Hogwarts on the Tip of the Tongue

"Elena, come here a little..."

Benitez frowned, raised his voice slightly and shouted to the white-haired dumpling not far away.

Maybe in the eyes of others, this girl has a prominent identity and unlimited potential, but he will not fear and estimate those.

"Hermione, come along too, Dad wants to ask you something..."

"Hannah? Come here."

At the same time, the other two parents also greeted their daughters one after another.

Xenophilius didn't say anything this time, but after Luna looked at the atmosphere around her, she followed her friends obediently.

"What's the matter, Dad? You are..."

Elena looked at Benitez, who looked a little wrong, and subconsciously glared at the Mr. Hermit who was shrunk in the corner.

Her intuition and her past experience told her that this kind of atmosphere and demeanor was obviously a gesture of joint guilt-but why didn't this Great Arcana give the slightest warning?

You must know that although Xenophilius Lovegood is not outstanding in terms of magical strength and strategic planning, he is quite talented in seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages and insight into the truth. According to Elena's original ideas, with The visionary who is good at nonsense is present, and the parents will soon fall into the whirlpool of various weird theories, so they have no time to make things difficult and interrogate them.

But on the other hand, even if Xenophilius didn't say a word, as the top students in the school, they had nothing to question and blame.

Oops, that explanation just now seems to complicate the situation? !

Xenophilius quickly recovered from his wandering state, pursed his lips, and carefully considered his words.

"Well, it's true, we were talking about Christmas just now..."

"Elena, be honest - where did you secretly lead a group of classmates during the Christmas holiday this year?"

Before Xenophilius could come up with a plan, Benitez asked in a deep voice, and he glanced at the middle-aged wizard with a strange look.

"Mr. Lovegood, leave it to me to ask about the last vacation... Anyway, there must be something wrong with Elena."

After years of getting along, Benitez is very familiar with the communication skills with Elena. The simplest and most direct way of asking can prevent all the gossip.

On the other hand, as a clergyman responsible for listening to the lives of believers and unraveling the daily troubles of those who pray, Benitez's ability to observe words is comparable to that of some famous detectives.

Although there is no valid evidence, there is one thing that Benitez is at least 98% sure about:

——Elena definitely knew that Mr. Lovegood in advance, and there was some kind of connection between the two.

Contacting the two wizards who had been chatting with him in front of the castle, a certain word he had just heard quickly popped into his mind... Great Arcana?

Christmas holiday?

Where did they go?

The few little witches were stunned for a second or two, and then immediately reacted.

Oops! The parents must have found out that they lied, and now they are going to ask the teacher to ask the guilt!

"...well, we're not...over the orphanage with you over Christmas break..."

Elena bit her head and said, a cute smile and faint fluorescence appeared on her delicate little face, and she quickly blinked at Benitez.

Almost forgot, the dire threats at parent-teacher meetings aren't just from the professors and schools.

In fact, the most deadly danger is often not grades or disciplinary violations, most of which come from other parents, or... the inadvertent news sharing between parents.

"Don't make excuses, I'm not trying to accuse or criticize you, I just want to know where the **** you were during that month's vacation?"

Benitez shook his head indifferently, not at all confused by Elena's cute showing of weakness, and said calmly.

"Mr. Granger said that the ladies and you have been in Russ, but that's obviously not the case, right?"

"Well, that's right, Hermione, where have you been?"

Mr. Granger also asked, frowning tightly, looking at his flustered daughter.

Although Mrs. Aibo didn't ask questions together, the look she looked at Hannah was almost the same oppressive question.

"Well, this..."

Elena hesitated for a few words, her eyes wandered a few times, and she inadvertently landed on Mr. Hermit who was standing on the edge.

The biggest problem now lies in Xenophilius' previous "testimony". It is not difficult to make up a story, but it is difficult to make up a story that does not contradict two people in the prisoner's dilemma.

At least in the minds of most parents, Lovegood's position, who is also in the "parent camp", should belong to the trustworthy range, and this also gave Elena an opportunity to turn around.

"actually……"

Elena gave Xenophilius a cryptic look, signaling that he would be ready to cooperate later.

After getting along for so long, she knew very well the character of the editor-in-chief of The Quibbler and his position in the Greater Arcana Council.

It is true that Xenophilius has a hard time making strong, personalized key proposals for certain general direction decisions, but this is also his greatest strength:

When no other Great Arcana wizards come up with contradictory ideas, Xenophilius will most likely cooperate with her performance unconditionally...as long as it doesn't involve harming Luna.

um, I? you mean...

Mr. Lovegood obviously noticed the look Elena passed over, and pointed to himself in surprise.

Immediately afterwards, under Elena's firm eyes, Mr. Lovegood nodded bitterly - just as Elena judged, in the "post-Dumbledore" period, she was the king.

"Actually, we...the last Christmas holiday was actually..."

Elena's voice dragged on and she said softly, trying her best to show the appearance of admitting mistakes that a normal little girl should show.

"—at Mr. Lovegood's house..."

"Luna told me that you were secretly hiding in the kitchen, avoiding the school professors and Ministry of Magic officials."

Before Elena's voice could fall, Xenophilius suddenly raised the volume and said quickly, attracting everyone's attention to him in an instant.

"Miss Kaslana, our agreement is only to take first-hand accounts, but not limited to helping you deceive others or make up stories—"

Xenophilius interrupted softly with a calm face, looked around, and after taking a light breath, looked at Benitez, Mr. Granger and others and continued to explain.

"Yes, as you may think, I'm also involved in the 'Christmas peekaboo' project for this group of kids, because I want to be able to shoot some exclusive footage..."

"How could you—"

"This kind of thing-"

"But! You should note that The Quibbler did not publish this issue."

Before waiting for the other three parents to attack, Xenophilius said in a deep voice, and the expression that was originally a little wandering gradually became serious and serious.

"This involves another secret identity of mine. I belong to an ancient secret organization that guards the magical world... What we pursue is the truth of the world and the continuation of civilization."

"I'm very sorry, for various reasons, I can't explain much of my work to you at this time - because we should be completely hidden in the dark."

"However, there are some things I should have told you in advance—"

"As an ancient organization that has lasted for thousands of years, we will regularly look for potential wizards to guard the fire in the magical world."

Mr. Lovegood crossed his fingers, looked at the other three parents sincerely and earnestly, and said softly.

"And Miss Kaslana, Miss Granger, Miss Abbott...and of course, my lovely little moon."

"The four of them~www.wuxiaspot.com~ are now junior investigators of this secret organization."

Glancing at the suspicious parents, Mr. Lovegood added after thinking for a few seconds.

"By the way, there is one point that may prove what I just said..."

"Due to the ever-increasing danger of the dark forces, the various magical governments joined together to form an institution called S.H.I.E.L.D.."

"As junior investigators, their accounts in Gringotts will receive a monthly allowance from the beginning of their employment - you can check at Diagon Alley Bank... Due to the relationship between guardians and minors, you should be able to check To the details, as for more things..."

Mr. Lovegood coughed lightly and said proudly, imitating the gesture of Mr. High Tower.

"Unfortunately, you don't have the authority to understand for the time being—"

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