Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Out of curiosity, Vokhanova used magic to send a voice to Bourne's ears: "Little British wizard, you are in a hurry. You may not get good juice if you get on the boat first, right?"

However, at this moment, Bourne's mind was not on her at all, so he just used psychic communication casually and replied to the old woman: "What do you care?"

Originally, Vokhanova, who always had a smile on her face, suddenly changed her expression.

She frowned, raised her arm, and rubbed her nose with the back of her hand.

"What kind of black magic is this that can actually work directly on a person's brain?

Could it be that this little wizard has developed a new kind of combat magic by combining the Obliviation Spell and Legilimency?

Incredible, really incredible..."

Vokanova looked at Bourne's back in surprise. The little wizard was using his magic wand to control the boat, making it surpass everyone and sail to the front. He seemed anxious to be the first to board.

Controlled by the obsession of "being the first to arrive", Bourne did not care about how much of an impact the initial exposure to psychic power would have on a wizard's cognition.

The spells used by wizards, even the black magic used in battle, could not be as rough and violent as psychic power. The only magic similar to psychic power was ancient magic that was not controlled by effective spells.

Just like the "communication spell" used, no matter how many mistakes the wizards in this world make, they will not use a "psychic communication" to communicate with acquaintances over long distances like in the Warhammer world. If it is not controlled well, the acquaintances will really become familiar, in the physical sense.

"...This little wizard is indeed quite interesting. He might be able to invent an interesting potion in the Potions Championship."

Just as Vokkanova was thinking about something, Bourne had already climbed onto the deck of the "Glorious Queen" using the rope ladder thrown down from the side of the ship.

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"This is where?"

A few hours later, the Glorious Queen sailed out of the fjord and arrived at the icy Atlantic Ocean.

One after another, more than a dozen wizards used Apparition and suddenly appeared on the deck.

The first words out of their mouths were almost always asking where they were, and the person they were asking was Karkaroff, who was temporarily wearing a tricorn hat and acting as the first mate.

The headmaster of Durmstrang could only helplessly explain to the visiting guests over and over again that they were in Durmstrang.

Just like the embassies of Muggle countries are the territories of the countries to which they belong, Durmstrang's three-masted warship "Glorious Queen" is also a part of Durmstrang.

According to the magic contract, this year's Potions Championship only stipulates that it must be held at Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It is not actually against the rules to hold it on the "Glorious Queen".

It is worth mentioning that most people do not realize that as long as this large ship sailing on the sea is careful to avoid certain waters, no country's Ministry of Magic can manage its territory.

Since there is no similar precedent in the existing laws and regulations formulated by wizards, even the Statute of Secrecy cannot limit Vokanova's power on this ship - as long as the magical world is not exposed, on the "Glorious Queen", the power of the captain is nothing more than that of the heavens and the earth.

An old wizard with a beard as white as his hair complained to Karkaroff with an unhappy look on his face: "So, even if we want to turn back now, we have to get the consent of Nelida Vokhanova... the principal?"

This old wizard was one of the directors of Durmstrang. However, as a member of the school's board of directors, no matter how unhappy he was, he did not question the authenticity of Nelida Vokhanova's identity as the founder.

In fact, they were confirmed when they saw the Durmstrang Saga jumping around on the deck like a "poodle".

Just like the Kirin will only bow to those with high moral standards, the Hippogriff will only allow wizards who have gained its respect to ride on it, and the Unicorn will only get close to pure girls.

This magic book is said to be the original of all the "living magic books" today (such as "The Monster Book of Monsters"). Not only will it never recognize the wrong principal, it will also never show its vitality to anyone other than the founder.

At this time, Headmaster Dumbledore from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Britain was squatting on the ground, teasing the book with his wand and exploring it subtly.

"Super powerful anti-confusing spell. This book has a more powerful spell than the Hogwarts' Book of Admission."

After fiddling with the magic book for a while, the white-haired and bearded magician stood up and gently stroked an opal ring on his finger, seeming to be lost in thought.

He was very curious about the "resurrection" of Principal Nelida Vokhanova and had the urge to learn this magic from her.

Although his reason told him that this kind of "resurrection" was most likely not a real "resurrection" - or the founder of Durmstrang had just faked his death - but who could be completely sure about matters of magic?

"Knowledge has a price, but I don't know what price I have to pay if I want to learn this knowledge." Dumbledore thought of his sister, and if he had the chance, he decided to give it a try.

In addition to Dumbledore, Bourne's grandfather Horace naturally came as well, after all, he was the consultant of the referee team of the Potions Championship.

At this time, he was taking Bourne to greet other members of the referee team, introducing the little wizard to those people in the referee team, and praising Bourne as a good boy to everyone he met.

In fact, Horace was not the only one doing this. Many other members of the referee team - all of whom were famous pharmacists from the "Extraordinary Pharmacist Association" - had descendants who participated in this competition.

Like the little wizard from Brazil, Libasho Pollachi, his grandfather Libasho Pollachi was also a member of the jury.

And Olya from Big Goose, this little witch not only has a grandmother who is a potion master, but even though she is not a student of Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in France, she is a relative of Principal Maxime!

Anyway, almost all of these wizards in Europe are related to each other. Even the representative wizard of the Ouagadou Magic School in Africa speaks French as his mother tongue!

The only two exceptions were two young wizards from the Neon Institute of Magic and one from the Ilvermony School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Lighthouse Country. They were both fighting alone, and only the professor of potions from the school came here to cheer them up.

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When all the guests arrived one after another, the captain, Principal Nelida Vokhanova, warmly welcomed them all on the deck of the "Queen of Glory".

