The days of hanging out at Hogwarts

The night is darker.

Moths are tireless and never stop flapping their wings.

In the corner of the orchard, two figures sat down side by side, each breaking off plump orange flesh. There was ice-cold pumpkin juice on the table, and a cold white mist rose.

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

"Good evening, Ephias." Dumbledore greeted warmly.

Loren turned to look at the old wizard, who had disheveled silver-white hair that looked like an old dandelion with a moth-eaten Turkish hat on his head.

He appears to be a senior member of the Order of the Phoenix.

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

"I only have pumpkin juice here, okay?"

"It's actually not suitable for the elderly, but I know you like this, so this is it."

"Cheers to a better world."

"For the downfall of Voldemort."

The old wizard drank the ice-cold pumpkin juice and sighed with contentment.

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

Loren found it interesting that the two of them clinked glasses.

Perhaps it was the long decades that had eliminated the sense of distance between them, or perhaps it was the long life that made them not care about the cumbersome etiquette at all. They did not get along with each other like a legendary wizard and a member of the Phoenix Order, but like two ordinary old people. . We meet at someone else's wedding banquet, have a drink, then say goodbye and walk away.

I just want to have a drink with you, that's all.

Dumbledore handed the empty cup to the passing waiter and introduced to Loren: "This is Ephias Dorje. If you don't count Aberforth, I have known him for the longest time. He was from the last Wizarding War." At that time, he could still wave a magic wand to deal with several giants, but now he only has a handful of old bones left, and he probably doesn’t have much left to live.”

These old wizards have a puzzlingly open-minded view of life and death.

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

"Would it help with what you're trying to do?"

"It helps a lot."

"It would be nice to have help..."

Dumbledore looked up at the moths in the night sky and said unhurriedly: "Ilvermorny has a lot to learn from. If you have any comments or suggestions, you can tell Minerva and Severus after school starts." "

"Professor Snape?"

Loren was a little surprised.

This kind of general institutional measure involves the entire school, except for the general direction specified by Principal Dumbledore. Vice Principal McGonagall coordinates each college, formulates detailed plans, and convinces the school board of directors.

The two of them formulated the plan and implemented measures in the name of the principal and vice-principal. Although the dean of the college would participate in the discussion, he basically did not make decisions. What Dumbledore meant was that Professor Snape began to participate in decision-making.

Dumbledore saw his confusion and couldn't help but smile: "Severus has accepted the offer letter from the deputy principal. Minerva is about to take over as principal, but not so soon. I will stay for another year. Make sure the school board and the Ministry of Magic cannot interfere with their decision-making."

"There are also Ministry of Magic matters."

"The Death Eaters have completed their trials one after another and will be extradited back to China to serve their sentences. Rufus plans to use this opportunity to liquidate certain pure-blood families. Not only will they seek refuge in Voldemort's internal agents, but he will also completely eliminate the worms within the Ministry of Magic. Hogwarts School board seats will also be affected.”

"Iron-blooded Minister, you have a tough attitude."

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

"A glorious era is coming."

Loren said softly, staring at the dance floor not far away.

The lights and figures were moving, Lupine and Tonks hugged each other and whispered softly, and Mad-Eye Moody leaned against the golden pillar, a little drunk. There was a narrow passage behind the tarp, and Ginny pulled Hermione into it. They went to find Fleur to talk about some intimate 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, leading werewolves, dementors, eight Giant-eyed spiders and giants are invading."

"Then what?"

"Then all the teachers and students came out of the castle to fight. All the teachers and students showed their strengths. Professor McGonagall drove the stone statue in the castle, Professor Sprout spread the seeds of the devil's net, and Hagrid and Grawp ran rampant in the crowd. , as well as Professor Flitwick, Professor Sinistra, Madam Pomfrey... Seamus blew up the bridge outside the North Building, Neville picked up the Sword of Gryffindor, and finally the students of Slytherin House also stood come out."

"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 defensiveness, let Harry understand the true meaning of death, and finally be resurrected and completely defeated." Voldemort."

Dumbledore asked softly: "Is anyone else hurt?"

"Mr. Grindelwald didn't want Voldemort to defile 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 Bubbage, Professor Lupin, Tonks, Colin, Dobby..."

Loren said softly, his slightly divergent eyes fell on the dance floor under the lights.

Among the people he mentioned, several were at the venue at the moment. Bill was the groom today, and the others were on the dance floor, swaying and spinning with the music, dancing lightly and smiling brightly.

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

The chaotic and complex voices blended and echoed in the night sky, and were blown away by the evening breeze into ethereal sobs and the fluttering of moth wings, which were not heard clearly.

Dumbledore guarded his eyes and looked at the young wizard beside him.

Compared to that scene, it was more like a dream now.

As he said, good times are coming.

…

August 27, London.

Hampstead, a suburb of the city.

The portrait on the cover of the fantasy book shone with silver light, and the ancient runic symbols floated in the air. Under the guidance of Flamel, based on Apparition and Portkey, combined with the theory of body and soul proposed by Loren, a new way of transmission was constructed.

The magic runes gathered and bloomed brilliantly.

Several magic books were spread out, one of which was a manuscript sent by Tycross. The Apparition Test 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 research directions of the two sides were different, but the basic theories were the same.

