Chapter 146: The Problem with the Fidelius Charm
Early the next morning, when Aisen arrived at the Great Hall for breakfast, he found it to be incredibly lively.
Many people were discussing the Dementors at the school, and quite a few were talking about Sirius Black, who had escaped from Azkaban. But even more were discussing the Savior, Harry Potter.
Draco, in particular, when telling stories to the other students in Slytherin, even put on a fainting act to mock Harry's embarrassing moment when he fainted.
However, many Little Wizards from Hufflepuff were impressed by the Disarming Charm Harry cast before he fainted.
"I was right across the aisle at the time, you didn't see it, Harry fighting the Dementors, that overwhelming red light almost blinded me—"
"Yeah, it's unbelievable, Harry's Disarming Charm is that powerful now!"
"That's not surprising at all, I mean, Harry defeated He Who Must Not Be Named when he was just a baby, and last year he found the entrance to the Chamber of Secretsand faced the Basilisk with the Professors! Now look, it's perfectly normal for him to be able to contend with Dementors!"
Listening to the Little Wizards' conversation, Aisen's mouth twitched slightly, suppressing the urge to laugh out loud. After finishing his Cornish pasty in a few bites and drinking some orange juice, he went straight outside the Castle.
The new school year at Hogwarts was full of vitality, but unfortunately, the Dementors guarding the entrances were particularly unpleasant.
Aisen sat unconcernedly on the stone steps outside that extended to the edge of the lawn, his thoughts gradually drifting.
Speaking of which, from the beginning to the end of this new school year, there is no mention of Voldemort at all. The events of this school year basically revolve around the escaped Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew.
After Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban, everyone at the Ministry of Magic thought his target would be Harry Potter, who was attending Hogwarts. Therefore, after Harry inflated his aunt during the summer, not only was he not punished, but Minister Fudge himself arranged for him to stay at the Leaky Cauldron.
Harry comfortably lived at the Leaky Cauldron for a full month. Afterwards, when he went to King's Cross Station, the Ministry of Magic even sent two cars to escort him.
It is clear that the Ministry of Magic's purpose was to protect Harry and prevent him from being harmed by Sirius Black.
But Aisen knew that the reason Sirius escaped was not to attack Harry at Hogwarts, but because he saw a photo of the Weasley family traveling in Egypt in The Daily Prophet. In the photo, Scabbers, perched on Ron's shoulder, caught his attention.
Others might not know Scabbers' true identity, but Sirius Black knew it perfectly. Of course. The reason for all this goes back to when Harry's parents were killed by Voldemort over a decade ago.
Harry's father, James, was friends with both Sirius Blackand Peter Pettigrew. Sirius Black was also Harry's godfather.
To hide from Voldemort, James and Lily used the Fidelius Charm on their house in Godric's Hollow and made Sirius Black their Secret Keeper.
As a result, Sirius Black was afraid of being betrayed and Voldemort finding out that he was the Secret Keeper. So, after discussing it with James, he changed the Secret Keeper to Peter Pettigrew.
However, this act was a bit too reckless. Peter Pettigrewimmediately sold their information to Voldemort. What happened next was quite natural, Voldemort killed Harry's parents.
Afterwards, everyone thought that Sirius Black had betrayed them to Voldemort. But only he knew that Peter Pettigrew was the real culprit.
Because of this, he furiously pursued Peter Pettigrew, but unfortunately, Peter Pettigrew managed to escape. When Peter Pettigrew escaped, he blew up a street and also deliberately cut off one of his fingers to create the illusion that he was killed by Sirius. Afterwards, he transformed into the rat Scabbers using his Animagus form and had been living in Ron's house ever since.
As for Sirius Black, he became the biggest scapegoat. He was sent directly to Azkaban without a trial and was imprisoned for twelve years.
Originally, the disheartened Sirius Black had already given up hope. But unexpectedly, he suddenly saw Peter Pettigrew's figure in the newspaper. At this point, Sirius Black regained his fighting spirit and escaped from Azkaban directly. Because for him, if he could catch Peter Pettigrew, all the charges against him could be cleared.
If the plot followed the original story, then unfortunately, Sirius Black not only failed to catch Peter Pettigrew, but he himself also had to go into hiding outside.
Of course, none of this was a big deal to Aisen.
However, Aisen was still very curious about the Fidelius Charm. It is said that the Fidelius Charm is a very complex Charm that can hide information about something or someone deep within the soul of the Secret Keeper. Unless the Secret Keeper willingly speaks or writes down the hidden secrets.
This means that others cannot use methods like Legilimency or the Imperius Charm to steal the hidden information from the Secret Keeper. Of course, although the Fidelius Charm is amazing, Aisen obviously has no use for it.
However, what he found strange was, since the Fidelius Charm requires a Secret Keeper, why weren't Harry's parents their own Secret Keepers?
If the rule of the Fidelius Charm was that you couldn't be your own Secret Keeper, that would be pure nonsense. You know, later Bill Weasley became the Secret Keeper for Shell Cottage.
Or even if you really couldn't be your own Secret Keeper, James and Lily could have been each other's Secret Keepers. If they became each other's Secret Keepers and lived together in the protected house, wouldn't they be safe forever?
Clearly, this is a logical loophole. However, to be honest, if this loophole were closed and James and Lily could indeed be Secret Keepers, then the world of Harry Pottermight not have been able to unfold at all.
"Professor Aisen! What are you doing here?" Hagrid's voice interrupted Aisen's thoughts.
Aisen stood up, cast a Freshness Charm on himself, and looked at Hagrid approaching him. Hagrid, wearing a mole-skin coat, was beaming, seeming to be in a good mood.
"Nothing—what are you going to do?" Aisen said casually, pointing to the dead ferret Hagrid was still clutching.
"My first class is about to start, right after lunch, so I need to do some preparation!" When mentioning class, Hagridsuddenly had a radiant look about him.
"Hagrid, are you going to introduce magical creatures to the students in your first class?" Remembering what was about to happen, Aisen felt it was necessary to remind Hagrid.
"That's right, Buckbeak is a very gentle fellow, he's sure to be popular!" Hagrid was beaming, with a look of anticipation in his eyes.
"Uh, Hagrid, I have to remind you!" Aisen hesitated for a moment, then said, "You're very good at handling magical creatures, but those students don't have your skills. I mean, you need to keep a close eye on those students, don't let them cause any trouble!"
"Don't worry, Professor Aisen, I'll be prepared!" Hagridconfidently patted his chest with one hand.
"By the way, how is the puppy I gave you growing?" Aisen, who had nodded, seemed to have thought of something and asked Hagrid with interest.
"Oh, that little fellow is very cute, just a bit mischievous." Hagrid raised an eyebrow, then thanked Aisen: "But I like him very much, thank you, Professor Aisen!"
Waving his hand, Aisen said nothing. After parting ways with Hagrid, it was already nine o'clock. At this time, the first class of the new school year was basically about to start.
Aisen didn't pay much attention to this. After entering the Castle and arriving at his office, Aisen disappeared with a flash and went to his secret base.
Chapter 147: A String of Unfortunate Events
Regarding the secret base carved into the Antarctic glacier, Professor Aisen has currently opened up three rooms inside. Besides the initial Alchemy Laboratory, there is also a small bedroom and a partitioned room.
The small bedroom is just a preparation; Professor Aisencurrently has no plans to stay here long-term. The partitioned room was specifically opened up earlier for the purpose of studying the Dementors.
