ヾ(°°)The Headmaster of Hogwarts visits
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On the second day of the vacation, Hermione Granger was lying on the sofa in the living room of her house, holding a plate of snacks in her hand, watching the content on the TV channel boredly, and eating with relish.
The sunlight outside the window shone on her back, illuminating her curly long brown hair and face, making her feel warm in this winter day.
But I don’t know why, but she seems a little empty and bored, as if she is not very satisfied with the state of going home to rest during the holidays?
"Why--"
As she looked at it, she suddenly sighed.
Although she is already a serious witch, looking at the environment at home and thinking about her fantasy and fulfilling life at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, she always feels that she is not the same as her family.
Everything about it has become a little out of tune with those boring TV shows?
Because, on one side is the world of wizards and on the other side is the world of ordinary people, Muggles. Being caught between the two, she always feels helpless and helpless at many times?
Even though she has worked very hard in her studies, even though her grades have surpassed most people in her grade, that weird feeling still makes her a little hesitant.
Anyway, she felt that she seemed to have integrated into her new life and identity, but now that she thought about it carefully, it seemed that she had not fully integrated into it?
Ding dong——!
At this time, the doorbell suddenly rang, breaking the tranquility.
"Who?"
Hermione raised her head suddenly, a trace of doubt flashing in her eyes.
Ding dong——!
The person outside did not answer, but rang the doorbell again playfully.
"Coming! Coming!"
Christmas has passed, but who will come at this time?
Hermione was puzzled by this.
But she still stood up quickly, walked quickly to the door, and looked out through the peephole.
"!!"
And when she saw the tall and straight figure outside the door, wearing a wizard's hat, she couldn't help but widen her eyes.
Because she saw that the person outside was actually the principal of their Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, that Albus Dumbledore?!
"ah!"
Hermione exclaimed and her heartbeat accelerated instantly. She didn't think much and quickly opened the door. At the same time, she asked with a hint of nervousness in her excitement:
"School, Mr. Principal, why are you here?"
As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Hermione realized something was wrong and hurriedly welcomed the other party into her home.
"ah!"
"Please come in quickly!"
"This way!"
After all, the other party is the principal and a guest. How could she block the guest outside the door and ask questions like this?
"Thanks!"
Dumbledore smiled and nodded, then slowly walked into the living room, took off his hat and looked around, as if full of curiosity about the layout and decoration of Hermione's Muggle family.
"that……"
"Mr. Dumbledore, would you like some tea?"
Hermione followed closely behind, leading him to sit down while hurriedly bringing him a cup of steaming hot instant black tea.
"oh!"
"Thank you, Miss Granger."
Dumbledore stood up and took the tea cup, took a sip, then looked at Hermione with a smile and motioned for her to sit down too.
"Right!"
"How have you been during these two days of vacation? Did you encounter anything interesting?"
"Don't be nervous, I was just passing by and came to see you..."
Then, after telling Hermione to calm down, Dumbledore asked and explained.
"It's okay..."
Hermione sat obediently on the sofa opposite the principal, folded her hands on her knees, and replied:
"I haven't gone anywhere. I have been reviewing some courses I have learned in the past two days and reading some new magic books."
"However, I still feel that life at Hogwarts is more fulfilling?"
With that said, she hurriedly brought another plate of sweets to Dumbledore, because she seemed to have heard that their principal liked sweets very much?
"Very well, Miss Granger. You are always so diligent and studious. You are such a good child."
Dumbledore nodded, a hint of approval flashing in his eyes:
"By the way, are you still adapting to life at Hogwarts?"
"Are there any difficulties?"
He knew that Hermione was a wizard from a Muggle family. Although she had excellent grades, he was still a little worried that some children who advocated the pure-blood theory would speak ill of her, such as the children of some Slytherin families?
"No!"
Hermione shook her head.
“Everyone is very friendly and I learned a lot of new knowledge.”
"That's good……"
"I'm still worried that you won't be able to adapt..."
"Forgot to ask!"
"Are you the only one at home?"
"Yes!"
"My parents just went out. They were going to visit my grandparents, but I had other things to do, so I didn't go."
"They may not come back until night. Do you need me to call them?"
"Telephone?"
"Well, do you know what a phone is?"
"Of course I know, the Ministry of Magic has a Muggle item, right?"
"But you don't have to go fight, I just stopped by to visit you, really."
