Chapter 79: Gaunt's Deal

After Sirius, Dumbledore announced that Hagrid would soon become Professor of Care of Magical Creatures.

But the cheers from the students were significantly smaller.

Hagrid was expelled in the third grade and has been working as a keykeeper for many years... He needs a certificate, but no academic qualifications; he needs academic qualifications, but no experience; he needs experience, but no good looks.

Hagrid is even worse than Sirius, a prisoner in prison.

His only advantage is probably his connections... He is more familiar with Hogwarts than all the new professors. If you want to teach here, you should consult him first.

No one doubted that Hagrid could deal with those ferocious magical animals, after all, his physique was there, but the students seriously doubted whether he was qualified for the position of teacher.

Most young wizards can only question Hagrid first and then question him.

But no matter what, the professors for the new semester have been decided. The only question is how many people will die next year.

After Dumbledore finished his speech, the first-term dinner began. The food was still plentiful, with mountains of cod cakes and cheese, smoky chunks of goat meat, almost charred veal ribs, and rare steaks.

After dinner and dessert, the prefects led the students from each house towards their respective common rooms.

Rolf left the Hufflepuff team, avoided the students of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw Houses, and took a familiar route to the principal's office, finally arriving in front of the gargoyle statue.

Dumbledore often changed his passwords, but they were basically weird snacks. The young man said softly: "Skeleton!"

The gargoyle jumped aside and the wall cracked in half. Rove followed the spiral staircase to an oak door, pushed it open and walked in.

Dumbledore hadn't returned to the office yet, so Rolf waited. He quickly noticed the Sorting Hat on the table, then walked over and put it on his head.

The hat was mumbling something, and Rolf asked curiously: "Sorting Hat, what are you doing?"

"I'm working on a new song for next school year."

Rolf was stunned. He had always thought that the Sorting Hat's new song was the same as the little badgers' summer homework...it was improvised two days before the start of school.

Unexpectedly, it was created a year in advance?

The Sorting Hat seemed to know what the boy was thinking. It lowered its voice and said:

"The greatest works take a long time to craft. I call it slow work and careful work."

Rolf complained endlessly. It was written in such a way that it doesn't have to have hands...well, the Sorting Hat does not have hands.

"By the way, Scamander, let me ask you a question."

"what is the problem?"

"What does it mean when a wizard praises...other people's songs...as delicious as shark meat?"

The Sorting Hat was still waiting for Rolf to speak out his words of praise, but the young man thought for a moment, shrugged and said:

"A piece of shit...I think that's what it means."

"You're talking nonsense!" The Sorting Hat suddenly became angry and said, "Have you ever eaten shark meat?"

"I've eaten it before. I took it once on the Mayflower during the summer vacation...I felt sick for several days."

"..."

Seeing the Sorting Hat's furious look, even though he was a fool, Rolf knew that he had said the wrong thing. He quickly changed the subject and said, "I also have something to ask you."... "What is it?" the Sorting Hat said gloomily.

"I met a mermaid named Myrcella. She is a golden two-tailed mermaid who lives in the Aegean Sea." Luo Fu said quickly:

"She said that Gryffindor visited their tribe a thousand years ago and took something away."

"That's what happened. Albus asked me before." The Sorting Hat said weakly:

"Gryffindor heard that the mermaids there were all stunningly beautiful, so he ran to get a glimpse of them. He accidentally saw the mermaid princess taking a bath, and then there was a furious chase."

Rolf wasn't interested in peeping into the shower, so he continued, "What did Gryffindor take?"

"It looks like a key."

"Where is the key?" the young man asked hurriedly.

"In Hogwarts, Gryffindor said he placed it in a place marked by mermaids." The Sorting Hat mumbled, "I don't know where it is specifically."

Rolf took off his hat, closed his eyes and meditated... He thought for a long time, but he couldn't remember where the mermaid mark was in Hogwarts Castle.

With a creak, the door suddenly opened and Dumbledore walked in.

"Professor Dumbledore, good evening." Rolf stood up and greeted.

