Magic Ring

Dumbledore smiled slightly, "Of course, you all don't need to worry about not having time to rest. The current time in the Rune Card World is February 17, 1997, and March 31 is Easter. Just like us, Hogwarts in the Rune Card World will have a two-week holiday."

"You can all take a holiday and go home at that time."

The audience erupted in cheers again. Dumbledore stopped with a smile, giving the students some time to discuss.

"February 17? March 31?" Encouraged by the holiday, Ron's rusty brain was lubricated, and he began to calculate with his fingers, "February in '97 has 28 days, which means there are still 42 days until Easter."

"And now it's June 18, 1995, plus 42 days. Got it! July 30th!"

"July 30th?" Neville's eyes lit up. "That's my birthday!"

"My birthday is tomorrow!" Harry chimed in.

"No," Hermione shook her head. "If it falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the holiday will just be brought forward, but the entire holiday will still be calculated according to the original timeline, and classes in that world will still start on April 14th. So the holiday will only be longer, not shorter."

"March 31, 1997 was a Monday, which means the holiday actually started on March 29. So, we had 40 more days until the holiday."

"So actually, our first day of holiday starts on July 29th! We need to go back to school on August 14th."

In the past, Ron would only get angry when his mistakes were pointed out, but now he listened patiently and exclaimed, "Great!"

Hermione glanced at Ron with pity. What was supposed to be a two-month vacation had been reduced to less than 20 days. What was there to be happy about?

Professor McGonagall tapped her glass at the High Table, signaling the end of the discussion.

The audience fell silent for a moment, and Dumbledore continued speaking.

"During your stay on campus, you will need to follow the schedule of students in the Rune Card World, waking up early and going to bed early. The curfew will still apply."

"During 'classes', everyone needs to stay in designated locations— the Great Hall, the library, Ravenclaw Common Room."

"Prepare parchment and a quill pen."

Students from almost no other colleges questioned the fixed location of the lounge, except for the Ravenclaw Common Room.

They all understood that even without classes, Ravenclaw would study and research their passions in the lounge.

Dumbledore had anticipated this and continued explaining without pausing.

"By the way, everyone doesn't need to get up early tomorrow. The sixth and seventh graders in the Rune Card World don't have classes in the morning."

"But everyone must be in the Great Hall by 1:30 pm tomorrow."

"Hogwarts in the Rune Card World will also hold a group class in the Great Hall, teaching everyone how to construct [Magic Ring]."

"Oh, I should add something else. This decision to stay on campus was made after careful consideration. The school had already contacted all students' parents in advance, including ordinary people."

"All the parents have agreed. You will receive their letters tomorrow or after the end-of-term dinner."

Some Muggle-born wizards, like Ron, who disliked studying, let out a wail.

"Students who have graduated from seventh grade are also included in the group of students who remain on campus."

"The school has also contacted your workplaces in advance, and you can all stay at the school until the next trial begins."

This time, the audience erupted in cheers instead.

They all came from seventh-grade students.

They had assumed that they were not among the students staying on campus.

The fact that they can stay until September 24th before the next trial begins means that the next academic year starts on September 1st, which means they can see the new students enroll in their colleges.

Dumbledore smiled too, and then paused.

"Now, as far as I know, we will first hold the House Cup awards ceremony. The specific scores of each house are as follows: fourth place, Hufflepuff, 304 points; third place, Gryffindor, 341 points; Ravenclaw, 396 points; Slytherin, 402 points."

At this point, no one paid attention to Dumbledore's words; even a blind person could tell from the surroundings that the winner of the House Cup was Slytherin.

Even Slytherin only offered a token cheer.

Dumbledore seemed to have anticipated this, and so he immediately said, "Then let's eat."

As soon as he finished speaking, the gold platters and goblets on each long table were suddenly filled with food and drinks.

Ron's hand moved in a blur, and when it returned to normal, there was a fried chicken leg. He immediately began to devour it, then started eating with both hands, as if he wanted to eat away all the frustration in his heart.

Lavender, standing to the side, looked at Ron with doting eyes, adding food to his plate from time to time and offering him a drink when he was about to choke.

