Chapter 3 Dumbledore’s sudden home visit

"Mr. Mike Townley, it seems that you have read the letter we sent you."

Dumbledore stood outside the door, and the soft sunlight outside the room shone on him, making his whole body seem to glow, especially his white beard.

Mike stared at Dumbledore dumbfounded, and glanced at the letter in his hand from time to time, not knowing how to react for a moment.

Dumbledore saw Mike's stupid look and continued:

"Please forgive me for not introducing myself yet. I am Albus Dumbledore, the principal of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This time I am here to help little wizards like you who have special circumstances."

"Principal...Mr. Principal?" Mike didn't seem to have reacted yet.

"Mr. Townley, when the guests are here, why don't you invite me in first?" Dumbledore winked at Mike and smiled like an old boy.

Mike trembled, and then hurriedly invited Dumbledore in and asked him to sit down on the only intact sofa in the garbage room.

"Mr. Principal, is everything in the letter true? I... was I really admitted to a magic school?"

Dumbledore sat down without disdain at all and looked at the clean and tidy environment in the garbage room.

"Of course, Mr. Townley, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a magic school with a long history. In addition, I have to sigh, your place is really clean beyond my expectation."

Mike's mind was extremely confused at this time. Dumbledore's arrival was too sudden. Fortunately, Mike had seen many big scenes in his previous life and was very adaptable.

"Um... Mr. Principal, why did Mr. Principal come in person? Can't you just send someone to do this kind of thing? Of course, I don't suspect that you are lying to me, but... it's just that this is too sudden. "

Mike's face flushed nervously, and he subconsciously asked the question he was most confused about at the moment.

"Mr. Mike, you don't need to be nervous. We are sure that you have magical talent and meet our admissions requirements. I believe you have discovered this about a series of abnormal phenomena happening around you."

Dumbledore paused here.

"As for why I came here in person, the main reason is because the Ministry of Magic found that you seemed to be deliberately triggering a magic riot. You must know that this is very dangerous. I think that for your special situation, it is still necessary for me to come here in person. Oh! Magical riots are those abnormal phenomena happening around you."

After that, Dumbledore glanced at the large piece of meat hanging on the steel structure of the shed.

Mike had calmed down at this time, and the emotion control training during this period was still somewhat useful. I found Dumbledore looking at the leftover meat he had eaten last night. Combined with what he said before, he already understood that someone had been monitoring him during this period. The abnormal situation Dumbledore mentioned, in addition to the magic riot, also included him last night. ’s doings.

"Mr. Principal, I haven't eaten meat for a long time. I didn't mean that. I just couldn't help it."

Mike pretended to be aggrieved.

Dumbledore was obviously a little surprised that this child had such outstanding observation skills. But it is reasonable. After all, he is a wandering orphan. If he is not good at observing words and emotions, he will suffer a lot.

"Mr. Mike, I don't mean to blame you. In fact, I have seen many children similar to you. One of them is very similar to you, with the same outstanding talent and the same sorrow since childhood."

Dumbledore smiled kindly.

"I believe you are kind, and I believe Hogwarts will not let you down. Also, just call me Dumbledore, don't be so reserved."

Mike couldn't help but feel numb after hearing Dumbledore's words. He had a hunch that the child Dumbledore mentioned who looked very similar to him was probably Voldemort.

"Thank you, Mr. Dumbledore, how much is the fee for Hogwarts? I really want to go to school, but... I don't know if I have enough money."

Mike controlled his expression and smiled stiffly.

"Oh, Mr. Townley, I think you may have misunderstood something. Hogwarts School has subsidies for students with special circumstances like you. You just need to wait for our follow-up staff. There is no charge."

Dumbledore looked surprised and explained.

Mike pretended to be relieved, his eyes were red, and he choked and said, "Thank you! Thank you! I have always dreamed of going to school, but... thank you!" Mike still cried in the second half of his words.

"What a poor child." Dumbledore stroked Mike's short blond hair with his big hands. "Don't worry, just like I said, Hogwarts will not let you down."

Mike couldn't help but shiver when Dumbledore stroked his hair. He knew that Dumbledore was suspected of being gay, but he had to continue to look grateful.

The two talked for a while, until Dumbledore took the initiative to leave. Mike then sent Dumbledore to the door with red eyes.

"See you at Hogwarts, Mike." Dumbledore nodded to Mike and apparated away.

Mike stood blankly at the door of the garbage house, silent for a long time.

He really didn't expect that Dumbledore would come to visit his home in person, and he also thought that his superpower was actually a burst of magic.

But I just learned from the conversation with Dumbledore that his talent seems to be very strong. After all, the talent of a little wizard who can control his own magic burst and not be harmed under the age of 11 can be imagined. This means that he is He has an amazing talent for silent and wandless spellcasting.

In fact, in a time when there were no magic wands, only such people were considered to have magical talents. In modern times, due to the emergence of magic wands, many people who were considered squibs in ancient times can also become wizards with the help of magic wands.

Mike couldn't help but get excited thinking about this. The wizarding world is completely different from the world of ordinary people. In the wizarding world, individual power is very powerful. Even Dumbledore and Voldemort can fight against the army alone. It is self-evident what it means to have powerful magical talents in such a world.

A Muggle wizard like him wants to get ahead in the wizarding world? That's almost impossible.

Although Dumbledore and others have done a lot to promote peaceful coexistence between wizards and Muggles, the wizarding world is still the domain of pure-blood wizards. Muggle wizards are undoubtedly at the lower end of the discrimination chain in the wizarding world. Even some squibs from big families have done better than them.

This can be seen from the Weasley family.

Ron's father, Arthur Weasley, worked in the Ministry of Magic's Department for the Suppression of the Misuse of Muggle Articles and even wrote the Muggle Protection Act. But judging from his description in the original book, it's obvious that he doesn't know much about Muggles.

I wonder if there is no Muggle-born wizard more suitable for this job than Arthur?

Of course there is, but the Ministry of Magic would rather let an incompetent pure-blood wizard wait for death in this position than recruit a Muggle-born wizard.

Therefore, if Mike wants to stand out, he must either overthrow the rule of pure-blood wizards over the wizarding world, or have a power that is so powerful that pure-blood wizards cannot ignore it, just like Voldemort and Dumbledore.

Mike shook his head and shook the distracting thoughts out of his mind.

There is one more thing that is pressing now.

Mike just learned from Dumbledore that every little wizard born in a Muggle family can use the Hogwarts admission notice as a voucher to exchange for 100 gold in Gringotts at a price of 5 pounds to 1 gold galleons every year. Galleons.

Mike's current savings are only over 400 pounds, which Mike has picked up one after another in the past six months. I have to say that Mike's nickname of Lucky Boy is not for nothing. The purchasing power of the pound in this era is very strong, and more than 400 pounds is not a small amount.

I can still raise more than 500 pounds by selling the things in the garbage house.

Thinking of this, Mike quickly packed up the things that might have been in the garbage room before carrying a large package out the door.

This chapter is excessive and may be a bit boring.

But it also throws out a lot of settings, including hints at the big plot later.