Hogwarts: Harry Returns from Azeroth

Chapter 80. Magic Magazine and Hagrid's Request
Holidays always arrive with people's eager anticipation, and then disappear completely without them noticing.

When the students who chose to go home dragged their tired bodies back to Hogwarts and wanted to show off their holiday life, they were severely shown off by the students who stayed in school.

It was as if Peeves had changed his gender, and Hagrid had changed a lot (many students thought Hagrid looked very cool that day) - and then when these students went to verify it, they saw Hagrid and Peeves as before.

Well, he was even hit on the head by a bunch of water bombs from Peeves, with dead rats and other things mixed in, and his record was severely wiped out.

And when they returned to their friends in a dishevel, they had to endure loud laughter - to be honest, many people were a little jealous.

Especially when they hear the students who stayed on campus telling the story of what happened at the Christmas party over and over again, the feeling of regret for not being there will be intensified.

Well, even Hermione and Neville were the same... After all, they could hear one more story, such as Ron's look after he ate the chocolate added with love potion made by an unknown senior (when telling this part, Harry had to use his legs to hold Ron back from rushing towards him), and the existence of the Mirror of Erised.

The peculiar power of the Mirror of Erised made Neville and Hermione's hearts feel like being scratched by a kitten. They both wanted to know what they would see in the mirror and what their deepest desire was.

It's a pity that Dumbledore is an old man who keeps his word. Even though Hermione still ran to the classroom that Harry mentioned during the day, the corner of the classroom had become empty, and only the traces on the ground could show what had been placed there.

Hermione, stamping her foot and sighing.

The peaceful life goes on. Harry has been busy writing a paper these days. It is not an assignment for the professor, but a paper facing the entire magical world. He is thinking about which angle to start from so that it will be easier for wizards to accept the existence of elements, as well as the existence of all spirits and ancestors.

The latter point cannot be mentioned in the wizarding world, at least in the short term. After all, according to Harry's current understanding of the wizarding world, spells or potions involving the soul are basically regarded as extremely evil black magic, and it is a topic that cannot be touched at all.

Although the shamans summon the souls of their ancestors and will not do anything forbidden with these souls, but considering the wizards' ability to accept, uh... forget it.

Therefore, Harry planned to put the part about the soul in the shaman's abilities to the back. Well, at least he had to wait until the concept of all spirits was accepted by most wizards, or some gifted shamans had been able to come into contact with the Twilight Zone, the world where the souls of wizards go, before he could slowly introduce the shaman's abilities in terms of the soul.

As for this initial stage, it is better to start with the existence of elements and elemental magic.

Referring to the experience of the first class of the Shaman Club and the various questions raised by the students before and after, Harry's first paper submitted to "The Mystery of Magic" was actually less than one-tenth of the entire content of that class.

"Mysteries of Magic" is similar to "Transfiguration Today" and "Flowing Spells", which are both authoritative magazines in Transfiguration and potions respectively. It mainly publishes some explorations into magical theories, and generally those who can publish articles in it are some very prestigious old wizards who have enough strength and experience to conduct research in this area.

And unlike the other two magazines, "Mysteries of Magic" is not published regularly every week or every month. This magazine will only publish an issue when someone submits content that is important enough or has great research significance. When Harry flipped through it, he found that it had been two and a half years since the last issue of "Mysteries of Magic" was published.

But its authority is beyond doubt.

Harry's entire paper mainly talks about two points. The first half introduces that there is a power in this world that is unknown to ordinary people. Harry directly named this power the power of elements in the paper. There are four elements in total: earth, wind, water and fire.

The second half was the most troublesome thing for Harry during this period - he had to find a way to allow wizards from the outside world to observe the existence of elemental power without taking the spiritual bond potion.

After all, as the shaman's enlightenment potion, the Spiritual Contract Potion cannot be passed on to others at will. The most important thing is that even among the shamans, only a few selected people know how to make the Spiritual Contract Potion and can make it successfully.

Therefore, to be honest, it is quite difficult to find a method that allows wizards to briefly observe the existence of elements, but fortunately, Harry is indeed a master of alchemy.

At the end of this paper, Harry directly attached a recipe. In addition to the bark of the guardian tree, which has a protective effect, the rest is valerian, which has a calming effect on the mind, and mandrake leaves, which can amplify spiritual perception. He called it the Glimpse Potion.

According to the suggestions Harry gave in the paper, as long as the potion is successfully brewed according to the recipe, it can be taken to some places where the corresponding elements are naturally generated and rich. For example, the fire element can go to volcanoes, the water element can go to the sea, the wind element can go to places with strong winds all year round, and the earth element can go deep into the mountains.