Due to the Undetectable Extension Charm applied, the space within the entire secret base is already quite spacious. As for whether to open up space for other purposes, Professor Aisen feels he will consider it later if needed.
After Professor Aisen's figure appeared out of thin air in the partitioned room, his attention was drawn to the crystal ball holding the Dementors. It could be seen that the runes above the crystal ball were continuously absorbing the energy converted from the surroundings and pouring it non-stop into the crystal ball below.
Inside the crystal ball, the Dementors constantly writhed, but were trapped by a circle of chains around them, unable to escape no matter what. After the energy poured into it was absorbed by the silver chains, the silver glow emitted became even more brilliant.
Opposite, in another crystal ball, faint grey glimmers were already showing through. These glimmers were almost imperceptible, and if one didn't look closely, they were nearly invisible.
Watching all of this, Professor Aisen's face showed a satisfied smile, and then he apparated into the adjacent Alchemy Laboratory.
On the long transparent table about a foot away from the ice wall, a regular Witch's robe was spread out. The reason the Witch's robe was laid out here was that Professor Aisen wanted to apply magic to it, making it into an item similar to an Anti-Jinx Hat.
Next to the table was a transparent cabinet, which contained the Basilisk eyes and Basilisk fangs that Professor Aisen had previously acquired.
Sitting down on the chair behind the long table, ProfessorAisen picked up the Witch's robe from the table and set it aside.
Actually, making an item similar to an Anti-Jinx Hat is a very simple matter for Professor Aisen at the moment. Thinking about it carefully, one would know that the effect of an Anti-Jinx Hat is actually similar to the Shield Charm to a certain extent.
Therefore, Professor Aisen was confident in replicating an item similar to an Anti-Jinx Hat. However, the Anti-Jinx Hat can only deflect some not-so-powerful spells and jinxes. Professor Aisen was not satisfied with this effect, so he wanted to continue researching Alchemy to pursue the refinement of even more powerful magical items.
After taking out 'Ancient Alchemy Secrets', ProfessorAisen immersed himself in the ocean of knowledge. Due to Professor Aisen's own exceptionally strong physical condition and the magic he had applied, he didn't feel the surrounding cold at all.
Time slowly flowed by, and when Professor Aisenreturned to Hogwarts again, it was already evening. When he arrived at the Great Hall intending to eat, he heard two pieces of gossip that caused a great stir.
The first matter happened in Divination Class in the North Tower.
It's unclear if Hogwarts was affected by the Dementors, but in Divination Class, the Little Wizards were frightened by Professor Trelawney's prophecies.
Because Professor Trelawney made bad prophecies for almost every Little Witch. For example, Neville Longbottom, Professor Trelawney mentioned his grandmother in Divination Class, causing Neville to be terrified, fearing that something might happen to his grandmother.
And Parvati Patil was also scared by ProfessorTrelawney, telling her to beware of red-haired men. This prophecy caused Parvati to have to keep a considerable distance from Ron.
Not only that, Professor Trelawney also made other prophecies, for example, in February, a malignant flu would hit Hogwarts causing classes to be suspended. Around Easter, someone would leave everyone forever.
Combined with her later prophecy about Harry regarding the so-called 'ill omen', it seemed to indicate that around Easter, Harry Potter the Savior would be killed by the ill omen.
Besides what happened in Divination Class, another thing also caused a great stir, which was that an accident occurred in Hagrid's first class.
Even though Professor Aisen had already warned Hagrid, the accident still happened. Of course, Professor Aisenactually knew exactly what happened. Under Hagrid's guidance, Harry not only stroked the Hippogriff Buckbeakbut also rode on its back for a flight in the sky.
As a result, Draco, ill-fatedly, also wanted to go up and ride Buckbeak. However, he didn't follow Hagrid's instructions and ended up getting injured by Buckbeak.
One unfortunate event after another occurred, and a heavy atmosphere quickly spread through the Castle.
'Harry, don't worry, didn't Professor McGonagall say? Divination is one of the least accurate subjects in magic.' Hermione seemed completely unaffected, comforting Harry in a very calm tone.
'But Professor Aisen said back in the first year, didn't he? He said that Professor Trelawney is the kind of person who has the talent to predict the future through Divination!' Harry retorted in a muffled voice.
Although Professor McGonagall did say in Transfiguration Class that Professor Trelawney's annual prophecy of a student's death had never come true, Harrycouldn't feel happy when he thought that he had actually seen the large black dog that Professor Trelawney had prophesied.
'But Professor Aisen also said that Professor Trelawneycan predict the future to a certain extent. She can't predict the future completely!' Hermione said nonchalantly.
'Don't worry, Harry. That large black dog might just be a coincidence. Look, the Dementors are still guarding the entrance to Hogwarts, Sirius Black can't get in!' This was Ron's comfort.
For a moment, the three of them fell silent.
'Have you seen Hagrid? Something like that happening in his first class is truly terrible!' Hermione suddenly spoke, a look of worry appearing on her face when she mentioned Hagrid.
'Hagrid isn't in the Great Hall.' Ron shook his head, then a look of disgust appeared on his face, 'Malfoy always messes things up.'
'He won't get fired, will he?' Harry's attention was also on Hagrid, and his tone of voice was filled with worry as he spoke.
'Certainly not, we all know that this is entirely Malfoy's fault.' Ron's voice couldn't help but get louder, and he looked at Harry and said, 'Hagrid said that if a creature is insulted, it will attack. Malfoy didn't listen, so his getting attacked is entirely his own fault.'
After dinner, the three of them returned to the Gryffindor Common Room, where Professor McGonagall had assigned a lot of homework.
'There's a light in Hagrid's window!' Harry looked out the window and saw that Hagrid's hut was still lit, 'If we hurry, we can go down and see him, it's still early!'
'You go ahead, I'm going to Professor Aisen's place.' Hermione silently looked at the homework and slowly spoke.
'What are you going to Professor Aisen's place for?' Ronasked, puzzled, after throwing down his homework.
'Practical training for the Dueling Club! I mean, do you still have time to go?' Hermione's expression froze, and then she retorted.
Harry and Ron were stunned, simultaneously looking at their homework, and then showed hesitation.
'Hermione, don't you have time either? That homework should be very easy for you.' Harry looked at Hermione.
'But I'm taking a few more classes than you.' Hermionereached out and patted the thick stack of homework.
'So you mean, go to Professor Aisen and say to postpone the time for daily practical training, or to reduce the number of practical training sessions?' Concerned about his own strength, Harry had to press further.
'What do you think?' Hermione wanted to see what the two of them thought.
'I think maybe we should participate in the Dueling Club's practical training once a week; there's too much homework.' Ron said, blushing, and then pointed directly at Harry, 'Harry has Quidditch practice every day, plus homework, he doesn't even have a bit of free time.'
Thinking about having a bit more free time, Harry couldn't help but nod.
'Then I'll go talk to Professor Aisen!' Hermione said, but she sighed slightly.
Harry and Ron exchanged glances, then shrugged their shoulders and walked towards Hagrid's hut outside. Meanwhile, Hermione went to Professor Aisen's office alone.
Chapter 148: Legendary Time Travel Trait
In the office, Aisen was concentrating on practicing a Charm.
Aisen didn't cast any other spells, but instead extended his arm and focused his attention on his fingers. As Aisen's thoughts turned, his fingers gradually changed.
