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Father and daughter talked a little longer, still somewhat awkward with each other.

"Helena, you really don't want me to acknowledge our relationship publicly yet?"

"Father, wait until you look a little older than me. I'm going to find Mother first."

Helena lightly straightened her body and slowly rose, pulling herself out of the ground. Then she spun three times in place, her posture as stiff as a puppet being manipulated. Maintaining that proud, aloof attitude for so long had left her unused to showing much expression, and she used this somewhat clumsy method to express her joy.

Allen smiled gently and waved at Helena in understanding, watching his daughter pass through the ceiling and leave the basement to find her mother, Luna. He looked around, judged the general direction of the Great Hall, and walked down a corridor. Since he was already in the basement, Allen wanted to head toward the Hogwarts kitchen beside the Hufflepuff common room and pick up the things Bonnie had hidden for him along the way.

A letter with glittering golden Phoenix wings suddenly floated in front of him, making Allen stop.

Just as obvious as books, in the entire British wizarding world, aside from after his own transformation, there was only one person who could send letters with Phoenix wings: the Headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore.

Allen reached out and opened the letter. Dumbledore, who had already learned that Allen had returned to school, invited him to the Headmaster's Office before lunch, and at the end he had written "caramel popcorn," telling Allen the password for the entrance.

A quill appeared in Allen's hand, and he quickly wrote a reply on the parchment. He also had some things he wanted to discuss with Dumbledore, hoping to change his views.

After writing his reply,