"Hello, Rolf." Dumbledore walked to the chair. After he sat down, he looked up at the boy and smiled: "I made a pot of yerba mate, would you like a cup?"

"alright, thank you very much."

Dumbledore waved his wand gently, and a teacup with a drink appeared on his table.

Luofu held up the tea cup with his own palm, took a breath, and waited for the tea to cool down before he whispered:

"Professor, I went to the Department of Mysteries to apply for information during the summer vacation and met a wizard."

Dumbledore took a sip of the bitter tea and said calmly: "Corvinus Gaunt?"

"You know him?" Luofu raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, I came into contact with Gaunt many years ago." Dumbledore stretched out his fingers to hold the clear tea cup, looked down at the tea noodles in the cup and said:

"I... made some deals with him back then."

"Deal?" Luofu's eyes widened.

"Well, one of the deals is about Harry." Dumbledore said bluntly: "I got a prophecy back then, and the prophecy said that a boy would conquer Voldemort."

"Voldemort also knew about the prophecy, so he searched everywhere to kill the son of the prophecy. He originally had two candidates, but finally chose Harry."

"But I don't know how Harry, a one-year-old child, defeated the most powerful dark wizard in history..." Dumbledore recalled:

"In order to protect his safety, I did a lot of security work, such as the Loyalty Charm."

"Out of caution, I also made a deal with Gunter in advance and asked for a more powerful magic that can protect Harry from Voldemort's poisonous hands."

Dumbledore said slowly: "Gaunt gave me an ancient magic, and I taught it to Lily... as a final guarantee."

"You also know what happened later. Sirius temporarily changed the Secret Keeper. Because of Peter's betrayal, James and Lily died." Dumbledore sighed:

"The magic I didn't expect to be used originally played a decisive role... Lily used it, at the cost of her own life, to cast a love protection spell on Harry, which rebounded Tom's killing curse." …"Why does Gunter know these magics?" Rolf asked curiously.

"I have said more than once that before Sumer, Assyria and ancient Egypt, there was a more brilliant wizarding civilization." Dumbledore explained:

"That civilization suddenly disappeared one day, leaving behind many magical ruins. The British wizard discovered a ruins and established a research institution on it, which is now the Department of Mysteries."

"The Mystery Office obtained many ancient magics by studying those ruins...such as the hour reversal spell and created a time turner."

"Another example is love, which is the magic I got in the trade. It has the powerful ability to rebound the killing curse."

"Gaunt himself is a genius. He is more than a hundred years older than me. He has been the director of the Department of Mysteries for many years...so it is not surprising at all that he has developed many powerful magics."

Dumbledore looked at the young man and asked, "What are you doing with him?"

Luo Fe was silent for a moment and said: "I am applying for the information about dementors left by Extis."

"He rejected you?"

"No." Rolf narrowed his eyes and said cautiously: "Gaunt proposed a deal with me."

"What's the deal?"

"Gaunt knew that I got the basilisk in the secret room." Rolf was silent for a moment and said, "He wants that basilisk very much."

Rolf has already cultivated a new basilisk, and Slytherin's basilisk... is already blind. To him, keeping it is indeed of little value.

He was indeed very moved.

Dumbledore swung the tea cup thoughtfully, drank it down and said, "I'll take some time to check the basilisk. If there's no problem... we can trade it."

After getting the answer, Luo Fe stood up and left the principal's office.

Dumbledore picked up a magic book on the table and turned a few pages between his fingers.

A flame ignited in the fireplace nearby, illuminating Dumbledore's face as if there was a ghost.

"Gaunt... Slytherin."

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(It’s sun... I went downstairs to get takeout yesterday, and it’s sun today. The problem is that my range of movement is not even a few dozen meters.

The most outrageous thing is that I ordered a large bowl of haggis noodle from the restaurant's famous takeaway last night. After eating it, I became sunburned today. grass!

Now I have a fever and chills all over my body. Dear readers, please pay attention to your health and try to keep updated to see what happens tomorrow. )

Qingya reminds you: remember to collect after reading this