Visible to the naked eye, Aisen's fingers transformed into a metal rod, and then into a wooden rod. Immediately after, Aisen himself turned into a wooden stake, and then into a stone pillar.
A few minutes later, Aisen's figure reappeared. Clearly, this method of using Transfiguration was not difficult for Aisen.
Although Aisen had not tried this method of Transfiguration before, it was not a problem for him at the moment. Immediately after, Aisen wiggled his fingers, and a faint light emerged from them.
A few seconds later, Aisen's entire arm had turned into light.
When Aisen's arm returned to flesh and blood, beads of sweat had seeped onto his forehead.
Previously, whether it was an object changing into another object, or an element changing into another element, these were things that Aisen could naturally do after his Transfiguration improved.
At this moment, the direct transformation of the human body into an object was also within Aisen's expectations. After all, Professor Slughorn could do this. But the attempt to transform the human body directly into an element put a lot of pressure on Aisen.
Fortunately, although it was a preliminary attempt at this Transfiguration, Aisen succeeded. From now on, as long as he practices continuously, Aisen will naturally be able to skillfully master the technique of directly transforming the human body into elements.
As for why Aisen wanted to study the technique of transforming the human body between elements, it was because Aisen felt that this should be a deeper manifestation of the essence of Transfiguration.
Just think, if one could freely transform into any element, becoming lightning, becoming a gentle breeze, becoming light, wouldn't that mean being able to become everything?
At first glance, this ability seems to be for showing off, but in reality, Aisen had a premonition that this deep transformation was very important to him.
Knock knock knock—
"Come in!" The knocking sound interrupted Aisen's thoughts, and his gaze shifted to see that the person standing outside was Hermione.
"Is there something?" Looking at Hermione who opened the door and came in, Aisen's eyes showed a look of appreciation.
"Yes, Professor Aisen!" Hermione looked at the smiling Aisen, her face slightly red, and quickly nodded.
"Sit down and talk!" Aisen gestured for Hermione to sit on the chair next to him.
"Professor Aisen, I wanted to ask if the frequency of the practical training from 8:30 to 9:00 in the evening could be reduced to once a week?" As she said this, Hermione's face flushed slightly, seemingly feeling that she had failed Aisen's expectations.
"Oh?" Aisen's eyes flashed, and then he showed a look of understanding, "Not enough time? Let me see your timetable!"
Thinking of the third-year students adding several elective courses, the frequency of practical training every evening was indeed a bit high. Moreover, Aisen also knew that Hermione had directly chosen all the elective courses, so it was normal for her to not have enough time.
"Yes, Professor, please look." Hermione hesitated for a moment and then handed a timetable to Aisen.
After taking Hermione's timetable, Aisen's face showed a look of "as expected." He saw that on the first day of class, there were a total of ten courses scheduled in just one day.
And the first class at nine o'clock had three courses that conflicted in time: Divination at nine o'clock, Arithmancy at nine o'clock, and Muggle Studies at nine o'clock.
"Ten courses a day, time is indeed not enough!" Aisenpondered for a moment, looking at Hermione nodding vigorously, Aisen continued, "However, you have three classes at nine o'clock simultaneously?"
"This—I—I've already talked to Professor McGonagall!" Hermione seemed not to know how to explain it to Aisen, and was so anxious that she seemed on the verge of tears, her face filled with the large characters of struggle.
"A time-turner? Right!" Aisen smiled directly, not letting Hermione continue to struggle.
"Ah—Professor Aisen, you know about the time-turner?" The strange look on Hermione's face faded, and she looked at Aisen in surprise.
"That's right, if you choose all the courses at Hogwarts, some course times will conflict. At this time, you need a time-turner to help!" Aisen's tone changed, "Perhaps you've heard some news, Bill Weasley and Percy Weasley, both of them got twelve O.W.L.s."
"Are you saying they also used a time-turner?" The surprised look on Hermione's face grew even stronger.
"I can't think of any other way they could have done it besides this," Aisen said calmly. "By the way, can you let me see the time-turner!"
"Oh—" Hermione's face turned red again, and then she reached into her neckline to fumble, a bit of white skin flashing by. A slender golden chain was then pulled out by Hermione.
After the golden chain was completely pulled out, a small and exquisite golden hourglass timer hung below, occasionally emitting a faint light. It looked mysterious.
"A magical creation, isn't it?" Aisen looked at the time-turner in Hermione's hand and exclaimed in admiration.
The moment he took it from Hermione, the Golden Finger immediately reacted:
"Discovered extraordinary Trait—Legendary Time TravelTrait, do you want to consume one Miracle Trait to replicate it?"
"Yes!"
After successfully replicating this Time Travel Trait, Aisen's face could not help but show a smile. Then, Aisendid not stop, but directly merged this Time Travel Trait.
After merging, a vast and ancient power merged and lingered within Aisen's body, seeming to directly connect the soul and body, subtly linking up with the ImmortalityTrait he had merged earlier.
A different taste emerged in Aisen's heart, and when he wanted to carefully ponder it, the powers within his body became silent again. With a thought, Aisen's character panel appeared before his eyes:
Character: Eisen Turner
Extraordinary Talents: Magic (Activated)
Magic Power: 11560 (Increases by 10 Magic Power daily)
Extraordinary Traits: Excellent Spellcasting Trait (Compatibility 115%) (Merged), Legendary ImmortalityTrait (Merged), Perfect Observation Trait (Merged), Legendary Time Travel Trait (Merged)
Miracle Traits: 0 (Automatically gain 1 per year)
With a thought, the character panel before Aisendisappeared, and then he silently returned the time-turner to Hermione.
Within just a few seconds, no one knew that Aisen had secretly merged a Legendary Time Travel Trait.
"The time-turner is said to be made by sealing a Charmcalled the Hour-Reversal Charm, and it's quite unstable to use." After a flash of joy on his face, Aisen said solemnly, "Even with a time-turner, the time for Time Travel cannot exceed five hours, you must remember this!"
"I know, Professor McGonagall told me." Perhaps hearing Aisen's reminder, a hint of joy appeared on Hermione's face. Then, she hung the golden chain around her neck and put the time-turner back into her neckline.
"By the way, you used the time-turner today, can you tell me how it felt at the time?" Aisen was particularly curious about this.
After Hermione put away the time-turner, seeing Aisen's expression, she thought for a moment and slowly described her feelings at the time: "When I used the time-turner, I felt like I was flying, flying back quickly. Then various clouds would flash before my eyes, and I would hear some sounds in my ears, but in fact, I wasn't flying, I was still standing in place..."
"You think the scene was moving?" Aisen became thoughtful.
"That's right."
"That is to say, wherever you stand when you use the time-turner, after time reverses, you will still be standing there!"
"Exactly!"
Aisen nodded, and the office became quiet for a moment.
Alright, since you don't have enough time in your third year, the dueling club's practical training can be changed to once a week, on Saturday evenings. How does that sound to you?" After a moment of silence, Aisen returned to the topic.
"I think that's fine, I'll tell Harry and Ron!" Hermione's expression softened slightly, and her tone revealed a hint of relief.
"Hmm, if you have any other problems at other times, you can also come to me!" Aisen nodded in satisfaction, "Is there anything else? If not, hurry back and rest."
"Thank you, Professor Aisen, I'll be leaving now!" Hermione stood up from her chair, waved, and then happily departed.
After Hermione left, the smile on Aisen's lips reappeared.
The great power of time lay dormant within him, but Aisen could feel that with just a thought, he could manipulate this power within his body.
