“You bought a cat?”

Hermione stared with some surprise at the cage that suddenly appeared in Zuo Si's hand, as well as the weird and ugly-looking Crookshanks in the cage.

"Yeah. I suddenly thought it would be nice to have a cat. You know, I bought a house during the holidays, and I just needed a capable cat to catch mice."

After that, Zuo Si handed the cat cage to the house-elf who had been following behind him in an invisible state.

North quickly appeared, walked over in two steps, took the cage and held it in his hand.

"Is this... a house-elf?" Hermione's eyes revealed a hint of curiosity.

Because although she had read about this interesting magical creature in books, she had never seen it in person.

Zuo Si nodded slightly: "That's right. There happened to be two house elves in the house I bought. After some persuasion, they agreed to continue to stay in the house and work for me. This one is called North, and the other one is called Calvi."

"Hello, North."

Hermione tried to greet the thin humanoid creature with large bat-like ears.

"Hello, Miss Granger. If you need anything please let me know. I will be happy to help you."

North, dressed in a black suit, bowed gracefully.

After all, Zuo Si would not allow his servants to wear only a dirty and worn-out pillowcase like Dobby of the Malfoy family. Instead, he customized a series of special clothes, shoes, socks and hats for house-elves.

Because of their attire, the two house-elves under his command would occasionally be mistaken for goblins from Gringotts by people with poor eyesight when they were out on business.

"Uh...thank you, not for now." Hermione declined politely and courteously.

"Well, I hope I can serve you next time."

North seemed a little disappointed that he didn't get the job and the task, but he soon disappeared with the cat cage and a snap of his fingers.

"Apparation?"

Looking at the house-elf that suddenly disappeared from her sight, Hermione immediately asked in an uncertain tone.

Zuo Si smiled and replied, "Yes and no. House elves are born with magical abilities, and their spellcasting methods are very different from those of wizards.

According to historical records, in ancient times a brutal war broke out between house-elves and wizards.

As a result, they were defeated, and the entire tribe was almost wiped out, with only a very small number of obedient slaves retained.

After thousands of years of enslavement, transformation and human intervention, these descendants eventually became house-elves in modern times.

These magical creatures have been slowly and thoroughly domesticated over the long years. They take pride in the family work they serve and are ashamed of freedom and laziness. "

"So they are slaves? Slaves living in modern society!"

Hermione's voice suddenly became louder, and her eyes revealed shock and disbelief.

"That's right. He is even the kind of slave who is willing to castrate himself mentally.

In addition, do you think there are no slaves in modern human society?

If you look at the poor and unstable countries and regions in Africa, South America and Southeast Asia, you will find that slavery is still a common phenomenon.

A large part of this poverty, backwardness and instability was caused by hundreds of years of colonization, enslavement and plunder of the local people by Europeans.

As the empire on which the sun never sets and the country that once had the most colonies in the world, the crimes committed by Britain are countless.

The precious cultural relics and treasures stolen and looted in the British Museum are the best proof of this.

But what is interesting is that most British people do not regard it as a shame, but rather as an honor. They still enjoy the dividends brought by colonial plunder with peace of mind and miss the strength and glory of the era of the British Empire.

In comparison, the house-elves in the wizarding world are nothing.

So the world is far from being as beautiful as you imagine, it's just that Mr. and Mrs. Granger protected you and didn't let you see the dark side. "

Zuo Si looked into the girl's eyes and revealed some cruel truths.

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Hermione, who was still angry about the fate of the house-elves in the previous second, suddenly fell silent as if a bucket of cold water was poured over her.

If it were someone else, they might refute by changing the concept or making excuses.

But she was not an ordinary student who had only received an education that downplayed colonial history. Instead, she was a genius who loved reading and liked to get to the bottom of everything.

When she was in primary school, Hermione secretly read some real history books and understood how cruel and bloody the so-called "Age of Discovery" that was only briefly mentioned in textbooks was.

We also know how child laborers and orphans in London were treated as consumables in the early days of the modern Industrial Revolution, working day and night in factories until they were worked to death.

Compared to the Muggle world, wizards' oppression and enslavement of house-elves is obviously much milder.

What's more, the house-elves have long been completely domesticated and have no sense of freedom or resistance. Instead, they enjoy it.

