"This is Miss Skeeter's slander against me!" Newt's eyes widened. "Don't believe it!"
Dumbledore sneered. "Miss Skeeter has been a lot more sincere recently. Perhaps she has found her conscience, or perhaps she has to thank the efforts of someone who has changed her."
He glanced at Anna, and Anna turned her head and looked at Harry. 'Harry, let me see your sword!'
She pretended not to notice Dumbledore's gaze.
"Yes, Headmaster Dumbledore. Miss Skeeter's recent reports have become more positive. I should say — she has begun to tell the truth." A young man in a suit behind Newt greeted Dumbledore with a smile. "Nice to meet you."
"Adams, nice to meet you too." Dumbledore stepped aside to make room for Lupin and introduced him to the two of them. "This is Remus Lupin, an outstanding graduate of Gryffindor."
Lupin, Newt, and Adams shook hands briefly and then went to check on the children. Lupin did not like to have in-depth exchanges with magical zoologists, especially powerful ones.
Lupin always felt that Mr. Newt's eyes could see through his human skin and see the werewolf's veins and hearts underneath.
And that was exactly the case.
"Mr. Lupin is a werewolf?"
Newt looked at Lupin who had turned around and confirmed with Dumbledore in a low voice, his eyes shining with an inquisitive light.
"Yes." Dumbledore was a little curious. "How can you tell?
Based on the wrinkles on his face? "
Although werewolves looked more aged than ordinary people, Dumbledore could not quickly determine whether a werewolf was a werewolf or a drunkard.
"Smell." Newt pointed at his nose. "This is something that other magical zoologists and I have researched not long ago. We haven't published it yet because of the current social situation. If the wizards knew how to distinguish werewolves quickly, it might make the werewolves' situation even worse …"
Newt paused for a second. "They have a special smell. When they become werewolves, the smell will be slightly more obvious. When they are in human form, the smell is very faint. Many people will ignore this smell, but it's not like there's no —"
Anna, who had her back to Dumbledore and the other two, pricked up her ears.
"How to describe it?
The smell of dry apples?
That's the best description I can think of. "
Adams added, "Some werewolves especially dislike the smell on their bodies. They'd rather use strong perfume or even stench to cover it up. This group of werewolves are generally 'atavistic werewolves'. Their vision and hearing are more sensitive than the average werewolf. For example, Fenrir Gleibock, who killed two Muggle children in 1964, was arrested by the Ministry of Magic. However, they thought that he was just an innocent Muggle vagrant and released him …"
"Later on, after analyzing it, we determined that he was an 'atavistic werewolf.' This type of werewolf could easily become the leader of ordinary werewolves. However, they... have the wild nature of wolves. Sometimes, they are unable to control their actions. Even when they transform into humans, they like to harm other wizards and muggles."
"If I remember correctly, Lupin was bitten by Greyback." Dumbledore shook his head. "His father was an expert in non-human paranormal phenomena at that time. He thought that there was something wrong with Greyback who pretended to be a tramp, but the Ministry of Magic still released him. In the end, Greyback, who held a grudge, broke into Lupin's house and bit him when he was still a child …"
"That's really terrible." Newt and Adams both shook their heads to express sympathy.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Lupin has gone through a lot, but he will eventually recover. He is a strong person. Nothing can defeat him," Dumbledore concluded. "He will eventually find happiness."
"Adams, I can see that you have been doing well recently." Dumbledore threw the topic to Adams. "I can often find your name in Magical Animal Weekly. Of course, it usually appears in the 'researcher' position."
Dumbledore nodded slightly. He had a good impression of the young man who held a certain amount of power but still insisted on studying seriously. "If you can become the director of the Department of Magical Animal Management and Control in the future, it will be something to look forward to for both magical animals and wizards."
"I still need to continue to gain experience, Headmaster Dumbledore." Adams was not very interested in the position of the director of the Department of Magical Animal Management and Control. A bigger office and a group of Ministry of Magic staff who greeted him in the morning. Would becoming a director make a fire dragon fall in love with you?
No, so Adams was already very satisfied with the position where he could spare time and resources to study magical animals.
"He really needs to continue to learn!"
Newt patted Adams on the shoulder and smiled with a little pride. Adams was the student he was most proud of.
"Your younger brother Watt is the head of the Hufflepuff Academy. Like you, he is very interested in the study of magical animals …" Dumbledore smiled. "By the way, he is in love with a lovely Slytherin girl."
Speaking of his younger brother, Adams' eyes lit up. "Oh!
That kid!
He won't reveal anything to his brother! "
Dumbledore laughed and teased Newt. "Speaking of which, when Newt was young, he was also in close contact with a Slytherin girl …"
"Headmaster Dumbledore, she will always be in my memory as a friend." Newt touched his head and reminded Adams. "Speaking of which, recently Tina's temper has become more and more unpredictable under the torment of my good grandson. Adams, don't mention these things in front of her …"
Although he was complaining about his wife's temper, Newt had a happy smile on his face that made people feel uncomfortable.
"…" The two single people, Dumbledore and Adams, could only smile awkwardly but politely.
"Ahem." Perhaps because the atmosphere was a little quiet, Newt coughed and changed the topic. "Professor Dumbledore, what are you doing here?"
He looked at the three children under the tree. "It shouldn't be the holidays for Hogwarts now, right?
Is it an off-campus teaching?
I've long felt that Hogwarts should add more off-campus practical activities! "
"Are you here to observe magical animals?!" Newt became excited. "I highly recommend the Dove Birds in Godric Valley!
That cry is amazing!
They only appear when it's raining heavily, but to be honest, with the weather in England, the Dove Birds can appear at any time! "
"Unfortunately, Newt, Hogwarts doesn't have any off-campus teaching activities yet, but perhaps we will take your suggestion." Dumbledore took out the "Diary of Grindelwald's Fairy Tales" from his sleeve and shook it. "Actually, we are here to rescue the children trapped in the book. As you can see, we have succeeded."
"Are you here to study the Dove Birds?" Dumbledore put the book back into his sleeve.
"No, not this time. This time we are here to look for the Battle of the Undead program." Newt's words attracted the attention of Harry and the others. Anna tilted her head. Battle of the Undead?
A bad feeling of 'something is about to be discovered' appeared.
"Oh?"
Dumbledore didn't watch much TV. Although the proposal of 'introducing Muggle electronic equipment to Hogwarts' proposed by Fred and George at the beginning of the semester aroused his interest, he didn't implement it after much consideration. "Why did this program arouse your interest?"
"There is a black dog in it, which has attracted a lot of Muggle attention recently." Newt's eyes widened mysteriously. "I suspect that it is a dog transformed from an Animagus by a wizard —"
Lupin took a deep breath, narrowed his eyes, and subconsciously began to look for traces of Sirius. Fortunately, Sirius had run far away the moment he saw the Magical Zoologist.
"Why would a wizard who knows Animagus participate in such a Muggle program?" Dumbledore felt a little confused as Animagus was a very difficult magic to master.
"I also feel a little strange, so I came to the scene to verify."
"The dog is called Blackie. It is the pet of a female Muggle author named Lena Lawrence." Adams took out a shabby notebook and flipped through it. "Ms. Lawrence has also used owls to find the owner of objects. She should know more about the magic world. We still don't know if she knows that her pet is a human."
After all, humans more or less had some strange fetishes.
"Lena Lawrence?"
Hearing such a familiar name, Dumbledore turned his head to Anna, who had her back to the others.