The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

Soon, Savannah and her grandfather transformed into wolves and ran up to him.

Good morning, Scott.

Savannah, now back in human form, greeted Scott.

"good morning."

Scott gave the old druid a formal wizard's salute.

“Mr. Doherty, Savannah.”

"Ah."

The old druid was still not very friendly to him, his face taut with layers of wrinkles, and he responded reluctantly.

Scott straightened up and took a wooden box from the deformed lizard skin bag hanging at his waist.

"This……"

The old druid's expression immediately changed, and he looked excitedly at the box in his hand.

"This...this is..."

Scott nodded and opened the lid of the wooden box.

A soft golden light appeared.

The old druid and Savannah couldn't help but take a step forward, their eyes fixed on the golden piece of wood.

"That's right...that's right..."

The old druid stretched out his hands tremblingly.

"This is the long-lost Heart of the Sacred Tree!"

The moment his hands touched the wooden box, he looked up at Scott.

Scott smiled, unmoved, and even offered to hand him the wooden box containing the Heart of the Sacred Tree.

"This……"

The old druid was somewhat surprised.

Scott knew perfectly well what he was surprised about.

only……

For druids, the Heart of the Sacred Tree is perhaps an unparalleled treasure.

But for Scott, this thing wasn't some unparalleled treasure.

His goal has always been to open a passage to "Avalon".

Can you tell me the time?

He asked directly.

"The time it will take to open the passage after the sacred tree is healed."

"time……"

The old druid hesitated, looking somewhat embarrassed.

"What's wrong, Mr. Doherty?"

Scott looked at him with some confusion.

"You told me that as long as I find the Heart of the Sacred Tree, I can restore the Sacred Tree's power and open the passage to Avalon."

As he spoke, doubt appeared in his eyes.

"Are you lying to me?"

"How rude! Who lied to you!"

The old druid vehemently denied it.

"Everything I'm telling you is the truth!"

Scott raised an eyebrow. "Then why didn't you tell me when the passage could be opened?"

"Because I can't estimate the time either."

The old druid's anger subsided somewhat, and he spoke the truth.

"There is no precedent for this, so I cannot say when the preparation time was."

Upon hearing this, Scott raised his eyebrows even higher.

"No precedent?" he asked, displeased. "Then why are you so certain that the [Heart of the Sacred Tree] can restore the Sacred Tree's power?"

He suspected that the old man was a bad person who had tricked him into becoming a free laborer to search for the lost Heart of the Sacred Tree.

Perhaps Scott's suspicions were too obvious, which made the old druid so angry that he jumped up and down repeatedly.

"Do not doubt my words! Druids never lie!"

“Who knows?” Scott said dismissively. “I’ve already seen it all. Your grandson, Aaron Dougherty, is a complete liar.”

"He He……"

The old druid was speechless with spitting out words, and was panting heavily with anger.

"Sorry, Scott."

Savannah quickly grabbed the old druid's arm, her eyes fixed on Scott.

"I'm so sorry about what happened to Aaron."

She spoke somewhat anxiously.

"But please believe me, your grandfather did not lie to you! The Heart of the Sacred Tree can definitely restore the full power of the Sacred Tree! Really, please believe me."

"All right……"

Scott looked into her eyes and could tell that Savannah was not lying, so he slowly nodded.

"I believe you."

Ultimately, unlike last summer, he's not in such a rush to open the passage now.

Last year, he was not strong enough and thought he would enter Avalon before Salazar Slytherin woke up to thwart his plans.

But frankly, this is actually a gamble.

Because he wasn't sure if doing so would backfire.

If he were to awaken Slytherin and he lacked the strength to fight back, he would be completely dumbfounded.

Now that his strength has greatly increased, he is thinking of simply making all the necessary preparations before opening the passage and ending the prophecy.

This approach is relatively safe.

With these thoughts in mind, Scott simply stretched out one hand.

“Then, I entrust the task of restoring the sacred tree’s power and preparing to open the passage to you, Savannah.”

"Okay...Ok..."

Savanna blushed and also stretched out a hand.

Just a second before they finished high-fiving, another aged hand suddenly reached out, pushed aside Savannah's hand, and high-fought Scott.

Snapped.

"Pleasant to work with."

Scott smiled without changing his expression.

"Mr. Doherty."

"Pleasant to work with."

The old druid stared at Scott with eagle-like eyes.

"Mr. Trollope."

Then, he solemnly declared, "I swear in the name of nature that the Druid will not break his promise in this matter."

"Ok."

Scott smiled politely.

He then took a cardboard box from the shapeshifting lizard skin bag and handed it to the old druid.

"Here is a magical item that allows you to contact me at any time, along with its instruction manual. Please accept it. If you encounter any problems, please contact me directly."

"no problem."

The old druid reached out and took the cardboard box.

Seeing Savannah staring longingly, Scott took out another cardboard box containing the [Magic Phone] and handed it to her.

Savannah was immediately delighted.

The old druid's face fell again.

“If there’s nothing else…” he said, feigning concern. “We also need to get busy; we need to hold a grand ceremony under the sacred tree.”

"Then, I'll be leaving now."

Scott didn't intend to stay any longer and simply waved his hand.

"Goodbye, Mr. Doherty, Savannah."

With that, he activated the [silver snake necklace] on his left hand and took Rimbaud back to Raven Territory.

"The passage to 'Avalon' cannot be opened for the time being. What are you going to do next, Scott?"

Rimbaud asked curiously.

"Shall we search for the research materials hidden by the [Asgardian] school?"

"Of course."

Scott sat at his desk and took out the animal skin scroll he had obtained from the treasure chest in Odin's Temple.

This contains the coordinates of the secret realms "Niflheim" and "Jotunheim".