Hogwarts doesn't need a savior

"Gellert, do you know what that black light outside was? I saw it was shooting up into the sky from the ruins of the bell tower. Do you have any clues?"

“…I think, a little bit.”

After a moment's silence, Grindelwald pointed at the metal ball still rolling on the ground, his tone vague.

"Maybe it has something to do with this thing, but I don't know what's going on. Where's that kid Lin En? He has a lot of tricks up his sleeve. Let him come over and take a look."

"Lynn... I'm afraid he can't do it for the time being." Dumbledore said hesitantly.

"Hmm? What happened?" Grindelwald immediately became alert, and his muscles tensed instantly. "Tell me quickly."

"He is not in danger," Dumbledore said. "It's just that the octopus monster was rescued by Voldemort, and he was also slightly injured by Voldemort's sneak attack. You should know that he doesn't like to show his weakness in front of us."

"... was rescued." Grindelwald's frown relaxed slightly, but his expression was still stern and his tone was unfriendly, "What do you do for a living?"

Dumbledore was speechless for a moment after being questioned by his old friend. He could only bend down and pick up the iron ball which had become cold again.

"I do have some responsibility. I didn't expect those monsters to burst out with such strength in order to escape, so I was delayed for a while when dealing with the other few," he said.

"I knew it... But this matter cannot be delayed. Find someone to send him over - wait, what are you doing here?"

"He asked me to work with you to deal with the goblin matter, and it'd be best if we finish it today."

"That's what I was thinking. Let your people work with Wenda to clean up the battlefield, and then go to Russia together. Lynn's people will soon be closing in over there, as well as the Netherlands and Norway." Grindelwald said, "Just come with me."

"Okay, I'll go find Alastor first and ask him to give this to Lynn, and then we'll set off." Dumbledore weighed the metal ball in his hand and said in a deep voice.

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That night, Hogwarts Castle.

Lynn and Euphemia returned together and met Doris who had been waiting for a long time outside the castle gate.

In the hall behind her, students were still playing and enjoying their wonderful holiday, completely unaware of what was happening on the other side of the earth.

"Professor, you're finally back." She noticed the state of Lynn and Euphemia, and her expression darkened. "I'm sorry, it would be great if we could help."

"No, you did a great job, Doris." Lynn said softly, "And Boyce, you are an important part of my plan, but you have a different division of labor from everyone else."

"But you..."

"It's just a minor accident. Just take a few days to rest." Lin En waved his hand, "This is not the place to talk."

There was no conversation along the way, and it did not cause any special reaction from the students of the various schools. He just met Karkaroff on the road, who had a livid face for some reason. No one spoke to either side. They just glanced at each other and passed each other.

Lin En returned to the office and pulled out his wand. He pointed it in all directions to block any possible outside prying eyes. Then he asked, "Did something happen in the school? Or did something happen to Seide and the others? Since you are waiting outside, it must be something important. There are no outsiders here now."

"Professor, Sayid and Miss Delacour know about it," Doris whispered. "They came to me together, and I couldn't hide it, so I told them."

"...You must be covering for Boyce." Lin En sighed helplessly, "It's my fault too. This kid never keeps his mouth shut."

"I..." Doris hesitated, "It's still my fault. I didn't think highly of him."

"Let them both come to us tomorrow. It's not a big deal after all. Is there anything else?"

“No, professor, that’s it.” Seeing that Lynn really didn’t mean to blame herself and Boyce, Doris breathed a sigh of relief and asked softly, “Where are Regulus and Inès? Why didn’t they come back?”

"They will stay in the United States and work with Victor to resolve the aftermath. They should have already met with the Magical Congress and the No-Maj government."

Lynn looked at her watch and nodded slightly, "It will probably take a few days. Fei and I are a little tired, so we came back. Do you want to go and take a look? I can tell them."

"No need for that. You're not feeling well right now, and I can help you by staying here." Doris was a little tempted, but after thinking it over, she rejected the proposal.

"You... that's fine too." Lin En smiled, "I feel at ease with you here. You've worked hard these days."

Euphemia forced herself to ask, "Tell me about the situation in England. Is there any news about Andrew? And Percy, what's going on in the ministry... cough cough cough!"

Before she finished her words, a violent cough drowned out her question. Lynn quickly handed her a glass of warm water and raised her wand hastily:

"In the name of Igor, the blue body!"

The ice-blue magic flowed like a stream, and Euphemia's face looked a little better.