Being able to integrate the Time Travel characteristic into himself was definitely an extraordinarily significant event for Aisen. Because this meant that Aisen could now travel through the time dimension.
Previously, after Aisen learned about the Hour-Reversal Charm and the time-turner, he already knew that Time Travel in this world was extremely unstable.
However, after the legendary Time Travel characteristic merged with his body, Aisen had already experienced the extraordinary nature of this power. Unlike directly using a time-turner, if Aisen spontaneously performed Time Travel, the stability of this power, which had already merged into his body, exceeded Aisen's imagination.
In other words, if Aisen actively performed Time Travel, he should not experience side effects like accelerated aging after the Time Travel, unlike others.
However, feeling the power within his body, Aisen felt that it was not so perfect. Perhaps because it was a characteristic extracted and replicated from a time-turner, when Aisen had the thought of traveling to the future in his mind, this power within his body did not react at all.
"So even with the Time Travel characteristic, I can only go back to the past, and not to the future—" Aisen couldn't help but say, his face full of emotion.
So, if I travel back in time to the past—
Aisen's thoughts swirled in his mind, and he flashed to a deserted wilderness.
The uninhabited wilderness, coupled with the cover of night, made Aisen feel as if he were invisible. It had rained yesterday, and the scent of earth mixed with green grass wafted into Aisen's nose, making him feel much more pleasant.
After casting a Disillusionment Charm on himself, Aisenbegan to manipulate the Time Travel characteristic power within him with his mind.
"Go back one year?" As soon as this thought appeared, Aisen felt an urge to step into another dimension. Immediately, Aisen quickly dispelled this thought, which caused the power within his body to calm down.
"Then, go back ten years?" Carefully feeling the power within his body, under the manipulation of his thoughts, Aisen could also feel that the Time Travel characteristic could be effective.
Following that, Aisen tried thought tests for going back to even more distant times. He found that whether it was a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand years, it seemed to work. However, the greater the time span, the greater the pressure Aisen seemed to experience.
And attempts to travel through time for a hundred thousand years, a million years, or even longer, caused the Time Travel characteristic within Aisen's body to have no reaction at all.
"What is the reason for this?" Aisen pondered.
Aisen had some understanding of how to use a time-turner in his memory. But the method shown in the original work was somewhat different.
For example, Hermione's way of using a time-turner was to go back a few hours to attend other classes. This method of Time Travel indicated that after Hermionewent back to the past, she stayed there until the time she turned the time-turner.
And the Witch who was trapped in 1402 for five days after an experiment in 1899 was more like another way of traveling through time. Although she was trapped in 1402 for five days, she eventually successfully returned to 1899, and did not directly stay in 1402 and live until 1899.
Although this was a failed experiment, her ability to return to the time point before the travel meant that people who had already gone back to the past using a time-turner could directly return to the present.
Thus, if the Time Travel characteristic already integrated into Aisen's body were activated for Time Travel, it seems he could also choose between two methods of Time Travel.
Taking a time point a thousand years ago as an example. Suppose Aisen traveled a thousand years into the past. Then, Aisen could choose to stay for a few hours and then directly return to the present. This method is clearly the one typically used in Department of Mysteriesexperiments.
The other method is that Aisen could choose not to return to the present, but to live directly a thousand years ago, and live until now. The side effects of this method were very obvious on the Witch who was trapped for five days; the aging process would be extremely fast.
She was only trapped for five days, but upon returning, she aged five centuries directly. So, living in the past continuously would probably accelerate the aging process even more.
But this is not a problem for Aisen, because Aisen himself is already Immortal. So, if he chooses this method, as long as Aisen can ensure he is sufficiently hidden and not discovered by others, there should be no problem.
However, Time Travel to more distant times cannot be achieved! Perhaps there are other conditions that haven't been met yet! Thinking this, Aisen shook his head, then flashed back to Hogwarts.
Time Travel is something that cannot be treated with too much caution.
However, sitting in his office, as his thoughts drifted, Aisen thought of some problems with using the time-turner, or rather, some bugs within it.
It's still about the Witch who traveled to 1402 and was trapped for five days. The time-turner, this thing is clearly defined: if the golden hourglass timer turns one full circle, time goes back one hour.
So, how many hours did that Witch go back when she returned from 1899 to 1402? Aisen calculated that the shortest difference between these two years is 181,162 days, which is 4,347,888 hours.
This means that for that Witch to return from 1899 to 1402, she would have to turn the time-turner at least four million three hundred thousand times.
But this is too absurd, you know that even if it turns once per second, it would take fifty days of continuous, sleepless turning to complete the number of turns.
If someone were to use a time-turner, wouldn't their fingers be worn out!
Aisen pondered this for a long time before he realized. Unless, one could cast magic on the time-turner to make it turn automatically, and the turning speed would have to be very fast, reaching hundreds or thousands of turns per second or even more. Otherwise, this bug cannot be explained.
Thinking of this, Aisen couldn't help but feel lucky. Fortunately, he directly replicated the Time Travelcharacteristic contained within the time-turner. This way, for him to perform Time Travel, he only needed to concentrate his mind and will.
However, there was one question Aisen couldn't confirm: could he bring people with him when performing Time Travel?
It's strange to say, but when using a time-turner, there was a record in the original work: after Hermione put the time-turner's golden chain around Harry's head, the two of them went back three hours together.
What if three people were involved, would all three travel together, or four, or five? Or, if the gold chain was made longer, would it still be effective to include dozens of people?
It must be said that once you think deeply about some things, you find that everything is a problem.
After a while, Aisen came back to his senses and reined in his scattered thoughts.
Aisen felt that there was no need to dwell on whether he could bring people with him when traveling through time and space for now. Because even if he truly could bring people, he would not do so lightly. After all, his own abilities still needed to be kept secret.
Chapter 150: Abnormal Rook?
Time flew by, and it was Wednesday. In the Astronomy Class that evening, Professor Aisen was introducing himself to some new Little Wizards.
"Most of you already know me—"
Professor Aisen's gaze swept across some familiar faces and paused slightly—Harry, Hermione, Ron, Neville, and others from Gryffindor, as well as Daphne, Black, and others from Slytherin.
"Regarding the study and understanding of Astronomy, I believe many of you already know its purpose. As a subject that doesn't require the use of magic, I think everyone needs to reasonably arrange their study time—"
A Gryffindor girl raised her hand and looked at ProfessorAisen with an innocent expression: "Professor, if it doesn't require magic, does that mean it's useless, right?"
Professor Aisen smiled slightly, his heart completely calm: "Miss, your name?"
"Romilda—" the girl said, "Romilda Vane."
Professor Aisen nodded calmly, "Miss Vane, I need to remind you of something. Astronomy may not teach you magic, but it is still somewhat useful. Otherwise, why would Hogwarts offer this Astronomy course?"
"Of course, where the value of Astronomy knowledge lies, I think you need to weigh that yourselves."
Having taught Astronomy for two years, Professor Aisenhad lost much of his interest. After all, Professor Aisendidn't come to Hogwarts as the Astronomy Professorbecause he genuinely loved Astronomy.
Therefore, after saying a few simple words, ProfessorAisen began the class. The content was basically unchanged from before. Besides basic knowledge like the names and orbits of planets, Professor Aisen was already very familiar with how to get by with the students.
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The next evening, Professor Aisen, who had been busy for nearly a day, unexpectedly heard another piece of gossip while eating in the Great Hall. This matter also involved Professor Snape.