Not far away, Ginny rolled her eyes. To this day, she still couldn't understand why Lavender would fall for Ron.

"Ginny, eat your food." Harry thought Ginny was throwing another tantrum.

Now their positions in the relationship have been reversed.

Ginny used to be the one running around trying to please Harry.

Now it's Harry's turn to take the initiative.

Ginny looked at the plate, which was piled high with food.

She immediately covered her forehead, "You think I'm Ron?!"

While Harry and Ginny were flirting and caught up in their love and hate, Hermione seemed to have completely forgotten about her conflict with Fleur.

I have absolutely no objection to Phoebe staying here instead of going to Beauxbatons.

"Just by adding one more syllable, the power of the Protego Totalum can be increased? That's incredible!"

"Summoning Card can be optimized like this? Compressing their size and indirectly increasing their storage capacity?"

"So that's how flight magic is cast. It just requires combining the Levitation Charm with the structure of this Magic Script."

Hermione took out her notebook, forgetting to eat, and kept making a scratching sound as the pen tip scratched across the paper.

Meanwhile, Phoebe was multitasking, taking the opportunity to make a move on Basil.

Even after the dinner party ended, Hermione was still reeling from the constant bombardment of magical knowledge.

Phoebe straightened Basil's collar. "Hermione, see you tomorrow."

"Hmm." Hermione remained with her head down, organizing her notes.

Upon seeing this, Phoebe immediately turned around and went forward to give Basil a kiss.

Meanwhile, the students around them who had noticed all this already had a lot of complaints about Hermione's 'monopolizing' of Basil. Coupled with her previous disgusting SPEW incident, all of this today was incredibly appetizing to them, and the frustration of being taken over during the summer vacation disappeared without a trace.

They wouldn't have reminded Hermione that it was best not to kick her when she was down.

The only ones who would speak up for justice are Harry and his friends.

Harry was too busy trying to please Ginny, and as soon as the dinner party ended, he went back to the Rune Card World to be with his three wives.

Ginny was sulking; she wasn't old enough to ask Harry to sleep with her.

Ron ate too much and was groaning on Lavender's lap; he's been taken to the Hospital Wing. Madam Pomfrey is getting overtime.

Because of the timeline change, Neville skipped the stage of developing feelings for Ginny and went straight to his future wife, Hannah the Helmswoman, and ended up sitting at the Hufflepuff table.

As for the victim, Basil, who was violated by his wife, he could only silently endure the 'pain'.

Two energy projections were also created to accompany Luna and Pansy.

This wasn't because he was lustful; he was simply verifying the omnipresent nature he had suddenly acquired.

This is an alternative application of the concept of "Destined Twins".

It does not distinguish between good and evil, but only pursues the prosperity of the places where they coexist, rather than demanding the strength of its own existence.

It is excellent for multi-threaded operations and time management.

In combat, one can only use the magic of wizards from the Novel World, because this power is constant and can be used infinitely.

No matter how many other forces there are, they are all limited.

It can be considered as infinite to some extent.

In short, Hermione found nothing in the end.

But out of conscience, Basil prepared some green food and piled it on his plate.

"Bucky, you're so kind to notice I haven't eaten." Hermione was touched at first, then suspicious. "Why is everything green? The sauce on this steak is green too."

Green has multiple symbolic meanings in British culture.

However, most of them are positive.

For example, it symbolizes life, freshness, and vitality, as well as hope and new life, and is also associated with joy, youth, and spring.

The intermediate state is directly related to culture and religion, such as Christian Easter and Irish culture.

Negative symbolism is rare, with only Kyle cultures considering it to represent misfortune and death.

So Hermione quickly dismissed the greenery and took it as a blessing.

"It's still hot, Bucky, you're so thoughtful, you even used magic."

Completely oblivious to the pity in Basil's eyes.

Silly girl, it's summer now.

The next day.

1 p. m.

Harry and Cedric arrived in the Rune Card World early to watch the live stream.

However, Harry's expression wasn't pleasant at the moment.

"Harry!" came the voice of a red-haired boy. He was incredibly enthusiastic, clinging to Harry and babbling on for a long time before asking in a dreamlike voice, "Where's my sister?"

