He looked at the little golden figure in his hand. It was a gift from Kayson, the civil official, when he had traveled back to save his sorry life.
"Fine. A life was a life, no matter whose it was." Kayson curled his lip, tossed the Totem of Undying into a copier in his office, threw the original into a beacon and sealed it away, then tossed the copy into the near-death teleportation pool.
After finishing everything, he left his office and grabbed a Gryffindor student in the corridor. "Cos, could you help me get Harry to my office?"
Cos turned around, saw that it was Kayson, and nodded. "Of course, but I don't know where he is right now either."
"No need to do it immediately. Just tell him when you run into him," Kayson said.
"No problem, Professor."
Kayson nodded and headed toward the stairwell. Over this period, he had led the young wizards in installing the alchemical rails. All that remained was the real heavy-duty work.
Professor McGonagall had previously said that they should not carry out construction in front of outsiders. It would make Hogwarts look shabby, as though it had fallen into disrepair or lacked magical protection.
However, after his reasoned arguments, she had agreed to the blitz construction policy. After all, letting students from other schools watch Hogwarts' Alchemy professor perform incomprehensible "I reckon this'll work" alchemy was bound to leave a powerful impression.
Maybe he could even stab a few knives into the hearts of their original Alchemy professors afterward.
Wouldn't that be delightful!
Hehehe!
And so, Kayson leisurely made his way to the base of Gryffindor Tower at Hogwarts. Ten mechanical arms, plus his two original arms, began the wall-demolition project. Of course, this was no ordinary demolition. He was embedding alchemical