Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

"Magic is like this, it is both elusive and omnipresent."

Dumbledore took off his glasses and looked at the students in front of him with slightly tired eyes.

Although there is a huge age gap between them, both Bourne and Newt Scamander are actually students of this legendary old wizard.

Therefore, strictly speaking, they should be considered a generation.

After catching Thomas, who "cleverly" used a bunch of wizard props to steal in the Muggle world, and waiting for the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic to take over, Newt hurriedly used "Apparition" with Bourne and rushed to Hogsmeade Village.

What surprised Newt was that this way of traveling was actually proposed by the little wizard.

He had originally thought of using a more secure method, such as finding a fireplace connected to the "Floo Network", but Bourne said that time was tight and he could just use "Apparition".

He even performed several short-distance "Apparition" performances for Newt in person, allaying the concerns of this old senior. Moreover, there was no need for him to accompany them when Apparating to such a long distance as Hogsmeade village.

After being surprised by "Merlin's beard" again, Bourne took his old senior back to his loyal Hogwarts.

Coincidentally, at this time, Headmaster Dumbledore also returned from the Sages' Meeting at the Ministry of Magic, and the scene at the beginning took place.

"I have checked it with the 'Copying Spell'. The golden apple you brought back from London is essentially the same as the golden fruit grown on the hazel tree that Bourne's pets look after in the Forbidden Forest..."

After many years, Dumbledore once again became a teacher and explained some magical principles of the "Copying Spell" to the two students.

To be fair, neither Bourne nor Newt had imagined that this little spell, which was usually used by many young Hogwarts wizards to copy class notes, actually contained the advanced magical principle of [equivalent transformation], and could also be used to identify some magical items that could be transformed.

"…This is just a method I came up with on my own when I was studying at Hogwarts because I wanted to do an extracurricular research.

At that time, I was curious about those magical candles floating on the top of the castle's great hall - how come they had been burning for so many years, but they seemed to have never been replaced?

Later, I found out that they were actually copies created by the 'Copying Spell', and their original body was a honey candle placed in the big kitchen.

And every time those diligent house elves regularly replace a candle, the magic running in Hogwarts Castle will automatically take effect, adding a powerful duplication spell to it, generating thousands of identical floating candles in the Great Hall..."

What he said sounded like nagging, but Dumbledore's "nagging" was not annoying.

Because what he said was all knowledge and secrets that ordinary people had no chance to know, Bourne almost took out his quill and parchment.

Even Newt, who was no longer a student, couldn't help but ask his own questions after listening to the private lessons of Headmaster Dumbledore.

"Professor, this is the Golden Apple, a legendary item that has been passed down in the Muggle world for more than three thousand years. Even if the hazel branch was a test in the 'Potions Championship' many years ago, the time still doesn't match, right?"

On the way back to Hogwarts, Newt Scamander listened to some things told by Bourne, and learned the reasons why the young wizard had to stay in school during the summer vacation, and why he wanted to participate in the "Potions Championship".

Newt had heard of the Potions Championship, a competition with a long history. He also knew that if the young wizard representatives from various magic schools wanted to enter the finals, they had to first solve some problems in the formula of a newly invented potion.

He really couldn't understand why the golden apple, which had a history of more than 3,000 years in the Muggle world, was actually the same as a magic potion that wizards had just invented more than a hundred years ago...

What is the relationship between the two? Also, which one was invented first and which one came later?

"Who said that Hufflepuff doesn't have smart students?" Faced with this question, Dumbledore nodded with satisfaction, then looked at another student present, "Bourne, what do you think?"

Of course, Bourne could not answer "I see with my eyes."

Combining some of his own experiences, he thought about it and said, "Is it possible that someone has used a time converter and returned thousands of years ago with a wisdom-enhancing potion?"

"Well, it's indeed a reasonable guess, but it shouldn't be the correct answer."

Then, Dumbledore gave his own explanation.

"Because of what happened to you last semester, I made a special visit to the Department of Mysteries when I went to the Ministry of Magic this time and carefully checked their records. After you were mistakenly teleported back to that time, the Department of Mysteries has not made any omissions in the management of the Time Turner in the past hundred years. During this period, it is impossible for someone to use a Time Turner to go back to more than three thousand years ago, such a serious magical accident."

"Thank you, Headmaster," Bourne thanked.

He knew that the old wizard was concerned about him.

Even though he was sent back more than a hundred years ago, nothing unusual happened to him, but as the headmaster of Hogwarts, Dumbledore was still responsible for the safety of every young wizard.

"This is what I should do." Dumbledore smiled and nodded. The expression on his face was similar to that of a retired old man in the park, a very kind smile.

However, an unconcealable disappointment immediately appeared on the old wizard's face, and he shook his head helplessly.

He was not disappointed in his students, but in some people outside Hogwarts Castle.

"There are two possible answers to Newt's question, and either way, they make me feel very sad.

First, this proves that our wizards are becoming increasingly stagnant on the road of magical exploration.

The invention of this new potion a hundred years ago was actually still based on thousands of years of ancient magic.

To put it nicely, it's called 'magic innovation', but in essence it's still doing some 'archaeology' work..."

At this point, Dumbledore couldn't help but sigh, as if he was worried about the future development of the magical world and wizarding society.

However, he quickly continued, “…and if Professor Binns knew the other possible answer to this question, it would probably make the old professor angry to death again.

The reason is easy to understand, because some Muggles are deliberately falsifying their non-existent history.

The golden apple is just a magical product that was passed from the wizarding world to the Muggle world more than a hundred years ago, similar to the origin of the other magical items you found on Fang Thomas.

Some people with ulterior motives took it and applied it to a myth to fill in the non-existent 'real' history of European countries."

Bourne noticed that Headmaster Dumbledore emphasized the word "people with ulterior motives".

Moreover, the old wizard did not seem to be able to distinguish whether the "people with ulterior motives" referred only to some Muggles or whether there were wizards involved as well.