The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Several people walked upstairs along the stairs. There were portraits hanging everywhere in the corridors on both sides of the stairs. When they walked by, the people in the portraits would whisper and point at them.

During the march, Huck couldn't help but think back to what he had just experienced, because this was eternal life! The ghost just now has existed for at least seventy years, but it can still maintain a clear consciousness and memory. If this is not called immortality, what is immortality?

So he started asking indirect questions.

"You can indeed achieve immortality in the magic world." To Huck's surprise, Tom didn't mean to hide anything, but told the truth directly. He bluntly tells Huck that immortality is indeed possible in the magical world.

Huck suddenly became excited: This is eternal life! It is one of the highest pursuits of mankind. If you can get the secret to eternal life from the wizard, you will become the most powerful person in the world!

He can first dedicate this method to the queen, so that the queen can live forever to maintain Britain's final glory. In Huck's eyes, the Queen is almost seventy years old and probably has only a few more years to live. Once she dies, the Commonwealth will completely collapse. As Prime Minister, shouldn't I find a way to save this declining empire?

"Sweet, be careful!" Huck urged, his accent changing.

"The ghosts just now can only be called neither alive nor dead. Although they can still think, still have memories of their lives, and can respond to external information stimulation, they are still essentially undead and cannot eat - even You can't smell the aroma of food, and your range of activities is limited. You can only move in the places where you stayed in life. What's even more desolate is that once you choose to become a ghost, there is no way back. Therefore, every wizard has a choice Power, but only a handful of wizards who are still obsessed with this world will choose to stay."

Huck nodded in understanding, but he still couldn't understand why the wizards chose. In his opinion, it is better to live than to die. If he had a choice, he would definitely choose to become a ghost. Why does he care so much?

"There are two more normal methods of immortality in the magic world. One is to use magic stones, and the other is to use horcruxes."

Hearing the word Horcrux, Professor McGonagall looked back at Tom, pricked up her ears, secretly cheered up, and listened carefully to the conversation between the two.

"Horcruxes are too evil. I don't want to say more. Well, its principle is what you just said. The soul is divided and injected into other items, so that the items are not destroyed and people will not die. If you want to make a Horcrux, you must Killing without any psychological burden."

Hearing what Tom said, Huck suddenly gave up the idea of ​​immortality through Horcruxes.

"As for the magic stone, don't even think about it. This kind of thing has been lost."

Huck:!

"Sure enough, eternal life is just a human's extravagant hope." He sighed.

"Life is not about length, but breadth. Your life is already broader than most people's." Tom comforted Huck a little.

At this time, several people had reached a staircase. Huck was about to continue moving forward, but was stopped by Professor McGonagall.

"Wait a minute." Professor McGonagall looked forward with a serious expression.

Huck was a little confused. The next second, he saw the stairs in front of him move, rotating and twisting until they connected with the opposite platform. After a few seconds, another staircase turned around and took the place of the original staircase.

Why should a good staircase look like this? Huck thought for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "This must be to resist foreign enemies, right? If the stairs in the castle can rotate at will, then the invading enemies will be confused and don't know how to go."

Professor McGonagall was silent for a moment, then pursed her lips and nodded. She wanted to say that this was a prank by the founder Ravenclaw, but when she heard that Huck actually thought so, she was too embarrassed to tell the truth.

Next, Huck further appreciated the magic of the Hogwarts castle. Needless to say, there is no need to say much about the swaying stairs in the castle that are of varying widths. In addition, there are many human doors - really human doors, because if you ask them to open them politely, or poke them in the right place, they won't open. Huck discovers that even the armor in the castle can walk.

Finally, Professor McGonagall led them to the principal's office on the fifth floor. Along the way, Huck even felt like he was participating in a hiking cross-country obstacle course.

Different from usual, Dumbledore did not huddle in the office, but stood at the door of the office, quietly waiting for Huck's arrival.

Today, Dumbledore is wearing a dark blue wizard robe dotted with golden stars. Coupled with his white beard that reaches to his waist and his eyes that can see through people's hearts, Dumbledore's dress is exactly what Huck expected a wizard to look like, which made Huck stand in awe after seeing Dumbledore. .

But why is his nose crooked?

"Hello, Professor Dumbledore." He stood up straight and shook Dumbledore's hand respectfully.

What is different from Huck's imagination is that Dumbledore is quite amiable and does not have the airs of a superior wizard. He welcomed himself with a gentle smile. At the same time, he enthusiastically asked if he had tripped on the naughty stairs while going upstairs. Huck felt that the old man in front of him was more like Santa Claus than the White Devil in the magical world.

He is so amiable! It's completely different from what I imagined.

According to Huck's stereotype, Dumbledore should be the kind of old man who lives at the top of the towering wizard tower, doesn't care about foreign affairs, and is dedicated to exploring the mysteries of magic. If I want to see him, I wish I had to go through nine or eighty-one hardships, or just hear his voice but not see him. When I saw the real person, I realized that except for the appearance, I couldn't guess anything right.

"Minerva, go about your business, Mr. Harker, let's go upstairs and chat slowly." Dumbledore invited Harker to come to Hogwarts for another extremely important purpose, that is, he needed to see it with his own eyes. A look at the future Prime Minister - yes, even if Huck hasn't taken any action yet, the wizarding world has appointed him to be the next Prime Minister.

"Pile of cockroaches." Dumbledore announced the password, making the entrance to the principal's office appear.

Huck:? !

His understanding of Dumbledore was refreshed again.

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Today, we are going to tell the story of Priscilla Dupont, the 18th Minister of Magic. It is worth mentioning that the surname Dupont originated from France. pont means bridge. French aristocratic surnames are preceded by de. pont is a masculine noun, and le should be added in front. According to grammatical rules, de+le should become du, I guess this is the origin of DuPont. In free translation, it’s Mr./Ms. Bridge

Priscilla Dupont was a witch who served as Minister of Magic from 1855 to February 17, 1858.

After taking office, she began to develop an irrational dislike for the Muggle Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, and even turned the coins in his coat pocket into frog eggs. But this also led to Priscilla herself being forced to step down on February 17, 1858. Ironically, two days later, on February 19, the Muggle Prime Minister Palmerston was also forced to resign.