Well, actually Taylor shouldn't be angry at all.
After all, even she had already occupied a slightly different position in Luke's heart. But she also knew one thing. That is, they are still too young now.
People of this age, no matter how mature they are, even if they have a good impression of each other, they will never talk about so-called love. This wasn't just her own idea. What's more important is what Luke thinks.
It's not that Luke doesn't like these cute girls. But...too young. It would make him feel too guilty.
Therefore, the future is still long, time is flowing slowly, don’t panic when it comes to love.
Luke smiled sheepishly and said, "I remember Hermione told me before. Her research on memory magic is actually almost done. So I plan to take her to see the Room of Requirement."
Luke had already mentioned the Room of Requirement to Taylor and the others. Taylor also knew that there might be the inheritance of Ravenclaw. But Luke wasn't sure whether this was true or not. After all, when he was talking to the Ravenclaw there, Luke never trusted him very much.
But now, after receiving Slytherin's advice, his impression of the other party has changed a lot. So I planned to take Hermione to test it out first.
Taylor looked at Luke, then sighed and said, "Don't let yourself be too busy. I don't know what you have been through these days. But your fatigue is also written on your face. "
When Luke heard this, he subconsciously touched his face. He himself didn't feel any changes. My skin may have gotten a little worse. But overall, it's still within his acceptable range.
He does have a lot going on. But he still didn't care much about such trivial matters.
"Well, I understand. Then don't rush it. We can talk about it tomorrow."
Luke listened. I didn’t feel it just now. Now after being reminded by Taylor, he really felt sleepy.
"Yawn~~~"
Luke shook his head, and then said: "Go to bed first. Dumbledore should be here soon."
"I'm already here."
Dumbledore's voice came from the door.
Luke and Taylor both turned their eyes over there, and sure enough they saw Dumbledore in his pajamas. When Luke looked down, he saw the fluffy rabbit slippers and suddenly didn't know how to say hello.
Taylor bowed slightly to Dumbledore as a greeting, then turned and walked towards the dormitory. She was indeed curious about what Luke was going through these days. But now, it's better to leave space to these two people. After all, these two people will inevitably talk about some relatively secretive things, which are not suitable for Taylor to know at this stage.
Luke usually kept secret from them when it came to things like this. It’s not that I don’t want to say it, it’s that I really can’t say it. Although the rules of this world are not that "too advanced knowledge is equivalent to poison", no matter where you are, it is not uncommon for people to fall into a situation where they are too ambitious because they know a lot.
Knowledge that is too secretive may lead to unnecessary pursuits.
Luke looked at Dumbledore silently, and Dumbledore looked at Luke silently.
The old man and the young man looked at each other without saying a word, and seemed to have quite a tacit understanding.
"Tell me about it. I'll listen."
Dumbledore himself first found the first place to sit down in the lounge. Looking at the dusty young man in front of him, and the seemingly inconspicuous Joe hanging around his shoulders, Dumbledore actually felt a little bit of pressure.
"Let that one come down too. Or go and rest first."
When he spoke, Luke certainly knew who he was talking about. Before he could speak, Joe jumped off his shoulder and asked Luke, "Where is your room?"
Luke did not answer immediately, but lightly tapped his finger in the air, and a butterfly made of green light appeared in the air.
"You follow it
Let's go. "
Luke said to Joe. Joe was not polite and nodded to Luke. Then she looked at Dumbledore. Dumbledore was not arrogant and first gave him a friendly smile as if to say hello.
Joe breathed a sigh of relief and nodded to Dumbledore.
Then he followed the butterfly made of magic and walked towards Luke's room.
After the other party disappeared from sight, Dumbledore turned to look at Luke, who was sitting lazily and listlessly opposite him.
"Where did you find something like this?"
Dumbledore asked curiously: "It looks like a horned water snake, but compared with the horned water snake, it seems to be different in germplasm."
[In view of the general environment,
Dumbledore felt like he had vaguely heard of this creature somewhere. But I couldn't remember it for a moment. There is no other way, getting old is getting old. Although the decline of human physiological functions can be alleviated by magic, even so, Dumbledore is about to reach his limit.
Luke smiled and said, "I found it in the Forbidden Forest. Are you surprised or surprised?"
"..."
Dumbledore was stunned. He knew that there were many unexplored things deep in the Forbidden Forest, and some were very dangerous to others.
But he still really didn't expect that there were people deep in the Forbidden Forest that could bring some pressure to him. In other words, this thing can indeed hurt Dumbledore on certain occasions. Of course, if you really beat Dumbledore in a duel, you would be thinking too much. Not to mention that magical animals are inevitably controlled by their own animalistic nature during combat, so that they are not as flexible as wizards of the same level.
In terms of hard power alone, the upper limit that a wizard can reach is greater than that of ordinary magical animals.
Dumbledore hasn't hit his ceiling yet though. But he can already see that ceiling. And before reaching that upper limit, he would use up all his strength every step forward. The so-called summit is often the most difficult time.
Dumbledore actually didn't have much pursuit of his own strength. He is where he is today not only because of his talent, but also because of the good teachers and friends around him.
But now, the limits of what one's talent can reach can already be seen, and almost all of his mentors and friends have passed away or are in prison. So he doesn't have much pursuit.
However, the appearance of this snake still made him feel like he looked down on the world's heroes. But there is really no need to care too much.
"I didn't expect there was such a thing in the Forbidden Forest. Have you seen anything else more dangerous?"
Dumbledore frowned and asked. Joe's existence brought him a certain sense of crisis. Not that Joe could threaten his life. But because if the Forbidden Forest is really so dangerous, then the restrictions on the Forbidden Forest will be stricter.