In short, in these special places, after drinking the potion, people who want to verify the existence of elemental power can briefly see the trajectory of the movement of elemental power.

The flow of the earth element represents the direction of the earth veins, the movement of the fire element will affect phenomena such as volcanic eruptions, the water element will cause waves, and the flow of the wind element is simply the direction of the wind, which never ends.

Harry hadn't paid any attention to the follow-up after sending out the paper, and the response from "Magic Mysteries" was much slower than Harry expected, so much so that when an owl attacked his bowl full of milk at breakfast time, he didn't react at first when he saw the reply.

[I'm sorry, Mr. Potter, the reason why I responded to your submission so late is that I went to many places to verify the elemental power you mentioned. I believe you can also understand that this matter is of great importance. I'm afraid I have to find some old friends to verify it together. So I'm very sorry. Before we reach a unified opinion, your submission may not be published...]

[…But I can assure you that once your discovery is proven to be true, and not an illusion caused by the potion, then "Magic Mystery" will publish your submission as soon as possible…But personally, I can't wait for that day to come…]

[…Apologies again…Frazino Wildsmith]

Almost the entire piece of parchment was filled with very classical cursive handwriting. It was beautiful, but also very chaotic. It could be seen that the person who wrote the letter was in a very excited mental state, so much so that he even misspelled some words, and many words were squeezed together. Oh, maybe it was her.

"What's this?" Ron asked, holding a sausage in his mouth.

"Reply, it's about that paper." Harry took one last glance at it, making sure he hadn't missed any information before putting the letter back in his pocket.

"The paper that only talked about the existence of elements?" Neville asked curiously, "What did the reply say? Did they agree to publish it?"

"Not yet. They say it needs more verification." Harry shook his head slightly and said, "That makes sense. After all, the existence of elements involves many aspects. If it is proven to be true, I am afraid that many magical theories will need to be revised."

"Ah? So serious?" Ron opened his mouth wide. "Doesn't that mean that the knowledge we are memorizing now will be revised - we memorized it in vain? Why is this happening? Obviously, when you taught the first class before, no one reacted."

"That's because we are just students, Ron. Is this the time to care about such trivial matters?" Hermione rolled her eyes and said, "How can students realize the seriousness of the matter? Adults don't care about our opinions. What Harry wants to change now is the ideas of adult wizards, especially those famous wizards."

Hermione looked even happier than Harry himself, and Ron muttered something about re-reciting being no small task.

"Do you know what this means?" Hermione said in a mysterious voice, "This means that if the old wizards verify it and there is no problem, Harry will be the founder of a new school of magic!!"

"His name will even be recorded in the history of magic! He may even be greater than Headmaster Dumbledore!!"

The little girl's eyes sparkled.

"We may be talking to a new magical legend right now!"

"Really?" Ron's eyes widened. He looked at Harry and said, "Then you will definitely be on the Chocolate Frog card! Harry! I definitely won't miss it!"

"..." As expected of Ron, he almost choked the others as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Don't think too much, Hermione." Harry smiled and shook his head. "Those are very far away. I think you will have a chance to be on the Chocolate Frog card."

"Really?" Ron's eyes lit up, "Can I, too?"

"Of course," Harry confirmed, "Have you forgotten Monta Knightley? He was on the Chocolate Frog card because he won the wizard chess championship."

"Yeah, and Knightley," Ron said excitedly, "I think I can give it a try!"

"Ah, then you better work hard," Hermione said casually, her eyebrows furrowed, "but Wildsmith... I seem to have seen this last name somewhere."

"It should be some old wizard, right?" Neville replied, "Don't worry, Hermione, there are too many old wizards in the wizarding world. Even Headmaster Dumbledore is considered a young man in front of them."

Neville was right, but it was clear that not knowing the answer to something was very difficult for Hermione.

After breakfast, Hermione went straight to the library, and by the time she returned to Harry and the others, she already knew the answer.

"Ignatia Wildsmith!" Hermione whispered excitedly, "She was the inventor of Floo powder, from the 13th century. This Farachino Wildsmith is probably her grandson... or great-grandson or something."

"That's really amazing," Ron said suddenly. "Now that you mention it, I remember that I got Wildsmith's chocolate frog portrait. Well, her family must be very rich... because the formula of Floo powder is still kept secret, and no one in the entire wizarding world will not use Floo powder."

