There is no doubt that Lily Evans' condition after her resurrection allowed Zuo Si to glimpse the tip of the iceberg of this world's after death.
Because before this, he had always been curious about the god of death mentioned in "The Tales of Beedle the Bard".
If there really is a god of death in this world, then normally no matter whether good or evil, he should never allow any person or soul to disrupt the balance between life and death.
It's like whether it's the evil death god Jaeger of ancient times, or his equally evil successor Melkor, or Kelemvor, who will tear off the death portfolio from Cyric and become the first lawful neutral death god in a few years, they all extremely hate and reject those who escape death through various means.
Because the existence of these people challenges the authority of the god of death.
During the Netherese era when Jaeger was the god of death, he would often seek out arcanists who were about to die and wanted to use longevity potions. He would then create so-called "accidents" to prevent them from drinking the potion and eventually die suddenly in their own rooms.
Melkor was slightly better. He simply liked to create fear to gain the awe of mortals and make them understand that he was always waiting for them at the moment of death.
He even allowed those undead creatures who believed in him to continue to exist, but if they did not believe in him they would be ruthlessly destroyed.
As for the next generation of the God of Death, Kelemvor, he is also committed to fighting the undead creatures and liches wandering in the mortal world.
So if there really is a god of death in this world, then those ghosts wandering around Hogwarts and the dark wizards who use Horcruxes to achieve immortality should all be feeling terrified now.
Coupled with the amnesia that Lily Evans suffered after her resurrection, Zuo Si became more and more convinced that there was no God in this world at all, and that the world to which the soul went after death was also a chaos.
As for the god of death mentioned in the story, the truth should be closer to a powerful wizard back then.
With this thought in mind, Zuo Si soon found Aberforth and Ariana who had just been resurrected in the cemetery of Godric's Hollow.
Just as he expected, the soul of this frail-looking fourteen-year-old girl had completely regressed back to that of a newborn baby. She was even unable to speak or communicate. She was just dancing around and babbling.
As for Aberforth, he was now completely at a loss and panic. He draped a blanket over his sister and kept telling her what had happened that year, trying to wake her up from this strange state.
But unfortunately, for Ariana, who only had the cognitive level of a baby, she couldn't understand what her brother was saying at all. Instead, she was scared by his excited face and burst into tears.
Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, Zuo Si grabbed Aberforth, who was trying to show the family album to the girl, and said in a helpless tone: "Enough! Stop it! Haven't you discovered that she only has the intelligence and cognitive level of a baby?"
"Baby...baby?!"
Aberforth subconsciously stopped all his movements and looked into his sister's blue eyes. He found that there was only baby-like innocence in them, but no sign of wisdom. He immediately couldn't help but question, "How could this be? Ariana was fourteen years old when she died! Not four months old!"
Zuo Si patiently explained: "This involves the world after death.
In fact, it's not just you who is facing this problem, Professor Snape is facing the same problem.
After her resurrection, Lily Evans also suffered from very serious amnesia, but it was not as serious as your sister's. At least her language ability and thinking logic were still clear.
If I'm not mistaken, this is due to the number of years since death.
The longer it takes to die, the more things are forgotten.
Lily Evans had only been dead for a little over a decade, so her amnesia wasn't severe enough to underpin her personality and the knowledge she'd learned.
But Ariana has been dead for almost a hundred years, so it is quite good to be able to successfully call back her original soul.
Now she is almost formatted.
Oh, by the way, I almost forgot that you wizards don’t understand computers and memory, let alone what formatting means.
To put it simply, your sister's soul and memory have been completely deleted, and now she is like a pure and flawless piece of white paper.
In some ways this isn't a bad thing.
At least she will completely forget the terrible things that happened in her childhood, grow up little by little through learning, observing and imitating like a normal child, and eventually become a sunny and healthy girl.
Of course, considering that her body and brain have developed to the level of a fourteen-year-old, this process will be quick, and will only take one or two years at most.
During this period, you may have to prepare to be a stay-at-home dad. "
"You mean... take care of her like a baby?" Aberforth was momentarily shocked.
Because although he had taken care of his sister for a period of time, he had absolutely no experience in taking care of a baby!
Especially for a giant fourteen-year-old baby, at least a woman should be hired to take care of him, otherwise it will be very embarrassing when helping him take a bath or go to the toilet.
