Wind and Eagle Wings at Hogwarts

Chapter 472

Early the next morning.

After Fred got up, he couldn't wait to send George a message.

When the [Magic Mirror] screen was turned on, it showed George's side face wrapped in the blanket.

"Damn Fred, I'm still sleeping!"

George rubbed his eyes and complained.

"Good morning, George, what happened last night?" Fred asked.

"How would I know!" George looked very upset, "I haven't been out since I came back last night!"

Fred laughed, "I don't believe it. After such a thing happened, how could you stay in the dormitory obediently and not ask for news."

"Okay, I know I can't hide it from you."

George sat up helplessly and scratched his messy hair.

"Peeves told me the news, because I agreed to his condition to help him in his next mischief."

"So what was the result?" Fred asked.

"The murderer was Cassius Warrington of Slytherin, the poor fellow you took from the delegation," said George.

Fred was a little surprised, "It's that bastard Warrington? No wonder, I have already seen that he is not a good person! Fortunately, I took away his quota, otherwise..."

George interrupted his boast, "Dumbledore has confirmed that Warrington has the Imperius Curse."

"Oh..." Fred didn't feel embarrassed at all, "Then he is really unlucky. At that time, I just saw his unlucky face, so I chose him."

George didn't take his joke.

"Anyway, he took Harry's blood and owled it away."

Speaking of this news, George's face became a little dignified.

"That's all," he said. "That's all Peeves heard, and Dumbledore drove him away."

"Um……"

Fred touched his chin pretendingly, as if he was thinking.

But in the next second, he turned his head and asked Scott, "Scott, what do you think?"

Scott got up from the bed, stretched his waist, and answered his question, "It doesn't matter what we think, Dumbledore will take care of it."

"In the end what happened?"

Roger drew back the curtains of his bed in bewilderment.

"Potter's blood?"

He came back late last night and didn't know what happened.

Fred hung up the communication with George and told Roger about it.

"Aren't we a bit unlucky this year?"

Roger lay back and sighed.

"I have a hunch that the situation in the UK will become more and more chaotic, and we haven't graduated yet, so maybe we will be involved."

Fred said, "We'll be safe. We're at Hogwarts with Dumbledore. Hogwarts is the safest place in the world."

"That's not certain," Roger said. "Those people are crazy. They might attack Hogwarts directly and drag us all into the war."

"If that's the case, we will let them have a taste on behalf of Hogwarts!" Fred shook his fist.

But Roger looked at him incomprehensibly.

"I don't know what you are thinking, if the war comes, maybe I will leave directly."

"Oh yes, you can transfer to Beauxbatons in the last year!" Fred said sarcastically.

"Maybe it will." Roger replied.

The concept is different, and the atmosphere between the two has become a little delicate.

Scott said, "Are you two going to start a fight over a war that you don't even know there's going to be?"

"I'm not arguing," Roger said. "I'm just reasoning."

Fred said: "I only know that in the face of the enemy, we should fight back fiercely, instead of planning to flee in advance."

Roger said unhappily, "Hey, we're not soldiers, Fred!"

"stop!"

Scott quickly made a "stop" gesture.

"This is not normal. You are a little too nervous. There is no objection to discussing these things now. Before that day, everyone will not be able to predict how they will choose."

In fact, everyone knows that what happened at Hogwarts means that Voldemort is already trying to extend his tentacles into their school.

It's only natural to be nervous about this.

Scott said to Fred: "Roger is just complaining a few words, he won't necessarily leave."

He looked at Roger.

"If your classmates are all involved in the battle, will you really leave?"

Neither of them spoke, but the atmosphere relaxed a little.

When they came to the lobby on the first floor for breakfast, they found that other people were also discussing the attack that happened at Hogwarts last night.

Apparently, word had spread within them.

Everyone was in a bad mood, and seemed to have completely forgotten the joy of the Christmas ball last night.

Speaking of which, the Wizarding Wars that took place in England more than ten years ago were neither unfamiliar nor distant to young wizards of their generation.

Although their generation all lived in a peaceful age, more or less, they all heard about the situation more than ten years ago from their elders, and they had some understanding of the tragedy of the war.

