The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

It was because of me that my brother Aaron had the opportunity to do bad things...

In this letter, Savannah did not conceal her identity as before, but revealed everything.

Scott also began to understand the ins and outs of the matter.

Savannah's family, the Doherty family, is located in Northern Ireland and has long adhered to traditional Celtic beliefs, specifically the Druidic faith.

Or rather, the members of the Doherty family are all the surviving druids in modern times.

Moreover, as time goes by, the druidic spells they can inherit become weaker and weaker.

After Savannah's brother Aaron was born, their parents and elders noticed that Aaron's talent was not outstanding, and this was even more evident after Aaron awakened and transformed into a druid.

[They believed this was the fate of the Druids; their former glory would gradually fade with each generation until it vanished completely...]

Everything changed with the birth of Savannah.

Savannah's talent surpasses that of previous generations.

She awakened her magic at the age of 5, completed the transformation of her magical properties at the age of 7, and passed the initial test to become a formal druid at the age of 9.

[From that time on, Aaron changed.]

Perhaps out of resentment and jealousy, the boy who once loved his sister dearly embarked on a different path.

Aaron once told me that he would shoulder all the responsibilities, and all I needed to do was grow up happily.

He wasn't happy for me after I became a druid; he just looked at me sadly and said he might have to break his promise, and everything would fall on my shoulders.

Perhaps unwilling to give up, he quietly left home and began searching for the ruins left by the ancient druids. Later, he simply lost contact with us, and no one knows what he went through...

Upon seeing this, Scott chuckled softly.

Unable to accept that her younger sister, who used to need her protection, has become stronger than her?

In her next letter, Savannah described the oak forest that Scott had visited.

That is the Sea of ​​Oaks, where all the oak trees cultivated by the Dougherty family from ancient times to the present day, as well as the oldest sacred tree.

The temple beneath the sacred tree is where druids are ordained as priests...

Sometime later, Aaron secretly returned to Northern Ireland and dived into the Sea of ​​Oaks.

He initiated the priesthood ceremony without anyone presiding over it, and it failed.

When I heard the result of your arithmetic divination, I knew what had happened.

The body is asleep, the consciousness is half asleep and half awake, and the mind is active.

This result indicates that he failed, not completely, but his body, consciousness, and spirit could not be unified, thus preventing him from completing the final step of his advancement.

Savannah wrote a letter to her elders about this.

During the summer of 1993, Savannah and her parents and elders tried to awaken Aaron's consciousness, but they all failed.

[After I started school, my grandfather finally couldn't bear to see Aaron continue down this path of despair, and ultimately paid a heavy price to awaken his consciousness.]

This incident caused Savannah's grandfather to drop from the level of a druid priest and become a regular druid.

We need a priest, otherwise the power of the Oak Sea will slowly weaken.

Neither my father nor my uncle had the talent to become a priest.

At this point, only by becoming a priest and guarding the temple can the druid tradition be guaranteed.

Upon seeing this, Scott immediately understood that the Sea of ​​Oaks was the reason why Savannah and her druid family had survived to this day.

After all, even Ravenclaw was surprised that the Druid tradition had survived to the modern era.

After Aaron's consciousness awakened, in order to protect his safety, his grandfather poured his consciousness and spirit into the sacred tree.

The grandfather hoped that Aaron's consciousness and spirit could be united with the power of the sacred tree, only then would he have a chance to return to his body.

At this point, several ink blots appeared on the parchment, as if Savannah's hand began to tremble when she wrote this, and the handwriting became even more illegible thereafter.

I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought you up when I was talking to Aaron.

He learned a lot about you from me...

Scott sped up and skimmed through the entire passage.

Aaron learned about Scott's background from Savannah, and a wicked idea came to him—sacrifice.

If Aaron can sacrifice Scott, the genius Savannah mentioned, he can escape his current predicament, complete the final step of his advancement, and become a druid priest.

Scott found the method very familiar, seemingly identical to the one Medea had used.

We never imagined that during his search for magical ruins, he would somehow acquire such an evil magical ritual.

When he learned you were a genius, he found a way to bring you to the Sea of ​​Oaks. If you enter the temple, the sacrifice will be activated.

"Who's helping him? That kid only has consciousness now; he can't possibly do all this on his own!" Rimbaud said, as he read the letter with Scott.

