The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Chapter 279 Red Magic (Please subscribe at the end of the month)

Moriarty astutely pointed out: "If it's not an Auror from the Japanese Ministry of Magic, then it's very likely someone from the Japanese BOSS's faction."

"Very likely, tsk, damn it, these stinky crows are everywhere."

Lilith shook her head in disgust, then suddenly exclaimed as if she had discovered something, "Look at the red-robed wizards, they're too young."

Indeed, Moriarty also noticed this.

If the red-robed wizards hadn't changed their appearance, then they were indeed excessively young.

They looked only 17 or 18 years old, like students who had just come of age, their faces full of youthful innocence yet they pretended to be mature.

Of course, except for their leader, a wizard with a goatee.

He had gray hair and wore large black-rimmed glasses, making him look like a professor.

"Could it be a junior wizard from the magic academy in Japan?" Lilith looked at Moriarty.

The latter shook his head, giving the red wizard's robe a meaningful look.

Lilith had only heard of the Magic Institute and was unaware that its uniform was a magical robe.

Lilith's guesses were all rejected by Moriarty, but she didn't get upset. Instead, she smiled and said cheerfully, "No matter whose people they are, their presence here means the flight is about to arrive."

"You're right... Let's wait and see how things go." Moriarty pondered for a moment before making his decision.

A few minutes later, another large group of people went up to the rooftop.

They were all dressed in black wizard robes, and judging from their appearance, they were clearly not young; the youngest one looked to be 30 years old.

"Ah, I know these people!"

Moriarty heard Lilith's laughter and turned around to see her leaning close to him.

"Why did you suddenly approach me?" Moriarty raised an eyebrow.

Lilith smiled and said softly, "Just to give you a heads-up—look at that bald wizard at the head of the group, he's an Auror from the Japanese Ministry of Magic."

"He appeared in the photograph that the Japanese Ministry of Magic submitted to the International Confederation of Wizards in your grandfather's office," Moriarty said in a long, convoluted sentence, speaking very quickly.

"Yes, yes," Lilith waved her hand, "but that's not the point. The point is that he's bald! Did you see that?"

Ten years ago he still had hair, now he's bald! I heard he had quite a few lovers.

Lilith crossed her arms, raised her head, and said, "I think you need to be careful, lest you become like him in ten years."

Well, for example... being more restrained when doing certain things.

"Hey, hey..." Moriarty rolled his eyes, about to say something, when he saw the bald wizard walk up to the red-robed wizard and say something. Soon the two groups started arguing!

Moriarty frowned as he heard the bald wizard point his wand at the goatee and growl, "Genya-kun, I'm saying this one last time, take your student back!"

Not to be outdone, the goatee drew his wand and aimed it at the bald wizard.

"Captain Fujimoto! We can't just ignore something this serious happening at the airport! We won't leave until things are resolved and the delayed flights land!"

Moriarty relayed this to Lilith, and the two exchanged a knowing glance.

"See? I wasn't wrong, was I?"

Lilith raised her face, pursed her delicate lips, and outlined a smug smile.

"I said the red-robed wizard might be a student at the magic institute, but you denied that."

Moriarty admitted he was wrong, but why?

The students at the magic institute don't wear school uniforms; they wear red wizard robes!

If Moriarty were the principal, he'd punish students by making them write and copy the school rules a hundred times!

No magic allowed, only handwritten ones.

The two groups suddenly erupted into an even more heated argument. Moriarty and Lilith, forgetting their conversation, hurriedly looked over.

The bald wizard's face gradually darkened. He lost his patience, flicked his wrist, and a beam of blue light shot out from his wand.

The goatee sneered, "If I'd known you didn't like us, the Japanese Ministry of Magic absolutely could not have fallen into your hands!"

He waved his wand, "Red magic, Water Array Protection."

A glint flashed in Moriarty's eyes as he sensed fluctuations in water elemental magic in the air.

A water curtain about 100 meters long appeared out of thin air, blocking the goatee's body and intercepting the blue spells and incantations uttered by the black-robed wizards.

