Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Professor McGonagall shook her head solemnly.

It is precisely because the school has not discovered anything that it is difficult to do.

If a large-scale array like the "Sage's Eye" detects an evil god of a certain level, and it is hidden somewhere in Hogwarts, the school can quickly devise a countermeasure.

However, the fleeting aura of the evil god last night seemed to vanish without a trace after it appeared.

However, all the ghosts at Hogwarts, along with the picture frames and professors, sensed this presence and were quickly alerted.

No one can ignore this.

Dumbledore rushed from his home to the school overnight to oversee the follow-up testing.

Because nothing has been found, the school is currently only able to investigate one by one, which is too inefficient.

Hogwarts is full of secret passages and hidden passages, some of which they know about, but others they don't.

It's impossible for a professor to check every single one of them.

Some areas are so dangerous that they have been designated as restricted areas.

Let alone students, even some professors who accidentally wander in would face a near-death experience.

Snape said with a mocking expression, "I knew that detection rune array was useless. It should have been retired long ago. It's only good for analysis and calculation, not for defense."

McGonagall didn't want to discuss this topic.

Because the school has separated the "Sage's Eye" from the defense system, turning the magic rune array into an analysis and calculation tool.

It's no use saying anything afterward.

She then said, "Snape, you'll be patrolling the fourth floor tonight. Keep an eye on the ghosts wandering around the school; I have a feeling something's off about them."

Snape frowned almost imperceptibly: "Ghosts are special energy entities. To this day, wizards still don't understand how ghosts are created or how they disappear?"

According to common belief, ghosts are special energy entities that are born from negative energy. However, not every ghost in Horowitz is born from negative emotions.

As for disappearing.

It is widely believed in the wizarding world that as long as the unfulfilled wishes of a ghost can be fulfilled, the ghost will naturally dissipate.

But Hogwarts, despite its many years of effort, has failed to achieve this.

One of the ghosts' wishes involves one of the four giants of the academy, who have all disappeared into the dust of history. How can they fulfill the ghosts' wishes?
There is no resurrection after death.

Another point is that some ghosts have wishes as simple as Professor Binns's.

Only when the ghost grows weary of the daily grind and no longer enjoys the familiar routine will it perhaps leave one day.

Although there is no clear explanation for the origin and disappearance of ghosts, the fact that ghosts can live in the real world for so long suggests that the energy they possess is worth exploring.

If this power can be discovered, it might become a completely new power in the wizarding world!

Snape murmured, "Hogwarts has never let me catch a ghost for my experiments, Minerva, could I—"

Without a second thought, McGonagall interrupted, "No, Snape, you don't want to at all."

She warned, "Keep your spirits to yourself. The ghosts in Hogwarts are under the castle's unique protection. If you touch them, you will be breaking the contract. I don't want to see you in St. Mungo's!"

Snape's lips twitched slightly, then he walked away with a tense expression.

Hogwarts is just too principled; they're even so friendly to ghosts, who should have been used as experimental material anyway!
Professor McGonagall went to Professor Binns' office.

Professor Binns the Ghost has lived at Hogwarts for a thousand years. His daily life is very ordinary, a repetitive cycle day after day.

McGonagall remembered that when she was a student, she liked to ask Professor Binns questions at lunchtime.

Many people believe that ghosts do not have their own thoughts, and that their so-called joys, sorrows, and anger are all based on the memories remaining in their minds.

Those sad or smiling expressions are just expressions based on past experience; they don't mean that they are actually sad or smiling.

But she didn't think that way when she was younger.

She felt that ghosts were another kind of being, still retaining some consciousness, so she pestered every ghost in the school, eagerly talking to them.

Through her tireless curiosity, she also gained some insights and learned some little secrets about ghosts.

McGonagall did not tell anyone about her discovery, fearing that other professors would be tempted to capture ghosts for research if they found out.

The secret of the ghost she discovered at school back then was—

Ghosts not only have the memories of their past lives, but after becoming ghosts, they also remember what happened every day and use their past experiences to judge these events!

They actually have their own thoughts!

If a ghost is willing to communicate with people, it will reveal many things it only saw after becoming a ghost.

However, most ghosts choose to remain silent, keeping quiet when faced with danger.

"Knock knock!"

There was a knock on the office door.

McGonagall received no sound from inside.

She didn't mind, stood outside for a few seconds, knocked a few more times, and then opened the office door.

McGonagall's expression hardened slightly; Professor Binns was not in his office.

This is enough to explain its abnormality!
A ghost's day is very regular and follows the rules. If one day something changes, it probably means that something big has happened.

McGonagall glanced around, then casually looked up ahead.

Her pupils contracted slightly, and she gasped softly.

Professor Binns was hanging upside down from the beam, his eyes fixed on Hermione.

It spoke up, saying, "I remember you, little witch. Back when you were studying at Hogwarts, you often came to me with questions. I told you many times that I only teach the history of magic, but you wouldn't listen and always insisted on coming to my side."

This little witch was very proactive; unlike other witches, she wasn't afraid of ghosts.

It had looked into the little witch's eyes, which were filled with a thirst for knowledge, so it couldn't help but say something unrelated to the history of magic and carefully taught her a few useful spells.

This behavior is beyond what a ghost could do.

However, the little witch was clever and reached a tacit understanding with it. Neither of them spoke of the other, and they communicated only in secret.

Professor Binns glanced at McGonagall, remaining suspended in mid-air with his head upside down, but his eyes drifted elsewhere.

It muttered to itself, "I saw a little witch in Gryffindor who is very much like you in personality, and her eyes are also full of curiosity."

But she's even more assertive than you, with a very sharp personality. That kind of personality is troublesome; I'd be in trouble at any time, so I don't want to communicate with her at all, and I don't dare to communicate with her." McGonagall calmed down and said, "You're probably talking about Hermione Granger. She's an outstanding student in Gryffindor, and she's shown considerable talent at such a young age."

