Chapter 184 That Delicate Ash
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Wo Bu Geng Xin
Newt Scamander.
This is a legendary name.In this day and age, students may not be aware of the man's feats.And Newt is not a person who likes to show his face.
All the efforts he made in the struggle between Dumbledore and Grindelwald seem to have been washed and faded by the long river of time, leaving everyone with a dull impression.
However, in the ears of some people, the name Newt Scamander can be said to be very popular.
Like saints.They'll never forget Newt's role in Grindelwald's defeat.
Such as Dumbledore and those around him.They all knew how much this Hufflepuff honorary student had helped Dumbledore and how much he had helped the school.
For another example, people like Luke and others who are concerned about magical animals know the name of Newt Scamander.If Dumbledore is currently the leader of all wizards in the world, he is the leader.
Then Newt is the Dumbledore of Fantastic Beasts.
Everyone recognizes Newt's contributions and achievements... For Luke, it's not just the impressions and good feelings brought about by the movies he watched in his previous life, but also the things he heard and saw about Newt in this life. achievement, and the source of his deep affection for Newt.
So when Dumbledore first mentioned it, he immediately thought of Newt's name.
"Mr. Newt Scamander?"
Luke looked at Dumbledore expectantly, and asked in a positive tone.
Dumbledore really wanted to see Luke's excited expression at first, but now looking at his close junior, he admired another close junior so much.He even respected him more than himself, and he still felt a little bitter.
Resisting the urge to question in his heart, he nodded with a smile: "That's right, it's Newt. It looks like you really admire him!"
After Dumbledore finished saying this, he realized something was wrong with him, frowned, and quickly calmed down his emotions.
After living for so many years, he certainly knows that the most important thing is not showing emotions or emotions.
But every time Luke was around him, he always felt that his emotions were easy to lose control...
Thinking of this, Dumbledore closed his eyes.
"Of course! I don't believe that anyone who likes Fantastic Beasts would not be interested in Mr. Newt."
Luke said cheerfully, obviously not ashamed of the little admiration he showed.
Newt is worthy of Luke's admiration, and he is also old enough for Luke to call him an 'old man'.After all, Dumbledore and Grindelwald, who were still in their prime, were already very old at this time.
Newt, who has a close relationship with Dumbledore, is said to be a teacher and student, more like a friend, how can he be so young.
Luke's words made Dumbledore's eyes open.Luke seemed to have noticed Dumbledore's eyes, or possibly Dumbledore's silence, and he turned his head to look at Dumbledore with some doubts.
"What's wrong, Professor?"
He followed Dumbledore's gaze to Dumbledore's eyes.But due to the angle of looking up and the backlight, Dumbledore's half-moon eyes reflected a dazzling light, and Luke couldn't see Dumbledore's eyes clearly through the glasses.
"No, it's nothing, just feeling, even Newt back then, now has admirers, and he's already very old."
Dumbledore said with some emotion.
"My time is over, and now it's not even Newt's time."
When Dumbledore said this, Luke really seemed to feel that he had seen the passage of time with his own eyes.
For the old man in front of him, every wrinkle on his face and every callus on his hands are marks left to him by time.And any one of these engravings symbolizes a story that can be called a 'legendary'.
Dumbledore is a living legend.
Living history books, living history books.Some people are a living history.Not only did Dumbledore live long, he was also fundamentally different from Nicole Flamel, who lived longer than him.
Nicole Flamel and his wife like to watch the excitement, but they don't like to make it themselves.Anyway, as long as the two of them want to live, they can basically live forever.So they rest when they have no fun, and then whether it is a few years, ten years, or decades, it will pass quickly for them, and then start the next fun.
And the time to wait for decades is really too little, too little.
Often it only takes a few years, at most a dozen years, to have fun, big or small, but definitely there will be.
"Humans are creatures that love to fight. Wizards, as human beings with personal might. Every few years, there will always be people who think that they can overwhelm the entire world."
Nicole Flamel told Luke this sentence in a tone of insight.
Luke still can't forget Nicole's expression at that time.
Inexplicable lamentation, indescribable helplessness, and a little bit of expectation.
That was the first time Luke felt that he could not read a person's emotions clearly.
There is not even a clear color, the color of the emotional dust is like all the emotions are intertwined together to form a faint gray.
It is neither clean and tidy white, nor deep and mysterious black.It's just a gray that looks plain.
For some reason, after seeing that smear of plaster, Luke felt that his control over his emotions seemed to go a step further.He could even gently stir Dumbledore's emotions, instead of only touching the periphery of the emotional dust.