In the Defense Against the Dark Arts Class that afternoon, the new Professor Lupin didn't teach from the textbook in the classroom but held a practical lesson.
The content of the practical class was teaching students how to defend against a Boggart—a magical creature that can transform into what a Witch fears most to scare them.
Boggarts like dark, confined spaces and usually hide in wardrobes, gaps under beds, or cupboards under sinks. Of course, it is not inherently powerful and cannot cause substantial harm to a Witch.
However, it has a very impressive ability. If a Witch is fragile or fears something deeply, facing a Boggart can be quite miserable.
Of course, Boggarts also have some weaknesses. For example, if multiple people face it together, it becomes confused and doesn't know what to turn into to scare people. Additionally, the specific spell to deal with Boggarts, 'Riddikulus,' is also very effective.
Furthermore, Professor Aisen believed that Occlumencyshould have a miraculous effect on Boggarts. Although this was a guess, Professor Aisen thought that hiding one's thoughts should prevent the Boggart from seeing through one's mind.
In class, the object of Neville's fear, a Gryffindor student, turned out to be Professor Snape. Fortunately, Nevillehad Professor Lupin's encouragement by his side and successfully cast the Boggart-banishing spell, 'Riddikulus.'
As a result, the whole thing became comical. Professor Snape not only changed into a dress but even held a red handbag.
At that time, Professor Aisen was sitting at the Gryffindorlong table, and the Trio were excitedly discussing the Boggart homework Professor Lupin had given them.
Two aisles away from Professor Aisen, a Little Witchfrom Hufflepuff with two golden braids vividly recounted the scene.
"Longbottom stood at the front, and Professor Snapecame forward menacingly. Although his target was Longbottom, everyone was worried. I was thinking Professor Snape was going to scold Longbottom again. But unexpectedly—"
Hannah Abbott was beaming: "Professor Lupincomforted Longbottom, and then he successfully cast the spell. As a result, Professor Snape, who had been so menacing just moments before, suddenly put on Neville's grandmother's embroidered clothes, wore a tall hat, and had a red handbag in his hand."
As Hannah spoke, the surrounding Little Wizards also occasionally let out gasps of admiration.
"That boy is cool, isn't he?" one Little Witch said.
Professor Aisen's gaze returned to Neville, finding him burying his head, seemingly a little embarrassed. Tsk tsk! Professor Aisen was certain this gossip would quickly spread throughout the school. He wondered how Snapewould react when he found out!
However, since this matter came from Professor Lupin's class, Snape, who was already on bad terms with Lupin, would probably dislike him even more.
Speaking of which, if Professor Aisen remembered correctly, Peter Pettigrew in the third book of the original story was actually captured. At the critical moment, Lupindidn't drink the Werewolf Potion from Snape, which caused him to transform on the full moon night, allowing Peter Pettigrew to escape directly.
In fact, Professor Aisen felt that Snape was indeed a bit too impulsive.
He didn't consider that at the beginning of the school year, when Sirius Black caused widespread panic, Dumbledore allowed Lupin to serve as the Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.
This indicated that, to some extent, Dumbledore trusted Lupin greatly. But unfortunately, the animosity between Snape and Lupin was already too deep.
Moreover, Snape believed it was too dangerous for Dumbledore to let Lupin, a Werewolf, teach Harry and the others. Therefore, conflict between them was inevitable.
After dinner, Professor Aisen went to Hagrid's Hut. Although he knew Hagrid wouldn't be fired, given what had happened, Professor Aisen felt it was necessary to go and see him.
"Hagrid, are you alright!" Upon entering Hagrid's Hut, Professor Aisen found Hagrid looking dejected.
"This is probably a new record!" Hagrid's voice was filled with frustration, "I don't think Hogwarts has ever had a teacher have an accident on their first day of class. Professor Aisen, you were right, I should have watched those students—"
Rook, who had grown up, jumped into Hagrid's arms and kept biting at his sleeve. He seemed particularly restless.
"Uh, I heard about it, it's not really your fault, is it?" Professor Aisen offered a word of comfort.
"No, I was too reckless!" Hagrid said, his eyes turning red, "I messed everything up. Do you think I'll be fired?"
"This is nothing, right? The injured student—Draco Malfoy—is already fine." Professor Aisen raised an eyebrow, "Besides, you should know that the Care of Magical Creatures teacher before you, Kettleburn, went through at least sixty-two probations during his tenure. But he still stayed until he retired!"
"Thanks, Professor Aisen, I feel much better!" Hagrid's mood seemed to have calmed down.
"Woof woof—"
A sound interrupted what Professor Aisen was about to say. Rook, in Hagrid's arms, barked a few times and then darted out the door.
"What is this?" Professor Aisen looked at Hagrid, bewildered, and simultaneously activated his God's Perspective, seeing that after Rook left the hut, he ran towards the east.
"I don't know what's going on. These past few days, Rookhas been very agitated—but he'll come back on his own after a while." Hagrid's expression didn't change at all; he seemed to be used to it.
"Rook?" Professor Aisen was slightly taken aback.
"That's right, he's so cute, isn't the name nice!" A smile appeared on Hagrid's face.
"Uh, yes, the name is indeed very nice." Hearing Hagridsay he was cute, Professor Aisen couldn't help but give a fake smile.
Following Rook with his gaze, Professor Aisen saw him stop not far from the Whomping Willow. From his posture, it looked like he was provoking the Whomping Willow.
A few minutes later, Rook stopped all his movements and ran away, returning to Hagrid's Hut shortly after and burrowing back into Hagrid's arms.
"See, he's fine after he comes back!" Hagrid reached out his large hand and stroked Rook's head a few times. Immediately, Rook's tongue hung out, showing an expression of utter misery, almost making ProfessorAisen laugh.
"Has he been this abnormal lately?" Professor Aisenwasn't quite sure about the behavior of an ordinary dog.
Could it be that after being raised by Hagrid, this ordinary dog had developed a special talent? But looking at his silly, cute appearance with his tongue hanging out and panting, Professor Aisen dismissed that thought.
"Maybe it's being affected by those damned Dementors. I really hope Sirius Black is caught soon!" Hagrid's face showed indignation.
Chapter 151: Aisen Battles Hermione (Part 1)
Hearing Hagrid's words, Aisen showed a thoughtful expression.
If he remembered correctly, Hagrid and Sirius Black had actually interacted a long time ago. Moreover, their relationship should have been very good back then.
However, judging by Hagrid's current gnashing attitude towards Sirius Black, the blame placed on Sirius Blackwas indeed quite secure.
"You think Sirius Black will break into Hogwarts?" Aisenglanced at Hagrid without changing his expression.
"Everyone thinks so. The Ministry of Magic has sent Dementors from Azkaban to guard Hogwarts—" Hagrid's face became melancholic. "Dumbledore doesn't want Dementors inside Hogwarts, but he had to compromise with the Ministry of Magic because he also knows who Sirius Black's target is!"
"Sirius Black's target is Harry?" Aisen said slowly, seemingly guiding the conversation.
"That's right, Sirius Black was He Who Must Not Be Named's loyal servant. More than ten years ago, if he hadn't leaked information to He Who Must Not Be Named, Harry wouldn't have become an orphan!" Hagridsaid, as if recalling a sad event, tears welled up in his red eyes, and then he choked up: "Back then, I even comforted him. I was really too foolish!"
