Two Worlds: I studied abroad at Hogwarts

Chapter 164 The High Priest's Successor

Through Towns' introduction two days ago, Moon already knew that Faithless Montoya and Ryan Bailey actually had a very good relationship.

He had guessed that the magician from the Bailey family would not help him.

After all, the power of the Faithless is not small, and what Ryan did is not in line with the survival rules of the magician family.

However, the actions of Ryan Bailey's personal attendant made Moon somewhat puzzled as to what these families were trying to do.

"I did this on my own initiative and it has nothing to do with Mr. Bailey."

After hearing the waiter's explanation, Moon became even more curious.

"Why? Or do you want me to make a potion for you as well?"

Moon guessed that facing an ordinary person who might possess the same abilities as Night Owl, the only thing he could do was to make potions.

"No, because you helped me test the medicine the day before yesterday."

"Test medicine?"

Moon was surprised for a moment, then he remembered what the waiter said.

When Moon was making the antidote, Ryan Bailey and Montoya both thought it was highly toxic.

In order to verify the efficacy of the potion, Ryan asked the waiter in front of him to try it.

Moon just saw that the waiter was a little hesitant and didn't like Ryan Bailey's behavior, so he prepared to take the medicine himself.

But later, Chris snatched the potion away and detoxified the toxin hidden in the little witch's body.

"Is that all?"

Moon asked curiously.

"Yeah, it might be a small thing to you, but no one has ever done this to me."

"Uh~, well, thank you very much for letting me know."

Moon never thought that a casual action he took would be remembered so clearly by the other party.

"Mr. Scarlett, do you need me to inform Mr. Bailey? He won't allow Montoya to do anything harmful to you near Fort Myerzu."

After hearing the waiter's words, Moon just thought about it briefly and shook his head.

"If possible, please keep this matter confidential and don't tell anyone. As for Montoya, I will handle it myself."

After hearing Moon's words, the waiter was stunned for a moment, then immediately put his right hand on his left shoulder and bowed.

"Please rest assured that Anton Benson will keep this matter confidential forever. If you have no other instructions, I will leave now."

After Moon nodded, the waiter got off the boat and rode around in a big circle before returning to Fort Myrzu.

"This guy is really weird."

After watching the other party leave, Hall expressed his thoughts.

Moon could actually vaguely understand it, but he wasn't sure if his guess was correct.

"In fact, people living at the bottom of society are far more loyal and righteous than those who hold power in the castle."

Zalan said something that was agreed by everyone present.

However, after sending Anton Benson away, Moon and his team encountered another problem: how to deal with the Faithless.

"Don't worry, I will find a way to make him leave. If he doesn't agree, then I can only make him leave for real."

Moon didn't care about Montoya's threats.

Especially now that he knows the other party's plan, he will naturally have more time to prepare and resolve this matter.

However, after dealing with Montoya, Moon still needs to learn more about going to Xingjin Island.

"Let's get Ben here. The situation on Xingjin Island is quite complicated. We'd better get to know it clearly."

Moon had promised to send this tribal slave home, and at that time he was only considering Xingcha Island as a very suitable place to live.

It now seems that Moon's understanding of this island is far from enough.

"Ben, I'd like to ask you something about Xingjin Island. If possible, please give us some introduction."

When Ben saw Moon this time, he was much more excited than last time.

Last time he just wanted to ask Moon to send him back to Xingjin Island, so he seemed a little helpless.

But this time when he met Moon, he showed the most sincere courtesy.

"Ben said he'd tell you anything you wanted to know."

Mimir continued to do the translation work as usual.

"I want to know the situation of the tribes on Xingjin Island and whether it is suitable for outsiders to live there."

"Great successor to the High Priest, Xingjin Island welcomes you and all your people. The tribe is your home. Uh~, these are Ben's original words."

When Mimir conveyed this sentence, there was an incredible look in his eyes.

"The great high priest's successor? Who? Me?"

Moon was a little confused about the situation, but looking at the extremely excited Ben in front of him, he knew that this tribesman must be hiding more things.

"Ask me what's going on?"

After Mimir questioned Ben for a long time, Moon also learned the information about this tribesman.

Ben is the son of the leader of the Xingmang Tribe on Xingjin Island.

The members of their tribe hold a grand ceremony when they reach adulthood, and Ben happened to be participating in the ceremony this year.

