Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

Ryan just smiled and put the black contract into his vault.

"Meow!"

Friday, who had been observing the situation the entire time, meowed.

"Oh, Friday—I can't say this is insidious... She brought this upon herself. If I hadn't been observant enough, things might have been very troublesome."

Ryan explained with a smile: "Besides, I didn't force her to do anything too dangerous - right?"

"It's just some advance preparation... She'd be a great source of intelligence... Wouldn't you like to know when Honeydukes' new product is going to be released?"

"...Meow."

So the white cat licked its lips and said nothing more.

At this moment, Ryan lay down on the bed after making sure that Rita Skeeter had left.

Due to the existence of the Seed of Fertility, his body is naturally still full of vitality.

But since he had used the crown for the first time in many years, he felt that his soul was a little tired at the moment.

Many memories from the past that had long been buried deep in my heart began to surge up.

"I need to get some sleep, Friday - remember to wake me in the morning..."

He murmured this, but his voice gradually became lower.

He fell asleep.

"Meow."

Friday looked at the sleeping Ryan and meowed.

It jumped lightly and landed lightly on the bed, then picked up the quilt and covered Ryan with it.

Then it lay down on the edge of the bed with its ears folded up.

It fell asleep quickly too.

But in Friday's ears, he seemed to still hear a certain voice.

It was a low, cold, and arrogant voice.

"Time will shape you, and it will shape him."

"You have to wait for him, you have to protect him, you have to accompany him."

When the voice said this, it seemed to carry some expectation.

"Until he makes a choice."

And at the same time...

Ryan smelled a fragrance.

This made him open his eyes.

Then he saw the scene before him.

It was a beautiful sight.

There is a lake in the distance, and the newly planted forbidden forest cannot yet cover the distant mountains.

Ryan was in the castle - this newly built castle named Hogwarts was still in its infancy.

Ryan saw the golden leaf with five leaves in front of him.

"Time Leaf..."

Ryan recognized the leaf—it was essential for making an aging potion.

"Am I...in a dream?"

Then Ryan realized the situation.

As evidence for this guess, he saw the situation around him - although the scene was exquisite, it was blurry in many places.

It was as if someone had sealed the scenes of a thousand years ago into ink and painted them into the memories shrouded in morning mist.

Yes.

Ryan Elias is dreaming.

But everything in dreams is always vague.

This is rare for Ryan.

Because just like Professor Flitwick said - wizards thousands of years ago all mastered meditation, which was a way to perceive and control their own magic.

In the process of mastering meditation, the wizard will naturally restrain his emotions and memories...that is the basis for mastering magic.

And Ryan is naturally the same.

After mastering meditation, he rarely dreamed.

"Is it because of the crown?"

Ryan quickly figured out the reason - the crown had made his soul tired, so that the memories and emotions deep in his soul began to get out of control.

but...

"It's not a bad thing to dream occasionally..."

Ryan muttered softly as he looked at the familiar scene around him.

Even if it was just a dream, being able to return to Hogwarts a thousand years ago was an experience worth remembering for him.

"Don't be distracted, kid."

But at this moment...

A familiar voice came into Ryan's ears.

Ryan was startled by the cold and proud voice that contained a hint of concern.

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw the white wizard robe.

Salazar Slytherin's face was unclear in the dream.

Ryan could only see a huge amount of time leaves placed in front of him, and there were glass covers and glass bottles next to the laboratory table.

"You look sleepy—perhaps I should ask Tamh to give you a sip, and that might help you wake up a little more?"

Salazar Slytherin said so.

And though Ryan knew, it was just a dream - the Slytherin wasn't really speaking to him.

But he still feels close to it.

At this moment, he also recalled where the memory of this dream came from.

It was shortly after Hogwarts was built that Ravenclaw discovered some magical artifacts from the glorious era from some ruins.

The Slytherins took some of them to study, while Ryan, as always, watched from the sidelines as his apprentice.

"I remember I fell asleep. It seemed like it was because I was with the Gryffindor teacher the day before..."

Ryan recalled.

In fact, he did hear Slytherin's harsh criticism in his vague memory.

"That lion, that reckless fool—you actually spent the whole night fishing with him by the Black Lake... Where do you think this is? A Muggle farm?"

Slytherin's discontented voice was like the hissing of a snake.

"You will practice spell intensive training with Tamhega all day tomorrow... No rest or magic recovery allowed."

But Ryan heard the voice gradually become dispersed.

And finally, he seemed to see Slytherin turn around.

He seemed to pick up something from the table - it was what he was studying, an alchemical tool from the glory days.

Its appearance is like an hourglass with golden sand inside, which is very similar in color to the time leaf next to it.

But then, Ryan couldn't see anything - because his past self had fallen asleep.

But in the end, he seemed to feel something being draped over him.

Then he felt his chest grow heavy.

He felt like he couldn't breathe.

then...

"call!"

He woke up and saw the white cat sleeping soundly on his chest.

"..."

Look at the white cat with its ears folded, sleeping soundly, and even snoring.

Ryan silently stretched out his hand: "Hanging bell!"

"Meow!?"

So the next moment, the cat's panicked voice and Ryan's scolding spread throughout the dormitory along with the light of the morning sun.

"I asked you to remind me to get up early, but you slept even sounder than me?"

"Meow!"

"Shut up, cats can't talk back to their owners—you're out of cat food for the last few days!"

After giving his cat a severe lesson and withholding the other cat's cat food.

Ryan stood up, put on his wizard robe, and walked out of the dormitory.

He still has to go to the library today to look up information about Animagus.

And in fact.

The end of the Easter holiday also marks the end of the last long holiday of this school year.

At the same time, this also means that the final exams are approaching.

The atmosphere of the entire school also changed visibly. Professors began to busy themselves with preparing questions for the final exams, and students began to feel uneasy.