Goatee and his students were well protected and unharmed.

"Students, for the sake of building a better Ministry of Magic in Japan, let's fight back!" the goatee shouted to the students behind him, then pointed the tip of his staff to the sky.

"Crimson Magic, Burning Clouds!"

A burst of fire elemental magic shot into the sky like fireworks. Moriarty looked up and saw the fire elemental magic surge into the clouds, turning the white clouds red.

Patches of red clouds rained down countless fireballs, like a mini meteor shower.

"Puff puff puff!"

Just as the fireball was about to hit the bald wizard's head, he raised his wand, a flash of white light appeared, and a big fat man wearing a white hat appeared.

Moriarty recognized it. "It's a shikigami."

Next, the black-robed Aurors summoned their shikigami one after another and pounced on the red-robed wizard.

The goatee led his students in a counterattack, with streams of water and fireballs appearing from time to time, occasionally interspersed with a few wind blades.

Moriarty's eyes were filled with astonishment and doubt. Fire, water, and wind—he had already seen three elemental magics in these red-robed wizards!

What exactly happened?

Moriarty doesn't believe that elemental magic has become cheaper.

He and the Japanese BOSS are the only wizards known to possess elemental magic.

Including the four leaders of Hogwarts and Dumbledore, who is suspected of possessing fire elemental magic, there are only seven wizards!

Where did these red-robed wizards learn their elemental magic?

Moriarty was astonished to see that the goatee had used earth magic again!

"Red Magic: Rock Prison Seal!"

A sturdy stone wall rose from the rooftop, quickly forming a dungeon to trap the bald wizard and the Aurors inside.

But the bald sorcerer's fat shikigami took off its hat and threw it like a bomb, which exploded with a loud "bang," shattering the still-unfinished dungeon into pieces.

"They're fighting so intensely," Lilith said excitedly, seemingly enjoying watching wizards fight.

"Moriarty, which side do you think we should help?" Lilith stroked her chin and analyzed, "The bald wizard Fujimoto represents the Japanese Ministry of Magic, and the goatee Genya represents the Magic Institute."

The conflict between the Ministry of Magic and the magic institutes is a classic example of a clash between official authorities and magic schools representing the common people!

When discussing the case, Lilith spoke eloquently, her eyes shining with increasing fascination.

"I have a premonition that the magical world of Japan is about to experience a shock, a major earthquake!"

Or rather, a revolution!

Moriarty listened intently. Perhaps Lilith was thinking about how to profit from the impending revolution, but he was currently preoccupied with elemental magic.

A group of young red-robed wizards shouted "Red Magic," which caught Moriarty's attention.

He discovered that whether it was the goatee or the little red-robed wizard, without exception, they all shouted "Red Magic" when using elemental magic.

It seems like you can't use elemental magic unless you add the prefix "red magic" before it.

"That's strange, there's no such rule when I use elemental magic."

Moriarty scratched his head. To confirm this, he asked the system, which gave an affirmative answer.

"It seems that the key to their ability to use elemental magic lies in 'red magic'."

Moriarty knew both black and white magic.

In reality, magic has no inherent distinction between black and white.

The panic and pain caused by the emergence of two consecutive Dark Lords in Europe were simply too great.

Wizards then referred to some of the most powerful spells as "black magic."

In contrast to "black magic," "white magic" is naturally peaceful, luminous, and focuses on life rather than combat.

Dividing magic into "black magic" and "white magic" is one-sided. It's just a code name used by most wizards to represent a general symbolic meaning. Wizards who truly study magic neither agree with nor care about it.

But what exactly is Red Magic?

It sounds as crude as a counterfeit.

However, the red-robed wizards did indeed use elemental magic, although those spells were limited to simple elemental transformations such as summoning fireballs, water curtains, and stone walls.

Watching the black-robed and red-robed wizards fighting amongst themselves, Moriarty grew even more eager to explore the magical world of Japan.

"call--"

A strong wind blew up on the rooftop, and several lights rose from the ground and shone into the air.

An airplane flew in from the west.

The delayed flight has finally arrived!

(End of this chapter)