Looking at Hagrid, who couldn't control his emotions and was weeping, Aisen felt a headache coming on. How should he put it? Although Hagrid had Giant blood and looked rough, his emotions were very rich.
"I heard Sirius Black was arrested and imprisoned in Azkaban on the charge of murder because he murdered Peter Pettigrew?" After a moment of silence, Aisenchanged the subject.
"That's right, but he escaped from Azkaban. I really can't figure out how that happened? You know, the Dementors guarding Azkaban aren't easy to deal with."
Actually, Aisen also found this a bit strange.
As for how Sirius Black was able to stay in Azkaban for twelve years without being driven mad, perhaps it could be said that Sirius Black knew he was innocent, thus possessing a firm will to resist the Dementors' torment.
But how did he escape? It's said that Sirius Black, after starving himself thin, turned into an Animagus and slipped through the bars to escape.
Aisen found this a bit coincidental. It just so happened that Sirius Black, after starving himself thin, turned into a black dog and could pass through the bars. If the gaps in those bars had been slightly smaller, wouldn't his plan have been completely ruined?
Of course, no matter what, Aisen believed that Sirius Black must have suffered greatly during his twelve years in prison.
"Don't worry, Hagrid. Hogwarts is guarded by Dementors, Sirius Black can't possibly get in!" After a moment of thought, Aisen comforted him like this, but thinking about being proven wrong later, he had to add, "And, Dumbledore is in the school, he won't stand by and watch Harry get hurt!"
"You're right, with Dumbledore here, Hogwarts is definitely the safest." Hagrid's tone relaxed considerably. It seemed Dumbledore's prestige in the Wizarding Worldwas indeed very high.
Subsequently, within just a few days, Aisen learned from the Little Wizards at school that Professor Lupin's Defense Against the Dark Arts Class had become a favorite for most people.
After dealing with the Boggart, Professor Lupin also led a group of students in interesting lessons on how to deal with little creatures like Red Caps and Kappas.
It must be said that compared to the previous ProfessorLockhart, Lupin's teaching level was significantly higher. Although Malfoy from Slytherin always led the way in speaking ill of Lupin, most people didn't pay much attention to him.
However, speaking of Professor Lupin, Aisen suddenly thought of a question. What were the conditions for Lupin, as a Werewolf, to transform?
Did he transform when he saw the full moon on a full moon night, or did he only transform when the time of the full moon night arrived?
If he only transformed upon seeing the full moon, then Dumbledore could simply cast a spell each full moon to cover the moon with clouds, solving the problem entirely, and there would be no need to deliberately arrange for Lupin to transform in the Shrieking Shack.
This meant that Lupin, as a Werewolf, would transform involuntarily as soon as the time of a full moon night arrived.
But if he transformed as soon as the time arrived, how was the time precisely determined? Because throughout the year, the start time of the night is not fixed. Not to mention the start time of a full moon night.
After much thought, Aisen could only attribute these strange points to the magic.
At 8:30 PM on Saturday, in the Room of Requirement, the Trio began to receive Aisen's instruction.
"How are you doing? Are you adapting to the new term's classes?" Seeing the Trio's interested looks, Aisen directly asked.
"Don't even mention it, Professor Lupin's Defense Against the Dark Arts Class is very interesting, but Trelawney's Divination Class is terrible!" The Trio's faces contorted, and then Ron replied Depressed.
"Yeah, Professor, you don't know, the atmosphere in the Divination classroom is too oppressive, every class we have to predict some bad omens and misfortunes, it's practically suffocating!" Harry couldn't help but complain.
"That's right, compared to Arithmancy, Divination is indeed quite disappointing." Hermione, the academic overachiever, also apparently couldn't grasp the profound aspects of Divination.
"But obviously, if you want to get high marks, you have to make your predictions sound a bit more tragic." Aisenwinked at them, showing a meaningful smile.
Hearing Aisen's words, the Trio were clearly taken aback, and then showed expressions of frustration. Obviously, this way of attending class was not their strong suit.
"Professor Aisen, will Sirius Black break into Hogwarts to find me?" After a moment, Harry seemed to think of something and asked Aisen directly.
"Oh, you know Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban just to find you?" Aisen raised an eyebrow, looking at Harry with some surprise. Although Aisen acted surprised, he felt no inner turmoil.
That day, when Aisen was sitting in the last carriage of the Hogwarts Express, he overheard their conversation. At that time, Harry had already told Hermione and Ronabout Sirius Black escaping from Azkaban to find him.
"Yes, before the start of term, I overheard Ron's parents. I also told Hermione and Ron on the train," Harry said, which was not unexpected by Aisen.
"Don't worry, with Dementors guarding the entrance, Sirius Black won't be able to break in that easily!" Aisensaid, feeling a bit strange, as if he had said these words somewhere before, thoughts swirling in his mind, but he didn't stop, "Besides, Dumbledore is at Hogwarts, no one can hurt you!"
Harry and Ron exchanged glances, seemingly finally relieved, and then let out a long sigh.
"Alright, since you're worried about being attacked, do you remember the Charms I taught you?" Aisen clapped his hands, shifting the topic to teaching.
"Yes, Professor, we can all use the Disarming Charmproficiently!" Ron said eagerly and loudly.
"Then, the defensive Charm—the Shield Charm?" Aisenremembered that he had taught this spell to the Trio last term. After so much time, he wondered how their level was!
"Professor, I have completely mastered this spell!" Hermione said first, and seeing Aisen looking over with a smile, she directly waved her wand: "Armor—"
Following Hermione's movement, a transparent shield appeared out of thin air in front of her. It seemed that Hermione, the academic overachiever, had been practicing this Charm during the holidays.
"Excellent Shield Charm, I think you must have practiced many times during the holidays!" Aisen said, unable to help but clap his hands.
Seeing Aisen's actions, Hermione's pretty face flushed slightly, and the joy on her face could not be hidden. Harry and Ron on the side also looked at Hermione with envy.
"What about you two?" After praising Hermione, Aisenlooked at Harry and Ron, who hadn't moved, and asked again.
"Uh, Professor, I'm sorry, I haven't learned it yet!" Harrylowered his head in shame. Since he ran away from the Dursleys and stayed at the Leaky Cauldron, he had been wandering around Diagon Alley every day and had long forgotten to practice Charms.
Looking at Ron, who had the same expression next to him, Aisen understood their situation perfectly.
"Alright, then let's continue practicing today!" Aisensighed, and then continued, "You two go practice the Shield Charm. Remember to practice using one-on-one actual combat. Harry casts the Disarming Charm, and Ron casts the Shield Charm.
Remember, after casting the spell once, switch roles. Roncasts the Disarming Charm, and then Harry casts the Shield Charm. Keep practicing alternately like this. Begin!"
After giving instructions, Aisen waved his wand, and a stone platform rose from under Harry and Ron's feet, then moved to one side of the room, transforming into a dueling platform and fixing in place.
"Riddikulus—"
"Armor—"
Harry and Ron began to duel! Perhaps because they had bought new wands for the new term, Ron's confidence had increased considerably.
Chapter 152: Aisen vs. Hermione (Part 2)
"Then, Professor, what about me?" Seeing that Harry and Ron had already started practical training, Hermione, who was standing nearby, looked at Aisen with burning eyes.
"Ha! How about I spar with you?" Aisen looked at Hermione with interest.
"Really?" Hermione's face lit up, but then, as if she thought of something, her little face fell again. "But, Professor Aisen, you're so powerful, I'm definitely not your match!"