But the problem is that we can’t ask anyone to help take care of it.
Because Aberforth had revealed his identity in front of many people at the Hog's Head Inn before, there must be a lot of people staring at him now.
If a fourteen-year-old girl suddenly appeared in the house at that time, everyone would become suspicious.
Especially the extremely sharp and intelligent brother, who would guess the truth almost immediately, rush over to argue with him, and even take Ariana away.
Zuo Si noticed the old man's nervousness and anxiety, and comforted him, "Don't worry, it's not a big problem. I can lend you a house elf, but I'm afraid you have to prepare the house yourself. After hiding your identity for so many years, you should have some savings to buy a house, right?"
"Of course! I can still afford hundreds of thousands of gold Galleons." Aberforth nodded quickly.
Like Snape, ever since he saw his loved one whom he missed day and night come back to life, not only has his mind become muddled by emotions, but his IQ has also been plummeting.
"Then go to Gringotts and exchange some money from the Muggle world. Then control a random Muggle and let him use the money to buy a house in his own name. Then cast a forgetfulness spell on him. In this way, you can quietly bypass the attention of the entire wizarding world and raise Ariana there until she grows up and has the ability to live on her own. You can visit her every few days, but not too often."
Zuo Si gave a full set of suggestions directly.
Considering Ariana's sensitive identity, it would definitely not be possible to keep her in the British wizarding world with its narrow social circle.
Because anyone who sees her iconic deep blue eyes and facial features that are very similar to those of the Dumbledore brothers will easily think of the headmaster of Hogwarts.
On the contrary, due to the Statute of Secrecy, not many wizards would pay attention to the Muggle world.
In addition, London is an international metropolis with a very large permanent population, so the possibility of being discovered is very small.
It's like the best way to hide a drop of water is to throw it into the ocean.
In this way, accompanied by Zuo Si, Aberforth took two days to buy a house in a relatively remote community.
The house-elf Calvi was summoned to take care of Ariana.
After arranging everything, he returned to his residence and began to try to study the "time reversal spell".
Having read the research records of the Department of Mysteries, as well as a large number of related precautions.
Therefore, Zuo Si did not rashly use the spell directly, but first tried to trace its source, that is, to obtain a stable spell structure.
Then use this spell structure to create a magic item similar to the time-turner and conduct a large number of experiments.
For example, put a few bird snakes bought at a high price in it, and then activate the magic items to observe their state after the time reversal ends.
As a result, on the first attempt, all four bird snakes degenerated into silver eggs under the influence of time magic.
"Incredible! It turns out that this magic does not affect the surrounding environment, but one or several specific individuals. But if it is improved, it can be turned into an attack spell, which can reverse or increase their age." Zuo Si touched his chin with an excited expression.
There is no doubt that time magic is the most complex and magical magic he has ever come into contact with.
However, when the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic was conducting research, all time travel and peeping into the future were strictly prohibited.
That's why the time turner can only go back to the past but not travel into the future.
After all, what happened in the past is known, and even if we travel back in time, we can avoid having too much impact on the timeline through human efforts.
But the future is completely unknown, and any insignificant action may cause a chain reaction.
Therefore, banning the glimpse into the future is definitely a very wise choice.
If Zuo Si guessed correctly, the witch who was trapped for five days and aged as if five centuries had passed was probably because she was affected by the time reversal spell, not because she really spent five centuries in the past timeline.
Even a long-lived wizard cannot live for 500 years without the help of a longevity potion made from the Philosopher's Stone.
In the next few days, he became completely obsessed with time magic and kept experimenting with magic props and birds and snakes.
In the end, the four young bird snakes that were originally only the size of a palm all turned into giant monsters with a body length of more than seven meters.
Obviously, this is all the result of the magic of time acting on them.
Zuo Si directly made it into a creature summoning card, thus completing the first phase of research on the "time reversal spell".
Through a lot of experiments and observations, as well as his understanding of Faerun's unique magic system, he has almost mastered the technique of making time act on a target for a short period of time.
Although the duration cannot exceed one minute, and it is absolutely impossible to use this method to cause a creature to directly age and die or degenerate back to its pre-birth state. The most it can do is turn it into an old man or a child of a few years old.
But even so, it can instantly gain a huge advantage in a battle of equal strength.
