Mastering Lightning from Hogwarts

The news of Voldemort's public execution by the Ministry of Magic, coupled with his suicide in court during the trial, spread like wildfire immediately after the proceedings concluded.

Particularly media outlets like the Daily Prophet released emergency news flashes almost instantly, with on-site magical photographs and sensational headlines dominating the front pages of the British wizarding world.

Wizards leading ordinary lives were left in a daze after rapidly receiving the conflicting information of 'Voldemort's reappearance' and 'Voldemort's suicide.'

What exactly was going on? Voldemort was not only alive but also publicly tried? And even took his own life at the trial, unable to bear the humiliation?

Many people's initial reaction to this news was to assume it was some kind of prank, while others thought they were under a spell and hallucinating.

However, so many people had attended the public trial that, after hearing the full story from these bystanders, people couldn't help but marvel at the strange and ever-changing world.

Soon, pubs, cafes, ice cream parlors, and other social venues throughout the British wizarding world were packed with people eager to learn more details about the event.

Wizards who had participated in the entire public trial flocked to these places to pontificate, exaggerating and embellishing this 'great victory that belonged to them'!

They had verbally broken Voldemort to the point where he had no choice but to end his own life.

In no time, rumors spread throughout the wizarding community, with many facts being exaggerated in the process.

Some said Voldemort had gone on a rampage and escaped the scene, only to be recaptured by Anduin and a group of Aurors.

Others claimed to have inside information about the entire process of Voldemort's arrest, saying the battle was earth-shattering and many Aurors were seriously injured as a result.

But when asked why these Aurors weren't seen in the hospital, they would claim that the Ministry of Magic had secretly admitted them to the magical hospital to prevent retaliation, and so on.

Anyway, the story became more and more fantastical, until finally some people believed that the reason they were unaware of the event was because the Ministry of Magic and Anduin had used some special magic to isolate them from the normal world, while the heroes were fighting Voldemort in another magical dimension.

However, despite the increasingly absurd rumors, they were still clear on one point: Voldemort was now truly dead, and the credit belonged to the British Ministry of Magic and Anduin Wilson!

The benefits promised by Fudge also greatly increased everyone's goodwill towards the Ministry of Magic and Anduin. At the same time, people were curious about the grand opening and celebration banquet to be held by Silver Gleam Commerce tomorrow.

Therefore, many people couldn't resist rushing to Silver Gleam Commerce in Diagon Alley to get a sneak peek after seeing the news.

To their disappointment, Silver Gleam Commerce headquarters was already closed for emergency renovations in preparation for tomorrow's opening ceremony.

However, this made them even more interested in Silver Gleam Commerce's opening ceremony tomorrow, and many had already decided to join in the fun.

Meanwhile, Anduin, who had finished the public trial, was not idle. Although the trial had resulted in the loss of Voldemort as a valuable research subject, which made him somewhat unhappy,

the publicity effect of the trial was surprisingly good, even exceeding his expectations. This also meant that the number of people attending the opening ceremony tomorrow would probably be unprecedented.

Therefore, to ensure that Silver Gleam Commerce could accommodate so many viewers, he had to work overtime overnight to give the headquarters a temporary makeover.

At the very least, the place had to be able to hold so many people, otherwise, it would be troublesome if Diagon Alley became severely congested.

To achieve this, Anduin and the store's employees alone certainly couldn't do it. Therefore, after the public trial, he directly brought Dumbledore and several heads of houses to Silver Gleam Commerce to act as laborers.

In addition, there were the 40 Aurors who had virtually confronted Voldemort, according to Fudge, and 20 employees from the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes.

In fact, Anduin had already made preparations for this opening ceremony. The shelves and goods in the main hall of Silver Gleam Commerce headquarters had long been removed, and the hall had been temporarily enchanted to expand its area, so accommodating a thousand or eight hundred people was no problem.

