Start by logging into the Old Man's Ring at Hogwarts

If Dumbledore was in this room and brought out a copy of this ancient magic, then everything makes sense.

Just as Zicomo was thinking about these things, he suddenly felt a special force break through his divine body and enter his heart.

Before he could even be surprised, he felt a surge of love rising within him. Zicomo was certain it wasn't his own feeling.

For no apparent reason, his intuition told him that this affection came from Hermione.

Zicomo looked at Hermione in his arms and asked, "Hermione, what did you just do?"

At this moment, Hermione buried her head in Zicomo's arms and said in a muffled voice, "I just tried that magic neighbor on you."

As Hermione spoke, Zicomo felt a surge of shyness, as if his crush had discovered his feelings for them, and he felt embarrassed.

This confirmed Zicomo's suspicions; the feelings rising in his heart were indeed from Hermione.

He also understood the meaning of the inscription on the stone tablet: "Different loves have different ways of being expressed."

Lily's love for Harry is maternal love, so it manifests as selfless protection, shielding Harry from harm.

And Hermione's feelings for him...

P.S.: I'm not very good at writing about relationships, so I plan to confirm the relationship between the two people right away.

Chapter 167 The Two Who Confirmed Their Relationship, The Power of Time

Hermione's love for him seemed to manifest in the spiritual connection between them, and he was certain that Hermione could now sense his surprise.

Besides that, there must be some other special abilities. But Zicomo doesn't have time to investigate that right now.

He was now completely shocked that Hermione had fallen in love with him.

He admitted that he did have the idea of ​​raising a child, but Hermione is only a teenager, and in Zicomo's view, she is still in the raising stage.

How did this girl suddenly mature on her own?

To be precise, their minds are mature, but their bodies are not.

To be honest, this was completely unexpected for Zicomo. He now really hoped that his system could be updated with a favorability feature so that he could see how much favorability Hermione had towards him at the moment.

Even without this ability, based on the emotions conveyed to him by Zicomo, Hermione's affection for him would at least be close to the maximum.

But now wasn't the time to think about such nonsense. Zicomo sensed Hermione's growing panic. The little witch was already fearing that Zicomo's long silence meant he no longer wanted to accept her feelings.

Zicomo reached out and stroked Hermione's fur, saying softly, "Silly girl, are you really sure? I already have a fiancée."

Hermione lifted her head from Zicomo's arms and looked at him earnestly, saying, "I've made up my mind. I've thought it through very clearly. Cousin, you're so outstanding, you're destined not to belong to me alone. In that case, I might as well take a place closer to the front."

Hermione's words were similar to Penelope's thoughts.

Hermione even suspected that Luna, whom she couldn't quite understand, had the same idea.

Zicomo gently tapped Hermione's head and chuckled, "You silly girl, do you really think your cousin is such a womanizer?"

Hermione stuck out her tongue, and at the same time, a huge weight was lifted from her heart. She knew that Zicomo had accepted her feelings.

Hermione was very glad that she was in Animagus form, otherwise she might not have been able to say those words.

“Alright, now that we’ve explored this room, let’s hurry up and move on to the next one,” Zicomo said.

They've already wasted a lot of time in this room, and Zicomo hasn't achieved his goal yet. If they don't hurry, it'll be dawn.

The two entered the next room, which was filled with all kinds of clocks, from large grandfather clocks to small pocket watches.

The ticking of the clock filled the room, like a marching column, the footsteps neat, uniform, and rhythmic.

Moreover, various beautiful, diamond-like sparkles danced continuously within the room. Its magnificence even surpassed that of the previous planetary hall.

At the far end of the room stood a towering, bell-shaped crystal glass dome, as tall as an adult. The dome rested on a table, filled with a constantly churning, shimmering stream of air.

Inside the enclosure, a small, jewel-like egg floated up and down. A moment later, the jewel-like egg cracked open with a pop, and a hummingbird emerged. The hummingbird, carrying the cracked egg, slowly rose from the bottom, then drifted back down with the air currents.

During its descent, the bird's originally bright and beautiful feathers gradually lost their color. After landing back at the bottom of the glass dome, the bird returned to the egg, and the crack in the eggshell was repaired.

The entire process is continuously repeated inside the glass enclosure, showcasing the cycle of time.

This is the Time Hall, where the Ministry of Magic stores the Time-Turner. The Time-Turner is Zicomo's main purpose for coming here tonight.

Time! What a wondrous power.

The Hall of Time is where the Department of Mysteries studies grand magical puzzles like 'exploring the past and envisioning the future'. But the Silent Ones ultimately conclude that they must seize the present, because they cannot change the past, nor can they reach the future.

But is it really as they imagine?