In addition to this, if this spell is used on older and more powerful summoned creatures such as dragons, it can also cause them to instantly go from adult to old age, from old age to ancient dragon, or even to the ancient age group.
The only drawback is that it consumes too much energy.
If this spell is cast using the spellcasting method of this world, it will drain almost half of the magic power of a LV17 wizard in one go.
Converting to Faerun's spellcasting method requires at least a ninth-level spell slot.
fortunately!
Zuo Si's real power comes from the planeswalker, so he combined the two spellcasting methods to create the magic card [Reverse a Thousand Years].
When this spell takes effect, the target creature's age will instantly advance by a maximum of one thousand years or regress by a maximum of one thousand years, depending on the caster's choice, but the maximum upper limit will not exceed the creature's age and lifespan.
In other words, if a dragon has lived for more than a thousand years, he can naturally become two thousand years old, or several dozen years old, or even one or two hundred years old under the influence of this spell.
But if it were a shorter-lived person, the fluctuation would only be a few decades at most.
In short, after testing, Zuo Si was quite satisfied with the power and effect of this magic card.
With the invention of the spell [Reverse a Thousand Years] and its production as a card, the number of card draws immediately increased by one, and including the previously accumulated unused times, the total number reached ten.
Without any hesitation, he chose to start smoking on the spot.
In the blink of an eye, ten cards shining with different luster appeared out of thin air in the palm of his hand.
The most eye-catching one is undoubtedly the Earthshaker from the Zendikar plane.
Like the Platecrusher and the Orlanli Hydra, this is also a super-giant creature, and its size can easily reach the size of a football field when it reaches adulthood.
Apart from having a trunk and more than one pair of solid tusks like an elephant, its appearance is more similar to that of a dinosaur such as Triceratops. Its entire body is covered with a hard stratum corneum several meters thick, and its head is wrapped in layers of bones like a huge crown, with even sharp horns on the top.
Once this terrifying behemoth begins to charge, violent vibrations can be felt within dozens of kilometers around it, hence the name "Earth-shaker". Almost no city walls or fortifications can withstand its impact.
And like [Olanli Hydra], [Earthshaker Elephant] can also grow infinitely according to the number of green land cards.
It's just that it doesn't have any special abilities. It only continuously stacks physical attack power, defense power, size and vitality. It is the ultimate melee unit.
The appearance of [Earthshaker] once again made Zuo Si have a strong desire to visit the Zendikar plane.
Because that place is simply a paradise for planeswalkers. Whether it is the magical energy that is abundant to the point of overflowing, or the super-giant creatures and elements that evolved in the high-magic environment, they all make him drool.
You have to know that [Olanli Hydra], [Earthshaker] and [Plate Crusher] can only be considered "little guys" at best in Zendikar.
The truly huge ones are like an entire living island with the characteristics of the earth element, and the super water elements, fire elements, and wind elements that cover the sky and even dozens of kilometers in radius. They are considered to be a bit impressive.
But when he thought of the three Eldrazi titans sealed in it, Zuo Si immediately suppressed this impulse and desire.
No, the time is not right yet, I am still too weak...
He warned himself in his heart.
Of course, in addition to [Earth-Shaking Elephant], Zuo Si also drew a [Joining Corpse Skull].
After this thing is summoned, it becomes a giant tentacle monster that looks very disgusting, but you can gain some of the opponent's abilities by killing the target and devouring the spliced corpse.
For example, if it devours and controls a red dragon, it may gain the ability to breathe fire. If it kills a green dragon, it may become acid mist or poison.
Anyway, the more corpses it devours, the stronger its combat power will be.
However, what really interested Zuo Si was the small words on the last line of the card description. This work was custom-made by the necromancy wizard Ludewei according to customer requirements.
Because the name reminded him of another time and space full of Gothic horror style - Innistrad.
Unlike Zendikar, which is full of magic, Innistrad is a relatively barren world filled with black negative energy.
If all dead people are not handled properly, there is a high probability that they will automatically transform into undead creatures.
Werewolves and vampires are the most distinctive creatures in the area.
As for humans, they can only barely resist the invasion of these dark monsters with the help of angels.
One of the ancient planeswalkers who sealed the three Eldrazi titans on Zendikar, the vampire Sorin Markov, was born in Innistrad.