Thinking of this, Hermione suddenly found that she was not as angry as before. She raised her head and said in a slightly helpless tone: "Okay, maybe you are right, I am too sensitive."

"No, it's not sensitivity, but a lack of experience and knowledge. But it doesn't matter. As time goes by and we grow older, we will slowly abandon our innocence and become more mature. When we look back at our childhood selves in five to ten years, we may find our thoughts at that time ridiculous, just like Mrs. Granger's reaction when you heard her talk about herself when she was three or four years old."

As Zuo Si spoke, he reached out and smoothed the girl's hair that was messed up by the wind.

"Damn it! Stop talking about this, okay?"

Hermione blushed slightly, and it was unclear whether she was still embarrassed about those childhood memories, or was a little shy because of the overly intimate actions between them.

She had no idea that her consciousness, cognition and thoughts had been changed unconsciously during her interactions and conversations with Zuo Si.

Especially the speed of mental maturity is much faster than that of their peers.

This maturity would cause her to feel that other students were very immature and that they had nothing in common. Eventually, she would become more cherishing and dependent on her relationship with Zuo Si, and would be more influenced by him, and even be assimilated to a certain extent in his thoughts.

There is no doubt that this is a practical application of modern psychology in interpersonal relationships.

Perhaps it won't have much effect on adults whose values ​​are already pretty much fixed, but it is decisive for boys and girls between the ages of twelve and fifteen who are in puberty.

Because during this period called adolescence, hormones are secreted in large quantities, the brain nerves are undergoing final pruning and reshaping, and the personality becomes rebellious, impulsive and unpredictable.

During this period, many parents will be very troubled by the problem of how to guide and educate their children. Some parents even have the illusion that their children have learned bad things.

Little do we know that all of this is a physiological process that the human species must go through.

Likewise, this is the best period to exert influence on a person and reshape his or her character.

A responsible teacher or parent can help them shape a correct outlook on life and values, and eventually become a "good person" or "a person useful to society" in the ordinary sense.

But if you meet someone with bad intentions, you might end up on the road to crime.

Of course, Zuo Si didn't want Hermione to become completely evil, he just wanted to shape her values ​​to be closer to his own.

Just like that, in the casual chat, the girl quickly forgot about the house-elves.

When the two arrived at the entrance of Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, they saw a huge banner with the following words written in English:

Gilderoy Lockhart Signed copies of his autobiography , "The Magical Me", for sale

Today afternoon 12:30-4:30 "Gilderoy Lockhart? He seems to be our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher this semester. I've read about him in Wizard Weekly. He should be a very powerful wizard, and I need to buy a lot of books about him this semester." Hermione said as she took out the list of books sent by the Hogwarts owl.

However, unlike the obvious admiration in the original book, she only showed a little surprise, because she had already witnessed Zuo Si's almost abnormal memory and the speed at which he learned and mastered magic spells in the first grade.

After all, anyone who is not a fool knows that compared with achievements such as inventing magic scrolls and creating the world's second Philosopher's Stone, Gilderoy Lockhart's adventure stories are nothing.

"It seems that our Professor Lockhart is very popular among middle-aged and elderly women." Zuo Si raised the corner of his mouth and teased in a slightly playful tone.

Because at this moment there was already a long queue in front of the bookstore, most of whom were witches of Mrs. Weasley's age.

A frazzled clerk tried to maintain order, but with little success.

There was no other way! When the witches heard that Gilderoy Lockhart was going to sign and sell books in person, they were so excited that they were pumped with chicken blood.

Obviously, through some marketing methods and self-packaging, Gilderoy Lockhart successfully made himself a public sweetheart, and his essence is no different from an idol star packaged by capital.

Especially those housewives who stay at home all day doing nothing but crave for excitement, probably all fantasize about having a romantic encounter with this handsome wizard.

"You seem quite unimpressed by this new professor?"

After all, the two had been together for almost a year, so Hermione immediately heard the sarcasm in Zuo Si's tone.

Zuo Si smiled and replied, "Believe me, when you really get to know Gilderoy Lockhart, you will understand how unbearable the real side hidden under that huge reputation is. Let's go, let's quickly buy the necessary textbooks on the book list and leave this place of trouble. Oh, by the way, remember that you don't need to buy any books about Gilderoy Lockhart, because you won't use them at all."

