Hogwarts doesn't need a savior

Inès saw it very clearly, and quietly poked Lynn's waist with her elbow, winking and making faces with a vivid and exaggerated expression, which made him and Regulus laugh.

The hall was filled with a cheerful atmosphere, and almost everyone had something to make them happy - even Trelawney, who was always bitter and resentful.

Only one professor maintained his usual stern expression, as if everyone owed him tens of thousands of gold Galleons.

This can be considered a stable performance.

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At the dinner, the visiting friendly schools and the hospitable hosts interacted with each other, and the atmosphere was as warm as if they were one family.

As the new week began, the atmosphere of the Five Schools Championship began to spread in Hogwarts Castle.

According to the exchange plan agreed upon in advance by Dumbledore and the two headmasters, these seventh-year students from other schools will be eligible to voluntarily enroll in Hogwarts advanced classes based on their interests.

As part of the exchange, professors from Ilvermorny and Castellobus will soon open their own classes at Hogwarts - integrating them with Hogwarts' existing courses to achieve collaborative teaching.

But communication is never just about mutual flattery and courtesy, especially when the parties maintain a delicate competitive relationship.

The Five Schools Championship is a competition between students, and the one-year exchange program outside of the championship is a competition between schools.

As soon as they arrived, these carefully selected seventh graders began to show their potential - they were not just visiting scholars.

The first to be affected were the two subjects that had just received gifts yesterday, Care of Magical Creatures and Herbology.

When the young wizard from Ilvermorny saw the blasting-tailed skrewts that Hagrid had carefully cultivated, his first reaction was no different from that of the students at Hogwarts, and he immediately realized the problem.

This somewhat disgusting-looking young creature is obviously a hybrid of several magical animals, and its genes are unstable, making it full of the possibility of mutation again.

"Professor Black told us that breeding Chimaeras and Chimaera-like hybrids is prohibited."

The speaker was a thin girl named Kaleya, from the Horned Hydra Academy. According to Regulus, she was one of the few top students favored by four academies in recent years.

She has learned a lot from Regulus and is one of the favorites to become a warrior this year.

The question she raised was very to the point. It was exactly what Lynn had advised Hagrid about last year, but he didn't care about it at all at that time until it was mentioned again at this moment.

He was not good at dealing with emergencies and wanted to show off his skills, but ended up embarrassing himself.

Fortunately, there was Regulus who was attending the class with the team. Although he did not teach this course in Ilvermorny, he was an experienced magical creature breeder after all, so the situation was finally resolved.

However, such a result might not be better than a dull silence. The horned water snakes from Ilvermorny were much stronger than the unknown blast-tailed skrewts in every aspect, and even the senior students of Hogwarts who chose this course were ashamed.

Coincidentally, in the Herbalism Greenhouse on the other side, young people from Castrobus also fully demonstrated the unique advantages of the tropical rainforest.

Although there were only a dozen of them who came prepared, they brought out many rare and difficult-to-cultivate medicinal herbs - all of which they cultivated themselves in the school's herb garden, and each student's name was labeled on them.

One of the devil's snares was so lush that even the knowledgeable Professor Sprout couldn't help but applaud, and made everyone remember the name Hurt.

There's also Potions with Snape, Defense Against the Dark Arts with Kingsley, and even Charms with Professor Flitwick.

Castrobinghe, a thousand-year-old school like Hogwarts, and Ilvermorny, which has been in the limelight for nearly two hundred years, used this group of outstanding students to showcase their respective background and development. In a sense, this was also a warm-up and a show of strength for the championship.

In just one week, the only two subjects that were smooth sailing were Transfiguration, which was supervised by Magg herself, and Runes and Ancient Magic Practice, which were supervised by Lynn.

One is a long-established strong subject, and the other is a new and cutting-edge subject that has only been completed in Hogwarts and Beauxbatons in the world. Even though they are well prepared, the "challengers" from America are all embarrassed.

Even Principals Pollach and Fontena went to Lynn's classroom to listen to a few of his classes in person, and they could hear what was going on clearly from kilometers away.

Emerging fields not only mean the development of magic, but are sometimes closely related to the future of the school.

They have been planning the construction and development of this new discipline for a year or two, and it is difficult to say how much this year's visiting scholar exchange is related to this - although they know it is unlikely to invite Lynn himself to teach, at least they can be close to the water and find some suitable candidates.

Chapter 447: The False Proposition of Bloodline

Ilvermorny and Castrobinger's first week here was uneventful, but there were also busy moments.

Just as they want to show their advantages, Hogwarts, led by Professor McGonagall, will not remain indifferent.

