The staircases in Hogwarts Castle are very well designed, and each staircase will send a movement at a specific point in time, either joining or detaching, leading people up the stairs to different floors and locations.

While this can sometimes be a bit of a nuisance, if you're not familiar with it, you're likely to get lost because of the constantly moving stairs. However, if you have enough knowledge of these stone steps that strictly follow the rules of movement, you will actually be able to go to the floor and direction you want to reach in a short time.

It's just that it is such an interesting set of stone stairs that has caused Maca a little trouble.

Because the stairs are designed to move, in order to give them enough space to change direction and position, the stairs that lead to the top floor of the main fort are largely overhanging. Because of this, if you stand down and look up, it's easy to see people on the stairs.

At this moment, Maca was standing on a stone staircase about three floors, and the staff in her hand glowed with a faint glow. And at the top of his staff, a vaguely vague rune was floating on its own, constantly emitting a kind of magical power fluctuation that was invisible to the naked eye.

This kind of magic fluctuation is different from ordinary spells, as if there is a spirit integrated into it, with a soft "coolness".

Yes, it's the same cool feeling that many people in the castle just felt like a spring pouring into the roof. The effect of that fluctuation is unknown, but it is already a fact that it can calm the tension and uneasiness of everyone in this area.

He still knew about Draco discovering himself. Because he had seen Draco from the beginning, even Slughorn who had been running over afterwards.

Truth be told, this doesn't bode well, especially when everyone knows there's another "other" him out there.

However, in the current situation, he could not have done a better job.

Just a few days ago, after a lot of research and experience, he finally figured out the preliminary meaning of the rule rune with the help of those ancient words. And his ultimate goal of going back in time to come here this time was the new rule rune.

Just as the magical theory of spirit and will was Dumbledore's path, for Maca, matter and rules may be his own path of magic.

But any rule rune is not easy to study thoroughly. So far, he has only specialized in one cooldown rule, and the other rule runes have always been superficial.

Only this time, in order to solve the dilemma of the deadlock, he finally reached out to the second rule.

In the past, he had done research in front of the Bewitchment Monument, and at that time he had already discovered traces of the rules of the soul from the evolution of the Black Death.

And just a few days ago, some of the secrets of the Bechanting Monument were finally gently revealed by him. Although there are many hidden secrets that are difficult to distinguish, no matter what, the interpretation of the rules that appeared in the center of the giant monument has brought him great help.

That's right, Tamaka holds the Scroll of Truth in his hand, and the Soul Rule Runes are naturally also among them. What is difficult for others to obtain, he has had from the beginning. So what he wants is not runes, but empirical methods of analyzing and understanding rules.

The Soul Rule was mostly a second-level rule, far more difficult to parse than the cooldown rule that Maca had mastered, and he didn't expect to figure it out in such a short period of time. In fact, since before this time of rewinding time, he had planned to use another method to deal with the mysterious ancient magic mirror.

But he never thought that the Monument of Bewitchment, which had always only caused him trouble, gave him a big gift in this way, which gave him the opportunity to implement this more secure and rewarding backup plan.

However, even the most sound plan will inevitably lead to accidents.

After all, even if he had been mentally prepared in advance, knowing the difficulty of understanding the rules of the soul was definitely a huge obstacle. But after he actually started researching, he realized that this thing was beyond his imagination. Even though he had a lot of soul magic theories as a foundation, and the inscription of the Bewitching Tablet to help him, the result was still a little bit less meaningful.

To put it simply, he was barely able to use it now, but because his understanding was still insufficient, not only did he need other magical texts to help him, but it was not enough to cover the entire Hogwarts castle.

In order to stabilize his soul from being too weak, and to be able to take care of everyone in the basement, he had to stay where he was and move even a step or two away.

If the position is higher, his cast range will not be enough; But if the position is a little lower...... You know, the other self is standing outside!

