The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Chapter 285 Six Days and Seven Nights at the Magic Institute (Part 1)

Moriarty, however, held a different view: "After all, it's a school. We should look on the bright side; a comfortable environment will cultivate more powerful shikigami."

"A comfortable and luxurious environment is a breeding ground for evil, making it easier for evil to flourish," Lilith said bluntly.

"Have you forgotten about those red-robed wizards?"

"They..." Lilith remembered, but still stubbornly insisted, "Maybe they're just exceptions, yes, exceptions!"

As if remembering something, she added, "It's impossible for every student at the magic institute to know elemental magic. I don't believe it."

As Moriarty walked towards the entrance hall, he said, "When we go out into the hall, the first student we encounter is you to challenge him and see if he's as weak as you say."

"Haha," Jericho laughed, "Perhaps the young lady will even encounter a future villain, teach him a lesson now, and make him give up the idea of ​​becoming a villain as soon as possible."

"What nonsense," Lilith shook her head. "I just think the students at the magic institute are generally not very strong, so it's not worth standing at the school gate and challenging them. That's too arrogant, I won't do such a thing."

Moriarty and Jericho exchanged a smile and continued walking forward. As they exited the hall, they saw a huge brown scroll hanging in the air with two lines of text written on it in flames.

The slit-mouthed woman walked under the banner and read out the Japanese characters on it.

"The lecture on Elemental Magic Changing the Future will be held from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM today and tomorrow. The lecture venue is Room 404 in the Tengu Hall. The lecturer is Genya."

"Elemental magic?" Jericho looked at Moriarty with a puzzled expression. "I always thought only you, sir, knew elemental magic?"

Lilith joked, "The elemental magic that Professor Genya uses isn't exactly the same as Moriarty's, but it's more like it's exactly the same."

"Hey, it's clearly the difference between a pirated copy and the original, between a seller's photo and a product photo." Moriarty rolled his eyes at Lilith, whose eyes couldn't hide her amusement.

"Well, I wasn't really interested at first, but after hearing what you guys said, I suddenly want to go listen to Genya's lecture." Jericho looked at everyone for their opinions.

The Slit-Mouthed Woman and Simon indicated that it was up to them.

Simon's daughter started jumping around and saying she wanted to go play at the lecture. Simon quickly picked her up, but then his wife started acting up too.

Jericho watched Simon, who was in a flustered state, with great interest, seemingly thinking about his married life.

Moriarty nodded. "I've been thinking about elemental magic for a while now. It's 8:39. Hopefully we can make it to the Tengu Hall in time."

"This campus is quite large. To avoid getting lost, we'd better find a guide." Lilith pouted. "Hopefully, there aren't any moving staircases or a maze of secret passages in the Magic Palace."

"Easy." Jericho snapped his fingers. "Tsuchimikado!" He waved to the white-robed man behind him. "We need to get to the Tengu Hall. Please lead the way, thank you."

The white-robed man nodded expressionlessly and led the group into the magic palace. Along the way, Moriarty extracted a lot of information from him.

The Magic Palace has more than twenty halls, whose names are derived from the names of various gods in Japanese mythology.

For example, the well-known Tengu, Amaterasu, Susanoo...

These academic halls contain hundreds of classrooms, numbered with Arabic numerals.

The Tengu Hall is a rather grand hall with 500 classrooms.

Lilith was a little surprised when she heard this.

"Are there many young wizards learning magic in the Magic Palace? It needs tens of thousands of classrooms."

She wasn't wrong. If there are more than twenty halls and each hall has 500 classrooms, then she's underestimating the number.

The white-robed man from Tsuchimikado's lips twitched a few times, and after a long pause, he said, "I hope you never find out."

Moriarty and the other two exchanged glances, completely bewildered.

However, Moriarty noticed that Lilith's question was somewhat unusual, or rather, it touched a nerve with the graduates of the Magic Palace.

