Hogwarts: Bloodline Legend-Chapter 589 - 167: Return to Diagon Alley!_4
"Do you know any information about the lead role?"
As long as we’re not talking about dominating the Wizarding World or overthrowing it, Ian felt that he still had plenty to discuss with this couple from the Greengrass family.
Except for Lupin.
Perhaps this dinner could be considered a successful gathering. Gossip always passes by faster than usual, and as the sky grew darker, Ian timely proposed the idea of saying goodbye.
"I have another appointment to go to." Ian brought up the arrangement with Hermione Granger’s family. He was still telling the truth, though he didn’t mention the appointment was actually for tomorrow.
"Of course, no problem. It’s already great that you came." Theodore Greengrass didn’t try to persuade him to stay, having achieved his purpose.
"These are already prepared ingredients, just cook them a bit when you get back, and you can eat them." Madam Armand Greengrass timely handed over a small box prepared by the House-Elf.
She also didn’t forget to reimburse Ian’s travel expenses. The money bag was obviously more than two hundred Galleons, and after the Little Wizard declined and confirmed when leaving the manor, it was indeed so.
"A full five hundred Galleons!"
Looking at the bulging money bag, Ian’s expression was utterly joyful. He thought it wouldn’t be a bad thing if Miss Daphne Greengrass became his sixty-ninth friend.
No other reason.
Just because Miss Daphne Greengrass has such generous parents.
"How are you going back?"
Lupin didn’t have any sour feelings about it.
He just sighed.
Perhaps the previous conversation reminded him of his good friend, so this downtrodden werewolf seemed a bit low in spirits, not even wanting to go and report it to Albus Dumbledore.
Perhaps.
Reporting wouldn’t help either.
He finally realized some things.
"Of course, I’m taking the Knight Bus directly to a hotel in Diagon Alley... Are you going back to the orphanage or to Hogwarts? I’m just going to buy a book. Surely, you won’t follow me there too?" Ian wasn’t unwilling to add another travel expense to Lupin’s tab; he just felt maybe Lupin needed some quiet space now.
"Dumbledore told me to stay by your side for the entire holiday..." Lupin looked up at the shining stars in the sky, somewhat wanting to go see the child his good friend left behind.
"Oh, the old headmaster is really something. Am I a kid in desperate need of protection?" Ian was helpless, and after walking to the previous drop-off spot, he counted the money for two bus tickets.
Then he raised his magic wand and summoned the Knight Bus.
"I think Dumbledore wants me to ensure the safety of others..." Lupin had already understood this, which is why he was more on edge.
Perhaps it would be simpler if Ian were just a Little Wizard needing protection, then he wouldn’t feel so increasingly overwhelmed like now.
Other pure-blood families come expressing loyalty, wanting to pledge allegiance and have Ian lead them to some grand cause; he’s just a werewolf, completely clueless on how to deal with it.
Could he stop it?
He couldn’t!
"Perhaps Dumbledore never intended for me to stop it, just wanted me to prevent this guy from being led astray?" Lupin mumbled with some uncertainty.
Just like what was said earlier.
He had quite a few revelations tonight.
"Pffft~"
"Clatter"
At this point.
The Knight Bus arrived as promised.
Ian got on first, followed closely by Lupin. Their figures, along with the Knight Bus, vanished from the grassland, and in the distance, the couple who had been watching from the manor’s gate finally withdrew their gaze.
"Will he really be the hope?"
Madam Armand Greengrass looked at her husband with some uncertainty.
"He definitely will be."
Theodore Greengrass’s response was very firm.
"But he looks so young, too... I don’t know how to put it, peculiar character?" Madam Armand Greengrass seemed less certain than she had been earlier.
Her tone carried some complexity; perhaps the Little Wizard’s self-deprecating behavior had indeed worked, making Ian seem a bit too jumpy in the eyes of the manor’s lady.
"The things he said, like mixing concrete with spaghetti, and inviting us for stir-fried asparagus and dragon fruit, pickled pepper mangoes, it all felt quite nonsensical to me."
Madam Armand Greengrass’s reaction was exactly what Ian hoped to see.
However.
The Little Wizard’s plan was quite clever.
But some things were beyond his expectations.
"My dear, you shouldn’t just look at things on the surface." Theodore Greengrass displayed a wise gaze, softly speaking as he looked towards where Ian had disappeared.
"The one who must not be named also did similar things before, or rather, all those in high positions liked to point at something unreasonable and claim it reasonable."
"It’s a loyalty test, seeing if we would agree with his flawed perspective... Didn’t you see that after I chose to agree, this child selected by Dumbledore gave me a satisfied thumbs up."
"He is already exercising the rights of a leader, even if he doesn’t see it that way. But it precisely shows that Daphne’s classmate might naturally possess the qualities of a leader."
