The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

Faced with a threat from an entire pure-blood family, Scott chose to kill Travers in Azkaban, believing he had cleverly broken the deadlock.

When the last Travers died, the Travers family's wealth became completely ownerless.

Even if the Yaxley family killed Scott, they wouldn't be able to acquire Travers's wealth, so they naturally wouldn't bother.

Scott originally intended to drag the Yaxley family into a struggle with the other two pure-blood families by fighting over the Travers estate, and then secretly take revenge.

Therefore, he secretly killed Jacques Yaxley, the "Travers heir" chosen by the Yaxley family.

But plans can't always keep up with changes, and he underestimated the greed of other pure-blood families.

The fate of the Ministry of Magic made the struggle for Travers's inheritance unpredictable, and finally, something unexpected happened—

The Yaxley family reached an agreement with the other two families eligible to inherit Traverse, and the heir to the Traverse family was chosen relatively peacefully.

Thus, Scott's revenge plan against the Yaxley family was aborted.

However, the deaths of Brandon Yaxley, who died unlucky at Medea's hands, and Jac Yaxley, who was poisoned by Scott, were significant losses for the Yaxley family.

But what Scott didn't expect was that the Yaxley family would bring about their own demise.

Their attempt to hedge their bets on both Medea and Voldemort's rivalry resulted in the family's most powerful elder and his patriarch son both moving into Azkaban.

The Yaxley family is now almost extinct, with only the eldest son of the patriarch, Liam Yaxley, who once escaped Scott's venomous midge attack, single-handedly maintaining the family's reputation.

It would be much easier for Scott to completely bring them down.

Thus, Yaxley, who had been Scott's biggest enemy for some time, became a thing of the past.

Scott's greatest enemies now are Medea, who openly wants to use his identity as a "non-existent person" to change history, and Salazar Slytherin, who is hiding behind Medea and wants to "devour" him.

Chapter 383 A Humiliating History

Scott has no way to deal with Medea, who wants to exploit him, let alone Salazar Slytherin behind her.

In order to deal with Medea, the only thing he did was to secretly grant Barty Crouch Jr., Voldemort's loyal follower, his freedom ahead of schedule, which allowed Voldemort to regain some of his power prematurely.

But this has indirectly changed many predetermined fates, making the current situation in the magical world even more complicated.

It can be said that the revelation of the prophecy put Scott under immense pressure for the first time, and he experienced a profound sense of defeat.

In the past, he had always been confident in himself, believing that as long as he followed the steps steadily, he would eventually achieve his goal and become a powerful and free wizard.

Even Medea's sudden emergence did not make him too worried about his future.

But the revelation of the prophecy completely changed his situation, and the time he had to grow up became very limited.

He is already struggling to handle Professor Flitwick's dueling training, let alone the legendary Salazar Slytherin.

It would be impossible for Scott not to feel anxious in the face of the prophecy's threat.

He simply tried his best to discard those useless emotions and not let them affect him.

But emotions are not something that can be perfectly controlled, and they still occasionally affect his mood.

Scott reached out and pushed open a window, letting the cool night breeze flow in.

He let his mind wander and stood in the wind for a long time.

"Scott."

Until he heard someone calling his name.

He turned around and saw Luna, wearing a nightgown, skipping down the stairs behind the Ravenclaw statue.

"Luna?" Scott asked, somewhat surprised. "Still up so late?"

"I just fell asleep and then woke up again." Luna ran to his side in her slippers, looking up at him. "I was going to go to your dorm to find you. Did you just come back from outside?"

"Looking for me?" Scott looked at her in confusion.

So late?

“I was going to wait for you here, but then I got too sleepy.” Luna took a letter out of her nightgown pocket. “This is a letter that Savannah asked me to give you. I received it after dinner.”

"Thank you." Scott reached out and took the letter.

Luna walked to a table, took the wand from behind her ear, and lit the candle on the table.

“I think you need light?” she said.

"Thank you."

Scott walked to the table, sat down, opened the envelope in his hand, took out the letter, and began to read.

Scott, are you okay?

I've been worried about you.

I've been researching based on the prophecy, and now I've finally made some progress, so I wanted to tell you what I know as soon as possible.

