The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

Dumbledore, of course, had no objection to this.

He seemed to have something else to say to Professor Flitwick, so he let Scott leave the principal's office alone.

After leaving the principal's office, Scott went to the stairwell on the eighth floor and saw the Weasley twins and Eddie waiting there.

"So, Scott, what did Professor Flitwick say?" Eddie asked Scott curiously as soon as he saw him.

“Professor Frivi suggested we keep this a secret,” Scott whispered, relaying Professor Frivi’s concerns to them.

Eddie nodded repeatedly. "So that's how it's supposed to be? It seems we really should keep this a secret."

Fred and George stood with their backs against the wall, nodding their heads as if in agreement with Eddie, but Scott noticed early on that the two guys were actually dozing off.

"Did those two guys not sleep last night?" he whispered to Eddie.

Eddie shrugged. "Obviously."

“Oh…” George suddenly opened his eyes halfway.

He shook his head to clear his mind.

“Professor Flitwick is right,” he said. “We can’t become as unpopular as Rita Skeeter…”

"We didn't sleep last night; we've figured out some things about that set of magical rune circuits..."

At this point, Fred also spoke up, and he and George began to say two different things at the same time.

"I think you two should just skip class and take a nap," Scott said with a laugh. "What are your classes this afternoon?"

"Oh……"

"Yes……"

Fred and George thought for a while before they remembered.

"It's Potions class."

"..."

Scott looked at the two of them with pity.

Given their current muddled state, they'll probably blow up the cauldron during Potions class.

"Oh, you two can just wait to get points deducted." Eddie laughed gleefully. "But it doesn't matter, since Gryffindor doesn't have any more house points to deduct anyway."

Chapter 353 Materials, Production, Urging

After the conversation in the principal's office, Scott prepared to fully prepare for the production of a promotional video for Ravenclaw College.

Throughout the academic year, he not only focused on his studies for long periods of time, but also experienced a lot of mentally taxing things. Making this promotional video was a way for him to give himself some time to relax and unwind after being under a lot of stress.

After dinner, he, Eddie, and the Weasley twins returned to the workshop located in the secret passage.

Eddie stared at the twins in astonishment, but finally couldn't help asking, "You two actually made it through the afternoon Potions class safely?"

Fred's face immediately lit up with a smug look. He said, "We have an exceptionally wealth of experience in this kind of thing."

George raised his chin and said, "Even that old bat Snape can't do anything to us."

Eddie chuckled and asked, "You guys didn't fall asleep in class? And you didn't blow up the cauldron?"

“Of course not, and we didn’t skip class,” Fred said.

"How did you do that?" Eddie was extremely surprised.

Fred and George smiled smugly at him, but said nothing.

Looking at their energetic appearance, Scott asked, "Is it an energy potion or a time-travel converter?"

Fred and George shrugged at the same time.

“Okay, it’s the Time-Turner,” George said. “Ever since we saw Hermione and Harry use the Time-Turner to save Buckbeak last semester, we’ve wanted to try it out.”

Fred chuckled and said, "We stole Percy's time-tamper before afternoon classes started and went back to the morning to have a wonderful morning nap."

"You can do that?" Eddie said with some annoyance. "If I had known, I would have taken more courses so I could have gotten the Time-Turner to play with."

Fred and George, however, looked at him disapprovingly.

"This is not a good thing."

"Not everyone can work as hard as Percy to complete all the courses at the same time. You know, even Hermione is almost at her breaking point."

“Okay,” Eddie shrugged. “I was just saying.”

The four exchanged a few jokes, and Fred and George continued to study the set of runes they had deciphered from the panoramic telescope, while Eddie busied himself designing his promotional brochure.

Scott decided to temporarily create a tool that could record sound.

He asked Fred and George, "What materials do you think are best for carrying sound?"

"You mean...?" Fred raised an eyebrow. "Isn't your [Magic Mirror] capable of that? I remember it uses the blood of the Witch Bird to inscribe the magic circuits?"

Scott said, "I need something better for capturing sound and making promotional videos."

“It’s good enough,” George said. “But you could add some crystal powder.”

“Good idea,” Scott nodded.

Crystals can effectively conduct magic and enhance the effects of many magical materials. In alchemical theory, crystals are a common and effective additive.

