Hogwarts: Becoming the White Lord from Breathing

Chapter 81 End of Summer

"Next, I'm afraid we'll have to discuss where Harry will stay - you can't always stay at the Leaky Cauldron."

"I think it's fine." Damon looked at Harry. "What about you?"

"I—I think so, too."

"Have you always lived in the Leaky Cauldron?" Dumbledore was a little surprised.

"In fact, the two of us are quite wealthy, you know."

Dumbledore understood instantly, thought about it, and didn't dwell on it any further - he believed Damon could handle this problem.

And if Harry continues to follow Damon, there is no need to worry too much about their safety.

"Well, we should talk about your story now - would you mind letting Harry hear it too?"

"It doesn't matter. I have nothing to hide."

Dumbledore nodded and said:

"Burns wrote to me about your plans. Actually, I don't quite understand, Damon, why you have to do all those things in advance? You're moving too fast, and that makes me a little worried."

"I understand, Professor, but I have my own ideas."

"Of course, I'm here to listen to your thoughts in the best possible way."

"Professor, I think I have a different view from you - since Voldemort could return at any time, why should I continue to follow the routine?
Wait until I graduate and then join the Ministry? What if Voldemort has already taken control of the Ministry before then? Will it still be too late then?

"Oh - I don't think things will be that bad. The Ministry of Magic still has Fudge. He's actually a pretty good leader."

"Fudge?"

Damon nodded without saying anything. Dumbledore had not yet experienced Fudge's resistance and did not realize that he was actually a coward.

"Whatever. I don't rely on him. I'm just used to being in control of everything. Since I have talent, why should I tie my feet and move forward slowly like everyone else? What's wrong with running faster?"

Dumbledore noticed that Damon was somewhat disdainful of Fudge and wanted to talk more about this issue, but then he thought, was it really necessary to discuss whether the Minister of Magic was qualified with a twelve-year-old child?

In Dumbledore's heart, he was quite satisfied with Fudge - although he was not very capable, he was very sensible and knew what he could and could not do. He would not take radical measures, which was in line with his political views.

"I roughly understand what you're thinking. I think Voldemort's existence has made you a little impatient. In fact, this is the fault of us adults who are not capable enough.

In this case, I respect your choice, but I hope that if you want to do anything in the future, you can discuss it with me first. I am over a hundred years old and cannot withstand so many shocks. "

Dumbledore stood up and said goodbye:

"Well, I still have a lot of things to do, so I'll excuse myself first. Damon, Harry, have a happy summer vacation."

After saying that, he actually ran away.

"You're in such a hurry, but you still have to come here specially?" Damon shook his head.

Harry looked at Damon, wondering why he could handle all this so easily - that was Dumbledore, the greatest white wizard!

But compared to this, he cares more about another thing at the moment.

"Headmaster Dumbledore is actually your teacher! Damon, how could you have refrained from talking about this?"

"It just happened at the end of last semester. I didn't mean to hide it from you. It's just that I just lacked the right opportunity."

"That's amazing, Damon! This is Dumbledore!" "Okay, Professor Dumbledore is indeed amazing, but he is also a human being and makes mistakes. You don't need to over-deify him, otherwise you will be disappointed."

Damon waved his hand. "Let's not talk about Dumbledore anymore. Let's talk about our next plan. There are still about fifty days before school starts. Can you get used to living here all the time?"

"Of course, I'd love to! What's so hard about living here? But Damon, can you teach me magic in the meantime?"

"Of course, but I also need to practice a rather troublesome spell myself, so I can't correct you all the time. You can practice on your own and then put all the questions you have for the day together and ask me."

"Can't we practice together?"

"Well, not really. The spell I want to practice requires a lot of distance."

"Ok."

Although he felt a little disappointed that he couldn't practice spells with Damon, Harry quickly accepted it.

With Damon's departure, his life was not much different from that of a single person - perhaps because of this, he became calmer when he was alone in an unfamiliar environment - he completed his homework, read books, and practiced spells more often.

Apart from 'Expelliarmus', he was rather lacking in other basic spells. As for Transfiguration, he still had a long way to go.

When he felt really bored, he would wander around Diagon Alley.

Every shop was new to him, and the strawberry peanut butter ice cream at Florin Fusco's Ice Cream Shop was so delicious that he went there to eat it at least once every day after discovering it.

At night, Damon would always appear in the tavern, and at Harry's request, they slept in the same room.

At this time, Harry would raise the questions that had accumulated during the day and ask Damon to answer them, and the other party would always be able to answer him in a simple and profound way.

"I always feel something is wrong when I use the freezing spell. I can't even freeze an ant. Why is that?"

"Try using it once and let me see—hmm, your wand swinging posture is wrong, the spell rhythm is wrong, and your confidence is also lacking. Do you think you have no talent for spells?"

"Well, a little bit. After all, there is such a big gap between you and me."

"You don't have to compete with me, Harry. After all, I've practiced for a year longer than you. If you invest the same amount of time, I believe you won't be worse than me."

Harry became inspired by Damon's encouragement - mainly because he believed in Damon more than in himself and books - as long as Damon pointed out something, he would be firm to the point of blind obedience.

This actually made his spell practice reach an incredible speed - Damon's previous words were just to comfort Harry, but now he felt that Harry could really do it!

However, if it was limited to Charms, Harry's progress in Transfiguration was not that fast.

Before I knew it, time passed day by day and soon it was the last week before school started.

They made an appointment with Hermione and Ron's family to meet at Diagon Alley, and they all went together to buy the books needed for the second grade.

"Harry! Damon!"

Having not seen each other for a whole summer, Hermione was very excited to see the two of them. She waved her hands happily and didn't care much even though her parents were behind her.

However, Hermione's parents showed great interest after hearing Damon's name.

"Damon? Are you Damon White?" Hermione's father came forward excitedly and took his hand. "You are actually my daughter's classmate? I never thought you were a wizard!"

"No wonder, no wonder you quit the music industry, because you found something more important, right?"

(End of this chapter)