From Azkaban

"Okay, you three come here, I'll tell you something."

Hearing Slughorn's answer, Locke nodded. He knew about this potion, and the final step would not take much time to complete.

With the three people who followed him, Locke walked to the center of the hall, conjured up three chairs and motioned for the three to sit down.

"The situation is like this. In addition to the matter of the magic network core, I have something else to give you. You may have heard of the name of this thing, which is the magic pattern."

Locke sat on the chair, crossed his legs, crossed his hands on his knees, looked at the three people sitting in front of him, and slowly spoke.

"Magic pattern?"

The three of them frowned and began to frantically search for information related to this in their minds because of Locke's words.

"Magic Runes... I seem to have heard that wizards in Africa seem to have this method. I heard that many older wizards there can cast spells without using wands. They rely on this."

Lucius was the first to remember, and Arthur's memory was also brought back when he heard his words, but Molly had no recollection at all.

"Yes, the magic pattern I'm talking about is something similar to that, but it's only similar in form. In essence, the two are completely different things."

"Functionally speaking..."

Locke explained in a concise and easy-to-understand manner the functions of the magic patterns he created. As for the African magic patterns, he did not say too much, as he only had a general understanding of that thing.

Simply put, Locke's magic pattern effects are divided into three levels. The first level is exclusive to people with passive magic.

In this level, passive magic connects to the infinite magic power of the outside world, and all aspects are greatly enhanced beyond their own limits.

In addition to passive magic enhancement, the user can also use his own magic power to leverage external magic power, increase the magic power mobilized when casting spells, and finally combine it with the power amplification function of the magic pattern to achieve the result of enhancing the power of other active magic releases.

However, one thing that needs to be noted is that the enhancements brought by these functions are all based on the user himself. The stronger the user's own foundation, the more enhancements he will get.

Simply put, this is a percentage enhancer. A strong person can become stronger when using it, and a weak person can also become stronger when using it.

Except for the first gear, the remaining second and third gears are castrated versions of the first gear. The second gear has the function of leveraging magic power to increase magic power and amplify power, while the third gear only has the function of leveraging magic power.

What Locke was going to tattoo on the three people was the first-level magic pattern, but before that, the three of them had to complete the engraving of the "mana shield" first.

Volume 1: Chapter 101: School Begins

As the main members who joined the Round Table Council later, the three of them were engraved with "Mana Shield".

Locke asked the three about their engraving progress separately. Among them, Lucius was the first to learn, but his progress was the slowest.

But Locke could understand it. After all, he had to manage Knockturn Alley, so it was normal that he couldn't spare much time for engraving.

"Basically, it's around 80%. Fortunately, this progress is not difficult."

After the engraving progress of the three people was basically determined, Locke began to assist the three people, just like he assisted Sirius and others in Azkaban.

Locke made a quick estimate and concluded that with his help, the three of them should be able to complete the remaining engravings within half a day.

They started engraving with full concentration with the help of Locke. Just when they were making the final sprint, other members also arrived at Malfoy Manor one after another.

In fact, some members had already returned before this. Those members were closer to the UK, like Rodolphus.

While the three were making their final sprint, Rodolphus had already returned to France and rushed to his first and safest base in France.

Orleans, the city of Joan of Arc, is a city right next to Paris. It is also a city with a long history. It was here that Joan of Arc defeated the British.

But today, the British's conquest footprints are once again recorded here, but this time it's not the Muggle world, but the wizarding world.

In the eastern district of Orleans, in a small town called Mapel in the fourth county of Orleans, Rodolphus opened the suitcase in his hand in a base one hundred meters underground in the town.

"Whoo~~!"

It was the same scene as when Locke was in Knockturn Alley. A white torrent quickly rushed out of the suitcase, and in the blink of an eye, a white prismatic crystal floated in the air.

"........."

The white secondary core of the magic net exuded a beautiful magical halo, making the already bright enough space even brighter. Looking at this beautiful alchemical creation, the local French wizards standing around all showed amazed expressions.

The French are the most romantic, and their pursuit of beautiful things is even greater than romance, and this also applies to French wizards.

"Is this the core of the magic network? It's even more beautiful than you said."

Below the secondary core, Rodolphus's brother Rabastan looked up and observed carefully while speaking.

"We'll have to wait and see. While the secondary core is connecting to the main core, let's gather everyone together first to help them get their own accounts."

Rodolphus, who had already met once at Malfoy Manor, was very calm at this time. He reached out and closed the suitcase while answering.

