Hogwarts: Harry Returns from Azeroth

Chapter 141 140. Ron couldn't help but ask about the long-standing grudge with the Ministry of Magic
Ron looked at Hercules who was in his arms, and then looked at the earth element on the other side who was almost four or five times as tall as himself, and tears fell down.

What else could he say?

At this point, even Ron could understand what had happened - there was no doubt that in such a short period of time, Harry's apprentice, Luna Lovegood, had established a connection with the earth element and summoned her own earth element.

It’s still this big.

The point is that it’s still this big!
"I'm sorry, Hercules." Ron's eyes were already wet. He looked down at the earth element in his arms and said with a sob, "It's all my fault. I'm too weak..."

Why did it turn out like this... I summoned the earth element for the first time, and finally became a shaman. These two happy things overlapped, and these two joys brought me more joy. I should have had a happy time like a dream... But why did it turn out like this...

Ron, couldn't help but ask.

Ron, couldn't help but ask.

"Gulu, Gulu?"

The earth elemental held in Ron's arms grunted twice. They were just meaningless sounds, but his meaning was very clear - something made of stone, probably an arm, scratched his little head.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Harry rolled his eyes and said, "After all, you have established a connection with the elements, which is better than many people."

"...That's right!" Ron straightened his back, "That's true - that's all right, Harry, let's go! Let's go and take a look! After all, I'm her senior!"

The frustration just now came and went quickly. I don’t know if it was because he had developed a big heart under Snape’s guidance, but Ron now did have an amazing sense of freedom.

Before Harry and Ron got close enough, Luna, who was squatting on the ground talking to the earth elemental, had already noticed their arrival. Well, the earth elemental, who was at least twice as tall as her, also turned around and seemed to be looking at them curiously.

"Congratulations, Luna," Harry said seriously, "You have heard the voices of the elements and understood their dormant power."

Luna had stood up and was listening.

"From the moment you establish a connection with the elements, you have become a formal shaman," Harry said seriously, "but that is only the beginning. Whether it is the Way of Elements or the Way of All Spirits, when you walk on the path yourself, you will find that they have endless mysteries waiting for you to discover, and you may not be able to see the end even if you exhaust your life's energy."

"Be humble, be peaceful, be honorable, respect nature, respect the elders, always have careful and wise discussions and reflections, keep in mind our mission and responsibilities, and never violate our creed - that's all I can tell you."

Putting his hand on his chest, Harry bowed slightly in greeting.

"May Mother Earth bless you, Luna."

These were words Harry had never said to other apprentices in the Shaman Club class. After all, Luna was very different from them.

In the first two worlds, he crossed countless battlefields and experienced the vicissitudes of life, but Harry only had this one disciple - a disciple he felt could inherit his mantle.

Even for Harry himself, this feeling was very new and subtle... and a little weird to be honest.

Especially when he told Luna that he had high hopes for her - a twelve-year-old child who looked very young said such things to an eleven-year-old child. If someone who didn't know the situation saw it, they would probably think the two children were playing house.

"Thank you." She bowed and saluted. At this moment, Luna's eyes finally had a solid focus. She said seriously: "I will, mentor... I promise you."

"Very good," Harry laughed, "Keep working hard, Luna, and don't let your talent go to waste."

To borrow what Ollivander once said to himself - you will do something great, Miss Luna, something great.

Harry thought silently in his mind.

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For those who have their own things to do and are immersed in them, the holiday time passes quickly. Before you know it, there is only a week or so left of the good times of the holiday.

Ron had been having a miserable time these days. He had no idea why a good holiday could be so miserable - well, Ron was simply confused.

I was numbed by Luna's curl.

After establishing a connection with the earth element, Luna burst out with an amazing enthusiasm for learning. In Ron's words, it was even more terrifying than Hermione who was about to take the final exam.

Perhaps it was because of the earth elemental that Luna brought back as proof, so even old Mr. Lovegood had no objection, and even urged Luna to go to the Weasley house early every day to learn magic from Harry.

Well, but Harry always felt that even without the earth element as proof, old Mr. Lovegood would not necessarily stop it... During the subsequent period of time, he finally met Luna's father, Xenophilius Lovegood.

What to say?

They are indeed father and daughter - that's all Harry could say.

Although he didn't say it out loud, Harry could see that Xenophilius Lovegood was very happy that his daughter had some playmates of similar age. Perhaps this was why he allowed Luna to learn magic from Harry.

Compared to the Weasley family, the Lovegood family is indeed more isolated.

