Chapter 250: Be Frank

"Lu Yunkai! You're here?"

"Mrs. Weasley, good evening!"

"Have you had dinner? Would you like something to eat?"

"No, thank you."

Lu Yunkai smiled and shook his head at Mrs. Weasley, who was smiling kindly.

He was looking at the well-known building.

No. 12, Grimmauld Place, the Black family.

Lu Yunkai had just arrived in London through the fireplace, and then took the bus to the outside of this building.

As the oldest black magic family in the magic world, and also the most unfriendly family to Muggles, the ancestral home of the Black family is actually in a Muggle gathering area. This matter itself is a bit mysterious.

What made Lu Yunkai find it even more difficult to understand was that the ancestral home of the Black family seemed very crowded.

As soon as he entered the narrow alley, he came to the restaurant where Lu Yunkai was now, which was used as a reception room. Not to mention compared with the luxurious Malfoy family, even Lu Yunkai's family seemed more generous than this.

Are wizards' homes also affected by Muggle real estate prices?

Lu Yunkai stopped complaining in his heart, sat quietly on a chair in the restaurant, and took a look at the people here. Well, they are all old friends.

Sirius and Lupin sat together, and opposite, next to Mrs. Weasley, sat Nymphadora Tonks.

Tonks and Lupin appeared together? It seems... Lupin can do it!

Lu Yunkai secretly made fun of his former Defense Against the Dark Arts professor in his heart.

Tonks, who had met Lu Yunkai several times, smiled and nodded to Lu Yunkai, and then lowered her voice to continue talking to Mrs. Weasley.

Lupin was eating quietly by himself. There was a communication mirror floating in front of Sirius next to him. He was chewing bread and poking at the mirror with his wand.

"Have you finally found your communication mirror?"

Lu Yunkai smiled and talked to his "old friend" Sirius.

"I didn't find it, I got a new one." Sirius answered casually, "I don't know where the previous one was lost."

"If you hadn't lost that mirror, how much trouble would have been saved last year!"

Lu Yunkai sighed softly.

"Don't come here to sell your communication mirror! We already have one for each of us." Sirius used the method of changing the subject to save face.

His face was slightly red, because Lu Yunkai was right. If Lu Yunkai could contact him through the communication mirror last year and let him persuade Harry who was controlled by Voldemort at the time, it would save a lot of trouble.

Perhaps, he didn't have to be knocked unconscious by Lu Yunkai during the attack on Hogsmeade Village.

"Did Dumbledore ask you to come?" Sirius thought it was better not to talk to Lu Yunkai about the communication mirror, so he changed the subject.

"Well, isn't he the secret keeper here now!" Lu Yunkai nodded, "Why, you don't welcome me?"

"Not really." Sirius complained, "There's always trouble wherever you appear."

"Maybe." Lu Yunkai was too lazy to argue with this guy. He also knew that Sirius was just complaining and had no hostility towards him.

"Before in Hogsmeade, were you waiting there in advance?" Lupin took over the conversation at the right time.

It was also a reminder to Sirius.

Sure enough, as soon as Lupin's words came out, Sirius, who wanted to tease Lu Yunkai again, couldn't say anything.

He rolled his eyes at his old friend and said nothing.

As Lupin's words came out, Tonks, who was originally whispering to Mrs. Weasley, was also focused.

"Well, I have also informed Professor McGonagall in advance." Lu Yunkai nodded, "Originally, there is no need for me to interfere, but at that time, Voldemort had already attacked Dumbledore once, so I was worried that you would focus all your attention on him and ignore the fact that Hogwarts was actually his focus."

"Well, you are right to remind us. At that time... we did ignore Hogwarts a little." Tonks answered from the side, "When McGonagall's words came, some people didn't believe it..."

"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, as long as nothing happens." Lu Yunkai smiled and interrupted Tonks.

Tonks was stunned.

Then he laughed, and his eyes looking at Lu Yunkai were much kinder.