But he still didn't know what that faint ashes like scars meant.
And now, he saw the emotional dust surrounding Dumbledore.All kinds of colors are mixed, intertwined and mixed.I have seen many forms of emotional dust like this.But... Amidst the complex emotions, Luke saw that ordinary but extremely dazzling gray.
Luke was surprised at first, and then knew that this was a rare opportunity, so he stared closely at the smear of dust, and stared closely.
Dumbledore seemed to be immersed in his own memories, and the expression on his face became more and more complicated.
When is a person really old?Of course, when looking back on the past often and unconsciously, this person is probably really old.
The expression on his face became more and more complicated, and he could even faintly see a trace of pain.
But Luke didn't seem to pay attention to Dumbledore's meaning, he stared at the smear of dust almost greedily, with a glint in his eyes.In his line of sight, that touch of gray became more and more clear, and he seemed to be about to understand something.But there is no sense of reality.
The gray of mystery; the gray that may point the way ahead for Luke; the gray that can take Luke further; the gray that makes Luke feel curious from the bottom of his heart...
All of this made him look like a beggar who had been hungry for a week and saw a luxurious meal.Not very delicate, but it exudes an attractive aroma and enough weight.
With a knife and fork in his hand, Luke restrained the urge to go up to eat, and tried his best to maintain his noble face.
In reality, it is reflected in Luke's still calm look, as if nothing happened.
Although at this time, Luke's hand was already tightly gripping his robe in the armhole.
"Is there something behind me?"
Dumbledore finally noticed Luke's abnormality, he looked into Luke's eyes, and asked with some doubts for a moment.
The moment Dumbledore opened his mouth, his mood changed, and that touch of gray disappeared instantly, leaving no trace, as if he had never appeared before.
The muscles on both sides of Luke's cheeks tightened suddenly.He clenched his teeth and took two deep breaths.But still feeling dizzy.In the field of vision, apart from Dumbledore's concerned face, which was also showing a trace of vigilance, there were only shining spots that seemed to be cruising on the retina.
Luke felt deeply tired.But he clearly knew that the time was too short, and he had nothing to gain.
Dumbledore looked at Luke who had lost his composure, and his expression became a little complicated.
The old and the young were silent for a long time.
Dumbledore looked at the tired-looking Luke, heaved a long sigh of relief and said, "Luke, if your ability will impose a great burden on you, then before you figure out how to deal with the disadvantages, you'd better It’s better to use this ability as a trump card. Rather than practicing it often, thinking that practice makes perfect.”
"Innate ability is almost determined at the moment of birth. Few, or basically no one can use their natural ability to complete qualitative magic without converting it into natural magic. improvement."
When Dumbledore said this, his tone was extremely sincere.He was really willing to give Luke such advice.Lest Luke really go into the wrong place.
The reason why he cares so much about Luke now, besides his uneasiness about Luke, is naturally that he believes that he can guide Luke not to take detours.Not only in the improvement of strength, but also in Luke's character, path, and concept.
Even if he won't become the 'savior' whose justice and love dominate his mind.He can no longer go on a path of no return like Tom or Grindelwald.
For Dumbledore, Luke is also his own redemption.This boy, who is very similar to Grindelwald and is considered Tom's grandfather in the genealogy, is part of his educational reflection.
He didn't teach Tom well back then, so now he can't follow the same old path as before.
Luke could feel the heavy trust in Dumbledore's tone.This also made him breathe a sigh of relief.
"It's nothing, professor, it's just that it's been overused." Luke said frankly, "I didn't do anything to you. I just saw something from you that I only saw on Nicole before. I don't know what it is, I'm curious what it is."
After hearing his words, Dumbledore was a little puzzled: "What is it?"
Luke didn't hide it: "A touch of gray. There is gray around you. It's just that Nico probably has all of them, and you only have a trace."
Luke's words made Dumbledore fall silent.But after pondering for a long time, he just shook his head after all.
"It's too much, and I can't tell. If you have a chance, take a look. Maybe you can see something."
If the same thing happened to Dumbledore a second time, then Dumbledore would almost know what Luke saw, or what he could see...
Luke nodded, took another deep breath, and his condition was obviously much better.
"Okay, Professor."
Dumbledore patted Luke's shoulder lightly across the table, with a gentle smile on his face: "Go home and have a good rest. When you are ready, send me a message, and I will contact Yin Famo Ni's people."
"If you want that right, no one can take it away."
Dumbledore had a flat smile on his face when he said this.
