Work Hard from Now On

Helga agreed with Jon's speculation.

"But have you really not considered telling Dumbledore about this?" Helga closed the parchment in her hand. "At the very least, it would serve as a warning."

"That won't be necessary. I remember..." Jon paused, choosing not to reveal what was in his memories. When the words reached his lips, he changed them to, "Economic war isn't like Total War. I think this is only a test. I just don't know whether it's a test by Voldemort's followers, or an attempt by the German dark Wizards to rescue the First Dark Lord."

"What do you think? Let me hear it."

Recently, Helga had approved of most of Jon's thinking, because he always managed to guess the right direction. It surprised her greatly.

In their era, every wizard who survived possessed this kind of foresight and judgment. Only then could they avoid putting themselves in danger.

But wizards like that were rarely seen in this era. Helga had watched from within the castle for so many years, yet she had seldom seen young wizards who excelled in this regard. Most of these students devoted their talents to Quidditch and night tours around the castle. The last student she had admired, Tom Riddle, had become the second Dark Lord, as Jon had told her.

"If it's the latter, then it's not really a major issue. Since Dumbledore was able to imprison Grindelwald in Nurmengard for the greater good back then, no matter how the German dark Wizards stir things up, it will be futile. As long as Dumbledore visits Nurmengard, nothing serious will happen."

Jon cleared his throat and continued, "If Voldemort has already brought Germany's dark Wizards under his command, there's no need to worry either. As long as Voldemort remains unresurrected, those dark Wizards will not truly attack the British Wizarding World."

Helga nodded. She did not care much about an attack by dark Wizards. After all, she now resided within a portrait and could not affect the outside world, while the outside world could not kill her either. What Helga worried about was Jon's safety.

This was the only bloodline left. She had to find a way to protect him.

Even if those people would not truly invade, a little harassment was certainly unavoidable. "How about this? Starting with our next lesson, I'll teach you some of the Combat Spells I mastered back then."

"Combat Spells? But you said many spells in the Wizarding World have been improved. Are the spells from your time still useful now?"

Jon's questions always struck at the crucial point, but Helga had naturally considered this as well. "Don't worry about that. The improvements I mentioned weren't because those spells had become outdated. On the contrary, it was because their power was too great for the later magical environment to withstand. Otherwise, did you think the Killing Curse was the only spell that could kill?"

"All right."

He could foresee that the days ahead might be difficult, but for the sake of survival, it was a choice he had no choice but to make.

"Then when do we start learning?"

Helga waved her hand. "No rush, no rush. We'll stop here for today. I need to find the feeling of teaching students again first. Next Tuesday, we'll practice in Ravenclaw's Study. Didn't you say you found a way to open the drawer? This time, we can see whether we can open it."

"All right, then I'll be going."

Jon focused his thoughts and recalled his dormitory. The scene before him began to blur, and the next moment, he suddenly opened his eyes on his dormitory bed.

It was already five in the morning. Jon had no desire to go back to sleep, so he sat on the bed and meditated for a while. Once he felt a little more refreshed, he climbed out of bed.

Today was Sunday, so there was nothing he needed to study. He had finished his homework long ago. What Jon needed to do now was begin studying Magical Theory.

His first reason for learning magic had been survival. His second reason was that he wanted to become a scholar who studied magic.

Learning those violent spells was a necessity, but researching magic was what Jon truly enjoyed.

Science and magic were both paths to seeing through the nature of the world.

To borrow the words of a physicist, in this world, the end of science was magic.

And Jon felt that his study of magic had only truly begun now.

The essence of a wizard casting magic was to mobilize the magic inside the body and manifest it in the outside world through a specific method, thereby accomplishing what they intended to accomplish.

From this, Jon had gained a personal insight during meditation.

In this world, the free-floating Magic Factors between heaven and earth were essentially no different from the magic within a wizard's body. Once these Magic Factors were absorbed into a wizard's body, they became magic.

Places with a higher density of Magic Factors were named High-Magic Environments by Jon, while places where the density of Magic Factors was not as high were Low-Magic Environments.

Most places in the world were Low-Magic Environments, so it was reasonable for a wizard to be born in an entirely Muggle area. For multiple wizards to be born there at the same time, however, was less reasonable.

If Magic Factors could merge into a wizard's body, then conversely, a wizard's soul could also exist solely by relying on Magic Factors.

Jon suspected that this was how Voldemort had been able to exist in the form of a soul. Although Horcruxes ensured that Voldemort would not die, without the protection of Magic Factors, a soul could only continue existing by possessing someone else.

Then that forest in Albania should also be a High-Magic Environment similar to Hogwarts Castle?

If so, Voldemort's situation was not actually that bad. And since he could hide in Albania, Jon's earlier speculation was very likely true.

But if that were truly the case, Voldemort could simply possess an ordinary wizard and resurrect in Albania. There was no need for him to travel all the way back to Hogwarts to find Harry Potter.

The most likely explanation was still the restriction of the Resurrection Spell. He had to find the person the resurrected one hated most. And because of the effects of the Ancient Spell, before Harry came of age, Voldemort could neither capture him personally nor use someone else to take Harry away from the protection of the Order of the Phoenix.

After all, he himself had been defeated by Dumbledore.

With that in mind, Jon became deeply curious about that forest in Albania.

Ravenclaw's Diadem was now a Horcrux, hidden in the Room of Requirement at Hogwarts. As long as Jon wanted it, this Horcrux would be his for the taking.

Once Voldemort had been completely destroyed, Jon would definitely have to visit that place.