The Bard at Hogwarts

Sometimes not everyone loves loneliness.

Most of them, perhaps under forced circumstances, have trained themselves to be lonely.

…

Hogsmeade Cottage.

In the bedroom on the second floor, Ino used Transfiguration to make a life-size bed for the doll, as well as some matching miniature furniture.

After doing all this, he opened another suitcase given by Nico.

The box was made of the skin of a Tebo Warthog. Although it looked very retro and could even be traced back to the Middle Ages, the practicality of the box was very considerable.

Tebo Warthogs are magical animals that are highly valued by wizards. Their skins are not only often used as shields, but also as one of the materials for making invisibility cloaks.

Compared with the invisibility cloaks made by invisible beasts, Tebo Warthogs are more precious, probably because they have extremely strong defensive characteristics.

Perhaps because it was just a suitcase, Nico did not make use of the invisibility effect of Tebo Warthogs.

But these are all minor problems, and Ino doesn't care. It's something that can be done at any time.

Besides, he had already planned to change to a box.

Now there is such a ready-made high-end product, which only needs a little processing. Whether it is secretive or defensive, it is incomparable to the original suitcase.

But this is all later. He now plans to see what Nico has left in the box.

...

Open the suitcase.

Ino followed the ladder and entered the traceless extension space inside the box.

The overall area of ​​the space is not large. It is only a few dozen square meters, the size of a room.

The layout inside is also slightly empty. The only two pieces of furniture are walnut bookshelves placed against the wall.

One of the ten-foot-high bookshelves is full of books with various old covers; and the bookshelf next to it is filled with dozens of small dolls of different shapes.

Ino is not unfamiliar with these dolls. They are the little guys who served tea and water before.

But their role is not limited to this.

In the previous communication with Nico, he also knew the ability of the little guys.

Not only can they wash clothes and cook and handle daily household work like house elves, but they can also become excellent alchemy assistants and even make alchemy items independently.

But the puzzle is that they are now lying quietly on the bookshelf.

...

It seems.

Nico also considered this, so he placed an unopened letter next to the bookshelf.

A few minutes later.

Ino put down the letter in his hand helplessly. He now understood what Nico meant.

Similarly, he also clearly knew why this alchemist-like doll appeared here instead of being donated to Beauxbatons as a legacy.

"It's really an equal exchange..." Ino sighed sadly.

These dolls, unlike wizard chess or other alchemical props, are only driven by magic.

They rely on the magic stone, or vitality.

The wizard uses one year of his own life in exchange for one year of vitality of the doll.

With such harsh conditions, it is not difficult to understand why Nico Flamel is unwilling to leave them in Beauxbatons.

Exchange life for life, this price is not something that everyone can afford.

If it were just a small toy, it would be fine. After all, it has no value, and no one would waste their lives foolishly, but these dolls are almost equivalent to alchemists.

If this thing really leaks out, it is estimated that the number of missing wizards will at least double every year.

However, for such harsh conditions, Ino felt happy, even a little excited, as if it was tailor-made.

There is no other reason, just because of the characteristics of the fantasy world, the time of retracing.

As long as you enter the fantasy world, even if you give these dozens of little dolls full of vitality, their lifespan is only a few decades.

When the story is over, they will return to the state before entering.

This is like a card cycle, he can even be more calm than Nicolas Flamel, and can let the little dolls exist forever without any damage.

"Why open an alchemy factory! I am a mobile factory..."

Ino looked at the little dolls in front of him happily.

With these little guys, why bother to recruit alchemists.

Not to mention mass production of video mirrors, if he really has an idea, he can even seize any other alchemy market, including the wand market.

But this is just a thought.

Just like studying video mirrors, his original purpose is nothing more than to make the magic world colorful.

If it was just for Galleon, he wouldn't have asked so many people to join before.

...

Half an hour later.

Ino got out of the traceless extension suitcase, and the sky outside the window was already dark.

In the night, Hogsmeade looked very peaceful.

The houses lined up one after another, and the occasional lights made it look really warm.

After taking a last look at the scenery outside the window, Ino also retracted his gaze and walked straight to his bed.

After living in France for more than half a month, he missed the feeling of sleeping at home.

...

Early morning.

Ino slowly opened his eyes with a crisp knocking sound.

What came into view was a strange owl.

Although he didn't know it, he still opened the window to let the messenger from afar in.

Only after opening the window, he was surprised to find that there were already several letters piled up on the windowsill.

I think it was also the product of the backlog during the time of living in France.

After collecting the letters scattered on the windowsill, Ino brought a bowl of water and a few nuts to entertain this special guest.

While the owl was happily enjoying the food, he also saw the wax-wrapped letter tied to its leg. The big H on it made it clear where the letter came from.

But I don't know if it's because the current headmaster is from Gryffindor, the color of the wax seal was chosen as bright red.

After opening the envelope, it turned out to be the fourth-grade admission application form. Most of the textbooks have not been changed, but some main course textbooks have been upgraded.

Such as: "Standard Spells Intermediate", "Intermediate Transfiguration Guide", "Intermediate Potion Making", etc.

"Fourth grade..."

Looking at the letter in his hand, Ino couldn't help but feel a little dazed. Three years had passed without him realizing it.

I once hid in the bridge hole and secretly practiced the fire spell alone, which seemed to have happened yesterday.

A feeling of time passing by and things changing came to me.

...

After a brief recollection.

Ino turned his eyes to the letters scattered on the windowsill just now.

One was from Newt, and it mostly talked about the feedback from the academic community on the birth of the phoenix, and some people even wanted to study it.

But for such an idea, Ino completely scoffed.

With a deliberate move, let alone the birth of the phoenix, the simple condensation of the core emotion of the flame has blocked all the roads.

The known phoenix, the fireworks come from the persistence of Quidditch players who never give up; Fawkes is due to the great sacrifice of Dumbledore's ancestors; Fide is due to the extreme curse of the dance of fine snow; Kribbe is the expectation of peace for more than 10,000 people in Rohan...

All of the above are pure emotions.

If there is any other distracting thoughts, the flame cannot condense the core.

Putting down Newt's letter, Ino looked at the next one, and was surprised to find it was Harry's letter.

Harry's letter was not long, and it only told the content of a dream:

A dark wizard whose face could not be seen killed a Muggle, and the Muggle was swallowed by a python.