Lu Yunkai's words were very meaningful. Generally speaking, the person who answered the question would ask "Who doesn't believe it", but Lu Yunkai didn't say that. It also means that Lu Yunkai attaches great importance to the unity of the Order of the Phoenix.

However

"You definitely don't want to know that it was Snape who doubted the information you sent." Sirius didn't seem to think so.

His words made Lu Yunkai slightly stunned.

Then he smiled.

"This is a good thing, at least it proves that we have two different sources of information, right?" Lu Yunkai asked Sirius.

Sirius was stunned.

"No wonder Dumbledore thinks so highly of you." Tonks smiled and nodded, "You are indeed... much more mature than your peers."

"Harry is not bad either." Sirius defended his adopted son, "If he hadn't reminded Dumbledore, Voldemort's sneak attack might have worked!"

"Who is Dumbledore, and would he be hurt by such a sneak attack?" Tonks said to Sirius.

"... Remus, I really advise you to think about it again. This woman has a really bad character." Sirius looked at his bad friend and said seriously.

"... Sirius, can't you stop provoking her?" Lupin smiled helplessly.

"Huh. You..." Tonks rolled his eyes at Sirius.

"When will Dumbledore come?" Lupin interrupted Tonks's thoughts and asked Mrs. Weasley loudly.

"It should be here soon. He said he would come to dinner." Mrs. Weasley looked at the time, "and Arthur should be off work soon."

"Is Snape coming?" Lupin continued to ask.

"It should be." Mrs. Weasley nodded, "You..."

"We won't see him." Sirius interrupted, "I'm too lazy to quarrel with him."

"..."

Mrs. Weasley shook her head helplessly.

And Lu Yunkai looked at his nose, mouth and heart and didn't respond.

This Order of the Phoenix... How to say it?

Harmony but difference! Dumbledore is awesome!!

Just as Lu Yunkai was trying to save Dumbledore's reputation in his heart, a voice suddenly came from the corridor, and then the door of the restaurant opened.

Dumbledore appeared at the door.

"You came quite early!" Dumbledore smiled and nodded to Lu Yunkai.

"It's time to sleep and rest in the east now. I'll go home if I finish it early. Otherwise, if she gets up and contacts me and I don't get through, Daphne will be worried." Lu Yunkai explained with a smile.

"Oh, Miss Greengrass went to Southeast Asia for a trip, yes." Dumbledore nodded with a smile as if he had just remembered it, and then sat down at the dining table naturally, "Sorry, I have to eat something first."

"It's okay, we can eat and talk." Lu Yunkai smiled and nodded.

"Then we'll go first." Lupin and Tonks stood up, and Tonks said, "I just came to tell you that today the Ministry issued arrest warrants for several Death Eaters who escaped trial before, but no truly reliable Aurors were sent to execute them."

"Well, thank you for your hard work." Dumbledore nodded to Tonks.

"Then we'll go, Yunkai, you guys can chat slowly." Lupin smiled and patted Lu Yunkai's shoulder, then left with Tonks.

"Should I leave?" Sirius pointed upstairs.

"Molly, please help me go out and wait for Severus." Dumbledore did not answer Sirius, but said to Mrs. Weasley who was standing aside.

"Okay." Mrs. Weasley nodded and walked out of the room, and Sirius naturally understood what Dumbledore meant, stood up, patted Lu Yunkai's shoulder, and left.

Only Lu Yunkai and Dumbledore were left in the room.

"Is Professor Snape coming in a while?" Lu Yunkai asked first.

"Yes. Why?" Dumbledore was stunned when he saw Lu Yunkai say that.

"Then let's talk about some things first, let's put aside the matter of Horcruxes." Lu Yunkai waved his hand, indicating that he would speak first, "Professor, have you ever summoned a demon?"

Dumbledore was slightly stunned, then smiled.

"Did Grindelwald tell you about the demon? He may not be telling the truth about this matter..."

"I summoned it myself." Lu Yunkai interrupted Dumbledore, "I'm not here to ask you about all the details of the summoning ceremony, I just want to ask you if you know how to summon a specific demon."