The necromancy wizard Ludewei is the most outstanding necromancy alchemist and expert in creating corpse-snaking creatures in this time and space.
"After Zendikar, is it Innistrad again? It seems that the owner of the legacy has been to many places." Zuo Si muttered to himself while staring at the cards in his hand.
After putting away the two recognizable summoning cards, he quickly scanned the remaining magic cards and found that most of them were necromancy, blood magic, and curse magic related to the time and space of Innistrad.
Among them, the users of necromancy are basically necromancers like Ludevic, necromancers and splicers, as well as another kind of necromancer called ghoulherd.
The former is to obtain new undead creatures by dismembering and reassembling corpses, while the latter is a simple and crude method of infinite resurrection and control of corpses.
If the number and strength of undead creatures controlled by Faerûn's Necromancers is directly linked to their own spellcasting level, then the characteristic of Innistrad's Wightherds is that there is no upper limit to the control of the undead.
As long as they had enough corpses and magic power, they could pull up all the human and animal corpses buried in an entire cemetery overnight to use as cannon fodder.
In order to prevent this from happening, the humans of Innistrad would even use iron cages to nail the coffins buried underground completely.
As for blood magic, vampires are best at it.
By controlling and sucking blood, these magics can not only be used to carry out large-scale killings, but also to strengthen oneself.
Since Zuo Si happened to turn the vampire queen Badi into a summoned creature under his control, these spells can still be of some use.
In comparison, the curse magic used by the werewolves is much inferior. It is estimated that it can only be studied and borrowed, and then made into potions or taught to the little werewolves in the Mage Tower in other ways to slightly enhance their combat effectiveness at night.
Just as Zuo Si threw ten cards into the deck, the house-elf North hurried in from outside with a copy of the Daily Prophet and dozens of letters.
"Master, the Ministry of Magic has finally announced that you have created the second Philosopher's Stone."
"Oh? What does the newspaper say?" Zuo Si asked with interest.
After hearing this, Zuo Si immediately said sarcastically, "It's just as I expected.
A timid bureaucrat like Fudge simply does not have the courage to make the truth public. At best, he would only reach some unknown secret deals with those powerful pure-blood families in private.
