"Well," Dumbledore pondered his words carefully before asking Mrs. Garry, "Has anything strange or unusual ever happened to this child?"
"Strange or unusual –" Upon hearing these words, the old lady's smile vanished instantly, and she sharply criticized in a displeased tone, "Absolutely nothing strange has ever happened to little Ting Ye! He's a truly good child who unfortunately fell upon bad luck. A decent gentleman would never suspect such a good child."
"Yes, yes, I'm not suspecting him. I just want to understand him comprehensively." said Dumbledore, even the great wizard and headmaster struggling to handle the almost enraged old lady at this moment. It took him quite some time to convince her of his goodwill.
"How could this be?" he thought to himself. "'Quill of Acceptance' clearly wrote his name in 'Book of Admittance,' proving he's not a Muggle or Squib, but indeed possesses magical talent. Such talent often causes various accidents before young wizards can truly control their magic. But as the custodian, Mrs. Garry hasn't noticed anything. Is it because his talent is too low, or...?" Thinking of this, he recalled that person again and buried his doubts and thoughts deep in his heart.
"Well," finally concluding the conversation, Dumbledore put forward his request, "As the headmaster of Hogwarts, I'd like to enroll Ting Ye as a student of our school. I've come to deliver his letter of admission and meet him in person."
"Oh, another school's letter of admission. I knew our little Ting Ye would always get recognition," Mrs. Garry responded cheerfully. "But only you, a headmaster, have come personally. However, it's up to him to decide. You know, even Eton College has sent him a letter of admission."
Saying that, Mrs. Garry got up from her chair, "Let me take you to his room. Ting Ye should be reading right now."
With that, she led Dumbledore up the stairs.
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At the Wooster Orphanage, Ye Ting was a legend.
When he was just a few months old, he was found by Mrs. Garry, who was stepping out to fetch the newspaper, right at the orphanage's doorstep.
He was wrapped in a set of adult clothes, and the only thing that could prove his identity was a plastic card with the name "Ye Ting" written on it. Considering his Asian appearance, Ye Ting became his name.
From a very young age, Ye Ting showed his genius. Whether it was learning to speak, walk, or read, he was much faster than his peers. And he was quite sensible, never causing the adults any worry.
Although Ye Ting's skin color stood out in the Wooster Orphanage, with his maturity and wisdom beyond his years, he easily became the leader of the children in the orphanage. The kids, both older and younger than him, all respected and admired him.
Since Ye Ting turned five, the nurses at the Wooster Orphanage felt their workload had decreased significantly – the children gradually became obedient and sensible under Ye Ting's management, and some older children even took the initiative to help with household chores.
Moreover, Ye Ting was also a unique genius at the nearby primary school. In class, there were no difficult problems that could stump him. Both the teachers and the headmaster praised him highly. Even after graduating from primary school, he received a letter of admission from the famous Eton College.
But no one knew that this famous genius was actually a time traveler from another world.
In his previous life, Ye Ting was a university student in Meicheng, coming from a middle-class family, and his university was among the top ten in the country. His major was the very popular computer software field. He couldn't be called a winner in life, but he was definitely above average among his peers.
Besides, Ye Ting was a nerd who had a considerable knowledge of various ACG (Anime, Comic, and Game) contents.
Before his time travel, he happened to catch "Avengers: Endgame" during the May Day holiday. Being single all his life, he was always alone. On his way back to school, a thunderbolt descended from the sky, and unlucky Ye Ting was swallowed by the lightning and disappeared without a trace, becoming an urban legend for a while.
It was this accident that led to his time travel.
In fact, he wasn't killed by the lightning.
At that time, Ye Ting saw a flash of lightning, a bolt of thunder striking right before his eyes, splitting a black rift – air, sand, and even himself, everything was sucked clean by this rift. Only afterward did he understand that this was the legendary spatial rift.
And he fell from this hole into a boundless fantastical space. This chaotic space was filled with eerie and dangerous turbulence. Occasionally, similar rifts would suddenly appear. These rifts often only existed for a moment and then disappeared without a trace, but something would always be ejected from the hole – various creatures and non-living things, ranging from planets to dust – and then be swallowed and disappear into the dangerous turbulence.
In Ye Ting's opinion, this space should be the hyperspace passage connecting various universes outside the universe, and spatial rifts lead to different universes. The rifts appear accidentally and are instantly repaired automatically. Only rarely do substances from the universe get brought into the hyperspace passage, and the turbulence is the legendary spacetime turbulence, where all substances sucked in will perish.
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