Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

The Head of Ravenclaw showed why he was the Charms professor at Hogwarts – the Curse of the End is a powerful breaking spell that often requires the combined efforts of several wizards.

But Flitwick, with his profound knowledge of magic, was able to cast this powerful spell alone.

Then, the book flying at the top of the bookstore immediately stopped flying and fell down.

But Flitwick waved his wand again, and the books stopped falling, piling up and landing gently on the ground.

"Oh, thank you so much...Mr. Dean!"

Upon seeing this scene, Julius Irel, a clerk at Flourish and Blotts and a former Ravenclaw student who had just graduated a year ago, hurried over.

"What's going on, Mr. Irel?"

Flitwick asked quietly.

"It's a fluttering feather pen—a magical product from Germany. The store manager, on some advice from someone, decided to use it as a giveaway to increase sales... You know, a new batch of young wizards are about to start school."

Julius said somewhat awkwardly.

"It's clear that this promotion is not a good idea."

Flitwick commented sharply.

Judging from the fact that he had to use the Ten Thousand Curses to break them, the spells and magic on these quills are quite powerful. Are German magic products so popular now?

Julius obviously thought so too. As they hadn't seen the old dean for a year, the two of them soon began to talk familiarly.

"Actually, things were going well this morning, and the bookstore's sales were pretty good. Oh, and I even met Senior Quirinus Quirrell. It was the first time I'd seen him since he graduated..."

"Yes, he looks very good, but I don't know why he was wearing a turban. I also saw him talking to Mr. Malfoy - he came to the bookstore to buy a set of textbooks. I heard that he is the teacher of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class this year."

"I chatted with him for a while, but soon after he left, the bookstore was in chaos - by the way, this little wizard is a new student..."

Having said this, he looked at Ryan.

After getting Flitwick's confirmation, he patted his chest and promised, "Don't worry, I will definitely get you the latest textbook!"

Then, he saw a smile on Ryan's cute little face.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Senior."

Ryan took advantage of the situation and called out affectionately, "I want all the books in the bookstore."

"...What? All of it?"

Julius was obviously a little slow to react for a moment.

"Yes—I heard Flourish and Blotts offers an owl mail service."

Ryan smiled brightly, but what he said sounded like something from hell to the worker Mr. Iriel.

"I hope to purchase every available book from Flourish and Blotts and have it mailed to my address—um...here's the address, please keep it safe."

ten minutes later.

Ryan left the bookstore satisfied as Julius said goodbye weakly.

Although many books were damaged due to the chaos in the bookstore today, Julius 'enthusiastically' said that he would mail brand new books to Ryan from the warehouse.

This satisfied Ryan.

"Books are the carriers of knowledge, and knowledge is the crown of magic."

This was what the Ravenclaw teacher had warned him.

For him, who had just returned to the magical world after a thousand years, and had already witnessed the changes in the magical world today, he urgently needed to know the changes in the magical world over the past thousand years.

There is nothing faster than reading to learn these things.

When leaving the bookstore, Flitwick met another acquaintance.

In fact, as a professor at Hogwarts, the only wizarding school in England, most wizards are his acquaintances.

This time, the ones who greeted them were still students from Hogwarts - they had almost identical faces and red hair, and behind them was another little boy who also had red hair and freckles on his face.

"Mom and Dad went to Gringotts to get the money."

"So we'll take Ronnie to buy textbooks."

The two of them smiled and sang in unison, showing great tacit understanding.

Well... Based on the house sorting standards that Ryan had discussed with four teachers in the past, he judged that these two people were definitely Gryffindor students!

Chapter 9 Ryan's New Century Magic Diary

After leaving Diagon Alley, Flitwick sent Ryan back to the Silver Lime Tree Welfare Home.

"As for some other information you need to know about the start of school - I'll write to you later, so...goodbye Ryan."

"Goodbye, Professor Flitwick."