Perhaps it won’t be long before those wizards who died in the last war will be resurrected one by one.
Likewise, the world will become more and more interesting.”
"You mean, Fudge will allow the resurrection of those who have been dead for more than ten years?" North opened his mouth in surprise.
"Of course. As long as those pure-blood families praise his achievements a little bit and give him a large sum of money privately through donations, Fudge will definitely approve some dead wizards to participate in the so-called resurrection experiment.
Even if there were objections within the Ministry of Magic, he could refute it by using excuses such as obtaining family consent.
But I am curious, which of these pure-blood families will be the first to get restless."
As he said this, there was a chilling light in Zuo Si's eyes.
You have to know that the number of deaths during the First Wizarding War was quite staggering.
At the height of the war, there was little difference between the Ministry's Aurors and the Death Eaters.
当时的魔法执法司司长巴蒂乌斯·克劳奇，甚至以正义之名颁布了临时法案，允许手下合法使用三大不可饶恕咒，去杀死、控制和折磨他们认为是敌人目标。
霍格沃茨副校长麦格教授的一个兄弟——小罗伯特·麦格，就是在这种你死我活的残酷斗争中死于食死徒之手。
至于纯血家族方面更是损失惊人。
尤其是二十八纯血之一的布莱克家族，有资格继承家业的男性成员只剩下小天狼星这一根独苗，还被关在阿兹卡班等死。
所以当得知这个世界上出现了一种可以让人死而复生的方法后，无论是出于实际需求还是情感上的因素，都会有一大堆人想要复活自己的亲人和朋友。
面对如此汹汹而来的民意，魔法部想要完全拒绝或是视而不见是不可能的。
这些情况在左思将魔法石交给福吉的时候就已经预料到了。
“关于这一点，我想您读过这些信件就应该知道了。”
说着，诺斯将怀里抱着的厚厚一摞信封双手奉上。
看到那一个个印有家族徽章的红色蜡封，左思随手拿起了其中几个，似笑非笑的调侃道：“埃弗里家族，我记得他们家应该有成员加入过食死徒。
卡罗家族，又是一个出了好几个食死徒的家族。
还有诺特家族、罗齐尔家族、塞尔温家族、特拉弗斯家族……
果然一个个都忍不住跳出来了呢。
看来上次大战的惨败，让他们都损失了不少重要的成员。
另外，这些信件的措辞和称谓也非常有趣，从阁下到大师几乎无一例外都是敬语。
按照纯血贵族的高傲，他们不是应该对我这个麻瓜出身的学生蔑称为泥巴种吗？
为什么突然之间改变了态度呢？”
家养小精灵思索了片刻立马回答道：“我认为这可能是跟邓布利多校长对外宣布，你身上流淌着高贵邓布利多家族血脉的缘故吧。通过这篇报道，整个魔法界恐怕已经没有人会再视您为麻瓜出身了。”
左思轻轻摇了摇头：“不，你错了，诺斯。这根我身上是否流淌着邓布利多家族的血液没有任何关系，而是因为我制作出了能够让人死而复生的第二颗魔法石。简单来说，这些纯血家族敬畏的从来都不是血脉，而是实实在在看得见、摸得着的力量。”
“那这些信件要怎么处理？需要我替您写回信吗？”家养小精灵用不是很确定的语气问。
“没有这个必要。纯血家族那套落后于时代的东西注定要被扫进历史垃圾堆，所以别看他们现在还很风光，掌握着惊人的财富、权势和巨大影响力，但也风光不了多久了。把这些信都扔到火里烧掉，就当从来没有收到过好了。”
左思不以为意将手里的信扔到桌子上，连扫一眼内容的兴趣都没有。
因为就算不看他大概知道里边都写了些什么。
无非就是想要通过拉拢、贿赂、走后门等的方式，为自己家族死去的成员争取一个复活名额。
作为魔法石的拥有者，他在这方面拥有说一不二的绝对权力。
“明白了，稍后我会把这些信都扔到壁炉里烧掉。
顺便提醒一句，后天就是霍格沃茨开学的日子，我已经为您准备好了行礼，箱子就放在客厅的角落里。
另外，请不要忘记在开学后第二个星期的周末前往魔法部神秘事物司。
您答应了福吉部长会跟他见上一面，并且讨论一些关于死而复生实验的具体细节。”
此刻的诺斯就如同一个合格的管家，将这栋房子里的一切都安排得妥妥当当。
两天的时间一晃就过去了。
当九月一号这个特殊的日子到来时，非常罕见睡了整整十二个小时安稳觉的左思从床上爬起来，先去浴室洗漱了一番，然后换上一套普通的休闲服。
吃过家养小精灵精心烹制的早餐后，他便拎着箱子来到国王十字车站。
穿过那个用魔法伪装的九又四分之三站台，通往霍格沃茨的特快列车就这样凭空出现在眼前。
与去年一样，在发车前的这段时间总给人一种闹哄哄的感觉。
由于英国魔法界经历了长达十年的难得和平期，所以巫师们迎来了一波很高的人口增长和婴儿潮。
孩子多，有资格入学的自然也就会比较多。
一眼望去，随处都能看到正在跟父母道别的低年级学生。
除此之外，还有不少久别重逢，正在向小伙伴们展示一些自己假期获得的有趣东西。
比如说韦斯莱家的双胞胎，就在向其他人兜售自己的小发明。
从鼓鼓囊囊的钱袋不难看出，他们绝对是小赚了一笔。
