Dumbledore's Headmaster's Office was in a separate tower.
The two of them had walked through long corridors to get there.
Luan had been extremely uneasy on the way, not knowing what exactly Dumbledore had discovered.
But he had to protect his secret, no matter what the other man asked.
After struggling with his thoughts for a while, Luan unconsciously walked into a spacious, beautiful circular room.
The room was filled with all sorts of comical little noises. Many small silver instruments sat on the tables, constantly spinning and puffing out streams of white smoke.
Many portraits hung on the walls. From the descriptions beneath them, Luan learned that they were all former headmasters.
Everything here was novel, even the desk legs were shaped like claws.
However, Luan still spotted something familiar: the tattered hat from the Sorting Ceremony.
He still remembered what the hat had told him back then. Sometimes, choices were greater than everything else.
Opposite the Sorting Hat was the headmaster's pet phoenix.
Ron had praised this Great Wizard's pet more than once in the dormitory.
He had said that this divine bird had deep ties to Dumbledore's family and seemed to have protected them for a very long time.
Luan did not know what a phoenix represented. He simply could not take his eyes off it when he saw it.
The bird's feathers were far too beautiful, especially the few tail feathers that shimmered with strange colors.
Fawkes noticed Luan as well. It had merely been sleeping quietly on its perch, but after hearing the footsteps, it pulled its head out from beneath its wings.
When it saw Luan, something unusual flashed through Fawkes's small eyes.
When the person and the animal met each other's gaze, the phoenix instinctively took two steps back behind its perch.
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