Chapter 16 At the Top of the Food Chain

"I see, I have a general understanding."

Under Phoenix Fox's whine, the Sorting Hat's condemnation, and the portraits' explanations, Dumbledore quickly figured out what happened in the principal's office in just ten minutes.

After taking a look at the little silver-haired loli who was quietly sitting on the vine chair, looking at her nose and nose, looking at her heart, looking well-behaved and obedient, quietly sipping iced pumpkin juice, Dumbledore rubbed his brows with a headache.

After teaching at Hogwarts for so many years, he has encountered many students with weird personalities.

But this was the first time he had encountered a student like Elena who was sometimes as obedient as a model student and sometimes even more unscrupulous than Peeves.

——At least in the long history of Hogwarts, she was definitely the first one who dared to stew the owl that delivered the letter at the beginning of the school year. As this scene appeared in front of him, Dumbledore suddenly realized that when she entered the magical world, it would seem to be even more terrifying.

"Miss Kaslana, it seems that you have a different understanding of the word food."

Combined with the missing owl mentioned by Professor McGonagall, Dumbledore even came up with a strange guess.

In the eyes of this seemingly well-behaved little girl, perhaps everything in the world is simply and roughly divided into two types - edible or inedible.

"However, this kind of behavior is actually..."

After thinking about it, Dumbledore spoke tactfully and spoke slowly, while thinking about how to guide the girl to understand her problem bit by bit - Veela blood is really a troublesome talent... Super high magic talent, Accompanied by extreme sensitivity and willfulness, as well as uncontrollable aggression.

"I was wrong."

Before Dumbledore could finish speaking, Elena blinked, put down the ice-cold pumpkin juice in her hand, and answered seriously with a serious face. Only an extremely thin layer of the bright moonlight that lingered on the girl's face was left. .

"I'm not blaming you, it's just..."

Dumbledore paused, shook his head, took a breath, and continued gently.

Based on his many years of experience in teaching students, simply emphasizing or blaming a student for their mistakes, apart from venting their anger again and again, cannot actually help these children find the right path.

It is much more effective to discuss the problem from the perspective of an older friend than to blindly coerce and force as a professor.

And this is what Dumbledore is most proud of. He is always able to become friends with all students.

——Well, before today.

"I know where I went wrong!" Elena interrupted again.

"Uh, no..."

Dumbledore's smile froze a little, and he subconsciously raised his hand to say something.

"Phoenix is ​​mankind's friend!"

"What I did was very wrong!"

"I am extremely upset and regretful for everything I have caused!"

"I just couldn't control myself for a moment. I promise I won't do this again next time!"

"..."

The silver-haired little loli put her hands on her knees, like a barrage of firecrackers, and quickly conducted self-examination with a particularly upright attitude.

The girl's delicate little face had a vivid and firm expression, and she methodically explained her mistakes and how to correct them from all aspects.

So for a moment, even Dumbledore didn't know what to say anymore and could only open and close his mouth awkwardly.

After saying a lot of words in one breath as if rapping, Elena finally stopped, let out a sigh of relief, picked up the iced pumpkin juice placed aside, and continued to sip it in small sips.

The room fell into an extremely strange silence.

Apart from the whispers of the principals' portraits on the wall who were watching the excitement, only the weak and aggrieved whimpering of Phoenix Fox was left.

Dumbledore stretched out his hand and gently touched the beautiful golden-red bird lying next to him. He clearly felt the phoenix Fox's body trembling obviously the moment he put his hand on it. It was obvious that Fox had a crush on Ai Lina's psychological shadow was more significant than he imagined.

But the key is, how did she do it...

Dumbledore rubbed his left index finger back and forth on the wand, his blue eyes filled with confusion.

Logically speaking, Phoenix Fox, who is in adulthood, cannot be caught so easily by a little girl who has not learned magic, let alone be tortured in such an embarrassing way.

This was the only thing he couldn't understand after listening to all the "people's" descriptions of the stories that happened in this room. If the phoenix could be trapped and subdued so easily, then the magic world would not rate it as a special magical creature with an XXXX rating (dangerous/requiring specialized knowledge/skilled wizards to deal with).

Although according to the assessment, the actual danger level of Veela should exceed that of conventional magical creatures, that refers to adult Veela who are proficient in magic and can rival wizards. Today, Elena Kaslana is just a Even if the underage mixed-blood Veela is slightly affected by the magic bloodline, it will not be able to restrain Fox, the mature phoenix.

"Speaking of which... Dumbledore, don't you think the mental state of your phoenix is ​​strange?"

At this moment, Phyllida Spohr, who was indirectly involved in the chaos, suddenly broke the silence in the room. [Portrait of the principal (see notes)]

Mental state? Dumbledore frowned and took a closer look at Phoenix Fawkes. For the first time, his beautiful big eyes showed a clear look of fear and uneasiness, as if an animal had encountered a terrible natural enemy.

Wait... meet a natural enemy?

Dumbledore suddenly remembered the characteristics of a magical creature that Newt Scamander had accidentally mentioned when he returned to school a few years ago and shared stories with him about his previous experience of observing magical creatures. (Click here for character introduction details)

An extremely rare magical property that only appears in magical creatures.

In the long process of studying magical animals, Newt Scamander discovered that among some magical creatures with powerful magic, some special individuals will be born.

Although due to their different types, there will be obvious differences in strength and weakness in abilities, one of them will show an extremely obvious commonality.

That is, these special individuals will spontaneously produce an incredible deterrent force when facing hunting targets - just like the breath of some carnivorous creatures in the non-magical world will make the prey's muscles stiffen out of fear.

However, when such a situation occurs between magical animals, it is not just as simple as muscle stiffness, but stems from some mysterious entanglement, and may even affect the magical ability of the prey.

Newt Scamander calls this unique individual a predator, and their diet range is often more than twice as broad as the average for the entire group.

If he had been lucky enough to visit Elton, a British animal ecologist at the same time, perhaps he would have come up with a more accurate explanation - a being at the top of the food chain above the group, a natural hunting leader.

Thinking of this, Dumbledore subconsciously glanced at the harmless Elena, feeling a sense of absurdity in his heart.

It’s unlikely that such a little girl would be associated with any predators, even if she is indeed half Veela. However, the danger of Veela itself is more reflected in sensitivity and irritability. Although the aggression is strong, but He doesn't have much talent in hunting.

What's more, according to Newt Scamander's research, the most important thing is that all predator threats require the hunting target to feel the threat of death, and the Phoenix has been a threat from the beginning. An extraordinary existence that is not afraid of death.

"unless……"

Dumbledore raised his head, his eyes glowed with a light silver light, and suddenly asked, "Elena, if I give you the phoenix, have you ever thought about what you would do? What if...well, it I might not listen to you at first."

Give it to her? Elena glanced at the big golden-red bird curled up next to Dumbledore with some confusion.

"Of course I cut off one wing every day and wait for it to live..."

The distracted little Loli subconsciously replied. Just halfway through speaking, Elena bit her tongue sharply.

"Bah, I mean, cut a piece of fish every day, feed it until it becomes fat and white, and slowly develop feelings."

really!

Dumbledore's face suddenly became serious. He could feel that the moment Elena's attention focused on Phoenix Fox, there was an extremely subtle confusion in the magic power of Phoenix Fox.

The key is, is it the predatory characteristics produced by Veela blood, or is it...

Dumbledore couldn't help but shudder. This child might be more dangerous than he thought.

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