So this was the source of Ron's pain. He really wanted to play games with Harry, fight goblins together, play Quidditch on a broomstick, or play cards or chess or something like that - but every time he arrived in the suitcase world and saw Luna studying hard with a book in her hands, Ron felt that there was no comfortable place on his body.

"It's even more exaggerated than the feeling I had in Hogwarts last year."

Ron said.

Ron, who considered himself Harry's best friend, couldn't stand being surpassed by a girl who was even younger than him, especially since both of them established a connection with the earth element on the same day.

"I can't imagine how painful it would be if Luna summoned a huge earth elemental and I could only hold Hercules on my head during the first class of your club in the new semester." Ron sighed deeply as he said this.

"Hermione and Neville are going to laugh at me - and even if they don't, Seamus and Dean will - oh my god! I can't stand this!"

"I thought you wouldn't care about this kind of thing," Harry said with a smile, throwing a grape into his mouth.

"How could I not care?" Ron rolled his eyes and said, "I don't want others to say that I became a shaman priest by clinging to your thigh."

"Yes, yes, so you should work harder," Harry said, trying not to laugh. "To be honest, if you keep up this momentum, I even think you have a good chance of making it into the top ten in your grade."

"Ha! How is that possible!" Ron shouted immediately, "It will be different when school starts, right? There is no lazy person in the family right now."

"So it's different after school starts?" Harry raised his eyebrows and said, "Because Seamus and the others are lazy with you?"

"That's right!" Ron snapped his fingers and said proudly, "I won't be anxious by then. Well, why did the Weasley family suddenly become like this?" The boy sighed deeply.

"Dad has been obsessed with searching Malfoy Manor recently. Not to mention Mom and Percy, Ginny is acting mysterious every day. Even Fred and George hide in their rooms all day and no one knows what they are doing. Mom has to call them several times to eat."

When young Ron came to his senses, he found that he was the only one with the most free time in the family - so he became even more panicked.

"Fred and George... I know what they are doing," Harry said after thinking for a while, "I don't want to hurt you, Ron, but they are really learning ancient magic runes and alchemy."

He shuddered so much that he didn't even have time to care about the grapes he was holding between his fingers falling to the ground. Ron stared at Harry in shock with his eyes wide open.

"Are you serious?! Ancient magic runes?! Alchemy?!"

He couldn't believe his ears - he must have heard it wrong!
Ancient magic runes are actually a large category, which includes all magic-related texts, books, spells, languages, etc. left by wizards in ancient times. The legendary runes are just a branch of the large category of ancient magic runes.

Spells based on ancient magic runes will have greater power than other spells, or cause many incredible effects, and wizards' research on ancient wizards is also inseparable from ancient magic runes.

In general, it is very complicated and difficult, let alone using it flexibly. Many people cannot find the trick even if they study it. Therefore, the ancient magic rune course in Hogwarts is only open to students in the third grade and above, and it is an elective course.

As for alchemy, there is no need to mention all kinds of magic items and potions. People who are proficient in alchemy will never be short of money. Naturally, this is also an extremely difficult course to learn.

Even Ron was well aware of the difficulty of these two subjects, but what did he hear now?
My two brothers who love playing pranks and playing all day are actually studying these two subjects? ! !
There must be something wrong with this world.

"Of course it's true. I knew you wouldn't believe it - remember to keep it a secret from Mrs. Weasley." Harry shrugged and said, "They also came to me for some advice, but I don't know much about ancient runes and alchemy, so I can't help them much."

"Wait, why do you have to keep this a secret from Mom?" Ron asked in surprise.

But this time Harry didn't answer... and there was no need to answer, Ron already understood.

"Aha, for pranks, right?" Ron said, understandingly, "No wonder... Ha! This is the only thing that can attract them."

The frown on his face relaxed.

"But no matter what, the knowledge they possess is solid," Harry said with a smile, "You can't blame them for anything."

"Yeah, yeah, even if it's for a prank, it's still learning," Ron said with a heavy face, "Damn, I really shouldn't ask you these, I'm even more stressed now, what should I do?"

"Think about Luna," Harry kindly reminded, "You don't want to be left behind by her, do you?"

"Damn it, Harry, you evil bull." Ron rubbed his cheeks vigorously with both hands. "By the way, the court is about to start, right? Are you ready, Harry?"

"Of course," Harry nodded and said, "To be honest, it's strange that the Ministry of Magic hasn't sent anyone to contact me privately at this time."

