allendalepharm Chapter 227 Heading to the Magical World
Chapter 227 Heading to the Magical World
Chapter 227 Heading to the Magical World
If you were to ask what magical realm still retains the mysterious, ominous, and eerie characteristics of ancient wizards, it would undoubtedly be witchcraft rituals.
It is a technique, not a category.
In modern magical systems, witchcraft rituals remain prevalent across various disciplines.
Lockhart was most familiar with the Animagus, a high-level shapeshifting technique that was essentially no different from the curse of turning a prince into a frog. The only difference was that one was active and the other was passive.
From witchcraft to magic, the methods in the wizarding world have been constantly evolving and upgrading. Some people who admire ancient witchcraft think that the older the better, but that's because modern magic schools don't specifically teach how to break outdated versions of witchcraft, and they don't bother to read books, that's all.
The same applies to the realm of Black Magic's Biological Defense.
When wizards categorized these strange things from seemingly different disciplines into one group, and sorted out their patterns and characteristics, the methods for dealing with them became clear.
This creation of a discipline has a power that ancient wizards could hardly imagine: experts in defense against black magic can grasp its characteristics and countermeasures, even when encountering black magic creatures and black magic spells they have never seen before.
"We cannot understand so-called evil god rituals using the stereotypical image of ancient shamans shouting and yelling around a campfire in a tribe..."
"Individual desires guide the flow of magic, unleashing magical effects. Countless individuals share common desires, or resonate with them on some level or from some angle, causing the power of magic to converge..."
"This is how the academic field of 'ritualism' is understood within the modern magic system."
"This concept exists in many fields, such as joint spellcasting."
"In the realm of Defense Against the Dark Arts duels, what we see most often is a group of people simultaneously casting Curse Stop to control a spell that exceeds the power of an average individual spell, either for defense or attack."
"And its branch, 'Evil God Ritual,' is a kind of collective spellcasting that leans towards darkness, distortion, repression, excessive desire, and so on, relying on emotions that simultaneously exist in hope and repression."
"Therefore, regarding this characteristic..."
While waiting for the French Ministry of Magic to review the files and investigate the information, Lockhart simply started teaching his two apprentices, not caring that the Aurors, experts, and officials from the Ministry of Magic were also learning.
Since his transmigration, he has been both a school professor and a bestselling author, and he has long since developed the habit of spreading knowledge.
Unfortunately, magic is essentially a power that resonates with the mind and life activities. If you understand it but don't put it into practice, then you've only heard about it; spreading knowledge is not so easy.
He did hope that more wizards would become more powerful, so that the magical world would become more interesting.
One of the dark magic creature research experts from the French Ministry of Magic, after listening for a while, exclaimed, "Oh dear, Professor Lockhart, you should have just said those words!"
Lockhart looked at him, somewhat surprised. "What's wrong?"
The expert had a strange expression. "I'm quite sure that the people who go through the files later will tell you that there is no evil god or priest, because their understanding of evil god and priest is the kind of stereotype you just mentioned."
really.
The French Ministry of Magic soon relayed this news.
At the urging of experts, the Minister of Magic made a special trip back and brought back a large number of files with the Aurors.
The documents were so thick they formed a mountain.
Dumbledore didn't stay there for long; he always seemed so busy, rushing off to another place.
Lockhart began directing everyone to sort through the data, demanding that all information related to elevators be compiled, regardless of whether they considered it useful.
That's really interesting.
The company in the document was not the kind of subversive organization Lockhart had imagined; it was actually just a special care provided to Muggle wizard families by certain "benevolent" groups within the Muggle community.
That's all; there was no requirement for these Muggle wizards or their relatives to do anything.
With too little information, Lockhart makes no judgment.
He simply kept examining the information gathered by these people, searching for conditions that might trigger dark magic events.
"Found it!"
Lockhart found the key in a memo from one of the Ministry of Magic Aurors’ diaries, which was being used to examine Muggle wizards.
—Once, the company was facing business challenges, and the adults were all very busy. The company specially hired a driver to take us kids to school.
—Everyone's path is different; some go to the train station, some to the dock, and some need to take a plane for a transfer...
—This later became a routine, with the adults always encouraging us in the elevator and seeing us off downstairs to catch our ride.
—The elevator carries us through every reunion and every parting...
—Later everyone said that the elevator was the dividing line between the Muggle world and the wizarding world…
Lockhart stared intently at the contents and reassigned a group of people to search for other information.
Gradually, more and more information was presented to me.
This company offers its employees more than just childcare; they also provide training courses to teach them about the life of a wizard.
It is said to be to eliminate the barriers caused by the living environment among family members.