(In the Great Hall, Ginny looked at the boy who resembled a husky and asked, "Is this me?")

(The last time she saw him was at the wedding. Ginny thought it was just a fleeting moment.)

(His unusual behavior was simply because his older sister was getting married.)

(But now she realizes she was wrong; unlike her, Gingley Weasley was a boy so lively it was almost annoying.)

(A combination of Ron and Fred with George.)

"Witches aren't allowed here now," Harry sighed.

As far as the eye could see, besides Jinli, there were countless boys.

They were all male wizards.

Now, thanks to the reconciliation between Riddle and Dumbledore and the invention of the Magic Ring, wizards no longer have to wait until adulthood to enroll in school.

They are now organized to learn the [Magic Ring] in the Great Hall, and once they finish learning, they can enroll normally.

And because they didn't know how to use the [Magic Ring], all the witches were considered potential criminals and were not allowed to approach the Great Hall.

"Oh, I see." Jinli sighed.

He then approached another male wizard who looked to be about his age and began to talk to him.

"Where are you from?"

"London? London is great. Diagon Alley, Knockturn Alley, Leaky Cauldron, St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, the headquarters of the British Ministry of Magic, the Quidditch Museum, the headquarters of the Vampire Tolerance Society, Gringotts Bank, and Wools Orphanage are all in London."

"What? You don't know about the Wools Orphanage?"

(Voldemort, who mistakenly believed he had once been kind, tried to find a trace of melancholy, but to no avail. He then began to recall those familiar names, "Mrs. Cole, Amy Benson, Dennis Bishop, Billy Stubbs, Erik Wallace, Martha.")

("Well, I just hanged Billy's rabbit and scared Amy and Dennis in the cave, but I didn't kill them. Am I really a good person?")

"That's where Demon Man Tom Riddle grew up."

("Voldemort's orphanage?" Fred and George exchanged a glance; they had already decided where to go for their holiday—London.)

(Mrs. Weasley and her husband, now back at the Burrow, exchanged a glance and said in unison, "It's wonderful, our little girl.")

(Ginny looked at her own chattering mouth and just wanted to Soketsu it up.)

"You've worked hard." Cedric approached and patted Harry on the shoulder.

He initially thought Harry's mask of pain was because Ginny was Ginny's alternate-universe counterpart, but now he realized it was because of Ginny's mouth.

The little boy who was approached by Gingley has already put on the same pain mask as Harry.

"Now I just hope this class was worth the trip," Harry said dejectedly.

After the trial ended and he returned to Hogwarts, he also inquired with others about it.

For example, why was the mission suddenly marked as completed, and what additional visuals were played (referring to visuals not from the perspective of the Champion or heroic Heroic Spirits)?

Then he learned how amazing the Demon Man was, and that the mission was accomplished through his wedding with Cedric, and their happiness after marriage.

They also learned of the existence of the [Magic Ring], that it was created by chaotic magic flow, and that it had the function of enhancing the power of spells and the ability to restore magic power. At the same time, the part of the magic that was flowing within the ring was restrained and could not be extracted by the witch.

However, for these Champion, due to the transformation of magic into spirits, some seemingly advanced magical techniques have already been incorporated into them and are no longer effective against them.

Take flight magic, for example. This kind of magic that allows wizards to soar through the sky like birds is simply an instinct encompassed by elf-like abilities.

"It will definitely be worth it." Cedric was even more optimistic. "What exactly is the [Magic Ring]?"

In his view, this is somewhat similar to the effect of the [Magical Circuit] that Krum exchanged, and it is not included in the category of elves.

A dozen minutes later, a wizard wearing half a mask answered Cedric's question.

"It is a mental construct similar to a spell card, existing in our mental world, but unlike spell cards, it also has the function of storing magic power."

"It can also be projected outside the body."

As soon as the wizard finished speaking, two halos of light appeared from beneath his feet, swirling from his feet to the top of his head.

One of them was purple, and the other was black, which was quite eerie.

"The color of the [Magic Ring] is related to the quality and quantity of magic."

"From low to high, the colors are white, yellow, purple, and black."