A Foreseeable Dispute

"It truly felt like a sudden enlightenment," Babajide Akingbade emphasized. "To be honest... after reading that paper, I always miss my days in Uagadou ..."

He sighed deeply and said with great emotion, "Only after starting work do you realize how wonderful student life really was... Guess how long it took me to finish reading that paper?"

Wizet asked instinctively, "Just reading the paper?"

"It seems you were a good student who asked a lot of questions in school." Akinbade laughed. "Yes, you just read through the paper without skipping or skimming."

"I can only speak to my personal reading habits..." Wizet murmured, "I usually look up relevant books first and read them together... It takes about two hours, I guess?"

"Good habit." Akinbade nodded in agreement. "I guess I need to extend this time... to five days?"

"It took me a whole week to finally finish reading your paper and get a basic understanding of what it was about... Isn't that a bit unexpected?"

Wizet remained noncommittal. "It's probably because the International Confederation of Wizards is too busy that they can't spare that much time, right?"

"You're absolutely right," Akinbade shook his head and chuckled, as if mocking himself. "For the first three days, I could only read about half a page..."

"When I got back to my lodgings, after reading half a page, I would feel dizzy and lightheaded. All I wanted to do was take care of the Mandrake and get a good night's sleep."

"Mandrake?" Wizet asked with a hint of curiosity. "Mr. Akingbade, do you also grow a Mandrake?"

"Yes...this isn't exactly a docile plant." Akinbade said with pride and satisfaction. "Recently, many people have needed Mandrake, and I've been the one providing it..."

"However, if you want to pick the leaves of the Mandrake, you have to give it plenty of dragon manure to keep it in a good mood... otherwise it will sneak out of the soil... and that would be very dangerous!"

"I remember the leaves of mature Mandrake ...have strong hallucinogenic properties," Wizet said thoughtfully. "Mr. Akingbade, do they like this hallucinogenic property?"

At least according to the records of Hogwarts, brewing tea with Mandrake was something that many medieval wizards would unconsciously want to do in their leisure time;

Some wizards are able to invent new magic as a result, while others will expose themselves and be caught by Muggle and burned at the stake, where they will be burned alive because they are too confused to cast spells.

"Hmm..." Akinbade pursed his lips, glanced at Wizet, and then gently shook his head. "It's not because of that..."

"Back to that paper, although I could only read the first half of it for the first three days, I memorized all the content... I'll review it again during my spare time..."

"Then I rediscovered the feeling I had when I was studying. I spent a day reading the rest of the material and another day memorizing everything... and then it all suddenly became clear!"

"I suddenly realized why President Dumbledore was willing to stay at the school. It was a relatively simple place... without too many complicated relationships, which was perfect for learning."

"After graduation, when you need to consider more things... life will become more and more complicated, and it will become more and more difficult to find that simple feeling from back then."

"Cherish this time of learning." Wizet. "Headmaster Dumbledore said the same thing to me."

They followed the path into Wizarding Central Park and chatted for a while longer.

Luna's attention was focused on the two sides of the path, where many animals had appeared, making it look more like a zoo than a proper zoo.

This is an international symposium for Animagus, so you will naturally see Animagus from all over the world;

The most eye-catching of them are, of course, the elephants and giraffes, all of which are Animagus from Africa.

However, some wizards were exchanging ideas, and they would occasionally shift their attention to Wizet, which Luna noticed.

Akinbade sighed, "I never imagined that such a routine seminar would turn into so much trouble. I was planning to take advantage of these few days to get together with the other wizards and recommend your paper."

"As a result of the Fire Dragon attack, I had to work with my colleagues from the International Confederation of Wizards for quite some time. Fortunately, with Ms. Minerva's help, the seminar was able to proceed smoothly."

"Ultimately, it's because Animagus is too niche, and the training process is fraught with danger, requiring a significant investment of time and energy to achieve success..."

"As a result, it will become very difficult for us to publish academic journals, and we can only strengthen our connections through seminars."

Wizet agreed, "It is indeed a niche, high-level Transfiguration. Given its special nature, there are probably quite a few Animagus... who are unwilling to register it."

"And there are issues that people are unwilling to share..." Akinbade gave a helpless smile, "I'm actually really surprised... Hogwarts is really generous!"

"They were actually willing to publish such a paper without setting any barriers, allowing all Animagus to see it... It's just that the time is too short, and it can't be widely disseminated yet."

"Uagadou actually knows quite a few secrets... but because of the Magic Contract, we can't reveal them to the outside world... plus the special nature of African Wizards and magic..."

"For us, the Animagus is one of the male peacock's feathers, something we flaunt, which makes us feel obligated to protect it and unable to push it any further..."

Professor McGonagall had discussed these matters with Headmaster Dumbledore, so Wizet was not surprised at all.

After a moment's Wizet carefully considered his words before speaking, "Mr. Akingbade, perhaps we can take another step..."

Before Akinbade could reply, a Cheetah suddenly pounced on him from the side, then transformed into human form in mid-air.

A tall African Wizards embraced him, saying, "Akinbade, you've been so busy lately! You even stood me up at last night's party! They all want to meet you!"

"Wizet, see you in a bit..." Akinbade said, "I'm going to catch up with some old friends."

Wizet. "Okay, see you in a bit, Mr. Akingbade!"

Luna leaned close to Wizet and whispered to him, "This international symposium... might end up Runespoor..."

"Runespoor?" Wizet murmured. "That paper is still circulating in Europe ... The lack of communication among the Animagus can indeed cause disputes..."

What happened next was actually quite predictable.

In the end, perhaps he will need to provide a final explanation, after all, he is the author of that paper...