Ancient Wizards Return to Hogwarts...

Chapter 465 Rowena, you didn't want this either...

Helga shook her head upon hearing this; her intuition told her that the Fire Dragon Blood was probably not very compatible with her.

"I'll go find some more suitable blood. You can do as you please," Helga said before leaving Rowena's office.

Rice did not leave, but stayed in the office to wait for Rowena's arrival.

He still has one very important matter to settle with Rowena.

Because Dumbledore discovered the many uses of dragon blood, it became an expensive yet very common potion ingredient, sold in almost every potion shop.

Rowena easily bought dragon blood in Hogsmeade.

When she returned to her office, she found Salazar there, but Helga didn't seem to have finished her task yet.

"Salazar, did you get the basilisk blood? Where's Helga?"

"The Phoenix, the Snake King Fruit, and she are not a good match. She went to find other kinds of blood." Rice first told Royna Herga where she was, and then briefly explained to her how to use the Hundred Transformation Fruit Tree.

Following his instructions, Rowena cultivated some dragon fruit on the fruit tree.

Then she began testing her compatibility with the three fruits. Actually, she knew without testing that the phoenix fruit was most likely the most compatible with her.

"Phoenix? You dare to challenge me? Just because phoenixes and eagles can both fly?" Rice muttered under his breath.

He felt that Phoenix and Rowena were actually quite incompatible.

Sure enough, none of the three types of fruit that grew on the tree were a good match for Rowena. The phenomenon of fruit falling into Rice's hand as soon as he reached out, which was previously observed, did not occur at all.

Finally, after weighing it in her mind, Rowena picked a phoenix fruit and ate it.

The moment he swallowed the fruit, Rowena couldn't help but groan, and a boil appeared on the corner of his mouth. Clearly, he was paying a price for forcibly consuming the Phoenix Fruit.

Without needing incantations or gestures, Rowena directly activated the magic within her body. Subsequently, many golden-red phoenix feathers grew on her body, and her arms and legs rapidly lengthened, eventually transforming into two wings hanging at her sides and two slender bird claws.

Rice stared wide-eyed in astonishment at the "birdman" before him.

"Royna, can you fly like a bird?"

"Should be okay?" Rowena said in a somewhat uncertain tone.

Her lips and jaws had transformed into a bird's beak, which made her voice sound strange.

Compared to Rice's transformation, which only involved adding a layer of scales to the body, Rowena underwent a dramatic change. Not only did her appearance change, but her internal skeleton also became hollow.

Rowena tentatively spread her wings, flapped them, and floated a few feet off the ground. Rice's expression suddenly became extremely complicated, as if she was trying hard to suppress a laugh but couldn't quite hold it in.

This isn't Rice's fault for losing control of his facial expressions; it's because Rowena's current appearance is quite similar to one of Hagrid's roosters.

Unlike Hagrid's rooster, Rowena's wings were not trimmed, so she mastered the knack of flying with just a little effort and could fly like a bird—although Rowena's phoenix form, like other large birds, required the help of the wind.

For other wizards who consumed the Phoenix Fruit, it was a matter of luck, but for Rowena, it was a piece of cake. In fact, her first successful flight was achieved by summoning a gust of wind herself.

"Utterly useless." After hovering in the air for a minute, Rowena landed back on the ground and complained about the flashy but impractical Phoenix Fruit.

"It feels like my body is very fragile after becoming a phoenix. I need the power of the wind to fly off the ground. After my hands turned into wings, even ordinary little wizards can't cast spells anymore... It doesn't seem very practical."

Rice looked at Rowena's phoenix form thoughtfully: Since he could inherit the Serpent King's vision of death, Rowena's phoenix form should also have a similar function, right?

"Could you squeeze out a few tears?"

When Salazar asked for a request, Reina was taken aback for a moment before saying that it was a bit difficult.

"It's alright, I'll help you." Rice pulled out an onion from somewhere, and with a flick of his wrist, cut it in half. He waved the onion in front of Rowena, and Rowena's eyes immediately welled up with tears.

"This effect is comparable to a magic potion." Rice casually put away the onion, then put a crystal bottle under Rowena's eye socket and caught several tears.

Rowena: ...

She understood what Salazar wanted to do, but she was still very unhappy.

In the past, Godric has always played these kinds of roles!

After obtaining the pirated Phoenix Tears, Rice first took out a small jar of potion that shimmered with blue light, then cut a gash on the back of his hand. Finally, he poured two drops of the potion onto the wound.

After the potion entered the wound, the pain vanished instantly, replaced by numbness. This numbness spread rapidly, and within seconds, Rice had lost all feeling in the back of his hand.

Seeing that the potion was working, Rice sprinkled Rowena's tears on it.

Instantly, excruciating pain shot through the wound, and wisps of blue smoke began to rise from it.

A dozen seconds later, Rice found that the poison he had given had been suppressed and the wound had healed, but the scar still had a faint blue tinge.

"The poison wasn't completely removed, it was only temporarily suppressed, but that's enough." Rice still admired the emasculated version of Phoenix Tears—without these tears, one would die within minutes of being poisoned, but with the tears, much more time could be gained, and they could save lives.

Therefore, the phoenix's form is actually auxiliary, Rice thought.

"The effect is much weaker." Rowena was not very satisfied.

"Actually, the phoenix can also be reborn from the ashes..." Rice's gaze lingered on Rowena.

"Don't even dream about it! I'm definitely not going to do that kind of experiment!" Rowena flatly refused, urging Salazar to abandon such an unrealistic idea as soon as possible.

"Hmm." Rice only mentioned it casually, not expecting Rowena to agree; his main event was yet to come.

"Royna, I need a dance partner for the Christmas ball, and I've made my decision. You're the one." After Royna returned to human form, Rice said in an unquestionable tone.

Rowena: ? ? ?

"Salazar, you're probably not—"

"There are still many fierce battles waiting for me in the alchemy world, which is really going to be difficult for me~" Rice added with a smirk.

The implication is clear: Rowena, you don't want this either...

Rowena was speechless. She wanted to say, "If it's too difficult, then don't do it," but it had to be done, so she didn't really have a choice.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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