Dumbledore was indeed a bit nervous right now. This was extremely rare for him.
After all, although he wasn't as all-powerful as outsiders imagined, he truly was "the greatest wizard of this century."
To him, there were already very few things left in this world that could make him feel such an emotion as nervousness.
And what he was witnessing right now, was one of them.
The conversation between Mike and Arkam seemed to Mike himself like nothing more than daily small talk, nothing strange at all.
But in the eyes of outsiders, it looked exactly like two demons whispering from hell, discussing how to destroy the world.
A scene like this would instinctively stir feelings of rational disgust and anxiety in any human who witnessed it.
That's also exactly why Parselmouths were generally assumed by people to be evil Dark wizards.
And yet, Link at this moment was still unaware. He continued to gaze at Dumbledore, and after a while, finally asked in a questioning tone, "Arkam is afraid of you. What did you do to him?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Dumbledore finally let out a breath of relief.
He smiled and shook his head before explaining, "Maybe because I placed a seal on him."
"A seal."
"That's right, on his eyes. Considering that he will continue to stay by your side from now on, I placed a seal on his eyes. Now he no longer has the ability of instant death gaze,"
Dumbledore continued, "Of course, this seal can be lifted. But for the safety of other students at Hogwarts, please forgive me, I can't tell you how for now."
Hearing this, Link pulled out Arkam's head and a flash of blue light appeared in his eyes.
Sure enough, in Link's perception, Arkam's eyes were currently covered in layers of densely packed magical auras.
These lights overlapped and intertwined, even Link's Level 3 Hyper-Sense Charm couldn't clearly observe the fine details.
Though honestly, even though this seal was complex, if Link's magical control and Hyper-Sense Charm continued to level up, then perhaps, it wouldn't be impossible to break it.
He released his grip and allowed Arkam to crawl back into the blanket again. Only then did he turn to look at Dumbledore.
And at this point, the look in his eyes no longer held the exploration and hostility from before.
Yes, Link had already given up on further questioning Dumbledore about the matter between Mike and Voldemort.
After all, Dumbledore clearly had no intention of revealing more information in that regard, and no matter how much Link pressed, it would be useless.
The most important reason, however, was because of Arkam.
You had to know, at the critical moment back then, the reason Link insisted on shrinking Arkam was because he feared that Arkam's massive body would be noticed by the Aurors and professors who might come rushing in due to the anomaly in the Forbidden Forest, and then they'd kill him.
In Link's view, they were absolutely capable of doing such a thing.
And now that Arkam had been handed back to him by Dumbledore, it proved that Arkam had been protected by Dumbledore at that time.
Not only that, but Dumbledore had even agreed to let Link continue bringing Arkam to study at Hogwarts, even though he placed shackles on Arkam and sealed its most powerful ability.
Such a great favor was already enough for Link to let go of many things.
Sighing, Link finally said in a low voice, "Thank you, Professor Dumbledore."
"You're welcome. This is something I should do as Headmaster," Dumbledore replied with a smile, then clapped his hands as if he'd just remembered something, "I almost forgot, Miss Victoria and your little bat are still resting in the room next door. Do you want me to go notify them that you're awake?"
At this, Link's expression immediately changed. Because he too had forgotten about that.
It was strange, clearly, Emily was his official partner, and Yoyo was also one of his most important companions, and during the earlier battle they had undoubtedly played major roles.
But why had the moment Arkam appeared, he forgot about them?
Feeling a little awkward, he scratched his head, but still replied softly, "Then I'll trouble you to notify them."
"No problem. However, regarding last night's Forbidden Forest incident, Mr. Scrimgeour and I still need to ask you about some details. So if possible, please come to my office tonight. The password is Honey-Fried Chicken."
"Ah, alright."
"Then I'll take my leave."
Saying this, Dumbledore exited the ward. As the door closed behind him once again, Link summoned the system interface.
At this moment, in the topmost notification bar, two dark-gold colored messages were flashing.
[Horcrux Diary Destruction Achieved! Golden Skill Point ×1 Acquired!]
[Noble Flame Achieved! Skill Point (Refilling Charm) Acquired!]
These were the full rewards granted by the system for this battle.
Among them, the golden skill point was without a doubt the most precious prize.
Because theoretically speaking, once any spell reaches Level 5, it is already at the ultimate level a wizard can achieve, this is also why Link was currently unable to gain more experience for Sectumsempra.
Golden skill points, however, could break this cap, allowing Level 5 spells to continue upgrading.
As for the skill point for Refilling Charm, that one was a bit odd.
The meaning of the parentheses was that it could only be used to upgrade Refilling Charm.
From its effect, it was far weaker than those skill points that had no usage restrictions.
But the moment Link read the description of that point, he took a deep breath, and at the same time revealed a melancholic expression.
Because compared to the golden skill point, whose description had tons of technical explanations about breaking level caps, this restricted skill point had only one single line in its description, [As a partner of justice! One must step forward at moments of crisis!]
There was no doubt, this skill point was the final gift from the original soul, the young Link.
As for why the point he gifted had this kind of restriction, Link guessed it was probably because, among all spells, he liked Refilling Charm the most.
After all, as a child, he would naturally prefer something fun and meaningful.
This reasoning might be a bit of a stretch, but, it was still barely acceptable.
Gazing at that somewhat chuunibyou-like dark-golden phrase, Link let out a deep sigh.
The Arkam who had previously been hiding under the blanket now also seemed to have sensed Link's sorrow, and slowly crawled up his arm.
Link patted his head, and finally managed to squeeze out a faint smile.
After receiving all of the original Link's memories, Link had deeply experienced the kindness and nobility of his character.
That original boy, was indeed a true partner of justice, a genuine hero. Someone like that, deserved any reward.
Thinking this, Link's expression gradually became firm, and he muttered under his breath, "Don't worry. What you wanted to do, I will carry it out in your place!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the dark-gold words on the system panel flickered slightly, as if responding to Link.
And right at that moment, the ward's door was once again pushed open, and the next thing that appeared before Link's eyes, was that familiar and beautiful figure.
"Link!"
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