Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

He said loudly: "I think you can all guess what it is?"

After asking, he didn't even wait for the little wizards' answers, and announced the answer on his own: "It's 'time'!"

Speaking of this, even Ryan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Professor Flitwick quickly completed a short and complex swing of his staff, and uttered a spell with an ancient rhyme: "Tempus"

Then, Ryan saw a golden light appear at the tip of Professor Flitwick's wand.

Then, a transparent magical wave like water ripples instantly spread out from the tip of his wand, silently enveloping the entire classroom.

In an instant, it seemed as if the entire space was plunged into sticky honey.

Dust drifted down from a corner of the ceiling, falling slowly like a slow-motion ballet.

Seamus Finnigan, sitting in the front row, was startled, and a drop of ink slipped from the ink bottle, which was tilted by his trembling.

The black droplet was suspended in the air, first stretched into a short piece of translucent black bead line, then slowly split into several smaller ink beads, and finally fell on the parchment with a slow "click" and "click", and each click seemed to take half a minute.

Neville wanted to rub his itchy nose, but the movement of raising his hand seemed to last for a century.

The classroom was completely silent. All the students held their breath, their pupils dilated, feeling with incredible clarity the strange sensation of their senses being forcibly "stretched."

This strange "length" seemed to last for ten minutes, or perhaps only a moment.

Until one moment...

"Buzz!"

The flow of time in the classroom instantly returned to normal, and the sound of dripping ink returned to a crisp and short "pop".

The students gasped for breath, their faces filled with shock and disbelief.

Dean was the first to shout, looking at Flitwick with a fanatical look, "Professor! You...you stopped time?!"

"It's incredible!"

"I swear it felt like at least a Transfiguration class had gone by!"

He said this without any concern for the trouble this sentence might bring him to Professor McGonagall.

At this moment, even Ryan showed an incredible look.

The reason is simple.

Because the spell that Professor Flitwick displayed at this moment was something he had never seen before!

Chapter 210 Another kind of sand of time!

"A time-type spell?"

Ryan was certain of what had just happened.

Professor Flitwick seemed to have used time-related magic just now.

But that's the problem.

Time-related magic is extremely rare, even for Ryan and the Big Four.

Even as far as Ryan knew, not even the Big Four truly mastered them.

So he was surprised that Professor Flitwick seemed to have mastered one of them.

At this moment, the Charms professor was standing on a pile of books, his small body standing straight.

In response to Dean's praise, he wore a perfectly reserved smile: "Calm down, kids."

He said this, but his words were clearly filled with pride: "I must correct a wonderful misunderstanding—time, that magnificent and unstoppable torrent, has never been paused by me for even a ten-millionth of a second."

He tapped the edge of the podium with his wand. "I simply lengthened it—or rather, lengthened your time."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was faced with countless confused eyes from below.

Only Ryan had realized something from Professor Flitwick's somewhat awkward words.

"Could it be..."

He secretly thought.

And sure enough, the next moment...

"I just stretched all of your 'perception' of the flow of time!"

Professor Flitwick said proudly.

He began to really reveal the mystery: "A few days ago, I was invited by the Ministry of Magic to study something...something that I have always been interested in, but have not had the authority to study."

He said this, opening his palm.

And in the palm of his hand, there were a few grains of sand emitting a faint golden glow.

This immediately reminded many young wizards of the scene just now - when Professor Flitwick cast the spell just now, his wand flashed with a similar golden light.

"I can't tell you exactly what I'm researching. Perhaps some of you will find out in the future... Anyway, I've obtained them—the Sands of Time, ancient alchemical artifacts."

Professor Flitwick said excitedly.

"To this day, no one knows how they are made, but I have studied some of their properties... For example, they can affect time."

"The effect is not to stop it—no force can stop time, or really interfere with it, that is the Great Power."

"But it can do 'drag' it..."

"It's amazing, isn't it?"

When he said this, Ryan's expression became serious.

He could hear much more from Professor Flitwick's words than all the little wizards knew.

"The Sands of Time...During the summer holidays, the Ministry's entire stock of Sands of Time was taken away along with the Time-Turner."

"Yes, that's right—the Hall of Time in the Department of Mysteries... The Sands of Time and the Transformer were stolen. The only one left is this one at Hogwarts. They must want to take it for research. Did Professor Flitwick take this opportunity to join in? It's very likely... He's one of the best Ravenclaws, always full of curiosity."

Ryan could almost guess the hidden meaning in Professor Flitwick's words.

But what interested him were the conclusions that Professor Flitwick was talking about at this moment - the conclusions about time research, which were things that the four giants had never told Ryan in the past.

They are always very secretive about time.

At this moment, Professor Flitwick continued speaking.

"The Sands of Time can slow down time. It can drag it, causing time to slow down, or even... flow backwards."

Professor Flitwick realized at this point that he seemed to have made the matter of the Time Turner too clear.

So he quickly changed the subject: "I mean...anyway...ahem..."

But at this moment, Seamus Finnigan, who was sitting in the front row, suddenly raised his hand and asked, "Can it only flow backwards?"

"what?!"

Professor Flitwick was a little slow to react for a moment.

"I mean, time can only flow backwards? Professor—isn't there any way to speed it up?"

Seamus was a little excited: "I talked to Lee Jordan yesterday about the Quidditch World Cup... I mean, I can't wait."

As soon as he said this, all the little wizards became excited.

What little wizard doesn't like Quidditch?

Oh, there are some...like Ryan or Hermione.

But there is no doubt that even little wizards who don’t like Quidditch will always be willing to participate in the Quidditch World Cup.

It is a grand gathering for the entire wizarding world and the most exciting event in the wizarding world every four years.

Most of the young wizards are looking forward to its arrival.

And if this time can be brought forward, then...

"I could watch several Quidditch World Cups in a row...it's so cool!"

Ron muttered under his breath.

But at this moment...

"Da da da!"

There was the sound of tapping wands; it was Professor Flitwick.

"Oh, interesting question."

At this point, the professor visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

His voice was light and he twirled his wand deftly, the tip of the wand emitting a soft white light.

"Speaking of this, let's go back to what we just discussed in class—the counterspell. Yes... it's a reverse extension of some spell configurations, achieving the opposite effect of the original spell, thereby canceling the spell."

He talked about the content of the class again, but this time all the little wizards listened very carefully.

"So, regarding time, let's assume the Sands of Time is also a spell—in fact, it is indeed a special magical creation, and it is likely the product of a spell..."

He skillfully drew detailed and clear trajectory models in the air to guide the students' attention.

At this moment, Ryan's eyes were also looking at the model - a huge 'time stream' like a river, and the golden lines symbolizing the sands of time were affecting it, making it slow down or even flow backwards.

This was the first time Ryan had seen someone describe time magic so clearly, and it was even the first time for him.

So he listened very carefully - he was full of curiosity about all unknown knowledge.

At this moment, Professor Flitwick continued to wave his wand.

Then Ryan saw a red line appear above the river.

It was almost completely opposite to the golden line, and under its influence, the flow speed of the entire river began to become 'very fast'.

As Professor Flitwick had said - it was a 'counter-curse'.

The magical artifact 'Sands of Time' has a corresponding counter-spell.

"Another 'Sands of Time'!"

"I think it exists, but we haven't discovered it yet... The unspoken people in the Department of Mysteries might know something, but they won't say it."

Professor Flitwick said softly.