Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Mikel has been deep in the Forbidden Forest for far too long.

Although his account matched up perfectly, McGonagall's Legilimency had examined the memories in his mind, and it was indeed as he said.

However, the whole thing is still full of doubts.

Firstly, they found it hard to believe that Mikel, who was just a student, could have ventured deep into the Forbidden Forest for so long and escaped unscathed after suffering only minor harm.

Secondly, the timing of his recovery after falling into a coma was very coincidental.

Awakening during the period of awakening awareness of the forbidden forest, yet able to ensure that he does not move around and stays quietly in the burrow he uses for hiding.

Thirdly, even though Forbidden Forest's consciousness had left, Forbidden Forest became active again at this time.

Logically speaking, Mikel, who had already ventured deep into the Forbidden Forest, should not have been able to leave so easily.

However, apart from the scars caused by the vines, he appeared to be malnourished at most, and had not suffered any crisis, which seemed very abnormal.

Mike had just woken up and was still somewhat dazed. The professors asked him a few questions and then left, telling Mike to rest well.

Summer vacation has only been going on for a month, there's still another month left, they have time to slowly wear down Mikel.

In a secluded corner of Hogwarts, the professors were talking about Mikel again.

Snape frowned and said coldly, "He's hiding something from us. He's been able to venture deep into the Forbidden Forest for so long; someone must be helping him!"

Flitwick said with concern, “I’m worried that he’s possessed by an evil god.”

Sprout, at this point, actually trusted the school's assessment more.

“When we brought him out of the edge of the Forbidden Forest, we had already examined his entire body. There were no signs of any evil god's corruption, not even the slightest infection. He was healthier and more normal than an ordinary wizard.”

McGonagall: "Although the test results were perfectly normal, he didn't look like a normal wizard; he looked haggard."

I always felt he suffered a great ordeal, but the data didn't tell us directly. I lean towards Snape's theory; I think he might have been possessed by an evil god.

Flitwick asked, "So what's the next step? Should we just hand it over to the more specialized Ministry of Magic?"

McGonagall hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and said, "His data is all normal. Even if we hand him over to the Ministry of Magic, they might not be able to find anything. Let's keep an eye on him secretly at Hogwarts and lock him up in a solitary confinement cell for now."

She paused, then said in a low voice, "If our guess is wrong and he has nothing, handing him over directly to the Ministry of Magic might cause him psychological trauma. The Ministry of Magic's interrogations are notoriously strict."

Upon hearing this, the other professors all became serious.

Yes, in that place...

Even a normal person would lose tens of kilograms after going in.

It was a place where confessions could be forced out of people, and where people were devoured without a trace. Moreover, it was a place of infighting between various factions, far less pure than a school.

Meanwhile, Mikel, lying in bed, kept recalling what had happened in the Forbidden Forest.

He reached out and touched his chest, feeling the strong, steady beat of his heart.

It was so powerful and surging, yet he felt as if a huge hole had been dug into his heart, one that would never heal.

He lost what was most important to him! He lost the system!!

His best companion was separated from his soul, and he lost all hope of ascending to the highest path!
Babling, and the consciousness of the Forbidden Forest... those two despicable murderers!
Mikel gritted his teeth inwardly; being so young, he didn't realize just how formidable these two were.

He was just thinking that if he ever had the chance, he would make them both pay the price.

While the Hogwarts professors were secretly observing Mikel, McGonagall and the others were also searching for Lin Xia's whereabouts in the forbidden book area.

The crisis from the Forbidden Forest has been resolved, Hogwarts has reopened its doors and is no longer closed, having regained some of its strength.

Lin Xia hasn't left the restricted book area for a month, which seems normal.

Some students would linger in the restricted book area for two or three months, or even several years, before coming out.

Because they encountered a space where the concept of time could be blurred; staying there for a day could feel like half a year or a year in the outside world.

But McGonagall knew that couldn't be the case.

If she had truly encountered a space where time moved slowly, then her soul fragments would not have been destroyed by the spatial turbulence.

She sensed a powerful spatial storm before her soul fragments were completely annihilated.