"Don't worry, I've already notified everyone about this. All the qualified members are here."

Just as the two Rodolphus brothers were talking, the secondary core in the sky began to rotate slowly, and waves of magic power spread out, then disappeared after spreading out seven or eight meters.

At the same time, in Malfoy Manor, Locke, who was helping Lucius and the other two make the final sprint, widened his eyes slightly. The next moment, Locke's vision changed rapidly, and he came back to his senses two seconds later.

"The first one is France? Rodolphus is very quick. Judging from the range, this secondary core can completely cover the entire Central District and the Ile-de-France District, as well as the Burgundy District and the Lower and Upper Loman areas."

Just now, Locke had traveled to France in his mind, and saw the French wizards recruited by Rodolphus and the wizard settlements within the coverage of the magic network.

"Rodolphus's report is correct. The number of wizards in France is greater than that in Britain, but it is estimated to be limited."

Locke's eyes flickered, literally flickered, and magical halos kept lighting up and extinguishing in his eyes. This was because he was checking the situation of the sudden and increasing number of "new users" of the magic network.

For a period of time afterwards, Locke assisted the three people while paying some attention to the French magic network.

However, Locke soon no longer had the energy to continue paying attention to France, because a new secondary core was successfully connected, this time to Germany.

As usual, Locke checked the coverage of the magic network and the situation of the wizards in Germany. He found that the situation here was more chaotic than in France. Many not-so-good scenes could be seen within the range of the magic network alone.

"Perhaps it's because of Durmstrang."

The influence of the magic academy in each region on the wizards in that region is undoubted, so Locke naturally linked the chaos in the German wizarding world to Durmstrang, an equally ancient magic academy.

After that, Locke started to operate in three threads, coaching and instructing the three people while browsing the scenery of Germany and France.

To be honest, Locke has never been to these two countries in his past two lives, including this one, so he still feels some freshness when looking at the two countries through the magic network.

Time passed little by little, and soon it was the next day.

"Draco, be careful with your words when you get to school. Remember what I told you and don't say anything you shouldn't."

London, King's Cross Station, on the noisy platform nine and three-quarters, Narcissa was squatting in front of Malfoy, tidying his clothes with a gentle look on her face, and kept talking while she was tidying.

"Also, as the future head of the Malfoy family and a student of Lord Cazier, you must not use your status to bully your classmates when you go to school. You should be very clear about your teacher's character, so don't do anything to make him unhappy."

After Narcissa finished speaking, she stopped what she was doing and looked at her son. She looked satisfied and a smile spread across her face.

"I know, mom. Don't worry. I won't bully my classmates. If you want to hit me, hit Ron. It just so happens that he has always been disobedient to me."

Draco grinned with his teeth bared, and it was obvious that he was very excited to go to Hogwarts soon.

But he had just laughed twice when he was hit on the head with a cane.

"Draco, don't look so silly."

"Yes, father!"

While the Malfoy family of three was showing their loving father and filial son, the Weasley family and Harry's family next door were in a similar situation.

Arthur didn't come to pick up the children due to work reasons, so Molly was the only one taking care of the group of children, but she did not leave any of them behind.

As for Harry, the Dursleys and Snape all surrounded her, and Vernon Dursley was like a gate god, separating Lupin and Sirius who were late because they came from the werewolf village.

"Dursley you bastard! Get out of the way! The train is about to leave, let me talk to Harry."

Sirius reached out and pushed Vernon Dursley with an uncomfortable look on his face, but it was obvious that it would be difficult for him to do anything to Vernon Dursley without using magic.

Volume 1: Chapter 102: Professor of Alchemy

In fact, Sirius really wanted to take out his wand and hit Vernon Dursley, but Locke was standing next to him, so Sirius didn't dare to go too far.

"Vernon, we were wrong about what happened in the past, but that's all in the past. We are all a team now, so don't stop us like this."

Next to Sirius, Lupin looked very charming in a black suit and coat. He did not push Vernon Dursley with Sirius because Locke was right in front of him.

His own werewolf problem has been solved, and he has also helped save a large number of his fellow tribesmen. He is now completely different from before, like a completely different person.

Not only did he become more confident, but his temperament also changed from being down and out to being full of vigor and vitality. His body was no longer subconsciously hunched, but became straight and upright. His eyes were no longer lifeless, and the faint smile at the corner of his mouth made him exude a gentle and friendly temperament.

"no!"