The reason they were not invited into the cabin was that the young wizards at Durmstrang were taking classes and there were no extra cabins.

Even inside the "Queen of Glory", there is a large amount of space expanded by using the "Seamless Extension Spell".

However, it was not as majestic an interstellar battleship as the "Queen of Glory" in Bourne's impression.

To accommodate all the young wizards of a magic school and arrange places for them to attend classes and stay is already a full load for its carrying capacity.

However, Nelida Vokhanova still prepared a very sumptuous welcoming banquet for the guests and contestants of the Potions Championship.

There was a long table on the deck, filled with Scandinavian specialties, for everyone to help themselves to as much as they wanted.

Standing on the top of the poop, Nelida Vokhanova took the bottle of brandy directly and blew it into the bottle as if it were a drink.

Next to her stood the current CEO of the Extraordinary Pharmacists Association, Damocles. He was a potion master who won the title of "Potion Master" ten years ago. His contribution to the development of potion science was the invention of a "wolfsbane potion" with a stable effect.

He had just examined a silver ring with the crucible emblem provided by Nelida Vulkanova, which was a token of a senior member of the Extraordinary Apothecary Association.

“Ms. Vokhanova, though I must admit that your token is genuine.

However, the referee team for the Potions Championship had already been determined long ago.

Even if you are a senior member, you cannot join this team at will.

Neither you nor I have the authority to do so."

Damocles put on a helpless expression and wanted to use "norms" to reject Volkanova's request: to add her to the jury.

However, the witch seemed to have expected that he would reject her in this way. There was no anger on her face, and she just took a sip of the drink.

"No, authority... definitely exists. If you don't believe me, you can look up the association's code."

Vokhanova said calmly: "After all, the Extraordinary Pharmacist Association was originally planned by a few of us potion masters. How could we set limits for ourselves?

The same goes for the Potions Championship, which was originally a world-wide competition specially established to select qualified apprentices.

As long as one is a master of potions and a senior member of the Extraordinary Pharmacists Association, he or she can join the Potions Championship as a referee at any time.

In fact, not only will I be the referee, but I will also be making some minor changes to the competition format, such as half of the opening ceremony match or something like that—"

Vokhanova's words made big drops of sweat appear on Damocles' forehead.

He took out a booklet, the so-called "Code of the Extraordinary Pharmacist Association". As the current CEO, he had kept the book, but because it was more like a legacy, he was too lazy to read the contents.

Now, before he had turned a few pages, he saw what Vokhanova had just said in the small notes at the bottom of the page.

"no, you can not."

Damocles said anxiously, "It's written here that only those who have made outstanding contributions to the association can be given the right to change the rules of the Potions Championship. Because only in this way can every Potions Master in the association feel fair."

“What is an outstanding contribution?”

Vokhanova asked rhetorically.

Then, the witch picked up the magic wand, pointed it at her temple, and drew out a dreamy silver-white light from it.

She pipetted it into a potion bottle, plugged it, and tossed the bottle to Damocles.

"This is a completely new potion formula, the last I invented in my lifetime.

I was able to 'resurrect' thanks to drinking this potion in advance. Now, I will share the formula of this potion with all the potion masters in the association. Do you think it is an outstanding contribution?"

Damocles was speechless for a moment.

Because this woman is absolutely right!

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“This is outrageous!”

Horace said indignantly.

After learning from Damocles that the witch wanted to be the referee and changed the schedule of the competition, the other Potions Master referees also expressed dissatisfaction.

But the problem is that when Damocles presented the "evidence" given by Vokhanova, they had to admit that the evidence was too sufficient.

Therefore, no matter how unwilling these old wizards and witches were, they had to accept it in the end.

After all, their combined ages are more than a thousand years old. It's impossible for them to act like children, right?

However, even though they agreed, these old men and women were still a little nervous, worrying about what the "old woman" was going to do.

You know, the current Potions Championship is very different from what it originally was.

The Potions Championship in the early years was indeed, as Vokkanova said, for the purpose of selecting qualified Potions Master apprentices - at that time, the competition did not care about the personal safety of the contestants at all!

It’s not that accidents happen in every game, but every now and then, there are always some little wizards with poor skills or bad luck who drink the potions they made themselves, and then some tragedies occur.

However, the competitions nowadays are much more "civilized". This is because, as Bourne discovered, almost every young wizard is related to the referee. The referees are also human beings. They may not feel sorry for other people's children, but it is different for their own children.

So, when Vokkanova "ingeniously" proposed to hold an opening elimination match and used Transfiguration to create many long wooden planks on the side of the "Queen of Glory", an old wizard like Horace who was protective of his own children could not help but grumble.

"What is she going to do?" Libasho Pollazi frowned and asked in confusion, "In our Caribbean Sea, Muggle pirates seemed to have similar punishments in the past. She wouldn't want the little wizards to go..."

"Attention everyone!"

Nelida Vokhanova, who was full of energy and vigor, suddenly used the "loud voice spell".

She announced: "You have one minute to go. Each little wizard must bring the potion materials he or she needs, as well as the crucible and fire source for making potions, and find a wooden plank to walk on!"

"The rules of the opening elimination match are that you need to make a potion within half an hour."

"After half an hour, each of you must get off the plank. Only the first three people who can catch up with the 'Glorious Queen' will be eligible to advance."

"Please note that this competition does not prohibit you from attacking each other. I will still recognize those who can defeat your opponents and qualify for the next round."

"The only restriction is that you can only use potions, not alchemical equipment, spells, or anything else."

"I will keep an eye on you all the time. Anyone who violates the rules will be regarded as disrespectful to the captain and will be hit hard by the Glorious Queen!"