Chapter 707 Accidental Visitors
“…I announce that you are a lifelong partner.”
At the announcement of a small wizard with thick hair, Bill and Furong hugged each other tightly, and a large piece of silver stars surrounded them, setting them up even more and more dazzling. Charlie, Ginny and Gabriel, who were closest to them, clapping excitedly and smiling brightly. The sobs of joy in Mrs. Weasley and Mrs. Dragul were heard from the audience.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Please stand up!"
The guests stood up. The canvas of the white tent was rolled up, and the golden sunlight shone through the orchard, as if even the air had turned into a fruity smell. Under the influence of magic, the tables and chairs were gathered into the corner, and a bunch of melted gold slowly spread under the feet of a pair of newcomers, forming a golden dance floor. The band sang and danced, and the waiters carried trays full of food, poured in, and flexibly shuttled between the empty venue and the colorful confetti floating in the air.
Felix took a glass of champagne from above his head and walked to a table.
"Mr. Efias Dorge, can I sit down?"
"Felix Happ?" The old man in a Turkish hat raised his head in surprise, with a few strands of soft and sparse hair exposed outside. "Sit down quickly, kid! I have been looking for an opportunity to talk to you, but the timing was wrong last time..."
Felix knew he was referring to Dumbledore's funeral, where the two had the opportunity to speak, but then something big exposed in the wizarding world happened. Felix knew he was a member of the Order of the Phoenix for a long time, but now he is retired.
He and Dumbledore had a close personal relationship. They entered school in the same year and immediately became good friends. This friendship lasted for a century.
"Mr. Doji"
"Call me Efias, if you don't mind," Dorje said hurriedly.
Felix paused, "Efias, I read the obituary you wrote for Dumbledore, it's very touching."
"Yes, I think I have this obligation and I have known him the longest time."
"You refuted Grindelwald's remarks in the article."
"That's it!" Doggy said immediately, his soft and even somewhat transparent hair floating in the air with excitement. "Don't believe him, since the first day I met Dumbledore, he has sympathized with Muggles, his noble character."
"As far as I know, those words are largely true," Felix said calmly.
Dorje calmed down, as if he had been hit by a curse, and his expression became painful.
"Alas, I have also had doubts. In that period of our life, we had the least contact. I went on a trip and when I came back, he changed a lot." After a long time, Doggy said in a depressed tone, as if he had been hit hard. He was undoubtedly a admirer of Dumbledore who admired his ideas, his personality, and his once turned the tide.
"Maybe he did support Grindelwald, but I think he was just briefly stunned. I can guarantee that, as I said in the article, that painful experience gave birth to his true thoughts, a broad, kind and compassionate heart."
"You don't need to convince me." Felix said seriously: "Just like your obituary is limited, you can only choose one or two things, so is Grindelwald. Besides, he has only been in contact with Dumbledore for only two months, with obvious subjective and extremeness. I think you agree that his words are misleading, and some people conclude that Dumbledore was once obsessed with the black magic."
"Who?" Doji blushed in anger, as if he had been insulted.
"It's not important." Felix gently revealed the topic, "What's important is that there are already signs. Dumbledore studied black magic, Dumbledore hated Muggles, Dumbledore sought fame, and even affected his family, saying that his mother imprisoned his daughter in order not to shame the family..."
Doji's face became redder and redder, and he was furious.
"... Someone must come forward to make a clarification." Felix finished speaking.
"Yes, someone must stand up!" Doggy repeated loudly, looking at Felix with his eyes, "My dear child, I want to use your reputation."
"I can't." Felix shook his head, and before Doge could show his disappointment, he turned his head to the side, "There is someone who can understand Dumbledore better than anyone living in the world, and he can be regarded as the heir to his outstanding ideas."
Doji followed this gaze through the crowd and saw a young man with black hair chewing on a sandwich.
"You said he... Harry Potter?" the old man stared at Harry and muttered in a low voice, but he was more like talking to himself: "There is this possible... I have seen it in the newspaper... saying that the child can fight a fire dragon alone... at his age, someone must have taught him."
Felix did not refute this view. Part of the magic comes from the mind. From this perspective, Dumbledore's support to Harry was unprecedented. He struck while the iron was hot and said:
"So, we have decided? You two have collaborated to complete a biography of Dumbledore? I know I may not be able to ask for you, nor do I know if you can take time, but I can feel the sincerity that surges in your heart through just the strokes, if you are happy."
