Longevity Story

"Or rather, compared to the well-lit bell tower, which is modeled after the Muggle on the ground, this place has a more familiar feeling and is more intimate."

A scarlet bird said so.

"But, are you really sure you won't... grow mushrooms?"

Xing Ke decided to raise his questions in a more euphemistic manner.

"No, as long as you pay attention to ventilation, sanitation, and good lighting, everyone will not care if they are underground, or even realize where they are, and they will not care if they are growing mushrooms."

The scarlet bird then answered Xing Ke's metaphorical question.

[Long mushroom] is not really a mushroom, but refers to whether the long-term seclusion life will cause some psychological distortions.

The people who lived here, because of an opportunity, escaped the eyes of the world with [feigned death], and lived in seclusion under the clock tower, secretly studying magic, potions, and some old bones of alchemy.Almost all of them are very consistent with the historical impression of the [Old Wizard] in the Muggle legend.

Such people live collectively in the underground space, and live in a tech house that sees no sunlight and is isolated from the world.

But the crimson bird, under the condition of understanding the metaphor of the star carving, denied the irony of the star carving... Or the last sentence "doesn't care if it grows mushrooms" is the point.

"Okay - refusing to adapt to the new historical stage, and not changing the mind of the world, just want to do what you like underground, slowly decay, and slowly explore the reasons for living - you are laid back."

After Xing Ke finished speaking, he smiled disdainfully, then picked up the snack on the table and ate one.

"The outside world is very peaceful now, and we no longer need the old-fashioned relics of the last century. In order not to let the children's hind legs, pick up some little ideas they overlooked in the corner and study it - it's fun and can be It is very good to leave some anonymous research for future generations."

The scarlet bird also detected a candy from the plate and threw it into his mouth.

"The same thing is described in your mouth, and I always feel sadder than the truth... Guice, you are still the same, although your appearance has changed."

"Well, since I came back, many people have said that." Xing Ke nodded, then changed his face instantly, and said contemptuously:

"But I just don't want to be told that by you! Lao Deng! ~ Look at your birdy appearance."

Really birdlike.Not a metaphor.

Dumbledore has become a bird... Although the species is [Phoenix] and the attribute is fire, he is still a bird, so don't argue.

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Albus? Percival? Wulfrick? Brian? Dumbledore - his life has a lot of fame, let's not go into details.

Simply put, he is not a simple person.

Xing Ke, who has watched the "Harry Series", vaguely remembers that Dumbledore made good use of fire magic [Thunderbolt] and [Burning Flames], and kept the phoenix named Fox, and the patron saint of the guardian of the gods was also a phoenix ...

It's just that Xing Ke didn't expect that this old man really turned himself into a phoenix in the end.

"Something went wrong during the Transfiguration experiment, and I can't change it now." To put it mildly, Dumbledore explained why he was like a bird in one sentence.

He never mentioned whether he would live forever like a phoenix (pseudo), but he didn't hide that he could now cast magic directly with his wingtips and phoenix claws without a wand.

Then, the old boy said to Xing Ke very rudely:

"I thought you would never come back.

Compared with this world where magic is declining, wizards have to integrate Muggle technology to find another way out. You should find a different world where magic is prosperous. "

Is this guy trying to drive me away?

"It's nothing, just come back and have a look... I heard that you are not dead, Lao Deng, so I'll come and take a look."

Dumbledore is almost 150 years old, making him the oldest living wizard.Originally, at an age where it would not be surprising no matter when one dies, Xing Ke also came here with the intention of seeing her for the last time.

However, I didn't expect that Dumbledore would survive in this way.

"It seems that you won't die for a while, so am I coming back for nothing?"

"Well... not necessarily, just treat it as yours and me... [pet exchange meeting]?"

Dumbledore turned his bird's head and saw that on the sofa on the other side, the star-carved Yansun bird was communicating with his family's Fox, and Illya was sitting next to it and stroking the moon rabbit.

As soon as he entered this Dumbledore's room and saw two phoenixes, Xing Ke felt the request of the Yanyang Bird living in his wand.

It seems that there should be a connection between the phoenix, which is about to become extinct, and the elves.Xing Ke allowed Yanyang Bird to come out.

By the way, the moon rabbit was also released.

"Phoenixes are the material life that exists closest to elemental life in the world. It is a hypothesis that they have a connection with the sun for a long time. It has never been confirmed..." Dumbledore thought thoughtfully.

"Oh? What about you? You have become a phoenix now. Do you feel like you are close to my bird?"

Hearing Xing Ke say this, the air in the living room was quiet for a moment.

Xing Ke's words are very ambiguous. If he is still a boy now, Illya will definitely slap him on the back of the head with a paper fan, right?The bad taste in Xing Ke's words is really uncomfortable.

But... now she doesn't have only Yanyang bird, no other bird.So Sister Ilya just gave Xingke a blank look.

And Dumbledore hesitated:

"I... Maybe it's because I became a monk halfway? I don't feel that I have any special connection with the [Sun Elf]."

