Chapter 131 129. Ghost girl
But as the principals of the three magic schools in Europe, it is reasonable to say that Madam Maxim would never live in such a place, and her dress is so ordinary.
Jon glanced around the environment in the cabin with doubts in his heart. The decoration here is very simple, not like a place for long-term living, but more like a place of temporary refuge.
Madam Maxim didn't seem to pay much attention to Jon. After Dumbledore's introduction, she just nodded to Jon who greeted her, invited the two to sit down, and poured them a cup of tea.
"You should have read the letter I wrote to you." Madam Maxim's expression was gloomy, "I was fired by Beauxbaton."
Dumbledore didn't touch the tea on the table, his face became a little dignified.
"So, I came here this time just to find out why."
Madam Maxim did not immediately explain, but turned to look at Jon.
"Since I brought him here, it means I trust him absolutely, ma'am." Dumbledore said calmly.
The half-breed giantess, who was already the former headmaster of Beauxbaton School of Magic, let out a long breath.
"Well, your decision-making is always right most of the time." She stared into Dumbledore's eyes, "The Ministry of Magic sent someone to replace me. They said that I twisted the students' minds and taught them incorrectly. Education, drive me out of that manor!"
Dumbledore frowned.
"Such a ridiculous charge?"
"Everyone thinks it's ridiculous!" Mrs. Maxim got the approval, and she seemed very emotional. "I deny their testimony. All the teachers and students in the school can testify for me. Booth under my management Barton has always only taught students magic, and never distorted any thoughts at all, and I have no thoughts to instill in them!"
"I demand that they produce evidence, otherwise I will never leave Beauxbatons like this, even if it is an order from the Ministry of Magic!"
"And then?" Dumbledore asked.
"Then." The excited price increase on Mrs. Maxim's face began to fade, her face began to turn pale, and her lips trembled even more, as if thinking of some bad memories, "then, they said, they said that I I have half the blood of giants. And I showed evidence, saying in front of the whole school that I concealed my life experience. As the principal of Beauxbatons, I actually made profits for the giants in private, and tried to whitewash the students' views on giants, so as to distort their thinking"
She seemed to feel that Dumbledore and Jon looked at her a little glaringly due to psychological effects, and her eye circles were faintly red, she said in a trembling voice.
"I swear! Albus, maybe my bloodline is indeed concealed, but I definitely did not do what they said! I have always put my energy into education, and I absolutely did not"
"I know, I know, ma'am, of course you wouldn't do such a thing, we have to think about the reason, why are they talking about your background so far." Dumbledore obviously wouldn't despise Madam Maxim Origin, "When you became Headmaster of Beauxbatons, you believed that your origin had already been investigated by the French Ministry of Magic, but why did they bring this matter up now and drag you out? dismiss."
Jon could hear that Dumbledore was trying to express his words as tactfully as possible, so as not to let the witch who was about to cry in front of him collapse emotionally.
"I don't know." Madam Maxim's voice was already a little choked, perhaps because the half blood of the giant would make people's emotions more pure, she couldn't hide her sadness, "and they not only put I got kicked out and after being expelled from Beauxbatons they confined me to their home saying the Aurors were investigating my years as headmaster and if I was formally charged I would be in breach of wizarding law .”
"I felt something was wrong. I felt that no matter what the final investigation results were, they would finally take me away! So on the night I wrote to you, I sneaked up on a few Aurors guarding me and ran away from home Come out, now that the Ministry of Magic has issued a reward order for me, now they may find this place at any time!"
Dumbledore's brows frowned deeper, he was obviously aware of something.
"After you left, how did they deal with the principal position?"
"They parachuted a wizard over here." Madam Maxim's tone was filled with hatred, "I thought that even if I was kicked out, my vice principal would be elected as the interim principal, but they couldn't wait and directly Make a wizard headmaster that no one has ever heard of before."
"What's the name of that wizard?"
"Ivan Gallas, I've never heard of this man before! He seemed to come out of nowhere, and he became the headmaster of Beauxbatons as soon as he appeared!"
Madam Maxim's tone was agitated, as if trying to restrain her emotions, but she couldn't calm down no matter what.
"The French magic world has become a mess now. I have no idea what the Ministry of Magic is doing during this time!" She said in an astonishingly loud voice, "A while ago, those people actually arrested many family members in order to eliminate dissidents. The Kool family has issued a wanted warrant!"
"Apolline Delacour fled with her husband and eldest daughter. The younger daughter was staying at my house as a guest, so I had to place her here first. But those Aurors found my house directly. They Knowing that the youngest daughter of the Delacour family is hiding with me. There is no way I was forced to feed her a bottle of dead soul water, turning her into a ghost, and making the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic think she was dead!"
Madame Maxime had a look of grief and indignation, and the Delacour family obviously had a close relationship with her.
"I wrote to call you here, and it's also for this matter. I can't stay in France myself, and I need your help, Albus, to take this girl away."
As she spoke, she took out a rose-red bowknot hairpin from the empty pocket of the robe, and when she took out the hairpin, an illusory little girl about six or seven years old timidly appeared.
The girl's facial features are exquisite, and she has long, smooth silver-white hair, but even if Jon has never seen a creature like a ghost, he can recognize her at the first sight. This is definitely a ghost!
As soon as the girl appeared, she hid behind Madam Maxim, only daring to secretly show half of her face to peek at Jon and Dumbledore.
Dumbledore's face became a little ugly.
"The antidote to the dead soul water is not easy to mix. If she is unlucky, she may never become a human again, and will always be a ghost."
(end of this chapter)