The Bard at Hogwarts

Life is always full of surprises and surprises.

After learning where their son lived, Lucius and his wife were not angry because he ran away from home, but instead sent a house elf to stay there.

After confirming that the elf was not Dobby, Ino let it go. With someone helping with three meals a day, he was happy to be free.

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Study on the second floor.

On the large desk, there was a sword about three feet long, the Blade of Morgul.

As the sword of the Witch King of Angmar, this weapon was not inferior to the sword of smiting the enemy to some extent.

With the illumination of the oil lamp, the dense inscriptions on the blade were clearly visible.

This was a method different from magic alchemy. The countless inscriptions on the blade looked more like an enchantment of a motto.

This discovery made Ino sincerely interested. This new alchemy system often hides a lot of interesting knowledge.

But what made him helpless was that in the face of the treasure house of knowledge, he lacked the key to open it. These inscriptions were not ancient runes, but more like the unique characters of Middle-earth, characters that carried power.

Anyone who has played jigsaw puzzles knows that it is as difficult as climbing to the sky to piece together a large jigsaw puzzle without a reference diagram.

The same was true for Ino. After two consecutive days of cluelessness, he temporarily put aside the deciphering of the power system of Middle-earth and continued to develop the video mirror in depth.

Now, strength is almost enough for him.

Ten years of travel in Middle-earth, passive growth of magic, spiritual experience, and proficient application of magic.

Although he has never seen Voldemort, to be honest, Ino does not think he is much worse than him.

This is not a blind self-confidence, but a natural feeling, just like a kind of background that has been precipitated after experiencing thousands of worldly affairs.

Moreover, both Fide and Boggart are his confidence.

Especially Boggart, he also took time to experiment in the valley these two days.

After absorbing the cursed black stone fragments in Mount Erech, the Boggart has undergone another qualitative change. Perhaps, it can no longer be called a Boggart, nightmare may be more appropriate.

Unlike the misty black smoke in the past, when he mobilizes the Boggart now, the black curtain covers more than one hundred acres of the valley like a tide.

One hundred acres may not seem very large, but it is nearly the size of sixty standard football fields.

And this is just the area covered by the curtain. If it is diluted into the previous fear black smoke, how much area can it cover...

Ino has not tried it, and dare not try it.

Because now it is no longer a simple fear. As mentioned before, after absorbing the black stone, it has become different.

Born in the Second Age, the Supreme King of Gondor and Arnor, the Human Emperor who wielded the sword Narsil to cut off Sauron's finger-Isildur personally cursed beside the black stone.

This made the Boggart absorb the black stone fragments, and many undead in Mount Erech were also integrated into the curtain.

Different from the atmosphere groups led by Aragorn in the original story. The black undead in the veil can really attack to a certain extent, but the premise is that the enemy must be in the veil.

In order to test the attacks of these undead, Ino also deliberately experimented in the valley.

A ten-foot diameter boulder, whether it is shot by a bow and arrow, or stabbed by a spear, or chopped by a sword, can leave an inch mark on the hard boulder.

Don't underestimate this one inch, this is already the shooting effect of a Muggle large-caliber rifle.

Ten years in Middle-earth, all kinds of things add up.

Ino is now really confident. If there is really such a closed environment, he doesn't need to show up, as long as he lets go of the veil, he can kill Voldemort alive.

But life doesn't have so many ifs, powerful wizards often have strong mobility.

...

The study on the second floor.

In front of the desk, after a brief recollection, Ino began to copy the inscription again.

In a serious state, time passed without him noticing, until...

The flame of the bronze oil lamp suddenly flickered.

Faced with this sudden situation, he raised his head at the first time, but soon relaxed again.

Fox was standing by the desk at this moment, tilting his head and looking at the flame in the oil lamp with curiosity.

Similarly, the flickering of the flame just now seemed to be a response to a greeting between friends.

"Long time no see, Fox!" Ino greeted softly.

In response, Fox nodded in a humane way, and there was also a letter tied to his foot. As for the sender, there is no need to say more. The only person in the entire magic world who can use the phoenix to send letters so luxuriously is the old headmaster.

A few minutes later.

Ino opened the drawer, took out a brand new parchment and began to reply.

The content of this letter is very simple, just to agree on a time and meet a person.

This was before the summer vacation, after he moved the video mirror into the headmaster's office, Dumbledore had mentioned this matter verbally, introducing the legendary alchemist Nicolas Flamel.

To be honest, he was very interested in Nico, not because of the legendary Philosopher's Stone, but because of his nearly 700 years of experience.

People often say that people who travel outside have many stories. In fact, old people with a long life also have many interesting stories.

From the Middle Ages to the present. Communicating with Nico is better than reading any history book, because history books are often beautified and modified.

Thinking about it, Ino quickly wrote a reply and tied it to Fox's legs.

Unlike Fide's coldness, Fox's feathers were warm and soft, and also had a friendly temperament, which made him want to hug him.

But he was still rational and did not make such an absurd move.

As Fox left, the oil lamp on the table flickered a few times.

Feeling the intermittent emotions in his mind, Ino smiled happily.

He will soon have a normal phoenix.

Now, it is the end of June.

The 442nd Quidditch World Cup held in England will be in August during the summer vacation.

To be honest, if Newt and old Flint had not been operating, Ino would not want to participate.

Because the starting point of this matter itself is to give birth to a phoenix.

And with the help of the emotions of more than 10,000 Rohan people, the flame has condensed life. Now even if you do nothing, you can wait for the birth of the phoenix as long as you wait, although it may take a little longer.

Besides, ten years of life in Middle-earth also changed his mentality a lot.

Compared with the role of a star, he now yearns for the state of teacher Hans. One person and one piano, wandering in the countryside, quietly telling stories from afar.

Experience the joy of life in the ordinary.

Fame or prestige, that is for those who want to be famous but can't get it, and those who are truly capable probably don't pay too much attention to these.

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"Forget it, after it's over, I can have a good rest!"

Ino looked through the window on the second floor, and Hogsmeade in June presented a different kind of beauty.

That is a kind of tranquility in life.