The days of hanging out at Hogwarts

"What should I do?" Loren asked.

"Focus." Dumbledore stretched out his ancient wand in front of Loren's eyes.

Loren first saw a cluster of red light on the tip of the wand, and his magical perception was aroused. His eyes were glued to it, and he was unconsciously attracted and immersed.

Dumbledore used his wand to attract Loren's attention, and flicked the wand suddenly, throwing the focus of Loren's sight away.

For a moment, Loren's eyes couldn't focus and couldn't see anything clearly. The colors of everything in the office suddenly faded away, leaving only outlines of shapes drawn with white lines, like line drawings. All the lines twist and intertwine like water.

Objects such as teacups and wooden tables without magic have clear outlines and fixed lines without flow.

In this scene, Loren could see more details clearly.

There was a slightly raised wooden bump on the second floor of the bookshelf, and a few bubbles floated from the tea in the cup. The shape and movement of the object appeared in his field of vision more intuitively.

Magical things, such as Dumbledore in front of him and the Philosopher's Stone on the table, their outlines are constantly flowing.

Loren looked down at his hands. The contours of his palms were also flowing, and there was a thin thread wrapped around his fingers. This was the trace.

He used the fingers of his other hand to hook the thin thread. The lines of his fingers intertwined with the lines of the trace thread, and then passed through without affecting each other.

"Feel magic with your heart, not your eyes." Dumbledore's voice came.

Under Dumbledore's guidance, Loren abandoned color and vision, and the world presented itself as a two-dimensional canvas-like line drawing.

Ignoring the line drawing in front of him again, Loren entered a strange state.

The magical things in this office are all exuding their own presence, and each thing has a different sense of presence.

The two most powerful sources of magic are Dumbledore and the Philosopher's Stone.

Dumbledore's magic is more active, showing vigorous vitality, like a volcano. The magic power in the Philosopher's Stone is greater, but it is stable and quiet, like a dead star.

This feeling is unlike any other sense. It's not visual, not auditory, it's also hard to describe, but he just felt it.

Dumbledore placed the ancient wand on the table, and the hardwood collided with the tabletop, making a slight sound.

"Click"

As the sound sounded, the white lines disappeared from Loren's vision, all items were recolored, and he also exited from that wonderful state.

"Remember this feeling." Dumbledore looked at Loren with a gentle smile.

Loren was a little unfinished, "Is this the magic master's magic perception?"

For things without magic, all perceptions are heightened, capturing the presence and movement of objects more clearly. Something magical, transformed into another unique perception.

Dumbledore pinched his beard and pretended to be thoughtful, "Emmm, although I don't know the situation of other people, my perspective should be able to give you some reference."

"How should I enter the state just now?" Loren looked away from the wand and looked at Dumbledore.

"When your magical vision opens, calm down, recall the feeling just now, and feel the world with your heart." Dumbledore replied.

Loren nodded in understanding, recalling the feeling just now in his mind.

Dumbledore saw Loren lost in thought, picked up the documents on the table and continued to read. The office fell into silence again, with an old man and a young man sitting across from each other, each busy with their own things.

I don't know how long it took until Dumbledore read the last page of the document and signed his name at the end with a quill.

"So, can you tell me now, what are you going to do when you suddenly come to ask for the Sorcerer's Stone?" Dumbledore's voice awakened Loren from his memories.

"Well, there's something different about the parchment that Percy signed for us, you know, and I have a different pair of eyes. As far as I know it's not just about upholding the Statute of Secrecy."

Loren said, stretching out his hand and showing Dumbledore the traces wrapped around his fingers. He knew that Dumbledore would definitely be able to see it.

Dumbledore did not look at Loren's childish hands, but looked at Loren's face and Loren's eyes, trying to see something deeper in his expression.

But Loren had no expression and just shook his white fingers. "The book Nico gave me told me that magic can be used to wash away the entanglement of traces."

Dumbledore did not answer this sentence. He closed the financial report documents on the table and put them aside. He looked at Loren seriously and said, "I want to know your opinion about Traces and "Reasonable Restrictions on Underage Wizards". bill"."