"Of course I do!" Doji said impatiently: "This is my honor!" He then became hesitant, "Have you told the child, and he agrees?"
"I'm about to tell him."
Felix stood up, and Doge called him at this time. "Mr. Hepp, can I ask you why you did this? I know you have been busy with major events that have affected the fate of the entire magic world for some time, what makes you spend your time alone."
"Dumbledore took great care of me. Objectively speaking, Dumbledore has become a symbol of representing wizards. He may have made mistakes, but he should not describe the mistakes as evil. Of course, the influence of the rumors has not yet appeared, so I can be delayed because of another person."
"Harry Potter?" Doggy guessed that this was the second time he had pronounced the name tonight.
"That's right." Felix nodded and said, "He doesn't know what great wealth he has obtained yet. I must remind him to avoid forgetting." He said as he stepped into the dance floor and walked through the cheerful crowd.
On the other side, Harry, Ron, Ginny and Hermione squeezed on a table, watching Luna dance with her father while chewing on food. It was obvious that they were hungry.
"Eat quickly, we'll go dance after eating!" Ginny said, her thoughts written on her face. She looked at the noisy crowd, her eyes suddenly stopped, and she whispered: "Oh, look!"
Several people moved their eyes from the food and looked at Professor Hepp who was walking towards him. Hermione choked on the champagne. She put down the food and wiped her mouth quickly, sitting much more upright.
"Miss Granger." Felix nodded at her, sat on the vacant chair next to her, and told Harry about his purpose.
"Let me write a biography of Dumbledore?" Harry said blankly, thinking of his unfinished book. Others also stared at each other.
"It's you and Efias Dorge." Felix raised his chin to the opposite side.
Harry followed the direction guided by the professor and saw an old man wearing a small round hat stretching his neck and looking straight at this side.
"...You provide information, what you say, how much you say, and what you say, and what you know. It will probably take a year or two to catch up with the first book lists for communication. The Ministry of Magic believes that the selected list is best to present the magic of magic, but this matter itself is quite meaningful."
"But, Professor," Harry thought somewhere else, "I heard that the negotiations were not going well?"
"Oh, Harry, you need to see the essence of the problem through the phenomenon." Felix said with a smile, looking at Hermione. Hermione raised an eyebrow, "Professor, do you mean that the slow progress has been just a negotiation skill? Or is it stuck on a key issue?"
"Almost, another reason is that some government officials are affected by external influences, and I will solve this problem soon." Felix said tactfully, "We should not discuss such serious topics at the wedding, I think." He suddenly stopped talking, stood up quickly, and looked outside.
"What happened, Professor?" Harry asked, Ron, Ginny and Hermione looked around inexplicably, but found nothing unusual.
"There are unexpected visitors, and there is no big problem. I'll go and see it." Felix said, and he got up and walked towards the orchard outside the tent. Hermione thought about it and followed.
The fruit trees shone in the bright sunset, and the tent was surrounded by pleasant pastoral scenery. Hermione walked through the crowd and looked around the edge of the tent for a while, and found Felix back with a strange girl. The two of them were talking while walking.
"...will you treat it as a dream, make a deal?"
The girl nodded, raised her head and looked at everything in the tent timidly and longingly. Felix pointed at her, and her clothes immediately turned into a beautiful dress.
"Go." Felix said encouragemently, the girl rushed into the tent with her skirt and stepped on the golden dance floor and looked around. A bottle of champagne and an empty glass squeezed in front of her, making a jingle sound. She poured herself a small cup with interest, then searched in the crowd, then her eyes lit up and she walked in one direction.
"Professor, is she...a Muggle?" Hermione said in surprise.
"She lives in a nearby village, and her parents run a flower shop," Felix said. "Just a few days ago, Fred and George exchanged a bag of snacks for flowers for today's wedding. The smart girl was attracted to her and looked at the entrance of the village every day. However, the Weasley family was protected by a spell, and ordinary people could not find it at all, but she was quite determined. After several days of waiting, she accidentally saw a guest coming from a hill in the distance with the door key."
"Oh." Hermione turned around and looked at the girl who disappeared behind the Phoenix Cake. No one noticed a person who could not magic came in at the wedding. She turned around and quietly plucked up the courage. Just as she was about to speak, Felix cleared his throat, "Well, can you please dance?"