The members of the research team were all senior scholars in the field of space. They had been studying the techniques and application fields of Apparition before. They had no shortage of knowledge and experience. Now inspired by Loren's theory, the research progress in recent times was very gratifying.

Then the Ministry of Magic began to turmoil.

Minister Scrimgeour returned to the Ministry of Magic after disappearing for half a month, bringing news of the fall of Voldemort and the Death Eaters. At the same time, an investigation team was formed to launch a comprehensive investigation of the middle and high-level officials of the Ministry of Magic.

Mrs. Edgemore was the first to be sent to the trial. She was arrested before the investigation team was established, but she was not convicted. When she was sent to the trial, she claimed that she was under Voldemort's Imperius Curse and tried to escape the trial in the way she did more than ten years ago.

Unfortunately, this set of rhetoric is outdated and the result is not ideal.

Mrs. Edgemore was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and the position of Director of the Transportation Department was taken over by Tekros.

Tekros was promoted to Director and invested more resources in the research of new Apparition. Things are still good news up to this point, but with the arrest of many senior officials, the entire Ministry of Magic is shrouded in panic.

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

After the charges were announced, many pure-blood wizards were worried. Some applied for leave, some resigned, and some even surrendered themselves. The turnover of personnel was too fast, and the progress of many projects was stagnant, including the Apparition Research Group.

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It happened that Loren wrote a letter to ask, so Tekros simply sent the manuscript over.

"The workload of the R\u0026D project is amazing..."

Loren sat in front of the desk, resting his chin, quietly watching Flamel busy, roughly assessing the overall workload of the project, his eyes were a little distracted.

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

However, the adaptation and repair work of the runes is frighteningly complicated.

No wonder the number of variant magics of Apparition is rare.

The flame magic learned in the lower grades can be expanded to gentle bellflower flames and violent blazing flames after initial mastery. Later, Gubler fairy fire and fusion of fierce fire can be used to develop new magic. Other low-grade classic magics are 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.

However, for complex magic such as space transfer, there are only Apparition and Disapparition.

And Apparition is a tricky space transfer. The path to achieve it is to drag the body with the soul. After Loren's modification, the body and soul are moved at the same time. In addition to the original invisible and intangible soul dimension, there is also a solid and stable material dimension. Space breakthrough requires strong magic output, and the whole process must maintain very fine magic control.

Loren feels that he will have to spend the next few years on this.

Fortunately, there is a free labor force that can work without food, drink, sleep, and rest.

Flamel met me, and he was the right person. How could other wizards discover his potential 100%?

"Loren."

Flamel enlarged the formation constructed by hundreds of runes and pushed it in front of Loren: "Is it better to 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 time, he still pondered for a moment and made a thoughtful expression: "I think the latter is more suitable."

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

Under normal circumstances, of course, the symmetrical shape of the formation is more stable. In terms of the traceless expansion of items and the preservation of food, a stable and reliable alchemy array is needed to maintain steady state. However, the process of space shuttle is a process of breaking stability, and at this time, the asymmetric formation is more advantageous.

"I think so too."

Flamel nodded thoughtfully, floated back to the top of the fantasy book, and continued to try to adapt and modify the runes.

"..."

Loren put his chin on the table with his hands and continued to be in a daze.

Flamel inherited Nico's hundreds of years of alchemical knowledge. Loren has only been exposed to alchemy for six years. No matter how talented he is, he will not surpass an old guy who is hundreds of years old. Even Flamel hesitates. Choice, how could he give the answer with his superficial knowledge of alchemy.

In fact, he relied on intuition when he answered, and now he is slowly deducing the principles based on the answers.

This is the application of intuition in the dark.

Loren's thoughts gradually drifted away as he recalled the time when he first came into contact with magic.

There was a dull sound coming from the speaker again downstairs. It was Grandpa Bates and Xiaomai, a veteran and a young elf. They spent the whole day together watching some black and white films and TV shows about the war and the liberation of slaves, and then flipping through history books to find relevant information. Information about the event, historical reasons, political impact, economic needs...

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

With this thought in mind, 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 quickly went downstairs. While changing his shoes, he shouted: "Grandpa Bates, Xiaomai, I have to go out and won't be back at noon. You can make your own lunch." ”

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

"Go shopping in Diagon Alley, school is about to start."

"With Hermione?"

"Well, we'll have lunch at the Leaky Cauldron."

"Oh, then Mai and I will cook steak at home."

"It's wheat used to make steak, right? What does that 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 shoes and picked up the coat hanging by the door: "School is about to start. Ask Mai when he will return to Hogwarts. He has already missed the cleaning of the castle before the start of school."

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

Loren glanced at him sideways and said unhurriedly: "You can ask Xiaomai for his opinion. If he agrees, I will negotiate with the principal. But before that, think about the books that Xiaomai has read and what you have brought with him." He watched so many plays and movies that liberated his mind, just to get out of Hogwarts and become a servant in our house? "

Bates was stunned.

A few minutes later, Loren met Hermione, walked out of the door hand in hand, and waved goodbye to him, leaving Bates standing there, still frowning and thinking about the question just now, until a blast in the air shook his thoughts away.

This brat!