Because school hadn't started yet, Hogwarts seemed to be dominated by silence and solemnity at the moment.

In the solemn castle, only the dazzling staircases and moving portraits whispering from time to time were left, but even so, Ian was still deeply attracted by it.

"Okay, don't look at those portraits. You will have a lot of time to chat with them in the future. Follow me now. The principal's office is on the eighth floor. Be careful of the stairs under your feet."

Obviously Professor McGonagall, who is resolute and resolute, does not intend to waste too much time here.

It is worth mentioning that the location for connecting to the Floo Network is Professor McGonagall's office, which is on the third floor of the castle, so it doesn't take too long to get to the eighth floor.

At this time, Ian's brain was already running rapidly. As mentioned before, he didn't think too much about enrolling in school at first.

And today, I feel like I was rushed to the shelves. I didn’t expect to meet the White Devil so soon, who has been at the top of the magic world throughout the series and has been active for nearly 100 years.

This was not someone who could be dealt with easily like Professor McGonagall. The meeting with Dumbledore made Ian very cautious. But after all, he has a mature mind, so what he is thinking about at this moment is more about how to benefit from Dumbledore.

"I can't pretend to be innocent anymore. Although Lao Deng shouldn't use his spiritual energy directly, it is very unwise to try to act in front of a centenarian with rich experience."

Ian knows very well that for Mr. Principal, the first impression is crucial.

Didn't you know that there was once another Tom who just robbed other children's things in the orphanage, and he lit a fire and forced the other children to return everything and apologize.

It was because of this first encounter that Dumbledore later made various observations and distrust of Voldemort in school.

What Dumbledore didn't know was that Tom, who was an orphan when he was a boy, actually regarded the man who took him out of the orphanage as his father.

This is not difficult to understand, because children living in orphanages all know that unless they are kicked out when they become adults, only adopted children will leave here.

A sensitive orphan, a strange environment, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not win the approval of Dumbledore, who he regarded as his father, even if he was praised by everyone in the castle.

Not to mention the magical world, in reality, children who grow up in such an environment will most likely have psychological distortions. What's more, this is an idealistic magical world. Under this series of conditions, it would be strange for Tom not to become dark and crooked.

This is also the later stage of the plot. Dumbledore expressed regret more than once. He did not teach Voldemort well and allowed him to embark on this path of no return.

In fact, from Ian's point of view, it was extremely common for such things to happen in British orphanages during World War II when they were snatching other children's belongings.

Read Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist" and you will understand that Voldemort's actions were really nothing. Look at the miserable fate of the orphans in this book, from being apprentices and struggling to survive to In the end, he accidentally stumbled into a den of thieves and even encountered something even more evil.

So in Ian's opinion, all this stems from Dumbledore's speechless first impression.

Of course, it's not all Lao Deng's fault. There are many other reasons. For example, children born with love drugs are born unable to feel love. Various reasons came together to create the twisted Voldemort in the later period, but in any case, Dumbledore also has an unshirkable responsibility.

At this time, Dumbledore was sitting on a high-backed chair in the principal's office, holding a silver teaspoon in his left hand, unconsciously stirring the black tea in the cup, and staring blankly at the Forbidden Forest outside the window.

Too many things happened this year, Harry's enrollment, Quirrell's various anomalies after returning from Albania, the theft of Gringotts, and the Sorcerer's Stone... there were too many things for him to worry about.

So much so that he could only assign all the work that belonged to the principal to Minerva. Thinking of the helpless expression on Minerva's face, Dumbledore couldn't help but laugh out loud, which also attracted the laughter of all the former principals in the portrait. Roll your eyes.

However, this state did not last long, and was interrupted by the sound of the stone beast guarding the door turning. Dumbledore looked at the figure approaching and said with a smile: "I remember that we have completed all the preparations before the start of school. , Minerva, I wonder why you came to me now?"

Hearing this, Professor McGonagall's mouth twitched: "Those tasks were done by me and other professors, and have nothing to do with you. I just returned to Hogwarts before school started and continued to eat your candies.

But I do have something to ask you this time, regarding the admission of Mr. Ian Titus. His name is not on the Book of Access, so you need to use your principal's authority to add Mr. Titus' name to it. "

As he spoke, he did not forget to drag out Ian, who had been hiding behind him since he entered the door.

Without the "screen" of Professor McGonagall, Ian officially faced the legendary white wizard for the first time in this world.

Just like what was described in the original work, you walked through the ugly stone spiral staircase and came to a spacious and beautiful circular room. The surrounding walls were covered with portraits of old male and female principals. They were all quiet at the moment. She stayed in her photo frame and fell asleep, snoring gently from time to time.

A huge long square table stood in front of him. To his surprise, there was no book on the table, only silverware and other knickknacks piled high with various collections.

Ian looked across the table. An old man with pale hair and a long beard was sitting there and looking at him with a smile. Various words such as love, majesty, wisdom, etc. flashed in his mind.

Under the refraction of the candlelight shining above the head, there is a pair of blue eyes that seem to be able to examine the soul. Perhaps because the eyes are too sharp, its owner chooses to hide it under a half-moon-shaped glasses, but it sometimes appears on the glasses. The flash of light was so captivating that one ignored the equally eye-catching crooked nose that had been broken at least twice.

"Of course it's no problem. It's just a matter of adding a name. It can be done in a few minutes. Hogwarts has always been this way for transfer students. Minerva, if you don't mind, I'd like to have a chat with him alone. It felt like he had something to say to me, don’t underestimate an old man’s intuition.”

After Dumbledore finished speaking, he did not forget to wink at Ian mischievously.

Looking at Ian who nodded in cooperation, Professor McGonagall waved her hand rather speechlessly. Is the emotion redundant for her alone at this moment? Thinking of this, he said a little impatiently: "Okay then, I will leave everything to you. I still have my own work to do."

Watching Professor McGonagall leave in a hurry, only Ian and Dumbledore were left in the huge principal's office. The old and the young were sitting quietly opposite each other.

New book, please collect it, please collect it, please collect it, thank you all readers!

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