Chapter 321 Potter’s purpose

Chapter 321 Potter’s purpose
In front of the Potter family, Dumbledore did not act like a senior, but warmly stretched out his hand and shook hands with Ryan Potter.

Yes, this is the family to which the original protagonist Harry Potter belongs - a pure-blood family that plays very little role in the original work and has almost no sense of existence.

The Potter family was inherited from the famous pharmacist Linfred in the twelfth century, and was originally a prestigious potion family. But as Linfred's eldest son Hadwin Potter married the granddaughter of the third of the three Peverell brothers, and obtained the inheritance of the Death's invisibility cloak, he may have understood the truth of holding a treasure in his arms, and since then the whole world has The family's behavior gradually became low-key, and even the Holy 28 pure-blood families were not included.

But even so, the Potter family is still not a family that can be looked down upon.

Linfred had seven children, and the Hadwin Potter mentioned above, as the eldest son of the direct lineage of the main family, was Harry's ancestor.

Before Harry's parents met with misfortune, James had a grandfather who worked in the Wizengamot and had a strong family background, which was one of the reasons for his playboy-like character.

And if James himself had not died in the First Wizarding War, he would have been a pivotal figure in the wizarding world.

Not to mention the main family, even the branches of the Potter family are not unknown in the wizarding world.

As early as the seventeenth century, Ralston Potter, a descendant of a branch of the Potter family, had already served as a member of the Wizengamot, and was one of the strong supporters of the International Confederation of Wizards Secrecy. one.

You know, among the members of the Wizengamot at that time, the mainstream was the radical group who strongly advocated declaring war on Muggles. After all, how could a wizard with nearly omnipotent magical power be willing to turn around to avoid conflict with Muggles? The life of going east and hiding in Tibet. Being able to successfully suppress this group of radicals itself illustrates Ralston's political power and skill.

During the same period, another branch of the Porter family immigrated to the United States. Abraham Porter was one of the descendants of this branch. After the establishment of the Magical Congress of the United States of America, Abraham was recruited by Josiah Jackson, the first president of the Magical Congress of the United States, to become one of the famous "Twelve Founding Aurors".

From this we can see that although these descendants of the Potter family scattered around the world have almost no presence in the original world, they still have an influence comparable to the first echelon of pure-blood families.

The old man's name is Charles Potter, and he is also a descendant of a certain branch of the Potter family. His wife is Doria Black. Both of their names are recorded on the Black family tree, indicating that they are worthy of being pure-blooded. Approval from the extreme faction of the family.

"This is my second son, Jeffrey," the old man pointed to another slightly younger man behind him, "He serves as captain of the Guard in Transylvania, you know, Transylvania" Those vampires and living zombies in Vania are always restless..."

Unlike his amiable brother, Jeffrey's face was cold. Facing Dumbledore's warmly extended hand, he did not respond immediately, but let Dumbledore's hand stay awkwardly. In mid-air.

Dumbledore didn't get angry either. He kept a polite smile and calmly withdrew his hand.

"Oh, Albus," the old man coughed lightly, "please forgive this child's rudeness. After all, our separation back then was not very friendly..."

"Haha, this is not a big deal. Charlus, you and I have known each other for many years. You have to believe that I, who is over a hundred years old, am still quite tolerant of a young junior, not to mention -" Dumbledore said gently Said, "I really can't blame you. I did do something wrong at the beginning. I didn't take care of your feelings..." "Huh!" Jeffrey snorted coldly. His lips moved, but in the end he still chose to keep silent. Don't talk.

The old man, Charles Potter, finally said: "Fourteen years ago, when Henry's son and his wife were killed, I proposed to adopt his son. Even though our two families have been close for a long time. There has been no contact for ten years, but no matter what, we are both part of the Potter family, and as we were living in the UK at the time, we were definitely the most qualified candidates to adopt him——"

At this point, even Charlus, who had always been calm and polite, his voice gradually became stiff, "And you, Dumbledore, were once a good friend of our family - you betrayed our trust. , and gave the child to a Muggle family!" Charlus' voice suddenly rose, "When we repeatedly negotiated, you went your own way and didn't even give us a reasonable explanation!"

"Hmph!" Jeffrey finally couldn't help it and blurted out what he wanted to say loudly, "What other explanation can he have? To put it bluntly, he is not coveting the inheritance of our Potter family - the magical invisibility cloak. That’s all!”

The scene became quiet for a while.

Dumbledore's eyes shone with a strange brilliance, and he seemed to understand the purpose of this group of people.

Yes, he had a deep friendship with this branch of the Potter family. He even had the idea of ​​drawing them into the Order of the Phoenix, and even gave Charlus an important token that could connect him to his magical Phoenix Book. , but it is a pity that when the custody rights of Harry were allocated, the two parties had a fierce quarrel and finally parted ways. From that time on, he never had any contact with this group of people. This was their first meeting in fourteen years.

Tsk tsk... Dumbledore knew the virtues of a pure-blood family.

Although they both have the same surname, the two branches of the family have been intermarrying and developing in different places for centuries, and have long been inseparable. Not to mention that Harry had never seen this family since he was born, even his father James probably didn't know about the existence of this relative of his.

If one were to say whether these people proposed to adopt Harry because of family ties or a family bond that was thicker than water, Dumbledore would not believe it. After all, what these people are after is not just the various inheritances that Harry inherited, which naturally also includes the Death's Invisibility Cloak, one of Death's three artifacts.

Of course, on the surface, it was difficult for Dumbledore to excuse himself. After all, before his death, James had entrusted the Death's Invisibility Cloak to Dumbledore, a fact that many people within the Order of the Phoenix knew. Although with his bright and majestic public image, it is unlikely that anyone would accuse him of coveting the cloak, but if someone really raised questions, it would be difficult for him to get rid of this suspicion.

What's more, Harry was entrusted to the Dursley family and was abused for a long time throughout his childhood. It was no secret that even his most trusted right-hand man, McGonagall, often criticized him for this matter.

Thinking of this, Dumbledore sighed.

He looked at the other members of the first-generation Order of the Phoenix who had just arrived from the fireplace, gestured to them with apologetic eyes, and then said: "That invisibility cloak belonged to Harry. During Harry's first year at school, I have already handed it back to him..."

"As for placing Harry in the Muggle world and the Dursleys, I have always owed you an explanation." Dumbledore nodded slightly and said, "I think now is the time to announce all this. It’s time…”