She had already suffered internal injuries from forcibly using the Purple Shirt Rune to gather everyone's magic power, and she also suffered the main backlash from the destruction of the World Tree's phantom. She was really seriously injured this time, but it was not visible from the outside.

After a lot of hassles, Doris finally found an opportunity and said worriedly, "I'll go get some medicine from Madam Pomfrey. Your body..."

"It's okay. Alex has already prepared it for me. Lynn has done this before, so I know what to do." Euphemia said weakly, "Let's talk business first."

"Well, Andrew is still monitoring the conversation between Umbridge and Fudge as planned. You know his talent, so far there has been no mistakes. Umbridge is still instigating, but Fudge is hesitant." Doris said, "Everything is normal with Percy, but Ms. Bones has been even busier recently."

"That's good..." Euphemia breathed a sigh of relief, "Wait for Brian to return and continue as planned."

"Okay, Doris, let's discuss it tomorrow. I'm really tired today. Tomorrow morning, you can ask Sayid and the others to go to the Room of Requirement."

Lynn gave Doris a look, and she immediately understood. She got up and left in a hurry, not forgetting to close the door gently without making any noise.

"I still have something to tell her..." Euphemia's forehead was slightly sweaty, and she hit her thigh in annoyance.

"It's all my fault. I was too careless."

"Don't say that. You've done a great job, and the results have far exceeded our initial expectations, right?" Lin En comforted her. "Take the medicine first and have a good sleep. I'll be right next to you. We can talk about anything after you've recovered."

"……Um."

Euphemia leaned on Lynn's shoulder with her eyes closed, her eyelashes trembling slightly.

She had more to say and a lot to think about.

But in the end, she just silently took a whole bottle of bitter potion and went to rest.

After she fell asleep, Lynn took out the metal ball that Moody gave him, walked out of the living room, and looked at it quietly in the dim light.

This was a rare experience in which he failed to fully achieve his planned goals, and it also sounded a wake-up call for him.

Voldemort, the false god, the beam of light whose purpose is unknown but shoots straight into the sky, and this strange and ancient metal ball that carries many technological elements.

Leviathan's defeat was naturally his victory, but the situation seemed to be moving towards an even more confusing state.

This forced him to perk up and make plans early.

Chapter 523 I Only Wait One Day

Early in the morning, just after dawn, Doris and her two friends went to the Room of Requirement and saw Lynn doing morning exercises.

With his neat short fighting skills, a light sweat and slightly rapid breathing, the three people who were familiar with his style knew that this training had been going on for some time.

"Professor, your body hasn't recovered yet. How can you train like this? Take a rest soon." Doris said.

"A good night's sleep is enough for me, but it's time to rest now. You sit down."

Lynn smiled and waved his wand, and the puppets of various shapes immediately stopped moving.

Then, he walked up to Cedric and Fleur, who wanted to say something but didn't know how to start, and joked, "That was definitely not the case when you were pestering Boyce and Doris."

"Professor, we..."

"I know what you want to say, Furong." Looking at the stubborn little witch, Lin En restrained his smile and said, "I really shouldn't have kept such an important matter from you two."

"That's not what we meant, Professor." Fleur lowered her head. "I know you're doing this for our own good, and you're afraid we'll be distracted, but I also want to help, just like Doris did."

"Yes, Professor." Cedric said seriously, "I am your student, but also a member of the Stargazers. I hope you won't just treat us as students. What's really important to us is not the ball or the championship, but our own responsibilities. We also want to be treated as your partners."

This was the first time that Lin En saw his gentle disciple being so tough. If he hadn't been sure that he was not seeing things, he would even have suspected that the person standing in front of him was Little Barty.

Not sure whether he was surprised or relieved, he carefully looked at Cedric for a long time, until Doris was a little nervous, then he looked away and said softly:

"I accept your criticism, Ced. Next time you will all have the opportunity to act with me - you are right, although you have not left school yet, you are all very good wizards and you deserve to stand with us."

"professor--"

"Don't be too happy, I still have something to say." Looking at the three people who were so happy, Lin En sighed secretly, "I need you to remember that the real battle is not performed on a stage like last month. That would really kill people. Only Andrew has this awareness among you, so I assigned him an important task. As for you..."

"Just tell me, what do you need us to do?" Furong said without hesitation.

"The time-space gap is over there, bring it here. Doris, go get Boyce over here as well. I know he must be waiting for your news outside now."

"I can't hide it from you. I'll go right away." Doris stuck out her tongue. "He will be very happy."