"That's it..."
"Sit down, kid, don't be nervous."
Dumbledore smiled and motioned for Hermione to sit down, his eyes full of relief. After all, students with good grades will always be liked by the principal and professors.
He paused for a moment, then pretended to be nonchalant and looked at the environment of Hermione's house for a while. Finally, when he was done drinking tea, he changed the subject and asked:
"Right!"
"I heard..."
"You're going to visit Anne's house, aren't you?"
Obviously, this is the main purpose of his coming here. Any drop-in visit is just to fool the children.
"ah!"
Hermione was stunned when she heard this, and then asked in surprise:
"How do you know?"
Hermione thought a lot about why the other party came to see her, such as whether he stole things with Anne and Neville, but she didn't expect that the other party actually asked this?
"Well..."
Dumbledore smiled and then explained:
"It was Harry and Ron who were detained at school who told me."
"They said that you and Annie have a good relationship and plan to visit each other during the holidays."
"They wanted to go too, but Anne refused, right?"
"That's true!"
"Mr. Principal, because the relationship between Annie and Ron is not very good, Ron is always jealous of her and speaks ill of her, so he did not invite them both."
"So there is such a thing..."
Dumbledore nodded, thought for a while, and then asked again:
"Right!"
"I saw you were still wearing your school uniform. Is that why?"
He had seen what Hermione was wearing when she just came in.
Because students don't need to wear school uniforms at home, but now that Hermione is still wearing them, he can't help but ask more questions.
"oh--"
"School uniform..."
After looking at herself, Hermione finally reacted and nodded suddenly and said:
"Yes, Principal."
"Annie invited me to spend a few days at her house. I also wanted to take this opportunity to learn more about magic from her."
"After all, you know, she comes from an ancient family, but I am only from a Muggle family..."
"Then……"
"I was worried that wearing Muggle clothes would offend the other person's family, but I didn't know how to wear wizard clothes, so I just wore a school uniform."
"Besides, I don't know when she will invite me. In order to avoid panic, I simply wear the same clothes every day and only change out when I want to go out."
After saying that, Hermione couldn't help but stick out her tongue in embarrassment.
"I understand, kid, you are very thoughtful!"
“This is good!”
Nodding, Dumbledore looked at Hermione with a smile, a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes:
"So……"
"Can I go with you?"
Then, without any surprise, he directly revealed his ultimate goal.
"ah?"
Hermione was shocked when she heard this. She raised her head in surprise and looked at Dumbledore with eyes full of disbelief:
"you……"
"You want to go to Annie's house with me?"
"Are you sure?"
She could understand that Ron and Harry wanted to go, but now that even the principal wanted to go, Hermione was quite surprised.
"Of course!"
Dumbledore nodded, still with that warm smile on his face:
"I feel like this is a great opportunity to get to know your generation of students more deeply."
"Besides, I also want to know what Anne's family environment is like."
"You know, her origin is really mysterious, and I really want to explore it..."
After all, until now, both Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic have almost a little information about Anne and Anne's family, and now that there is an opportunity, Dumbledore is certainly not willing to miss it.
"this……"
Hermione hesitated, not knowing how to answer.
Although she was warmly invited by Anne to be a guest, Anne only invited her, and now the principal also wanted to visit with her. How could she dare to agree to such a thing?
After all, it was Anne's home, not hers... So, looking at the expectant eyes of the principal in front of her, Hermione couldn't help but feel hesitant.
"alright……"
Dumbledore seemed to see Hermione's hesitation and worry, so he patted her shoulder gently and then smiled and comforted:
"Don't worry, kid."
"You can ask Anne for her opinion first. If she agrees, we will go together."
"And if she doesn't agree, I won't force it?"
After saying that, he reached out and patted Hermione's shoulder gently again, signaling her not to feel any psychological pressure.
"That's okay!"
Hearing this, Hermione felt warm in her heart, then glanced at the principal gratefully and nodded solemnly:
"OK!"
"When Annie comes to invite me, I will ask her for her opinion and then get back to you as soon as possible?"
Anyway, the decision was in Anne's hands, so Hermione agreed directly.
"very good!"
"Miss Granger, I am waiting for your owl letter. I hope we can have a pleasant visit then?"
After saying that, after seeing that nothing happened, he stood up and prepared to leave.
"!!"
"Mr. Principal, I'll see you off!"
Chapter completed!