Seeing Harry looking at him, Ivan briefly narrated his experience in the sun ruins this time.
Dumbledore interjected from time to time, asking him what he was interested in, mainly about the gods of ancient Egypt.
Harry, like Hermione, was very interested in Ramses II, and was amazed that Ivan could see the pharaoh himself.
"Egypt, those fascinating ancient ruins and amazing power, as well as the past history, are of great reference and reference." Dumbledore sighed, "Voldemort thought he was different, but he Doing a lot of things, but trying to repeat what wizards have done in the past... ”
Ivan glanced at Dumbledore thoughtfully, what did he mean by this sentence
What do you mean, Voldemort is repeating what wizards have done in the past
Could it be that he was referring to the fact that Voldemort wanted to turn himself into an evil god
Did Dumbledore have any information
Dumbledore didn't seem to want to explain or expand on Ivan's question.
He led them through the deserted street, around a corner, past a telephone box and a bus shelter.
"Professor, where the hell are we?" Hermione finally couldn't help asking, "It looks scary around here."
"Oh, this is the charming village of Budley Barberton, Hermione," said Dumbledore. "Unfortunately, we can't visit during the daytime. Believe me, it looks rather scary now, mainly Due to the late night…”
"What are we doing here?"
"Ah, by the way, because Ivan's story is too fascinating, I haven't told you yet." Dumbledore said, "Oh, I can't remember how many times I have said this in recent years, but no Way, now we are short of another teacher. We are here to persuade a retired colleague of mine to come back to work and return to Hogwarts."
"Why Sirius..." Harry said immediately.
"Sirius has other missions, you should know about it," said Dumbledore.
"He did." Harry continued, nodding his head, "how can we help, sir
"Oh, I think you'll come in handy," said Dumbledore vaguely. "Turn left now, boys."
They walked up a steep, narrow street lined with rows of houses.
The night seemed to be getting colder, and the thick fog mixed with the cold air lingered in this place.
It makes one can't help but hear the dementors, after their defection from Azkaban, they seem to be hiding in this place, hiding behind the house.
"Professor, why can't we just Apparate to your old colleague's house?" Harry asked again.
"Because that would be as rude as kicking open the door of someone's house," said Dumbledore. "Politeness requires us to offer other wizards the chance to refuse us, but most wizarding houses have magic to ward off unwelcome apparitions." Manifesters. For example, Apparition is not allowed in the Hogwarts castle or the hunting grounds...”
"No cloaking, shapeshifting, or using any Muggle electronics yet," Hermione added.
"You must be the first student who has read "A Piece of Hogwarts History" carefully, Hermione, but there are many defensive methods and magic that you would not normally use. So, if you want to use Muggles in school I don’t think there will be a big problem with the electrical equipment, of course, the premise is that you need to solve the energy of those equipment.” Dumbledore said, “Now, let’s turn left again.”
Behind them, church bells struck midnight.
Pushing his hands into his pockets because of the cold, Harry found the booklet, which he had hastily stuffed in before he left.
"By the way, have you received such a pamphlet from the Ministry of Magic?" he asked, taking out the pamphlet.
"One for everyone," said Hermione.
"I didn't receive it. It seems that I missed it. What did it say?" Ivan took the booklet.
"It's about security against Death Eaters."
"It's published by the Ministry of Magic, so it's probably useless!" Ivan said, and returned the booklet to Harry.
"Maybe it will do something..."
"I don't think it's useful, they probably copied it from a book," said Dumbledore. "For example, Harry, you didn't ask me which kind of jam I like best, just to test whether I am indeed Dumbledore. Professor Lido, not an impostor."
"Yeah, I didn't…" Harry didn't finish, not sure if he was being criticized.
"For future use, I might as well tell you that my favorite is raspberry jam. Of course, if I were a Death Eater, I'd figure out what jam I like before I pass it off as my own."
"Well, that's right," said Harry, somewhat annoyed that he looked stupid.
"All you need is more experience, Harry, the experience of fighting against Death Eaters and real dark wizards. It takes time to accumulate slowly, not from books." Dumbledore said, as if seeing through What was Harry thinking.
"The Ministry of Magic is wasting time, look at the current bad situation, Scrimgeour doesn't seem to be much better than Fudge," said Hermione.
"Well, this evaluation is not very objective, Hermione, Rufus is more decisive and courageous than Connelly." Dumbledore said, "He is a vigorous and decisive person, and most of his energy after joining the work Committed to dealing with dark wizards, so I will not underestimate Voldemort's power, but I have to admit that the current problems of the Ministry of Magic cannot be solved by changing the minister, and some of his own ideas are also open to discussion."
"But a lot of people died, Mrs. Burns..."
"Yeah," said Dumbledore softly. "A terrible loss. She was a great wizard, and I think that's right up there."
He raised his finger, and the sleeve slipped off, revealing the hand with Gaunt's ring on it.
Ivan saw the magic rune on the back of Dumbledore's hand at a glance, and noticed his gaze, and Dumbledore put his hand down for a long time.
"Professor, how did you get your hands? These lines on it..."
"It's just an accident, Aiwen. When using some dangerous ancient magic, we are always prone to encounter many unexpected accidents." Dumbledore said, "Fortunately, there is nothing wrong with it..."
no problem? What is a dangerous ancient magic
Ivan looked at Dumbledore, did he do something this summer vacation
But the principal didn't say anything, he just smiled gently at Ivan.
After a few minutes they stopped in front of a neat little stone house set in a garden.
"Oh, my! Oh, my, my, my!"
With Dumbledore's amazement, everyone's hearts suddenly sank.
They saw that the hinges of the front door were open and the door hung crookedly.
Ivan curled his lips. If Professor Slughorn is in this house, then the situation in front of him is indeed very confusing.
It makes people think that this place has been attacked, so they have to be vigilant.
Dumbledore looked cautiously at both sides of the street, but there seemed to be no one there.
"Ivan, Harry, Hermione, pull out your wands and follow me." He whispered.