Back in the Great Hall, when Zhang Dong returned to his seat, Hermione, Ron, and Harry were already there.
The Great Hall was less crowded than usual today. Christmas was around the corner, and even Hogwarts would be closed for the holidays. Many young witches and wizards had already gone home after the Quidditch match.
Hermione was too far away to go home, Ron's family was mostly at Hogwarts, like Percy, Fred, and George, and as for Harry... He didn't want to go back to Privet Drive. For him, Hogwarts was his home. Zhang Dong and Zhang Qiu, on the other hand, simply didn't care much for Christmas as Chinese people.
Seeing Zhang Dong return, Hermione and the others waved to him, beckoning him over.
As soon as Zhang Dong sat down, Ron, with his big mouth, couldn't wait to ask Zhang Dong:
"Zhang Dong, where did you go just now? I'm telling you, you missed out on going to find Hagrid with us."
"Ron! You just promised Hagrid to keep it a secret." Harry looked at Ron helplessly. He didn't want to hide anything from Zhang Dong, but the whole thing sounded troublesome, and he didn't want to involve Zhang Dong.
Hermione, on the other hand, shook her head and said: "I think we should tell Zhang Dong. He's the most capable one among us."
Even Hermione was incredibly impressed by Zhang Dong now. There was simply too big of a gap. She didn't doubt that with Zhang Dong's current level, even if he jumped to fifth year and took the OWL exams, he would at least get seven As and book his graduation certificate.
After all, out of the twelve exams, Zhang Dong would have no problem with Defense Against the Dark Arts, Potions, Charms, Transfiguration, and Muggle Studies. History of Magic was just memorization, which wouldn't be a problem for him either.
Astronomy and Herbology were mediocre, neither good nor bad.
Only the remaining Ancient Runes, Divination, and Care of Magical Creatures were a bit tricky, as those subjects were only systematically taught in the second or third year or as elective courses.
Hearing Hermione's words, Harry nodded. He actually thought the same thing, so he directly said to Zhang Dong:
"Zhang Dong, do you know Nicolas Flamel?"
"Huh?" Zhang Dong looked at them in bewilderment.
Seeing Zhang Dong's expression, Ron immediately became disappointed.
"See, I told you, Zhang Dong wouldn't know about such a secret... Sigh... Zhang Dong, stop digging through my clothes!"
Ron hadn't finished his sentence when he saw Zhang Dong starting to rummage through his clothes. This scared Ron, but a few seconds later, he realized he was overthinking it.
Zhang Dong was pulling out the collection of wizard cards he kept, the little trinkets that came with the chocolate frog snacks. It was the same as the 108 Water Margin cards that came in instant noodles in Zhang Dong's previous life.
Zhang Dong flipped through the cards and then tossed the seven Dumbledore wizard cards face down in front of the three of them.
The three of them were curious and each picked up a card. Hermione read aloud:
"Albus Dumbledore, current Headmaster of Hogwarts, most notable achievements: 1945, defeated the powerful Dark Wizard Grindelwald, discovered the twelve uses of dragon blood, made significant contributions to alchemy with Nicolas Flamel."
The three of them widened their eyes. For a long time, Hermione finally asked Ron loudly:
"Ron! You've collected so many wizard cards! You've never looked at the back descriptions?"
"Who collects cards to look at the back?" Ron was also wronged. Collecting cards was all about putting them in order, why look at the back? There were no numbers on them anyway.
Seeing them like this, Zhang Dong helplessly pulled out his phone.
Some things were inconvenient to say, so he would just use video to give them a crash course.
But Nicolas Flamel...
"This alchemist, his true appearance seemed to be in the 'Fantastic Beasts' series. I think it's my first time playing this series. Whatever, it's all in the Harry Potter universe, it's all the same."
Thinking about it, Zhang Dong silently clicked on a video titled '[Old Man, I Haven't Fought Anyone in Two Hundred Years, My First Move is the End of All Spells]'.
To be honest, the title was really long, but it was also really cool.
Therefore, the moment Zhang Dong clicked on the video, a light screen appeared in the Great Hall.
"Another light screen appeared! I knew it! Not going home for Christmas definitely has good things to watch!"
"Coincidentally, I thought the same thing!"
"Who's next? It's my turn, right? I haven't appeared once yet!"
"Don't be impatient. There are only 300 people in Hogwarts. It'll be our turn sooner or later."
Listening to their conversation, Zhang Dong was speechless. Who gave them the confidence to be on screen? Besides, who said the videos were all about Hogwarts? You see, this time, it's Nicolas Flamel.
But Zhang Dong didn't speak up to tease them. He just quietly looked at the light screen, putting on an expectant expression.
At this moment, the title of the video appeared on the light screen:
[Old Man, I Haven't Fought Anyone in Two Hundred Years, My First Move is the End of All Spells]
Seeing this title, the young witches and wizards below were all confused.
Haven't fought in two hundred years? Does that mean he's been alive for two hundred years? Who is this guy? How can he live so long? Dumbledore was only over a hundred years old.
Dumbledore on the platform took a deep breath. He already guessed who the protagonist of this video was.
His old friend, Nicolas Flamel.
[The video starts with Ron holding something and reading:
"Dumbledore's most notable achievement: 1945, defeated the Dark Wizard Grindelwald."
Hearing this name, Dumbledore took a deep breath. Although many years had passed, he still felt a pang in his heart every time he heard it.
He knew what Ron was looking at, the wizard card. It was something he cared about the most. For him, even death wouldn't make him flinch, but the only thing he feared was being erased from the wizard card.
After all, it was the only place where his name could appear together with his.
"Grindelwald, are you doing well in Nurmengard?"