Therefore, McGonagall believed from the bottom of her heart that Lin Xia was likely in grave danger in this situation.

She discussed the matter with other professors several times and finally decided to launch an emergency rescue operation.

In the name of Hogwarts, they issued a mission to the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic, ordering them to enter the forbidden book area to search for Lin Xia, whether she was alive or dead.

We must see her alive or dead, or at least bring out some personal belongings bearing traces of Lin Xia.

The forbidden book area is simply too large, and the magical world has not actually explored this area, which has been partially corrupted by the ravings of evil gods, to this day.

If it weren't for the fact that the forbidden book area involved the inheritance of the magical world, and that the method of inheritance was not so efficient, the wizards would have abandoned it long ago, given the high rate of contamination.

Not only are you randomly assigned to different places after entering, but the form of the forbidden book area is constantly changing in the eyes of each wizard.

Even if they enter the same place, different wizards will see different scenes.

It's not certain that someone will randomly be in the same spatial configuration as Lin Xia; it's a matter of probability.

Even so, we should still try to save them.

Hogwarts also had the resources to issue a recruitment notice to the Ministry of Magic's Aurors.

After all, the school is backed by the Forbidden Forest, has many valuable resources, and some of the Aurors are also graduates of Hogwarts, so they care about their juniors.

Not to mention that Lin Xia is a young wizard with a full-fledged research talent, so they felt it was their duty to rescue her.

McGonagall deliberately left the school to go to the Ministry of Magic to issue a recruitment notice and even met with Dumbledore.

She not only brought up Mikel, but also Lin Xia.

When McGonagall mentioned Mikel's unusual visits to the Forbidden Forest, Dumbledore seemed to see it all, remaining silent for a long while before slowly speaking:
"This child is innocent. There is no significance written on him. In fact, he has benefited from the misfortune, which has improved his physique and made him a genius in magical talent."

McGonagall was taken aback and asked cautiously, "Did you see something?"

Dumbledore's voice seemed to echo from the depths of history, his gaze not on McGonagall, but on the boundless sky outside the window.

“I witnessed his transformation process. It was very painful. He was on the verge of death several times, and someone even took something important from him, but he pulled through.”

“That kind of transformation is very painful. Without strong willpower, it is easy to give up on oneself, but he still managed to pull through and can become a key person for us to cultivate.”

McGonagall frowned. "Was he used for experiments by some powerful wizard?"

Dumbledore withdrew his gaze, his tone distant and meaningful. "Minerva, this is fate's choice. Fate has come for him, and this tribulation is inevitable for him."

He got through it, but he lost the most important thing. I can't see how things will develop afterward.

McGonagall's lips twitched slightly. "Fate. It's that damned fate again, which is why I don't believe in any prophecies or divination. It always pushes our lives to the worst possible point!"

Dumbledore's tone was calm: "You may not believe in it, but you cannot deny its existence. It is always watching over you, watching over each and every one of us."

McGonagall took a deep breath. "All I need to know is that Mikel is alright. You don't need to convince me on that point. I don't believe in fate."

She changed the subject, "What about Lin Xia? Can you see Lin Xia's fate in this? Is she safe in the forbidden book area? Is she alive? Where did she go, and can she be found?"

Dumbledore gently shook his head: "Although I can see through fate, fate is very powerful, and not everything can be seen by me."

I've never been able to see Lin Xia's fate clearly—it was in the past, it's now, and it will be in the future.

McGonagall's expression was solemn. After a long silence, she asked in a hoarse voice, "Is she still alive?"

Dumbledore did not answer the question. He could not see Lin Xia's fate, nor could he see whether Lin Xia was dead or alive.

However, he gave his own answer.

"Those who are watched by fate will not be so easily abandoned by fate."

While the professors were doing their best to find Lin Xia, Lin Xia, who was in the restricted book area, entered a period of rapid development.

She continuously deepened her understanding of her body, experimented with the abilities brought about by various health cultivation states, and began to practice the clan's secret techniques passed down from her previous life.

