Departure Day, 9:40 a.m.

Hogwarts gates.

Dumbledore looked at the mess and the little wizards who were scattered, and felt the veins next to his temples begin to bounce out again.

The old wizard took a deep breath, trying to make his tone sound calmer.

"So, Miss Kaslana, can you tell me what's going on?"

"Hmm...... That's a question I think you'll have to ask them. ”

Elena blinked innocently, and replied without blushing or beating her heart.

"As you can see, I just provided the venue, the rules, and was in charge of maintaining order. I didn't ask what the feud was with each other, or if there were any issues that needed to be resolved - you know, I'm not the kind of person who likes to snoop on other people's privacy. ”

"Oh, yes, but if my old man's memory isn't wrong......"

Dumbledore raised his eyebrows noncommittally, stared at Elena with a blank expression, and whispered.

"It was only the night before that some people assured me that there would be no more student group fights. ”

"Hmm...... This semester, to be exact—and they did. ”

Elena corrected with a serious face, and then shrugged helplessly.

"But maybe that's life. ”

"I have to admit that sometimes things like this happen. You should know that this is not only caused by the estrangement between the colleges, as long as people get along with each other, there will always be some small frictions and disputes. ”

"So, in order to settle disputes......"

"You chose to encourage them to draw their wands at school and cast spells on their classmates?

Dumbledore frowned heavily, snorted coldly, and couldn't help but interrupt.

"I'm sorry, but let me finish first, it's important. ”

Facing the Hogwarts Headmaster's increasingly displeased expression, Elena continued to explain at her own pace.

"Hogwarts has a very old house system, which in some ways is obviously a bit outdated, or that it was never built to make the whole school live in harmony with the nearly 1,000 wizards. ”

"As you know, the reason why there is a branch is because of the split caused by a disagreement of ideas. ”

"If you look back at the past, like recently, well, the recent big student confrontations at Hogwarts, the hatred didn't continue, and the scope of the conflict didn't expand further. The students got into an argument, drew their wands and fought a fight, both sides were defeated, the winner was decided, and then the matter passed. ”

"And now, you want me to bring a new change to Hogwarts, so that the students of the four houses can live in harmony, which in itself is actually a false proposition that is contrary to the establishment of the house - complete harmony and the rejection of old suspicions means that the Hogwarts house system needs to be broken for thousands of years, but the purpose of the house is not to live in harmony and friendship. ”

"The purpose of camp division must be to stimulate competition, and competition must have confrontation. ”

"In my opinion, instead of blindly suppressing this desire to fight, it is better to give students a chance to vent their stress in a relatively safe environment, and the effect of the one-man arena confrontation at the end of the term is actually very good, even if the bad potion reagent of Gryffindor House has caused many students to be troubled, but after coming down from the dueling arena, everything ends here. ”

"All in all, that's it...... Do you have any more questions?"

Elena exhaled softly, spread her hands, and looked at the old wizard standing in front of him with great deftity.

Proper stress catharsis, as well as ...... Is the contradiction shifting?

Dumbledore raised his head in silence and looked around at the scattered young wizards, and he could clearly feel the energy that permeated the children, and the excitement and pride that had come after the destruction.

Obviously, for the little guys, this is closer to a game than a battle as he understands it.

“...... Well, you've managed to convince me, and I'll think about that. ”

After a moment of silence, a hint of helplessness flashed in Dumbledore's eyes.

I have to admit that if he had heard such a theory a year ago, he would have refuted and denied it without hesitation, but as similar things continue to happen this semester, his statement about Elena is actually ......

Seems to make some sense?

But......

Dumbledore raised his eyebrows and looked quietly at the white-haired ball in front of him.

"If you are so sure about this, why don't you choose to appear directly in front of me, but communicate with me from a distance in this way?" Miss Kaslana. ”

With the old man's voice, the figure of the little silver-haired witch standing in front of him gradually flickered.

Immediately afterward, the girl's body began to dissipate little by little, like foam in the sun, and finally all that remained in the air was the sound that Elena used the transformation charm to move the vibration frequency of the air and transmit it in front of Dumbledore.

"I mainly think that doing so looks like Cooooooool......"

