Hogwarts: A Chinese-Style Professor

Chapter 156 The New Administrator

Levi returned to his room and pulled out the parchment Professor McGonagall had given him from the cabinet—this was his fixed teleportation point, where everything he had magically transferred would appear.

[Detailed Rules for the Use and Contraindications of the Time Converter]

Item characteristics: The Time-Turner is a dangerous artifact involving high-level time magic. All time-related magic is extremely unstable and is strictly controlled by the Department of Mysteries of the British Ministry of Magic.

I. Absolute Prohibition

It must not be discovered by others: the process of use must be absolutely secretive and must not be observed by anyone other than oneself.

Interference in major historical events is prohibited: attempts to alter established historical facts are forbidden, and any major intervention could lead to disastrous consequences.

No identity disclosure: You must avoid any form of contact or interaction with your past self or anyone else from any timeline.

II. Potential Hazards and Historical Cases
Time paradox: Severe violations of the rules can lead to time anomalies, such as mistakenly killing one's past or future self, causing time collapse.

Example—the Eloise Mintab case:

As a taciturn person of the Department of Mysteries, she was trapped in the experiment for five days in 1402.

Upon returning, his body aged rapidly by five centuries due to the time distortion, and he eventually died at St. Mungo's Hospital.

Her actions resulted in at least 25 descendants being erased from the timeline and caused a reality distortion—the Tuesday following her return lasted forty-four hours, while Thursday lasted only four hours.

The Ministry of Magic ceased all time experiments in 1899, and all existing time converters now require strict approval and guarantees.

Three: Precautions
Even during the time converter's time, people will still grow and age, and their biological clock will change.

A single rotation of the hourglass can rewind one hour.

The maximum duration of continuous use should not exceed 5 hours; exceeding this time limit may cause the user to lose track of time.

In conclusion, the time converter is a tool that places great responsibility on its users; any negligence will result in a devastating price that goes far beyond the individual level.

Please be sure to follow the detailed rules and maintain a sense of awe for time.

After reading all the contents, Li Wei slowly put the parchment down and let out a soft breath.

Sure enough, it was pretty much what he expected.

The time-twister issue is not so simple—these people in the Ministry of Magic are really brave, daring to allow people to travel through time directly. In Levi's opinion, the cost of only a few dozen deaths is already small enough.

But is it precisely because of this that these people have lost their reverence for the time converter?

To leak such a terrifying thing for educational purposes is like putting a nuclear launcher in a child's hand as a toy.

He stood up, walked to the window, and gazed at the tranquil night outside.

"Five hours is probably more than just a restriction; it's also a form of protection. Is there a theory circulating in the magical world?"

Without hesitation, Li Wei used his illusion technique to step out the door and break into the library at night.

During his student years, he used magical gadgets to quickly scan the entire Hogwarts library and memorized the knowledge he considered important or necessary—but that doesn't mean he had forgotten everything else.

Guided by a hazy intuition and memory, he accurately located the books he needed and quickly flipped through them.

"We have found the Novikov self-consistency principle."

An important hypothesis about time travel proposed by the wizard Igor Novikov.

Its core idea is:
History, once it has happened, is destined to happen. Time travelers cannot change the overall course of history; any actions they take in the past will be corrected by magic.

They cannot “change” history, they can only “complete” history.

The book also proposes a hypothesis:
A wizard once tried to avoid his death by going back in time, but in the end, he was killed by his past self.

Li Wei got the answer he wanted, put the book back, and returned to his room.

After much deliberation, he ultimately failed to find a way to change the timeline.

"Forget it, theory is no substitute for practice. To find out the real thing, we'll have to travel through time and see for ourselves."

Li Wei opened the largest cabinet inside the desk and put the time converter inside.

Such a dangerous thing, rather than carrying it with him, he would rather keep it locked in a cabinet—if the time converter were ever attacked and damaged, then it would be all over.

As for the possibility of it being taken away by someone else while it's in the room—that's even closer to zero.

This room is protected by his barrier and an alarm system. Li Wei has also protected the desk and cabinet surfaces. Even if someone can use Animagus to sneak into this room, Li Wei will be able to detect it as long as it dares to touch anything.

As for how to handle the time converter, Li Wei decided to wait until the start of the semester to discuss it.

As Professor McGonagall said, he will only use this in class for now, which should be the safest way to use it for exploration.

As for this summer vacation, I'll focus on studying lightning magic first.

Li Wei soon discovered that this summer vacation was not as leisurely as he had imagined.

The first issue is with the school's administrative staff.

Mr. Filch, the caretaker who had worked at Hogwarts for nearly twenty years, submitted his resignation—or rather, he pleaded with Hogwarts to give him a chance to learn magic.

This matter put Professor McGonagall in a difficult position—she had already returned to her pastor's residence for a holiday, but now she had to spend some extra time dealing with it.

Filch brought this up quite suddenly—he had given it considerable thought before making the suggestion.

However, the castle keeper's job is of utmost importance.

Let alone a short period of time, even if Professor McGonagall were given several months, she might not be able to find a satisfactory candidate.

This is a problem—she must find a new replacement before the summer vacation ends and the new semester begins.

Professor McGonagall was also troubled by Filch's request—how could she possibly let Filch attend classes with the young wizards?

Dumbledore disappeared long after the end-of-term dinner.
Professor McGonagall eventually approached Levi.

Meanwhile, Li Wei was on his way to pick up someone—Remus Lupin, after a period of internal struggle and travel, was already on his way to Hogwarts.

"Professor McGonagall?"

Li Wei was quite surprised to see that the other person was still staying at school during the summer vacation—he had learned about the other person's vacation plans.

"Li Wei—I have something I'd like to discuss with you."

Professor McGonagall pursed her lips, looking somewhat ashamed.

Although Li Wei is no longer a child, as an older person, she still felt somewhat uncomfortable about frequently asking for help from the other party.
If she were the principal, then Li Wei being the vice-principal would be understandable.

What now?
(End of this chapter)