The man behind Hogwarts

If it hadn't been for Jeansweis' reminder, William would have never thought of using the world of ordinary people to obtain the power of cause and effect...

This is obviously not normal!

He is very well-planned in everything he does, and when faced with major decisions, he will think twice before making a decision and take all aspects into consideration.

The power of cause and effect involves the supreme magical power of converting three pure states into one breath.

Even the system recommends getting more,

William didn't believe that he would ignore the power of the ordinary people's world. There must be something wrong with it.

——He tried to find the answer through the library.

At the same time, he also wanted to find a book, an ancient book that recorded spiritual cultivation techniques. That book might help him find the answer.

"Sure enough, I can't find it..."

On the second floor of the library, William regretfully put a book back on the shelf and closed a thick catalog.

"There's something wrong with that book... No, or there's something wrong with the person who put that book in the library."

William leaned on the wall and clarified the clues from beginning to end.

The book is called "The Truth Lost in History - The Secret of the Curse", which tells a mysterious story about ancient wizards, gods, and the history of magic.

From this book,

William learned about the ancient wizard for the first time.

Later, Evelin's testimony proved that a long time ago, wizards at that time were not called wizards, but called themselves gods, and they were born sacred.

Gods are born noble, omnipotent, and shepherd all people.

Ordinary people are as fragile as ants in front of gods, so there is a deep gap between them.

But through unknown changes, the gods fell from the altar and were replaced by wizards.

This can be proven from the books in the Evelyn family's secret collection.

It was also from the book "The Secret of the Spell" that William learned the magical spiritual cultivation technique, and relied on this magic to create Vega. In addition to spiritual cultivation, there is also a magic called wind control in the book. Unfortunately, William could not learn it, so he judged it to be a wrong magic.

William couldn't help but be startled when he thought of the wind control technique.

"I can learn the art of cultivating spirits, but Evelin can't. She said the reason is that modern wizards can't learn ancient magic..."

"And I can't learn the wind control technique either..."

"Could it be that, like Evelin, the reason why I can't learn the wind control technique is just because I can't meet the standard, just like she can't learn the spirit cultivation technique?"

The more I think about it, the more it makes sense.

Magic is an ability that only people with specific physical constitutions have.

The art of cultivating spirits is more finicky, and only William can learn it; the art of wind control is more finicky, maybe it has a higher threshold and requires a more special physique?

"Control the wind...control the wind..." William's eyes suddenly glowed, "Maybe Malzahar can learn it."

Thinking of this, he quickly sent a message to Malzahar through Jarvis, asking him to study and learn wind control.

When Malzahar heard his message, he had a flash of inspiration and immediately took action.

……

His eyes returned to the library.

William found Mrs. Pince and asked her if she remembered a book called "The Truth Lost in History - The Secret of the Spell".

"...I have no impression at all. Are you sure you really have this book?"

Mrs. Pince was a little confused.

She has been a librarian for a long time and does not dare to boast that she has read all the books, but she thinks she knows the names of the books in the library.

But she had no impression of the book William was talking about.

"Of course, I have read it again. It was placed at the bottom of the thirteenth bookshelf on the second floor."

"Impossible," Mrs. Pince retorted with a frown: "That bookshelf contains books related to magical creatures. The book you mentioned should belong to history, magic, and the like. Why is it placed there?"

William: "..."

He first sighed with emotion: Mrs. Pingsi is so terrifying! The humanoid bookcase lives up to its name.

Secondly, he was also surprised.

After thinking about it carefully, I found that, as Mrs. Pince said, the thirteenth bookshelf is full of books related to magical creatures...

Before he read the ancient book, there was a layer of dust on the surface of the bookcase;

After he read it once, the book disappeared inexplicably...

The problem here is very deep!

William said goodbye to Mrs. Pince and walked out of the library. Before he reached the central tower, he suddenly looked back——

The golden sunset hangs over the library like gauze.

The glass windows on the tower reflect a little light, making it difficult for people to look directly, and they even wonder if there is a sun burning in the windows...

"Someone puts ancient books in the library, and that person has very complicated emotions."

