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Chapter 357 Graduation
Seven years after its founding, the first batch of students are now about to graduate.

Most of these human wizards were already adults, and some had even started dating while still in school.

Only the little elves, who grow slowly, look almost exactly the same as when they first enrolled after seven years. They don't look out of place standing next to the first-year students.

Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic jointly established the Common Wizarding Level (OWL) exam in the fifth year and the Ultimate Wizarding Level (NEWT) exam in the seventh year.

The ordinary wizard level exam determines whether one can continue studying the sixth or seventh grade curriculum.

The results of the ultimate wizard level exam determine a student's future career path after graduation.

Of course, these exams are primarily for students within the Dui territory.

Students from the Elven and Dúnedan races generally return to their respective communities after graduating from Hogwarts, so the pressure isn't too great.

But for wizards like Adam Bailey, who are about to graduate and live in Hogsmeade and its territory, the choice and pressure of choosing a career are inevitable.

For wizarding families within the territory, the best job is undoubtedly to stay at Hogwarts and become a professor—a highly respected and well-paid position.

The second option was to work at the Ministry of Magic.

The Ministry of Magic has become the only government under Duy's control, and positions such as the Department of Transportation and the Auror are highly sought after.

In particular, the Aurora is an armed force directly under Dui, a special unit composed of elite wizards.

Many graduating students and fifth and sixth graders want to work at Aurora.

Besides the Ministry of Magic, the dragon farm near Isengard has also become popular among some students.

Over the years, the dragon farm has expanded to cover the entire southern part of the Misty Mountains, raising thousands of dragons.

There are hundreds of wizards working at the dragon breeding farm, and they still don't have enough manpower.

The wizards at these dragon farms, in addition to raising and breeding more dragons, are also responsible for maintaining the safety of the farms and preventing dragons from escaping or being disturbed by the outside world.

At the same time, one or two lobsters will be slaughtered periodically and released into the market.

Dragons are a treasure trove; dragon nerves and heartstrings are among the treasures that Ollivander's Wand Shop buys and crafts into wands.

Dragon blood, dragon liver, dragon heart, and other ingredients are sold in the potions shop in Diagon Alley as valuable potion ingredients.

Moreover, dragon materials are extremely rare, and the annual output is very limited, making them very expensive.

An ounce of dragon liver costs 1 Galleon, which is about the size of a pigeon egg.

The price of dragon's blood is even more outrageous; a pint of dragon's blood can cost hundreds of gallons on the market.

Other dragon horns, bones, and meat are also quite valuable.

Even at such high prices, the materials for dragons are in short supply and have limited availability. Almost every time materials from dragons are put on the market, they are snapped up quickly.

Therefore, the dragon farm thrived without any financial support from Dui or the Ministry of Magic.

With just one sub-dragon slaughtered each year, they can have enough money to cover the expenses and salaries of the dragon farm, and even have a surplus.

Even the dragon manure from the dragon farm is a continuous source of revenue, even more profitable than slaughtering dragons.

Because this is a risk-free business, dragon manure has extremely high fertility and is very suitable for growing magical plants and herbs after being composted.

The amount of dragon manure produced daily by the thousands of dragons in the dragon farm is enormous.

Therefore, dragon farms even have jobs specifically for collecting dragon droppings, and the pay is quite good.

Wizards working in dragon farms face powerful creatures like wyverns, so the recruitment requirements are quite high. Of course, besides "state-owned" positions like those in the Ministry of Magic and dragon farms, shops in Diagon Alley also hire employees.

Therefore, generally speaking, current Hogwarts graduates do not face employment difficulties.

Moreover, after several years of development, the number of wizards in Dui's territory has increased significantly, approaching five thousand.

Such a large number of wizards made magic flourish even more in the Dui territory.

Wizarding towns have sprung up in Hogsmeade, Brie, and Isengard.

Furthermore, since the current Ministry of Magic does not have any so-called "Secrecy Act" or "Muggle Protection Act," it is common to see wizards riding flying broomsticks and flying around the city.

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It was another year-end dinner.

The graduating seventh-grade students were filled with a sense of reluctance to part ways.

At Phoenix Academy, Adam Bailey bids a reluctant farewell to his two best friends.

Of the two companions, the elf Alanier is still eleven or twelve years old, which is still considered a child among elves.

So after graduation, they would return to the Valley to continue learning about elves until they reached adulthood and could move freely.

Anlomir, another Dunedan, was already an adult. Although he had a good impression of Hogwarts, where he had lived for seven years, and the wizarding world, he ultimately declined Adam Bailey's invitation to work at the Ministry of Magic.

He chose to say goodbye to his friends and return to the land of the Dunedan people to contribute to his tribe.

As for Adam Bailey, he graduated with excellent grades and entered the Aurora Department of the Ministry of Magic, becoming a colleague of his father, Mr. Bailey the Elder.

Other graduates also went on to work in various departments of the Ministry of Magic, either as employees of dragon farms, or simply working in shops in Diagon Alley, or opening their own shops.

Inside Hogwarts Castle, Duy and Alwyn's two children are now four years old.

Elses and Ellos, the twin siblings, received love from everyone from birth and grew up carefree.

She frequently travels between Hogwarts, The Valley, and Lorien, becoming the undisputed darling of the group.

They inherited their mother Erwin's elven bloodline and grew at a different rate than ordinary humans. They could speak shortly after birth and were very intelligent. By the age of one, they had mastered both human and elven languages ​​very well. They could run and jump, and the two little ones could be seen all over the castle. They were even invited by students to play in the academy's common room.

Before the age of three, Elses and Ellos grew at a rate similar to that of humans, but after the age of three, their growth rate became very slow. By the time they turned four, their physical appearance had not changed much from the previous year.

Moreover, their growth rate will be very slow for a long time to come. When human children reach adult height, they will still look like human children no more than seven years old.

When human children enter old age, their peers are just entering adolescence. And when human children have already lived their entire lives, their peers are only just reaching adulthood.

In recent years, Elses and Ellos, due to their precociousness, have been able to attend classes alongside the other students, and their magical knowledge is now on par with that of the older students.

Given that the two children were very bright and precocious, Duy did not restrict them from using wands until they reached school age.

So after receiving assurances from his two children that they wouldn't misuse the wands, Duy personally made wands for his son and daughter.

The wand of the son, Elseth, is made from a piece of the heartwood of a Mauryan tree in the garden, while the wand of the daughter, Ellos, is made from a branch of a Sacred White tree in the garden.

Both of their staffs have the same core, made from phoenix feathers from Dui.

Therefore, their wands can not only be used together to cast spells, producing an effect greater than the sum of its parts, but also be used to summon their father, Dui, when in danger.

The phoenix feather core in their wands acts as a locator, allowing Dui to find them instantly at any time.

(End of this chapter)