Dumbledore sighed helplessly as he watched Elena disappear silently into thin air in front of him.

There is no doubt that binary rewinding architecture transforms the magic.

Elena, standing by the gate, was an illusion created by magic from the beginning.

As for the real Elena Kaslana, she must have long since lost her sight by not knowing which senior she was disguised as a senior student, blending in with the crowd on the way to Hogsmeade train station.

And where Elena had been standing, a column of loose dirt lined up in handwriting appeared in front of the old man's eyes.

The Hyperion will arrive at Hogwarts at 10 o'clock this morning, so please be prepared. 】

[Attention!Attention!Please be sure to stay where you are and do a good job of receiving it!]

"The Hyperion?"

Dumbledore frowned in confusion, and immediately reacted.

By the way, Gellert seems to have told him about this.

Some time ago, he and Elena bought a large ship from the former Soviet Union, and after some magical transformation, it was ready to form a magical ship similar to Durmstrang's, which was temporarily moored near the Black Lake as a school asset.

Dumbledore subconsciously took out his pocket watch from his chest and looked down at the time.

It was less than two minutes before the ship arrived at the time Elena had mentioned, and if you were to capture a little creature hiding in the crowd, you would probably miss the moment the ship arrived at Hogwarts.

For some reason, Dumbledore suddenly had a sense of foreboding in his heart......

The reason why Elena escaped early may not be because of the four-house scuffle that just happened, but because of the big ship that is about to appear at Hogwarts - according to the year, the less foreshadowing Dumbledore knows about this white-haired ball, and generally speaking, the bigger the problem.

And what made Dumbledore a little uneasy and confused was ......

It's just a big ship that has been transformed from the non-magical world, what can be the problem?

The old man thought for a moment, ignored the long train whistle coming from Hogsmeade Village in the distance, turned around and frowned to look at the sparkling Hogwarts Black Lagoon not far away, quietly waiting for the big ship to suddenly appear from the water.

Dumbledore naturally knew about the magic three-masted ship at Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Almost every time the principals of the various schools of witchcraft and wizardry got together, Durmstrang would subtly compare their magic ship to the Hogwarts Express, which was also the vehicle they used to transport their students.

Dumbledore looked at the pocket watch in his hand and counted the numbers silently.

Nine fifty-nine a.m.

Fifty-eight seconds.

Fifty-nine seconds.

Sixty seconds.

Ten o'clock, one second, two seconds—

Nothing happened.

The lake is as calm as ever, with no signs of boats on the sparkling waters.

"Whew...... Was it a prank to buy time to escape?"

Dumbledore exhaled lightly, glanced at the calm lake, and shook his head with a dumb smile.

Sure enough, it's still a child who hasn't grown up, Elena, it's really naïve......

However, before Dumbledore's thoughts could turn.

The sky at Hogwarts suddenly darkened.

............

At the same time, the Hogwarts Express train just left the station.

Hermione, Luna, and Hannah were waiting for Elena as they cleaned up the box, which was now full of snacks and drinks.

Outside the crack of the box door that was not completely closed, there was a faint sound of the boys next door babbling.

If nothing else, Draco or Harry should have made another bad move, and Ron, of course, was watching from the sidelines.

Since the final board assessment, almost the whole school knows that the Weasley family has a little guy who is particularly good at wizarding chess, as long as Ron Weasley is formed in the team, it almost means that he can pass the third level without injury, in this case, Harry and Draco naturally will not take the initiative to send it to the door to ask for abuse.

"Oh my God, look, what is that! on Hogwarts Castle!"

At that moment, Neville Longbottom's startled shouts rang in the girls' ears.

Hermione and the others subconsciously turned their heads and looked through the car window in the direction of Hogwarts Castle, which was gradually getting smaller behind, only to see a huge silver cloud looming over Hogwarts.

No, it's not so much a cloud as a small steel hanging island.

"This—This is ......"

"The Hyperion, a magical ship that can fly, is common in the wizarding world. ”

Elena opened the sliding door of the box and walked in briskly, smiling in reply.

"Don't worry, if you're interested, I can take you up for a tour next semester. ”

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