"Won't use it? But it's clearly written on the book list. Hogwarts shouldn't let students buy useless books." The girl stared at the book list and was in a dilemma.

“Don’t imagine that magic schools are the same as schools in the Muggle world that have established a complete education system.

In fact, the textbooks we use in school are assigned by the professors, and there is no unified standard.

The teaching materials used in different magic schools in Europe are often very different.

So I guess the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is using his position to get Hogwarts students to buy his books, thereby earning more money and fame."

Zuo Si did not hide anything and directly exposed Gilderoy Lockhart's little thoughts.

"What? He... How could he do this! I mean, why would Dumbledore choose such a morally corrupt guy to be a professor?"

Hermione was obviously shocked and even her speech was incoherent.

But Zuo Si responded nonchalantly, "What else? I told you before that the Defense Against the Dark Arts class is cursed. Any professor who teaches this class will inevitably encounter misfortune. So for our principal, as long as there are still people willing to apply for this position, it is already quite lucky. How can you ask for more?"

After saying this, he pulled the girl around the long line, walked around to the side and said to a clerk, "Give us a copy of all the books on this list except Gilderoy Lockhart."

"Don't want Gilderoy Lockhart's books?" The young clerk was visibly stunned.

Because he had seen from the book list that these were the textbooks that Hogwarts required students to buy for the new semester.

Generally speaking, one cannot be selective about this type of books, but must prepare them all.

"That's right. Although the stories in these books are wonderful and instructive, I hate this idiot for adding long and disgusting paragraphs of self-boasting in them." Zuo Si expressed his attitude very clearly.

"Well, I don't really like Gilderoy Lockhart, who always tries to be the center of attention wherever he goes. But I hope you won't regret it when you get to school."

The clerk muttered something under his breath, then immediately turned around and started picking and choosing on the bookshelf, quickly collecting two sets of textbooks on the list.

The girl quickly took out a small beaded bag and wanted to pay for her share, but she found that Zuo Si had already paid for both of them very quickly.

Just when she didn't know whether she should silently accept this kindness or insist on returning the money for the book to the other party, a noisy sound suddenly interrupted her thoughts.

A man in gorgeous clothes and with an eight-tooth smile on his face slowly walked out of the crowd.

moment!

The middle-aged and elderly witches present instantly cheered and screamed.

Reporters from the Daily Prophet followed closely behind, trying to use magic cameras to record these scenes and images, and then write them in tomorrow's newspapers.

Needless to say, this guy is Gilderoy Lockhart, a liar who has mastered the Oblivion Charm to perfection.

"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your enthusiastic cheers. Please rest assured that I will ensure that everyone present today can get a copy of my autograph."

Gilderoy Lockhart undoubtedly enjoyed the feeling of being the center of attention and kept waving to his enthusiastic fans.

There is no doubt that Zuo Si did not like such occasions at all.

Because this irrational worship just reflects the most ignorant, stupid and easily influenced by public opinion and environmental factors side of human beings.

Just as he was about to pull the girl away, he suddenly noticed an adult woman exuding amazing charm in the crowd, waving at him in a very subtle way.

Hermione caught this instantly and immediately asked in a not very happy tone: "Who is that? Is it someone you know?"

"Well, a friend I met during the holidays. Sorry, I might have to be absent for a while."

After saying that, Zuo Si handed all the things he had bought to the girl, then turned around, walked around the noisy bookstore, and walked towards where the other person was.

After a while, the two sides met in a deserted alley.

In just less than a second, the beautiful woman who was originally dressed like a British noblewoman instantly turned into a succubus with huge bat wings behind her, horns on her forehead, and feet shaped like sheep's hooves.

She knelt down and presented a worn-looking notebook with both hands. "Master, as you ordered, I have successfully turned the young wizard into my captive. Here is the time reversal spell you requested, as well as his research progress so far in the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic."

"Oh? So fast! You didn't attract anyone's attention?"

Zuo Si took it and flipped through it quickly, recording the contents into the thought library in his mind as quickly as possible, and then returned the notebook.

Because just by looking at the number on the front page and the seal symbolizing top-secret information of the Ministry of Magic, you can tell that this thing was definitely smuggled out from the Department of Mysteries.

If the relevant personnel find that such items are missing, then the Aurors will quickly dispatch and track the magical marks until they know what is missing and arrest the thief.

