days at Hogwarts

Chapter 765 A bright future is coming

The night becomes darker.

The moth is tireless and never stops flapping its wings.

In the corner of the orchard, two figures sat side by side, each breaking off a plump orange flesh. There was a glass of iced pumpkin juice on the table, emitting a cool white mist.

The man seemed a little surprised, but still walked over tremblingly: "Hey! Albus, you are here!"

"Good evening, Elphias," Dumbledore greeted warmly.

Loren turned to look at the old wizard, who had a head of unkempt silver hair and looked like an old dandelion head, with a worm-eaten Turkish hat on his head.

Looks like a senior member of the Order of the Phoenix.

Ephias' voice was high-pitched and breathless: "I should have a drink with you."

"I only have pumpkin juice here, is that okay?"

"It's not actually suitable for old people, but I know you like it, so let's take this."

"Cheers, to a better world."

"For the fall of Voldemort."

The old wizard drank the iced pumpkin juice and sighed with satisfaction.

The old wizard walked away tremblingly, his silver hair and Turkish hat swaying like a dandelion ear swaying in the wind.

Loren thought it was interesting that they clinked glasses.

Perhaps it was the decades of time that had erased the distance between them, or perhaps it was their long lives that made them completely indifferent to the cumbersome etiquette, and they did not get along like a legendary wizard and a member of the Order of the Phoenix, but like two ordinary old people. They met at someone else's wedding banquet, drank a cup of wine, and then said goodbye and walked away.

Just wanted to have a drink with you, that's all.

Dumbledore handed the empty cup to the passing waiter and introduced him to Loren, "This is Ephias Doge. If Aberforth is not counted, I have known him the longest. During the last wizard war, he was still able to wave his wand to fight against several giants, but now he is just a bag of old bones. Judging from his appearance, he probably doesn't have many days left to live."

These old wizards have an inexplicably open-minded view of life and death.

"A few weeks ago, I found a kind of astrological magic in the Ilvermorny Library. It was left by an elderly professor. It is purely for locating the stars. However, it is very energy-consuming and the positioning results are not very stable. It cannot be directly observed and has almost no practical value. However, it has greatly inspired me."

"Will it help you with what you're going to do?"

“It helps a lot.”

"It's good to be of help..."

Dumbledore looked up at the moths in the night sky and said slowly, "There are many things we can learn from Ilvermorny. If you have any comments or suggestions, please tell Minerva and Severus after school starts."

"Professor Snape?"

Loren was a little surprised.

This kind of general institutional measure involves the entire school. In addition, Headmaster Dumbledore specifies the general direction, and Vice-Headmaster McGonagall coordinates the various colleges, develops detailed plans, and connects and persuades the Board of Directors.

The two of them formulated plans and implemented measures in the name of the principal and vice-principal. Although the deans of the colleges would participate in the discussions, they basically did not make decisions. What Dumbledore meant was that Professor Snape was beginning to participate in the decision-making.

Dumbledore saw his confusion and couldn't help but smile: "Severus has already accepted the offer letter from the vice-headmaster. Minerva will soon take over the position of headmaster, but not so soon. I will stay for another year to ensure that the school board and the Ministry of Magic cannot interfere with their decision-making."

"And then there's the Ministry of Magic."

"The trials of the Death Eaters have been completed one after another, and they will be extradited back to serve their sentences. Rufus intends to use this opportunity to liquidate certain pure-blood families. Not only will he be the accomplices who have joined Voldemort, but he will also completely eradicate the termites within the Ministry of Magic. The seats on the Hogwarts Board of Directors will also be affected."

"Minister Ironblood, your attitude is tough."

"It is also to make up for the mistakes he made in the past. After the matter is over, he will voluntarily resign and Ms. Bones will take over."

“A brilliant era is coming.”

Loren said softly, his eyes fixed on the dance floor not far away.

The lights and shadows were all swaying, Lupin and Tonks were huddled together and whispering, Mad-Eye Moody was leaning against the golden pillar, a little drunk. There was a narrow passage behind the tarpaulin, Ginny took Hermione and walked in, they went to find Fleur to talk about some private topics between girls.

"I once had a strange dream." Loren paused, "I dreamed that the final battle was held at Hogwarts. The Death Eaters broke through the defenses of Hogwarts and led werewolves, Dementors, Acromantulas and giants to invade."

