Hogwarts on the Tip of the Tongue

The Hogwarts "College City" Institute is set up outside the school.

Due to some special reasons, this area does not yet have a definite name.

After the course on this Friday afternoon, Guidro Lockhart and Quirinas Quirrell met at the gate of the castle as usual, carrying their handbags through the double-winged boar statue outside the Hogwarts gate, facing Walked to the largest research building in that area.

Dozens of top scholars of the former Soviet Union gathered there, piles of thick manuscript paper piled on the desks, and even blackboards in the corridors.

Arkhipovna, the "mad woman" from the Landau Institute, walked around the table, frowning and keeping track of the calculations and recordings of the calculations of various scholars. In the magical realm full of strange magnetic fields, they all The time a person can use a computer is extremely limited.

The computers in the institute cannot be turned on most of the time-they must be made by a wizard to make a "magic-Faraday circle" before they can be used normally.

"Lockhart? Oh, thank goodness, you are finally here!"

Arkhipovna raised her head and looked at the two wizards who had just opened the door and entered the institute with a bright smile.

There is a constantly changing "activated" magnetic field in the Hogwarts area. All non-magical electronic devices have a short lifespan when exposed to the magnetic field. However, wizards can use magic to form a completely enclosed space, creating a dual physical and magical isolation space. Tricked the Hogwarts magnetic field.

After several months of research, the hypothesis that Hogwarts Castle may possess elementary intelligence has become a mainstream hypothesis.

According to the statements of scholars in the former Soviet Union today, this one-thousand-year-old castle may have some mechanism, which will autonomously send out a search wavelength to all objects within the range of Hogwarts, and obtain a certain temporary from it. Unknown magic echo.

If the opponent stays silent, Hogwarts Castle will increase the signal, which is also the cause of most of the electronic equipment burned down.

Because of this, the institute must be very cautious when using electronic instruments to minimize the time the instruments are exposed to the outside world.

"Oh, to be honest, I might not be so popular today—"

Lockhart said while waving his magic wand to lift the protection of the "equipment room" and beckoning the scholars to hurry in and enter.

"Next week will be the Christmas holiday. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry will be closed. Professor Dumbledore asked me to inform everyone that during the holidays..."

"Oh, it doesn't matter, you can go on vacation with peace of mind, we can calculate it on the manuscript first."

Arkhipovna waved her hand nonchalantly, and walked quickly into the magic quarantine area.

As the last person walked into the room, the metal wall closed again, and all the instruments in the room lighted up at the same time.

Dozens of former Soviet scholars, like Internet addiction teenagers who had been holding back for several months, came to their posts quickly and began to input formulas calculated on their manuscript paper, waiting for the central computer to give the final answer. This is also the most exciting thing every day. When scholars look forward to it.

"The project is progressing very smoothly, and we roughly figured out how the Hogwarts magnetic field changes."

Arkhipovna picked up a record board and happily shook it at Quirrell and Lockhart.

"As for magic, we also have a very interesting hypothesis. If everything goes well, maybe working overtime can assemble the first one—"

"Congratulations, but interrupt for a moment..."

After considering the sentence, Guidro Lockhart said softly.

"Professor Dumbledore asked me to inform you that today may be the last time this year, please complete the necessary data calculation and storage this weekend, and then we will temporarily empty all the materials and equipment in this area-during the Christmas period , All the research topics of the Institute will be suspended for a while. Hogwarts will be cleared soon. You can all go home and rest and spend Christmas with peace of mind..."

Accompanied by Guidro Lockhart's voice, the room suddenly fell into a dead silence.

The former Soviet researchers who were fiddling with the equipment stopped one by one and raised their heads to look at the two wizards standing by the door.

"The subject is suspended? Clear the venue? Wait, wait a minute—"

Arkhipovna was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Guidro Lockhart.

She took a few deep breaths, and the record board in her hand shook helplessly in mid-air.

They are no strangers to requests like this. A few months, or even a year or two ago, everyone present had heard almost exactly the same requests. Among them, the most desperate thing was the last Christmas. The deadline of the permanent suspension of the subject notice.

Of course, this time is not much better.

"Going home and rest means... Will that ordinance be enforced?"

Arkhipovna's expression changed several times, and her voice trembled slightly.

According to Hogwarts, or the original agreement of the wizards, every non-magic scholar who leaves the research area will be amnesticized once.

This means that in addition to the paper data, all the inspirations, ideas, and thought processes that have not been written down will all return to the original point while "vacation", and they may even completely forget that they have been in the magical world and record Have studied these contents.

"Well, this is for your safety."

Quirinas Quirrell took a notice from his arms and placed it on the table.

"During Christmas, Hogwarts will launch a large-scale cleaning operation. Judging from the results of the current calculations, this activity may erupt fierce magical battles, and the range of battles may spread to the Institute-if that happens, be there. The mortality rate for you can be almost 100%. So, you'd better hurry up and leave a backup, celebrate Christmas with peace of mind, and wait for the restart after the festival..."

Reboot? Backup? Celebrate Christmas?

Arkhipovna smiled reluctantly, clearing the memory at the last minute, which is like erasing all the results directly.

Before breakthrough results, wrong content is more important than correct data. Magic may magically protect their brains from damage, but it is very likely that the key attempts during this period of time will be missed. The risks involved. It's too big.

The more crucial point is that, unlike the previous Landau Institute, there is still hope in their hearts.

Once the research on the subject at Hogwarts was stopped, they couldn't even form a plan to start again in their minds.

"We, we are almost succeeding, really, just give us a little more time—"

Arkhipovna bit her lip and handed the record board to Lockhart in front of the two of Lockhart roughly, with a dry voice.

"Whether it is magic conversion or ternary computer, we are all about to find the right direction. We must not stop at this time and give us a little more time. Even if we die in the research institute, it is better than losing data. There are many times for inspiration, and it may take a lifetime..."

"We... don't have a home to go back, and there is no reason to celebrate Christmas. This is the only place where we can continue to study."

"Don't dissolve the institute, we don't need any holidays... let's... finish this project..."

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"You broke the rules, Mr. Lockhart."

Quillinas said quietly, they were already on their way back to the castle.

"The Hogwarts clearance order is signed by all of the'Grand Arcana'. Your task is to convey and execute the order. All the topics on the institute side should go to the finishing touches instead of continuing to study... This will make the final evacuation. And the clearing loses its buffer."

"On this point, I will submit an explanation later—"

Guidro Lockhart turned around and glanced at the research area that was still lit not far away.

"It's easy to release the Forgotten Curse, but learning is very difficult, and more difficult than learning is to find what should be learned. I can never be a hero who changes the world, but I understand at least one thing. You shouldn't stop others at this time. To change the world..."

As the most accomplished person in the field of memory magic in the magic world today, he doesn't want to be the one who makes up the number of "Great Arcana" by himself.

Accompanied by his tenure in Destiny and working with several other "Grand Arcana", Lockhart gradually found his direction.

Before officially starting the evacuation next Monday, he had to find a way to persuade the "Miss Fool".

Only in this way can we re-initiate a "Grand Arcana" meeting and revise some of the research decisions. Even if "Miss Fool" has never overturned his decision before, Lockhart still intends to give it a try. .

after all…

Lockhart thoughtfully stroked the cold badge in his chest pocket.

"We control, we record, we... protect."

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