"Don't worry, I'm just teaching you how to fight using the Disarming Charm and the Shield Charm. I'll control my strength!" Aisen said comfortingly.
Immediately after, Aisen's mind stirred, and a stone platform rose from beneath his feet, lifting the two of them and moving them to the other side of Harry and Ron's training area.
Standing on the platform, five meters apart, Aisen held his wand and casually looked at Hermione: "You can start anytime, don't worry about hurting me!"
"Professor Aisen, watch out—" Hermione took a deep breath, seeming a little nervous about sparring with her favorite Professor for the first time.
"Riddikulus—" Hermione's hurried voice burst out, her wand thrust towards Aisen, and a red light had already erupted.
Aisen showed a look of appreciation, but did not cast the Shield Charm to counter it. Instead, just before the spell attack reached him, he shuffled his feet and moved his body to avoid the spell's assault.
"Remember, Hermione, not all attacking Charms have an auto-aiming effect, so this means that dodging can actually avoid Charm attacks!" Aisen didn't forget to instruct her while dodging.
"Riddikulus—" Aisen sent a Disarming Charm flying towards Hermione with lightning speed.
"Shi—" Hermione hadn't reacted yet when the red light hit her wand, sending it flying out of her hand.
"How was it?" Seeing that Hermione didn't show a look of disappointment after picking up her wand, Aisen stepped forward and asked, "What do you feel?"
"Professor Aisen, I found that your reaction speed is much faster—" Hermione recalled the battle that lasted only a few seconds, nodded, and stated the key point.
"That's right. Many people think that the Magic within Little Wizards is not as strong as that of adult Witches, and therefore their practical combat ability is inferior to adult Witches. However, through the battle just now, I believe you've realized the importance of reaction speed." Aisen showed a satisfied expression. "If your reaction speed is one step faster than others, then it's not impossible for a Little Wizards to defeat an adult Witch."
"Again, Professor!" Hermione blinked, her interest greatly piqued.
Aisen smiled and stepped back, standing ready again, waiting for Hermione's Charm.
"Riddikulus—" Hermione cast another Disarming Charm.
This time, Aisen didn't dodge and took Hermione's Disarming Charm head-on. A force impacted him, and Aisen relaxed his body without resisting the force. Then, his feet left the ground, and he flew backward.
Seeing the Professor get hit, Hermione's face showed a surprised expression. But Aisen didn't give her time to be surprised. The moment he was sent flying, Aisen's wand in his hand waved: "Riddikulus—"
Before Aisen's body landed, a red light crossed the distance between the two, accurately hitting the wand in Hermione's hand. Instantly, Hermione's wand was sent flying again.
Then, Aisen's body twisted in the air. Relying on his strong physique, after doing a somersault, he successfully landed on his feet.
Looking at Hermione's surprised expression, Aisen smiled slightly, "How was it? What are your thoughts this time?"
"Professor Aisen, you mean—" After picking up her wand, Hermione showed a thoughtful look.
"It means that if you are truly fighting an enemy, don't assume they have no power to fight back even if your attacking Charm hits them." Aisen nodded. "At this time, you have two choices: either continue attacking the opponent or add protection to yourself. I suggest you cast the Shield Charm to protect yourself."
"I understand!" A smile appeared on Hermione's face.
"Come on, let's continue!" Aisen raised his hand, pointed his wand at Hermione, and after gesturing towards her, directly sent out a Disarming Charm.
"Armor—"
Aisen didn't use his full strength, so the Shield CharmHermione cast successfully blocked Aisen's Disarming Charm and deflected it to the side.
"Very good, that was a correct response, but I think sometimes you need a deeper understanding of combat. Let's do it again!"
At Aisen's signal, Hermione cast the Shield Charm, and then he cast another Disarming Charm. The visible change was that this Disarming Charm was much brighter and faster than the previous one.
Obviously, this time Aisen mobilized more Magic within him, and the power of this Disarming Charm was already incomparable.
*Whoosh—*
Almost at the same moment Hermione successfully cast the Shield Charm, Aisen's Disarming Charm had arrived, followed by a soft sound. Aisen's Disarming Charm had penetrated the Shield Charm in front of Hermione, hit her body, and sent her flying backward.
"Slow and cushion—"
Seeing Hermione rapidly retreating, Aisen immediately cast another Charm. Before Hermione fell to the ground, he slowed her down.
After getting up, Hermione quickly patted herself all over and breathed a sigh of relief when she found she wasn't injured.
"How do you feel?" Aisen stepped forward and asked.
Hearing Aisen's question, Hermione's brows furrowed slightly, remembering the powerful Disarming CharmAisen had used just now.
"Professor Aisen, the Disarming Charm you cast became much more powerful. The Shield Charm didn't work?" Hermione looked at Aisen thoughtfully.
"That's right. I think you must know something: when you face an enemy in combat, you must ensure you have a strong will to defeat, or even kill, the enemy." Aisenpondered for a moment before saying this.
"Is that so?" Hearing such 'cruel' words, Hermionecouldn't help but widen her mouth.
Aisen nodded solemnly and continued, "The Magic within Little Wizards is not enough compared to adult Witches. So, to contend against adult Witches, besides on-the-spot reaction, a strong desire to win can greatly increase the power of your Charms.
My point is, when you clearly know that the enemy in front of you intends to kill you, if you don't want to die, then your will to defeat or even kill the enemy can be of great help!"
Hermione's hand holding the wand tightened forcefully, seeming a little conflicted. Then, under Aisen's gaze, Hermione pursed her lips: "Professor Aisen, I understand!"
Aisen smiled with satisfaction, then continued to spar with Hermione. Well, actually, Aisen had been holding back the whole time. After all, his goal was to train Hermione's practical combat ability, not to crush her confidence by overwhelming her.
Therefore, Aisen controlled his strength and fought with Hermione in a back-and-forth manner. During this time, Aisen kept his God's Perspective on the entire time, and at the end of each round of combat, Aisen would point out where Hermione still needed to improve and so on.
From time to time, Aisen would also pay attention to the battle between Harry and Ron. It could be seen that Harry and Ron were also progressing quickly.
After half an hour, before this practical training session ended, Aisen found that Hermione's practical combat ability had made significant progress. There was already a certain combat rhythm between offense and defense, and even her footwork and movements were starting to look proper.
As for Harry and Ron, they had successfully learned the Shield Charm smoothly.
After today's lesson ended, Aisen restored the room to its original state.
"How was it? How did you feel about today's practical training?" Seeing the three of them still in high spirits, Aisen asked.
"It felt great! I already know what practical combat is!" After putting away her wand, Hermione's face was full of smiles.
"Yes, this practical training was awesome! We've learned the Shield Charm, this is the useful stuff!" Harry reached out and put his arm around Ron next to him, his tone revealing unspeakable excitement.
Aisen looked at the three with interest and revealed his thoughts: "Ha—Alright, let me tell you in advance, practice the Charms you've learned more often! For the next practical training session, I think we can adopt a method where the three of you take turns dueling.
You can use any Charms you like. Besides the Disarming Charm and the Shield Charm, you can use the Stunning Charm, Petrificus Totalus, or other minor hexes, as long as you defeat your opponent!"
"That's so cool!" A hint of a mischievous smile appeared on Ron's face, as if he was thinking about what kind of hex he would use.
"Understood, Professor Aisen!" Hermione nodded forcefully, her gaze towards Aisen seeming a little fervent.
