Hogwarts: From Luna's House to Godhood Through Intense Competition

“Headmaster Dumbledore, and these things too…” Vizet took out several crystals from his pocket; these were “anti-Black whistles” made based on the “Parsleyan whistle” principle.

Dumbledore carefully put the "Black-proof Whistle" into the drawer, "so that the secret passages we know of can also be protected."

"A friend of mine investigated the wizard you met at the Duelist Statue... It seems that someone impersonated him and signed up for the 'All England Wizarding Duel Tournament'."

"Did Headmaster Dumbledore use Polyjuice Potion?" Wizett guessed.

Dumbledore nodded and said, "That's right! His memories have been altered, very cleverly, but fortunately my friend is very experienced."

"Before we know exactly what they want to do... there's no need to act rashly. This Death Eater isn't important; Voldemort behind him is more important."

"Let's see how far this Death Eater can go. After all, only the final duel champion can get the item reward, and I think that's their goal."

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“That’s true!” Vizet’s tone changed, and her expression became serious. “Headmaster Dumbledore… I have some questions about the ‘Otherworld’.”

"'Soul Healing'... is enough to allow you to re-enter the 'Otherworld'." Dumbledore showed no surprise. "Is it that you're finding the magic you just learned a little difficult to understand?"

“It’s about the form of the ‘Otherworld’…” Vizette said directly, “Professor Snape mentioned to me that his ‘Otherworld’ was a lawn, while Professor McGonagall’s was an ocean with embankments…”

“And my ‘afterlife’ is a valley…” Dumbledore understood what Vizet was trying to say, “In that sense, your ‘afterlife’ is indeed very special!”

"Headmaster Dumbledore," Wizette said, "I'd like to know what the 'afterlife' of other wizards is like."

“Because of the special nature of ‘the Other World,’ I haven’t been able to collect much information.” Dumbledore raised his hand and beckoned behind him.

With the sound of a cabinet door opening, a small stack of parchment quickly flew towards him.

“That’s all…” Dumbledore handed the parchment to Vizet. “You can take a look.”

Vizette took the parchment. “A rolling vineyard, planted with bunches of colorful grapes…a vast alpine meadow, where cows can be seen everywhere…”

"An endless desert, surrounded by countless cacti... a maple forest that is forever in autumn, with golden-red leaves hanging on the maple trees..."

He put down the parchment, rubbed his temples, and said, "Judging from this information... it seems that only my 'other world' starry river has no 'landing point'."

A glint flashed in Dumbledore's eyes, and he smiled, saying, "But our information is limited, isn't it?"

“That’s true. I was just a little confused for a moment.” Vezel nodded. “Everyone sees the ‘other world’ differently, and I think that’s why.”

……

After Vizet left, Dumbledore slowly lowered his head and looked at the stack of parchment that recorded "the afterlife".

“There’s no ‘foothold’…” he interlaced his fingers, “so we need to take a deeper ‘rooting’ approach…”

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Vizette and Luna wander through the Forbidden Forest, where Vizette talks about the "Otherworld."

“You are so unique…” Luna reached out and cupped a snowflake in her hand. “It’s a perfectly normal thing, just like this snowflake!”

Perhaps due to the extinction of many Dementors, the weather in the Scottish Highlands in December is much better than in October and November; at least there is no feeling of chilly winds.

As the two approached the centaur tribe, they could see Ferenze running toward them in the distance.

In just a few leaps, Ferenze, bow and arrow in hand, appeared before the two. "Vizet, when you contacted me earlier, I forgot to remind you..."

“Mr. Ferenczer, you mean mallow?” Vizette took a sachet of herbs from his pocket. “Would you like some of these?”

"The quality is outstanding..." Ferenze nodded, his tone tinged with emotion, "It's even better than the fragrant mallows preserved in the tribe!"

Chapter 219 The Death of the Forest Giant

Using the quality of the mallow as a starting point, Ferenze talked about some past events.

Centaurs possess their own magic and are also skilled in archery, divination, and astronomy;

Wizards have a wide variety of divination methods, and can use tea leaves, tarot cards, and crystal balls for divination.

Centaurs, on the other hand, rely on their astronomical knowledge to divine and glimpse the future by observing the movement of stars.

In order to further interpret the stars and obtain more accurate meanings, the centaurs would burn herbs such as sage and mallow.

In the divination studies of the centaurs, the smoke and flames produced by burning herbs were influenced by the movement of the stars, providing them with important insights.

For this very reason, the best way for a wizard to obtain herbs like sage and mallow used by centaurs for divination is to offer them a trade.

However, this happened a long time ago. At that time, the relationship between wizards and centaurs was not good, but they were still able to communicate relatively normally.

Wizards need the various herbs the centaurs possess, while the centaurs obtain the seeds they need from the wizards.

The emergence of the International Confederation of Wizards' Secrecy Law disrupted this relatively peaceful atmosphere.

