Ancient wizards return to Hogwarts.

After a brief moment of excitement, Les couldn't help but start thinking about why he and Godric were here.

Judging from the layout, this looks like the cabin of a cruise ship?

At this time, the door of the room was pushed open, and two people walked in one after another.

Rice looked closely and saw that it was indeed Helga and Rowena.

The wizard robes on the two people were transformed into dresses under the effect of magic, and they looked no different from Muggles on vacation.

"Tell me, what is our situation now?" Les waved his hand, and two chairs in the room popped out and slid in front of Helga and Rowena.

The two of them didn't hesitate and sat down directly.

Godric was still sleeping soundly, even snoring softly.

"Obviously, we're back." Helga said the right nonsense, causing Rowena and Les to roll their eyes at the same time.

"You and Godric have been unconscious, so Helga and I simply chose to take a cruise in Piraeus and enjoy the Mediterranean scenery while waiting for you two to wake up."

"We are in the Aegean Sea?" Les noticed the place name Rowena just mentioned.

Piraeus is a large port located in northwestern Turkey, on the coast of the Aegean Sea. It is not a big deal in normal times, but Les still remembers the situation in the region before they left.

The Aegean coast is the back garden of the Greek gods, but now there are cruise ships that use tourism as a selling point?

Did the gods choose to back off, or was there some other reason?

"Yes and no. The ship left the Aegean Sea the day before yesterday, and we are almost in Marseille now." Rowena looked at Les with approval, "You have been in a coma for seven days. If it weren't for the fact that you two are breathing steadily and in good condition, we would have started preparing the potion to treat you."

Talking to an intelligent person is smooth. She knew that Salazar understood what she wanted him to understand.

"Have the Muggles made peace with the gods?" Les made the most reasonable guess based on what he observed.

"I guess so. According to the intelligence I got, the Greek gods and the Muggle leaders held a meeting and finally reached a settlement. Now the whole of Greece belongs to the Olympian gods." Rowena showed a look of admiration on her face: "The Greek gods are more open-minded than I thought - what do you think is the background of the company that owns this cruise ship?"

"Ok?"

"It's owned by Poseidon! Under the protection of the sea god, this cruise ship will not sink due to wind and waves, and the evil spirits from the underworld dare not invade the ship protected by the god. There is even a priest of Poseidon on board. I met her and felt that she is quite powerful at sea. Poseidon must have given her a lot of good things."

Rice made a "tsk" sound, and sighed from the bottom of his heart at how skillful the movements of the Greek gods were.

They are better at handling the relationship between mortals and gods than the Aesir.

"So how long have we been away?" Les asked a question that concerned him very much.

"The speed of time is about the same as over there. About a year has passed."

Rice's eyebrows twitched: Fortunately, he acted in time. If he really wasted too much time over there, there would be problems here.

However, in just one year, the Greek gods reconciled with Muggle society and successfully integrated into it. Their level is quite extraordinary!

At this time, Les noticed that the cabin they were in looked quite decent. Considering that this was a cruise ship owned by Poseidon and staffed with high-level priests, he immediately felt that Rowena and Helga must have spent a lot of money.

"The decoration of this cabin looks unusual, doesn't it? Is this a first-class cabin?"

Helga waved her hand. "No way. Rowena booked two luxury suites, which are one level higher than first class!"

Les couldn't help but be a little surprised: I didn't expect Rowena to be so rich? Could it be that he inherited Aries's inheritance?

"You spent a lot of money on the boat ticket, didn't you?"

Rowena showed a mysterious smile on her face: "It's okay, Helga and I didn't pay."

"Huh?" While Rice was confused, he had a bad feeling deep in his heart.

"It's your treat." Rowena blinked and stretched out a straight, white finger pointing at the small leather bag on Les' waist.

Rice was horrified and immediately reached out to touch it.

The moment he touched the leather bag, he knew something bad was going to happen: the defensive magic on the bag was no longer effective.

