The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

Only in this way can he control his magic and maintain his original state, without letting anyone perceive the changes that would result from killing.

Strictly speaking, his behavior was exploiting loopholes.

Rimbaud returned quickly.

"Is he dead?" Scott asked.

“He’s dead.” Unlike Scott, Rimbaud didn’t have as many thoughts and told him directly, “I threw him to the wolves.”

Scott pulled Fletcher's wand from the shapeshifting lizard skin bag.

“I’ll trouble you to go again later,” he said to Rimbaud. “Throw his wand where he died, and throw the chain somewhere else.”

Rimbaud agreed.

Scott rode his flying broomstick back to the cabin and began reading the Daily Prophet.

Sirius Black's popularity shows no signs of waning.

Reporters were following him, seemingly trying to glorify the Ministry of Magic through this wizard's new life.

Blake himself seemed to be extremely annoyed, and in the photo he looked like he might suddenly attack the reporter at any moment.

Scott casually browsed through several news articles that covered Black and Pettigrew, but his attention was finally drawn to a story that wasn't on the front page.

Jacques Yaxley, the Yaxley family wizard, wins the All England Wizarding Tournament!

Duel Champion?

Scott quickly read the details of the report.

He found the purpose of the report to be quite interesting.

Nowadays, the prestige of winning the All England Wizarding Duels Tournament has declined year by year, but it is still a prestigious title.

Chapter 263 Champion, Interpretation, Learning

“Jack Yaxley?”

Scott looked at the photo in the newspaper of Jacques Yaxley celebrating his victory.

This was a very young male wizard, who looked to be only in his early twenties, even younger than Brandon Yaxley, who had attacked Scott.

To win the All England Wizarding Duel at such a young age, he must be a force to be reckoned with.

Because Rimbaud's crows kept a watch on the Yaxley family members, Scott knew some basic information about Jacques Yaxley.

This young wizard is only 25 years old this year. He graduated from Slytherin House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry 8 years ago and is the youngest son of Axley's generation.

Scott looked at the detailed report in the newspaper.

[Reported by Peyton Sudworth, our correspondent]

The All England Wizarding Duel Tournament, held recently, has concluded successfully. This historic event...

...Jaco Yaxley, a young man from the pure-blooded Yaxley family, defeated his powerful opponent, 45-year-old Karamor Rozier, in the final to win the championship!

"Incredible!"

"He is an exceptionally outstanding young man!"

More than one wizard at the scene praised the exceptionally young champion in this way.

Severus Snape, the current Head of Slytherin House at Hogwarts, was invited to watch the competition and expressed his appreciation for his former student's victory.

"Mr. Yaxley is the youngest of the many fighting champions in history; he is the pride of Slytherin," Professor Snape said in an interview.

The champion was very polite and humble in the post-match interview.

He stated that his achievements today are inseparable from the nurturing of his family and school.

"More importantly, I have both Yaxley and Travers blood. Yes, my mother is from the Travers family."

In my opinion, this young fighting champion, the highly praised genius, and Mr. Jac Yaxley, who possesses the bloodlines of two of the 28 Holy Clans, has once again proven the superiority of pure-blood families…

Scott didn't read the latter part of the report, which praised Yaxley and the pure-blood family, and put the newspaper down immediately.

He muttered to himself, "It seems that the All England Wizarding Tournament can no longer represent true glory."

The title of the All England Wizarding Duel Tournament is certainly not as prestigious as the All Europe Duel Tournament that Professor Flitwick once won, but it was once a popular event throughout the British wizarding world.

But look at things now?

The results of the competition didn't appear in the Daily Prophet until the competition ended and the champion was determined, and even then, it wasn't on the front page.

It's easy to see how unpopular this competition is these days.

Scott had heard Professor Flitwick complain that, at some point, the All England Wizarding Duels Tournament had been completely controlled by pure-blood families using money and power.

They would manipulate the process and outcome of the competition to some extent, turning the dueling tournament into an internal game for pure-blood families.

Professor Flitwick deeply resented this phenomenon, and he rarely mentioned his title of Duel Champion anymore.