不过当左思出现之后，在场不管是学生还是家长都下意识停止手里的动作，投来了或是惊讶、或是好奇、或是敬畏的目光。
毕竟最近几天，《预言家日报》和《巫师周刊》全都是长篇累牍关于他的内容。
其中既有对之前魔法卷轴和咒语存储技术的赞誉，也有闹得沸沸扬扬的第二颗魔法石。
在一些稍微知道点内情的人眼中，左思早就已经不再是霍格沃茨的学生那么简单，而是一颗冉冉升起的新星。
哪怕是以现在取得的成就都可以被冠以“伟大”的头衔，更不用提他还那么的年轻，甚至没有跨出人生道路的第一步。
无视了那些异样的眼神和目光，左思十分淡然的走上火车，径直来到最后一个车厢坐下来。
而这个座位，恰好就是他上学期往返霍格沃茨坐过的专属位置。
当汽笛被拉响，火车即将要出发的时候，赫敏身影才气喘吁吁的出现在车厢门口。
跟一年级时还不懂得打扮自己不同，她今天不仅把原本蓬松的头发烫直且梳理的整整齐齐，而且原本标志性的门牙也在魔法咒语的作用下被缩小了很多，看起来已经颇有点亭亭玉立的少女风情。
即便是只穿着一件白色衬衫加牛仔裤，也就一让人感觉眼前一亮。
“你差一点就赶不上火车了。”左思面带微笑的提醒了一句。
“没办法，女孩子出门前总是要稍微花点时间打扮一下的。更何况你不说也说过，只要还差一秒钟没有到规定时间就不算迟到吗？”
女孩俏皮的眨了眨眼睛，然后将手里的箱子放到行李架上，自己则一屁股做到了对面。
“给，喝点水擦擦汗吧。”
左思十分贴心的送上了一包面巾纸和一瓶矿泉水。
赫敏也不客气，接过来便拧开瓶盖咕咚咕咚的喝下去大半，然后用面巾纸轻轻擦拭脸颊、额头和脖子上的汗珠。
由于化了装的关系，她擦拭的动作非常小心，生怕把自己弄成大花脸。
等做完这一切，女孩才长长的出了一口气：“呼——谢谢，总算是可以歇一会儿了。知道吗？从进入车站开始我就一直在不停的快跑，简直都快要累死了。”
“下次记得提前预留出半个小时，这样就不会出现眼下这种情况了。”左思微笑着建议道。
身为过来人，他曾经闲着无聊大概计算过女性出门时化妆所需要花费的时间。
一般来说，十分钟到二十分钟左右大部分都能搞定，像赫敏这种才开始学习化妆不久的女孩可能需要的时间长一点，但半个小时也差不多足够了。
至于那种长达一两个小时的精致装扮，只有在出席重要场合或者婚礼的时候才会偶尔用到。
听到这番话，少女瞬间愣住了。
就在她想要开口追问左思究竟是怎么知道自己化妆要半小时的时候，乔治和弗雷德带着金妮突然闯了进来，异口同声的问：“你们看到哈利和罗恩了吗？”
“没有。怎么，他们俩失踪了吗？”赫敏下意识追问道。
“该死！我找遍了这辆列车都没有看到哈利和罗恩的踪迹。所有人都声称没有见过他们。爸爸妈妈都快要急疯了。”乔治脸上浮现出一丝紧张和焦虑。
就在他说话的功夫，发车的时间终于到了。
伴随着刺耳的汽笛与蒸汽机带动车轮发出的响声，霍格沃茨特快终于沿着铁轨开始加速，没过多久便穿过了一道山谷，行驶在一些不为人知的隐秘通道中。
正当几人激烈讨论哈利和罗恩可能会跑到什么地方去，是不是被绑架了之类的最坏情况时，一辆蓝色的破旧汽车突然凭空出现在头顶的蓝天之上。
只不过由于精神太过集中的关系，并没有谁注意到这一点。
无奈之下，左思只能用力咳嗽了一声，指着头顶的天空提醒道：“你们看，这车是不是韦斯莱先生停在自家仓库的那辆？”
“什么？噢——我的天呐！那上边是哈利和罗恩！”
弗雷德迅速从口袋里掏出一个魔法望远镜，看清楚了坐在车里的两人。
"These two bastards! They didn't even invite us to such an exciting thing as driving a flying car to school?" George slammed his fist on the table indignantly.
Compared to her brothers who were not in tune with her, Ginny undoubtedly realized the seriousness of the problem. She immediately covered her face and cried, "It's over! Dad will definitely get into big trouble because of this car, and Mom will want to strangle Ron to death with her own hands."
"Yes! According to the regulations of the Ministry of Magic's Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Department, this car has violated at least seventeen to twenty laws. If you add that Mr. Arthur himself is the law enforcer of this department and he broke the law knowingly, it would not be surprising if he was sent to Azkaban for a year or two, as long as the trial and execution were a little stricter." Zuo Si analyzed pretentiously.
In fact, he himself had never taken the Ministry of Magic's messy decrees seriously.
Because in his opinion, these laws, rules and prohibitions are a complete joke.
One need only look at Arthur Weasley himself to see what kind of people the law enforcers and legislators of the British Ministry of Magic are.