But who knew that the development of things would exceed everyone's expectations? Voldemort would actually commit suicide out of humiliation. There would definitely be a lot of people coming to find out tomorrow, so the indoor space would probably have to be doubled, or even several times larger, to cope.

"Everyone, pay attention!"

Hogg, wearing a hard hat and looking like a foreman, held a clipboard and pointed at a group of Hogwarts professors and Ministry of Magic employees.

"Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick, your responsibility is in the main hall, to lead the Aurors in casting the 'Undetectable Extension Charm'. Multiple people casting spells together must ensure that the magical frequencies are coordinated and unified. This important task is entrusted to you!"

"As for Professor Sprout, tomorrow's celebration banquet will require a large number of flowers and green plants for decoration. You are a herbology expert, so we need to trouble you to cultivate a batch of plants. Of course, we won't let you work so hard alone. I've assigned you 5 employees from the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes to help."

"Professor Snape, you need to help concoct a batch of fragrance potions for the celebration banquet, as well as some regular potions such as sedatives and tonics, in case of emergencies. I've reserved 15 employees from the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes to help you. Their potion-making skills are trustworthy."

"Finally, Headmaster Dumbledore, a large amount of food and drinks needs to be prepared for the celebration banquet. Purchasing ingredients locally is not enough, so Xiatia has already gone abroad through the Door to urgently purchase them."

"However, to turn them into finished dishes, I'm afraid we'll have to ask you to coordinate with the house-elves in the Hogwarts kitchen to help. I've already prepared some food ingredients, and Kiki will also go back to Hogwarts with you to guide the house-elves in cooking!"

After stuffing a huge space bag into the bewildered Dumbledore's hands, Hogg raised his dog paw to wipe the non-existent sweat from his forehead, and then breathed a sigh of relief, "Phew, the master really knows how to find trouble for me. It's really not a small project to get so much done in one day."

Then Hogg tilted his head and roared loudly at the side, "Ibu! You idiot, I told you not to bring up the sample machine so quickly. Why did you have to move the cargo box into the hall? What? The warehouse is full? Then transport it to the ranch first. A large-scale spell is about to be cast here. What if these goods are interfered with?"

After Hogg ran away grumbling, Snape looked at Dumbledore speechlessly.

"Why do we have to run over here to work for Anduin? And have to listen to the orders of a dog? We are Hogwarts professors, not employees of his Silver Gleam Commerce!"

Snape rolled his eyes unhappily. He finally understood why the young wizards listed Hogg as the second greatest nuisance after Peeves. This guy really doesn't treat himself as an outsider. He doesn't have any psychological burden when ordering people around.

"I'm sorry, Severus, I've never encountered this situation before either."

Dumbledore looked at the large bag of ingredients in his hand, smiled wryly, feeling quite absurd, and then raised his eyebrows like an old urchin, "But don't you think this is very interesting? Although Hogg is a dog, he gets things done much more efficiently than ordinary people. It's just that the house-elves in Hogwarts will probably have to work hard today."

"You're still in the mood to laugh?" Snape flung his sleeves angrily, but then took the potion list and led the team of Ministry of Magic employees into the Door leading to Hogwarts.

"Hehe, Severus, you really are the embodiment of what is called saying one thing and meaning another." Dumbledore shook his head with a smile, and then followed closely behind with the package. He also had to guest star as a cooking old man for Anduin today.

Under Hogg's command, the celebration banquet and opening ceremony were being prepared in an orderly manner.

On the other side, the major events in the wizarding world quickly spread back to Hogwarts and caused a great uproar in the school.

Hogwarts happened to be on a break these two days. Neville and Ron were chatting in the common room, while Harry was still fiddling with his strange special blind box.

"Harry! Did you see the emergency news that suddenly appeared in the newspaper before?" Hermione came to the group excitedly with a copy of the Daily Prophet.

"I saw it a long time ago." Ron glanced at another newspaper lying on the sofa next to him, "We already knew that Voldemort was caught, right? You don't need to be so excited!"