Scott found two short paragraphs in the report interesting.

He saw through the Yaxley family's intentions.

As the youngest son, Jacques Yaxley had no right to inherit the Yaxley family, but it was clear that the head of the Yaxley family had chosen him to compete for the position of heir to the Travers family.

This report is entirely designed to promote this young male wizard, so it emphasizes his lineage as if it were a pet dog.

"I didn't expect them to be so open about it."

Scott was amazed.

Although young, Jacques Yaxley is 25 years old.

The Yaxley family's choice of such an adult wizard as a contender for the Travers family heir is rather unseemly.

Even among pure-blood families, this kind of thing is still very rare.

In the past, if they were to adopt a child, they would usually choose a young wizard who was experiencing a magical surge for the first time.

Scott murmured with interest, "Interesting. How will the other two families field their successor contenders?"

He was already looking forward to the point where their competition would reach its climax.

At noon, Scott had Rimbaud drive him to the small town called Callend.

He had lunch at a restaurant in town and bought some food at the market.

Before returning to the forest, he called his parents again to let them know that he was still alive and kicking.

In the afternoon, the crows that were watching over Knockdown Alley brought new news.

Borgin Burke's sudden death caused a sensation, and even the Ministry of Magic, which usually ignored Knockturn Alley, sent Aurors to investigate.

After their investigation, all they could find was that Borgin Burke had died of poisoning; they could find no other clues.

Scott had anticipated this.

In his view, it was very easy for a wizard to secretly take someone's life.

Using spells directly is the easiest way to kill someone and expose your true intentions.

He wasn't worried that the disappearance of the thief Fletcher would be traced back to him.

Mundungus Fletcher, a thief and underground businessman, was always elusive and rarely revealed his whereabouts.

And now, the only person who knew that the thief had gone to Spain, Bock, is also dead.

For a short time, people will only assume that Mundungus Fletcher has gone somewhere to steal or cheat again.

Even if someone hasn't been seen for a long time, people would normally just assume that he might have been killed while stealing.

Scott had never crossed paths with this person.

Although Scott still has other things to do, he is not prepared to personally take the lead.

Just as he had agreed with his parents, he would return to Madrid before his birthday and would not let anyone know that he had spent the summer in England.

When Rimbaud told Scott the news from Knockturn Alley, Scott was sitting on the floor by the door with a thick notebook in his arms.

After hearing the news, Scott said to Rimbaud, "I'm going to hide my cabin with a spell."

Rimbaud was very surprised. "There's such a curse?"

"of course."

Scott looked at his own handwriting in the notebook.

The Mantra of Unwavering Loyalty.

This is an extremely complex spell that can forever hide a secret within the soul of a living person.

That secret is hidden in the heart of the person keeping it, and will never be discovered unless the person keeping it deliberately reveals it.

As long as Scott hides the cabin with the Faithful Charm, no one else will be able to see it even if they put their noses right up to the windows.

After hearing Scott's explanation, Rimbaud asked curiously, "Can you use such a spell successfully?"

"I haven't tried it yet, so I'm learning."

Scott continued looking at the notes in his hands.

This notebook contains some extremely difficult or rarely used spells, all of which he copied from the Hogwarts Library and the Ravenclaw Library.

Chapter 264 A Trip to Diagon Alley in Disguise

In Scott's view, the Fidelity Charm is less of a spell and more of an ancient ritual magic.

This ritual can only be performed on a night with a new moon in the sky, and it also requires some magical materials.

Scott did the math.

Then, he said with great interest, "Perfect timing, the new moon is in two days, and I will try this magic then."

He looked at the magical materials needed for the ritual again.

"I need moonstone to represent the moon, the hidden blood of the invisible beast to represent the hidden beast, the rose to represent the secret to keep secrets, and the River of Oblivion to represent forgetting."

After listening, Rimbaud said regretfully, "None of these things you're talking about are in the forest."

Scott stroked his chin. "If I use mail order, I'll have to reveal my name. Looks like I'll have to make a trip to Diagon Alley."