The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

“What are you thinking about?” Scott asked.

"I'm thinking about what I'll do after I graduate."

Luna began to daydream.

"Perhaps a macabre conservationist, dedicated to getting all the magical creatures to migrate to the new world we have created."

“That’s too far off,” Scott said with a laugh. “By the time the new world is built, you might have graduated many years ago. Or perhaps, we won’t even live to see that day.”

Luna turned to look at him, her silver-grey eyes misting over. "I told you, it will all be over soon, very soon."

Scott was a little surprised. "I thought you were talking about Avalon."

“No,” Luna shook her head, “it’s everything.”

Scott was genuinely surprised.

"Including predictions of crisis and an ideal future? Could they be happening simultaneously?"

"Maybe."

Luna laughed, but didn't say anything definitive.

Scott didn't mind and didn't bring up the topic again; the two chatted idly for a while.

The next day, at Hogsmeade Village Station.

Scott and his roommates all looked back at the castle across the Black Lake before boarding the train.

"It's time to leave." Roger seemed a little sad. "Maybe we'll never come back here again."

His words brought tears to Milton's eyes as well.

Snapped.

Cachini reached out and patted Roger on the head.

"Almost all British wizards visit Hogsmeade Village quite often!"

“How can that be the same?” Roger retorted, unconvinced. “Even if I can come to Hogsmeade Village often, I still can’t get into Hogwarts.”

"Oh."

Scott chuckled and stepped into the carriage.

"You can buy tickets to watch the Quidditch tournament between the four Hogwarts houses, which starts every November."

As soon as he said that, all the sadness vanished, and everyone burst into laughter.

Roger followed Scott into the carriage and patted him on the shoulder.

“Oh, Scott, if it were you, you could definitely apply for a professorship. I remember you once considered that?”

"Yes."

Scott went into the cubicle and put his luggage away.

"If those things hadn't happened, I would have applied to stay at the university after graduation."

After all, there is no better place in the British magical world than Hogwarts to study magic.

“Oh, you’ll succeed,” Roger mimicked Luna’s tone, “soon.”

"Get out of the way."

Caccini pushed him aside and sat down in a window seat.

Clearly, she also wanted to see more of the castle in the distance outside the window.

"don’t worry."

Eddie was joking.

"If you graduates miss Hogwarts too much, I can provide you with a live stream service inside Hogwarts, but only for the next year."

"Waaaaah..."

The whistle sounded, and the train started moving.

Another group of young wizards bid farewell to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, setting sail for a new future.

At noon, the train arrived at London King's Cross Station.

After exiting the station, Scott greeted Roger and Eddie's father, and then went to Milton's apartment.

As agreed, Milton entered the [Eye of Odin] space here.

Scott, on the other hand, traveled directly across space back to his home in Madrid, Spain.

"Congratulations on your graduation, dear."

He was greeted by his mother, Emilia, who was eating at the table.

"Oh, you've grown taller again. Haven't you changed quite a bit in the last six months?"

"Thank you, Mom. I'm fine."

Scott gently patted his mother's back.

"So you won't have to leave after this, right?"

Emilia looked very excited.

"Or, our family can move back to England! Oh, and I haven't told you yet, the house in Hastings has been renovated..."

Scott glanced at his father, Michael, who was sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed.

Michael simply shrugged, silently mouthing his helplessness.

"I'm sorry, Mom."

Scott had no choice but to give the answer under Emilia's expectant gaze.

"I will have another trip later."

Before Emilia could react, he quickly reassured her, describing his upcoming actions as a planned graduation trip.

At this point, Michael said, "You should understand, Millie, Scott is an excellent wizard. He should be in the wizarding world, not living with us in the ordinary world where we can't freely use magic."

Emilia, who had just been coaxed into smiling by Scott, immediately widened her eyes in anger at his words.

In short, the father and son worked together to finally calm Emilia down.

A day later, Scott put the Milton family of three on a plane bound for the Far East.

To avoid causing trouble for Scott by staying in the Eye of Odin's space, they decided to travel across most of the Earth to seek refuge.

After that, Scott continued his research at home.

Unfortunately, without the crown and the time converter, his research became much less efficient.

Faced with this situation, he wished he could go to the Ministry of Magic and snatch the Time-Turner back.

But it's just a thought.

The time-twister was incredibly tempting, and Scott had fully experienced its benefits. After using it intensively for a period of time, he even became somewhat addicted.

But precisely because of this, he simply returned the Time-Turner to the Ministry of Magic before the exam.

Playing with time is too dangerous; giving up sooner might be a good thing.

After some time, Scott finally received a communication from Savannah—

She told Scott that the sacred tree had been restored and that the passage to Avalon could be opened at any time.

Scott immediately said goodbye to his parents and went straight to the "Sea of ​​Oaks".

This time, instead of waiting in place, he transformed into a peregrine falcon and flew to the center of the "Sea of ​​Oaks" where the sacred tree was located.

Looking down from the air, he saw that the sacred tree's canopy was almost twice as large as it had been before, practically blotting out the sky.

As Scott descended from the sky, he passed through layers of tree canopy and finally arrived at Stonehenge, hidden beneath the canopy.

By this time, quite a few people had already gathered outside Stonehenge.

The moment Scott appeared, everyone keenly noticed his arrival and focused their attention on him.

Scott landed and transformed into human form.

He finally saw the druids other than Savannah and his grandfather.

"Sorry to bother you, it's been a long time."

He walked up to Savannah and her grandfather.

“Mr. Doherty, Savannah.”

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Savannah smiled and nodded.

Today, she was wearing an exceptionally simple, solemn, and gorgeous robe, which seemed to represent her identity as a priest.

Her expression was also very serious and solemn today, unlike before when she would blush when she saw Scott.

"Scott!"

Just then, Scott heard someone call his name.

When he turned around, he saw a tall young man with red hair.

"Who are you?" Scott asked.

"Hello, I'm Aaron."

“Sawana’s brother, Aaron?” Scott raised an eyebrow. “Hello.”

"sorry!"

Aaron bowed deeply to Scott.

Thanks to Aaron, Scott felt the gazes of the other Drus instantly focus on the two of them.

"It's all in the past."

Scott neither said he forgave nor he didn't forgive; "The most important thing now is to open the door."

Or rather, he needs these druids to open channels for him.