A sharp Hogwarts

"Professor, I—"

Dalia quickly turned her head and looked in the direction of the office door.

She knew she must look strange because she had to half-crouch on the ground to hold Xiao Yeqi down.

"Oh, don't be so nervous - Yeqi and Phoenix rarely have conflicts."

Dumbledore glanced at Dalia with a smile and added, "It's just a little uncomfortable here because Fawkes is here."

He smiled softly when he saw the confusion on Dalia's face.

"Fox is a phoenix, Miss Dursley. Of course, I think you already know that..."

Dumbledore paused meaningfully, walked quickly to the gilded perch, and gently touched the dazzling phoenix.

"Phoenixes are very magical and charming beings. They can carry extremely heavy things. Their tears have the effect of detoxification and purification. When necessary, they can also fan the wind of fire to purify the surrounding filth to a certain extent - —This is somewhat similar to the ability of the unicorn, but the unicorn will be stronger in purification."

"Purification... ability? Unicorn?" Dalia became increasingly confused and didn't understand why Dumbledore mentioned this.

"Well, magic pets aren't just for fighting—"

Dumbledore replied patiently, raising his hand and pressing it towards the boiling cauldron not far away.

"In fact, many wizards will keep one or two magic pets as assistants in magic research and cooking."

"...Precious beast?" Dalia suddenly remembered the words she heard in Diagon Alley.

Compared with the original work, this magical world has a more detailed division of pets.

Cats, toads, and owls are classified as war pets. After certain training and magic strengthening, they can assist wizards in combat.

Other magical pets that are not good at fighting or have special abilities are classified into the category of rare beasts. According to what Dalia has seen before, rare beasts can either produce some rare ingredients, or can optimize and enhance wizard magic. Dish completion is a very rare and practical pet category.

"Oh, it seems that you did a good job in previewing, yes - thestrals, unicorns, and phoenixes, they are all rare animals."

Dumbledore lowered his right hand, and the boiling cauldrons were now calm.

He watched Dahlia gently as she continued her introduction, as if she were taking a Care of Magical Creatures lesson.

"Unicorn fluff and phoenix tears can purify ingredients - they have the magical power to bring out the best in all ingredients."

"The Thestral is slightly different. The magical breath of the Thestral will corrupt the ingredients and accelerate their decay."

Dumbledore said, sitting down behind the table, his eyes wandering between Dalia and the little Thestral with interest.

"Therefore, most wizards will not choose Thestrals as pets, and they will not even be allowed close to kitchens and warehouses. Regarding this child, I learned from Hagrid yesterday about the probability of young Thestrals dying in infancy after losing their mother. You will become very high, which is a very noble choice. Of course, the Thestrals are not entirely a negative effect on the wizards' magical cuisine. When you reach the senior year, you will gradually come into contact with some profound and wonderful things. 'Time cooking' magic..."

"You don't mean to say...fermentation?" Dalia suddenly asked.

"Oh. Obviously, you also know these contents——"

Dumbledore's eyes became more and more strange. He looked at Dalia carefully, and his ten slender fingertips touched together.

In the past week, Professor McGonagall was not the only one searching for the truth about the "unregistered new students". Dumbledore was also working hard to find the truth.

In fact, he had more "abnormal" information than Professor McGonagall - some of which made him nervous and confused.

Dumbledore glanced at the second cupboard next to the desk, where several letters were now placed.

The earliest reply was from Hagrid's owl, and that was the first time Dumbledore noticed the name "Dalia Dursley".

Hogwarts occasionally encounters this situation when delivering admission letters: a family has several children, but only one has magical talent.

Typically, schools will take a cold approach and let them give up those thoughts.

Even if those children without magical talent go to Diagon Alley, they will encounter obstacles at Gringotts and Ollivander.

However, Miss Dursley was obviously an exception - she not only successfully exchanged gold galleons, but also bought all school supplies.

And this is just the beginning...

On the first day of school at Hogwarts, Kingsley Shacklebolt wrote him a letter.

Kingsley mentioned the "Order of the Phoenix" in his letter and detailed what happened at Station 9?.

The letter arrived the next morning, when Daria Dursley had become a Gryffindor student.

Later, Dumbledore wrote to Mrs. Weasley to ask for more information, but unexpectedly heard another name from Arthur Weasley.

Arthur told Dumbledore that Mr. Dursley mentioned Professor Slughorn when he was selling him the digger.

According to Vernon Dursley, the letter came from Horace Slughorn.

The wizard who introduced Dalia to the magical world was naturally the professor.

This is obviously impossible!

Because Slughorn resigned from Hogwarts 11 years ago!

Slughorn's reply also verified this - he did not know a little witch named Dalia Dursley at all.

The clue is completely interrupted here.

Or more precisely...

Dumbledore sat upright in the high-backed chair behind the table, staring at the little witch who "accidentally broke in" with his light blue, penetrating eyes.

In Dumbledore's long teaching experience, he saw more than once the kind of children who showed amazing intelligence and skill before they even went to school.

Over the past week, they have been struggling to figure out the true motives of the mastermind behind the incident, and what exactly "he" wanted.

Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, and even all other professors and school board members seem to have overlooked one point:

If the mastermind and the beneficiary were the same person, then everything would make sense.

Dumbledore stared at Dalia quietly, pondered for a few seconds, and then spoke slowly.

"Miss Dursley, I have some questions..."

However, before Dumbledore could reorganize his words, Dalia spoke first.