As part of the exchange programme, both schools, as well as Beauxbatons which has already been confirmed to be involved, will hold a series of public courses at Hogwarts.

The tournament itself is certainly the biggest highlight, but it is not the entire event that lasts nearly a year, otherwise Dumbledore would not have insisted on dragging Lin En to do so many things.

The old principal, who always seems to be doing nothing, always sees these major events further than others, but his ideas often do not get enough support.

But in these aspects, Lin En and he could still get along well, which led to the current situation.

Starting this week, every Saturday thereafter, a professor from Ilvermorny, Castellobushe, or Beauxbatons will teach an open class open to all schools.

The first to be drafted were naturally the teachers Ines and Regulus who had accompanied the two principals.

The week before Halloween, Inès needs to prepare a real open class on "Curses and Anti-Curses", and Principal Pollachi attaches great importance to this.

As a result, she not only failed to win the crown she had always dreamed of, but was forced to stay up late in the temple spaceship, which made her very angry.

Although Regulus, who was a week later than her, was not much better, he still had some buffer time. In addition to attending classes everywhere and taking notes, he also had some free time.

On Thursday night, he took time out and rushed to Lynn's office after examining two long-horned water snakes.

Of course, he wasn't here to reminisce and chat.

He brings Lynn the locket, which still shows little progress, and some important news.

"The descendants of the founder rejected my request." He swung the locket in his hand and said softly, "They have no interest in their ancestor or his relics."

This surprised Lynn a bit.

He looked at the locket which was no different from the one he had a year ago, and gently scratched his temples. There were already some stubbles of hair there, and it would be time for a haircut in a few days.

"If they are not interested, we will be in trouble. You can't ask me to go find that old man with no nose? This is probably the only bloodline of that old bald man left in the UK."

"Strictly speaking, this is the case. The paternal line of the Slytherin family has been cut off for hundreds of years, and the maternal line was finally cut off by the Gaunt family," said Regulus.

Born into the famous Black family, he didn't know the blood connections between these pure-blood families clearly, but he knew a lot about it through what he had seen and heard.

This is also the main reason why he has been trying to open the locket in another way.

After knowing that the locket contained Salazar's secret, he had tried various methods, including the Muggle technology recommended by Victor, but in the end all failed.

A very small number of truly powerful Muggle instruments can forcibly break the magical window of the locket, but they will inevitably destroy this mysterious legendary magic prop at the same time.

This was a scene that neither he nor Lin En wanted to see.

Violence is obviously not a good solution, but he cannot find a suitable way to solve the problem by taking shortcuts. He can only give up and come back to Lin En to discuss countermeasures.

Regulus obviously would not feel happy or relieved to encounter such a setback in his first important mission after returning to Stargazer, but Lynn seemed to have expected it.

"I would find it strange if this old bald guy didn't have a backup plan here. Don't take it to heart." He patted his old friend's shoulder and said in a light tone, "Although I have been a little busy in the past two months, I still took some time out. Since we can't do it ourselves, let's find someone who can."

Before he finished his words, a silvery-white shadow emerged from the gray castle wall and stopped steadily in mid-air.

"You are... Ms. Ravenclaw?" Looking at the familiar crown and the delicate face that seemed to be copied exactly from a statue, Regulus recognized the person.

"Good evening, Mr. Black." The wise lady nodded slightly as a greeting, and with a slight wave of her illusory right hand, the magic power flowed, and the pendant flew into the air.

At the same time, the mark of the Devouring Snake hidden on the back of Lin En's hand also appeared, and it lit up white light.

“After seeing this locket, I can confirm many of my previous guesses. He has indeed achieved considerable success after leaving us,” she said with a smile.

"From your tone, I always feel that your initial breakup was not due to educational philosophy," Lin En asked.

Rowena stroked the locket with her invisible hands and said in a gentle tone, "Of course not for this reason. We agreed not to interfere with each other a long time ago, and he doesn't only recruit pure-blood wizards - after all, that's unrealistic."

"When we were in school, there were many outstanding half-blood wizards in the academy." Regulus nodded seriously, "and there was also the most dangerous one."

"Salazar would probably have mixed feelings about having such a descendant, excellent but extremely shallow."

During the two years that Rowena stayed in the statue, she did not waste her time. Instead, she secretly investigated and learned a lot of things, including the modern history of magic and the many outstanding wizard descendants that appeared in the last few hundred years.

She despised Voldemort's experience and actions, but also felt inexplicably sad - she admired smart people.

No matter how much one hates Voldemort, they cannot deny that this maniac who calls himself the Dark Lord does possess a trait rarely found in ancient and modern times.

But now is not the time to feel regretful, and Lin En is not the type of person who would sigh with her.

