Chapter 55: Senior, What's Your Name?
Although Theo's words to Dumbledore were intended to gain his trust.
However, it did contain Theo's concerns about ancient magic.
Because when he said those words, he was telling the truth.
Therefore, Dumbledore's answer still gave Theo a lot of inspiration.
For example, ancient magic had no side effects.
His strong desire for ancient magic was actually just his own desires at work.
And recalling that he had not agreed to the "senior's" request before, but chose to refuse.
After that, after using ancient magic, he also restrained the idea of going back to the "senior" to change his mind.
All of this showed that he had indeed controlled his desire to obtain more ancient magic power very well...
However... although Dumbledore believed in his control, Theo himself still had doubts about his control.
Didn't the "senior" also say in front of her teacher that she could control her desires?
The result was not very good...
Seeing Theo frowning, Dumbledore knew that his words had not reassured Theo about his control.
"Theo, always remember that you are not alone in 'fighting'. As your professor, I have a responsibility to help you master ancient magic."
Theo made a helpless expression, "If I don't use this power, won't everything be fine?"
"Your ability to control yourself not to use this power is also proof of your outstanding self-control, Theo... However, in my opinion, blocking is worse than dredging. It's too difficult for you to control yourself and never use ancient magic. It's better to use it with confidence. Just control the degree to which you use ancient magic... that's much simpler."
Dumbledore sighed again, "It's a pity that the senior disappeared not long after graduation. Otherwise, she would be the best person to guide you in ancient magic."
Theo was silent.
He had just returned from the "senior".
Moreover, the "senior" herself had not been able to control her desire for ancient magic, and her ending was tragic.
She was still lying in a corner of the stone room like an ice cube.
However, since Dumbledore had said so...
Theo felt that he could also try to use ancient magic. After all, he had Dumbledore, a master of self-control, to help him keep an eye on him.
You know, in order not to become someone like Grindelwald, Dumbledore had been able to refrain from touching anything related to power for decades!
Even if he became the headmaster in the future, or even the Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, he would not interfere if he could.
This was extremely difficult for Dumbledore, who had the ambition to reform the world in his youth.
Therefore, when it came to controlling himself, Dumbledore could indeed be called a true master!
Of course, he couldn't control himself, put on the Resurrection Stone ring, and was cursed. That couldn't be considered as his lack of self-control.
After all, the source of his strong self-control was his deceased relatives. And the Resurrection Stone could let him see his family again.
It was just that he was hit in the soft spot...
...
Theo also felt that he could draw a conclusion about whether ancient magic had harmful side effects on the human body.
According to Dumbledore's consistent attitude towards dark magic, even he felt that ancient magic was fine, so what problems could ancient magic have?
Dumbledore's certification was very valuable!
After Theo thought it through, he chatted with Dumbledore for a while.
Then Dumbledore basically understood what had happened tonight based on the connection of various information.
That was, Theo was attracted by the power of ancient magic, went to the Forbidden Forest, and got a bottle containing ancient magic power.
Then he happened to meet Aurelius, who had just met Nagini.
Perhaps Nagini's chaotic mind again stimulated Aurelius, so he was on the verge of losing control.
When Theo rushed back to report the news, he was attacked by the irrational Nagini.
Then, Theo used ancient magic to pack Nagini and brought her back to find Aberforth.
Aberforth notified himself, and then brought back the recovered Aurelius...
Of course, Dumbledore came to this conclusion by Theo's step-by-step guidance.
However, he had to find a way to collude with Aurelius later, otherwise he would slip up.
After all, it was understandable that Theo, at this age, knew ancient magic, but it would be a bit difficult to explain if he could use Apparition skillfully...
No matter how talented a person was, there was always a limit.
Fortunately, Aurelius was still unconscious.
After Aberforth learned the general course of events from Dumbledore, he didn't plan to ask Aurelius what had happened.
In case he provoked his sadness and made his emotions, which had finally stabilized, turbulent again, that would be bad.
Every time he transformed into an Obscurus, it was extremely harmful to Aurelius.
The reason why he could hold on until now was entirely due to his extremely strong self-control... He had hardly transformed in recent years.
After Dumbledore learned the ins and outs of the matter from Theo, he let Theo go back to rest.
And he left the Hog's Head with Nagini.
Theo was right. Dumbledore always had a solution for such troublesome things.
...
When Theo returned to his room, Tom was sleeping very soundly, and Toby was also dozing off.
Theo knew why Tom was sleeping soundly.
And Toby didn't notice after he left for so long. Obviously, he was affected by the "senior's" Nightmare Magic.
She didn't want anyone to know that Theo had left the tavern.
Theo patted Toby on the shoulder and woke Toby up from his sleep.
"Toby... Toby actually fell asleep!"
Toby, who was awakened, was extremely terrified, because he had disobeyed his master's order!
"No, I just used a spell on you that can make people fall asleep. Because I have something that needs to be kept secret from everyone, including you. Okay, go to rest. Prepare some porridge for me for breakfast tomorrow morning. Also, remember to keep this a secret."
"This... is that so? Isn't Toby dereliction of duty? That's good, that's good... Toby understands! Toby will definitely complete the master's task!" Toby left in shock.
For house-elves like Toby, it was best to speak directly.
After Toby left, Theo quickly fell asleep with Nightmare Magic.
Coming to his dream again, Theo quickly woke up and began to decorate his dream.
After a while, his dream turned into a garden very similar to the "senior's" dream.
After that, Theo began to call out in his dream.
"Strange person?"
"Dream Weaver?"
"Senior?"
The dream was quiet, and Theo's voice caused bursts of echoes.
The silent look made Theo a little confused. He didn't know if his call could be heard by the other party.
"Here."
Theo turned around and saw the "senior" with black gas all over his body sitting in the gazebo at some point.
"I didn't expect you to come to chat with me so soon. And... how do you know I like gardens?"
Theo didn't know if it was his illusion. The "senior's" voice seemed to be a little happier than before.
"Yes... because your dream is a garden, so I just decorated it a little."
"I just heard you call me senior?"
"Uh... I learned something about you from a professor." Theo said. "Because I asked him about ancient magic."
The "senior" was silent for a while, "But you didn't tell the professor about me?"
"No..."
"Thank you... I'm too ashamed to be like this. I have no face to see others... especially the professors of Hogwarts... Well, you can continue to call me senior in the future. After all... senior is much better than strange person, and it's much more cordial than Dream Weaver. Since we're chatting, it's better to have a more cordial name."
"...Actually, you can tell me your name." Theo said, "Can you tell me your name?"
(End of this chapter)
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