"...Forget it, anyway, I'm just getting started in elves research. There will always be an answer to this kind of thing in the future."

And even if you know it, it doesn't really matter.Dumbledore knew that he was an expert in transfiguration, but the [Phoenix] star who saw him successfully transformed into a half-elemental life was still sweating for him.

After all, the one who is not good and the other wizard who wants to become an elf [Katafirs] is his fate...

653. You never know who your teammates are, whether they are people, whether they have hands...

Then the question comes, but even if it is like this, Old Deng really went wrong in his experiment, where did he die... What does it have to do with Xing Ke?

Even if there is an extra abnormal creature in the world, it is only a matter of one more experiment for Xing Ke to meet.

"By the way, Lao Deng, do you sell your feathers and claws? If blood and tears are in stock..."

"Well, yes, and I regularly entrust the Cavendish Chamber of Commerce to sell it at a price."

"Internal prices..."

"Decline any counter-offer."

"..."

I haven't said anything yet, you've become a bird, how come you're still stubborn?Is it really untouched?

"Well, isn't this also an income for me, you see... the assets of the first half of my life were not spent and were inherited by my brother;

The original pension cannot be given to me because of suspended animation;

Even if you become a phoenix, you can't dress up like others and go out to make extra money;

It's not good to embezzle the experimental public funds allocated by the organization as a dedicated elder of the clock tower alone;

Dead wages can't support my hobbies! ~ What if there is no output? "

Dumbledore flapped his wings and told Xing Ke how poor he was, as if he was an old leader who had been clean and honest for most of his life.

But Dumbledore was even worse. He liked people he shouldn't like because he was young. He didn't even have children, and he didn't even want to disturb Harry, the student with the best relationship. Xiuya came to help... um, that's not right.

"Hehe, how could Kishiya treat you badly? Or is your new hobby collecting antique paintings and calligraphy?"

Xing Ke noticed Keyword's hobby - Xing Ke didn't remember Dumbledore's hobby for spending money.

Old Deng also likes to eat sweets and play croquet in the office fitness.However, if he really has any new hobbies, spends money, and has little value without Kishua's support, the collecting world is notoriously a bottomless pit.

"How can there be? Muggles only pursue such old things. What kind of antique is a bottle that is not my age?" Dumbledore waved his wings to deny Xing Ke's conjecture, and pecked a toffee. speculation dismissed.

"Well, that is to say, if we just bury a little handicraft and fall asleep, it's worth a fortune..."

Xing Ke himself has done this before, but the burial is too shallow and easy to be poached by others, and the further back, the progress of the counterfeiting process, the value of the artwork is getting lower and lower.

"I just like some gadgets to pass the time..."

【Drip drip-】

"what?--"

It sounds so familiar...

In the originally silent underground fortress, only the fountain with a small mermaid sculpture in the center of the living room made the sound of trickling water. Where did this come from... What is the electronic sound of the message?

"Oh, oh, no, no, it's been too long to leave..."

Saying that, Dumbledore flapped his wings and flew up, and pulled out a... [tablet computer] from under the table?

Skillfully pulled out a few capacitive pens from the feathers, snapped a few times under the magic operation, and completed a series of unknown operations, Dumbledore turned his head to look at Xingqi.

"Since coming into contact with the Muggle Internet, I have suddenly found that I can gradually understand, Guice, what the strange words you used to say mean.

I didn't expect you to be a Japanese RPG player in the early days of Internet development..."

"...Old Deng, do you have WIFI here?"

Xingke turned on the neural link device that had not been used for a while and found a signal source named [Fox does not like snakes] with an identification name, and it was still relatively backward 5G optical fiber protocol certification.

"Of course, I remember I just said that it is necessary to introduce other people's ideas in order to develop a new way out in the current magic world.

Even if the magic power will disappear one day, I have to try all the possibilities first, and then let it disappear without any regrets——Hubein August convinced me. "

Dumbledore buckled the tablet's screen on the table, not letting Xing Ke see the picture on the screen.

"The advantage of bypassing the road, the convenience of communication and verification, but magic can break through the restrictions of the rules. If there is one that can be driven by magic and will not heat up and slow down, isn't this also a possibility? "

Although Dumbledore has become a bird, what he said is very reasonable.

It's already [-], and Dumbledore is not too pedantic. He only uses computers, so it's not surprising.

The clock tower is only an advanced magic technology research institution. There is no restriction that magic and technology cannot be combined. Of course, good things are good things, and magic can also drive the difference engine...

but……

The small card that Xing Ke ordered to turn on was hacked into Dumbledore's tablet from the router, and then saw the chat record of Dumbledore just now——

【Teammate~A】:Fxxx! Why did D suddenly drop the line!

[Teammate~B]: DD Master!Get online now!

[Teammate~C]: Mu T-1, let the second team S make up.

[Phoenix-Fox.D]: Wait for me for 10 minutes, there are guests at home.

[Teammate~C]: Please don't lie, I won't see any guests at your house for Christmas.lonely D. (laugh)

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