Not to mention, many had loved ones killed in the last war, and the trauma of the war deeply affected their families.

They are lucky and unlucky.

Fortunately, most of them ushered in peace shortly after birth.

Unfortunately, they were underage or just coming of age, and the Dark Lord who started the war was back.

When Voldemort appeared at the Quidditch World Cup final in the summer vacation, everyone realized that the Dark Lord had really returned.

Since then, many people have been cast a shadow over their hearts.

But this time, Harry Potter, who was called "The Boy Who Lived" and "Savior" by the wizards, was attacked at Hogwarts and almost lost his life, which further deepened the shadow.

Especially for the students, the impact of this incident may be even greater.

In everyone's mind, Hogwarts has always been "the safest place in the world" and "the fortress of absolute safety" in their subconscious mind.

The "Boy Who Lived" attack at Hogwarts means a crack in the "Fortress of Absolute Safety".

This is also the difference between reality and the "original" as Scott knows it.

In the "Original Books," because Hogwarts has dangerous events that revolve around Harry every year, the feeling is cyclical.

In the present reality, the Basilisk has been dealt with without petrifying anyone, Sirius has not escaped from prison, nor has he infiltrated Hogwarts as a dangerous criminal, and the Dementor has not appeared in front of everyone.

Because they have not personally experienced those crises, the current Hogwarts students are undoubtedly more "fragile" than in the "original book".

For this kind of thing, a group of students discussing here certainly can't discuss why, and it has caused serious negative effects——

The discussion gradually turned into a dispute, and a group of people who were originally united split again.

Perhaps because of uneasiness, several people in Slytherin became the targets of vigilance and anger.

Even if there are no public Death Eater descendants among the few Slytherins here.

This was something Scott hadn't expected.

He didn't expect some people's nerves to be so sensitive.

This is obviously not going to work.

"Don't talk about it." He said, "Now we are still in Beauxbatons, we can't let people outside of Hogwarts know what happened in our school."

His words were still useful, and everyone shut up.

Scott added: "In short, we are one in the eyes of outsiders, and don't let them see any signs of discord."

"Scott is right." Cedric was the first to respond to Scott's words, "We shouldn't doubt our companions indiscriminately and cause unnecessary misunderstandings."

Then there was silence.

After a while, the few people who spoke too much just now apologized.

Although the apology allowed them to reconcile on the bright side, the happy atmosphere before has completely disappeared.

No one spoke anymore, and everyone finished their breakfast in silence.

After breakfast, Scott went back to his bedroom.

"I thought it would make everyone reconcile."

Cedric, who came to visit their dormitory, was a little frustrated.

"I don't understand," he said. "We should be more together when something like that happens."

Scott said helplessly: "The British will only unite when they face the French."

Cedric laughed, though reluctantly.

He sighed, "Maybe, these days, I think we are already a whole, there is no barrier between different colleges at all."

Roger said: "It's just because we're in Beauxbatons now, and when we get back to Hogwarts we won't be eating at the same table."

No one took issue with what he said.

The antagonism between Hogwarts colleges has been going on for so many years, it can be said to be deeply rooted, and it is not so easy to change.

"I hope Professor Dumbledore will come back soon," Scott said.

He can do nothing about this kind of thing, and he doesn't have that much prestige, which can make everyone feel at ease.

Dumbledore came back in the afternoon, and he didn't seem to be in a bad mood, which relieved the tension of the students.

After seeing everyone's worries, Dumbledore still maintained an optimistic and cheerful look.

"It seems that you all already know what happened at Hogwarts." He said, "Hogwarts' defense has a loophole, which is my responsibility. But please rest assured that it will not happen again This kind of thing."

His optimism was infectious, and everyone seemed relieved.

"Professor Dumbledore." Ethan asked a question, "We heard that Walton was under the Imperius Curse, so where was he cast?"

Dumbledore did not hide, "After investigation and Mr. Walton's recollection, we confirmed that he was cursed before the Christmas holiday, during a Hogsmeade village weekend."

Fred asked, "Is Hogsmeade weekend going to be canceled next?"