After experiencing the Despair Town incident, the quartet was gagged, but they talked a lot about their previous experiences in private, so they were not as excited about Voldemort's matter as before.

"But the content described in the newspaper is completely different from what we experienced!" Hermione spread out the newspaper and pointed to a piece of content, "It says that the professor and the Aurors captured Voldemort together, but we all know that the professor defeated the Dark Lord alone, and there is not a word about us."

"I think the professor should have his concerns." Ron shrugged helplessly, "Compared to this, isn't Voldemort's suicide on the spot more eye-catching? I didn't expect the Dark Lord, who was wise all his life, to end his life in humiliation amidst a chorus of accusations."

"That's what he deserves!" Harry turned his head and complained, "It's really a bargain for that guy to die like this. I think it's best to imprison him in the Dementor Orb for hundreds of years to let him know the pain of losing freedom."

"He probably also knew that he wouldn't have a good end in Professor Wilson's hands." Neville pointed to another place in the newspaper, "It says that 5 Death Eaters tried to rescue Voldemort during the public trial, but they were still captured by the Ministry of Magic on the spot. It is estimated that this also made Voldemort know that he had lost all hope."

"But I'm still a little strange about their distortion of the facts. The people from the Ministry of Magic didn't do anything, but now they have become heroes. Do you think the people from the Ministry of Magic forced the professor to say this?" The serious Hermione still couldn't let go of this point.

"I think it's better for us not to speculate blindly." Harry shook his head and said, "If you have any objections to this matter, then ask the professor when he comes back. Have you forgotten that we were trapped in Despair Town because we thought too much at the beginning?"

After the Despair Town incident, the thoughts of several people have matured a lot, especially Harry, who has now learned to speak with facts.

Before, it was because they misunderstood that Snape wanted to steal the Philosopher's Stone that they suffered so much. After everyone learned the truth, they realized that they were the clowns, and the whole thing was misinterpreted by them.

Now that he found that Hermione wanted to start her brain hole again, Harry naturally would not agree casually.

"Okay..." Hermione also knew that her imagination seemed to be too rich, and there might be something else hidden in this matter.

After shaking her head vigorously and throwing away those fantasies in her mind, Hermione suddenly looked at Harry curiously and said, "Did you unlock the second layer of the blind box?"

"Yeah!" Harry raised the newly obtained blind box and nodded, "In Despair Town, I felt that my magic control had been greatly improved, so I tried to use the rune plate to control a magic rune. After succeeding, the blind box was successfully unlocked."

"Then what did you get from it? Is there another layer behind?" Hermione leaned over with interest.

Harry took out a very old-looking pendant after hearing the words, "The second layer of the blind box is this pendant and another blind box."

"I didn't see anything special about this pendant, but there is also a sentence written on it. I guess it should be a hint to open the next layer of the blind box."

"Oh? What words?"

"Sometimes, enough powerful power is the fundamental thing that determines everything!" Harry flipped through the pendant engraved with a stag and read.

"Power? So the last layer is related to power? Then have you tried to smash it open with brute force directly?" Hermione muttered to herself and suggested.

"I think it shouldn't be that simple, right?" Harry glanced at Hermione suspiciously, "The puzzles of the previous two layers were very skillful."

"You still think I think too much. I think you think a lot too. Didn't it say on it that enough power can determine everything? I think this last layer, even if it's not with brute force, is also to let you blast it open with a spell." Hermione rolled her eyes at Harry and mumbled.

"Ah? Is the final puzzle really so simple and rude?" Harry looked at the blind box with some hesitation.

Just as a few people were chatting here, Percy suddenly walked in from outside the lounge, and then came to them with a smile.

"There is one thing Professor Wilson asked me to inform you. Our tactical club has been allowed to leave the school tomorrow to participate in the opening ceremony and celebration banquet held by Silver Gleam Commerce. You four remember to prepare."

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