Hermione looked at him in surprise.
"Since you said that," she nodded reservedly, stretched out a hand, and the two walked towards the dance floor.
"By the way, I want to ask, what have you seen during your time travel?"
"Why did you suddenly think of this problem?"
"Pure out of curiosity."
"A cave full of stalactites"
"Well, stop talking." Felix quickly stopped him. That was where he secretly practiced the life-seeking curse.
...
At night, the lights in the sword castle were still on.
"Are you ready?" Felix asked, and Lupin nodded silently, closed his eyes, ready to face the judgment of fate. Tonks stood aside, his hands and fingers tightly tucked together.
Felix opened his hand and countless tiny magical texts flew in the air, then turned back like a tired bird returning to his nest. Before the other two could react, they turned into a ball of silver moonlight, and there seemed to be a creeping roar in the moonlight.
Felix put his hand on Lupin's shoulder.
A strange feeling surged throughout his body in an instant. He was not unfamiliar with this feeling. He had to experience it every full moon night after he was five years old. Lupin suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils dilated, as if he was blackened. But this time it was different from everything before. He had just used the inexperienced "reversal werewolf transformation" magic on himself, although he had failed several times.
Lupin's head began to deform, his body was stretched out, and before he could change his dress, he was overwhelmed. He let out a low roar, revealing his sharp teeth, Tonks covered his mouth, unable to help but get closer, but then Lupin's body was retracted and returned to human form. When he raised his head, his eyes were still so sincere and reliable.
Tonks trotted over, pulled Lupin's hand with great interest and checked it repeatedly, enjoying it. Then he rolled up his sleeves and confirmed that all the brown hairs that had appeared on his arm had disappeared, and then he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
"We succeeded? The magic took effect?" she asked, swallowing.
Felix said happily to Lupin and Tonks, "It was successful without a doubt."
"How long can this magic last? Can you spend a full moon night?" Donks' voice was a little abnormal.
"If you don't force crack it, it should be fine," said Felix.
Tonks cheered happily, and Lupin looked at her and chuckled softly. "Look at what else mom has to say now!" She muttered in a low voice, turning her hair into dazzling golden color.
Lupin was able to remain calm in great joy. He said calmly: "I just completed the first step, and then mastered the werewolf transformation magic, that is, when it was not a full moon, he turned into a werewolf. With the previous foundation, I think I can master this magic within one or two months."
"Why do this?" Tonks stopped and asked in confusion, "Why do you have to take the initiative to become a werewolf?"
Lupin looked at Felix Felix and explained: "So, the effect of wolf poison varies from person to person. If an ordinary person is bitten by a werewolf, wolf poison will kill that person's life; but if I am bitten by a werewolf, wolf poison will not cause any harm to me at most, it will be some minor trouble..."
"…Dumbledore is the same. Our bodies and magic have undergone strange changes, and they are more closely connected with each other. I call it magical biologicalization. An important sign is that no matter how the body changes, magic can perfectly adapt to the current state. This is very different from the wizard's Animagus."
"The transformation of the werewolf is between the two and beyond the ability of an ordinary wizard and is difficult to control; but it will not completely take the wizard's life."
"If Remus mastered the methods of werewolf transformation and reversal at the same time, he could be familiar with the process in a waking state, which would help him master the most subtle changes in his body, thereby clearing obstacles for learning advanced human deformation. The final effect is to fix this state for a long time."
"You can understand it as a human Animagus transformation specifically targeting werewolfs."
"After three steps, the identity of werewolf will not have any impact. The only disadvantage is that this method is very difficult. If you want to promote it on a large scale, you should look forward to those potions that will completely cure wolf poison." Felix said calmly. Although ancient magic texts are very adaptable, they will definitely not replace all magic.
"I asked Belby," Lupin shook his head and said, "It took him many years to develop the wolf poison potion, but the final result was to barely suppress the wolf poison, so that the werewolf can remain rational when transforming. It is difficult to completely eradicate it... I plan to go through the whole process myself. If it goes well, you might as well choose some qualified werewolf."
He hesitated to look at Felix, who shrugged at him.
"I don't care what you want to do outside of work. Anyway, the key to solving the problem is already in your hands."
Chapter completed!