The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

"..."

Scott watched this scene speechlessly.

"So cute."

"It looks like a cute toy box now."

Milton and Eddie, who were standing behind him, commented.

"Do not."

Scott picked up the small wooden box and dumped the four little creatures onto the table.

"I haven't started the renovation yet."

With that, he drew his wand and began to cast the Unseen Stretching Charm.

"Scott..."

Milton lowered his voice like a thief.

“This… using the Unseen Stretching Charm without authorization is illegal.”

"I know."

Scott reached his wand into the compartment of the box to check its size.

"But sometimes we do some illegal little things for convenience."

Thinking about it carefully, he has already committed countless illegal acts; as the saying goes, the more debts one has, the less burdened one becomes…

"Come on."

Eddie said dismissively.

"So many Death Eaters use the Unforgivable Curse, yet the Ministry of Magic hasn't imprisoned them all in Azkaban."

"Makes sense."

As Scott spoke, he tore off another piece of parchment, put the strip of paper into the compartment, and picked up his wand again.

This time, he used metamorphosis to transform the strips of paper into miniature landscapes that were scaled down proportionally.

The grid belonging to Sirein is a coral reef, the grid belonging to Golza is a desert, the grid belonging to Edgar is volcanic rock, and the grid belonging to Horus is a dense forest.

After doing all this, Scott reached out and scooped up the four little creatures, placing them into their respective compartments, and then peered over the small wooden box to observe them.

Since the grid had been expanded by the Unmarked Stretch Charm, the space inside was large enough for the little guys, and they immediately started running around as soon as they entered.

Sirein filled his square with water and began to swim freely, while Golza burrowed directly into the mud, and Edgar and Horus were flying around.

Scott then found some materials and made several mini magic lamps to embed inside the box lid before finally closing the lid.

“Won’t they be unable to breathe?” Milton asked worriedly.

Scott stood up and stretched.

"Don't worry, the box isn't sealed, and they're not real living things."

"Damn the Ministry of Magic."

Eddie stared intently at the small wooden box.

"If they didn't control the Unseen Stretch Charm, this would be an absolutely lucrative business opportunity."

Scott couldn't help but roll his eyes upon hearing this.

"I'm going to take a shower."

He found a change of clothes, picked up his toiletries, and left the dormitory.

After taking a shower, Scott lay on his long-missed, familiar bed and couldn't help but let out a comfortable sigh.

"I think I'll get a good night's sleep..."

He whispered something and then fell asleep without realizing it.

Whether it was psychological or not, he dreamed of the skull that night.

When he woke up the next day, although he had forgotten the specific details of the dream, one scene from it remained vivid in his memory—

It was a deep, pure darkness, just like his dark fantasy world.

That eerie skull became the only light in the darkness.

Unlike the real thing, in the dream, the skull turned into transparent crystal, radiating a warm light.

It wasn't a faint glow, but a much stronger, pure white light.

Of course, the eye area of ​​the skull is still red, like some kind of glowing red crystal.

Sitting on the bed, Scott looked thoughtfully at the skull placed on the bookshelf beside his bed.

He got out of bed and put the skull into the deformed lizard skin bag.

After thinking for a moment, he found another shapeshifting lizard skin bag that hadn't been enchanted with the Unseen Stretching Charm and put the small wooden box containing the "summoned beast" inside.

Finally, he hung the two deformed lizard skin bags side by side on his belt.

After washing up, he said goodbye to Milton and Eddie, who were still asleep, left the Ravenclaw Tower, and went alone to Dumbledore's office.

"Let's go."

Dumbledore was waiting for him.

"We're going to Beauxbatons to have breakfast with them."

The industrious Phoenix Fox led the two to faraway France, appearing directly in the lobby on the first floor of the tower.

The hall was empty at this moment.

“Oh, Professor, I think they must have stayed up very late last night.”

Scott smiled and said something before sitting down at the long table.

Dumbledore smiled and nodded, then took the seat of honor.

The house-elves quickly served them breakfast.

After Scott had eaten his fill, the others gradually came down from the second floor.

"Oh! Scott!"

"Professor Dumbledore!"

Soon, everyone surrounded the two of them, bombarding them with questions.

"I heard you went back to Hogwarts yesterday?"

"What exactly happened?"

"Professor, did you take him back?"

"Oh damn..."

You should pay the price for your actions.

Fred and Roger both glared at Scott fiercely.

Scott looked at the dark circles under their eyes and immediately laughed.

He ignored them and instead took Qiu's letter from his pocket and handed it to Cedric.

“Cedric, this is a letter from Qiu.”

"Oh, thank you."

Cedric swiftly took the letter, an irresistible smile spreading across his face.

Just then, Dumbledore put down his knife and fork.

"Everyone, please take your seats first," he said kindly.

Soon, everyone sat down, looking at him expectantly, waiting for an answer.

"Let's have breakfast first, then we'll talk," Dumbledore said with a smile.

The faces of the disappointed crowd instantly fell.

"No!" Fred immediately protested loudly, "We want to know what happened yesterday!"

Dumbledore was still all smiles.

"Of course, I will explain to you after breakfast."

Scott swore he had never seen such a “difficult” breakfast.

Chapter 494 Preparations Before the Adventure

Apart from Scott and Dumbledore, almost everyone ate their breakfast hastily and without any appetite.

When one person put down their knife and fork, the others quickly followed suit.

Their eyes were all fixed on Dumbledore.

Perhaps because everyone had their own guesses, the atmosphere at the long table was somewhat heavy.

But Dumbledore did not allow this somber atmosphere to continue.

He announced the events of the previous day in a relaxed tone.

"Just yesterday, Voldemort led his Death Eaters to attack the British Ministry of Magic and ordered the dark creatures loyal to him to besiege Hogwarts."

Upon hearing this news, most of the people present, though having expected it, still showed expressions of horror.

Before anyone could even gasp in surprise, Dumbledore immediately announced the outcome of the war.

"Voldemort failed."

"We received news of his impending attack earlier than we did."

"Whether at the Ministry of Magic or at Hogwarts, all he gained was failure, and in the end he could only leave helplessly."

At that moment, Scott heard everyone breathe a heavy sigh of relief.

Before anyone could ask any more questions, Dumbledore stood up abruptly.