Ancient wizards return to Hogwarts.

As Les expected, he only waited in the corridor for a short while before he heard two footsteps.

The next moment, Helga and Rowena appeared in his sight.

Les smiled and nodded at the two of them, Rowena had a blank face and did not respond, while Helga smiled and waved.

The three of them walked back to Helga's office together in silence without any communication - outside, the three of them were still very restrained and would not shout out each other's true identities in public.

When Helga's office door closed, Rice was the first to speak: "Royner, I didn't expect you to think of this method."

"It's not difficult to operate. You chose the right material." Rowena finally spoke. As she answered, she pulled out an armchair and sat down on it.

"After occupying someone else's body, you can still speak so shamelessly. You are really amazing."

Rowena waved her hand, indicating that today's situation was special, and she would let Aries out for some fresh air in the future.

Rice was skeptical of her words.

"Would you like some dessert?" Helga took out a silver plate with a dozen exquisite desserts on it, and then took out three golden cups and filled them with wine and drinks.

"Thank you, I'd like a bottle of sweet wine." Rowena accepted all the food Helga offered. She hadn't eaten properly in a long time since she turned into a ghost. Last year, Salazar only allowed her to taste the food, but couldn't let her really eat it.

After such an experience, Rowena developed a love for food just like Helga.

Helga poured Rowena a full glass of Canadian ice wine. This wine made from frozen grapes has an extremely high sugar content, with more than 125 grams of sugar in one liter, which is higher than the sugar content of Coke. This also makes the wine look quite thick, even a bit like syrup. After that, she poured Les a glass of orange juice.

Les:…

Although there is nothing wrong with orange juice, it is still unpleasant to be poured orange juice without asking.

"I wouldn't dare serve alcohol to minors, but you can tell me what flavor you want, and I'll make sure your orange juice tastes like that."

After hearing what Helga said, Rice felt even more speechless. With this premise, he could faintly smell the taste of orange juice in everything he drank, so he might as well just drink orange juice.

After the drinks were served, the three people's midnight snack began.

"Why? You two really want me to participate in that competition?" Rice was the first to speak. He looked at his two old friends with a smile, his eyes moving constantly on their faces.

"Hogwarts needs your strength." Rowena also adjusted her mentality and replied to Les while holding a glass of wine.

"If Hogwarts needs my power to become the world's number one magic school, then I feel it doesn't deserve the title of the world's number one." Rice directly hit back.

Rowena's hand kept rubbing the bottom of the cup, and finally told Rice to win the championship first and talk about the future later.

Rice sneered, saying that he didn't care whether Hogwarts could win the championship this year. If they didn't win, they could just wait for the next one. It was no big deal! He said it as if the competition would only be held once. Anyway, the three of them would continue to stay in Hogwarts. If they failed this year, they would wait for the next one until they had trained enough outstanding students.

Helga silently sipped the wine in her glass. She had not expected the two men to take such different positions.

The person who was determined to win by any means was actually Ravenclaw, and Slytherin actually wanted to follow the rules. This completely subverted her cognition.

What Helga didn't know was that people's positions were constantly changing. For example, Rice was now confident in the strength of the students at Hogwarts, and he needed to take the opportunity to extract enough benefits from his two old friends. So of course he had to stick to his principles, otherwise how could he raise the price?

Rowena was different. She didn't know much about the situation at Hogwarts, and she didn't have the confidence that Salazar did. She really needed someone strong enough to help her maintain the situation. So Rowena needed Salazar to participate in the competition.

This is also why Rice sticks to his principles.

Les's words made Rowena clench the wine glass in her hand. She felt as if she was being controlled by Salazar.

"Make some conditions. What do we want you to do in order to participate in the competition?"

"What conditions are required? I'm already a contestant! Can I change my mind and not go?" Les didn't respond to Rowena's words, but instead started to talk around in circles.

Are you kidding! Of course he couldn't take the initiative to ask for it. Helga and Rowena had to list the benefits first and then he could add more little by little.

Otherwise, what if he puts forward a condition and the other party agrees in seconds? Wouldn't that be a huge loss?

"You know what I'm talking about." Rowena sighed to herself.

Salazar was in absolute control. Yes, he was indeed a contestant, but he could have played terribly and been eliminated right from the start. Rowena and the others had no way to deal with him.

"I need you to help me conduct some experiments and do some things." Rowena finally revealed her true purpose.

"I have an idea about this competition..." Rowena shook the ice wine in her glass and poured out her true thoughts.

This was an idea she had come up with while she was still trapped in the dungeon.

Rowena wants to take advantage of this competition to popularize the concept of magic flow to young wizards around the world, and strive to allow as many new generation wizards as possible to master the flow of magic after the competition, and even witness the power of the domain, so as to achieve the revival of the magic world.

After hearing what Rowena said, Rice couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: I didn't expect Rowena to be so broad-minded. Want to take advantage of the World Youth Wizarding Championship to realize the revival of the magic world? You are really good...

After hearing this, even he was a little tempted.

"Royner is right. We do want to take this opportunity to give some 'benefits' to the wizarding world. Other magic schools have also brought some treasures, which will be given to students participating in the competition as rewards. This is one of the reasons why they are willing to actively participate in the competition."

interesting.

Even Les had to admit that Rowena and Helga had made a brilliant move.

Participants in the World Youth Wizarding Championship are elites selected from various schools. Although talents in the modern magic system may not be able to adapt to the flow of magic, it is ultimately an opportunity to promote the flow of magic again.