The succubus shook her head smugly. "No. The internal management of the British Ministry of Magic is even looser and more chaotic than you think. In addition, this human named Kelwin also has the corresponding authority, so no one will find out for a while."

"Well done. Remember, keep a low profile and investigate all the time-related secrets in the Department of Mysteries." Zuo Si quickly gave further instructions.

"clear."

Charm quickly returned to her previous disguise and disappeared into the crowd with graceful steps.

Although she is not as good as a shapeshifter as a spy, she has an innate advantage in seducing men into corruption.

Especially in a world where there is no knowledge of this demon, it is very easy for men to fall captive to its beauty and sweet words.

As for Zuo Si himself, he stood where he was and went over in his mind what he had just seen from beginning to end.

About ten minutes later, he realized why there was no record or information about the "time reversal spell" even in the restricted section of the Hogwarts library.

Because unlike other spells that produce specific results once cast, the effects of the "Time Reversal Spell" are unknown and unstable.

In other words, it cannot be understood by wizards at all.

Even the Department of Mysteries, which is at the forefront of research, can only barely control how long the spell can be rewound, and that's all.

The so-called time converter is the final result of a series of complex and dangerous research.

According to Professor Crocker, if one wants to avoid causing serious harm to the time traveler and the timeline itself, it is best to keep it within five hours.

If this limit is exceeded, even the slightest change may lead to unpredictable and serious consequences due to the aftermath effect.

For example, the witch who was trapped for five days and came back with a body that looked like she had aged five centuries caused at least twenty-five people in reality to disappear because they had never been born.

If these contents had not been recorded and mentioned in detail in the witch's diary, no one else would have noticed it at all.

This is why, starting in 1899, the Ministries of Magic in various countries have successively banned individuals from conducting research and experiments on the "time reversal spell".

All the books on time magic in Hogwarts and other historic magic schools were confiscated and stored in special institutions such as the Department of Mysteries.

"Interesting, it seems that this world's study of time may not be much worse than that of Furen." Zuo Si muttered to himself, stroking his chin.

As far as he knew, there was a legendary magic in Furen called "Great Time Stop".

Unlike the Ninth Ring Arcane Magic - Time Stop, which pulls the caster into an ultra-fast time flow, this spell literally stops time.

除此之外，在多元宇宙中还存在着一种非常罕见、稀有且强大的时光龙，从一出生还是雏龙的时候挑战等级就达到了传奇，可以随意穿梭于过于跟未来。

当然，作为极少数足以媲美真神的存在，时光龙几乎很少会出现在凡人的面前。

总之，“时间逆转咒语”成功挑起了左思对于时间类魔法与能力的兴趣。

尽管他非常清楚，以自己目前所掌握的知识与力量，距离了解和掌控复杂的时间还差得远呢。

但这并不意味着无法把“时间逆转咒语”和“时间转换器”改造成一种可以在战斗中为自己所用的力量。

毕竟哪怕仅仅只是停滞时间，亦或是窥探到一小段未来和回到过去几秒钟，都能在与敌人的交手中建立起无与伦比的优势。

一时之间，左思甚至忘记了封印神孽卷轴可能带来的巨大危害，有些感谢那位来自未来的窃贼，让自己注意到这个世界最有价值的魔法。

如果掌握的时间的力量，区区一个刚诞生不久的神孽就算被放出来又能怎么样？ 他随时可以回到对方被释放出来的时间点，然后将其重新封印。

因为在这个世界，没有任何一个巫师可以对他造成真正意义上的威胁。

正当完成心态上的转变，打算转身回去的时候，突然看到丽痕书店书店门口爆发了剧烈的骚乱。

刚开始由于人太多的关系还看不太清楚，但随着吃瓜群众迅速向两边的散开，很快便露出了两个正扭打在一起的中年人。

一旁的韦斯莱家双胞胎兄弟看热闹不怕乱子大，还站在一旁大声鼓劲道：“加油！狠狠地揍他！爸爸！”

“对！打的眼睛！锤他的鼻子！那地方挨上一下可疼了！”

年幼的金妮则吃惊的张大嘴巴，完全不敢相信平日里总是一副笑呵呵老好人形象的父亲，居然动起手来如此的凶狠狂暴，简直就像一头发怒的熊。

身为妻子的莫丽则厉声尖叫道：“停手！快停手！别这样亚瑟！”