This gaze made Aisen feel quite pleased. The corners of his mouth curved slightly, and he called out to the three: "Let's go, it's already very late, hurry back!"
Chapter 153: Change of Clothes
In the following week, Hogwarts didn't experience much turmoil. However, the oppressive and despairing aura emanating from the Dementors spread throughout Hogwarts, making everyone quite unhappy.
Fortunately, there were calming crystal balls in the classrooms and dormitories, so the Little Wizards weren't significantly affected in class. Thus, the Professors were all in quite good moods.
However, if there was one Professor whose mood was the worst, it was undoubtedly the Care of Magical Creatures Professor, Hagrid, who had an accident in the very first class.
The reason, of course, was the accident that occurred in the first Care of Magical Creatures Class. After that, the class became rather dull. Consequently, everyone disliked such lessons.
Hagrid, who believed he had made a serious mistake, also seemed to have completely lost confidence in Care of Magical Creatures. During class, he no longer dared to bring out large magical creatures for the Little Wizards to handle.
Of course, when Hagrid handed over Flobberworms for the Little Wizards to care for, it still provoked everyone's dislike. Even Ron found it incomprehensible to expend energy caring for them.
In another practical training session, Aisen, following his previous plan, had Hermione, Harry, and Ron begin sparring in turns. After a class, their progress was clearly visible.
What surprised Aisen was that Hermione's progress seemed a bit more significant. Perhaps it was due to him personally training her in the previous class; before the practical session ended, Hermione even sparred with Harry and Ron in an unusual battle.
Although the battle ended with Hermione's defeat by a narrow margin, Aisen could tell it was likely because her mental state was considerably worse.
This performance reminded Aisen that Hermione also had several more classes and significantly more homework than both Harry and Ron every day!
"Hermione, I can imagine how busy you are every day, so I suggest you should drop one or two elective courses!" This was Aisen's suggestion to Hermione at the time. After all, Aisen was quite concerned about Hermione's situation.
However, while Hermione was happy about Aisen's suggestion, her confidence was still very high. So she gave Aisen a reply: "I don't want to give up, I believe I can handle it!"
Seeing this, Aisen could only drop the matter. If there were no unforeseen circumstances, Hermione would eventually drop two courses in the next academic year.
Early on Sunday morning, after eating and requesting some Unicorn hair from Hagrid, Aisen left Hogwarts and went to his secret base.
As usual, after observing in the small cubicle for a while and finding that the crystal ball was operating normally, Aisen went to the laboratory.
Taking out the Unicorn hair requested from Hagrid, Aisen's magic flowed within him, and he concentrated his mind and began weaving. Perhaps Aisen didn't have such craftsmanship at all, but fortunately, the power of magicwas sufficiently wondrous; when Aisen displayed such an intention, magic would help him accomplish all of this.
Half an hour later, when Aisen stopped, a silver-white bracelet had taken shape. Looking at the finished bracelet, Aisen's mouth curved slightly upward, and then he put it away.
After finishing this, Aisen focused his attention on the purple Witch robes on the table. After further delving into 'Ancient Alchemy Secrets' and 'Alchemy Insights' during this period, Aisen was fully confident in making anti-jinx robes.
Fred and George, for the anti-jinx hat set of three they developed and manufactured, one needed to stare into the opponent's eyes to deflect dark curses.
Aisen's anti-jinx robes, of course, couldn't completely copy their concept. After all, staring into the enemy's eyes was somewhat unreliable.
If the enemy wore sunglasses or closed their eyes, wouldn't Aisen's anti-jinx robes lose their effect? Therefore, Aisen planned to directly transplant the effect of the Shield Charm onto the purple Witch robes in front of him.
Of course, after such a long period of research, Aisen felt it was necessary to go straight to the highest level, directly integrating Armor, Super Armor, and Ultimate Armor all into the Witch robes.
This way, Aisen didn't know if the anti-jinx robes he made could withstand the Avada Kedavra, but at the very least, they should be able to deflect more spells and dark curses.
"Armor—" Spreading the Witch robes out on the table, Aisen held his wand and concentrated fully, casting a Shield Charm.
Under the full exertion of his power, a brilliant golden light flashed, and a bright golden, distinctly textured shield appeared before Aisen. Then, Aisen pointed his wand at this shield, and with a turn of his thoughts, the shield flattened out, covering the Witch robes from above.
Immediately afterward, patterns flashed within the shield, and magical runes transformed, flowing from it and then entering the Witch robes below.
As time passed, the color of the golden shield gradually lightened. In contrast, the purple Witch robes below subtly shimmered with golden patterns, appearing exceptionally magnificent.
When the golden shield turned transparent and then completely vanished, the entire Witch robes began to emit a faint golden luster. The golden luster flowed continuously over them, even overpowering the robe's original purple color.
Looking at the scene before him, Aisen finally let out a long breath.
However, the matter wasn't over yet, so after pausing briefly to sense the effect, Aisen continued his actions.
Just like before, Aisen cast Super Armor and Ultimate Armor. Fortunately, Aisen was perfect in controlling his magic.
Therefore, no accidents occurred throughout the entire crafting process.
When Aisen stopped all his actions, the purple Witch robes spread on the long table had completely changed color. On the surface of the entire robe, the original purple was almost invisible.
A brilliant golden luster flowed over the robes, occasionally twisting and arranging itself in a peculiar way, creating an exceptionally noble and mysterious aura.
Looking at the successfully crafted anti-jinx robes before him, Aisen's brow furrowed tightly.
Speaking of golden Witch robes, they were indeed quite conspicuous when worn out in the Wizarding World. However, the anti-jinx robes before Aisen didn't just appear simple gold; they were a glowing gold.
This was a bit too flashy. If he wore this back to Hogwarts, Aisen estimated it would spread throughout the entire school in less than half an hour.
Perhaps, within a few days, Aisen would have a nickname at Hogwarts—Glowing Aisen.
Thinking this, Aisen extended his wand and touched the Witch robes.
"Disappear Without A Trace!"
"Apparition Without A Trace!"
...
When Aisen withdrew his wand, the previously shimmering Witch robes had returned to their original state, their external color turning back to purple.
Although the purple robes still looked a bit magnificent, fortunately, they were no longer so attention-grabbing. Of course, wearing such Witch robes might initially seem strange to some Little Wizards, but over time, it shouldn't cause any stir.
Thoughts flashed through his mind, but Aisen didn't stop his actions. After taking off and putting away the black robes he was wearing, Aisen directly put on the anti-jinx robes made from the purple Witch robes.
He didn't know if it was a misconception, but after putting on the anti-jinx robes, Aisen suddenly felt his sense of security increase significantly.
After returning to Hogwarts using Apparition Without A Trace again, Aisen walked out of his office and, as expected, attracted many people's attention.
After all, in many people's impression, this low-profile Astronomy Professor had always worn black Witch robes. Suddenly changing to purple robes was indeed somewhat surprising.
But fortunately, it was only slightly surprising, and nothing strange happened.
Even in the evening, after the Trio saw the purple robes on Aisen, they were only surprised for a moment before paying it no mind.
That evening, Aisen sat in his office, holding the silver bracelet in his hand, rubbing it while contemplating. When making this bracelet, Aisen had added calming, sleep-inducing, and vitality-enhancing magic to it.
The purpose, of course, was to give it to Hermione when he had a chance, to help alleviate some of her academic pressure.