“I don’t want the ancient books to be buried, but I also don’t want people to actually read them and pay attention to them all the time…”

"Until I discovered it!"

at this moment.

All confusions are explained.

William lowered his eyes slightly, he had a guess about the person's identity.

All you need to do next is verify it!

A round and transparent crystal ball, a withered yellow yarrow, a hand-written parchment with spiritual cultivation magic...the three were placed on the desk in order.

William closed his eyes and relaxed.

He's going to perform a divination!

This divination is slightly different from the previous divination, with the addition of a parchment scroll.

The role of the parchment in this divination is as a medium.

William had never used a medium before when he divined, not even when Paul divined, because the other party was not strong enough to interfere with the divination.

Facts also proved that Paul was indeed not qualified.

But this time it's different...

"Jarvis, which planet is the best to use as a benchmark today?"

"Cancer 21, Liusu Zengsan, distance from the west star brightness 2.3."

The yarrow is lit, and the smoke is curling up...

William's face with clear features seemed to become blurred under the blowing smoke, and the transparent crystal ball was no longer clear, with some messy catkins appearing inside.

Give William a hint as to what picture the crystal ball wants to show.

But the catkins condensed into a ball, obscuring all the scenes.

The scene in the crystal ball even spread to William's inspiration space. Masuzo Yanagyu was moving according to a specific trajectory, proving that the divination was normal and everything was normal.

But at some point, many catkins were generated in the inspiration space. They were layer upon layer, endless, and seemed to drown Liu Su Zengsan.

"Jarvis, strengthen the calculation input and simulate according to the original trajectory."

"Yes."

William was not surprised to see that Yanagusa Masuzu's trajectory was disturbed, but his suspicions were confirmed.

He summoned magic power at will and condensed it into a parchment scroll in which spiritual cultivation techniques were transcribed.

"Now let's see if you can break through the fog!"

The sheepskin scroll turned into a machete, and automatically fell in front of Yanagi Masuzo. He brushed it twice, split the catkins, and protected Yanagi Masuo as he continued to move forward.

Seeing that the divination was progressing smoothly, William's expression was not happy.

The catkins were produced so fast that the machete split them one after another, and Masuzu Yanagyu's operation began to slow down again.

"How can the resistance be so strong? Even if he is better than Paul, there won't be such a big gap, right?"

William gritted his teeth and continued divination with determination.

"Jarvis, find the cause, find the solution."

"Yes……"

After a few breaths, Jarvis's mechanical voice sounded: "According to simulation calculations, because the power of the medium is too weak, the probability of successful divination is 13%. The medium can be changed to enhance the success rate."

Are the hand-copied parchments too weak?

In other words, a real ancient book is needed as a medium, a page, a scrap of paper, etc...

But William's purpose is to find ancient books, and there is no physical object to serve as a medium.

"This plan is not feasible, the next one."

"There is another way. I can simulate the movement trajectory of Yanagiya Masuzo, and finally use the parchment roll to split the catkins to reveal the divination results."

"Just do it!"

William agreed to this suggestion without saying a word, and he could only treat a dead horse as a living horse.

But he still didn't understand why the resistance to divination was so strong this time with a medium.

You must know that he borrowed multiple powers such as Jarvis, centaur divination, yarrow, crystal balls, media, etc. Under the control of his high inspiration, he condensed all the powers together, so that he could not break through the interference of divination...

Who is the person being divined?

"That's where you put the parchment."

After hearing Jarvis's words, William chopped the parchment to the designated position, and saw wind and thunder roaring, fire overflowing, and a picture slowly appeared.

"It's really them...them?!" William exclaimed.

A picture unfolds and two people appear inside.

The one on the left was very familiar, and the person William guessed was Dumbledore.

In the entire Hogwarts, he is the most suspected, and it is also the most consistent with his way of doing things - he does not want to bury nothing, but he also controls it to prevent it from getting out of control.

But the person who appeared on the right was beyond William's expectation.

That person turned out to be——

Grindelwald!

At this time, Grindelwald was still relatively young, handsome and gloomy. He stretched out his hand and handed a book to Dumbledore. The two of them seemed to be in a bad mood.