"Who knows?" Ron said nonchalantly. "Anyone can see that they are wrong. I think you have already won, Harry."

"Maybe." Harry shook his head slightly.

He was quite curious about what the Ministry of Magic would do.

August 24th happened to be a Monday, the beginning of a new week at the Ministry of Magic. It was a rare day, and the Weasley family all got up very early. The family sat at the dining table and chatted lively.

"I'm glad to see that you can maintain your composure, Harry," said Mr. Weasley, as he held Harry close to him and sat down. "I'd say there's really nothing to worry about. The outcome of this case was published in the Daily Prophet a month ago, and everyone knows it very well."

"I thought you would say something good about your colleague, Mr. Weasley," Harry said with a smile, "Mafalda Hopkirk?"

"Oh, I don't know her well," Mr. Weasley waved his hand nonchalantly. "Now everyone knows that it was because she didn't work seriously that she made such a big joke. You really should go to the Ministry of Magic and take a look, Harry. The Howlers flying to the Ministry of Magic have never stopped this month. Ha! That scene is really lively!"

"You shouldn't be so happy, Arthur," Mrs. Weasley said unhappily after putting a piece of sausage on Mr. Weasley's plate. "You still work in the Ministry of Magic. It won't do you any good if the Ministry of Magic is in trouble. Of course, I'm not blaming you, Harry. Those who don't do their job seriously should be punished."

"Especially when something went wrong at her job she wants Harry to bear the consequences. This is absolutely wrong," Percy said while spreading butter on the bread.

"What does this mean?" Harry asked curiously, "Let me bear the consequences?"

"Oh, don't worry about such trivial matters," Mr. Weasley shrugged and said, "Well, I don't know where she found out from, anyway, she knew that you were Ron's friend and now lived in our house, so she wanted to contact you to withdraw the lawsuit - but how is that possible?"

"That's why Arthur didn't tell you. Eat more, kid. You'll probably have to stay there all day today, and there's nothing good to eat in the Ministry of Magic." Mrs. Weasley smiled kindly and put a few fried eggs and sausages on Harry's plate.

"Thank you," Harry said quickly, "I mean, thank you - I really won't withdraw the lawsuit."

"I think so too," Mr. Weasley nodded and said, "The matter has become so serious. If you withdraw the lawsuit now, you will be criticized by many people. They seem to have regarded you as a leader - the wizards who have been forced to endure the Ministry of Magic's rough working style over the past few years."

"Leader?" Harry said in amazement.

This was the first time he had heard of such a thing.

"I was counting on you to win this lawsuit and make the Ministry of Magic bow down, so that I could vent my anger." Mr. Weasley added: "It should have happened last week, I think it was Wednesday? Anyway, fourteen wizards ran to the lobby of the Ministry of Magic to protest that day."

"My goodness, Fudge hid in his office that day, pretending that no one was there, and then he didn't dare to show up the whole day, haha! You know, he usually likes to wander around every office in the department, wishing that everyone could see him."

Mr. Weasley laughed excitedly. His expression was very ecstatic. It was obvious that this man had been very happy in the past month and had enjoyed watching the show.

"So they are all people who have been wronged by the Ministry of Magic?" Harry said, also trying not to laugh.

"That's right," Mr. Weasley nodded and said, "So Harry, you don't have to worry about anything. There are many more people supporting you than you think."

"…But it's still hard for me to imagine," Percy suddenly sighed and said, "There have been so many mistakes in the work of the Ministry of Magic, and we didn't even know about these things before."

"It's all thanks to Rita Skeeter, right?" Ron said cheerfully. "To be honest, last year I wished she would get into trouble, but now I just think she did a great job!"

"Yeah, little Ronnie," George said in a long, sarcastic voice, "Who would have thought that you would develop a good habit of reading newspapers early in the morning? You know, you used to be unable to stand anything with words on it."

"Shut up, Fred," Ron snorted and said, "Don't you want to see it?"

"First of all, I'm Fred," the real Fred interrupted. "Secondly, we really want to see it - I don't know where that Rita gets the information from, but every day she publishes a different story in the Daily Prophet, and it's all about the Ministry of Magic silencing that wizard after making a mistake."

"Because many people are rushing to submit articles to her every day, kid," Mr. Weasley explained. "A friend of mine said that if there is any place with more owls coming and going every day than the Ministry of Magic during this period, it can only be the Daily Prophet. It is said that Rita even lives in her own office during this period, and piles of letters are delivered to her desk every day."

(End of this chapter)