Hogwarts: I am Voldemort.

Chapter 277 Time Conch
"how did you do that?"

Voldemort leaned close to the glass clock and asked as he looked at the scenes going back and forth inside.

"It's those sparkling air currents."

The masked man pointed to the air current that affects the ascent and descent of the hummingbird and said, "We call it the time tide, and it is also the energy source of the time converter."

Voldemort nodded slowly, and after pausing for a while on the airflow, he tried to find its source.

It was not difficult, and one could see an obvious exit along the shining airflow.

"Where does the time tide come from?"

Voldemort asked, pointing to the opening where it was difficult to confirm the identity.

"Yes, let you see what it looks like, don't be surprised."

The masked man said proudly, then squatted down and opened the cabinet under the glass cover.

The cabinet was empty, except for a palm-sized, plate-shaped conch standing there.

"This is its body?" Voldemort asked in surprise.

The masked man nodded, waved his wand and used a lighting spell: "We call it the time conch, but it just looks like a conch, not a real conch."

As the illuminating spell came on, everyone saw the light passing through its body, making it somewhat illusory.

"Where did you find it?"

Abu couldn't help but open his mouth, causing the masked man to look at him with dissatisfaction, but he still opened his mouth to answer the question.

"We didn't find it." The masked man said, "According to the records, they have existed here since the Ministry of Magic appeared."

"The tide is its breath?" Voldemort asked.

"We also guessed that way, but we dare not say that it must be."

"What does it do?"

"Besides the time converter, no other functions have been developed yet."

After the masked man finished speaking, he was about to close the cabinet, but Voldemort stopped him.

"Can you show it?" Voldemort asked.

"Someone did this before, and then he entered the time loop." The masked man looked at Voldemort and said, "If you don't mind being in that situation, I don't mind."

Voldemort thought for a while, then shook his head and refused.

"How does Time-Turner apply time tides?"

When Voldemort asked, the masked man had already closed the cabinet and stood up. He listened to Voldemort's question and knocked on the clock-shaped glass cover.

Surprisingly, the masked man's tap did not make a normal sound, but instead his fingers briefly sank into the glass cover.

"A very special magic material. Thanks to Master Nicole Flamel for his help. It was he who synthesized this special magic material that made the Time Converter possible."

The masked man's words surprised everyone. No one expected that Master LeMay would actually be involved in this matter.

But thinking about it again, as the greatest alchemist in the world, it is very normal for Master Flamel to participate in this matter.

"Are there any related books? I want to study the Time-Turner." After Voldemort finished speaking, he added, "It's best to give me a Time-Turner to study together."

The masked man didn't immediately refuse. He looked at Crouch silently, apparently asking for Crouch's opinion.

"If the Malfoy family is willing to guarantee it in the name of the family, I think we can lend them relevant information and a time converter without recording."

When Crouch said this, he took a special look at Abu.

Apparently, he didn't think Voldemort represented the Malfoy family.

"no problem."

Abu agreed without any hesitation.

"I'm changing shifts in three days, so you only have three days."

The masked man walked to the center of the clock, manipulated a clock for a while, cast a few spells halfway, and then took out a time converter and a thick booklet.

"At this time three days later, we still meet at the same place just now, understand?" the masked man handed two things to Voldemort and said while looking at him.

"no problem."

Voldemort agreed, taking the things in his hands and putting them away.

Afterwards, he was about to look at Crouch to express his thanks, but when he turned his head, the door was suddenly pushed open.

Everyone looked at the door vigilantly, but the person at the door looked at everyone in surprise.

"Crocker, what are you doing?" the white-bearded wizard asked the masked man.

"You wait for me for a while."

The masked man named Crocker left a sentence, turned around and followed the white-bearded wizard out.

Voldemort touched the booklet and the Time-Turner in his pocket. He was not going to hand over these two things until he understood them through research.

"Who is that man?" Old Nott asked Crouch.

"Head of the Department of Mysteries," Crouch replied.

"Aren't you going to help that... Klauk?" Old Nott asked again.

"The affairs of the Department of Mysteries are managed by the Silencer team alone. Others are not allowed to intervene, and neither can I."

After Crouch finished speaking, he signaled everyone to wait quietly. He didn't seem to be in a hurry.

"Aren't you afraid of being denounced by that director?" Old Nott was curious about Crouch's calmness, and asked again.

"The Silencers have never been involved in the affairs of the Ministry of Magic, so they will not report, at most... some benefits."

Crouch glanced at Abu and said, "With the financial resources of the Malfoy family, this shouldn't be a problem."

Abu rolled his eyes, but he didn't say anything.

For Voldemort's affairs, the Malfoy family is willing to pay, but Crouch's words are not very comfortable to listen to.

"call."

The door was pushed open again, revealing the face of the white-bearded wizard. He glanced at everyone, his eyes resting on Voldemort for a moment, and then closed the door again.

"what's the situation?"

Old Knott asked questions, but no one answered.

Not long after, the door opened again, and Crocker walked in.

"The Time Converter can't lend you, but I can give you a time conch, but there is one condition." Crocker walked up to Voldemort and said.

"On what terms?" Voldemort asked.

"The director hopes that you can cooperate with him to conduct some... research, in the death chamber."

After Crocker finished speaking, before Voldemort could speak, he said, "The director said it was not a dangerous research."

"Did he say why he needed me to participate in the research?" Voldemort asked, frowning.

"The director said that you have a lot of death energy, so I want you to cooperate with a research." Crocker shrugged, "I don't know much about this, it's the content of the death chamber."

Voldemort thought for a while and said, "How should I cooperate?"

"When the time converter is returned in three days, the director will also come over. Then you will study together. If you agree, the time conch can be given to you first." Kroc said.

Voldemort thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

"But you must lend me that booklet to study." Voldemort added.

"There's no problem with this, I can make the decision."

Crocker heaved a sigh of relief, and it seemed that the director had given him an order.

"I will wrap the time conch with time glass. If you want to open it, please remember not to let the side with the tide face you."

As he spoke, he walked into the clock again, took out a time conch tightly wrapped in time glass, and carefully placed it in Voldemort's hand.

"When the time glass is opened, the time conch will become very fragile. If it explodes next to you, it may drag you into the turbulence of time, so be careful with it."

Voldemort nodded, taking it carefully into his hand.

(End of this chapter)