Hogwarts Crawler

"Professor Niofor Fitzgerald?"

Many headmasters looked at the portrait of the vice-headmaster named by Adam.

Obviously, this headmaster who had been away from Hogwarts for a long time suddenly came back to the headmaster's office to find them. It couldn't be that he missed them. Something important must have happened.

And now he mentioned ancient magic and suddenly locked on a specific headmaster. There must be a reason for him.

So...

"Niofor, what happened?"

The headmaster when Professor Fitzgerald was in Hogwarts couldn't help but ask.

"Ancient magic... Before I explain, could Professor Reed tell me where you learned about the existence of ancient magic?"

Professor Fitzgerald did not answer directly, but looked at Adam curiously:

"This ancient and powerful power is only accessible to very few wizards. Even when ancient magic was at its peak, there were no more than ten wizards in Britain who could use this power. In modern times, there are even fewer people with such talent, and even the relevant records were almost completely destroyed due to an accident."

"Is that accident related to goblins?"

Adam did not answer either, but responded with a question.

Seeing Professor Fitzgerald's shocked expression, Adam knew that he had guessed correctly. Professor Fitzgerald might have been an eyewitness to that incident.

So Adam began to talk about how he knew about the existence of ancient magic:

"After the trial of the Death Eaters, the Ministry of Magic filed a complaint with Gringotts because of the fines imposed on the Death Eaters..."

From the Ministry of Magic's notice to Gringotts, Gringotts' resistance, the Ministry of Magic's attack on Gringotts, to Adam's search of the goblins' memories because of their strange weapons, Adam explained in great detail.

Professor Dumbledore frowned when he heard Adam search the goblins' memories, but he calmed down after thinking about what the goblins did.

And when he heard the part at the end that there was a huge ancient magic energy under Hogwarts, the headmasters couldn't sit still.

WTF? There is a big bomb under Hogwarts? Why don't they know?

This feeling is exactly the same as Adam's at the beginning.

"Neof, is that true?"

Headmaster Professor Fitzgerald couldn't help but look at her again.

"The power sealed under Hogwarts... is real, and I was one of the people who first sealed that power under Hogwarts. At that time, I was already the headmaster of Hogwarts."

Professor Fitzgerald's expression was a little complicated.

But at this time, a headmaster who knew something about ancient magic couldn't help but speak:

"But as far as we know, although ancient magic is powerful, it doesn't have such unstable characteristics."

"That's right, so I need to explain that the power is not the energy of ancient magic, but a derivative created by ancient magic... It's my fault for not fulfilling my responsibility as a professor."

Professor Fitzgerald sighed and told the story of the little girl named Isidora Morgana, who was discovered to have a talent for ancient magic, but became more and more extreme as she grew up, and eventually went astray...

After Professor Fitzgerald finished speaking, the headmasters fell silent one by one. The headmasters of Hogwarts (except Professor Black) have always taken teaching and educating as their responsibility, and they can't stand hearing such stories of talented people going astray.

"But... in this story, the role of the goblins seems to be a little too low?"

Just then, Adam spoke:

"Did the goblins only create a container for that power and were unaware of the specific situation? In my impression, there seems to be a goblin named Lanlock who even dug through the ground of Hogwarts for the power under Hogwarts."

Principals: ? ? ?

"That's true, but that was after I died. At that time, the four deans and I left portraits and some preparations to prevent those powers from being discovered by others."

Professor Fitzgerald spoke faintly:

"Later... the Lanlock you mentioned found clues through the notes of the goblin craftsman at the time and coveted that power. We guided a Hogwarts student at the time to protect the power underneath and updated the seal. Thinking back carefully... it seems to have been a hundred years ago, right?"

A hundred years ago?

Finally, there was an exact time point. Everyone recalled in their hearts that the headmaster of Hogwarts at that time was... Professor Black?

Adam looked at Professor Black who was still frowning and snapping his fingers.

And the smart headmasterThey also noticed Adam's action, and they copied the answers one by one and looked at Professor Black.

During his tenure, such a big thing happened in Hogwarts. Judging from the other party's performance just now... the other party seemed to be unaware of it?

Professor Black was the first to think that he was the principal at that time. After a moment of shock, his face turned black:

"Impossible, what goblins, what underground energy, when I was in office... Wait, Lanlock?"

Professor Black scratched his white beard and muttered in a low voice:

"I seem to remember this name. At that time, there were rumors that goblins tried to start a rebellion, and the leader seemed to be Lanlock? But it didn't take long for that rumor to disappear... I thought it was another gimmick made up by the Daily Prophet."

Hearing this, everyone's eyes became more subtle.

"What are you looking at? I didn't like this profession very much back then, so it's normal even if there are omissions, right?"

Facing the strange eyes of many colleagues, Professor Black said angrily.

"This is not an ordinary omission, Phineas."

The only person who can call Professor Black that is his principal, but then Professor Fitzgerald spoke up to help this unlucky colleague and junior:

"This can't actually be blamed on Professor Black. After all, the situation was urgent at the time, and I asked the student to keep it secret..."

"By the way, Professor Fitzgerald, I wonder if you are still in contact with that student now?"

Adam looked at Professor Fitzgerald's portrait curiously.

Calculating the time, the other party's age seems to be only a few years different from Professor Dumbledore. Since the other party is a strong man who can master ancient magic, his life span should not be shorter than Professor Dumbledore. You know, ancient magic can even do such abstract things as extracting and storing negative emotions.

In other words, the other party is probably still alive now!

"This..."

Professor Fitzgerald showed a bit of embarrassment on his face:

"When we left behind to open the underground road for that student, the mission was completely over. After all, we only left a few portraits, which could not help him in the battle against Lanlock, so I haven't seen him since then."

"Is that so..."

Adam felt a little regretful. If he could contact the other party, Hogwarts would have another powerful general. According to the information currently known, the other party seems to be a genius and strong man who is not inferior to Professor Dumbledore and others.

Eh? Wait, Professor Dumbledore!

Adam's eyes lit up. There are many Dumbledoes in Hogwarts now. Since he can't contact the other party now, why not...