Hogwarts Archmage

A look of solemnity appeared on the red-haired man's face: "Mr. Walder, what exactly do you want to say."

"Work for me, Arthur." Walder put out the expensive cigar that he had only smoked twice and crushed it in the ashtray.

"Sir, my children..."

"Then you should work for me even more. You can think about what will happen to your little Weasleys one day in the future when Muggles have the means to restrain wizards and let them pry open the door to the wizarding world... Don’t think they can’t do it. They have even been to the moon. I don’t think their technology will never be able to discover the power of magic... They are different from us. And the pride from ancient times has made almost all wizards think that Muggles It was never a threat and therefore ignored how they changed almost day by day.”

The conversation between the two people lasted for a long time, so long that Ma En and Esther, who were tired from traveling and traveling, fell asleep and woke up again.

When they came to the hall, Walder was laughing and talking to an unknown red-haired man. After hearing their footsteps, the man turned back to look at them and said with a smile: "You are Marn and Esther, right?" , I heard Ron talking about you...Ah, I am Arthur Weasley, Ron's father."

"Hello, Mr. Weasley, I have heard Mr. Walder talk about you a long time ago." After the two greeted each other, Marne continued: "Didn't you go home with Ron?"

Arthur looked a little weird and said, "Since Walder told you about me, you should know that I sometimes help Mr. Walder with some things now... Mr. Walder has always been very generous, and Jasmine... is Ron's mother. Went shopping in Diagon Alley with the kids."

Ma En felt that this was a bit unacceptable. You can't say that your wife's consumption concept is at the forefront, right?

Fortunately, the Weasleys have always been good at chatting. Arthur used only a few words to lead the topic to other places. After talking for a few words, he stood up and prepared to leave. Before leaving, he said to Walder:

"Mr. Walder, I think what you told me can be done, but you have to give me a month to prepare. After all, I have a lot of work."

"Of course it's no problem," Walder said in a happy mood, "It doesn't matter if it takes a little longer. We're actually not that anxious."

Arthur nodded, invited Marne and Esther to visit the Burrow when they had time, and then left.

Ma En turned to look at Walder and asked curiously: "Old Walder, what are you talking about with Arthur?"

"Marn, asking around is not a good habit," Walder looked at the curious baby in front of him, feeling a little tired, "I remember what I told you when I was a child..."

"Okay, what are we going to eat tonight?"

Walder was silent.

After waiting for more than ten seconds and seeing no response from him, Ma En asked again, "Ward, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, it's just that the topic changed too suddenly, and I couldn't keep up with your rhythm."

"..."

"How about I cook something," Esther on the side answered, "Professor, where is your kitchen here?"

Walder pointed to a corner, then waved his hand and said: "The kitchen is in that corner. I won't stay here for a long time. If you don't want to eat with everyone, you can make your own food, but forget it tonight, I will take the food with you." You go up and get to know them."

……

The eating place is upstairs. It happens to be the time when there are the most people eating. From time to time, wizards open the doors from all corners of the rotunda and walk in. When they sit down, a menu will appear on the dining table. , choose what you want to eat, and freshly baked food will appear on the table in less than a minute.

When Walder led them into the restaurant, everyone stood up to greet him. He waved his hand and motioned for the wizards to sit down and continue eating.

"The dining method here is somewhat similar to that of Hogwarts, but it has been changed from the method of preparing all the food at once to the ordering system. I don't care about money, but I hate waste, so you two should not eat when you are eating. There is too much food left, otherwise I don’t mind cultivating good habits for you. Such a long vacation is almost enough time. Marn, you can briefly introduce this kind of course to Esther. After all, you have experienced it. .”

Esther turned her head and glanced at Ma En, who whispered softly: "It's very scary."

Walder didn't pay attention to his whisper, but walked to the stage in the center of the rotunda and clapped his hands. All the wizards stopped what they were doing and looked up at him.

"The boy's name is Marne Langley, and the girl is the boy's spouse. Her name is Esther Coleman. No matter what difficulties they encounter, as long as they are around you, you should help them. I will not introduce you to them. , because it means nothing if you can’t remember it. You can slowly get in touch and become familiar with it in the long future.”

Everyone in the audience nodded in unison, and Walder once again signaled that they could continue to eat.

A dining table and three chairs appeared in front of them from the bottom of the table, not rising from below, but "growing" bit by bit from the legs of the table.

"Sit down." Walder sat down first and then said.

"This..." Ma En hesitated. He didn't like the feeling of standing in the center of the stage. Esther also frowned and held Ma En's arm tightly.

This round table is more than half a meter higher than its surroundings. Above it is a square lamp that emits soft light. Anyone in the restaurant can notice it at any time.

Walder looked at the menu that appeared on the table and said without raising his head: "Marn, you have to get used to it."

"Old Walder, I don't know what you mean, but you should know that I have no interest or ability to inherit everything from you. It's not that I'm not confident or I don't have lofty goals, it's just that I know myself too well."

"Of course I know," Walder said after pointing to a few pieces of food. "I will not ask you to inherit all this. I will finish everything I want to do before I die. After I die, they will It will be changed to a parliamentary or representative system, and you don’t have to do anything.”

"Then what does that mean?"

"Marne, you are the foundation of everything I do."

After Marn opened a chair for Estella and let her sit across from Walder, he sat down next to her, took a look at the menu and said:

"Old Walder, to this day I still don't know if the name 'Gran Walder' is your real name, but I don't care about this. Even if you are a devil, you will always be that Walder in my eyes. I hope you can tell me what you plan to do and what you plan to ask me to do for you. You are my relatives and if this is the right thing, then I will stand by your side."