But in this way, it is inevitable that others will see it—like Draco who has been clubbing at the top of the stairs, or Slughorn, the bald old man who looks up with Draco's gaze.

When she noticed that the old man was also looking at her, Maca subconsciously reached out and tugged at the hood on her cloak to better hide her figure and appearance. But he knew that the staff in his hand alone was enough to be recognized.

"I had known that Helen Schoen had brought it here...... At least it can help me get my attention. He frowned to himself.

At the moment, he had to maintain the power of the soul rules that he was still unfamiliar with, and that alone made him feel very difficult. Originally, his magic power had always felt that it was not enough, and this time, after a long time of backtracking, some of the extra magic power could not be used. Not to mention the illusion spell at this time, even using the most basic spell will put a lot of burden on him.

And now, being seen from afar by those two guys is a bit fatal.

Is it dangerous? No, this can't be said to be dangerous for the time being, after all, being discovered by an acquaintance in time travel may not have touched the rules of time. What he was worried about was that he was aware of his existence by himself at this point in time.

If your past self discovers your future self, there is a great chance that it will cause a paradox. What exactly happens when a paradox arises? He didn't know, and he didn't want to know at all.

So, it must not be dangerous at the moment, but if he doesn't do something, I'm afraid that the danger will come soon.

After a moment's thought, Maca stopped reaching for the Immortal Hidden Elixir, and then simply ripped off her hood and beckoned to the two guys below.

……

McKellen ...... Do you know? Albus once told me that he admired you. He even thinks you're a real wizard. ”

Outside of Hogwarts Castle, on the shores of the frozen lake, Greenwald was facing away from Maca, staring at the ice coffin in front of him. And in the crystal clear ice coffin, the old man who was still gone was gently covered by a thin purple velvet blanket, but his old face was still lifelike.

Greenwald was looking at him, at his former best friend, and his heart was filled with emotion.

Dumbledore and him have always been friends and rivals. They all have a talent for magic that is unrivaled in the world, and they all have ambitions that ordinary people dare not reach.

It's just that everyone's wisdom is different, no matter how like-minded they are, there will be differences over time. The dispute led to the death of Dumbledore's sister and the breakup of the two best friends.

And now, when Greenwald looked at Dumbledore in the ice coffin, remembering when the two of them had been talking about magic and the world together, his already old heart was rarely excited.

It was the excitement that he was about to meet his old friend, the excitement of being able to join hands with Dumbledore again and touch the truth of the world.

Greenwald thought as he casually talked to Maca behind him. He could feel a hint of hostility in Maca's words, clearly not welcoming his arrival.

"Huh...... I know, you must be bothered by some of my behavior. At this moment, Greenwald was very relaxed, smiled slightly, and said softly, "Don't worry, I can tell you directly - I just want to meet Albus again from beginning to end." ”

His old friend and rival has always been optimistic about this young man named Makka McLean, but he doesn't know what's good. Now that he had left the Tower of Newmontard, he had seen for himself the boy's prowess and had finally understood that Dumbledore's praise was not overstated.

And this also confirms his current view of Greenwald.

Greenwald never felt that his past views were completely wrong, he only learned a truth through Dumbledore's victory - it was true that he had valued capable wizards in the past, but he had set the bar too low.

Except for geniuses like himself and Dumbledore, there was no need for other wizards to care, let alone Muggles and magical beasts. In the past, it was because his vision was not high enough that he would be dragged down by those stupid desires and try to use power to change the world.

Now that I think about it, it's as ridiculous as an immature child.

"Gellert Greenwald! Didn't we say yes? Why don't you start getting your hands dirty yet? ”

Voldemort's questioning voice came from the other side of the ice coffin, cold and fierce, but how could Greenwald not hear the anxiety mixed in it now?

It's like the self back then, but it's not even as good as the self back then. A wizard's abilities are not limited to battle, life and death, wisdom is the foundation of a wizard's success.

Greenwald moved slightly, and an inexplicable smile appeared on his weeping face.