It's like there's no need to care about this matter at all, and it's not difficult.
Luke looked at Dumbledore, feeling Dumbledore's protection of himself, and nodded.
Of course he wanted this right, the ownership of that part of Infamorney that could be said to be picked up.
This is undoubtedly an excellent hidden cave for his cunning rabbit.
Which one can be regarded as a back road.So naturally it is impossible to miss it.
…………
The first thing Luke did when he got home was throw himself on the couch.Then he rubbed his temples vigorously.
Uncomfortable, really uncomfortable, the acid water in the stomach reached the throat, the brain was still dazed and did not react, it was not until the acid water was pressed back into the stomach for a second or two that I felt the discomfort and sourness.
The whole person seemed to be uncoordinated between the soul and the body, and there was a few seconds difference between the reaction and the action.
And at this moment, he suddenly felt a warm current gushing from his chest.
Was there a feeling of congestion in the chest before, as if a big rock had been removed?The whole person is suddenly enlightened.
Luke could almost feel the growth of his limbs.It was completely different from the tearing feeling when drinking that growth potion, this time it felt more like a sense of release.It seemed that a large amount of energy accumulated in the body was released, and the whole person felt an indescribable sense of comfort.
Luke's body and limbs are growing proportionally.Soon, he changed from the appearance of an eight or nine-year-old child back to his own appearance of an eleven or twelve-year-old child.
Don't underestimate the past few years.It is the time of great change.
But when he was eleven or twelve years old, Luke's growth did not stop, but continued to grow, but this time, only the height, arm span, etc. were increasing, and the corresponding muscles were not. Nothing develops.
This lasted about ten minutes.
When Luke got up, the trousers on his body were already shortened. Because the clothes were of good quality, they were not stretched out, but they made Luke uncomfortable.
So he pinched his wand and scratched lightly on his shirt.
Luke felt relieved (physically) when his shirt ripped.
Then, with some apprehension, he dragged his weak limbs and walked to the closet not far away. Apart from the clothes there, it was also because there was a big mirror there.
It stands to reason that drinking the potion will restore oneself to its original appearance.But Luke knew that he must be different now from before.
Holding it was undoubtedly Snape's tricks.
So... how effective is it?
He walked towards the mirror step by step.Taking a little warrior to the execution ground is like seeing death as home.
This is a legendary name.In this day and age, students may not be aware of the man's feats.And Newt is not a person who likes to show his face.
All the efforts he made in the struggle between Dumbledore and Grindelwald seem to have been washed and faded by the long river of time, leaving everyone with a dull impression.
However, in the ears of some people, the name Newt Scamander can be said to be very popular.
Like saints.They'll never forget Newt's role in Grindelwald's defeat.
Such as Dumbledore and those around him.They all knew how much this Hufflepuff honorary student had helped Dumbledore and how much he had helped the school.
For another example, people like Luke and others who are concerned about magical animals know the name of Newt Scamander.If Dumbledore is currently the leader of all wizards in the world, he is the leader.
Then Newt is the Dumbledore of Fantastic Beasts.
Everyone recognizes Newt's contributions and achievements... For Luke, it's not just the impressions and good feelings brought about by the movies he watched in his previous life, but also the things he heard and saw about Newt in this life. achievement, and the source of his deep affection for Newt.
So when Dumbledore first mentioned it, he immediately thought of Newt's name.
"Mr. Newt Scamander?"
Luke looked at Dumbledore expectantly, and asked in a positive tone.
Dumbledore really wanted to see Luke's excited expression at first, but now looking at his close junior, he admired another close junior so much.He even respected him more than himself, and he still felt a little bitter.
Resisting the urge to question in his heart, he nodded with a smile: "That's right, it's Newt. It looks like you really admire him!"
After Dumbledore finished saying this, he realized something was wrong with him, frowned, and quickly calmed down his emotions.
After living for so many years, he certainly knows that the most important thing is not showing emotions or emotions.
But every time Luke was around him, he always felt that his emotions were easy to lose control...
Thinking of this, Dumbledore closed his eyes.
"Of course! I don't believe that anyone who likes Fantastic Beasts would not be interested in Mr. Newt."
Luke said cheerfully, obviously not ashamed of the little admiration he showed.
Newt is worthy of Luke's admiration, and he is also old enough for Luke to call him an 'old man'.After all, Dumbledore and Grindelwald, who were still in their prime, were already very old at this time.
Newt, who has a close relationship with Dumbledore, is said to be a teacher and student, more like a friend, how can he be so young.
