The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

"Although he will be able to access Harry afterward, if he tries to kill him, only the fragment of his own soul within Harry will be killed."

Scott understood.

"So this is the only way to make the Voldemort soul fragment inside Harry disappear..."

"Because Voldemort didn't understand love."

Dumbledore said with a smile.

"Lily's protection of Harry stemmed from great maternal love, something Voldemort, who did not understand love, could never comprehend, and that was his greatest flaw."

“Why are you telling me all this?” Scott asked.

Dumbledore lowered his head and took a sip of hot tea.

“You are already a powerful wizard, Scott.”

He looked at Scott with great seriousness.

“I won’t talk to you about grand principles, and you wouldn’t like to hear them anyway, but you know that completely eliminating Voldemort can prevent Medea from getting his soul.”

"While we and Medea share the same goal in eliminating Voldemort, we must prevent Medea from gaining power by sacrificing Voldemort's soul."

"So, you want me to do something about this?" Scott asked bluntly.

Dumbledore didn't mince words and nodded in confirmation of his guess.

"I'm sorry, I have very few helpers. Although you are still very young, wizards who are more outstanding than you are extremely rare."

“You wouldn’t have said these things to me before,” Scott said with a laugh. “Is it because I’m almost an adult?”

Dumbledore frankly admitted, "You're right, you'll be an adult in just four months."

Scott had nothing to disagree with.

After all, he also had a lot of trouble and often needed Dumbledore's help.

Voldemort is no longer the final boss; Salazar Slytherin is.

If Dumbledore dies in his battle against Voldemort, just as he did in the "original" story, Scott will also lose a powerful ally.

“I agree, Professor,” he said. “What would you like me to do?”

Dumbledore said, "Do what you can. I have only two expectations of you: gather intelligence on the enemy and protect Hogwarts."

"Is that all?" Scott asked in surprise.

He thought he was being given some dangerous mission, or something like protecting Harry.

I never expected it to be like this.

"That's it."

Dumbledore nodded affirmatively.

“Even if you are an adult, I will not let a student who has not yet graduated fight the dark wizards head-on.”

He reminded Scott of a few more things.

“Use your strengths, Scott.”

"Your transformation technique is unique and has surpassed mine in terms of flexibility."

"You have a lot of ideas and creativity."

He pointed to the [magic mirror] in Scott's hand.

“Using these, you can provide us with great help.”

"Of course, in my opinion, you don't have to show up in person to participate in the battle."

Scott immediately pictured a scene in his mind.

Send out "summoned beasts," hide in a safe place, such as Hogwarts, and then use the [Magic Mirror] to monitor the battlefield in an unknown location, remotely controlling the "summoned beasts" to participate in the battle, just like playing a game.

It feels so cool.

"I understand."

Scott nodded again.

At the same time, he began to be eager to realize his ideas.

Oh, and we could also add a surveillance system to Hogwarts Castle to prevent anyone from sneaking in.

With that in mind, he shared his thoughts with Dumbledore.

But Dumbledore rejected his proposal.

"Hogwarts' protective magic has been upgraded under Lady Ravenclaw's guidance, and it can now do this."

He told Scott.

"That's why I was able to find the person who hurt Harry as soon as I got back."

Scott persisted, "What about magical creatures like house-elves? Hogwarts can't prevent them from Apparating."

He was even thinking of making a profit by installing a surveillance system at the school.

“Of course we thought of that, and for that reason, all the house-elves at Hogwarts have renewed their magical contracts so that they can continue to move freely.”

Dumbledore blocked his path to making money.

Scott had no choice but to give up.

“Then I shall take my leave, Professor.” He stood up. “I will ascertain the situation in Edinburgh as soon as possible and then report back to you.”

Dumbledore said, "If it is confirmed that the place is indeed suspicious, we will discuss further action."

After saying goodnight to each other, Scott left Dumbledore's room.

Instead of returning to his dormitory, he went directly to the outside of the tower and used the [Magic Mirror] to connect to the [Magic Phone] that he had left with Rimbaud.

The image on the [Magic Mirror] flickered.

"Scott?"

Rimbaud's voice came through.

Scott had to look very closely to make out Rimbaud’s general outline in the pitch-black scene.

"Oh, wait a minute."

Rimbaud flew into the oak cabin and turned on the light.

"Finally something to do?" Rimbaud flapped his wings. "I've been telling you I'm bored, hoo hoo, and there are more and more crows in the territory."

Scott smiled. "Yes, there hasn't been anything for you to do before. This time it's different; there's a very important task."

"An important mission? Leave it to me!" Rimbaud said happily.

“William told me that Medea might be hiding in Edinburgh,” Scott said. “You know what to do.”

"I know! Of course I know! Just wait for my good news!"

Lambo cackled a few times and excitedly hung up the communication.

Chapter 477 Hogwarts Partners

After entrusting the task of scouting Edinburgh to Rimbaud, Scott returned to the tower with peace of mind.

He didn't give Rimbaud any further instructions.

Rimbaud has carried out many reconnaissance missions and has accumulated a great deal of experience.

He also made some preparations before leaving Hogwarts.

Rimbaud only needed to lead the flock of crows to place the "surveillance" he had prepared at the destination.

Scott arrived at the second-floor common room, where Fred immediately snatched the [Magic Mirror] from his hand.

He connected with George, and the two of them whispered something to each other.

Although Scott's "magic mirror" hides many secrets, he is not worried about others seeing them.

Because the [Magic Mirror] will only reveal those secrets when it is in his hands and activated by his own magic.

Scott walked straight to the window, sat down, took out his notebook and pen, and began sketching.

The subject is Beauxbatons Castle at night.

Painting, as Scott chose as his spiritual anchor, is also a hobby he has never given up.

However, lately he has been focusing most of his energy on learning alchemy, and to save time, he has switched his drawing practice to more convenient pen sketching.

Once he started drawing, Scott automatically "blocked out" the surrounding sounds, and it seemed that only the "swish" of the pen tip gliding across the paper could be heard.

The others in the common room were used to his painting habit, and no one bothered him.

Scott enjoyed a brief moment of peace.

A sketch was completed quickly.

He snapped out of his reverie, wrote the date on the paper, and flipped through the sketches he had made earlier.

Seeing that he had stopped drawing, Fred came to his side holding the [Magic Mirror].

"Hey Scott, we have something to tell you."

Scott looked up and saw George and Eddie reflected in the [magic mirror], and he roughly guessed what they wanted to say.

The four of them are partners, so when they get together, they're bound to discuss things about making money.

“I understand.” Scott closed his sketchbook and asked with interest, “What are your plans?”

He had almost spent all his savings on alchemy experiments, and now he was very interested in making money.

"Of course, we'll release a commemorative video recording of the 1994-1995 Three-Way Championship!"

Eddie in the Magic Mirror exclaimed excitedly.

“I believe many people will buy it. We can even advertise it among students at Beauxbatons and Durmstrang and have them order it by mail!”

“Yes, we can also take this opportunity to sell another batch of [Magic Crystal Players],” George added.

Eddie said, "I'll order the mirrors and crystals as raw materials and customize a protective case with the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang crests!"