It was a pity that for some reason, Vernon Dursley had a very tough attitude and would not listen to any words or tricks.

"You! Hiss~~Hu~~"

Seeing that this guy was not moved by any persuasion, Sirius pointed at him angrily, but he didn't know what to say. After all, he had already said all the good and bad things.

While Sirius Lupin was pulling with Vernon Dursley, on Harry's side, Snape was bending over with a bright smile on his face and chatting with Harry in a soft voice.

When she heard Sirius's slightly frightened voice, she turned her head to take a look, smiled contemptuously, then turned back with a bright smile on her face to continue chatting with Harry.

"Tsk tsk tsk"

Locke, who was standing aside and watching all this, had a look of delight on his face. It was really interesting to see the old father snatching his daughter away.

"I really can't believe that Professor Snape can use his own advantages to play tricks."

Harry is about to go to Hogwarts, and Snape is the powerful dean of Hogwarts.

Naturally, for the sake of his daughter, Snape abused his power for personal gain. He used his full care for Harry as a bargaining chip to drive Vernon Dursley, the gatekeeper, to block Sirius and the other man who were trying to snatch his daughter from him.

“Duk~~~~~!”

The train whistle sounded, indicating that the train was about to depart. Upon hearing this, Harry, who was chatting with Snape, her aunt and her brother, quickly put away her luggage, said a brief goodbye and trotted onto the train.

Looking at Snape, who looked disappointed because Harry left, Locke chuckled and walked forward.

"It's just a short farewell, professor. We'll see each other at school tonight, right?"

Teachers generally don't take the train with their students, but if it weren't for Locke, Snape would definitely follow.

"Ah! Dursley you bastard!"

Seeing Harry getting into the car, Sirius, who had never been able to break through Vernon Dursley, became completely furious and stretched out his hand to cast a spell directly on Dursley, but was stopped by Lupin as soon as he made a move.

"Sirius, watch your emotions."

Lupin stretched out his hand to block Sirius with a helpless look on his face, and Vernon Dursley, who saw that the train had already left, stopped trying to stop him and raised his head with a smug look on his face and stepped aside.

"Humph!"

Seeing this, Sirius waved his hand, walked past Vernon Dursley with an angry face, and walked towards Locke who was talking to Snape.

"Severus! Did you instigate that Dursley guy? Let me tell you, Harry is also my goddaughter! And I adopted her when she was just born, so even if she was patted, it was me who came first!"

Sirius was not a fool. Why did Vernon Dursley only stop him and Lupin but not Snape? There was obviously something wrong.

"Sirius, Lupin, how is the construction of the werewolf village going?"

Locke stopped talking with Snape and turned to look at Sirius. Seeing Locke speak, Sirius could only suppress his emotions and reported the progress of the werewolf village to Locke with Lupin with an unhappy face.

"Very good. Werewolves are an important part of our team in the future. You two should pay more attention and build the team up as soon as possible."

Locke was very satisfied with the progress of the two. Lupin had now basically completed the task assigned to him by Locke, and all the werewolves in the werewolf village trusted him very much.

Now that the first step of placement and integration had been completed last night, the next thing to do was to screen personnel and put together a team of complete werewolves as quickly as possible.

Once Lupin gathers the team together, Locke will start to engrave "Quick Healing" on the werewolves.

This was something Locke had thought of a long time ago, and that was why Lupin had not yet engraved the "mana shield".

As for why Locke didn't let Lupin engrave the "mana shield", it was not because he was worried about something, but simply because Lupin couldn't bear it.

The two passive spells may not seem like much at normal times, but once in combat, the consumption they bring will be extremely terrifying for ordinary wizards.

Lupin is not Locke, he cannot withstand that consumption. At the same time, his werewolf transformation increases his physical ability, which is completely sufficient in terms of dual resistance.

"It's an adult"

Because of Locke's interruption, Sirius was in no mood to continue talking to Snape, so he left after the report.

"Let's go too, Professor. Time is running out before evening. We can't keep Headmaster Dumbledore waiting for too long."

After Sirius and Lupin left and the Dursleys said their goodbyes, Locke and Snape also left together.

.......................

"Lemon Candy"

Outside the headmaster's office at Hogwarts, as Snape read out the command, the tightly closed door of the headmaster's office quickly opened.

At this moment, in the principal's office, an old man with a white beard had been waiting for a long time.

"It's nice to meet you, Mr. Cazier."

Looking at the old man in front of him with a kind smile on his face, Locke extended his hand with the same friendly smile.