The act of coming to him to ask for the magic stone showed that Loren already knew the relevant information about Zongsi. The previous few sentences also show that Loren understands the connotation of Zongsi and the bill.

While at Nicolás Flamel's house in Devon, Nico handed the picture to Loren in front of Dumbledore.

Although Dumbledore may not know the role of the picture in conjunction with the Book of Fantasy, the picture must be like the magical portrait, carrying many memories of the owner of the portrait.

Dumbledore was unaware of Flamel's existence, but assumed that there was a magical figure teaching Loren with Nico's hundreds of years of valuable knowledge.

"I'm just a kid, what can I say?" Loren muttered. What does he think? His opinion is that it is very troublesome to change. It is very troublesome to think about it.

Dumbledore looked at him quietly, showing that the old headmaster was very patient.

"Alas~" Loren sighed, knowing that the old man would not let him go.

He held the armrests of the chair with both hands and sat inside. "My opinion is that the Muggle way of thinking and some knowledge will flow into the magical world on their own and transform the magical world."

"Oh." Dumbledore looked interested when he heard this novel idea, "Can you explain it to me, an old man, in detail?"

"Pure bloods can curb young Muggle wizards from the perspective of education and growth, but from my personal point of view, this method may not be that useful..." Loren expressed his thoughts in the gentlest way possible.

The entire new generation of the wizarding world is in a state of downgrade in strength, whether they are pure blood or mixed blood, and come from Muggle families.

Relatively speaking, the Muggle way of thinking and some knowledge are the advantages. This part of the content will naturally flow into the magical world through Muggle wizards and mixed-bloods, transforming all aspects of the magical world.

Just like Honeydukes, as a traditional candy store, it stands out from other candy stores by using discounts and promotions, packaging gift boxes and other methods common in the Muggle world.

Soon other candy stores would launch similar campaigns, thinking it was a common but useful way to promote their products. But this has shown that the business model of Muggle society has had an impact on wizarding society.

The Daily Prophet has changed from a normal news daily to a business daily with false content and exaggerated claims. This is also a manifestation of Muggle consciousness.

It is in this environment that Muggle consciousness penetrates bit by bit and transforms the magical world.

Wizards are just a minority group. Once they are connected to Muggle society, they will passively adapt and be transformed. The blockade of knowledge will also be broken.

The endless stream of little wizards is the embodiment of this connection.

"Pure blood will inevitably decline, but it will be a long process." After Loren finished speaking, he drank a large cup of tea for himself.

Dumbledore tapped his fingers lightly on the table, his eyes were deep, as if he was looking through Loren, towards the future he was talking about.

Dumbledore came to his senses, did not comment on Loren's point of view, and turned to talk about another matter,

"Professor McGonagall seized on Old Crabbe's absurd behavior of visiting the school and asked the school board and the Ministry of Magic to increase Hogwarts' autonomy. Of the 276 amendments she proposed, 176 were rejected by the school board. "

Seeing that he was still inclined to go into details, Loren quickly waved his hands and said, "Stop it, I'm just a first-year student. These things are what you adults should worry about, not me."

He grabbed the magic stone on the table and put it in his pocket, then hurriedly ran out of the office, "Goodbye, principal!"

Dumbledore looked at Loren fleeing and couldn't help but laugh.

As Nico's designated successor, Loren should indeed own the Philosopher's Stone.

In the hospital, Dumbledore had also warned that the Philosopher's Stone was not something that gave people what they wanted. He believed that Loren would not be obsessed with the power of the Philosopher's Stone.

What's more important is that Loren will refine his own magic stone. No matter how much advice and advice he gives, only Loren can take the final path.

Dumbledore had understood that children should no longer bear their shackles.

From this incident with Quirrell, he noticed the difference in Loren's mind. Not as smart as Hermione, but with a more mature mind.

Loren had more exchanges with Snape, and did not recognize Snape as the person who sought the Philosopher's Stone like Harry and others, and because of his unique perspective, he realized that Quirrell was the real culprit. Dumbledore expected this.