“You’ll find out as you watch,” Scott said.

“Oh! It’s her cousin! Her uncle’s daughter! Oh! Her cousin has fallen in love with her brother!” Rimbaud exclaimed as he watched. “I remember that’s not allowed among humans, of course, I mean Muggles.”

Scott nodded, his face showing disgust. "To ensure the purity of bloodlines, marriage between people with the same surname is not uncommon in pure-blood families. The Gaunt family even has blood relatives."

Of course, this kind of thing also happened to Muggles in the past.

Only in the country where Scott lived in his previous life was marriage between people with the same surname not possible.

"In short, that cousin helped Aaron switch the gift Savannah prepared for you," Rimbaud said, reading the letter. "And Aaron took the opportunity to steal some of the sacred tree's power..."

“That’s why he was able to prepare the sacrificial ritual,” Scott said calmly.

“That guy really had ulterior motives. He even told you to go and save his sister. You almost fell for his trick!” Rimbaud rambled on. “Luckily, you really aren’t Savannah’s boyfriend, or you would have been completely fooled!”

"Is this one of the benefits of being single?" Scott said, somewhat amused and exasperated.

He simply cannot imagine what he would be like if he were in love.

Would he lower his guard for a girl? Or would he be willing to take the risk?

Scott shook his head, thinking it unlikely.

He continued reading the letter.

I'm sorry, I need to apologize to you.

I'm so sorry, it's all my fault.

I will do my best to make it up to you.

The letter then repeated "I'm sorry" again, so Scott didn't read it carefully.

Rimbaud looked up at Scott and asked, "Do you think that girl can go back to Hogwarts?"

Scott shook his head. "She won't go back. If she succeeds in becoming a priestess, she'll have to guard the Sea of ​​Oaks forever. If she fails, the outcome might not be better than Yaron's."

"How will she make it up to you?" Rimbaud asked curiously.

"Who knows?" Scott didn't take the so-called compensation to heart.

Rimbaud then asked, "Will you take revenge on Aaron?"

"Who knows?"

Scott found the necklace that had taken him to the Sea of ​​Oaks, put it back into the original wooden box, and then smiled silently.

"Oh, you look like you have ill intentions." Lambo chuckled a few times.

Scott ignored it.

Whether or not to retaliate depends on the sincerity of the so-called compensation.

If Scott can get satisfactory compensation, he can put this matter aside for the time being.

The condition is that Aaron never appears in front of him again.

If Aaron reappears before him, he will retaliate regardless of whether he receives satisfactory compensation.

After putting away the letter, Scott went downstairs and made a phone call to his parents in Madrid.

"My dear son, you're home?"

Emilia was very surprised to hear that Scott had returned to Hastings.

“I cleaned the house and started gardening today,” Scott said. “Maybe we should hire a professional property management company to help with house maintenance.”

Emilia agreed to his suggestion. "We left in a bit of a hurry and didn't think about these things. Don't worry about it. I'll have your dad call someone to help take care of this. Don't forget, there's still that old house your grandfather left behind."

Scott agreed.

After having a quick breakfast, he found some tools in the basement, changed into some old clothes, and began to tend to his garden.

Although he could hire a property management company to help with maintenance, he decided to renovate the garden himself to suit his own tastes.

Because the garden was in such a dilapidated state, it took Scott a whole day to barely manage to tidy it up.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve worked like a Muggle.”

That evening, he said to Rimbaud while rubbing his aching shoulders.

Rimbaud said, "You can use magic secretly when it's late at night."

“That would be pointless,” Scott said with a laugh. “I’m just reminiscing about the days when I was a kid and did chores at home to earn pocket money.”

Rimbaud did not understand his affectation.

The next few days passed uneventfully, and Scott spent the rest of his vacation peacefully at Hastings' house.

After the Christmas holidays ended, he arrived at King's Cross Station in London on time and boarded the Express train to Hogwarts.

Chapter 334 The Vanished Locket

After boarding the train, Scott and his three roommates sat together in the same compartment.

"How was your holiday, everyone?"

Eddie asked a perfunctory question, and before Scott and the others could answer, he began to recount his vacation experiences at length.

I don't know why, but he was able to describe his boring two-week stay at home in such a dramatic way.

Scott smiled but didn't recount his adventures.