In the Hogwarts principal's office, the sky outside the window is gradually getting dark.
Rare alchemical research materials are as attractive to alchemists as rare ingredients are to chefs.
As the topic gradually moved from the distant future of the wizarding world to Voldemort's Horcruxes, the conversation between Nico Flamel and Elena became more and more speculative. The two wizards, one old and one young, looked at each other and smiled.
The same meaningful smile of excitement.
Obviously, in the eyes of these two people, the "most dangerous dark wizard" in history has no deterrent effect.
Dumbledore looked worried and was about to say something, but Grindelwald spoke first and said calmly.
"First of all, don't rush to raise questions, Albus. You have worried many times before, but if she was really so untrustworthy, there would be no 'Sorship of Old and New Wizards' gathered together like now.
Think about it carefully, do you think there is any need to worry? Even if Little Tom shows some weirdness, it is too easy to eliminate a remnant soul."
"...That's true."
Dumbledore looked around at the "Tarot Society" people in the room, nodded, and agreed with this statement.
Even if Elena's experiment fails tonight, the worst-case scenario is to destroy one of Voldemort's Horcruxes.
In fact, Dumbledore is actually looking forward to seeing Elena's expectations come true. With perfect alchemical materials, the loss of magical civilization in research and development and innovation can be greatly reduced, and many dangerous attempts that may violate the bottom line can be avoided.
Although there are still risks, strictly speaking, those things are not even "people".
Horcrux, this is indeed an extremely evil and tricky black magic.
As Elena said before, searching slowly is like looking for a needle in a haystack, hoping that one day you can find all the Horcruxes and destroy them one by one. This can be said to be the most intuitive, simple, and lowest-level solution.
And if evil props like Horcruxes can play some positive role before they are destroyed.
In Dumbledore's opinion, this is a relatively good result.
As for Elena's so-called packaging of the "SCP-17" series into the Dark Lord's treasure called "Another Piece", attracting wizards to flock to find this thing, thus opening the wizarding era in the entire magic world... these
Dumbledore had long since learned to automatically ignore the strange and incomprehensible fantasy vocabulary of little Veela girls.
Since there is a better way to deal with Voldemort's Horcruxes, that alone makes it worth trying.
Thinking of this, Dumbledore relaxed.
"If you and Flamel come to the same final conclusion and find a more appropriate way to solve the Horcruxes, then the few pieces in Hogwarts can be handed over to you - I cannot make decisions on behalf of the Ministry of Magic, but
I think if the reason is justifiable, maybe the obsidian ring that is being held publicly in Russia can be retrieved and disposed of."
"Don't worry, we don't have to deal with the Ministry of Magic yet."
Elena shrugged and said nonchalantly.
"Besides, regarding these results, I suggest that it is best to limit communication to a small scale. Human greed is terrible. Before most of the content is fully grasped and studied, letting politics get involved will probably not have any good results."
Dumbledore was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he thought of, and nodded thoughtfully.
"makes sense……"
"Then again, Professor Dumbledore, the test site you promised to provide before -"
"Well, you don't have to worry about this. As the principal of Hogwarts, I still know a few wonderful secret places, one of which is not far away. After the evening study hall is over, we will stagger the peak period when students return to their dormitories.
It’s time to go.”
Dumbledore had a warm smile on his face and answered softly.
Although he believed in the strength of everyone present, this was still the first Horcrux handling experiment after all, so it was not too much to be cautious. Besides, if it was in that magical room, at least he would be more comfortable with preparations and emergency response.
.
"Wonderful... secret place? Okay-"
Elena's eyes flickered and she raised her eyebrows slightly.
Based on her knowledge of Hogwarts Castle, there were not many secret rooms located near the seventh floor of the castle. Considering confidentiality and functionality, Dumbledore's secretive answer was obvious - the Room of Requirement.
However, since Dumbledore chose to keep it secret for the time being, there was no need for her to show off her knowledge here.
Just as Dumbledore had considered, not everyone present could be completely trusted. Rather than openly telling each other the secrets of Hogwarts Castle, it was better to keep some mystery as a trump card.
'It seems that we need to warn the house elves in the future not to reveal the secrets of the castle.'
Elena was thinking secretly in her heart, but the same curious look as other wizards appeared on her face.
In addition to being a multi-energy venue, the Room of Requirement itself is also of considerable scientific research value. This is one of the most precious secrets in Hogwarts Castle. Elena has many ideas in her mind that are still waiting for her.
Go and verify.
"Sorry to interrupt a little bit..."
Nico Flamel tapped his fingers on the table and turned his head to look at Dumbledore.
"Since there is still some time, Albus, let's just finalize the teaching job you mentioned before. Alchemy is a very dangerous and complicated subject, and I don't have the energy to deal with nearly a thousand wizard apprentices with zero basic knowledge.
.”
In Dumbledore's previous owl letter, the invitation to the Foundation was just a hidden clue.
