Chapter 48: College Cup and the Return
In the hospital wing, Harry woke up from a coma and the beds around him were filled with gifts.
"Good afternoon, Harry" Dumbledore walked in from the door.
"Professor Dumbledore, the Philosopher's Stone, it's Quirrell..."
Harry, who had just woken up from a coma, was a little incoherent.
"Don't worry, you've already defeated him. Although this matter is a secret, it has spread like wildfire. Now the whole school knows it."
Dumbledore picked up the box of Chocolate Frogs, which was empty.
"Looks like your friend Ron saved you some trouble."
"Ron, how is he, and Hermione."
Harry got a little excited when talking about his friend.
"They're nice, and Ronnie is just plain greedy."
Aiden's voice came from the door.
"Aiden!"
Harry greeted Aiden.
"The pendant you gave me is very useful, but it seems to be broken."
"It's okay. I'll rub you a new one later." Aiden winked at Harry.
"Wuhu, it feels so good to be mysterious. No wonder old bees always like this," Aiden felt secretly happy.
Dumbledore on the side smiled but said nothing.
Then, Harry asked about the Philosopher's Stone, and Dumbledore said it had been destroyed. After a brief greeting, Aiden and Dumbledore were driven out of the Hospital Wing by Madam Pomfrey.
"Professor, is the Philosopher's Stone really destroyed?"
Aiden smiled at Dumbledore.
"certainly,"
Dumbledore gave Aiden a wink, and Aiden's hair stood on end.
The next day, Harry, who had recovered, finally got permission from Madam Pomfrey to leave the medical wing.
Before leaving, he was given a bottle of potion.
Inside the hall, the school year has finally come to an end and every little wizard is looking forward to the upcoming summer vacation.
The hall was decorated in green and hung with Slytherin flags. If nothing unexpected happened, everyone already knew who the house cup would belong to.
However, as expected, an accident is going to happen.
"....Of course we also have to take into account what happened recently..."
Dumbledore was as steady as an old dog on the stage, while St. Peter beside him seemed to have noticed something.
"...Miss Hermione Granger, for her intelligence, shall be awarded fifty points. ....Ron Weasley, for his excellent chess skills... shall be awarded fifty points, and Harry Potter, for his courage and extraordinary bravery... shall be awarded sixty points."
"Finally, for sticking to your principles for your friends, Mr. Neville Longbottom, the reward is tenfold."
Thanks to Dumbledore's operation, Gryffindor's score directly surpassed Slytherin.
"Then, we should change the decorations." Dumbledore waved his hand and all the decorations changed.
For the first time, Aiden felt Dumbledore's power so intuitively.
No wand, no spell, just a large-scale transformation spell directly performed on a space of 5,000 cubic meters.
What’s even more terrifying is his meticulous operation. Even the patterns on the replaced flags are so exquisite.
"Hiss~ This kid is so scary, we must not let him stay." Aiden complained.
"Ding, does the host want to kill him before he grows up?"
"Tsk, why don't you go ask that bastard who was typing?" Aiden clicked his lips.
“…”
After Gryffindor was announced as the winner, the entire hall was immersed in a sea of joy, except for Slytherin.
"Tsk, these Slytherins really don't have good relationships with others." Aiden commented sharply.
"It's their fault that they always do whatever it takes." Edmund shrugged.
"Isn't it the same for everyone? Pursuing profit and doing whatever it takes." Ethan seemed to have a different opinion.
"But there should be a bottom line, and the current Slytherin has obviously lost it."
Aiden narrowed his eyes and looked at the young Slytherin wizard.
"Indeed." Oliver said vaguely with food in his mouth.
Finally, the first school year is over and the happy summer vacation life is about to begin.
Professor Flitwick was holding a large bundle of scrolls and distributing them to everyone.
"Dear first-year wizards, in accordance with the requirements of the Statute of Secrecy, in order to prevent young wizards from abusing magic during the holidays, you need to sign this magic agreement."
Aiden took the scroll, which had scattered notes of caution written on it. This scroll was an alchemical item.
"Fuck, I got fooled."
Last time, Professor Flitwick offered Aiden help with the experiment in exchange for a way to bypass the trace thread.
It turns out that the trace thread is an alchemical item. At this moment, Aiden has several ways to bypass the trace thread.
Aiden glared at Professor Flitwick with an accusing look in his eyes.
Professor Flitwick, an old and shrewd man, turned his head away from Aiden.
Aiden had no choice but to modify the agreement when he didn't get a reply. In order to avoid being too conspicuous, Aiden didn't even take out his wand.
Magic power flowed through his fingers, and a tiny Hagalaz (?) rune was engraved in a hidden corner of the agreement, and the agreement was successfully modified by Aiden.
The positioning function and magic detection function were turned off, although my aunt said that these two functions themselves had great flaws.
After signing the agreement, the young wizards came to the Hogwarts train station and boarded the train to go home.
In the car, in the private room, Aiden and his three roommates were chatting.
"Ah, why can't we cast spells during the summer vacation? Damn Ministry of Magic." Oliver was a little resentful.
"Please remove us. It's you. It doesn't matter if we cast spells during the holidays."
Ethan stabbed the indignant Oliver with another blow.
"This agreement uses an alchemical tool called Trace Thread. Its monitoring is very inaccurate and can sense magic around the monitored person, even if the person is not using it," Edmund explained.
"This means that if you are a child of a wizarding family, the Ministry of Magic can monitor your parents' magic.
Even if you are practicing magic yourself at this time, you can still get away with it by claiming to be a parent," Aiden added.
"Then it's targeting wizards from the Muggle world." Oliver shouted.
"Yes, it's sad, that's the truth." Ethan spread his hands.
"Aiden, use your invincible brain to think of a solution!" Oliver turned and looked at Aiden.
"It's not impossible. I'll give it a try. We're not even out of Hogwarts yet." Aiden touched his chin.
Then, Aiden reached out, supported Oliver's head, put his forehead against it, and began to sense Oliver's body.
The magic power flowed through Oliver's body along his blood, carefully examining every corner of his body.
' Where on earth is it? ' Aiden frowned slightly.
"Got it." Suddenly Aiden saw a golden halo on a blood vessel in Oliver's heart.
"It's on the heart!" Aiden was a little surprised.
"Heart. I think I've seen it in the books I have at home."
Edmund looked at Aiden, who nodded at him.
"It's a slavery-type contract, but it should have been modified." Edmund told the truth.
"The Ministry of Magic actually signed this kind of thing for us!" Ethan was a little bit unbelievable.
