From Hogwarts to Strixhaven

School had been open for several days. Although it stopped raining, the sun did not show up because the dark clouds over Hogwarts had not dissipated.

Ivy flipped through the Daily Prophet on the table. The headline was no longer about the turmoil after the Quidditch World Cup final, but about the outlook for the Triwizard Tournament. Of course, the report on the rising Auror star Percy Weasley was also replaced.

It can be seen that the Ministry of Magic intends to use this event to create an atmosphere of peace, but there are always people in the world who like to watch the excitement and do not mind the big things.

Rita Skeeter is like an omnipresent fly, looking for loopholes and irrelevant rumors everywhere on the bloated body of the Ministry of Magic.

From the director of the Auror Office to an ordinary civil servant, she can always arouse people's concerns from unexpected and strange angles. For example, after the Ministry of Magic officials announced that the criminals had been executed, there were rumors that there were many uncounted personnel and property losses.

In this way, people will not pay attention to the Ministry of Magic's words that the riots have been quelled, and instead start asking each other how many people were injured or killed in this incident. Although no one died except the dark wizard Old Goyle, the terrible thing about rumors is that they will escalate and spread again.

There are always people who think they are smart and claim that they know the inside story, and then exaggerate to tell others the non-existent "facts", and the phenomenon of collective unconscious rumor spreading is what Rita Skeeter likes to see the most.

Ivy is not going to make any comments on this, because he knows very well that if the Ministry of Magic tries to stop the rumors, it will only backfire. The right way is to create a bigger and more discussed news to divert people's attention. For example, in a small peninsula country on Earth in the previous life, as long as there is a scandal about capitalists or a political scandal, the next day there will be paparazzi reporters photographing the underground love affair of a popular star, or news about someone having a child out of wedlock.

Although the Ministry of Magic does not fully understand the charm of journalism, it is obviously a very suitable means to promote the Triwizard Tournament. To some extent, this is a blessing in disguise.

If the Ministry of Magic could learn to be smarter and announce the full schedule and content of the Triwizard Tournament now, the things that happened after the Quidditch World Cup final would never stay in people's minds for a second.

Unfortunately, this event, which is neither open nor transparent, mainly tests the warriors from three schools, so the Ministry of Magic would never want to expose the true situation of its cheating to everyone.

Because once this happens, the final champion will have no gold content, and everyone will question whether the warriors won everything by cheating.

Ivy threw the newspaper aside, stood up and walked towards the magical animal breeding and breeding base.

After two years of breeding and reproduction, Hagrid finally found a way to make the various Pegasus in the base give birth to a strange hybrid.

It is different from all its brothers and sisters and looks very special.

This pure black Pegasus was named Ebony by Hagrid.

Hagrid's names have always been so simple and easy to understand, and Ivy thinks there is nothing wrong with it.

Although Golden Horn is a very capable helper, Ivy still wants to find a flying mount.

The foals bred at the Pegasus Ranch are suitable candidates. They are all magical creatures, and they are hybrids of many different Pegasus. If a Pegasus with all the advantages of both parents can be found, then Ivy will certainly pay more attention to it.

It's just donating some gold to Hogwarts, and it's still very easy for Ivy to get a Pegasus.

"Ivy!" Ivy heard Hagrid's call from a long distance away.

Now he is only responsible for the most dangerous magical animals teaching, so most of his time is spent on various magical animals. Ivy expressed his desire to have a Pegasus to him a long time ago, so as soon as Ebony showed a difference from those brothers and sisters, Hagrid immediately notified Ivy.

"That's Ebony!" Hagrid and Ivy lay on the fence of the ranch together. These things are useless to Pegasus. They must be worn with special marks to ensure that the ranch staff can find them back.

This work is usually done by Professor Wilhelmina Grubblyn, because Ivy is not around, and Hagrid can't ride a hippogriff at normal size to look for Pegasus.

However, in recent times, the number of Pegasus leaving the group has become less and less, as if they have all decided that the pasture is their home.

Unlike all other brothers and sisters, Ebony's food is not grass or plants like oats and alfalfa, but bloody meat.

"It is the first Pegasus to inherit the blood of the Thestrals!" Hagrid introduced happily, "Because it eats meat, it grows very fast."

Ivy couldn't imagine how Pegasus like Iseron and Graling could give birth to children with the Thestrals. Could it be that Pegasus can also understand death?

Shaking his head, Ivy stopped thinking about those irrelevant questions and turned to carefully observe the leisurely Ebony.

Ebony has a mouthful of white sharp teeth, which is particularly eye-catching compared to his black fur. In addition, its jet-black hair is also very eye-catching. The soft hair is draped over its sturdy muscles. Compared with its mother, the Thestral, it looks strong and confident.

Ivy noticed that there were some tiny bumps on Ebony's face, which looked very similar to the keratin bumps on the reptile's face of the Thestrals, but since Ebony had not yet grown up, it was impossible to know what these bumps were.

Ebony's wings were not made of wide membranes like the Thestrals, but were feathered wings like other Pegasus. Now the wings were folded neatly at Ebony's side, reflecting many gorgeous colors in the sun. Maybe that was the colorful black?

No mistake, one post, one content, one book, one bar!

Somehow, Ivy suddenly thought of that sentence - among all birds, only crows have the richest feathers.

"Can I go in and take a look?" Ivy asked.

"Of course!" Hagrid was waiting for Ivy to say this, "but I have a small condition."

"What?" Ivy listened attentively.

"Can you cast that shrinking spell on me again? I want to ride the Pegasus here!" Hagrid smiled and rubbed his hands.

"It's not a difficult task." Ivy nodded, "I can even make a magic item for you. As long as you wear it, you can maintain your reduced size. Of course, it can also double your height and waistline, making you more like a giant."

Wuhu! Done!

I found that there is really a Professor Victor in the original book, who is Hermione's Arithmancy Professor. This course should be about probability. Maybe this is a method of prediction?