My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

Chapter 490, Section 487: Hogwarts Forum

Lynn didn't come to Hagrid to try and get information out of him about what the first competition event was.

Rather, it's to determine whether the current three-way battle is still the same as in the original work.

If the current project differs from the original work, Lynn will have to consider two possible scenarios.

If the Ministry of Magic changed its previous plan simply because four schools appeared, then such an outcome would be considered normal.

However, if the change of plans was requested by Iphamoni, Lynn would have to be wary of it.

After learning from Hagrid that the first competition would no longer involve dragons, he did not linger in the cabin but instead wrote a letter to Crouch in Old John's name.

Lynn would get more accurate information from him, and Crouch replied quickly, three days before the start of the match.

The letter was brief but detailed, explaining to Lynn what the first competition was and why the Ministry of Magic ultimately chose it instead of a dragon.

The reason is simple: the current plan is cheaper than hiring four fire dragons, and it has nothing to do with Iphamoni.

Looking at the match opponent mentioned in the letter, Lynn began to doubt Hagrid's words.

Is this thing really bigger than a fire dragon?

On the same day, while Lynn and Hermione were on a date by the Black Lake, Hermione asked Lynn for his Hogwarts forum ID.

"Hogwarts Forum? What's that?" Lynn looked at Hermione with a blank expression, and Hermione looked at him with the same blank expression.

She said with a strange expression, "You don't know yet? Wasn't Umaru doing this at your behest? She hasn't told you about it at all?"

"What did she do?"

Seeing that Lynn's question didn't seem feigned, Hermione didn't explain further to Lynn, but instead directly told him the connection spell for Umaru to create the forum.

Lynn immediately connected to the server created by Xiaomai, and was immediately stunned by the lively scene on the forum.

The top-pinned post is a betting odds post about a three-way championship. The bets are varied, but none of them are about who will win the championship.

Because the bets on winning or losing are completely without suspense, no fool would bet on Lynn's opponent. Most of the bets are things like "How many of the other three warriors will be crushed by Lynn during the competition?" and "How many seconds will Lynn take to complete the first competition?"—questions that Lynn finds extremely boring.

The bookmaker's ID looked very familiar; at least among the people Lynn knew, there wouldn't be another person with the ID "Hamster007".

The post about this betting scheme has nearly a thousand replies. If we don't consider duplicate posts, then basically all the students at Hogwarts are involved in this betting.

In other words, almost all the young wizards from Hogwarts joined the forum, and Lynn himself was one of the last to find out.

He scrolled down through the posts, and the vast majority of the students' posts were discussing the recent Triwizard Tournament. They weren't just about him; there were also posts about how beautiful Furong was, and which girl had mustered up the courage to ask Krum for an autograph, and so on.

There are also many posts about everyday incidents, such as being late for evening self-study and getting caught by the disciplinary committee, or being mocked in Snape's class.

"When did this happen?" Lynn asked Hermione with a dark expression.

Hermione silently mourned for Umaru's safety, but of course she wouldn't lie to Lynn.

"It was a long time ago, probably after the second week of the semester. The spell to join this forum had already spread to our college. I thought it was at your behest that Umaru Inui did it."

Lynn had considered creating a large forum using connection magic before, but due to the limitations of connection magic itself, the server he created could only accommodate a maximum of 5 people. The one that Umaru is creating now, however, accommodates all the students of Hogwarts.

Lynn didn't know how she did it, but after looking through a few posts, he discovered the problem.

One student with the ID "狂屌霸酷拽的权杖" was unusually active on the forum. He was involved in almost every post, and his tone was sharp and his words were intense, as if he was ready to argue with someone at the slightest provocation.

There's no need to doubt anyone else; just seeing the ID "Lynn" is enough to guess who "[The Arrogant, Domineering, and Cool Scepter]" is.

With a dark expression, he summoned the [Scepter].

"Was that Hogwarts forum something you and Umaru did?"

The [Scepter], which was happily posting online, was suddenly summoned by Lynn. Lynn was a little confused at first, but then he realized what was happening.

Umaru learned the connection magic from Lynn, and she is Lynn's possession, but it seems that they never mentioned this to Lynn at all.

So it frantically tried to explain to Lynn using its mind, and finally it made it clear that it was all an accident.

At first, the forum that Umaru created only had her and herself. It wasn't until they arrived at Hogwarts that they realized it could accommodate more people, which is why it has grown to its current size.

The reason they kept it from Lynn and the others wasn't intentional. They'd been having a lot of fun on the forum these past few days, and Lynn had been spending very little time at school. Xiaomai and [Scepter] had forgotten to tell him about it, while everyone else assumed that Lynn was the real mastermind behind the forum.

Lynn certainly didn't doubt that the [Scepter] and Umaru would lie to him; he was just worried that Umaru might mess up the connection magic and cause some bad problems.

Lynn was relieved after confirming from the [Scepter] that Umaru hadn't made any changes to the connection magic, and that the magic had indeed suddenly become able to accommodate so many people on its own.

But the key issue remains unresolved: what exactly caused this situation?

The magic is fine, and Umaru is fine too, so the problem must lie with the people they're connected to. And among these people, the one with the biggest problem is undoubtedly the [Scepter].

Lynn stared at the scepter with a strange look, making him feel uneasy all over.

If the problem lies with the [Scepter], then it makes sense, since the Link Magic is a magic left behind by Ravenclaw, and the [Scepter] is a relic left behind by the Four Wizards. So it's not surprising that a reaction would occur between two entities that were originally related.

But this is just Lynn's guess, though it's very easy to verify.

I've recently been trying out an automatic proofreading software, but the results seem really bad; I feel like I wasted my money on the software.

(End of this chapter)