Chapter 38: Gear Up
After ensuring that the wand had a backup and there would be no problems for the time being, Zhang Jin began to prepare for the first adventure.
Zhang Jin has been looking forward to this trip for a long time, and what she has been looking forward to most since coming to this world is magic, Hogwarts and mysteries.
Although the goal of this trip is not to play, but to find a suitable material to use as the core of his wand, preferably one like Merlin who has no other will, and only contains pure magic inside.
But that doesn't prevent you from enjoying the scenery along the way.
As for the tentative destination of the trip, it is tentatively Avalon, the place where Merlin learned magic in wizard legend and the place where Merlin ended.
Muggles, on the other hand, are said to be the resting place of King Arthur.
As for whether you can find it, it depends on luck, you can just bring a bottle of elixir, although the elixir is not actually to increase luck, it only regulates the brain and body, so that people can react more clearly and rationally, and it looks like luck.
But this is enough, what Zhang Jin lacks is experience, if there is a trace of clues with the help of the elixir, he will definitely be able to find it.
Avalon is the legendary Land of Elysium, the status is equivalent to the fairy world or Elysium in China, this should be a place that every wizard yearns for, and it is strange that almost no wizard has heard of this place.
Before leaving, I had to say hello to Dumbledore and see if I could get some information about Merlin from this learned old man, and then send a message to Lucius Malfoy, so I didn't have to tell Lucius about going to Avalon.
Dumbledore spent the two months attending funerals, then visiting some of the Order of the Phoenix, mainly to deliver some comfort and necessary solace, and then to visit the heads of the Ministry of Magic or other wizarding institutions to try to arrange some work for the members who were in poverty.
Speaking of which, I have to complain again that the Order of the Phoenix is really miserable, the first generation of members actually suffered more than 20 casualties before and after, and more than half of these more than 20 people are Aurors.
And there are nearly ten people who were avenged by the Death Eaters after Voldemort's death, the most famous being the Longbottoms.
Many people's funerals were only held hastily before, and Dumbledore himself was too busy to offer condolences, mainly because he couldn't come up with much money at that time.
And now after the fall of Voldemort, many of the assets occupied and controlled by the Death Eaters have been handed over, and some of the ownerless or the owner has died without an heir, and it has been compensated to the sacrificial wizards.
In addition, Lucius provided a large amount of aid to the Ministry of Magic, a small part of which was allocated to Hogwarts to fund the renovation and operation of Hogwarts, which Dumbledore was able to use and was not currently supervised.
And then there's some unknown source of finance.
This estimate is not enough, after all, the loss is too great, and it can't be said that it is not to go to condolences this year, like the Longbottom couple can only lie in St. Mungo's Hospital now, at least in the first few years, Dumbledore has to go to see it often.
Therefore, it has to be said that the Ministry of Magic is afraid of Dumbledore, there are dozens of elite Aurors in the Auror Office, and half of them are members of the Order of the Phoenix, which is equivalent to Dumbledore mastering half of the military power of the British wizarding world, coupled with the strong strength of Dumbledore himself, as the leader of the wizarding world, it would be abnormal if the Minister of Magic was not afraid and did nothing.
It can be seen from the actions of these ministers of magic that people who fight wars may not be qualified, but people who engage in political struggles are definitely professional.
Coupled with the power exposed by Dumbledore during the fight against the Death Eaters, the Ministry of Magic will definitely not give old Deng a good face, in this regard, it is estimated that Minister Bagnor and Barty Crouch have the same attitude, plus Dumbledore is an opposing pure-blood family, Dumbledore's life is really not good.
Dumbledore can only be said to be powerful, coupled with the fact that he doesn't know how many students he has taught for decades, resulting in his strong influence among these students, and his advantage is too obvious, if it were a different person, even Lucius or Barty Crouch would not be able to sit still in Dumbledore's position.
This also has to do with Dumbledore's own conscious desire not to get involved in power, otherwise he would have been able to master the British wizarding world a long time ago.
So if there is a minister who can get by, such as Professor Flitwick's strength, and a certain amount of influence, maybe Dumbledore can really get rid of Hogwarts at this time.
When Zhang Jin saw Dumbledore, the old man was resting in the headmaster's room, and the exhaustion on his face was still clearly visible, which was very rare for Dumbledore, a somewhat lazy old man, and Zhang Jin couldn't help but want to laugh for a while.
Dumbledore still cheered up, looked slightly sideways at Zhang Jin who came in, and said, "You're here, Severus, how are you doing, Professor Slughorn has been pestering me a lot lately." ”
Hearing it, Dumbledore was also a little annoyed with Slughorn, the old man was afraid that others would know about his Horcruxes with Voldemort, and he had been trying to run away recently, and even blocked the door of the headmaster's office when Dumbledore avoided it, which even Zhang Jin, who was in the Responsive House, heard about it, and Dumbledore has been really busy recently, so naturally he has less responsibility for Slughorn.
"Still no, you should be able to see it, and it's more troublesome, if you can't find a solution, maybe it will always be like this." Zhang Jin said in his usual flat tone, "I went to visit Mr. Ollivanders, and he suggested that I go and look for Merlin. ”
"Looking for Merlin? Is he kidding? "Don't blame Dumbledore for being surprised, going to Merlin is the same as going to God, that is, the meaning of God, which is generally not a good word.
"I found out that Merlin ended up in a place called Avalon, probably in England, and I'm going to look for it." Zhang Jin also ignored Dumbledore's surprise, especially after hearing Avalon.
"You know Avalon? Did Mr. Ollivander tell you? It's not a good place. "Dumbledore's previous book to Zhang Jin only mentioned Merlin, but there was nothing about Avalon, but apparently Dumbledore knew about Avalon.
Dumbledore didn't wait for Zhang Jin to speak, he continued, "Avalon is the origin of many legends, and maybe even the beginning of magic, no one knows where it is. ”
"The legendary Avalon is a boundless island, very contradictory, but also normal, it doesn't look big, but it can't get in, and after it goes in, it can't get out, like there is no boundary."
"And there are a large number of dangerous species lost in the island, fire dragons and goblins are just ordinary, and no one knows what they will encounter inside, such as the legendary Merlin who met the fairy in the lake."
"And Hogwarts has a legend about Godric. Gryffindor encountered the elves in Avalon, where he obtained the Gryffindor Sword. ”
Dumbledore told a lot of legends about Avalon, and he didn't seem to know much about it.
"These are legends from a long time ago, no one knows if it's true or not, if you must go, I suggest you take this, it's an invisibility cloak."
Dumbledore didn't say that the invisibility cloak belonged to Potter's, let alone mention any deathly holy weapons, and Zhang Jin happily didn't know when he reached out to take it.