The secrecy laws provided wizards with a relatively stable environment and also restricted the range of activities of many magical creatures;

As proud magical creatures, centaurs naturally feel resentment, even disgust and hatred, when faced with the wizard's unilateral implementation of secrecy laws, leading to a growing estrangement between the two sides.

Ferenze's tone was somewhat melancholy, "Clearly... after the wizards lost the centaurs' fragrant mallow, they started growing better fragrant mallow themselves."

He looked up at the sky, seemingly able to pierce through the clouds and see a certain star. "The world is changing... Mars is brighter than ever before."

“It was too bright… brighter than ever before, so bright that my fellow human beings no longer looked at Mars, because they felt it had nothing to do with them.”

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A rustling sound arose, and two unicorns, one large and one small, appeared before Vizette and Luna.

The two unicorns must have sensed something and deliberately came here;

Upon seeing Vizet and Luna, the little unicorn immediately set off, its hooves light and quick as it ran towards them.

Unicorns are extremely beautiful magical creatures. Adult unicorns have silvery-white, glossy fur, and every step they take seems to be accompanied by moonlight, making them extremely eye-catching.

The young unicorn's fur is golden, a pure and unblemished golden color.

When a young unicorn runs, its golden fur seems to be covered with a halo of sunlight, and you can vaguely see the brilliance of a rainbow.

This golden fur usually doesn't turn silvery-white until the child is two years old, and horns will grow on their foreheads when they are another two years older.

“This is not the time to talk about those topics…” Ferenze shook his head slightly and strode away to the side.

"Guardian Angel!" Luna summoned the guardian spirit, attracting the little unicorn's interest, and it happily chased after the owl guardian spirit.

The adult unicorn walked steadily with each step, strolled to Vizette's side, and nodded slightly as if to greet her.

“It looks to be in good spirits and shouldn’t have been affected.” Vizette reached out and gently patted the adult unicorn’s long neck.

The adult unicorn closed its eyes slightly, looking quite pleased with itself.

It was the unicorn that Vizette saved using the "Guardian Charm Healing Spell," and the baby unicorn playing with Luna is naturally its offspring.

After playing for a while, the two unicorns leisurely left.

As Ferenc watched the two unicorns disappear into the distance, he remarked with a touch of melancholy, "The Forbidden Forest is much safer than before..."

"Only alien creatures like the eight-eyed giant spider would so brazenly show malice towards unicorns. Fortunately, they have been eliminated."

“Vizet, look!” Luna smiled and raised her hand, pinching two golden hairs between her fingers. “Cornelia gave them to me!”

"Cornelia" is the name Luna gave to the baby unicorn. Perhaps upon hearing this name, the baby unicorn ran back, tilting its head and staring at Luna with wide eyes.

"I'm thanking you for the gift!" Luna gently patted the baby unicorn's back. "Go back now! Don't lose your mother!"

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The baby unicorn gave her two tail hairs, and Luna asked Vizet for a wand and tied one of the tail hairs to it.

The knot was tied so delicately that it blended perfectly into the wand, as if adding a few stunning carvings to it.

Vizette gently waved his wand, finding it very comfortable to hold, and said to Luna, "It's beautiful!"

Luna smiled and used another hair from her tail to tie the same knot on her wand.

"We've arrived!" Ferenze's voice rang out. "So this is it... Perhaps too much time has passed, I've forgotten a bit."

"Mr. Ferenczek," Wieset asked curiously, "what happened here before?"

“About ten years ago…” Ferenze recalled, “a patch of mandrakes grew here.”

“A patch of mandrakes has grown?” Vizet looked around, even raising his wand to clear away the snow, but found no trace of mandrakes.

He couldn't help but ask curiously, "Mr. Ferenczer, what happened next?"

“I heard it from my fellow countrymen…” Ferenze said. “They say a wizard came here, but they couldn’t find him.”

He pointed to the side, "Only the corpse of a forest monster remains... The cause of death was probably... a fight with mandrake?"

"In short, the forest monster is dead, and the ground is covered with trampled mandrakes and the footprints of fleeing humans."

"It is precisely because of the presence of footprints that my compatriots have made this judgment... that a wizard must have come here and used mandrake to kill the troll."

"The troll was killed using mandrake?" Vizet flicked his wand in the same direction, and after the snowdrift disappeared, a skeleton was revealed.

This is a huge skeleton, with a layer of moss covering the surface of the bones, showing a mottled appearance of green or gray.

Judging from its shape alone, it should be the skeleton of a giant.

Vizette cleared away all the snow around her, and a building resembling an altar appeared.

He and Luna took a few steps forward and saw the cyclone pattern in the center of the altar, confirming that this was the "Merlin Trial Ruins".

Vizette took out a fragrant mallow from her pocket and sprinkled it in the center of the "Merlin Trial Ruins";

The fragrant mallows drifted down slowly, turning into emerald green specks of light in mid-air, and falling onto the stone slabs that formed the sun pattern;