不得不说，亚瑟·韦斯莱和卢修斯马尔福彻粗鲁的斗殴，直接打破了在场不少麻瓜家庭学生们对于纯血巫师宛如贵族般高傲的刻板印象。

他们突然发现，原来巫师并不是只会彬彬有礼挥舞魔杖释放各种法术，而是跟自己的父母没什么两样，生气发怒的时候也会论起拳头狠狠的揍对方。

到头来还是多亏了半巨人海格，强行上前凭借蛮力硬生生把两人分开。

在这场短暂的业余摔跤加拳击赛中，亚瑟的嘴唇被打破了，卢修斯的眼睛则像是被书角砸中当场肿了起来，勉强算是打了个平手。

不用问也知道，当年在上学的时候格兰芬多和斯莱特林学员之间的明争暗斗，让他们在打架斗殴方面都有非常丰富的经验，哪怕到了中年也依旧没有忘记。

“喏！拿着你的书，小丫头，这是你爸爸能给你最好的东西。”

卢修斯用破旧的变形课作为掩护，顺手将伏地魔的日记塞了女孩的手里，然后立刻挣脱海格的束缚手带上儿子转身扬长而去。

很显然，对于他来说把这件危险的魂器扔给金妮可以达到许多目的。

其中之一就是在霍格沃茨内部制造混乱，然后想办法赶邓布利多下台。

另外一点就是可以趁机报复亚瑟这个整天处处找自己麻烦的“纯血家族败类”，让他好好品尝一下什么是痛苦和绝望。

等马尔福父子彻底走远，左思这才不慌不忙的现身，故意装出一副疑惑的样子问：“刚才发生了什么？我好像听到有人提到打架。”

“哈！索斯！你来的刚好！今天爸爸的表现简直神了！他一个人就把马尔福的父亲卢修斯按在地上暴揍。要不是有海格拦着，肯定能把对方的脸打开花。”

乔治添油加醋的开始介绍刚才的打斗的具体过程。

按照他夸张的描述，卢修斯起码应该断上十几根肋骨、内脏大出血、脑浆爆裂，躺在担架上送去做紧急抢救才对。

韦斯莱夫人则气的浑身发抖，强忍着怒火低声说道：“你可真是给孩子们带的好头！当众打架！吉德罗·洛哈特会怎么想？”

“别担心，妈妈。他可高兴了，咱们出来的时候我还听到他在问预言家日报的记者，能不能把打架的事情也写新闻里去，这肯定能引起轰动。”弗雷德不屑的撇了撇嘴。

不用问也知道，聪明的双胞胎已经开始察觉到吉德罗·洛哈特的本质了。

“你不该理他的，亚瑟。大家都知道马尔福一家是个什么货色。走吧，让我们回破釜酒吧喝一杯，然后把这件事情彻底忘掉。”海格瓮声瓮气的安慰道。

“我就是气不过，为什么像那种混蛋居然仍旧可以逍遥法外，甚至还得到了魔法部很多官僚的庇护？”亚瑟愤愤不平的抱怨了一句。

趁着其他人都在关注打架斗殴带来的影响时，左思则已经悄无声息来到金妮身边，掏出自己上学期用的变形课本笑着问道：“介意交换一下吗？”

“交换？为什么？”女孩露出了疑惑之色。

“没什么，这只是一种爱好，我比较喜欢收集旧书之类的东西。”左思随便找了个借口。

很显然，将一本破旧的书换成一本几乎跟没动过一样的新书，任何孩子都不会拒绝，金妮自然也不例外。

她根本没有意识到，就在这次交换中，自己摆脱了一个巨大的危险和麻烦。

得到自己想要的东西，左思的心情立刻变得十分不错，甚至还主动向救世主了个招呼：“好久不见，我听说你这个假期过得很糟糕？”

“是啊，糟糕透了。幸亏罗恩和双胞胎把我救了出来，不然的话估计还被关在卧室里饿肚子呢。”哈利苦笑着吐槽道。

如果可以的话，他真是永远也不想回到那个所谓的“家”了。

尤其是在得知亲生父母的死因，以及自己必须住在那个“家”的理由之后。

“下次你可以试着使用一些法律手段。”左思意味深长的建议道。

“法律手段？”