"and then?"

"Then all the teachers and students went out of the castle to fight. All the teachers and students played to their strengths. Professor McGonagall activated the stone statues in the castle, Professor Sprout spread the seeds of the Devil's Snare, Hagrid and Grawp rushed through the crowd, and there were also Professor Flitwick, Professor Sinistra, and Madam Pomfrey... Seamus blew up the bridge outside the north building, Neville picked up the sword of Gryffindor, and finally the students of Slytherin College also stood up."

"Is there a place for me in the dream?" Dumbledore suddenly asked.

Loren shook his head: "You are the holder of the Elder Wand, the greatest legendary wizard of this era. Only your death can lower Voldemort's guard, let Harry understand the true meaning of death, and finally resurrect from the dead and completely defeat Voldemort."

Dumbledore asked quietly, "Is anyone else injured?"

"Mr. Grindelwald didn't want Voldemort to desecrate your grave, and he would rather die than reveal the whereabouts of the Elder Wand; Fred died in the melee, and Mad-Eye Moody died to protect Harry; Bill would be scratched by a werewolf, but he would not be infected with lycanthropy, but would only acquire some werewolf habits... and Professor Burbage, Professor Lupin, Tonks, Colin, Dobby..."

Loren spoke softly, his slightly distracted gaze falling on the lighted dance floor.

Among the people he mentioned, several were present at the venue at that moment. Bill was the groom today, and the others were on the dance floor, spinning and swaying to the music with graceful dance moves and bright smiles.

"It's just my dream, don't take it seriously."

The chaotic and complex sounds blended and echoed in the night sky, and were blown away by the evening breeze into vague whimpers and the flapping of moths' wings, which could not be heard clearly.

Dumbledore looked guardedly at the young wizard beside him.

Compared to that scene, this now feels more like a dream.

As he said, good times are coming.

……

August 27, London.

Suburb of Hampstead.

The portrait on the cover of the fantasy book was shining silver, and ancient runic symbols were floating in the air. Under Flamel's guidance, a new method of transmission was being constructed based on Apparition and door keys, combined with the body and soul theory proposed by Loren.

The magic runes gathered and shone brilliantly. Several magic books were spread out, one of which was a manuscript sent by Tycross. The Apparition Testing Center of the Department of Magical Transportation was also developing new teleportation magic. They were developing magic used by wizards, while Loren and Flamel chose the path of alchemy.

The two research directions are different, but the basic theories are the same.

The members of the research team are all senior scholars in the space field. They have been studying the techniques and application areas of Apparition and have both knowledge and experience. Now, inspired by Lorentz's theory, their research progress in recent times has been very encouraging.

Then the Ministry of Magic began to unravel.

Minister Scrimgeour returned to the Ministry of Magic after disappearing for half a month, bringing news of the downfall of Voldemort and the Death Eaters. At the same time, he formed an investigation team and launched a comprehensive investigation of the middle and senior officials of the Ministry of Magic.

Mrs. Edgecombe was the first person to be brought to trial. She was arrested before the investigation team was established, but she was not convicted. When she was brought to trial, she claimed that she was under Voldemort's Imperius Curse, attempting to escape trial in the same way she did more than a decade ago.

Unfortunately, this rhetoric is outdated and the results are not ideal.

Mrs. Aikmo was sentenced to twenty years in prison, and the position of Director of the Transportation Department was taken over by Tekros.

Tycross was promoted to director and more resources were invested in researching a new type of Apparition. So far, this was good news, but as several senior officials were arrested, the entire Ministry of Magic was shrouded in panic.

Those senior officials did not collude with Voldemort. Their crime was selling inside information to help pure-blood families profit.

After the charges were announced, many pure-blood wizards became uneasy; some applied for leave, some resigned, and some even surrendered themselves. Staff turnover was rapid, and the progress of many projects came to a standstill, including the Apparition Research Group.

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Just then Loren wrote to ask about it, so Tekros simply sent the manuscript over.

"The workload of the R&D project is staggering..."

Loren sat in front of the desk, chin propped up, quietly watching Flamel busying around, roughly assessing the overall workload of the project, his eyes a little dazed.

Now they have initially built a basic model for a new type of space transfer.

However, the adaptation and modification of runes is terribly complicated.