Salazar Slytherin, he came here once and had dealings with our Dougherty family.

This is the information I received from my grandfather, information he had been keeping secret from me all along.

Within the Doherty family, only one person per generation knows the humiliating history hidden in the past.

Scott's curiosity was piqued at this point.

The following is what my grandfather told me.

More than a thousand years ago, when the fairy Morgana retrieved King Arthur's body, she closed the passage between Avalon and the mortal world.

As Morgan's servant, my ancestor, the first Dougherty, was ordered to remain in the mortal world to guard the passage to Avalon.

After hundreds of years of reproduction, the Doherty family became a thriving clan.

The ancestors transformed the swamp surrounding the passage into a sea of ​​oak trees, and they painstakingly cultivated a sacred tree, using it and a stone array to guard the passage.

Scott recalled the towering oak tree he had once seen, and the Stonehenge nestled beneath its shade.

About a thousand years ago, Salazar Slytherin visited Doherty.

Before this, my ancestors had no dealings with shamans.

Slytherin arrogantly demanded that his ancestors lead him to the passage to Avalon, and naturally, his request was firmly refused.

Having read this far, Scott could already foresee the bloodshed that Slytherin had unleashed in the Sea of ​​Oaks a thousand years ago.

really……

[The enraged Slytherin made his move.]

His power is unmatched.

Resistance and concealment are pointless; a powerful wizard can even read other people's minds at will.

Slytherin killed many members of House Dougherty and barged into the Sea of ​​Oaks with an arrogant attitude, reaching the outside of the Tree of Souls and the Stone Circle.

The druid priest at that time said to him, "Powerful wizard, we cannot stop you. But you cannot open the passage to Avalon; it has been closed for hundreds of years."

Slytherin said, “I have the key! It’s the key Merlin left behind! I got it from Merlin’s servant!”

The priest said, "But your stubbornness will ultimately lead you to the cruelest misfortune. Avalon is ruled by nine fairies, who will inflict the most severe punishment upon you."

Slytherin laughed heartily. "Fairies are just witches who are more powerful than I am. I have come a long enough on my magical path, and I do not believe there is any wizard in the world who is far more powerful than me!"

The sacred tree and the stone formation did not stop him.

Under the priest's desperate gaze, he took out the scabbard of the sword in the lake, which King Arthur had lost, and forcibly opened the passage to Avalon.

The priest called upon Morgan and several other fairies, hoping they would bestow upon Slytherin the harshest punishment, but he was disappointed.

No one showed up.

The fairies have vanished, and Avalon seems to have become a no-man's-land.

Slytherin set foot on the land of Avalon.

A month later, he reappeared, peeled off the bark of the sacred tree completely, and wrote words all over it.

The bark of the sacred tree, covered in writing, eventually transformed into scrolls.

This is how the "History Scroll" came to be.

Scott realized.

Slytherin ventured into Avalon and, through Merlin's "All-Seeing Eye," read the past and the predetermined fate of the future, recording them on the bark of the sacred tree to create the "Scrolls of History."

Slytherin, who brought disaster to Dougherty, departed after closing the passage again.

Immersed in grief, the druids could only do their utmost to save the dying sacred tree.

Ten years later, Slytherin returned.

He was still powerful then, but he had aged considerably, as if he might die at any moment from old age.

He stepped into Avalon again and never came out after the passage was closed.

His ancestors believed that he buried himself in the land of Avalon.

They decided to remain silent about what had happened until they died.

This history ultimately became a secret, known only to the priests of each generation.

Scott slowly exhaled.

The prophecy says that Slytherin is asleep, so he is not truly dead.

The above is the history I heard from my grandfather.

But that's not entirely true, is it?

Judging from the content of the prophecy, Slytherin is brewing a huge conspiracy.

Forgive me, Scott, even now that I've become a priest, I still don't know how to face all of this.

When Salazar Slytherin reappears, both you, as revealed in the prophecy, and the dwindling Dougherty family may face annihilation.

Scott raised his hand and rubbed his slightly throbbing temples.

He was very tired.

He had undergone dueling training that night, fought with Carlo, and had just been exposed to a cold wind for quite some time.

He now felt waves of fatigue surging through his body.