As more wizards master the flow of magic power, there will naturally be a few wizards who can open the door to the field in the future. This is undoubtedly a good thing for the magic world.

"So I hope you can participate in the competition as the final insurance for the competition. You know, the circumstances of this competition are very special, and I can't take all aspects into consideration."

At this point, Rice has decided to get involved in this game, but he is still waiting for his two old friends to make an offer.

His willingness to participate is one thing, and getting paid is another. These two things cannot be confused.

The office fell into silence.

Rowena and Helga were waiting for Salazar's statement, while Les was waiting for them to make an offer.

"I will provide you with one pound of unicorn cheese products every month this school year. How about that? I will also provide you with a portion of other magical foods that I have recently developed every month." After a moment, Helga decided to take the lead herself.

Rice felt that this condition was quite good. The magic food Helga made was good stuff. Even if she couldn't eat it herself, she could give it to her students. It was good for the body. And as long as she didn't study the source of these ingredients carefully, everything Helga made was delicious.

In Les's heart, Helga had already passed the test.

But the highlight was Rowena, and he decided to give Rowena a little Supervisor shock.

"The magic you used tonight was time magic, right?" Les did not start bargaining with Helga immediately, but instead directed his attack at Rowena who had remained silent.

Rowena could have argued, but she didn't. In terms of daring to take responsibility, she could be said to be a role model for all Hogwarts teachers and students.

"Yes, it is time magic indeed. I disrupted the timeline around your trick, making sounds from the future appear in the present."

Rice's expression suddenly became serious.

"Royna, you should remember our agreement, right? You shouldn't do research in this area anymore. It's too dangerous - it's a forbidden technique." Les turned to look at Helga, "What do you think, Helga? I have also given up the development of several spells."

Helga lowered her eyes, indicating that what Rowena did was indeed wrong.

"I didn't restart the research in the field of time. I just used the existing research results."

"The bottom line is broken step by step." Rowena's explanation could not convince Les.

"I think any research you do next needs to be reported to me and Helga, and can only be carried out with our permission." Rice stated his requirements.

The research conducted by Rowena is too dangerous and must be jointly controlled by them!

Helga's eyes lit up: she agreed with Salazar's proposal. It would be great if she could take this opportunity to strengthen her control over Rowena.

After thinking carefully for a while, Rowena finally accepted Rice's proposal and agreed to report her research to her two old friends.

"What a pity..." Rowena shook her head regretfully: "Time, space, prophecy and death, these mysterious areas are beyond our reach."

Les knew just by listening that Rowena still hadn't given up, but it was a pity that the direction of her research was too profound and dangerous.

Any one of these areas alone could kill wizards of their level, but Rowena actually wanted to explore each of them. He is simply courting death.

However, these fields do have their own charm, just like the black hole theory proposed by Muggles, which is extremely dangerous but attracts people to move closer to it unconsciously.

"It's getting late, I'm going to go back and rest first - Rowena, I hope you keep your promise." Les stood up from his seat and left Helga's office first.

Rowena looked at Salazar's departing back and couldn't help but sigh: If she had known earlier, she should have supported Salazar to continue his research, then he would have no reason to stop her.

"I'm going back too. Dumbledore has vacated an office for me, and I have to go back and renovate it." Rowena felt that it was time for her to go back to the office and rest.

"Can I come and visit your place?" Helga was a little curious about what Rowena's dormitory looked like.

"Of course no problem." Rowena had no objection and took her old friend directly to her office.

After pushing open the door, the first thing that caught Helga's eyes was a large platform with a strange shape. It was about five meters long and three meters wide, with a model of a manor on it, and mountains, rivers and lakes were arranged around it.

Somewhat surprisingly, there were a few clouds floating above the platform, and above the clouds was a yellow-orange ball - Helga recognized it as the moon.

There is also a light source under the platform, illuminating the entire office.

Helga leaned over and saw that it was indeed a huge burning fireball.

"As expected of you, you even simulated the sun and the moon, so where do you usually sleep?" Helga asked curiously. She didn't see any bedding like a bed in this office.

Rowena said nothing, but pointed to the platform.

Helga looked in the direction of Rowena's finger and her eyes widened immediately: There is actually such an operation?! Why didn't she think of it?

The next morning, the front page of the Daily Prophet was dominated by the news of the World Young Wizarding Championship announced by Dumbledore.

Apparently, the Ministry of Magic had communicated with the Daily Prophet in advance. The rules of the competition reported in the Daily Prophet were quite detailed and there were no mistakes. As a wizard newspaper based in the UK, the Daily Prophet's position was undoubtedly in favor of Hogwarts. In the report, they even directly stated that the suspense of the competition was which school could win the second place.

At the same time, magic newspapers in other countries also put the news of the Global Youth Wizarding Championship on the front page.

Suddenly, the entire magical world knew the news.

In addition to the eight major magic schools that had already taken action, some lesser-known small schools, magic families, and magic organizations also took action...

At one time, a large number of wizards flocked to Britain, just like the previous Quidditch World Cup finals.

In an unknown manor, Polaris also picked up the newspaper that had just been delivered, and then his eyebrows raised.

"A magic organization... in that case, isn't the Secret Order also a magic organization?" His voice echoed in the empty room. "It's time to hold another meeting. I wonder if Hogwarts will welcome us country bumpkins?"

The Secret Order is also taking action.

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Here’s the update, good night~