dumbledore patted Li Chuan on the shoulder to show affection, then called out to his younger brother at the bar.

He is now in a rather awkward position. He has to stop Grindelwald, but because the Blood Alliance cannot take action themselves, they are not trusted by the Ministry of Magic. He can only try to unite all the forces around him that he can unite.

Newt's trip to New York to take the Thunderbird home was secretly arranged by him, with the aim of preventing Grindelwald from finding the Obscurus, who might be his nephew.

Unexpectedly, Grindelwald was imprisoned by Newt, an Auror from the New York Ministry of Magic, and Tom Foley, a wizard who had never even caught his eye.

The key figure might be his own nephew, Credence, who has Dumbledore's bloodline, and who was eventually adopted by Tom Foley.

That's why he mentioned several times in his letters to Newt that he wanted to meet Tom Foley. If Tom Foley could be persuaded to join his side, then the chances of defeating Grindelwald would be much greater.

Incidentally, this also allows us to further verify whether Credence is indeed the son of his brother Albusford.

And so, the three of them sat in the Pig Head Bar, drinking beer and eating toffee finger biscuits while chatting animatedly.

It was mainly Li Chuan and Dumbledore who were talking, while Newt mostly listened, as he wasn't good at chatting.

"Professor, I know you are currently the only wizard in the entire wizarding world capable of rivaling Grindelwald. Why are you unwilling to take action yourself?"

As they chatted and felt they had grown closer, Li Chuan pretended to be puzzled and asked...

Newt, who was usually listening to the two chatting, couldn't help but prick up his ears.

Dumbledore looked at Li Chuan and knew that if he wanted to win over this very capable student, he would have to be honest about some things.

Then she began to recount her love-hate relationship with Grindelwald, as well as some of her life experiences.

The story actually begins with his sister, Ariana. When she was six years old, she was attacked by three Muggle boys, leaving her with psychological trauma and unwilling to learn magic anymore, thus turning into an Obscurial.

The father was imprisoned in Azkaban for teaching three Muggle boys a lesson for violating the secrecy law in order to avenge his sister, and eventually died there.

Therefore, he initially had no liking for Muggles and was even a supporter of anti-Muggle wizards.

The gifted young man originally planned to make a name for himself in the magical world after graduation, but he had to return to Godric's Hollow to take care of his sister because his mother was accidentally killed by his sister's Obscurus.

At that time, he also met Grindelwald, who was in the valley looking for the Deathly Hallows. The two hit it off immediately and made a blood oath that they would not harm each other. They also resolved to leave the valley together and carry out a great magical reform.

At this moment, Albusford, the younger brother, returned from school and discovered everything. He objected to his older brother's decision to neglect his sister and go with Grindelwald to carry out magical reforms.

Grindelwald immediately cast the Crucifixion Curse on Albusford, and Dumbledore tried to stop him, which turned into a three-way melee.

Dumbledore's sister Ariana, in an attempt to help, was struck by a curse and died in the chaos. This caused Dumbledore to regret it for the rest of his life and to begin to examine everything he had done.

After traveling through wizarding and Muggle society for several years, he completely abandoned his initial extreme ideas and returned to Hogwarts to become an ordinary teacher.

(End of this chapter)