Dumbledore said with a smile: "Please rest assured that the Ministry of Magic will send a team of Aurors to station in Hogsmeade Village. In addition, the protective magic of Hogwarts has also been strengthened once. It will automatically detect people entering and leaving the castle to ensure their status is normal."

Hearing this news, everyone couldn't help being happy.

The days that followed became calm again.

After the Christmas holidays, Scott's winemaking has successfully entered the next stage.

After two major processes of fermentation and distillation, and a total of more than a dozen small processes, the single malt whiskey he brewed was successfully released at the end of January and entered the storage state.

As for the quality of the wine...

Scott tasted it himself, and of course he didn't taste anything because he didn't know how to taste wine.

In short, after finishing the extraordinarily tedious work of brewing, Scott couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

His two rivals, Fleur and Krum, are on a similar schedule, finishing their single malt whiskeys in late January or early February.

Judging from their expressions, none of them seemed to have failed.

Only on February 2th, when the second round of competition begins, can we know whose wine is of better quality after the talisman horse has tasted it.

As we enter February, there isn't much interesting happening at Beauxbatons, except for a bit of a hustle on Valentine's Day on February 2th.

But at Hogwarts, sixth-year students ushered in the Apparition study and qualifying exam this February.

George showed off to Fred more than once his progress in learning apparation.

This made Scott and the others in the sixth grade in Beauxbatons a little anxious.

Apparition, this is definitely the magic that everyone can't wait to learn.

This is a kind of magic that can manifest itself in a convenient place as one likes, and it is a kind of extremely profound magic.

To use this magic, wizards must pass the Apparition exam administered by the Department of Magical Transport.

Fortunately they didn't have to wait too long, Dumbledore announced that he would teach them the magic himself.

And they only need to go directly to the qualification examination organized by the Ministry of Magic after returning to Hogwarts at the end of the school year.

This made Scott and his sixth graders feel very excited.

After the teaching started, Dumbledore led them to a meadow farther from Beauxbaton Castle.

The seventh grade students also followed.

Although they had passed the apparition certificate last year, they were still curious about Dumbledore's personal teaching.

"Perhaps they wanted to take the opportunity to learn some tricks before they left a body part in place due to a failed apparation," Fred said.

Dumbledore walked to the edge of the grass, turned to face the group and spoke.

"Very well, I have consulted Madam Maxim, there is no restriction on apparation here."

He clapped his hands.

"Next, I will start to guide everyone to practice. Now, please stand up and leave five feet of space in front of you."

Scott and they were all separate, each occupying a spot on the grass.

"very good……"

Dumbledore drew his wand and waved it.

Immediately a glittering circle appeared on the grass in front of each student.

"Remember the three most important points when practicing Apparition!"

Dumbledore said loudly.

"Goal, determination, calmness!"

"Step one, focus on your goal!"

"Your target is inside the circle in front of you!"

"Be careful, and keep all your attention on your target."

Scott focused on the circle in front of him.

Dumbledore continued to explain.

"The second step is to decide to occupy the space you want!"

"Use emotions to drive magic power, let the desire to go in flood every part of your body!"

Scott tried to do the same, keeping his focus on nothing but the target.

"The third step is to rotate in place after I give the order, and let myself enter the void state!"

"Remember, move calmly! Listen to my password now...one!"

"two!"

"three!"

Scott spun in place.

In an instant, his eyes were pitch black, and his body seemed to be strongly squeezed from all directions, making it almost impossible to breathe.

Immediately afterwards, he felt as if he had been squeezed out of a very narrow rubber tube, and his eyes regained light.

He appeared in the target's circle.

After moving his arms and legs to make sure that he didn't lose any part of his body, Scott confirmed that he had successfully performed an ultra-close-range apparition.

Although this attempt was several times more uncomfortable than being apparated by other people in the past, there is no doubt that he succeeded.

Only then did he have the time to look at the other people.

Fred made it, but he seems to have lost a leg.

Dumbledore was busy putting his leg back on.

It wasn't just him, Roger was missing an arm, and Cedric was missing an ear.

The seventh-grade students were all in a hurry to help.

Of course, there were also people who didn't succeed and just turned around in a circle.

Dumbledore swung his wand quickly, and quickly healed the split student.

"Dissociation, the separation of a part of the body, occurs when determination is not strong enough."