After the brief incident, Moriarty chatted with the man in white robes about the Valley of Origin.

The man in the white robe said that Yuan Gu was originally just an ordinary professor who taught divination. Last year, in September 1989, he suddenly became a different person, very competitive.

At the same time, Genya's strength also increased, and the magic he used was the subject of the lecture: elemental magic.

After becoming stronger, Yuan Gu challenged and defeated many professors, as well as Aurors from the Ministry of Magic. His fame grew, and he gathered a group of fans around him.

The rest is self-evident.

These supporters were naturally students of the Magic Palace, and Genya took the opportunity to promote his theories to them.

Perhaps it was his sudden increase in strength and the gain of followers that gave Genya an inflated sense of confidence, and he actually wanted to change the magic system of Japan.

Genya wants to make shikigami a thing of the past and bring elemental magic to the grand stage of Japan and even the world.

During the conversation, the group entered the Tengu Hall, and to their surprise, there was an elevator inside.

"We will also keep up with the times and accept new ideas and new things, but Genya believes that we will not accept elemental magic, nor will we accept him."

Inside the elevator, the man in the white robe shrugged.

Moriarty immediately asked, "If that's the case, why don't you get rid of Yuan Gu, instead of letting him cause trouble for the Ministry of Magic and give lectures at the school?"

Don't tell me that Genji is too strong and you're helpless—that's just nonsense.

"Ding~"

We arrived at the fourth floor, and the elevator doors opened.

A smile appeared on the white-robed man's face for the first time, and he said mysteriously, "I'll tell you when I have the chance."

Seeing that he remained silent, Moriarty stepped out of the elevator, followed closely by Lilith. "Something's strange."

"I told you long ago, Japan is strange in every way," Moriarty replied, his eyes drifting to the numbers on both sides of the corridor, looking for room 404.

"There," Lilith pointed to the end of the corridor, "there are lots of students there."

The group walked over and lined up to enter the classroom.

There was no podium, no desks, and no chairs.

Some have carpets, sofas, bars, wine cabinets, and chairs.

With the groundwork laid earlier, Moriarty and the others were no longer surprised. They went to the back of the classroom and chose a row of sofas to sit down.

Yuan Gu hadn't arrived yet, but several students had opened their palms, with small water and fireballs spinning in their hands. A group of students were watching, occasionally letting out a gasp of surprise.

"Sri Lanka No. 1!"

"Wow, this is amazing!"

Jericho laughed: "I can speak Japanese too, Sugoi, Sodesune, Baka, Wakkada, Shinei, Moshimoshi?"

Moriarty and Lilith were overjoyed, while the Slit-Mouthed Woman frowned: "Don't joke about my country."

Lilith patted the Slit-Mouthed Woman on the shoulder and said seriously, "I think you're more suited to be a wizard than the students here."

The slit-mouthed woman pursed her lips and remained silent. She was just an ordinary person, and if it weren't for the strange event that occurred, she probably would never have come into contact with the magical world in her entire life.

Just then, a large group of people walked in. The leader was a sweet-looking girl with yellow pigtails, wearing a pink JK uniform and a red school robe over it.

Moriarty glanced at the girl a few more times, which Lilith noticed. She then covered her mouth and asked curiously, "I didn't know your tastes had changed. When did you start liking twin-tailed lolis?"

"You have a sharp eye," Moriarty said with a smile. "I was indeed observing him, but not because I liked him, but because of her identity."

"identity?"

"She is the granddaughter of the Tokugawa patriarch." A hint of contempt flashed in Moriarty's eyes. You can know a person's face but not their heart; perhaps this is what they mean by that.

"I see."

Lilith calmly turned her head away. Although she didn't quite understand the source of Moriarty's contempt, she was relieved to know that Moriarty wasn't paying attention because he was attracted.

However, the girl with twin ponytails glanced around the classroom, then led a group of students straight toward Moriarty and his entourage.

(End of this chapter)