哈利有些不明所以的眨了眨眼睛。

“没错，法律手段。

根据英国的未成年人保护法，无论是长时间监禁还是不让吃饭，都是非常严重的违法行为。

更不用提还可能涉及到的辱骂、人身攻击和精神虐待。

所以再遇到了类似的情况，你完全可以拿起法律的武器直接选择报警作为威胁。

并且告诉你的姨妈和姨夫如果罪名成立，他们将面临数年的牢狱之灾，以及一大笔巨额的罚款。

除此之外，还可以通过向媒体求救之类的方式进行恐吓。

因为一旦这类事情被曝光，那么你的那两位亲戚以及他们的孩子都将面临来自整个社会层面的强烈谴责。

届时他们的家会被抗议人群围的水泄不通，你的姨夫会因此而丢掉工作，甚至是整个家庭都陷入经济与舆论的双重困境。

所以你没有理由害怕他们，反而应该害怕的是他们才对。”

左思条理清晰的向哈利展示了如何反客为主。

或许对于普通的孩子来说，想要反抗大人，尤其是拥有监护权的大人，可能是一件非常困难的事情。

但对于已经是巫师的哈利·波特来说，搞定德思礼一家简直不要太容易。

反正其母亲留在他身上的保护魔法，只要求与有血缘关系的亲人住在一起即可。

至于感情什么的，根本无关紧要。

咕咚！

听到这番言论之后，无论是罗恩还是哈利本人都下意识咽了口唾沫。

他们第一次意识到，原来左思的可怕并不仅仅只局限于那近乎变态的记忆力与魔法天赋，还有他对于现有法律、规则的理解和运用。

哈利·波特更是在纠结了几秒钟之后才回应道：“如果他们下次还敢这样对我，我会试试你的方法。谢谢。”

“别客气。给你一个忠告，在面对那些喜欢欺软怕硬的家伙时，你越是退缩、越是不反抗，对方就越会得寸进尺。但要是你开始表现得强硬，那么对方就会感到害怕、退缩，甚至是直接导致双方的地位逆转。”

说罢，左思立刻拉着赫敏一起离开书店消失在人流之中。

看着两人离去的背影，哈利不由得微微感叹道：“索斯真的很厉害，不是吗？”

“是啊！他简直就像是个无所不知的怪物，根本不像是我们的同龄人。有时候我甚至会想，邓布利多和神秘人在上学时时候是不是也是这样？”罗恩眼睛里闪过一丝不易被察觉到的羡慕和嫉妒。

尤其当看到赫敏挽着左思胳膊十分亲密的动作时，他不知为何总感觉自己好像突然失去了什么重要的东西。

After finishing the shopping before school started, Zuo Si treated Mr. and Mrs. Granger to a sumptuous meal in Diagon Alley, then parted ways with the reluctant girl and went straight to the Hog's Head Inn in Hogsmeade village.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw his boss Aberforth, the Hogwarts professors who were sitting there drinking, the Minister of Magic Fudge and some officials, and Nicolas Flamel, the greatest alchemist of the time.

Fudge, in particular, immediately smiled and waved his hand. "Ah! The genius of the British wizarding world is finally here. Come over and sit down. We were just discussing those spells and inventions you made during the holidays."

"You're flattering me. How are my spells? Did they pass the test?"

Zuo Si walked to the bar and raised his hand to stop Aberforth from pouring him butterbeer.

Fudge nodded slightly. "Almost. Most of them have passed the test. But the current obstacle is that some of the magic is too destructive. Although it is not black magic, it is also quite dangerous. It is estimated that it will take some more discussion before there is a result."

"How did you come up with the idea for the air hammer technique? It's so useful! I bet that even if someone is cast with the Iron Armor Charm, he would probably die if hit by it." Flitwick, the Charms professor, asked excitedly.

It is not difficult to tell from this attitude that he has already learned this spell in advance and tested it in actual combat.

“It’s simple, it’s still inspired by science.

In this regard, the Muggle world has already had practical applications.

They invented a device called an air booster, or air cannon, that compresses air and releases it at Mach 1.

In this way, blocked pipes can be unclogged instantly.

All I did was replace the technological parts with magic and improve them slightly.”

Zuo Si gave a half-true and half-false answer.

"I see. I found that in some places, the Air Hammer is more suitable than the Crushing Spell. It will definitely become a spell that every wizard needs to master in the future and use it extensively in life."