Dumbledore had a pained expression, and Grindelwald had a look of death on his face...

William set his sights on the book in Grindelwald's hand:

"The truth lost in history - the secret of the curse"

"This?!"

The owner of this book is actually Grindelwald?

In other words, Grindelwald gave the book to Dumbledore, and then Dumbledore secretly placed the book in the library...

……

Slowly exiting the divination, William rubbed his brows tiredly.

The amount of mental energy consumed by this divination was completely different from that of Paul's divination. Even William, who had a strong mind, felt that his body was hollowed out.

The crystal ball on the table is clear, but there are many cracks on its surface...

130 Galleons are gone.

This crystal ball is an item in Sinista's collection and is said to be a treasure carefully crafted by the Celts.

As the Celtics gradually disappear, it can be said that one of these high-quality crystal balls is used one less.

The loss of 130 galleons is nothing, but this kind of crystal ball cannot be estimated by value.

William felt a little heartbroken.

Thinking of what he saw in the divination, he frowned even more.

"Should we ask Dumbledore to explain the situation directly?"

How many dangers are there...how many opportunities are there...how high the success rate is...

……

The next day.

It has been sunny for three days in a row at Hogwarts. The sun is neither scalding hot nor overcast, and only warms people's bodies.

William thought about it all night and decided to go directly to Dumbledore to make it clear.

His current strength is not weak, and he already has some confidence to face this powerful white wizard; what makes him even more reassured is that with the presence of Malzahar, William's life will not be in danger.

The latter was the main factor in his unsound decision.

dong dong dong.

The gargoyle in the principal's office was about to ask for the password when Dumbledore's voice came from the door, so it had no choice but to open the door and let William in.

"Hi, principal."

"It's William, why do you come to my place when you have time? Sit down, or some honey water?"

Dumbledore said hello with a smile, put a few cards into the drawer quietly, stood up and sat on the guest sofa.

William nodded without being polite.

He had been to the principal's office several times, and Dumbledore even knew that he liked drinking honey. This old man indeed had extraordinary qualities.

However, the fact that he likes honey water cannot be spread to the outside world.

Regarding this, William always felt a touch of shame.

After a few polite words.

The conversation got to the point.

"Principal, do you know the book "The Truth Lost in History - The Secret of the Curse"?"

The smile on Dumbledore's face froze, and his eyes flashed with memories for a moment, and then he sighed: "It turns out you are the one who read this book. I said who would read such a boring book..."

"I quite like this book. Principal, have you put it away?"

"That's right..." Dumbledore said in a deep tone, "When I put this book in the library, I immediately regretted it and wanted to take it away, but because of a promise, I didn't do so."

"In order to prevent others from seeing it, I not only placed it in a hidden corner, but also cast magic on it to reduce its presence."

"After many years, I thought no one would find it..."

William said: "Until you found out that someone had read it, so you took it away immediately? Principal, what is the secret in this book?"

Dumbledore looked at William deeply and remained silent.

William didn't say anything when he saw him,

Turning to another topic.

"Principal, I recently planned to do some research. Just when I was fully prepared, I suddenly discovered that this research is most convenient in the ordinary world, but I didn't think of it at the time until someone reminded me..."

"Perhaps ordinary people will ignore this issue."

"But I won't..."

"Do you know why?"

When asking questions, William paid close attention to Dumbledore's changes in his expression.

He noticed a series of incredible expressions on Dumbledore's calm face.

From indifference, it quietly turned into surprise, and a little self-denial, until finally it turned into disbelief.

‘He must know something! ’ William became more and more certain.

Dumbledore thought for a long time and finally said: "William, this matter is not important. You don't need to delve into it deeply."

"No, Headmaster, it's important to me."

Seeing William's attitude of not retreating even a step and insisting on getting to the bottom of things, Dumbledore felt a little annoyed.

He popped a candy into his mouth.

Then he took a sip of tea.

"William, you are a student, and I am the principal. I ask that you are not allowed to explore these issues. Your task is to study hard, not to do research in the ordinary world!"

"I'm sorry, principal..."

William shook his head, "It is Ravenclaw's nature to seek knowledge!"