What is really on the surface, and the official rhetoric for the Ministry of Magic, is actually to invite Nico Flamel to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, preparing to restart the alchemy lesson that has been dusted for decades - in
In today's magical world, there are not many wizards who have the ability to teach this course. It would be a pity if this knowledge is just allowed to disappear.
"Oh, of course—"
Dumbledore quickly turned his head and moved his fingers slightly.
Immediately afterwards, a small piece of parchment floated over from his desk not far away and landed in Flamel's hands.
"This is a formal professor employment agreement at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After Connelly and other school board members learned that you might recruit students at the school, they all showed great enthusiasm without exception. As for the curriculum arrangement
…”
As the old wizard spoke, he turned his head and looked at the white-haired dumpling standing by the bird stand and starting to play with the phoenix again.
"Miss Kaslana has come up with a plan. She thinks that you can write some lesson plans and teaching content, and then have Muggle scholars and some wizards help complete the most basic teaching screening - as for you, instead of
Rather than directly participating in teaching, it would be better to say that we will assign you a certain number of assistants to assist you in your subsequent alchemy research at Hogwarts."
"Muggle scholar?"
Nico Flamel frowned and repeated something unexpectedly.
"To be more precise, they are mainly scientific researchers in the field of chemistry. They represent the research results of 'alchemy' in the non-magical world over the past five hundred years. I think mutual exchange of knowledge will have a good effect.
.”
Elena smiled and explained softly, her index finger gently moving in the air, outlining a silver magic halo.
Under the form of the complicated six-pointed star magic array, various chemical equations are densely written. Chemical bonds and reaction formulas are like magic paths, tightly connecting various elements together in an orderly manner, which looks quite dreamy.
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"What you see now is the reaction cycle of a certain metal element. As you can see, there is actually not much difference between Muggle chemistry and magic alchemy. They are both ways for humans to explore the truth - if we say
We wizards pay more attention to thinking about 'what', while they think more about 'why'. This is such a perfect complement."
"That's it..." Nico Flamel glanced at the magic circle drawn by Elena and nodded noncommittally.
"When the experiment ends tonight, I will take half a day to confirm it during the day tomorrow. If the fit between the two is really that high, then of course I have no reason to refuse this offer to reduce my burden.
"
"You will definitely be surprised, Mr. Nico Flamel... Oh no, should I call you Professor Flamel now?"
Elena watched the great alchemist sign his name on the "teaching contract" and smiled with satisfaction.
Including Newt Scamander, who has completed the handover of the Care of Magical Creatures class earlier this evening and returned to the teaching sequence at Hogwarts, and is still in the Transfiguration class, following Professor McGonagall.
Sirius Black, who is interning as a teaching assistant in the last period before officially taking over as a substitute teacher, has finally finalized this year's list of Hogwarts professors.
Not to mention, Lupine, who now serves as Defense Against the Dark Arts, was originally the best professor of this course in the original book.
'If Hogwarts is an open-ended card drawing game, then I can almost break through the card pool at the beginning...'
While Elena was grabbing the fish and rice from Phoenix Fawkes with peace of mind, while watching Dumbledore answer and arrange the future teaching plans of the wizards in the room in turn, she squinted her eyes happily and thought to herself.
Although a certain former Slytherin headmaster who was a little greedy and vain has not returned yet, after the successful experience of "recruiting" Gilderoy Lockhart, in Elena's view, Horace
·Slughorn was not difficult to convince.
When the research on the cracking and reuse of Horcruxes reaches a certain stage, the wizards of the Destiny Group should start to contact Professor Slughorn - judging from the current situation, Hogwarts' future enrollment expansion is inevitable
trend.
The school’s current number of faculty and staff alone is far from being able to support the [Hogwarts College City] plan.
The next main task is to stand as an ordinary little wizard and taste and feel the changes in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from the perspective of a bystander. As for the starting point, start by writing a diary.
alright.
There was still a little while before the end of the evening class, so she took this opportunity to rest and prepare well.
Maybe Tom at this period was a little weak in terms of strength, but he was definitely not cannon fodder that could be easily manipulated.
In any case, the other party is also a dangerous wizard who will be dubbed the "Dark Lord" in the "future".
Compared with several other Horcruxes, the soul in this diary may be the real Voldemort.
At the same time, this may be the version of Tom Riddle that Dumbledore fears the most.
After all, theoretically speaking, the student Tom Riddle was even more dangerous in terms of IQ and human cunning than he might be in the future - he caused Hogwarts to experience the abolition of the school without any cheats, and
He single-handedly became a school idol and was the conspirator who solved this unexpected disaster.
to some extent……
Elena touched the warm wings of the phoenix, and glanced thoughtfully at the copy of "Slytherin Family" that was now flat, framed, and neatly hanging on the wall behind the principal's desk at Hogwarts.
Land Deed], his eyes flickered.
She seemed to have experienced something similar not long ago.
Hogwarts is indeed a magical castle favored by demon kings.