The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Chapter 593 My family's magic wand is a sacred artifact of the wood element!

Moriarty's statement was like a reassuring pill. Principal Dawn stood up and bowed deeply: "It is wonderful to join forces with you."

"The person who persuaded the North American regime to unite with me must have been Principal Dawn; you were very prescient."

As Moriarty spoke, he shook hands with Principal Dawn, saying that it was a blessing for all of North America to have such a principal.

Headmaster Dawn smiled modestly: "If we're talking about luck, the Blanche family's greatest fortune in sending Jericho to Hogwarts and getting to know you is probably..."

He told Moriarty many stories about the Blanche family and Ifamoni.

When Jericho went to study at Hogwarts, it caused a huge uproar in North America.

Jericho's later performance was remarkable, attracting the attention of North Americans, who found that those who spent time with Moriarty always gained something.

At this point, Headmaster Dawn smiled: "Today is an important day. Salazar's Slytherin wand is destined to return to the Slytherin family. As witnesses, what might we gain? Who knows!"

"Please follow me, Mr. Moriarty."

Moriarty gladly followed, and the snakewood wand was buried in Mount Greylock, but its exact location remained a mystery, unknown to anyone except the headmaster.

"It's time to reveal the answer."

Principal Dawn spoke enthusiastically to the wizards lining the road, and more and more wizards gathered behind them.

Ishcher stepped aside from Moriarty and asked, "Are you going to eat Thunderbird?"

Moriarty's lips twitched, and after confirming that Principal Dawn hadn't heard him, he replied to Ishcher, "We're not going to eat Thunderbirds, we're going to find a snakewood wand."

"You promised to take me to eat thunderbird meat." Ishcher stared intently at Moriarty.

"How about an evening? I have important business to attend to now."

Moriarty's eyes darted around; it seemed he'd be sneaking a snack again tonight.

It feels like I've gone back to Hogwarts for a nighttime stroll and then sneaked into Hufflepuff's Kitchen for a midnight snack!

The only difference is that her companion back then was Tonks, and today it's Ishcher.

I have to say, when it comes to food, Ishcher and Tonks would definitely be good friends.

"Mr. Moriarty, we've arrived."

Principal Dawn's words broke Moriarty's reverie.

Moriarty looked around and realized they had entered a dense forest.

Principal Dawn explained, "This is outside the school, and it's also where the founders of Isolde Thayer and Gormley Gaunt fought."

"That snakewood wand is buried underground."

"But I'm sorry, I don't know the exact location." Principal Dawn looked regretful.

"It is said that after the magic wand was buried, some kind of unknown snakewood grew here, which cannot be cut down or destroyed."

Moriarty looked at the tall, dense snake trees beside him; what was once a single snake tree had now multiplied into a forest.

"Are there any other clues?"

Principal Dawn quickly added, "Years later, people discovered that the leaves of this tree have powerful medicinal effects."

"The wizards and Muggles of that time over-harvested it, and the snakewood became a bare trunk."

Upon hearing this, Jericho let out a sympathetic "Oh~".

"Then people lost interest in the snake tree, and a few years later, the area had become a dense forest, and the original snake tree could no longer be found."

Principal Dawn shrugged, giving a helpless look.

Several professors behind him also commented:

"That's right, I think that snakewood must be hiding."

"It seems to possess wisdom, and becomes cunning upon discovering human greed."

"This is exactly like Salazar Slytherin's personality."

Listening to the various arguments, Moriarty couldn't help but become interested. It seemed that this snakewood wand had developed its own thoughts.

"Can you sense anything?" Moriarty asked Ishcher.

The Dragon Girl's senses are incredibly powerful.

Ishcher shook her head listlessly, feeling somewhat dejected at not being able to eat the Thunderbird meat.

Moriarty also did not sense any magic, ruling out human intervention.

He took out the Slytherin staff.

As soon as the silvery staff appeared, the snake trees here trembled, and the leaves rustled.

"It really is here."

A flicker of excitement appeared in Moriarty's eyes as he sensed the Slytherin family's presence through the Slytherin staff with his snakewood wand.

"Speak to me, Slytherin!"

Moriarty raised his staff, unleashing a burst of magic that caused a massive circular magic circle to appear simultaneously in the sky and on the ground.

Finally, he slammed the staff into the ground, and a dazzling green light burst forth, activating the magic circle, which was now filled with silver light.

"This is the Slytherin family's magic circle?!"

The wizards of Iphamoni were astonished and rushed to examine the magic circle.

The Slytherin family holds an extraordinary position in the wizarding world, especially in magic schools.

Because of its small population and mysterious aura, witnessing the Slytherin magic circle today is a significant event in the history of Ilvermorny School.

What happened next sent chills down their spines!

The dense branches transformed into emerald green snakes!

Wandering and densely packed, they slowly crawled from the tree trunks and the ground, instantly surrounding the group of people!

"Oh?" Ishcher examined the "snakes" with great interest. "They don't have the aura of living beings, but I found traces of their own kind on them."

"The same kind? You mean?" Moriarty was somewhat surprised. How did my snakewood get involved with your dragon?

But Moriarty quickly realized what was going on.

He also discovered traces of his "kind".

It's elemental magic!

Alchemy Matrix activated.

Looking around, the green snake appeared to Moriarty as elemental magic!

This elemental magic is different from the pure and inclusive water element, the fire element that originated from civilization, and the free and unrestrained wind element.

It is also different from the lightning element of Ishcher's berserk destruction.

It is full of life. Every snakewood tree here has an inexhaustible vitality. It seems that even if the sky collapses and the earth cracks, it cannot affect them in the slightest!

One of the eight elements came to Moriarty's mind: the element of wood!

At the same time, the system's notification sound followed immediately.

"Ding-dong~ Wood element magic detected in the host!"

That's confirmed now.

Moriarty smiled slightly, his expression one of delight.

It was part of Ilfamoni's plan to retrieve the snakewood wand from his ancestor Salazar.

Moriarty never expected that traces of wood elementals would appear in the dense forest of snakewood where the snakewood wand was buried!

There's even a possibility that a wood elemental relic might appear?

That would be a huge gain!

Moriarty immediately used Parseltongue.

"Can you hear me? Does this language sound familiar?"

"I am the head of House Slytherin."

"Serpentwood Wand, come home with me."

Three messages, imbued with magic, were transmitted into the depths of the Snakewood Forest in the language of snakes.

Moriarty believed that the first snake tree to grow must be able to hear it!

Sure enough, the green snakes around Moriarty crawled up to his feet and around him, as if they were examining Moriarty on behalf of the snake tree.

"The Slytherin Staff, you remember it, don't you?"

Moriarty raised his staff and pointed it at the two magic circles again.

"You haven't forgotten your family's magic array either."

"Should I summon my house-elf Luke again?"

Moriarty relayed the message again.

This time, the other party responded.

The dense forest seemed to come alive; a snake tree appeared to shift position as if it could teleport, forming a passage.

At the end of the passage, a tall snake tree, with its silver and green foliage, grows from the soil!

When Ishcher saw it for the first time, her narrow eyelids squinted. "It's a magic wand, and also a vessel for wood elemental magic, the kind of elemental relic you were talking about."

Moriarty was astonished upon hearing this; Ishcher's perception was even stronger than his.

In other words, his family's wand is a sacred object of elemental magic?

Do you believe it?

Moriarty, in any case, couldn't believe it.

(End of this chapter)