For example, what should the mail owl, which is most commonly encountered, eat, and what taboos should it have, and so on.
"This company is surprisingly good?" Lockhart's expression turned strange.
Sitting to the side, Minister of Magic Lucas Lorraine, the middle-aged wizard, shook his head with a troubled expression. "We can't be sure whether this complies with the Secrets Act. In the end, Dumbledore made a provisional decision that restrictions on Muggle funding should not be relaxed, and ultimately decided to shut it down."
He was clearly not satisfied with this approach.
After all, too many people have benefited from this company, and the cost of shutting it down is that some of the affected wizards will become enemies of the French Ministry of Magic.
No matter how he subtly mentioned in the newspapers that it was the decision of the International Confederation of Wizards and that Dumbledore should be blamed, it was all to no avail. In particular, the Aurors' brutal enforcement of the law made many people direct their anger at them and at him, the Minister of Magic.
Minister Lorraine clearly didn't want to discuss this topic further with an expert professor, so she feigned curiosity, changed the subject, and gestured towards the materials, asking, "What can we glean from this research?"
Lohat nodded, quickly flipping through the documents, and finally pulled out one of them, gesturing for the minister to look at one line. "Here, in order to make employees more aware of the operating mechanism of the wizarding society, the company has popularized the concept of bloodline theory to employees from a neutral perspective. This has led many employees to believe that they actually have wizarding blood, but they may be a Squib."
Minister Lorraine denied this view, saying, "Impossible. They're not Squibs. Muggles are Muggles. They can't see Dementors, or many magical creatures and artifacts. That's basic knowledge!"
"In fact, there has never been an answer to this question in academia," Lockhart reminded him with a chuckle.
The latest novel is first published here!
"Huh?" Minister Lorraine looked somewhat bewildered.
"How exactly did Muggle wizards come into being? This is a huge academic gap in the theory of bloodline, and there is still no clear answer."
Lockhart didn't want to waste time arguing about magical theories with this obviously politician guy; it would be like casting pearls before swine. He simply stood up with a smile.
"Wizards suppress their magic and try their best to hide their identity as wizards, thus giving birth to Obscurus."
"Many people overlook the factor of the times in this topic, namely why it was so easy for Obscurials to appear only a few decades ago, and now even if there are some young wizards who suppress their magic, it is difficult for Obscurials to be born."
Lockhart spoke to his two apprentices, saying, "The answer might be the resonance of spellcasting at the level of the collective soul."
"Conversely, in an era that so desperately craves magical resonance, what kind of dark magic creatures could possibly emerge?"
No one can answer this question.
Even many experts on dark magic creatures present did not understand how such a question could be established.
Unfortunately, Professor Lockhart seemed to have found the answer and stopped discussing the issue with them, instead leading his two apprentices back to the elevator.
Simply put, this is a "gateway to the world".
"The bridge between the two worlds ends here, where Muggles come into contact with the magical world, and where wizards return to Muggle society and leave magic."
He smiled at the two students, "What similar magic comes to mind?"
Crabbe excitedly raised his hand, "The magic rabbit hole!"
Percy then replied, "A Floo Web fireplace!"
"All answers are correct!"
Lockhart turned to the people from the French Ministry of Magic, "Does anyone have Floo Powder?"
An Auror's standard carry-on must include Floo Powder, in case they are caught out of material and miss the opportunity to use a Floo Fireplace in an emergency.
Minister Lorraine immediately looked at the Aurors.
One of the Aurors, eager to improve, quickly stepped forward, pulled a bag from his trench coat, and said, "I have one."
Hey~
The elevator doors opened.
Lockhart didn't take the bag, but simply gestured for Auror to sprinkle the Floo Powder into the elevator, "Just do it the usual way."
Auror grabbed a small handful of Floo Powder, looking at the elevator with some trepidation. Seeing that the Minister of Magic didn't say anything, he could only bite the bullet and ask, "I need a very specific destination."
Lockhart stroked his chin, raising an eyebrow slightly. "I told you, we'd go to the magical world!"
"???"
The Auror looked bewildered, but finally, under everyone's expectant gaze, he swallowed hard, stepped into the elevator, scattered Floo Powder, and shouted, "To the Magical World!"
boom!
Green flames rose.
Everyone was stunned, staring at this familiar scene in disbelief.
Minister Lorraine shouted in a shrill voice, "This is an illegal Floo Network? Not under the Ministry's control! Built by Muggles! A Floo Network fireplace?!?!"
Lockhart shrugged. "All I can say is that it can be used this way, but I'm not sure if the Muggles have used it this way before."
(End of this chapter)