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. The soft sunlight outside shone on him, making him seem to be glowing, especially his white beard.

Mike stared at Dumbledore in amazement, and from time to time he glanced at the letter in his hand. For a moment, he didn't know how to react.

Dumbledore saw Mike's stupid look, so he continued:

"Please forgive me for not introducing myself. I am Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This time I am here to help a little wizard like you who has a special situation."

"Principal... Mr. Principal?" Mike seemed to have not reacted yet.

"Mr. Townley, shouldn't you invite me in first when you have a guest?" Dumbledore blinked at Mike and smiled like an old naughty boy.

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

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

Dumbledore sat down without any disdain, looking 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 that your place is really beyond my expectation. Clean."

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 had strong adaptability.

"Uh... Mr. Principal, but why did the principal come in person? Wouldn't it be enough to send someone to do this? Of course, I don't suspect that you are lying to me, but...it's just too sudden."

Mike's face flushed with nervousness, and he subconsciously asked the most confusing question at the moment.

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

Dumbledore paused here.

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

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

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

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

pretended to be very aggrieved.

Dumbledore was obviously a little surprised that this child was so observant. But it was also reasonable. After all, he was a wandering orphan. If he didn't have a strong ability to observe words and expressions, he would suffer a lot.

"Mr. Mike, I don't mean to blame you. In fact, I have seen many children like you. One of them is very similar to you, with the same outstanding talent and the same miserable 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's scalp tingled after hearing Dumbledore's words. He had a hunch that the child who looked very similar to him mentioned by Dumbledore might be Voldemort.

"Thank you, Mr. Dumbledore. May I ask how much is the tuition at 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 explained with a surprised look.

Mike pretended to be relieved, his eyes were red, and he choked up a little 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's big hand touched Mike's short golden hair. "Don't worry, just like I said, Hogwarts will not let you down."

Mike couldn't help but feel a chill when Dumbledore touched his hair. You know, Dumbledore is suspected of being homosexual, but he had to continue to pretend to be grateful.

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

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

Mike stood at the door of the garbage house for a long time without saying a word.

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

But just now in the conversation with Dumbledore, I learned that my talent seems to be very strong. After all, the talent of a little wizard who can control his magic burst and not be hurt before the age of 11 can be imagined, which means that he has an amazing talent in silent and wandless casting.

In fact, in the period when there was no magic wand, only such people were considered to have magical talent. In modern times, because of the emergence of magic wands, many people who were considered to be squibs in ancient times can also become wizards with the help of magic wands.

Thinking of this, Mike couldn't help but get excited. The wizard world is completely different from the world of ordinary people. In the wizard world, individual power is very strong. Even people like Dumbledore and Voldemort can fight against the army alone. It goes without saying what it means to have a strong magical talent in such a world.

Muggle wizards like him want to stand out in the wizard world? That is almost impossible.

Although Dumbledore and others have held high the banner of peaceful coexistence between wizards and Muggles and have done a lot of things, the wizard world is still the territory of pure-blood wizards. Muggle wizards are undoubtedly at the bottom of the discrimination chain in the wizard world. Even some squibs from big families have better lives than them.

This can be seen from the Weasley family.

Ron's father, Arthur Weasley, worked in the Ministry of Magic's Muggle Protection Department and even wrote the Muggle Protection Act. But from the description of him in the original book, it is clear that he did not know much about Muggles.

Is there no Muggle-born wizard who is more suitable for this job than Arthur?

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

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

Mike shook his head and threw away the distracting thoughts from his mind.

Now there is another urgent matter.

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

Mike's current savings are only more than 400 pounds, which are what Mike has picked up in the past six months. It must be said that Mike's nickname of Lucky Boy is not for nothing. The purchasing power of the pound in this era is very strong, and this more than 400 pounds is not a small amount.

If we sell the things in the garbage house, we can get more than 500 pounds.

Thinking of this, Mike quickly packed up the things in the garbage house and went out with a big package on his back.

This chapter is excessive and may be a bit boring.

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