Leon followed Snape and Apparated back to Hogwarts. He asked Snape and Lily to leave first. After the two of them entered Hogwarts with the Disillusionment Charm, Leon began to take his own steps. He did not want others to see him walking with Snape.
It wasn't that Leon disliked Snape or Lily. He simply wanted to avoid any unexpected situations. Even if Snape used a Disillusionment Charm to hide their figures, if Leon were to stand next to them, he would be noticed and suspected that he had something to do with Lily's resurrection.
It was always Leon's way of doing things. Just like now, when he learned that Dumbledore the old bee also knew that he had the ability to resurrect others, Leon had already thought of a way to brush off Dumbledore and the possibility of Lily asking him to resurrect James in the future.
After entering Hogwarts, Leon did not hesitate. He walked toward Dumbledore's office first, but he was awkwardly standing at the door. He had forgotten to ask Snape for the password to the headmaster's office today. They had already agreed to meet in the headmaster's office.
"Zizi honey candy? Chocolate Frog? Bibi's Every Taste Bean? A precious daughter? A licorice wand? licorice? Hard mint candy?"
It's lemon honey water."
Just as Leon was muttering all kinds of possible commands at the door of the headmaster's office, the stone beast actually moved aside. Leon, who had thought he had guessed correctly, saw Dumbledore behind the door and heard Dumbledore's answer. Only then did he realize that Dumbledore had opened the door for him.
"Professor Dumbledore, you knew I was here?”Leon's face stiffened. If Dumbledore said yes, then he would have to triple the price of resurrecting Ariana from Dumbledore.
"No, I only heard Fox's reminder and knew that there were guests.”Dumbledore replied, pointing at Fawkes, who was standing at the window above Leon.
When Fawkes heard Dumbledore talking about him, he let out a series of chirping sounds. He seemed very happy, but Leon felt offended. He felt that the fat chicken was mocking him.
"Sooner or later, I'll stew it for you."
Leon glanced at Fox and adjusted his expression. He walked into the principal's office as if nothing had happened.
"What do you want to drink?" Dumbledore asked, gesturing for Leon to sit down.
"Professor, do you have tea?" Leon thought for a moment and asked.
"Black tea?" Dumbledore confirmed.
"No, green tea, the kind of tea leaves from the East, not from the Jiaopenguo. Those B * stards don't understand tea at all.”Leon replied.
"Oh, you mean China? No, I don't have any friends there.”Dumbledore replied rather helplessly,""Do you want to try black tea?"
"Forget it, just plain water will do." Leon shook his head. He wasn't deliberately making things difficult for Dumbledore to take revenge for the awkwardness just now. He really wasn't!
He just really wanted to drink tea. After all, Leon had bought tea leaves from the supermarket before, but they were not authentic Chinese tea leaves. The tea leaves he bought were basically produced in England, and the production method was very poor. Moreover, the tea leaves did not have the fragrance of tea.
"I remember that you are a mixed-blood. It seems that you already know the country where a part of your bloodline comes from.”said Dumbledore casually.
"Maybe. I just like the eastern culture.”Leon didn't answer. He was a transmigrator whose parents didn't even know if he existed. How could he know about these things? If it weren't for his black hair and black eyes, he would have thought that he was a standard white man for the rest of his life.
"The culture of the East is indeed very interesting. Unfortunately, it's not safe there now. The situation in the Muggle world is a bit chaotic. A certain big country in the East is gradually disintegrating, and the situation is very tense.”Dumbledore replied. (In 1991, Mao Xiong disintegrated. Don't say that you don't know about this in modern history.)
Leon didn't continue to talk about this topic. He was afraid that someone would get 404 because of him, and that someone would be so angry that they would kill him.
So Leon did not speak, and Dumbledore did not say anything. The two of them remained silent. As for the portraits of the previous headmasters in the Headmaster's office, they had all left the frames. Clearly, Dumbledore did not want anyone to know about the following conversation, not even the portraits.
Looking at Dumbledore's silence, Leon thought of his previous conversation with Snape. He consciously asked about the bargaining chips needed to resurrect Ariana.
Although the cooldown period was a month, it didn't seem like there was anything wrong with making Dumbledore prepare and considering how much he should charge Dumbledore.
"How much would it take to bring Ariana Dumbledore back to life?”
"Two hundred thousand chips."
"How much would it take to resurrect Ariana Dumbledore and remove the influence of Silencing, leaving only her wizarding potential?”
"600,000 chips."
"Tsk tsk tsk, so expensive."
Knowing the price, Leon did not hesitate. He spoke to Dumbledore first,""Professor Dumbledore, I know you're regretful, and I know Professor Snape has told you something, so now, how much are you willing to pay for Ariana?”
Dumbledore raised his head and stared blankly at the ceiling. After a while, he replied,""I don't know if I should resurrect Ariana.”
"Oh?" Leon was confused by Dumbledore's words. If he remembered correctly, Dumbledore had searched for the Lifestone of one of the three Deathly Hallows many times, even though it couldn't really resurrect people.
"Besides, I know that there is a price to pay. You resurrected Ariana, so other than the price I have to pay, what about you?”Dumbledore turned to Leon.
"I naturally have a price to pay, but it doesn't matter. After all, there are only three chances to resurrect. I reserved one for the person I want to resurrect.”Leon replied calmly. He did have to pay a price, which was a 30-day cooldown, but Dumbledore didn't know.
Furthermore, he gave the number of three times and stated that he had reserved one time to prevent others from asking him to resurrect in the future. Lily once, Ariana once, and the remaining time he saved to resurrect the old hunter. If he used it up completely, it should be able to dispel many people's thoughts about him after his future exposure.
"Can I know the reason for this resurrection ability? Of course, I'm just curious. If you don't want to tell me, I won't force you, nor will I use Soul Capture on you. I know the price I have to pay for doing so.”Dumbledore asked, looking at Leon curiously.
Leon smiled. He knew Dumbledore would ask this question, and he had already made up the story.
"You should know about the three Deathly Hallows created by Death.”
"Three Deathly Hallows, three chances to resurrect. As expected, it's the Grim Reaper again? Tell me, child, you didn't give up your soul.”A flash of understanding appeared in Dumbledore's eyes as he asked.
"No. After the old hunter died, I saw Death with my own eyes. I made a bet with him and won. Therefore, I won the chance to take away the soul and life from Death three times.”Leon answered mysteriously, and at the same time, he naturally showed his pride.
"But child, how can you be sure that this is not a trap set by the Grim Reaper for you?”Dumbledore was not suspicious of him, but worried about Leon.
" Everyone will die eventually, and I will eventually end up in the hands of the Grim Reaper. He only needs to wait for a hundred years. He doesn't need to set a trap at all. He just needs to wait for me to die. Therefore, there is a hidden condition for the three resurrections, and that is that I can't resurrect myself.”Leon said.
"Interesting. This makes me curious. What kind of bet did you make with the Grim Reaper?”asked Dumbledore.
"Not being able to reveal it is also one of the hidden conditions. So, Professor Dumbledore, do you still want Ariana's soul and life?”Leon stood up and placed his hands on the table, looking down at Dumbledore.
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