radicalducati Chapter 199 The future of wizards is the sea of stars! (5)
Chapter 199 The future of wizards is the sea of stars! (5)
It was a dreamless night, and when I opened my eyes again, it was already the next day.
Anthony opened the bed curtain early in the morning, took a breath and rubbed his eyes. When the scene in front of him gradually became clear, he was surprised to find that the beds for several other people were empty!
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"What's going on? You got up so early?"
Anthony, who was not sure why, thought he had overslept, so he quickly got up, washed himself, and ran towards Professor Transfiguration.
While running, they complained that Harry and the others didn't wake him up when they got up!
Not brotherly enough!
However, Anthony was a little confused because he didn't meet many other little wizards in the corridor.
When he arrived in class, he looked around the classroom slightly, and sure enough he saw Harry and the others had arrived, but the expected scene of being scolded by Professor McGonagall for being late did not happen.
Because he didn't see Professor McGonagall at all!
Um?Did you come early?
"What's going on? Why are you here so early?" He held the book and sat behind Harry and asked.
"Haha!" Harry hummed, then stopped talking and continued to stare at the manuscript in his hand.
And the thick dark circles on his face, especially around his eyes, seemed to indicate that he stayed up late.
"I'm told you haven't slept all night!"
"Ha ha!"
"Is it so attractive again?" Anthony touched his head and looked at the Gryffindor wizards sitting in the classroom in disbelief.
Except for a few girls who were not familiar with him, most of the others had dark circles under their eyes.
At this time, Hermione also walked in, her eyes also dark.
Well - that's normal. Isn't it normal for Hermione to stay up late?She was sleep deprived at least four out of seven days a week, and the dark circles around her eyes never completely disappeared.
Probably just a little lighter today than yesterday.
"Why didn't you change the ending?" Hermione, who had just walked into the classroom, saw Anthony at a glance, and then she walked over angrily.
"Actually, this ending is very good. How can we change it? Do we want a happy ending? Who is Grindelwald? His hands are covered with blood. If he is not hanged directly, it is considered an extrajudicial mercy. If you really look at After reading the whole book, Hermione, you should know that this story was a tragedy from the beginning." Anthony sat in his seat and said slowly.
"Two people with different ideas are attracted because of their talents, but they are also separated because of their ideas. Although it is bitter, this is the fact."
"But..." Hermione sat next to him, looking a little anxious.
"Nothing wrong, this is the best ending." Anthony said lightly. If according to the real ending, Voldemort killed two people, it would be even more tragic!
While the two were talking, Professor McGonagall suddenly walked in. She was still as vigorous as ever, but if you look closely, you will find that the few strands of white hair on her temples are particularly obvious.
In the past few months, she had been worried about school.
"Okay, open your textbook and turn to page 67. Today we will learn the three theorems of deformation."
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In a Transfiguration class, Gryffindor was happy to receive ten points.
There was no way, those guys stayed up all night, especially Ron. Two minutes after class started, his eyelids started to tremble. Started taking a nap after 2 minutes.
This is Professor McGonagall, it's impossible without deducting points!
As for the other little wizards, they were all trying hard to keep themselves from lying on the desk.
But this still annoyed Professor McGonagall. She thought it was Gryffindor celebrating Sirius last night, but it was too late.After all, they are just a group of children who don't know how to control things, but as a professor, Sirius doesn't know either?Follow a bunch of fooling around!
As soon as the class ended, Professor McGonagall hurriedly walked out. From the looks of it, she probably went to talk to Sirius.
Anthony took advantage of this short break to send the letter and manuscript he prepared last night to Robert Miller, the editor of Lumihart Books.
After that, he and Hermione rushed to the Defense Against the Dark Arts class!
When the professor arrived, an unexpected news suddenly came. The first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson that countless young Gryffindor wizards had been waiting for since Sirius returned...
cancelled.
Yes, it was cancelled. There was no substitute class and no prior notice. It was very sudden. I received the cancellation notice 2 minutes before class.
It was Professor McGonagall who informed them.
Although everyone was complaining at this moment, Professor McGonagall's next sentence made everyone happy again. This Defense Against the Dark Arts class was swapped with the afternoon History of Magic class. Now they are all going to Professor Binns' classroom to study History of Magic. !
This made the group of dozing guys very happy. As we all know, Professor Binns, as the only ghost professor in Hogwarts, his courses are called easy.
He doesn't care what you do in class, as long as you make noises of course.
The fact is that in less than one minute of class, the little wizard poured a large amount of it. The little Hufflepuff wizards who were in the class together were stunned. They all had doubts in their hearts. What did these little lions do last night? Already?
Is this some kind of collective action?
Yes, I heard that Sirius is back!
Damn it, why don’t we call them collective action!The professor is so biased!
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In the history of magic, Professor Binns’s class was about the history of ancient wizards. But after half the lecture, the professor suddenly stopped and took out a pile of last week’s homework.
