Simultaneously traversing: the pinnacle of all realms

Looking up, Xavier realized it was already quite late. Instead of bothering the other professors, he returned to the common room.

He felt he had gained a lot today.

Some questions were answered, and some were given new ideas.

For example—the existence of knights.

Professor Flitwick did offer many insights, even hinting to Xavier that this knowledge might be preserved in some pure-blood families.

Indeed, Xavier had searched the Hogwarts library for so long but had not found any relevant information, and even asking Mrs. Pince yielded no clues.

When the topic of pure-blood families came up, Xavier smiled wryly.

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A pure-blood family.

Like the aristocrats of the old Muggle world, they control the vast majority of resources and knowledge, and monopolize power.

Take, for example, Voldemort's era.

Even though Voldemort is now universally hated in the British wizarding world, many pure-blood families still yearn for that era, such as the Malfoy family.

To be precise, the statement that we miss Voldemort is not accurate.

After all, they are not loyal to any of them, and they do not miss any of them; they only miss their own status and power.

They didn't care about purebloods—after all, Voldemort himself was a half-blood.

The division of bloodlines is merely a pretext they use to assert their innate nobility.

Pure-blood families uphold the idea of ​​pure bloodlines, a concept that can be traced back to Salazar Slytherin, one of the four founders of Hogwarts.

For centuries, these families have formed a close-knit network that maintains their status through marriage alliances.

Later, a book called the Pureblood Register listed 28 families as representatives of the "true purebloods" in Britain.

This list is known as the "Holy Twenty-Eight Tribes".

But how much of this list actually contains personal agendas?

For example, many pure-blood families, such as the Potter family, are excluded either because their values ​​do not align with the family's or because their bloodline is questionable.

Let's take a look at the "rise to power" of the Malfoy family.

Their family prides itself on being shrewd, cunning, and extremely devoted to pure bloodlines, which has allowed them to accumulate enormous social influence.

Armand Malfoy, the progenitor of the Malfoy family, was a member of the Norman army that invaded England with William the Conqueror in 1066. With the help of unknown magic, he acquired land in Wiltshire.

Yes, the Malfoy family, one of the pure-blood families in the British wizarding world, wasn't even originally British.

They admired extreme pure-bloodedness, yet secretly infiltrated Muggle high society, accumulating enormous wealth.

For example, Nicholas Malfoy in the 14th century used the Black Death as cover to murder his Muggle tenants and escape punishment;

Septimus Malfoy in the 18th century has even been accused of being the mastermind behind the Minister of Magic.

Even the current Ministry of Magic has the backing of many "pure-blood" families...

The Black family, who were madly devoted to the French motto "Toujours Pur" (forever pure);

The Lestrange family, a pure-blooded French family who are fanatically loyal to Voldemort;

The extreme Gaunt family, direct descendants of Slytherin;

……

Of course, there were also the kind-hearted Weasleys and the increasingly mild-mannered Greengrass family.

Yes (laughs), Xavier found a lot of information indicating that many pure-blooded British families were actually French, or rather, "invaders".

But whether it's the Malfoy family's political maneuvering, the Black family's fanaticism, or the Lestrange family's madness, they are all essentially different fruits from the "poisonous tree" of pure blood theory.

However, these pure-blood families also reveal an ironic truth: as Hagrid said, wizards would have been extinct long ago if they did not intermarry.

These families, more or less, all married into the Muggles they despised.

The so-called "pureblood" is more like a self-proclaimed and imagined community used to maintain its increasingly privileged status.

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Of course, none of this mattered to Xavier.

Perhaps over time, some families will disappear, and new "pure-blood" families will emerge.

But the great hand of history will eventually sweep these corrupt noble classes into the dustbin of history.

You could say they died long ago, but not cleanly.

If possible, Xavier would not mind lending a hand in this process.

The main reason is that after such a long period of monopoly, each pure-blooded family must have accumulated a great deal of knowledge.

It could be unknown magic, or a magical alchemical artifact.

For example, the possible training methods for knights.

"want to."

Xavier made no secret of his desire, circling the word "pure-blood family" repeatedly in his notebook.

If possible in the future, I should visit them.

Of course, not now.

He was only eleven years old, a first-year wizard. Those pure-blood families' manors had countless defensive spells. If he recklessly barged in, he probably wouldn't even be able to find his whole body.

Take your time.

Xavier said to himself.

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The next morning, Xavier went to Professor Sprout's greenhouse.

It was both a chance to ask questions and a farewell to this gentle dean for the semester.

The herbalism professor was squatting next to a row of mandrakes, checking their growth.

The mandrakes crowded in the flowerpot, their leaves thick and their roots robust, occasionally emitting faint squeaking sounds—it wasn't yet the season for them to mature, so the squeaking wasn't deadly.

Seeing Xavier enter, Professor Sprout dusted off his dragon-skin gloves and stood up.

"Little Ethan! You did well on the exam, an O in Herbalism. I'm very pleased."

Her round face beamed with a genuine smile, and her apron was splattered with mud. She looked less like a professor and more like a busy neighbor auntie in the garden.

"Thank you, Professor."

Xavier bowed slightly and said, "I would like to ask you about the relationship between magical plants and magic."

Professor Sprout blinked her kind eyes: "Go on."

"Some magical plants can enhance magic power, some can restore physical strength, and some can resist curses," Xavier said, flipping through his notebook.

"I'd like to know if there's a plant—or a formula—that can nourish the body over a long period and slowly increase a person's magical potential?"

Professor Sprout thought for a moment: "You mean... something like a 'tonic' in potions, but longer-lasting and gentler?"

"right."

"Hmm..." Professor Sprout waved his wand, and a thick handwritten notebook flew over, filled with sketches and annotations, some of the pages already curled and yellowed.

"That's a very interesting question. I studied similar topics when I was younger. Look, here are some herbal recipes I've recorded—"

She pointed to Xavier: "Moonstone powder, unicorn tail hair, dictamnus root... a potion made from these ingredients can indeed gently nourish the body with long-term use. But the effects are slow; it takes several years to see any changes."

She paused, then her tone became serious.

"But to be honest, I'm sorry, Xavier, these potions cannot increase its original limit."

Xavier, who was initially pleased, paused for a moment upon hearing this.

"A wizard's power is a talent, it's innate."

For a while, the atmosphere was a little dull.