At least junior students will be completely prohibited from entering the Forbidden Forest. He couldn't turn a blind eye any longer, and neither could Hagrid.
But faced with this problem, Luke could only shrug helplessly and said: "I didn't go too deep. The location of Joe is the limit of my depth. I still haven't gotten close to the real center of the Forbidden Forest."
The area of the Forbidden Forest cannot be said to be small. But to say it's big is really not an exaggeration.
Riding a Hippogriff can easily traverse the entire Forbidden Forest without necessarily encountering any danger. Many little wizards even like to ride their brooms and take a circle over the Forbidden Forest when they are free to move around in flying lessons.
But the guys who do this kind of thing have never been professors.
Even if there was such a big commotion in the Forbidden Forest. Our actual scope of activities is still on the outer edge. Did not go deep into the depths of the Forbidden Forest.
It's like a forbidden area, rejecting anyone who knows what's going on.
As for those who have no idea. It did go in. But I have never seen it come out.
Dumbledore nodded when faced with such words. he still
I really believe what Luke said in this regard. Very trustworthy.
The trust between the two people was built up bit by bit. So it's not just trust in each other, but also a tacit understanding of what can and cannot be said.
"Then tell me where you have been during this time." In the dim moonlight, Dumbledore stretched out his hand and pinched the candle in the middle of the table. Then the candle light was lit and painted on the faces of the two people. A light yellow warm light. It also softens the overall somewhat chilly and deserted atmosphere.
"Then we have to start with Joe."
Luke thought for a while, and after getting up, he recounted all these things.
Dumbledore felt deeply shocked from the beginning. Whether it was Joe's power, the wonders deep in the Forbidden Forest, or the magic of the Tree of Time and Space, or what Luke saw and heard in the Middle Ages for six hundred years. All of these gave Dumbledore a sense of magic and mystery in the world. There was even a moment when he felt that his desire to explore the world was ignited again.
But it was just an illusion. The fatigue caused by his aging body still caused the fire in his heart to be quickly extinguished due to lack of fuel.
After Luke talked about his battle and his exchange with Slytherin, Dumbledore fell silent. The ceiling he really thought he saw. Although I can't reach it, I am already satisfied. Although he has a gentle temperament. But when he was young, he was also very aggressive and quite proud, even arrogant.
Now, he was still staring at the ceiling in a daze. As early as six hundred or even more than a thousand years ago, some people had touched the ceiling and were thinking of ways to break through it. Even if it is just drilling a hole, let yourself have the idea of seeing the wider world.
Therefore, faced with such a situation, even Dumbledore couldn't help but fall into the emotion of "I'm not as good as this".
Luke explained the situation without adding excessive embellishments. The whole story is actually a bit boring to listen to, and it cannot fully show the loneliness of the common people, the luxury of the wizard nobles, and the power of Slytherin.
But Dumbledore still listened with interest, even in a daze.
When Luke stopped, it took a moment for Dumbledore to come back to his senses, and then looked at Luke with complicated eyes: "Your journey has been really exciting."
Luke smiled bitterly: "Wonderful? It is indeed considered it. Although it is not what I want."
Luke himself still prefers to change the wizarding world in his own way. The establishment of the company is to encourage more people to imitate the company. After all, with Jin Galleons as the driving force, there will definitely be many imitators. In this way, the soil is gently cultivated, and then after the movements in the United States and other countries are transmitted here, under their own leadership, they carry out self-transformation actions led by some nobles and cut off some nobles. Then complete a top-down reform.
Nor did he wish he could do more. If someone could defeat him with a bottom-up change, he might also be quite emotional.
And according to his path, it is actually quite possible to succeed. After all, there are actually signs of the rise of a new noble in the wizarding world, and all Luke has to do is push and guide them.
So actually, Luke doesn't need to go through so much on his own. But... he also knew that in the wizarding world, that road might be possible, but he might encounter some weird obstacles.
Therefore, the improvement of strength and special gifts are inevitable.
But now I have experienced so much. Rather than changing the existing order, Luke's understanding of the past and reality of the wizarding world is getting deeper and deeper. It can only be said that it passively moves towards the essence of magic.
After Luke was silent for a moment, he asked Dumbledore: "Has anything new happened in the past few days since I left?"
After gathering it for a moment, Dumbledore also told Luke some of the things that happened after Luke left.
"In other words, is Jenkins still showing off?"
Luke looked at Dumbledore with a serious expression: "But you just
It was found out that he was not Jenkins, and his specific identity was completely unguessable? "
Dumbledore nodded: "That's true. The origin is very mysterious, and I can't find many signs. But the other party is here for you, so there is no surprise in that."
Luke felt a bit of toothache.
"Do you know what force the other party comes from? Or have you offended someone?"
Dumbledore looked at Luke with a troubled and painful expression and asked curiously.
"No, I don't know at all. There are too many..."
Luke said helplessly. And these words also caused Dumbledore to fall into silence.
"Anyway, just try it yourself."
After saying that, Dumbledore was about to get up and leave.
Luke didn't mean to send him off, and yawned again, and then said: "Remember what I said, Dumbledore, don't touch that tree. If you really want to touch, come to me, I'll do it I’ll help you find a way. But don’t contact me yourself. Never.”
"I wasn't really interested at all."
Dumbledore didn't look back: "Whether it's immortality or rejuvenation, I don't have much temptation."
Luke curled his lips and looked at the other person's back as he left: "It's best."
But Luke also knew that Dumbledore must be. This is just to add an extra layer of protection.
No one dares to say that they understand someone completely.
After all, people change.