"...I haven't summoned a demon, let alone how to summon it." Dumbledore shook his head, "Even Grindelwald doesn't know."

"Then where did Grindelwald know about the demon?" Lu Yunkai obviously didn't believe it.

"The most common way for humans to acquire knowledge is through books." Dumbledore looked at Lu Yunkai and smiled, "Although sometimes the records in books may not be exhaustive, more often they can help us understand many things that we will never encounter."

"...Books? What books?" Lu Yunkai frowned.

There are many books about Solomon the Demon, whether in the Muggle or wizard world. Lu Yunkai has also read a few of them, but most of them are novels such as myths and strange stories, and there is almost no useful knowledge.

"It is a lost ancient book, which should be in the hands of the famous historian Bathilda Bagshot now. I had the honor to read it in my neighbor's house when I was young." Dumbledore explained seriously, "Grindelwald also saw it there at that time... He is Bathilda's great-nephew."

"...Where can I find this Bathilda Bagshot?"

"Godric's Hollow. But I don't recommend you to disturb her. She is very old and a little confused." Dumbledore shook his head, "The content of the book is not much, it just records the oral content of one person. It talks about some grievances between humans and other magical creatures in ancient times..."

"Giants? Enslaving humans, and then humans summoning demons, learning magic, and resisting giants?" Lu Yunkai briefly described the story he heard.

Dumbledore did not answer, or even nod.

"So after reading this book, Grindelwald began to believe that the power of magic is used to resist, and that wizards are heroes of ordinary Muggles and are superior descendants...right?" Lu Yun continued with a smile, " So the question is, where did Voldemort know this story?"

"Since Bathilda has such an oral material here, it's not surprising that Tom, who traveled around after graduating from school, learned this story from other places." Dumbledore replied casually, "So, you know what to do How to summon the devil?"

"I know. I went to Bulgaria last summer and stole it from the giants. But I can only summon random demon gods. I want to summon the designated demon god." Lu Yunkai said truthfully.

"...But wouldn't summoning the demon cause you to lose your life?" Dumbledore frowned slightly.

"Because I am a descendant of Solomon." Lu Yun told a lie without blushing.

In fact, he has said it so many times that he almost believes it now...

Dumbledore raised his eyebrows and nodded as if he was suddenly aware.

"But summoning the Demon God shouldn't be of much significance. Most of what the Demon God can teach you has actually been recorded in books." Dumbledore calmed down and continued: "That is dangerous after all. And In fact, we don’t know what else we need to pay in addition to the price of life to summon the Demon God..."

"I understand." Lu Yunkai interrupted Dumbledore, "So, are you sure that there shouldn't be any method of summoning the devil spread in the world now?"

"At least no living person can do it." Dumbledore nodded.

Lu Yunkai was silent.

"Why, you suddenly remembered this because Grindelwald was trying to convince you to achieve what he wanted to do but failed to do?" Dumbledore took advantage of the situation to change the topic to what he originally wanted to say today.

"It's not persuasion. It's because he thinks I will definitely do this." Lu Yun smiled. He naturally realized that Dumbledore was changing the topic, but he didn't mind too much: "I have to admit that he is really good at confusing people. If It’s not because I have Chris next to me, maybe I’ve been convinced by him.”

"He... is really good at these things." Dumbledore's expression contained a hint of melancholy, but he quickly straightened his expression: "I'm just reminding you that no matter what kind of dreams you have, violence and killing are not Ways to achieve your dreams.”

"Of course I understand." Lu Yun smiled.

Chrissy's evaluation of Dumbledore came to mind.

Indeed, the old man did not seem to give up his opposition to the international secrecy law, but he did not approve of violent resistance.

But the question is... facing a group of people like Umbridge, can Dumbledore really achieve his goal through his methods?

never mind.

Lu Yunkai threw the doubt out of his mind.

Whether he can or can't has nothing to do with Lu Yunkai.

And at this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Snape opened the door and walked in.

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