Return to Hogwarts

Chapter 33 Return to Hogwarts

As the last second of the hourglass ticked away, Ian's figure vanished from the room in an instant.

at the same time.

In the Ravenclaw bedroom, Ian's figure under the bed curtains seemed to vanish into thin air one second and then solidify and reappear the next.

Unless someone is deliberately staring at it, it's almost impossible to notice any difference.

In that brief second, he had already spent a whole month in the apocalypse.

Ian quietly lifted the bed curtains and found his two energetic roommates still engrossed in a game of Wizards Chess. He was completely relieved and fell asleep peacefully.

……

Nothing happened that night, and the next morning, unsurprisingly, he was the first one to wake up in the dormitory.

Without disturbing his roommate's peaceful sleep, Ian quietly washed up and then left the dormitory alone with the books he needed for his morning classes.

Since it was early, we had a quick breakfast in the auditorium.

He strolled leisurely through the campus corridors, like a tourist taking photos, stopping at every window he passed and gazing into the distance through them.

It evokes a sense of "green mountains are green mountains, white clouds are white clouds."

The hardships and low points he experienced in his past life made him realize all the more how precious this carefree campus life was.

Ian wandered around the campus, and at this moment he had broken free from the shackles of "teleology," finally understanding a word—"experiencing beauty."

Any scheming, ambition, or cognition is a destroyer of beauty. Beauty is feeling, it is experience, and he happens to be immersed in this experience.

This morning, Ravenclaw's first class was History of Magic, taught by a ghost named Professor Binns.

It is said that he forgot to bring his body to class one day, and from then on, he remained at Hogwarts, becoming the only ghost professor.

……

Calculating the time, Ian arrived at the History of Magic classroom almost right on time.

Professor Binns clearly inherited the characteristics common to other ghosts: his lectures lacked dynamism, giving the impression of a stereoscopic projection teaching video course.

He doesn't take attendance, and he never cares what the students are doing, as if the whole world consists only of the classroom and himself.

A monotonous, unchanging voice recited the contents of a book that was clearly older than the textbook in their hands.

All of this sounds like an AI-powered audiobook program that's so dull it's perfect for catching up on sleep.

In fact, even the Ravenclaw students, known for their intelligence, couldn't help but doze off in this environment.

As for the badger cubs nearby, they had already fallen one after another.

Only one person listened attentively throughout the entire class.

It's Ian.

He was taking notes rapidly as he listened to the lecture. He discovered that as long as he could tolerate the professor's tone and ignore the slow, drawn-out vowels, he was actually saying a lot of amazing and useful things.

"...Ordinary wizards don't have the overwhelming power to crush Muggles that people imagine, especially after the Muggles wield flaming weapons..."

"...The wizards, forced to hide in the dark corners of the world, could no longer endure this life that constantly threatened their safety, so they invented a magical spell..."

"...This is also the most crucial turning point in the history of magic. The Muggle Exorcism Charm has appeared..."

"...After the spell was cast, the Muggles, who had no magic, could only walk away from the wizard's sight in a daze, as if nothing had happened. Even the well-trained Muggle army, with its large number of weapons blazing with fire, could not find the enemy. Yes, they didn't even remember who the enemy was..."

"...Let us remember this turning point, the turning point that allowed this magical world to continue, and reiterate the importance of the Muggle Exorcism Charm. Spin the wand twice, lower it, then quickly raise it high, and shout, 'Aradimobio Udaampa!' It's that simple, we've conquered..."

Ian never expected that he would learn such obscure spells in the history of magic class.

Knowing that Professor Binns never cared what his students did, he couldn't resist taking out his wand and experimenting with the Muggle Exorcism Charm in the classroom.

A flash of light appeared at the tip of the wand. Although he couldn't see any effect, he had a feeling that the spell had been successfully cast.

……

After regaining his senses, Ian looked at the notes on the table containing the Muggle Exorcism Charm, along with the background and circumstances surrounding its creation.

This made him feel even more strongly that spiritual cultivation was the most core and important thing for a wizard.

The invention of firearms gave Muggles immense power. Wizards were discovered, persecuted, and lived in constant fear and uncertainty.

At this moment, the wizards desperately craved peace and security, and their intense desire caused their mental power to erupt.

They created this spell so simply, and this Muggle banishment spell, which disregards the rules and is even somewhat unreasonable, was born.

……

In fact, Ian also discovered that throughout the entire history of magic, whenever wizards encountered a problem that they could not solve and that threatened their survival, they would encounter it.

So every now and then, a specific curse will be invented.

Just like the legendary most famous black wizard of ancient Greece, Herpo, who created Dementors, evil creatures that cannot be killed and feed on emotions and souls.

At the time, the entire magical world trembled under the fear of this creature, but not long after, the ancient white magic—the Patronus Charm—was invented.

……

"Exceptional intelligence is humanity's greatest asset. Indeed, only wisdom and knowledge are the most fundamental driving forces for human progress. Studying history can enlighten us, and understanding the past can help us learn from the present."

Ian was very glad that he was able to listen attentively to this class, a course on the history of magic that was considered by all the students at Hogwarts to be the most useless.

The road ahead is long and arduous...

I will search high and low for the truth...

A class period is not long, and it seems even shorter when you are focused.

After Professor Binns assigned the homework, the bell rang as scheduled to signal the end of get out of class.

Like an alarm clock in the early morning, large groups of drowsy little wizards opened their hazy eyes and then left in small groups.

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