Although this middle-aged man is an iconic good guy from any perspective, good people do not necessarily make good legislators and law enforcers.
Apart from anything else, the fact that he deliberately left loopholes for himself when formulating the law should be enough to make an example of others and he should be sent to prison.
In the wizarding world where nepotism is so rampant, it is simply a dream to want to enforce the law impartially.
Even Bartius Crouch, who was considered ruthless and impartial by outsiders, would secretly get his son out of prison for personal reasons, not to mention other wizards.
However, the twins and Ginny didn't know this. After listening to Zuo Si's alarmist remarks, they immediately began to worry about the troubles their father might encounter.
When it got dark, the train finally slowly stopped at the platform.
Since the second-year students no longer needed to take the extremely inconvenient water route, the group quickly entered the castle hall in a carriage pulled by the Night Thestrals.
When Zuo Si said goodbye to Hermione and prepared to go to the Slytherin College table, Professor McGonagall, holding the list of freshmen, suddenly came over from a distance, pointed to where the headmaster and other professors were sitting and said, "Your seat is over there."
"So I am half a professor?" Zuo Si asked in surprise.
"That's right. You are now a professor even though you are a student. However, except in class, you do not have the right to deduct or add points to other students." Professor McGonagall explained patiently. "Here, this is your class schedule for this semester."
"Thank you so much."
Zuo Si took the class schedule and glanced at it. Then, under the gaze of countless students, he nodded to the principal and found an empty seat to sit down.
But just as his butt touched the chair, Gilderoy Lockhart came over impatiently and put on his professional smile: "Ah! Isn't this the famous wizard genius! The rising star! The pioneer of magic scrolls and spell storage technology, the alchemist who created the second philosopher's stone - Soth? Nice to meet you, I'm Gilderoy Lockhart, I believe geniuses like us will get along very happily."
"I also look forward to spending a joyful semester with you."
There was a barely perceptible dangerous gleam in Zuo Si's eyes.
Because just now, he had already thought about who to give Voldemort's diary to in order to test the specific working principles of the Horcrux.
Poor Gilderoy Lockhart hadn't realized how dangerous a person had targeted him. Instead, he smiled happily and nodded, "Of course! I promise that by the end of the semester, we will all gain great fame and wealth that ordinary people will never get in their lifetime. By the way, do you mind if I join you in your research next time? I can give you some good advice and experience in many areas."
"No problem. I very much welcome voluntary individuals like you to join." Zuo Si agreed without even thinking about it.
"That's great! I wish us a pleasant cooperation!"
Gilderoy Lockhart did not notice the emphasis Zuo Si put on the word "individual" and thought he could get the other party's fame for free.
In this way, he could claim in his next book that it was with his help that Zuo Si achieved his later success.
After watching Gilderoy Lockhart return to his seat, Zuo Si finally took the time to observe other people.
You won’t know the result until you see it, and you’ll be shocked when you see it.
Severus Snape, who always dressed in a gloomy manner, had a sudden impulse today. He changed his unchanging black robe into a sexy dark green one. His hair was no longer greasy as usual, but instead showed an indescribable elegance. He also exuded a faint scent of cologne.
What a fellow! Zuo Si exclaimed, What a fellow!
A man who is nourished by love is indeed different! Why the hell don't you bring Lily Evans directly to Hogwarts for Harry Potter and Dumbledore to meet? That would be much simpler! However, the headmaster was currently preoccupied with other matters and did not notice the changes in Snape's temperament and dress.
Otherwise, I would be exposed in a minute.
"Professor, don't you think you are too conspicuous now?"
Zuo Si then picked up the cup to drink water and whispered a reminder in Snape's ear.
"Don't worry. I placed Lily in a place where no one can find her. Even if Dumbledore finds out, it doesn't matter because he will never have any evidence. Compared to this matter, how to deal with the relationship with Potter is a big trouble." Snape answered confidently in the same low voice.
I don't know if it was because he was avenging his wife's theft or because he was about to become a stepfather, but when he mentioned Harry Potter, the look in his eyes was no longer one of naked and undisguised disgust, but rather a look of care from an elder.
If the savior saw this look, he would probably be so scared that the hairs on his body would stand up, and he might even have nightmares when he sleeps at night...
(End of this chapter)