He explained the knowledge points loudly.

"You must always focus on the target, don't panic, take it easy..."

"Goal, determination, calmness, you must keep these three elements in mind, well, let's try it for the second time!"

Scott came out of the circle for his second attempt.

This time he still succeeded.

After having the experience of performing it personally, the uncomfortable feeling is also less.

After a few practice sessions, all of them successfully performed the apparition, and there were no further body separation accidents.

This is also normal, after all, here are the best students of Hogwarts.

after an hour……

"Very well, that's all for today."

Dumbledore clapped his hands again.

"Next time we can try a longer distance, remember, please don't practice alone under unsupervised conditions, it is extremely dangerous behavior!"

On the way back, Fred said excitedly: "It seems that apparition is not difficult, I'm going to tell George, my progress will surpass him soon!"

When George showed off to him earlier, he was very upset, and now he can't wait to tell George his progress.

"Oh I won't tell George," Scott laughed, "about that you lost a leg."

Fred said unconvinced: "He won't be better than me, but he didn't tell us about his failure in the first practice."

Throughout February, in addition to learning the apparation skills from Dumbledore with his companions, Scott also needed to prepare a birthday present.

Luna's birthday is on February 2th.

Using the alchemy he learned at Beauxbatons, he prepared a material and transfigured it.

Impressed by the choir of nymphs present at the Yule Ball, Scott conjures a talking and singing nymph and names it Celeno.

After drinking the magic enhancement potion, Scott can also use transfiguration and rune circuits to create this kind of "creature" that can exist for a long time without a magic stone.

Of course, although Celeno can't compare with Rimbaud, Scott also gave him a "skill" that can be invisible through the rune circuit.

If caught off guard, this little thing can also hurt the wizard.

After putting Celeno to sleep, Scott sent it to Luna.

Luna was very happy to receive this gift. Although Scott told her the real origin of Celeno in the letter—it was just a product of transfiguration, she still regarded Celeno as her friend and was busy with it. Build a castle suitable for it to live in by yourself.

After completing the production of Celeno, Scott also has more confidence in the production of the "summoned beast" in his plan.

But he didn't rush to do it.

Because he wanted to make it with better materials.

When making Rimbaud in the past, the material he used was titanium alloy.

Although this alloy is strong, it does not have the properties of affinity with magic.

It was Scott who forcibly inscribed the rune circuit with his own blood, and with the help of the one-time magic stone, Rimbaud was able to be born smoothly.

However, the four "summoned beasts" he envisioned, namely wind, fire, water, and earth, which can play a greater role in battle, are different from Rimbaud.

In order to better use the power of the four elements, Scott needs some materials that are more compatible with magic power and elements without a one-time magic stone.

This requires the use of the core technology of alchemy, material transformation to synthesize and produce.

To this end, Scott put more enthusiasm into alchemy courses.

In addition to studying with Professor Duran in the Duran Alchemy Classroom, Scott also took the initiative to visit the Russell Alchemy Classroom more than once, and asked Professor Russell for advice by borrowing books.

Because of the agreement with Ravenclaw's mentor, Professor Russell will not refuse his request for advice.

Although the Ravenclaw mentor is not unable to directly teach Scott alchemy, Scott at this stage is not very suitable to learn from this great mentor.

Apart from the difference between ancient alchemy and modern alchemy, the biggest problem is that Scott is not a real genius in alchemy, and Ravenclaw tutors are not so good at teaching basic knowledge.

The best alchemy student for a Ravenclaw tutor might be Professor Russell instead.

Of course, Professor Russell also took the opportunity to exchange more advanced alchemy knowledge with the Ravenclaw mentor.

He and Scott both take what they need, and both have satisfactory results.

With good learning conditions and enough practice, Scott's alchemy level has been greatly improved in a short period of time.

During this process, Lucio also gave him a lot of help.

Unfortunately, because of money-burning alchemy experiments, Scott also spent almost all the Galleons he had accumulated over the years.

This made Scott, who had never been short of money, a little dumbfounded.

Because there is a limit on how much Muggle currency can be exchanged for wizard currency at Gringotts, Scott had to start thinking about ways to make money.

(End of this chapter)