"Maybe."

Lynn did not comment, but tapped his fingertips to extract a strand of silver-white memory and injected it into a sculpture in front of Cedric and Fleur.

"Try to survive in this, because the pain of death will be very real, you have all experienced it."

"…I understand, Professor."

Cedric looked solemn as he took the statue that had been placed on the table and placed his hand on it.

Next came Fleur, and Doris and Boyce who hurried over.

The four statues lit up with white light at the same time, converging into a clean band of light that connected to the statue in Lynn's hand.

The long river of time suddenly slowed down and almost stopped.

Putting down the sculpture, Lynn turned to look at the door and said calmly, "I know you are there, come out."

"I just arrived. I just didn't want to disturb you from educating the students."

Dumbledore appeared first, speaking in a brisk tone.

Next came Grindelwald, who was still murderous.

"Is it done?" Lin En had a blank expression on his face. He pulled a chair over and sat down. "Where's Yiai?"

"Wenda is with him," Grindelwald said. "Those who need to be sensible have been sensible, and the others have been dealt with. Most people still know what to do."

"That's best. There's no need to wait until February next year. Let them understand their position at the meeting today, and the process can be followed then."

Lin En rubbed his chest, which was still stuffy, and said, "Now let's talk about what happened yesterday. What happened to that ball and that clock tower?"

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At the same time, in New York, Magical Congress.

It was already daybreak in the UK, but still late at night in the eastern US.

There were only a dozen or so people sitting in the spacious conference room. They were all big names in the wizarding world and Muggle political circles. Any name they mentioned would be well-known.

But now, the two parties that were originally in sharp opposition are coexisting harmoniously in silence, and the one sitting in the main seat is not any one party, but Victor, whose face is still a little pale.

Regulus and Inès stood not far behind him, one on each side, looking expressionlessly at everyone in the room, as well as the special envoy from the International Confederation of Wizards who had come on behalf of Dumbledore.

Today's emergency meeting was held successfully with the help of this special envoy.

Over the past half day, everyone has looked at the many pieces of evidence that Lin En and his companions have collected over the past few days. Now, on their desks is a list that is enough to cause a political earthquake.

The power of individuals to change nature, Muggle weapons of mass destruction enabled by magic, and collusion and conspiracy from top to bottom.

It was a harsh reality that the entire No-Maj and wizard bureaucracy had been completely infiltrated by demagogic monsters, and everyone knew that this list was not exhaustive.

If you pull out a radish, you will bring out the mud. If we really investigate, no one can predict how big a shock the incident will be.

"…We should cooperate and come up with a solution." Powell took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Now is not the time to fight alone. We must find a way to solve the problem as soon as possible without causing panic. The conflict between wizards and No-Majs should also be resolved."

"I agree, but the circumstances of this list are too complicated. The most important witnesses, including his... those wizard bodyguards, have committed suicide."

The No-Maj president also no longer has the demeanor he once had on the international stage, and his words sound somewhat weak and powerless.

He was informed of this at the airport. He had just finished an international conference and was dragged here before he could fully adjust to the jet lag.

At first, he even thought it was a coup, until he saw the ironclad evidence and truly believed that there were so many people in his own government who were connected with evil organizations that wreaked havoc on the magic world and even the normal world, to the point that so many cutting-edge weapons were hidden right under his nose.

But he was unwilling to make such a big fuss. As the saying goes, a single move can affect the entire body. Arresting so many people at once, even if it was a secret arrest, would definitely cause a commotion.

Not even fifty years old, he was somewhat unable to handle such emergencies.

Just when the atmosphere became awkward, Victor stood up directly, instantly attracting many eyes.

"Everyone, I think we have no time to waste." He said loudly, "I am here to cooperate with you on behalf of Mr. Eric and Mr. Dumbledore. Now I can clearly inform you that you have one day to complete the arrest."

"One day?!" Powell shuddered. "This is impossible. The people up there—"

"If you can't do it, our people will take over tomorrow morning. If there are any unexpected dangerous consequences or public opinion storms, the responsibility will not be ours."

Victor had a smile on his face, but his eyes were so sharp that no one dared to look directly at him.

This was the most straightforward threat, but no one dared to refute it.

It’s not because of Victor himself, but because of the two most powerful wizards in the world standing behind him.

Even a country with extreme secular military power would seem powerless in the face of transcendent individual power.

The dead senator, the shattered canyon, it all speaks volumes.