He said bluntly: "For such a person who is born hopeless, the smarter he is, the more unfortunate the wizarding world will be. If I were Salazar, I would only regret not being able to clean up the mess myself."

"That makes some sense." Rowena nodded, no longer struggling, and focused her eyes on Lin's hand. "Do you know why he gave this to you?"

Lin En said as a matter of course: "Because he had no choice. Although it was just a memory, or a message, he should know that I would completely destroy the place without leaving a single tile."

"You don't know him well enough." Rowena shook her head and poked Lynn's forehead with her finger. Her tone was somewhat similar to Helga's. "He is never afraid of threats. The only reason he chose you two is that you meet the conditions."

"Even though we're Muggle-borns?"

"Even if you are Muggle-born wizards." Rowena's voice was clear and powerful, "Wizards of your generation, no matter where they come from, seem to have some prejudice against Salazar's ideas, especially about Muggle-born wizards."

Lynn listened attentively, and Regulus beside him also perked up, holding his breath and concentrating, not wanting to miss a single word.

"In our time, Muggle-born wizards were considered to have more special talents, and sometimes even better seeds than pure-blood wizards." Rowena said, "Helga, I, and Godric all have many outstanding Muggle-born disciples. A considerable number of them have always followed us to fight against those weird and evil monsters. Bloodline itself is a boring false proposition. We all know it well."

"So what's the situation with Slytherin?"

"Bloodline is not important, what is important is the environment - you have not experienced that era. At that time, many Muggle-born wizards were the main force in witch hunting. There were also monsters. They were good at bewitching people, which was even more troublesome and dangerous than power itself."

Rowena's eyes became vague. "It's a very long story if I tell you in detail. It's longer than the history you read from me before, and it involves many secrets that the four of us don't know."

The locket floated in the air, white light flickered, and then burst out in an instant.

Chapter 448 The Secret Chamber Opens Again

"It seems Salazar doesn't want us to waste too much time. We can tell this story later." Rowena smiled, "He is impatient."

As she spoke, she raised her right hand again and pressed it on the "S" logo on the locket. Then, she waved it gently, and the colorful light connected to the Ouroboros mark on the back of Lin En's hand.

It was like turning on some magical switch.

The next moment, a fiery heat came over him. It was the agitation of magical power, not from the locket, but from the magic that Salazar had placed in the mark.

At the same time, Regulus, who had been observing the situation from the side, suddenly cried out in surprise and immediately covered his chest. His heartbeat was accelerating wildly, almost jumping out of his chest.

He felt some kind of blood connection, as if a mountain standing before him was calling him.

"What... is going on?" he asked with difficulty.

"That's why I asked Lin En to wait for you to come." Rowena said calmly, "You are also his descendant."

"I?!"

Regulus' eyes widened, he never knew his family was related to Slytherin.

"The so-called descendants are not just those with a surname - your family, which claims to be forever pure, has almost all the ancient bloodlines, naturally including Salazar."

Rowena seemed a little tired, and her soul became a little erratic. "It's just too thin. You need me to help you disguise it. It's not easy."

As if to confirm her words, the colorful light gradually became brighter and the pendant box hovering in the air began to vibrate violently, making a creaking sound.

Lin En frowned slightly, watching it move from stillness to flying towards the door. It was not fast, but very steady.

"Let's go, and call Godric's successor, he must be interested in this."

Rowena, whose body became erratic, followed slowly behind, and the voice seemed to come from a very far distance.

"When this is over, prepare one of those red stones in your bracelet for me. I need to replenish my magic power."

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About half an hour later, in the castle corridor.

Exhausted and with reluctance written all over her face, Inès staggered out of the temple spaceship, yawning continuously.

Halfway through her overtime work, she couldn't stand sitting alone in the room anymore, so she decided to come and chat with Lin En and take the crown back to use - just by the way, definitely not because she wanted to be lazy or take shortcuts.

Along the way, all the students coming and going, except for a few juniors, greeted her enthusiastically, especially the seniors who had really learned a lot of anti-curse magic.

Everyone sincerely liked this generous and interesting professor, even though she had not been teaching for long.

Seeing that she looked like she hadn't slept well, a few considerate girls gave her some chocolates and fruit candies.

But she didn't eat it because her weight had been a little out of control recently, which was inevitable due to being busy and lacking exercise.

Blinking weakly, she finally moved slowly to the outside of Lynn's house, and then revived with full health on the spot.

"bang bang bang"

"Open the door! Robbery!"

The fatigue in her eyes was replaced by brilliance, and when she thought about being able to use her favorite Ravenclaw diadem again, she threw all her previous unhappiness to the wind.

"..."