No wonder Apparition variants are so rare.

The fire magic learned in the lower grades can be expanded to gentle bellflower flames and violent blazing flames after the initial mastery. Later, you can also point out the Gublai fairy fire and fuse the fierce fire to develop new magic. Other lower-grade classic magic is similar. The principle part is not complicated. The spells are basically onomatopoeias of ancient languages ​​such as Latin. Once you learn it, you can try to upgrade and add points.

But for the complex magic of space shifting, there are only Apparition and Displacement.

Moreover, Apparition is a tricky way of shifting space, and the way to achieve it is to drag the body with the soul. After being modified by Loren, both the body and the soul are shifted at the same time. In addition to the original invisible and intangible soul dimension, there is also a solid and stable material dimension. Breaking through the space requires powerful magic output, and the whole process must maintain very fine magic control.

Loren felt that the next few years would be spent on this.

Fortunately, there is free labor that can work without eating, drinking or sleeping.

Flamel was lucky to have met the right person. No other wizard could have fully discovered his potential.

"Loren."

Flamel enlarged the formation constructed with hundreds of runes and pushed it in front of Loren: "Should we use a regular 17-gon array base or an asymmetric array base?"

Loren looked up at the illusory rune array in front of him. Although he couldn't see all the runes clearly in a short period of time, he still pondered for a moment and made a thoughtful expression: "I think the latter is more suitable."

The more complex and massive the magic rune combination is, the more stable the basic alchemy array is required.

Under normal circumstances, of course, a symmetrical formation is more stable. In terms of traceless expansion of items and food preservation, a stable and reliable alchemy formation is needed to maintain a steady state. However, the process of space travel is a process of breaking stability, and at this time, an asymmetrical formation has more advantages.

"I think so."

Flamel nodded thoughtfully, floated back above the Book of Fantasy, and continued to try to adapt and repair the runes.

"..."

Loren rested his chin on the table, still in a daze.

Flamel inherited Nico's hundreds of years of alchemical knowledge, and Loren has only been exposed to alchemy for six years. No matter how talented he is, he cannot surpass an old guy who is hundreds of years old. Even Flamel hesitated to make a choice, so how could he give an answer with his shallow knowledge of alchemy?

In fact, he answered entirely based on intuition, and only now is he slowly deducing the principle based on the answer.

This is the application of intuition.

Loren thought about the time when he first came into contact with magic, and his thoughts gradually drifted away.

There was a dull sound coming from the speaker downstairs. It was Grandpa Bates and Xiaomai, a retired veteran and a young elf. They watched black-and-white movies and TV shows all day long, about wars and the emancipation of slaves, and then looked through history books for information about related events, such as historical reasons, political influences, and economic needs...

School is about to start, and Xiaomai has to go back to school to work.

Thinking of this, he glanced at the clock and saw that it was already the time he and Hermione had agreed upon.

Loren stood up, waved to Flamel, walked out of the room and walked downstairs quickly, while changing his shoes he shouted: "Grandpa Bates, Xiaomai, I'm going out and won't be back at noon, make your own lunch."

A head popped out from the corridor, and Grandpa Bates tilted his head and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Going to Diagon Alley for shopping. School is about to start."

"With Hermione?"

"Well, we're having lunch at the Leaky Cauldron at noon."

"Oh, then Xiaomai and I will make steak at home."

"It's wheat that makes steak, what does it have to do with you?"

Grandpa Bates opened his eyes wide and was a little angry: "I bought the ingredients!"

"Just say so."

Loren tied his shoelaces and picked up the coat hanging by the door. "School is about to start. Ask Xiaomai when he will return to Hogwarts. He has already missed the cleaning of the castle before school starts."

Grandpa Bates became even more excited when he heard this, and his face turned red: "Can't he just stay in our house forever?"

Loren glanced at him and said slowly, "You can ask Xiaomai's opinion. If he agrees, I will negotiate with the principal. But before that, think about the books Xiaomai reads, the plays and movies you took him to see, so many thought-liberating contents, just to leave Hogwarts and become a servant in our house?"

Bates was stunned.

A few minutes later, Loren had met Hermione, walking out the door hand in hand and waving goodbye to him, leaving Bates standing there, frowning and thinking about the question just now, until a burst of air shattered his thoughts.

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(End of this chapter)