Luke's words made Dumbledore's eyes open.Luke seemed to have noticed Dumbledore's eyes, or possibly Dumbledore's silence, and he turned his head to look at Dumbledore with some doubts.
"What's wrong, Professor?"
He followed Dumbledore's gaze to Dumbledore's eyes.But due to the angle of looking up and the backlight, Dumbledore's half-moon eyes reflected a dazzling light, and Luke couldn't see Dumbledore's eyes clearly through the glasses.
"No, it's nothing, just feeling, even Newt back then, now has admirers, and he's already very old."
Dumbledore said with some emotion.
"My time is over, and now it's not even Newt's time."
When Dumbledore said this, Luke really seemed to feel that he had seen the passage of time with his own eyes.
For the old man in front of him, every wrinkle on his face and every callus on his hands are marks left to him by time.And any one of these engravings symbolizes a story that can be called a 'legendary'.
Dumbledore is a living legend.
Living history books, living history books.Some people are a living history.Not only did Dumbledore live long, he was also fundamentally different from Nicole Flamel, who lived longer than him.
Nicole Flamel and his wife like to watch the excitement, but they don't like to make it themselves.Anyway, as long as the two of them want to live, they can basically live forever.So they rest when they have no fun, and then whether it is a few years, ten years, or decades, it will pass quickly for them, and then start the next fun.
And the time to wait for decades is really too little, too little.
Often it only takes a few years, at most a dozen years, to have fun, big or small, but definitely there will be.
"Humans are creatures that love to fight. Wizards, as human beings with personal might. Every few years, there will always be people who think that they can overwhelm the entire world."
Nicole Flamel told Luke this sentence in a tone of insight.
Luke still can't forget Nicole's expression at that time.
Inexplicable lamentation, indescribable helplessness, and a little bit of expectation.
That was the first time Luke felt that he could not read a person's emotions clearly.
There is not even a clear color, the color of the emotional dust is like all the emotions are intertwined together to form a faint gray.
It is neither clean and tidy white, nor deep and mysterious black.It's just a gray that looks plain.
For some reason, after seeing that smear of plaster, Luke felt that his control over his emotions seemed to go a step further.He could even gently stir Dumbledore's emotions, instead of only touching the periphery of the emotional dust.
But he still didn't know what that faint ashes like scars meant.
And now, he saw the emotional dust surrounding Dumbledore.All kinds of colors are mixed, intertwined and mixed.I have seen many forms of emotional dust like this.But... Amidst the complex emotions, Luke saw that ordinary but extremely dazzling gray.
Luke was surprised at first, and then knew that this was a rare opportunity, so he stared closely at the smear of dust, and stared closely.
Dumbledore seemed to be immersed in his own memories, and the expression on his face became more and more complicated.
When is a person really old?Of course, when looking back on the past often and unconsciously, this person is probably really old.
The expression on his face became more and more complicated, and he could even faintly see a trace of pain.
But Luke didn't seem to pay attention to Dumbledore's meaning, he stared at the smear of dust almost greedily, with a glint in his eyes.In his line of sight, that touch of gray became more and more clear, and he seemed to be about to understand something.But there is no sense of reality.
The gray of mystery; the gray that may point the way ahead for Luke; the gray that can take Luke further; the gray that makes Luke feel curious from the bottom of his heart...
All of this made him look like a beggar who had been hungry for a week and saw a luxurious meal.Not very delicate, but it exudes an attractive aroma and enough weight.
With a knife and fork in his hand, Luke restrained the urge to go up to eat, and tried his best to maintain his noble face.
In reality, it is reflected in Luke's still calm look, as if nothing happened.
Although at this time, Luke's hand was already tightly gripping his robe in the armhole.
"Is there something behind me?"
Dumbledore finally noticed Luke's abnormality, he looked into Luke's eyes, and asked with some doubts for a moment.
The moment Dumbledore opened his mouth, his mood changed, and that touch of gray disappeared instantly, leaving no trace, as if he had never appeared before.
The muscles on both sides of Luke's cheeks tightened suddenly.He clenched his teeth and took two deep breaths.But still feeling dizzy.In the field of vision, apart from Dumbledore's concerned face, which was also showing a trace of vigilance, there were only shining spots that seemed to be cruising on the retina.
Luke felt deeply tired.But he clearly knew that the time was too short, and he had nothing to gain.
Dumbledore looked at Luke who had lost his composure, and his expression became a little complicated.
The old and the young were silent for a long time.