She didn't know if the forbidden book area was a special space, but she didn't feel any obstruction when she was practicing the secret technique, which made her feel very different.

In the magical world, when she was very young, she tried to cultivate the secret techniques passed down from her family in her previous life in the manor.

Whenever she reached a crucial moment in her cultivation, a sense of unease would always cross her mind, as if some unseen force was hindering her from continuing her cultivation.

If she insists on cultivating, she is destined not to succeed.

This is an almost predictive intuition.

Lin Xia has always trusted her intuition, so she always stops at crucial moments.

However, this time, she was able to continue her cultivation smoothly in the forbidden book area.

It seemed as if in the blink of an eye, he had already mastered three secret techniques.

In the restricted book area, time seemed to flow both quickly and slowly; Lin Xia had completely forgotten about time.

When she felt tired from cultivation, she would look at the forbidden book that had transformed into a sky full of stars.

She has read all the forbidden books in this restricted book section.

But that's okay, there's plenty of room for banned books.

It's alright once she's finished looking at this area; she can go and check out other areas.

It's unclear whether the forbidden book zone has somehow judged her, but whenever she enters a new forbidden book space, the scene before her eyes is still a sky full of stars.

All the forbidden books transformed into stars in the sky, twinkling and shining.

Lin Xia's hobby in her spare time is to select stars that she finds pleasing to the eye and then read them.

She saved the stars that she didn't find so beautiful for last.

Regardless of whether the stars are beautiful or not, she will definitely read all the forbidden books in this space before leaving.

Good, bad, mediocre, interesting—we don't overlook any of them.

As Lin Xia continued reading, the outside world witnessed the changing seasons, with spring and autumn passing by, and year after year going by.

Time flies, and Harry is now in his sixth year.

After completing their final year of seventh-grade courses, they will officially graduate from Hogwarts.

During this year, the school's long-planned alchemical glasses project was finally restarted, and three more large-scale tests were conducted.

We decided to officially launch the test only after ensuring that even students with lower mental strength could participate and that there were no loopholes.

Yes, because this project has been delayed for quite some time, different versions will be released to the public after the testing is completed at the school.

But regardless, Hogwarts will always enjoy the most advanced alchemical glasses technology.

In the laboratory.

Harry took off his glasses, revealing his beautiful emerald green eyes, eyes that seemed to see into people's hearts and transformed into a steadfast strength.

"I have completed all the seventh-grade courses. When I enter the seventh grade, I can leave school and go out to do missions."

No wonder I never saw older students at school before; they were sent out on missions, and the school didn't have much left to teach them.

Ron also took off his glasses, stretched, and let out a long sigh.

"I feel like my head is about to explode from all that knowledge. It gets harder every year, and I don't know how I've managed to get through it."

Hermione pushed up her glasses; she wasn't using the alchemical glasses to aid her studies.

For a self-taught individual like her, the alchemy glasses were not very effective in aiding her learning.

She was reading the latest cutting-edge magical knowledge, constantly flipping through the documents, reading very quickly, as if it were child's play.

But Ron and Harry both knew that Hermione would only turn the page after making sure she had memorized everything.

In the past three years, the magical world has undergone several major reforms, and research talents have been valued, at one point even surpassing the status of brutes who only know how to attack.

These outstanding research students were also valued by the school and granted many privileges.

Over the past three years, they have also felt the importance the school places on them.

The most obvious manifestation of this is that they learned many secrets of Hogwarts that ordinary students should not know, and there are many secrets that even professors may not know.

Finally, Hermione finished reading, took off her glasses, and rubbed her temples.

"The fourth large-scale test of the Alchemy Glasses is coming soon. It is said that this test will involve all races, forming a dedicated communication network for the magical world."

If the test is successful, we will no longer be fighting alone. All races can communicate through the alchemical glasses, know the movements of evil forces anytime and anywhere, and no longer fear the dark wizards.

Even in remote towns, communication can be established, and if the town falls, news can be received immediately.

She paused, then said in a deep voice, "Perhaps through this test, we can find Lin Xia's whereabouts." (End of Chapter)