But he is different from ordinary tribesmen.

Because one of the leaders of the Star Tribe has been shouldering the heavy responsibility of finding the successor to the high priest.

Especially after Feiyue's appearance, their coming-of-age ceremony will be carried out according to the oldest tradition.

Originally, this was Ben's most important mission, but unfortunately, after the chief's son left the island, he encountered pirates and was captured and made a slave for half a year.

After knowing Ben's identity, Moon knew that the conditions promised by the other party should be achievable.

When Moon decided to send Ben home, the tribesman responded that there would be gifts of land and houses as a thank you.

Moon was a little skeptical at first.

However, knowing that the other party is the leader's son, it should be true with a high probability.

Of course, in addition to this matter, Moon also needs to figure out another thing.

"What about the high priest's successor you just mentioned? How can you be sure it's me?"

Moon didn't think he was the heir the tribe was looking for. He didn't have any tribal blood in him and was a real man of the Scarlett family.

After hearing Moon's question, Ben immediately took off the magical bead from his neck.

"This is a sensor bead made from the branches of a sacred tree. It can guide me to find the true successor to the high priest."

The bead that Ben was talking about was the one Moon had seen that night.

After hearing what the other party said, he took out his monocular and looked at the bead.

A light green magical energy faintly emanated from the beads, but it was very rare.

"It is indeed a magical creation."

After Moon finished the test, he looked at Ben again.

"But you are just an ordinary person, how can you know the sensitivity of the beads?"

Ordinary people simply cannot use alchemical creations, and this is the same in any world.

"Oh, that's it!"

Ben said this and pointed to a smear of red paint between his eyebrows.

The tribesmen had a lot of paint on their faces, and Moon originally thought it was just their custom.

"As long as the high priest's successor appears nearby, the oil paint will become hot, and it will become even hotter after the successor holds the bead." Moon remembered that night, and he seemed to have held the bead and observed it.

The primitive man also became more excited from then on.

"Little Moon is from our Veteran Alley. How could he be the heir to your tribe?"

Hall was so unconvinced that he snatched the bead and stuffed it into Moon's hand, then reached out and touched Ben's eyebrows.

"See! I told you it was fake!"

Hall's hand did not feel any warmth between Ben's eyebrows.

His words also made the people in Veteran Lane breathe a sigh of relief.

"No, the Great Shaman said that only the person who applied the paint can sense it. You can't touch it like this at all."

After seeing that no one believed him, Ben became obviously anxious.

This time he came out to gain experience, he went through a lot of hardships.

After leaving Xingjin Island, he was first blown by the waves to an unknown island where he starved for three days, and then he was captured by pirates and became a prisoner.

He was then imprisoned in a cramped and dark cabin. When he thought he would never be able to return to Xingjin Island in his lifetime, Moon suddenly appeared.

Then the prophecies told to him by the great witch came true one after another.

Thinking of this, Ben said something immediately.

"That's right! I have a prophecy! The Great Witch's prophecy can prove that you are the successor to the High Priest."
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On the Western Ocean, suffering follows like a shadow.

In the endless darkness, only the light of fire can lead the way, and you will eventually meet the real stars.

This is the guidance of destiny, the hope of the tribe, the end of suffering, and the dawn of new life.
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This was the farewell prophecy given to Ben by the Great Witch when he was leaving Xingjin Island.

He didn't take it seriously at first, but when Moon appeared on the pirate ship, everything he said came true.

After Mimir finished translating the prophecy, everyone present fell silent.

They could see that the tribesman was not lying, and ordinary people did not know how to refute the mysterious power of prophecy.

Moon actually doesn't believe in the prophecy that much.

When chatting with the young wizards last week, he already knew that most of the prophecies in the Department of Mysteries had not come true.

Especially the Divination professor at Hogwarts, who is not very well regarded among students.

All these show that the prophecy is not actually recognized by most wizards in the magical world.

Unlike the others present who hesitated when they heard the prophecy, Zalan also agreed with the tribesman's statement after listening to Ben.

After all, he was the only one present who knew that Moon's way of learning magic was completely different from that of other magicians.

If there really is such a thing as the prophesied dawn of new life, Zalan is absolutely certain that it is Moon.

Looking at the people present who had fallen silent because of a prophecy, Moon rubbed his brows and looked at Ben again.