Even more surprisingly, she wasn't purebred or half-blood; her parents were just ordinary people, yet she awakened magical talent in the Muggle world.

Professor Binns was not surprised at all.

That's just how the magical world is; no one is born destined to possess magic.

The existing nobles have simply inherited a lot of mysterious knowledge, which is why the wizarding talent in their families has never been cut off.

But the truth is clear from the increasing number of people from the magical world migrating to the Muggle world.

Many wizards are born as Squibs, who can sense magic but cannot use it. Squibs can only revert to being ordinary people.

But there's really nothing to be sad about.

Many years ago, their ancestors were just ordinary people who suddenly awakened their magical talent one day.

It knows a lot of things, but it has no desire to chat and doesn't want to continue communicating with Mag.

Seeing that he remained silent, McGonagall thought for a moment and then said in a deep voice:
"Professor, I've heard about your unusual behavior from your students, and I know what you've been saying. I want to know what has happened all these years."

Are you sure that aura you sensed is the aura of the evil god? Can you locate the evil god?

Professor Binns' eyes first showed blankness, and then his expression turned to fear.

"That was a terrible night, just like in the early hours of last night, when we suddenly felt an unusual fluctuation."

We were very agitated, and the professors at the school noticed our unusual behavior and began to investigate every corner and every pipe in the school.

But the result is as it is now: nothing was found.

It was as if that fleeting feeling had vanished, and I thought it was just a sudden restlessness. Later, we all deeply regretted our carelessness at the time.

McGonagall stared intently at it: "Why the regret? What happened?"

Professor Binns' expression turned somewhat manic.

"The appearance of that wisp of evil god's aura does not mean that an evil god has descended upon Hogwarts, but rather that a student has embraced the power of an evil god and become a new evil god!"
It's him! The last person to possess this aura was the Dark Lord! He's embarked on an extreme and terrifying path. I'm not mistaken, it's definitely this kind of power…”

Just as Professor McGonagall was about to say something, the words she heard suddenly disappeared.

Looking up, Professor Binns, a ghost, was so frightened that he fainted!
Her brows furrowed, and another worry rose in her heart.

She felt that the ghosts at school were becoming more and more human-like.

The ghost made a pact with the castle, binding it to the castle for all eternity. As the castle changes, so does the ghost.

It's hard to say whether this change is good or bad.

McGonagall got the information from Professor Binns and hurried to the principal's office.

She had to report to Dumbledore.

the other side.

Lin Xia and the others stayed in the lab to rest, waiting for the Weasley twins to get over the novelty and come out.

But they waited for a long time, almost past lunch break, with only 10 minutes left before class, and the twins still hadn't come out of the public lab.

Lin Xia then personally opened the door to the public laboratory.

Everyone's initial worries were put to rest.

At the lab table, George and Fred were excitedly checking data, muttering unknown numbers while their hands kept moving.

One is stirring the test tube, while the other is adding a special liquid.

Judging from the way they used the instruments, it was clear that they were self-taught and had not received professional training, so their methods were somewhat crude.

However, it's also clear that they frequently conduct experiments.

Although the method used was crude, the experimental steps were correct and highly targeted.

They already possess the complete capability to develop, experiment, and manufacture!
From this perspective, Harry and Ron are far inferior to the Weasley twins.

Even Draco, when conducting ordinary experiments after deducting the potion talent bonus, wasn't as confident and certain as the Weasley twins.

The arrival of the little wizard did not disturb the twins, who remained lost in their own thoughts.

Lin Xia coughed lightly and stomped her foot slightly, making a noise.

George and Fred looked in the direction the sound came from and found Lin Xia and the others.

George pushed up his goggles and said with some dissatisfaction, "You'd better have a good reason, otherwise I can't believe that my dear brother would do something like trespassing into someone else's laboratory without the owner's permission."

Fred concluded, "This is incredibly rude. If we were conducting a serious experiment, your behavior could very well cause us harm."

Ron couldn't help but say, "What loss? Besides, I knocked on the door before, but there was no response!"

George and Fred said in a serious tone, "Because of your sudden appearance, we were so startled that our hands trembled, resulting in wasted experimental materials and the loss of having to start all over again."

The twins looked at Ron intently: "Will you pay for the experimental materials we wasted?"

Ron immediately fell silent.

While they were talking, Lin Xia came to the lab table. She only glanced at it, but an image appeared in her mind.

That was a finished product, already made.

A bottle of dark blue potion, within which a nimble bolt of lightning flashes by.

At the same time, an explanation also came to her mind:
"【Inspiration and Creativity】Potion, a second improved potion by the Weasley twins, inspired by the previously best-selling 【Potion of Wisdom】."

This potion reduced the Billywig bug's wings but added several rare and precious ingredients, greatly alleviating the side effect of needing to use the restroom. It also has a refreshing effect, achieving a state resembling a kind of mental resonance (pseudo).

Lin Xia subtly shifted her gaze. She hadn't received any warnings from the Fate Compass, but she knew the future in advance.

This prophetic ability is very similar to the results of divination she performed in her previous life.

After arriving in the wizarding world, all her divination abilities were transformed into the Compass of Destiny.

I thought the Destiny Compass would always be with me in this form, but is it really starting to integrate now?
It was integrated and became her innate ability.

There's no need for divination anymore; the relevant images simply flash through your mind.

Taking advantage of the moment before Ron and his brother started arguing, Lin Xia quickly said, "I know you're very satisfied with the lab, but classes are about to start, and we don't want to be criticized by the professor for leading you astray."

The twins readily apologized, "We're sorry, we lost track of time." (End of Chapter)