"Royna!!!" Rice felt like his back teeth were about to be broken by himself, "How dare you touch my things without my consent!"

Rowena smiled at Les and gave a response that left Les speechless.

"I'm worried about you two, so I plan to ask you if there's any potion that's right for you?"

Rice took several deep breaths before he calmed down, and he quickly checked his own piggy bank.

Fortunately, Rowena was sensible and only took away some gold and gems, which were all "renewable" wealth. If she had wasted her treasured extinct potion materials, he would never let it go.

"Forget it, just consider it my treat." Seeing that only a few ounces of gold and a dozen gems were stolen from him, Rice's anger gradually subsided - after all, if he were to choose, he would definitely choose the highest-end suite.

Rowena wasn't so wicked as to put herself and Helga in a premium suite and then throw the two of them into economy class.

"Is there any news from Hogwarts?" Les didn't want to hear any news about Hogwarts.

Because in this situation, no news is the best news.

He felt that Zeus was a rational king of gods who would not mess things up and would make choices that best served the interests of both parties.

Of course, if He really did something to Hogwarts, the entire Olympus pantheon would die for Hogwarts.

"I've inquired about it. The most famous thing is related to your good students."

"Astoria?" Les asked hopelessly.

"Daphne."

Les shut up: Godric still has no apprentice? Why don't I give him one? Anyway, the best talents in Gryffindor are now in other houses.

Helga seemed unaware of Les's negative emotions and recounted to Les all the amazing achievements she had heard about Daphne.

But before she started, she first introduced the background story of what happened.

"After we disappeared, the Greek gods started peace talks with the leaders of Muggles and wizards. Zeus, who presided over the peace talks, divided the British Isles and the North Sea into Hogwarts' sphere of influence. The Muggle governments of other countries also reached a cooperative relationship with the Ministry of Magic - basically, they integrated with each other. Muggles recognized that wizards were citizens of their countries and enjoyed all rights such as voting rights, but wizard self-government was still carried out by the Ministry of Magic. The laws were also enforced on Muggles and wizards, and liaison offices were set up in the government for communication."

"Although peace talks have been held, the Greek gods are not the masters of the underworld, and they do not have absolute control over those underworld creatures, so there are still evil spirits causing trouble in most parts of the world. There are also guys among the Greek gods who covet Hogwarts, such as the god of war Ares."

At this point, Rice roughly understood what was happening.

Sure enough, Helga told him next that when Ares confidently stepped into Britain, ready to find Hogwarts and go deeper into the place to find out what was going on, he met Daphne.

Then the mighty God of War was beaten to pieces by a little girl who was not yet an adult. In the end, it was the sun god Apollo who saved Ares from Daphne's fist.

Daphne Greengrass became famous because of this battle, and later crossed the English Channel many times to clear out the big evil spirits that appeared in France. The evil spirits were like cockroaches in the sewers, and after being disinfected by four people, they would pop up again after a while.

"A god of Ares's level should have a domain. It seems that the little girl must have fully awakened her domain, so she was able to defeat him." Les came to a conclusion.

Now he felt that Godric should still follow tradition and accept students from Gryffindor House. Although Daphne was a bit reckless, she was from Slytherin House after all, so he, the founder, should still discipline her personally.

"That should be it. The other children have done very well, too. Diggory, Granger, and Astoria have all made a name for themselves in the activities of exterminating evil spirits recently - 'Earth Knight' Diggory, 'Wise Witch' Granger, 'Scarlet Witch' Astoria, 'Flame Fist' Daphne, they all have their own names." Helga nodded repeatedly, agreeing with her old friend's speculation.

"The children got plenty of exercise during the year we were away," Rice exclaimed with a smile.

I really have to thank Zeus for this.

As the three of them chatted, Godric finally woke up from his sleep.

When he learned that he had returned to reality, he smiled happily.