"Perhaps, but that money has nothing to do with us." Harry shrugged. "I hope he can move faster. After all, I still need time to let the elemental power ferment in the wizarding society."

To be fair, when the editor-in-chief of "Mysteries of Magic", Farachino Wildsmith, first saw the paper sent by Jaina, he thought someone was playing a prank on him.

Because the wizarding society still has its own heritage, and even after thousands of years, no wizard has ever discovered anything... uh, the existence of elements.

For a moment, Fracchino thought that the submitter had sent the letter to the wrong place. Papers like this should be sent to The Quibbler - to be honest, he quite liked reading The Quibbler, for example, when he was squatting on the toilet.

It's interesting, but that's all it is.

Although he had already written a refusal in his mind, out of courtesy, Falchino still read the entire article to the end, and then he saw two names at the end, one was Harry Potter, and the other was Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.

Uh, it's quite serious.

Falachino also specifically confirmed that the entire paper was centered on Harry Potter, and Albus Dumbledore only provided certain assistance, including but not limited to providing venues and materials.

And in the final signing, Harry Potter was also in the main seat, with Dumbledore at the back.

This made Fracchino sit in the chair and think for a whole half day. In the end, he felt that given Dumbledore's character, he would not sacrifice his own reputation to support a child, and especially would not testify for a false thing.

After reading the paper for the last time, Farachino couldn't wait to move out his crucible. After refining the Glimpse Potion, he hurriedly got dressed and went out to start his own verification journey.

But Harry naturally had no idea what the editor of the magazine was thinking. In fact, before "Mysteries of Magic" took any action, "Flowing Spells" took action first - perhaps Snape, as the master of potions, had too much face.

Anyway, Snape sent the recipe out around Christmas time, and it was published in less than a week. In addition to analyzing the efficacy of the shiny potion and its impact on beauty potions, the text also praised Harry Potter's talent.

Hermione even cut out the page as a souvenir, and didn't give up even when Ron laughed at her - she just hit Ron in the ribs in revenge.

The fact that the potion developed by Harry himself was published in the magazine did cause a sensation among some students, but it was only a small number of students... To be honest, there are actually only a small number of students in each grade at Hogwarts who love to study.

Most of the rest have no sense of urgency. They spend the whole day thinking about how to quickly fool the professors' assignments and then have fun. As for the final exam, as long as they can pass it, it's fine - to be honest, the exam content is not too difficult, as long as they attend classes normally on weekdays.

Therefore, not many people cared about the fact that Harry reported this again... After all, there was a powerful Snape standing behind him, and Snape's love for Harry was known to everyone. So the fact that Harry appeared in a potions-related magazine seemed a bit outrageous at first glance, but it didn't seem outrageous when you thought about it carefully.

And for Harry, everything was going according to plan.

During their rare leisure time, he and Hagrid would hide in the hut, roasting by the fire, eating barbecue and drinking strong liquor - they had to drink strong liquor in winter, as it would warm them up all over.

"I don't know what's going on, but this year is particularly unsettled." After another glass of wine, Hagrid said drunkenly, "Another unicorn has died in the Forbidden Forest. It's the third one in the past two months. My God, it's even a little golden furry one - how could anyone have the heart to kill such a cute little creature?!"

"What a beast!" Hagrid cursed, which was rare. "He's not even afraid of the unicorn curse! He's extremely evil!"

"Have you confirmed that the magical beasts are not preying on each other?" Harry said seriously.

"It must have been done by a dark wizard!" Hagrid said viciously, "Those are definitely traces of killing left by dark magic, they are not magical animals at all!"

"What does the body look like?" Harry asked thoughtfully.

"The blood was sucked clean," Hagrid said with a gasp, "The dark wizard directly sucked the blood out of their bodies. Even the blood that flowed to the ground from the wound was licked."

"Unicorn blood... I remember it was cursed, but it can prolong life." Harry recalled the records in the book and said, "There shouldn't be vampires in the Forbidden Forest, right?"

He seemed to have some answer in his mind.

The dark wizard needs to prolong his life. He is in a state worse than death and is not afraid of the curse. He would rather bear the curse and live... No matter how you think about it, this is inseparable from someone in the castle.

"Well, it seems so?" Hagrid said uncertainly, "But even vampires wouldn't be crazy enough to suck the blood of unicorns. They are also afraid of curses."

"I see," Harry nodded and said seriously, "Leave this to me. But before the Forbidden Forest is completely safe again, would you like to bring those unicorns to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, near the castle?"

(End of this chapter)