Susan Bones, the Original Heir

Silence, utter silence.

Kate and Penelope were both still absorbed in what Ryan had just said.

Ravenclaw's instincts compelled them to combine their own knowledge with an exploration of those words.

So much so that Kate remained completely silent, as if she hadn't heard Ryan's earlier suggestion.

Looking at them so quietly, Ryan couldn't help but start daydreaming.

Ryan didn't actually tell us everything just now—about the origin of their essence.

Like Ryan himself, his worldview comes from his past life.

To him, who was originally an ordinary person, magic was a miracle, something without limits that could do anything.

As for Kate, even Ryan sometimes almost forgets that she is actually a very gossipy, gloomy woman with an extremely low profile.

In a timeline without Ryan, she broke up with Penelope and became a lonely, ordinary woman.

As for Penelope.

She kept telling herself that she knew from the beginning that Ryan wasn't a good match.

But Ravenclaw's thirst for knowledge and her innate attraction to beauty led her to hypnotize herself.

A worldview is a microcosm of a person's character.

With such personalities, it's no wonder they possess such abilities; it couldn't be more fitting.

"Wait, kid, if that's the case, then there's no such thing as a bad ability, right?"

"If I study and practice my abilities diligently, can't I eliminate those shortcomings that affect my normal life?" Kate suddenly thought of what Ryan had mentioned a while ago about the shortcomings of the Arborsage —the wizards could not control the magical transformation ability when it was born.

Ryan explained, "This is related to the contradiction between one's acquired personality and innate talents."

A wizard whose talent is death may also have a heart that loves life.

Like Draco Malfoy, his area of expertise is incompatible with his nature.

Okay, Kate, you can discuss these things later. Don't you need any prompting?

"Okay." Kate nodded regretfully first.

I regret that my previous viewpoint—that magical transformation can generate abilities, which is not a flaw—has been denied again.

Then he said, "Of course I want this hint. I figured it out myself, why shouldn't I?"

"Then I'll tell you," Ryan said.

He said this, but kept his mouth tightly shut.

However, his thoughts connected with Kate's. "She's a witch."

That's it?

"Yes, that's it."

"Then all my guesses were for nothing?"

"How can you call it a guess?"

Aberforth's previous targets were all male witches.

He himself never expressed any fondness for witches.

With this tip, you can completely narrow down your target.

Moreover, Penelope, unaware of this clue, would probably search among the wizards.

Ryan disconnected.

"Are you guys done yet?" Penelope asked irritably.

She was a little annoyed when she saw Kate and Ryan making faces at her.

Although she knew the two were only having a mental conversation, her emotions still couldn't help but take a turn for the worse.

"Alright." Ryan shrugged.

Then he winked at Kate and gave her a thumbs-up.

Ryan is confident this time that Kate and Penelope will never guess who this person is.

Besides guessing, they also have to provide concrete evidence.

Because this witch's origin is the academy that Kate and Penelope are bound to ignore.

Previous candidates were all from Slytherin and Gryffindor.

Logically, if we exclude candidates from those two houses, there is only one choice left— Ravenclaw.

Ravenclaw have an insatiable thirst for knowledge.

There are some oddballs in there who can endure loneliness and study magic all day long.

Among these people, finding one to be the owner of Hog's Head Pub would be perfect.

After all, Aberforth was a weirdo who liked goats.

But in reality, she was a student of Hufflepuff.

A student at a college that Penelope and Kate subtly looked down upon.

In the original timeline, without Ryan.

The candidate is Susan Bones.

She was regarded by Aberforth as the successor to the bar after July 1996.

Because, in that same month, her aunt Amelia Bones was murdered by Voldemort himself.

In the same year, her best friend Hannah Abbott left school after learning that her mother had been killed by Death Eaters, and did not return to the school until the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998 with the other DA members.

Having lost everything, Susan was like a rough stone that had been cut open, revealing the translucent jade inside.

Thus, he caught the eye of the discerning Aberforth.

He was accepted as a successor.

But things are different now.

Susan is still a rough stone that seems somewhat unremarkable due to her laziness and complacency.

But another Hufflepuff witch quietly shone brightly and caught the eye of Aberforth.

Date: August 26, 1993.

There are still 6 days until the start of school on September 1st.

In the basement of Smith Castle, Ryan and his two companions were watching the Burrow in Devon through Peter Pettigrew's projector. In Harry Potter's room, Harry was sitting cross-legged on the floor, his palms facing the sky, meditating in front of the Contract Tree.

"How much longer?"

Isn't today the day of magical transformation?

"How much longer is this guy going to dawdle?" Kate, leaning against Ryan's chest, shifted around boredly.

"Yes.

Harry Potter's transformation through the magic of the Arborsage is quite different from our Phoenix Metamorphosis.

And what will happen to the Contract Tree after he succeeds?

Will it wither away on its own?

"Or let the tree continue to grow, and after it dies naturally, it will undergo another magical transformation." Penelope's teacher, Kate, though appearing dignified and elegant, also seemed a little impatient.

Ryan said he learned something from this.

He almost forgot.

Harry Potter is not him.

Harry doesn't have such a handsome face.

He almost mistook Harry for him.

If Ryan were sitting cross-legged in the picture.

Kate and Penelope would probably never get tired of watching them.

Unlike now, I get bored in less than ten minutes.

Meanwhile, in the Burrow.

Harry was listening to a growing, clearer heartbeat.

He had a strange intuition that today, during this Magic Imbuement, his Contract Tree would give him a response.

He will also undergo a magical transformation as described in Mission Seven.

Pop!

Suddenly, a sound like the cork of a gourd filled with wine being pulled out rang out.

The outline of a mature Holly Tree has appeared on the Contract Tree, which was originally still a sapling.

The lush, green leaves trembled slightly with Harry's breath, just like real leaves.

"Now!" Harry opened his eyes.

From his perspective, the outline of the sapling in front of him was not that of a tree.

It's another version of myself with green hair and green eyes.

Another version of himself winked at him, then turned into specks of green light and surged toward him.

As if a torrent were rushing into the sea, Harry was swept up by the green torrent.

The next second, a slender Holly Tree appeared in the same spot.

It then transformed into Harry's appearance.