Professor Flitwick made no secret of his love for this new spell and gave the Air Hammer Spell a very high evaluation.

"Okay, you can find Soth alone to discuss the topic of spells when you have time. We are not gathered here to talk about this."

Snape interrupted Professor Flitwick's intention to continue speaking with a gloomy expression, and turned his gaze to Zuo Si. "Did you bring that thing?"

"Of course, Professor."

Zuo Si slowly took out the magic stone he had made from his pocket and gently placed it on the table in front of countless pairs of eyes.

Click!

As the wooden tabletop made a crisp sound, the breathing of everyone present, including the two Dumbledores, involuntarily quickened.

Obviously, they already knew the ability of the second philosopher's stone through the letter sent by Zuo Si.

Among them, Nicolas Flamel, an expert, was the first to take out his homemade magic magnifying glass, put it on the philosopher's stone and carefully observe the extremely complex magic symbols and patterns on its surface, as well as the magic mercury flowing inside the gem.

After more than ten minutes, he put down the magnifying glass and announced in a trembling voice: "This is a real Philosopher's Stone, and it is more advanced and powerful than the one I made."

"Does it really have the ability to resurrect the dead?" Snape asked, narrowing his eyes.

At this moment, the love saint's hands hidden in his wide robe had been clenched into fists, and he didn't feel the slightest bit when his nails dug into his flesh because he had used too much force.

"I'm sorry, this is not my area of ​​expertise, so I can't give you any answer. But I think we can do an experiment on the spot," Nicolas Flamel suggested with shining eyes.

"What do you think, Albus?"

Minister of Magic Fudge was clearly undecided.

Although he was a little greedy, a little ambitious, and a little power-hungry, he also understood what it meant to be resurrected from the dead.

"I have no objection." The principal responded expressionlessly.

However, Aberforth, the bar owner standing nearby, knew very well that whenever his brother tried to block out all emotions and think with absolute rationality, that was often when his inner emotions fluctuated most violently.

Seeing that Albus Dumbledore had no objection, Snape, who had been unable to contain himself, immediately waved his wand and caught a mouse hiding in a dark corner that was stealing food.

Before the little creature could figure out what was happening, a cry of "Avada eats big melon" and a dazzling green light ended its life.

Snape threw the dead rat onto the table and said to Zuo Si, "Begin your show!"

"As you wish, Professor."

Under the gaze of countless eyes, Zuo Si took out a small bottle of green healing potion from his pocket, then tapped lightly on the side of the magic stone, took out a few drops of magic mercury emitting silver light and poured it in.

After a simple mixing and stirring, the liquid in the medicine bottle emits a dazzling light.

The surging life energy shocked everyone present.

When the liquid was poured onto the corpse, the mouse became lively again in less than ten seconds.

"It's...unbelievable! This...this is simply a miracle!"

A Ministry official began to speak incoherently with excitement.

Because what just killed the mouse was the famous killing curse.

So far, there is no record of anyone other than Harry Potter surviving being killed by this spell.

Not to mention the unheard of situation of resurrection after death.

Albus Dumbledore asked solemnly, "Thorse, do you know what this means?"

"Of course. This means that it will become something that countless people desire and will do whatever it takes to get it." Zuo Si answered casually.

"No! It's not as simple as you think. Old friend, tell him what you went through when you created the first Philosopher's Stone." Albus Dumbledore winked at Nicolas Flamel.

The latter smiled bitterly and said, "I have been hunted for nearly half a century. Both the dark wizards and the Muggle dignitaries who are eager to obtain wealth and immortality are frantically looking for me and the Philosopher's Stone I hold, including the King of France at the time."

"Did you hear me? This is the case with a Philosopher's Stone that can only make people immortal and refine metals like gold, not to mention yours that can bring the dead back to life. I admit that you have created a rare treasure that can be called great, but if you don't handle it well, it will inevitably lead to disastrous consequences."

When saying this, Albus Dumbledore's tone was unprecedentedly serious, and he did not forget to observe Snape's reaction out of the corner of his eye.

He knew better than anyone that the potion master who had chosen to cooperate with him in the past could probably no longer be trusted.

It was bad luck that there were two sudden power outages in a row starting from noon, so I'm a little late today, sorry for that.

(End of this chapter)