Li Weide immediately felt a sense of foreboding. "Don't tell me... you, like Professor Isidora Morganach, left a huge mass of Ancient Magic beneath Hogwarts?"
"No." Senior Sister shook her head.
"Oh... you scared me..."
Li Weide really had been frightened. He had thought that, in the end, Senior Sister had been unable to resist the temptation and had followed Professor Morganach's example, stockpiling a huge mass of Ancient Magic beneath Hogwarts too.
Then the dragon slayer really would have become the dragon.
"In fact, it's not just one mass, but many. These masses of Ancient Magic are scattered around Hogwarts, and you can absorb them..." Senior Sister continued.
Li Weide's heart, which had just settled, leaped into his throat again.
"Senior Sister, the little gift you mentioned... it can't be these masses of Ancient Magic, can it? I... I don't dare absorb too much Ancient Magic for now..."
Senior Sister waved a hand, cutting him off. Then, with a flip of her wrist, a mist black tinged with red, red tinged with silver, appeared in her palm.
"What you don't dare absorb is this kind of power, isn't it?"
Li Weide nodded.
"You don't need to worry at all, because this isn't Ancient Magic in the first place. True Ancient Magic can be absorbed as much as you like." Senior Sister smiled.
Li Weide asked in surprise, "This isn't Ancient Magic? But... I accidentally absorbed a small bottle of it, and that was when I awakened Ancient Magic, wasn't it?"
"Though it isn't Ancient Magic, it is another kind of power that can strengthen Ancient Magic. Once you absorbed it, naturally, you awakened Ancient Magic ahead of time... Professor Dumbledore should have told you about Professor Morganach, right?" Senior Sister asked.
Li Weide nodded. "He gave me the general