Mother's Wand, Anomaly in the Forbidden Forest

"Dear Miss Muya, thank you for providing my family with ancient magic protection. In a few days, the battle between the goblins and wizards will begin. I hope Merlin stands with us. I have also sent the Time-Turner I promised you before." —Nott

This was what Theodore's note said, except the two names were obscured by black stains.

While translating it, Muya noticed that the paper contained not only ancient runes, but also rather clumsy Chinese, though it looked like ancient runes.

The paper Tom had brought back from Gaunt House was clearly from an earlier time.

And judging by its contents, it seemed to be a diary entry.

"A peaceful day in fifth year. An Eastern transfer student joined Slytherin. Sebas said yesterday that he wanted to prank her, but I wasn't interested. At least that guy no longer had his head full of Dark Magic. Sebas failed. The transfer student used some unknown method to knock down Sebas, who had been preparing to ambush her."

Muya could not understand why even a diary had to be written in ancient runes. Wasn't that troublesome?

"You even swiped a book from the Restricted Section?" Tom picked up the Dark Magic book Muya had brought back, the one filled with notes, with one hand.

Muya nodded. "There are a lot of notes in it. The later notes had two spells cast on them, but I broke the first one."

Tom returned the book to Muya. "There's an auction in Knockturn Alley tomorrow night. Interested?"

Before Muya could refuse, Tom spoke first. "There's news about the matter you asked me to look into."

"Fine."

The pitch-black night was illuminated by streetlamps and decorative lights. As the auction's organizer, Tom led Muya through the fast lane.

"Ladies and gentlemen..."

"Good evening!"

Tom had