Dumbledore looked at the tired-looking Luke, heaved a long sigh of relief and said, "Luke, if your ability will impose a great burden on you, then before you figure out how to deal with the disadvantages, you'd better It’s better to use this ability as a trump card. Rather than practicing it often, thinking that practice makes perfect.”
"Innate ability is almost determined at the moment of birth. Few, or basically no one can use their natural ability to complete qualitative magic without converting it into natural magic. improvement."
When Dumbledore said this, his tone was extremely sincere.He was really willing to give Luke such advice.Lest Luke really go into the wrong place.
The reason why he cares so much about Luke now, besides his uneasiness about Luke, is naturally that he believes that he can guide Luke not to take detours.Not only in the improvement of strength, but also in Luke's character, path, and concept.
Even if he won't become the 'savior' whose justice and love dominate his mind.He can no longer go on a path of no return like Tom or Grindelwald.
For Dumbledore, Luke is also his own redemption.This boy, who is very similar to Grindelwald and is considered Tom's grandfather in the genealogy, is part of his educational reflection.
He didn't teach Tom well back then, so now he can't follow the same old path as before.
Luke could feel the heavy trust in Dumbledore's tone.This also made him breathe a sigh of relief.
"It's nothing, professor, it's just that it's been overused." Luke said frankly, "I didn't do anything to you. I just saw something from you that I only saw on Nicole before. I don't know what it is, I'm curious what it is."
After hearing his words, Dumbledore was a little puzzled: "What is it?"
Luke didn't hide it: "A touch of gray. There is gray around you. It's just that Nico probably has all of them, and you only have a trace."
Luke's words made Dumbledore fall silent.But after pondering for a long time, he just shook his head after all.
"It's too much, and I can't tell. If you have a chance, take a look. Maybe you can see something."
If the same thing happened to Dumbledore a second time, then Dumbledore would almost know what Luke saw, or what he could see...
Luke nodded, took another deep breath, and his condition was obviously much better.
"Okay, Professor."
Dumbledore patted Luke's shoulder lightly across the table, with a gentle smile on his face: "Go home and have a good rest. When you are ready, send me a message, and I will contact Yin Famo Ni's people."
"If you want that right, no one can take it away."
Dumbledore had a flat smile on his face when he said this.
It's like there's no need to care about this matter at all, and it's not difficult.
Luke looked at Dumbledore, feeling Dumbledore's protection of himself, and nodded.
Of course he wanted this right, the ownership of that part of Infamorney that could be said to be picked up.
This is undoubtedly an excellent hidden cave for his cunning rabbit.
Which one can be regarded as a back road.So naturally it is impossible to miss it.
…………
The first thing Luke did when he got home was throw himself on the couch.Then he rubbed his temples vigorously.
Uncomfortable, really uncomfortable, the acid water in the stomach reached the throat, the brain was still dazed and did not react, it was not until the acid water was pressed back into the stomach for a second or two that I felt the discomfort and sourness.
The whole person seemed to be uncoordinated between the soul and the body, and there was a few seconds difference between the reaction and the action.
And at this moment, he suddenly felt a warm current gushing from his chest.
Was there a feeling of congestion in the chest before, as if a big rock had been removed?The whole person is suddenly enlightened.
Luke could almost feel the growth of his limbs.It was completely different from the tearing feeling when drinking that growth potion, this time it felt more like a sense of release.It seemed that a large amount of energy accumulated in the body was released, and the whole person felt an indescribable sense of comfort.
Luke's body and limbs are growing proportionally.Soon, he changed from the appearance of an eight or nine-year-old child back to his own appearance of an eleven or twelve-year-old child.
Don't underestimate the past few years.It is the time of great change.
But when he was eleven or twelve years old, Luke's growth did not stop, but continued to grow, but this time, only the height, arm span, etc. were increasing, and the corresponding muscles were not. Nothing develops.
This lasted about ten minutes.
When Luke got up, the trousers on his body were already shortened. Because the clothes were of good quality, they were not stretched out, but they made Luke uncomfortable.
So he pinched his wand and scratched lightly on his shirt.
Luke felt relieved (physically) when his shirt ripped.
Then, with some apprehension, he dragged his weak limbs and walked to the closet not far away. Apart from the clothes there, it was also because there was a big mirror there.
It stands to reason that drinking the potion will restore oneself to its original appearance.But Luke knew that he must be different now from before.
Holding it was undoubtedly Snape's tricks.
So... how effective is it?
He walked towards the mirror step by step.Taking a little warrior to the execution ground is like seeing death as home.
