Everyone's Speculations

Everyone has a different understanding of what a wizard is.

In the Muggle world, due to cultural differences, the term "magic" sometimes refers specifically to people who make a living by performing rituals and praying for others; in other places, it refers to those responsible for conveying oracles, interpreting cards, and telling fortunes; and in still other places, it refers to people with supernatural abilities who use magic to protect others from natural disasters, outsiders, and enemies. They are also responsible for correcting mistakes, judging right and wrong, manipulating nature, and explaining terrifying phenomena.

Without boasting, as one of the best wizards, they were seen by Professor McGonagall and others as just mortals with some special abilities.

They can change the shape and appearance of the object of their spells, they can alter the object's inherent properties, and the best among them can even brew Potions of immortality and artifacts that allow them to travel back in time.

However, wizards are inherently fragile, just like mortals, and cannot manipulate magic as instinctively as other Magical Creatures.

They had to use gestures, language, or even external objects like magic wands.

Using only gestures or language will produce very little magical effect. For example, the shamans of the Uagadou in Africa rely more on the Animagus in combat, using gesture magic only for daily life or surprise attacks.

If you only use the wand without chanting a spell or waving it, you get the Silent Spell, which you learn in the fifth year of Hogwarts. This isn't the same as the above, but the reason it is is because the wand remembers the spells used, and it is itself composed of powerful magical substances.

A wand is a tool that allows a wizard to "transform" into Magical Creatures.

In short, the mysterious young man in that video was not a wizard at all; he was more like a humanoid Magical Creatures.

This discovery left the four people in the Headmaster's Office silent, considering how to answer Dumbledore's question.

"Wandless Magic is too difficult for us Britain wizards; it's simply unusable in battles against other wizards."

"But this self-proclaimed Magician's words and actions created magic at a level that only a skilled wizard could achieve with a wand."

"Moreover, his body may have undergone magical Transfiguration, a very dangerous and obscure form of magic. But for him to be so perfect, without any change in appearance, is beyond my comprehension," Professor McGonagall, the most senior among them, spoke first.

She was most skilled in Transfiguration, and she knew that no one in the current Wizarding World had reached her level in the most difficult magical Transfiguration, especially the kind that she herself possessed.

"Minerva looks at it from the Transfiguration, and I'll look at it from the perspective of my area of expertise, just like her."

"The Devil's Snare is something that first-year students learn about in their courses."

"In books and in my classes, it is described as a rare and dangerous plant, but it is easy to deal with; just a little bit of sunlight can prevent it from strangling you to death."

"But what you may not know is that it is also the most common and most famous rare plant."

"I would even say that no magic school would not mention it in its Herbology curriculum, because it is also the easiest plant to obtain as teaching material and the easiest to deal with."

"It is rare only because it can only exist in the damp underground where there is little sunlight."

"The young man knew about but had never seen such a tenacious plant. Coupled with his mention of the moon, I strongly suspect that he grew up in an extremely closed-off educational environment, where the moon was used as a metaphor."

"The 'moon' should be in the desert; only there could the Devil's Snare be found in its entirety," Professor Sprout continued.

"No, why not use your imagination?"

"According to what you said, the possibility that you used it means that there are also Devil's Snare in the desert."

"Why not think outside the box? Why can't he really be from the moon?"

"His spellcasting style and the level of proficiency he demonstrated show that he is using a style that is outside of all the schools we are familiar with today, and this style cannot be created by one person or one family."

"He must come from somewhere outside of the magical society we know—and the moon is a place where we wizards have never set foot." Professor Flitwick discerned this from Ryan's spellcasting methods.

However, what he didn't know was that Ryan had a cheat code; his spellcasting style was something he had developed from scratch and was the most suitable for him.

Given that Ryan is now almost equivalent to level 7, it's normal for Filius Flitwick to make a mistake. Smart people can see these things, and so can Filius Flitwick and Dumbledore.

This was something Ryan deliberately showed so they would discover.

Sure enough, after Filius Flitwick pointed it out, the others thought about it and agreed with his statement.

"It is indeed possible. As you all know, I usually live in Spinner's End during my holidays. I have read reports from Muggle that the America has used something called a rocket to land on the moon."

"I suspect there are wizards behind this, and that ridiculous guy who calls himself Magician might just be one of the wizards who landed on the moon in America," Snape concluded.

"Very good, that's exactly what I thought," Dumbledore said with a smile.

"And who are you?"

"Isn't this the reason you brought us here?" Snape frowned.

"You guessed right, Severus."

"This is just an appetizer, and something you absolutely have to know. You might even know things this poor old man doesn't," Dumbledore said, waving his hand with feigned pitifulness. "What I'm trying to say is—"

Just as Dumbledore was speaking, the Philosopher's Stone, which had been silent, lit up again.

This time, a new video was played: a Phoenix appeared from the void and disappeared into the back of Quirrell's head, followed by Harry emerging from black flames.

Then Quirrell collapsed to the ground.

"Is that you, Albus?" McGonagall said. She looked surprised; after Dumbledore said he was following Harry and the others, she assumed that Dumbledore had dealt with You-Know-Who and Quirrell was being controlled by the You-Know-Who.

But she didn't expect Dumbledore in such a hurry that he wouldn't even give Harry a chance to talk to Quirrell or the You-Know-Who.

However, the You-Know-Who shouldn't be so easily defeated.

The effects in mid-air continued to play.

"What? It's Harry Potter!" Filius Flitwick couldn't help but exclaim in a shrill voice.

Professor McGonagall and Professor Sprout were speechless, while Snape, knowing what was happening next, watched the scene he had missed with great eagerness.

"Yes, it's Harry." Dumbledore surprised and half serious.

He never expected that this scene would be recorded by the "Philosopher's Stone," and he originally wanted to talk about Sirius.