Scott took his morphing lizard skin pouch off his belt and pulled out a few materials he would need.

This time, he decided to use transfiguration to create a tool for collecting sound.

He waved his wand and tapped a small piece of brass on the table, turning it into an eagle with outstretched wings.

This eagle is only the size of a thumb and looks like a brooch.

As the entire shape transformed, tiny grooves of magical runes appeared on the eagle's body.

Next, he mixed the blood of the evil bird with crushed crystal powder and added a little mercury.

With a wave of the wand, the mixed liquid inside the glass bottle turned into thin threads that flew up and automatically embedded themselves into the tiny magical rune grooves on the brass eagle's body.

After completing this step, Scott tapped the eagle with his wand again, turning it into an eagle-shaped brooch.

"Finished?" Eddie looked at the small brooch curiously. "Want to test it out?"

Scott smiled and held the brooch in his hand.

The eagle on the brooch seemed to move, open its beak, and say, "Finished? Want to test the effect?"

It sounds exactly like Eddie's voice.

Scott smiled with satisfaction, then waved his wand and pulled a thin, ethereal silver thread from his brooch, flicking it into the [Magic Mirror].

He then ran his finger across the mirror a few times.

"Finished? Want to test it out?"

The sound was successfully "imported" into the Magic Mirror, and the "playback" effect was normal.

“We need a lion brooch,” Fred said immediately.

Eddie quickly added, "I need the eagle brooch; I'm also part of the promotional video production team."

Scott then made an eagle brooch and two lion brooches for the three of them.

He told the three men, "We'd better find cheaper materials to make the simple players we sell later."

He tapped the Magic Mirror and continued, "This thing isn't cheap to produce; not many students at Hogwarts can afford it."

Eddie immediately agreed, “You’re right. Look at the materials you used to make the Magic Mirror: the blood of the cat-like creature and the evil bird, Boggart powder—all expensive stuff.”

“Can’t we just use mercury directly?” George asked. “If we need to inscribe magic circuits, it’s the most widely applicable and cheapest material, although the effect may not be very good.”

“Let’s give it a try,” Scott said. “If it doesn’t work well, it’s pointless.”

He found a smaller mirror and began to write magic runes with a quill pen dipped in mercury.

Once all the magic circuits were successfully activated, he used his wand to "import" a sound and video.

After the playback started, all four of them frowned.

“No.” Fred looked at the mirror in Scott’s hand. “The picture and sound are too blurry.”

Eddie suggested, "How about we try adding some crystal powder?"

Scott accepted his suggestion and tried to make a new [magic mirror] again.

Judging from the results, the combination of mercury and crystal was indeed much better. Although it was not as good as the original "magic mirror", it was still barely enough.

“The problem is that crystals aren’t cheap either, even crystal powder,” George said somewhat dissatisfied. “If we were to produce them on a large scale, it would be a considerable expense.”

Eddie laughed. "I'll take care of the crystal problem. All we need is crystal powder, which I can get for free."

Scott and the twins looked at him curiously.

Eddie said, "My dad owns a crystal jewelry factory, and the small pieces and powder produced during the cutting and processing of crystals are enough for us."

"Then it's up to you!" Fred patted Eddie on the shoulder happily.

Scott chuckled and joked, "Looks like Mr. Camitcher's business is pretty big."

“It’s nothing,” Eddie said modestly. “Just some jewelry business.”

Having solved the problem of easily recording sound, Scott and Eddie began producing a promotional video for Ravenclaw College.

"You can begin now. We'll produce the Gryffindor promotional video ourselves later."

"Of course, we will take action after we invent the magic camera that can capture both sound and images."

Fred and George said confidently.

Scott didn't spend any time researching the magic camera.

He was just doing it for fun, and he could even make a promotional video by using a panoramic telescope and a brooch together.

Over the next few days, the students at Ravenclaw School were quite puzzled to see Scott and Eddie wandering around with panoramic binoculars.

The Great Hall, the Library, the Ravenclaw Tower, the Common Room, the College Library, the Quidditch Field, the Classrooms…

They often appeared in various corners of the castle, pointing their binoculars at the Ravenclaw students.

Whenever students curiously asked what they were doing, Scott and Eddie would always smile and remain silent, keeping the answer a secret.