Ultimately, the Silent Ones have never mastered time; they have merely been superficially manipulating it with time converters.

Those who play with time will eventually be played by time.

If someone could truly control time, could the past and the future be changed?

Zicomo was unaware of this, but he was about to become the one who controlled time.

Time is also a special kind of power, and logically speaking, it can be absorbed and then controlled by Zicomo.

Although Zicomo possesses the "Zen Garden" that allows him to freely adjust the flow of time, it does not mean that he has mastered time.

He could only control the flow of time within the "Zen Garden." Outside the "Zen Garden," Zicomo could only sense the power of time, but had no control over it.

Ever since sensing the power of time contained in Hermione's Time-Turner, Zicomo had the idea of ​​coming here.

That's the power of time, something everyone wants to possess.

Looking at the glass cabinet on one side of the room, it was filled with all kinds of hourglasses.

Zicomo knew that those were all time-tamperes. He was already eager to master this power.

However, before he began, he made Hermione leave the room.

Zicomo was unsure whether absorbing the power of time would have any impact on his surroundings.

If time were accelerated, causing people to age rapidly, that would be fine; with the magic stone, lifespan wouldn't be a concern.

Zicomo's biggest fear is the formation of a time turbulence that could send people to some unknown point in time.

So he told Hermione what he was going to do next and what might happen, and then told her to leave the room.

Although Hermione was worried about her cousin, she still listened to Zicomo and walked out of the room.

She knew that once Zicomo made up his mind to do something, no one could change it. All Hermione could do was not interfere with Zicomo and, at the same time, constantly pray for him in her heart.

Seeing Hermione leave, Zicomo began his operation.

He first removed all the protective and warning spells that the Ministry of Magic had left on it to prevent triggering alarms and attracting the attention of the Ministry of Magic.

Zicomo then opened the glass cabinet, picked up one of the hourglasses, and smashed the glass, causing sand to flow out.

The sand didn't fall to the ground after it flowed out; instead, it gradually faded as it fell and eventually disappeared without a trace.

At the same time, Zicomo also felt time around him accelerating. Time was flowing at a rate where one second outside was equivalent to several months passing around him.

Strangely, his thoughts were not within the scope of the time acceleration. In other words, only one second passed in his mind, while several months had passed in his body.

In short, his body aged several months. This seemed like punishment for Zicomo's destruction of the time-twister.

If it were an ordinary human being, they would probably starve to death long ago if they didn't eat or drink for several months.

Fortunately, Zicomo had already reached a godlike state, and eating was no longer a necessity for him.

Zicomo was incredibly grateful that he had let Hermione leave. If Hermione had stayed by his side, she would probably be a skeleton by now.

However, Zicomo was very satisfied with the results, because he confirmed that the time converter's effectiveness came from the special sand in the hourglass.

These grains of sand are actually a manifestation of the power of time, which dissipates rapidly once the container is removed. Zicomo has already personally experienced the consequences of this dissipation.

Having learned all this, Zicomo no longer hesitated, shattering all the hourglasses with a wave of his hand, and began to absorb the sands of time using his own abilities.

However, Zicomo overestimated his abilities; to be precise, he didn't know that his god-like body wouldn't be able to fully absorb this power of time.

This was the first time he had felt a sense of saturation in his body while absorbing special energy.

At this point, only a small portion of the Sands of Time remained, and Zikomo could no longer absorb the power of time. This meant that Zikomo could only let the Sands of Time dissipate naturally.

The consequence of this was that Zicomo's body grew rapidly.

Of course, the word "growth" can only be used to describe Zicomo; for most people, the word "aging" should be used.

At this rate of time flow, if you put a normal young person in there, they'd turn into a decrepit old man in less than half a minute. And with one foot already in the coffin.

Zicomo stayed inside for more than a minute, which is equivalent to two or three hundred years.

After the remaining sands of time dissipated, Zicomo examined his body. He found that he had grown a few centimeters taller, reaching a height of 1.8 meters, and was now clearly an adult.

Of course, if judged by physical age, Zikomo is already a skeleton. After all, ordinary people don't live for two or three hundred years.

For a god-like being, physical growth means increased strength. As Zicomo grew taller, his internal power also increased considerably.

It's a pity that Lani missed a great opportunity to grow in the "Zen Garden".

Chapter 100: Lani, who likes to look down on others, in the room behind the Time Hall.

Ever since Hermione's height increased rapidly due to her frequent use of the "Zen Garden" and the time difference with the outside world to study, Lani has also secretly harbored the desire to grow taller.

Compared to Hermione, who only occasionally acts arrogant towards Zicomo, Lani is the one with a truly arrogant personality.

She always maintained an arrogant attitude in front of everyone, only becoming more reserved when she was with Zicomo.