Chapter 6 - The Ice Crystal Phoenix Delivering a Letter

Hogwarts.

The magical school was in the midst of a holiday.

However, due to the large number of new students joining this year, Deputy Headmistress Professor Minerva McGonagall was extremely busy. Like other professors, she had to occasionally help explain the existence of magic to parents of Muggle-born new students.

It must be said, there were simply too many new students this year.

However, amidst the hustle and bustle of the Hogwarts professors, one person was certainly more relaxed.

The Headmaster of Hogwarts.

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.

Dumbledore was a name known to every witch and wizard in the magical world, recognized by all as the greatest Wizard of the present era.

Behind the name of this headmaster were a series of astonishing achievements that left people speechless. Wizards grew up with hearing the name Dumbledore.

Moreover.

Dumbledore was also considered the greatest headmaster in the history of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a reputation that this over-a-hundred-year-old man greatly relished.

At this age, there was nothing Dumbledore enjoyed more than nurturing young wizards of Hogwarts into great adults.

Now Dumbledore sat in his office.

His hair was somewhat disheveled, a small pair of glasses perched on his nose, his long white beard tied, and his hands resting on a thick book of magic on the table.

He was a truly knowledgeable old man.

Next to him was a cup of warm red tea, and beside the tea was a plate of delicious scones, with a flat dining spoon on top.

He is living a very comfortable life.

Above the table in front of him, hung a birdcage stand, and a phoenix with a fiery red body stood quietly on the stand, occasionally shaking its head.

Dumbledore noticed the phoenix's movement, set down the pages in his hand, picked up the dining spoon, scooped up a small bite of scone, and handed it to the phoenix, soothingly saying, "Almost forgot, Fawkes needs to eat his breakfast."

The phoenix, Fawkes.

This companion had been with Dumbledore nearly all of his life. their relationship is like family, and it was one of the few creatures that could accompany Dumbledore for so long.

Just as the phoenix lowered its head to take the bite of the scone, its body suddenly froze in place, it jerked its head, as if sensing some kind of danger.

"Chirp ~ clang!"

The melodious cry of the phoenix in the past was now replaced by a stern sound!

This was a sign of approaching danger!

Dumbledore hurriedly set down the dining spoon, rolled up the sleeves of his large robe, and walked to the window of the headmaster's office, looking up at the sky.

A chill quietly enveloped Hogwarts in the summer.

Filch, the caretaker of Hogwarts, and the house elves underground all felt the sudden temperature change as if winter had arrived half a year early at the school.

As Dumbledore stepped out of the headmaster's office, he saw a huge ice crystal phoenix hovering above the wards of Hogwarts!

With a wingspan of just over ten meters, it looked like an ancient creature, its body filled with abundant and massive magical power and frost crystals, making people keenly feel the pressure brought by this giant bird!

As a mythical creature, the phoenix Fawkes undoubtedly was the first to realize the danger of this ice crystal phoenix, which was undoubtedly also a mythical creature!

Dumbledore looked up at the hovering ice crystal phoenix, and his sharp eyes saw that it seemed to be carrying an envelope on its sharp beak...

So...

Was this a pet delivering a letter?

Dumbledore was a bit puzzled as he took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and put them back on. "Hmm... Am I getting too old, that my eyesight has deteriorated?"

Hmm.

Not mistaken.

It wasn't his old age or failing eyesight.

It was just that this powerful magical creature that could affect the weather was indeed being used to deliver a letter, which seemed a bit too ostentatious.

Anyone who saw this scene would think that the person behind it was challenging Albus Dumbledore, even Dumbledore himself thought so.

This old man was generous in character, and even if it was a challenge he wouldn't have mind at all.

Dumbledore smiled and waved to the ice bird in the sky, silently casting a spell to make his elderly voice sound majestic and loud: "If you're here to deliver a letter to me, just fly down. There are some desserts here..."

This was a wizarding world's custom.

Pets delivering letters usually got a treat.

The ice crystal phoenix soaring in the sky heard the old man's voice, and her body swiftly descended from the sky, going through Hogwarts' wards!

With her descent, layers of frost instantly formed on the walls.

Fawkes, the phoenix appearing on Dumbledore's shoulder, couldn't help but chirped loudly a few times, seeming to greet this ice bird.

However...

The personality of this ice bird was as cold as frost. she only extended her huge head and handed over the letter she had been carefully carrying along the way.

To be honest, delivering letters was quite a challenge for her.

Dumbledore tiptoed to reach the envelope. The low temperature on it made his fingers tremble, and even the letter had turned into a solid block of ice.

When the old man took the letter, he couldn't help but think with some childishness if he needs to open the fireplace in the summer to dry this letter...

"Chirp!"

Seeing Dumbledore reaching for the letter, the ice bird didn't linger and simply left the school with a swift flap of her wings.

"Quite a unique creature..."

Dumbledore glanced at the envelope after picking it up. It was addressed to Hogwarts.

It was a letter sent to the school, plus the ice bird that appeared earlier made Dumbledore think it might be an exchange letter sent from another magical school.

However, when the old man opened the envelope, he didn't quite understand the contents until he saw the signature. It turned out to be a reply from a new student.

[I have read the letter Hogwarts has sent.

By the way, can I bring my pet Anivia to school? This is a birthday gift from Mr. Barty Crouch.

Attached: The bird that delivered the letter is Anivia. because she is slightly larger, Mr. Barty Crouch said she might not be allowed at Hogwarts, although she doesn't need to eat anything.

Wilson Wright respectfully.]

"Looks like a troublesome new student..."

After reading the contents of the letter, Dumbledore could already understand that, this new student named Wilson Wright would probably cause quite a stir at the school.

Such things didn't matter to him.

Moreover, Dumbledore knew that there were quite a few lively new students this year, such as the Weasley twins from the Weasley family, who would also be attending Hogwarts.

He heard the name Wilson Wright before.

Dumbledore remembered where he had first heard this name, so he picked up the quill on the table and began to write a reply to Wilson Wright seriously.

On the photo wall in the headmaster's office.

Those former Hogwarts headmasters seemed to come alive, all talking excitedly: "Dumbledore, who sent you the letter? We heard from the people outside, that the sender was provoking Hogwarts?"

"No, just a kind and interesting troublesome new student."

Dumbledore shook his head with a smile, continuing to write his reply while conversing with them, "Once this group of new students enters the school, Hogwarts will be more livelier than before..."

The days of being a school principal were indeed quite meaningful to him...

(End of Chapter)