"Okay, let's talk about the prophecy later. We're going to Xingjin Island anyway, so we'll figure it out sooner or later."

Seeing that Moon still didn't believe him, Ben wanted to pull the beads off to prove it again.

But Moon quickly stopped him.

"Don't worry about it anymore. I heard from other magicians that Xingjing Island doesn't welcome foreign wizards. Is this true?"

Moon actually wants to figure this out now.

"Yes, the Great Wizard said that the wizards outside are all children of the devil, and if they land on the island, they will defile the land of Xingjin Island."

"The devil's people?"

This was the first time Moon had heard such an argument.

However, he also heard from this sentence that the tribal wizards did have a strong prejudice against wizards from outside.

"Yes, the wizards outside are not good people, but you are different. The Great Wizard will definitely welcome you home with the highest etiquette."

Hearing that the tribesman wanted to continue talking about the heir, Moon quickly reached out to stop him.

"Okay, then can you tell me the details about the tribal wizard?"

Ryan Bailey once told Moon that the spellcasters once wanted to seize control of Xingjing Island, but after they were all sent off the island, they never thought of attacking the island again.

This made Moon very curious about the strength of the wizards on Star Embers Island.

After hearing Moon's question, Ben subconsciously looked around.

After Mimir noticed the actions of this tribesman, he immediately understood what he meant and said goodbye to Moon.

Hall and Zalan also realized it belatedly and looked at Moon before leaving the room.

"I'm very sorry, heir, but no one else can know about the tribal wizards."

Moon didn't care about Ben's apology. He was just worried that he couldn't correct Ben's use of the term "heir".

"Ah~, tell me, I will keep this a secret too."

As the son of the leader of the Xingmang tribe, Ben knew much more than the average tribesman.

The three major tribes on Xingjin Island all have their own wizard heritage, and they will only train wizards from among their tribesmen.

From the earliest mediums to witch doctors, shamans, great witches, priests, and high priests.

This is the inheritance sequence of the tribal wizards.

But now, the highest-ranking person among the three major tribes is only the Great Shaman, and the High Priest has not appeared for more than a thousand years.

"After the priests of the Spirit Tree Tribe disappeared three hundred years ago, there are no more priests on Xingjin Island."

From Ben's description, Moon knew that the tribal wizards actually attached great importance to inheritance.

Even if there is a shortage of wizards in one tribe, wizards from other tribes will help train them.

But even so, there were still problems with their inheritance.

Moon guessed that in addition to the gradual decrease in the number of tribesmen, there must be some external force restricting their wizard inheritance.

"Then did you know that the spellcaster once wanted to occupy Xingjing Island?"

"Yes, I wasn't born then, but this incident has been circulating among the three major tribes. The leading spellcaster at the time was a so-called Vice Admiral of the Federation Navy, but they were no match for the Guardian of the Spirit Tree Tribe."

The patron saint of the Lingshu tribe is a sacred tree that is over a thousand years old.

The magical beads on Ben's body are carved from its branches.

Moon guessed that this big tree should also be a magical plant, similar to the Whomping Willow outside Hogwarts Castle.

In addition, Moon had learned from chatting with Ryan Bailey that the highest commander of the spellcasters in the Vena Islands was a vice admiral.

In recent years, he has been trying to find a way to wipe out the Faithless and regain control of the other two main islands.

From all this information, Moon roughly deduced the wizarding power of the entire Vena Islands.

Moon already knew that Montoya was the person in charge of the Faithless on Solman Island, and his wizard bar was two bars.

Then the strength of the leader of the Faithless should be three bars or above.

Correspondingly, the spellcaster has not been able to completely wipe out the Faithless for so many years, so this navy vice admiral should be as powerful as the Faithless leader.

The great wizard that Ben mentioned was the fourth in the tribe's wizard inheritance sequence, and he was able to fight against the vice admiral of the navy without being defeated.

This means that the Great Wizard’s strength should also be at this level, or even higher.

Of course, these are all Moon's speculations based on current conditions.

However, this is also something that Moon must consider carefully before going to Xingjin Island.

"Okay, you can go down first. If nothing unexpected happens, we will leave the day after tomorrow and head to Xingjin Island."

After Ben left, Moon found Zalan, Hall and Mimir again.

(End of this chapter)