After they said their goodbyes, Flitwick drew his wand.

After a sharp explosion, he Apparated away from the orphanage.

When he reappeared, he was already on the long path outside Hogwarts - not because he didn't want to go back to the school directly, but because Apparate was not possible inside Hogwarts.

However, compared to Ryan, Flitwick did not get the chance to return to the room.

"Wow!"

Because accompanied by a clear cry, a fiery red magical animal appeared in front of him accompanied by flames.

"Fox?"

And Flitwick naturally recognized this magical animal at a glance.

It is Headmaster Dumbledore's companion, Fawkes the Phoenix.

It is also one of the few creatures that can Apparate within Hogwarts.

"Huh."

Fawkes barked at Flitwick and held out one of his paws.

"Dumbledore wants to see me? Now?"

Flitwick guessed what Fawkes meant, so he was a little surprised.

"Is it about Ryan Elias? But now is the time..."

Flitwick certainly knew Dumbledore's character.

Gentle, open-minded, generous and wise - he rarely called the professor to his office at this time.

However, after Fawkes opened his beak and called out again as an urging, Flitwick shook his head helplessly: "Okay, okay - I understand. He does have outstanding talent. Perhaps Dumbledore also knows this..."

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Fox's paw.

"bake!"

After a flash of fire, his figure disappeared from the spot.

Hogwarts at night.

Only the occasional sounds from the Forbidden Forest and the crash of the waves in the Black Lake could help people fall asleep.

On the other hand, it was different from Flitwick.

Ryan returned to his room in the dark.

But when he was outside the door, he clearly saw the moonlight reflected by Ms. Pella's ladies' leather shoes and Dean Aisha's reading glasses at the end of the corridor wall.

"Good night."

So Ryan smiled and waved to the two women who raised him, then walked into the room.

And starting from the next day.

Accompanied by humming owls, they flew into the orphanage carrying packages and heavy books.

Ten centuries later, Ryan began to explore the world of magic again.

6.25, sunny

The books from Flourish and Blotts were delivered, but the owls didn't enter the house—they didn't seem very happy.

[By the way, Miss Topela bought me a notebook to record my magic practice.]

【6.26, cloudy】

[Today I read "Basic Spells." Mr. Ravenclaw once taught me that it's always important to lay a solid foundation. Besides, after a thousand years, I'm sure the wizarding world's understanding of magic has evolved a lot, right? (crossed out)]

[Re-recording...The magic of this era is much more rudimentary than I imagined. Most spells require incantations to be used, and are completely simplified versions of spells from thousands of years ago. Did I buy the wrong book?]

【6.30, cloudy】

I recently looked up the changes in the wizarding world over the past century, and I've come to understand why spells have become simpler. Because of the Statute of Secrecy, those ancient spells that were incredibly destructive, complex, harsh, and dangerous were naturally phased out.

[But it's not just ancient magic, there are also potions, magic runes, and even alchemy... So many things have been lost, which makes it hard to make sense.]

[But regardless - this is clearly a huge loss to the exploration of the path of magic.]

【7.1, Rainy】

【Start practicing the spell】

【7.3, Rainy】

[Continuing from the preface, the spells of this era are not as worthless as I thought. Although many powerful ancient magics have been lost, considerable progress has been made in some daily magic and common magic.]

[In addition, their research on details such as casting gestures and spells has indeed made the spells more stable.]

Some of the newer spells are surprisingly effective – in fact, I think the fish and chips made in Angela Cooper’s Cooking Magic are incredibly delicious.

【7.4, Rainy】

[This is my second time enjoying fish and chips. I think I could incorporate some of the cooking magic my Hufflepuff teacher taught me into the recipe. I'll try it tomorrow.]

【7.5, Rainy】

[This was a great try! Moonflower and chips are a perfect match... I'll try other types of food tomorrow!]

7.6, sunny

[Attempt at Indian food was a nightmare]