"Oh! Miss Grant." After almost two years, Professor Binns seemed to have never called Hermione by her name correctly.Hermione sighed calmly, but did not interrupt the professor's speech, "For your homework last week, I was surprised. For the paper on the biography of the legendary wizard, you actually chose Grindelwald? I thought you You probably won’t like this kind of dark wizard who promotes the supremacy of wizards.”
"I really don't like it, Professor!" Hermione waved her wand, and a roll of parchment flew out of her book, unfolded smoothly, and floated in front of her. "But it's because I don't like it that I choose to study him, his thoughts, and his purpose. This is of great reference for our future magical world."
Professor Binns picked up Hermione's paper from last week from the table in front of him, and twirled his beard that had been raised for centuries, "I support you, Miss Grant, you have always been a visionary witch, but, I must remind you," his illusory and groggy eyes raised, but a little light shone, making him look a little less like a ghost, "Grindelwald, in a sense, is very You want to avoid opening Pandora's box of charm, Miss Grant, you know what I mean?"
"I heard that there are still people in Europe who choose to follow him! And..." Hearing this, Professor Binns frowned and his eyes fell on Hermione's paper: "There are many places in your paper. Good for Grindelwald, boy, I hate to believe it, but I'm afraid you're already in it."
"I didn't, Professor!" Hermione bit her lip and said unnaturally. Of course she would not say that she was interested in Anthony's novels, and coupled with the matter of "Correspondence Collection", she had some feelings for him. Feelings of sympathy.
"Okay, I'll talk to Dumbledore."
"No... no need, Professor!" Hermione didn't expect Professor Binns' reaction to be so big, and she had to talk to the principal. She wouldn't be deducted points!
"However, what makes me curious is how you know those secret messages, and also, whose book "Magical Legends: Dumbledore" is, why haven't I heard of it?"
"Um..." Hearing the sound, Hermione turned her head and looked at Anthony.
"Professor, I have written a book and am preparing to publish it!" Anthony touched his head and said solemnly: "When it is published, I will give you a copy!"
"In other words, this paper is actually your opinion? Mr. Wensa?" Professor Binns held up Hermione's paper and stared at Anthony with shining eyes.
"This..." Upon hearing this, Anthony, with Hermione's consent, quickly took the parchment in front of her, glanced at it briefly and said, "There are still some differences."
"Please talk about it in detail!"
"I share the same view with him regarding Grindelwald's vision of establishing a new world order and leading wizards and Muggles to establish a new government. However, what I hope is an equal interaction, and then as time goes by The two sides merged into each other, and in the end they were indistinguishable from each other." Anthony raised his head and talked.
"As human beings, at least in terms of physical structure, there is no essential difference between wizards and Muggles. Instead of wasting energy on opposing each other, why not use energy on cooperation?"
"The earth is just the cradle of mankind. The future world will inevitably fly out of the earth to colonize the universe. In this greatest adventure of mankind, all opposition and species will pale in comparison. Can you imagine? Maybe the wizards of the future are born On Mars, maybe a few hundred years later, Hogwarts will open branches on other planets." Anthony paused and continued.
"What kind of world would that be? What kind of splendor! If wizards and Muggles put aside their antagonistic emotions in this century and cooperate with each other, I believe that by the middle of the next century, humans will have the strength to colonize Mars, and by the end of the next century at least they will be able to colonize Mars. Take control of the entire solar system.”
Professor Binns fell silent. He was deeply attracted by the blueprint drawn by Anthony. He had never thought that a young wizard could think so far.
However, as a scholar, his unique caution still made him ask: "What is your evaluation of Grindelwald?"
Hearing this, Anthony calmed down for a moment, and after taking a few breaths, he slowly said: "My evaluation of him is still the most evil and cruel dark wizard in this century, except for the mysterious man. The punishment he faces is all his own fault." .”
"but..."
"But what?" Professor Binns asked, frowning.
"It is undeniable that he is one of the greatest legendary wizards of this century. If he changes his ways, I think it will be of greater value than killing him, and..." He suddenly smiled and said: "He has never been He has never attacked Britain, and if we give him a chance on this land, we will encounter the least obstruction."
"No..." Professor Binns shook his head, his illusory eyes seemed to have spanned a thousand years, seeing through life and human nature. "Son, you don't understand dark magic."
"What makes people fall for black magic is often not its terrifying power, but its ability to distort human nature. When you kill someone for the first time with a cruel mentality, you can never go back. Darkness The magic of magic will evoke the darkness deep in human nature, and eventually amplify it. This is why dark wizards become cruel and easy to kill. This is not something you can let go of if you want."
Professor Binns sighed and said, as if recalling what had happened.He is also the only ghost professor at Hogwarts. Many of the students he has taught have gone down dark paths in the course of 500 years of history.
When Anthony sympathized with Dumbledore or Professor McGonagall, he never knew that Professor Binns was actually the most hurt person in this thousand years.