But his happiness didn't last long, as he started blaming Salazar again.

"Why did you put in so much effort in the final battle? Wouldn't it be better to let off some steam?" Godric was also puzzled. He had clearly reviewed the script before the fight and was sure that he was to play the role of "savior", but why did Salazar fight him desperately as if he had met the murderer of his father?

Wouldn't it be great to just fight a little and then seal Azkaban yourself and announce to the outside world that the Dark Lord has been defeated?

Rice snorted coldly and said, "Just tell me whether you enjoyed the fight or not."

Godric said that it must be very enjoyable, he hasn't had such a satisfying fight in a long time.

The last time we had such a thrilling battle was...

Well, let’s fight against Salazar.

Les ignored Godric.

However, the reason why he tried his best was not entirely to let Godric fight to his heart's content, but because he was worried that if he let up in this battle and failed to cause a significant disturbance to the fate line, it would be a great loss for the four of them if they did not make it back successfully.

Les felt that the fall of the Dark Lord should be a serious matter. It was impossible for the castle to be sealed and the "savior" stood outside and shouted that the Dark Lord had been defeated by me in the duel and would never come out of the castle again, and everyone would really believe him, right?

For these reasons, he fought Godric seriously.

"If you had listened to me and used my strategy, we wouldn't have wasted a year there."

As soon as Salazar said this, the other three people in the cabin began to change the subject.

"Salazar, I remember you seem to have extra Philosopher's Stones in your bag. Can you lend them to me for research?"

"Is there a restaurant on the ship? I'm so hungry."

"I have bread, ham, and cheese here. Would you like to eat some first? But there is also a restaurant open all day. I'll take you there?"

Although Salazar made a mistake in his judgment of Umbridge, his judgment on how to return to the original world line was so accurate that the three of them were unwilling to argue with them on this topic.

Besides, there are also benefits to their late return, right? At least the next generation of Hogwarts has received strong training, but it is hard for Dumbledore. But he should be used to resisting pressure, right?

The four of them walked out of the luxury suite, talking and laughing, and headed towards the restaurant on the cruise ship.

This type of luxury cruise ship is equipped with a 24-hour kitchen, so tourists can go in and enjoy delicious food at any time.

The four people who successfully returned were in a very good mood, and their appetites naturally improved as well.

"Give me a seafood platter, four servings of Iberian roast pork ribs, four servings of roast foie gras, one serving of Spanish ham, two roast chickens and a serving of Boston lobster soup, and some roast beef." Helga quickly ordered the food and asked the waiter to bring a bottle of red wine and a pitcher of beer.

"I'd like a glass of plum wine and a grilled pineapple." Rowena ordered more for her meal.

Soon, the dishes were served to the table in front of the four people like flowing water.

Just as Rice and his three companions were enjoying the wine and food, a young man with silver hair pulled out a chair at their table and sat down next to them.

The man looked quite handsome, with a faint gleam of lightning in his eyes. Rice and the other three were able to see through his identity with just one glance at him.

"You are a busy man now, how do you have time to eat in a place like this?" Les put the Spanish ham slices on the cantaloupe cut into small pieces, then put it into his mouth, enjoying it carefully before slowly starting to chat with Zeus.

This silver-haired young man is naturally the leader of the Greek gods, the king of gods Zeus.

"We have distinguished guests coming. No matter how important the matter is, it is not as important as this meal." Zeus said in a calm tone, looking easy to talk to.

"You are so brave! Aren't you afraid that we will leave you here?" Godric put down the roast chicken in his hand and asked in a cold tone.

"Don't be like that. After all, I restrained the gods under my command when the four disappeared, didn't I? As for Ares, that guy has no brains, and there's nothing I can do to him."

"Besides, the current situation is the most favorable for wizards, isn't it?"

Godric was silent, because what Zeus said was the truth.

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Update, good night everyone

The next chapter will be at midnight tomorrow night~