Chapter 182 Trivia
Nagini didn't see Walder, she hid out two hours before Walder arrived.
Wald didn't care much about this matter: "Actually, I understand her very well. When Gellert was making revolution, he didn't restrain his subordinates. They did a lot of bad things, and my relationship with Gellert was so good. So close that I don’t even have a good reputation among people who know.”
Marn asked curiously: "According to what I have learned from you or Professor Dumbledore over the years, you should have been very famous at the beginning. Why didn't many people seem to know who you were before this?"
"I have fundamental differences with Gellert's ideas. I have always said that he is radical because the way his men expand is destructive. They will smash everything in sight, but Gellert himself is not. He had too much interest in managing them, and at that time I knew that there would definitely be a large number of criminals working for him, and I didn’t want to be associated with such people, so I hid.”
Marn suddenly realized that this made sense. Old Wald seemed arrogant, but in fact he valued rules and order more than anything else. This can be seen from the various "tribulations" he suffered since he was a child.
"How is she now?"
"Nagini? She seems to have turned into a being similar to an Animagus, but not exactly. It's more like she was born with two forms... and she has two fangs in her mouth that can be hidden, Snake Professor Pu will pay her some money every month to collect the venom."
"What about the curse?"
"It's not a big problem," Ma En casually added a cup of tea to Walder. "I have tested her several times in the past few days, and there is no sign of recurrence."
"That's good."
The two chatted for a while, and Walder told some interesting stories. For example, they once captured Pettigrew who was wandering the streets looking for Voldemort. After a little interrogation, they found that he was Marn's back-up man, so they had to create a loophole without saying a word. , allowing him to "escape".
There is also Sirius, who always writes to him asking to go to the frontal battlefield, and Walder always replies to him with "Watched and considering".
In his words, there must be reliable people in Hogwarts, otherwise it would be no different than sending a sheep into a tiger's mouth, and he would only be aggrieved to Black.
Old Wald stayed all morning, and Margaery also "mercifully" gave Draco a holiday and came to chat with him. Before lunch, he finally talked about the purpose of his trip.
"I came to you this time for business. I heard that you formed a werewolf engineering team? I want to borrow a group of people. How many people do they have now?"
Ma En made a rough estimate: "It's less than 200 people... you can take them away, and leave about 30 people for me. Everyone is a wizard, and they are building very quickly. In fact, they spend most of their time doing nothing." Come on, I happen to have a headache too... You can just call me for this kind of thing, why bother to go there alone."
Old Walder laughed: "The main thing is that I haven't seen you and Margery for a long time. Come and take a look... Then I'm welcome. I really need a lot of people over there. I have to clean up the stubborn forces in France in the near future." , if someone breaks something, it must be rebuilt.”
"Then Beauxbatons..."
" Beauxbatons will still be here for the time being. After we take France, we will definitely launch a large-scale offensive outwards. The interior is not as safe as here. Why, you don't welcome them very much?"
"Of course not, they are just students... It is inevitable that they will like new friends. When you meet more people, sometimes friction will arise... The professors have some headaches."
"I didn't see it, but you care about the school." Old Wald joked.
"That is, I will always love Hogwarts."
"Okay, it seems you can be the principal in the future..."
Marn thought for a moment: "If it's enough to stay here every day like Dumbledore does now, I think that's not bad."
"Dumbledore has Professor McGonagall to help with internal and external affairs. Where can you find such a person?"
"Hmm...how's Hermione?"
"It seems...it's true. Miss Granger is a serious and responsible person, but your life is probably not going to be too easy. She probably won't let you take any time off."
"But Professor McGonagall..."
"Minerva is Albus's descendant, so she will naturally find ways to let him rest more. What about you?"
Ma En shrugged: "Okay, but when the time comes, there should always be a way."
Wald shook his head and stopped continuing the topic. He asked Ma En to write a note for himself. He was going to go over and take the engineering team members away. Before leaving, he hesitated again and again, took out a key from his pocket and handed it to Ma En. kindness:
"When Nagini comes back, give this to her. This is the key to the vault of one of her old friends in Gringotts. I also put some Galleons in it. Even if I am replacing Gellert because of that thing back then, Please make up for her, ask her to put it away, and also give her a message for me."
"What?" Ma En asked after taking the key.
"People should always look forward in life. Gellert is just an aging bastard. If she feels uncomfortable, then when everything calms down in the future, I can take her to find Gellert and end these decades of grudges."
"Okay, I'll tell her. Is there anything else?"
"Nothing, but I can give you a suggestion about Beauxbatons. Why doesn't Hogwarts hold a competitive competition with Beauxbatons? Ms. Maxim must also be a little worried about the school. , a game can solve a lot of problems, you can talk to Dumbledore, I won’t make a trip."
After saying that, he waved goodbye, went to the yard to stand on the flying carpet, and left in the direction of Hogsmeade.
Margaery followed closely behind, saying that she would not have lunch here before leaving. She planned to seize the time to make up for the leave she gave Draco this morning. Ma En silently mourned for the little platinum noble in her heart. One sentence.
After seeing them off, Marne wrote a note and called Patrick to have it delivered to Dumbledore.
Soon, Dumbledore wrote back: "Agree, tell Professor McGonagall."
Ma En scratched his head and wrote back: "I suggest you say this yourself."
Dumbledore wrote back: "She has been looking for a reason to get me out of the principal's office to sit in the sun or do something else, and I don't want to give her that reason."
After chatting with each other for a while, Marn thought about it before Patrick got angry and sent the densely written note directly to Professor McGonagall.
After lunch, as he was preparing to rest, Fawkes threw a note in his face, written in Dumbledore's handwriting: "You are not allowed to compete."