"Perhaps, I do not understand black magic. But..." Anthony looked at Professor Binns, his green eyes were full of determination, and he believed in his own judgment, "But I have seen it in the highest prison in Nurmengard, Grindelwald. I think that guy who was once brilliant, studied dark magic even better than the mysterious man, and who wanted to achieve his goals at all costs, has changed. Now he is just a bad old man, hiding in a dark corner, full of ambitions. Bitter memories.”
"Really?" Professor Binns looked at him, his eyes began to fall into drowsiness again, "Maybe I really should go talk to Dumbledore..." Professor Ghost fell into a deep sleep without finishing his words. Ghost, he is already a very, very ancient existence.
Anthony knew that sleep was not needed to truly understand ghosts. They were different from the portraits on the castle walls. The latter always maintained the routine of living people, and were even more human than human.
The next second, the bell rang for the end of get out of class, and all the sleepy Gryffindor wizards were awakened. Then they stood up in confusion and walked out of the classroom.
Anthony (forced) and Hermione did not go to the auditorium. They went to the library together.
Professor Binns' discussion of dark magic with Anthony successfully aroused Hermione's curiosity. She found that her paper was still too shallow and had no depth, and was completely influenced by Anthony's novels.
So after class she decided to go to the library to study dark magic.
It was approaching lunch time and there was almost no one in the library.
Hermione found a suitable position easily, and then placed the textbook in her hand on the table, and then took Anthony to search for other related books on black magic in the forest-like bookshelf.
For example, "The Rise and Fall of Dark Magic", "History of Modern Magic", "Important Magical Events of the Twentieth Century", "Major Discoveries of Modern Magic", and "Research on the Development of Modern Witchcraft" are already the best books that can be found on ordinary bookshelves. There are good books that introduce black magic. Of course, those more advanced books about cutting-edge black magic are all in the restricted area.
Anthony didn't choose that much. He only found a full version of "A History of Magic" by Bathilda Bagshot.
As the most important historical book in the wizarding world, this book has always been a textbook for young wizards. However, the "History of Magic" in their hands is only a small part of the original work. It is like a general history of the world, with two volumes. The edition of "History of Magic" is also quite thick, and looks larger and thicker than the monster book Hagrid prepared for third graders.
Although Bathilda Bagshot is a well-known historian of magic in the magic world, and the textbooks she writes have refined language and sophisticated historical materials, this is the history of magic after all!The history of global magic is not just one country, Britain.
I'm afraid it's not realistic to make it thinner.
After taking this book out of the bookshelf, Anthony was a little panicked... Damn, why is it so damaged!There are already gaps around the cover, and the corners of the book are still incomplete.
That was Mrs. Pince, standing not far from him. Perhaps Akinbad suddenly broke into the library last time and left an indelible impression on her, so she took special care of Anthony during this period.
She watched Anthony take down the book, but said nothing.
This made him relieved. It seemed that Mrs. Pince knew that he had not damaged the book. Maybe too many people had borrowed it?Is it too long?It's no longer clear who broke it.
Sitting on the chair, Anthony placed the book in front of him. On the title page of the book was a photo of the author. The historian seemed a little shy facing the camera. She was almost still, staring at the corners of her mouth carefully. , only to find that she smiled slightly.
Then, he quietly opened it——
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After about ten minutes, Hermione finally placed all the books on black magic she could find on the table, more than twenty books in total.Anthony believed that if it weren't for her limited physical strength, she would definitely borrow more.
Then she opened one of the books, placed a piece of parchment in her hand, and after a while the quill began to wave.
Anthony was stunned for a moment while watching this smooth scene.
He actually wanted to shout!
"Eat! Aren't you going to eat!?"
Unfortunately, because Mrs. Pince was always lingering near him, Anthony never had the chance to shout out.
After sighing, Anthony turned his attention to the history of magic at hand.
Bagshot has also researched the origin of black magic. In her opinion, black magic became popular in ancient Egypt.
This is similar to the book "Tracing the Origin of Magic - The Evolution of African Aboriginal Magic" that Anthony read before.
Both books believe that the Book of the Dead is the earliest written record of black magic.
But the difference is that as the most famous historian now, Bathilda Bagshot clearly stated in her works that Egyptian wizards at that time had the limitations of their times. Although from the perspective of future generations, subverting death and pursuing Immortality often means blasphemy to the soul, but the ancient Egyptian wizards did not realize that this was black magic. They just created some unsystematic magic based on their beliefs. Judging from the results, this so-called "resurrection technique" "Not mature.
This was the birth of the earliest mummy magic.
Seeing this, Anthony suddenly realized that as a well-born Grindelwald, with such a famous magic historian relative, he should have known for a long time that so-called Horcruxes, or any other magic that can lead to immortality, are immature.
So he never tried to split his soul.
Even his and Dumbledore's plan to seize the Three Holy Artifacts was just a show of ability and power. Regarding death, he thought about how to conquer, and even when he died, he left this world with a smile.
On the other hand, although Voldemort has a noble bloodline, this bloodline does not provide any substantial knowledge.This may be one of the reasons why he is obsessed with Horcruxes.