But Loren did not participate in the Philosopher's Stone challenge. Even if the curse was about to come, his mood swings were very small, and he did not seem to worry about safety issues.

These signs indicate that Loren has seen through his plot.

Dumbley had already known Loren's character. He wanted to save his relatives, get along well with his friends, and get along well with Snape, who was not very friendly. Cheerful, kind, and value friendship.

But he still wanted to talk to Loren, so he had today's conversation.

Loren has profound insights into pure-blood issues, as well as issues in the wizarding world and Muggle society.

I am aware of the sinister effects of laws related to traces, but I have no urge to change because I am lazy and fearful of trouble. I believe that time and trends will naturally change.

What surprised him most was that Loren showed no interest when it came to the issue of Hogwarts and the school board.

There is no grand sense of mission, no pursuit and desire for power. This is not a good character, and it exactly meets all Dumbledore's expectations.

Because those who always think they have a mission, pursue power, and desire to change the world will always make the world worse.

Dumbledore sat on the table with his eyes closed and meditated, thinking about the school board meeting after the end of the school year. Some measures should be tougher.

The old wizard's strong fingers tapped on the hardwood table, making a dull sound.

Loren walked out of the office, always feeling that the old man Dumbledore was acting strange today. But getting the crucial magic stone like this still feels a bit unreal.

"Forget it, it's normal for Dumbledore to be abnormal." He walked towards the Room of Requirement, intending to communicate with the magic power of the Sorcerer's Stone and wash away the traces on his fingers.

After saying hello to Silly Barnabas, Loren opened the door of the Room of Requirement and entered a quiet abandoned classroom.

He sat down cross-legged, took out the magic stone and looked at it carefully, ready to close his eyes at any time.

This is a red amber-like crystal with low transparency. It's not any regular shape, it's about the size of a fist, like a random stone picked up by the lake, it feels smooth to the touch.

He carefully input a little magic power into the magic stone. The red crystal glowed slightly with a red light, and a surge of magic power poured into Loren's body along his hand.

A warm feeling surged throughout his body, and Loren's hair and robes were stirred and kept flying.

He and Harry had felt this magic once when they faced Voldemort in the corridor under the trap door.

Vast, turbulent, endless.

There was an outlet for the magic at that time, and Loren felt hot all over when he woke up from the hospital afterwards. All the magic power is now sealed in Loren's body, and the warm feeling instantly turns into burning and bulging.

Loren didn't panic. The magic power coming out of the magic stone would not exceed the limit that his body could bear. This was also his previous experience.

They would be at a disadvantage against Voldemort, not because the magic stone did not have enough magic power, but because the magic stone was not infused with more magic power than they could bear.

The communication magic power to wash away the traces is not a complicated magic ritual. The process of magic power surging is the washing process. I just don't know how long it will take.

Loren closed her eyes, recalling the state of perception in the principal's office, and tried to get into the state.

The color of the entire classroom faded, and the surrounding walls turned into white, rough lines that were twisted and intertwined.

Loren turned his gaze to his fingertips and saw that the white lines wrapped around them, which were traces of silk, instantly disintegrated and disappeared. In the natural state of the magic power in the little wizard's body, it would take seven years or more to achieve the effect, but the communication magic stone can achieve it in an instant.

He let go of his right hand and let the magic stone fall to the ground, and the surging magic power was disconnected.

The swelling, pain and burning sensation still lingered on my body. He held the wand and let the magic in his body gradually become stable.

"call……"

Loren let out a long breath and looked at the magic stone that fell on the ground in trance.

The Philosopher's Stone is not only an endless source of magic power, but also a carrier of the refiner's thoughts. In the short time he directly communicated with the Magic Stone, he felt Nico's will from the Magic Stone.

It is a kind of wisdom after many vicissitudes of life, a kind of exhaustion after seeing the world, and a yearning for death. The surging magic power and the decaying will form a strong contrast.

This will communicates with Loren's soul through magic power, and intuitively transmits thoughts to Loren. It seemed like he was warning Loren not to take this path.

Loren picked up the magic stone and put it in his pocket. Walking lightly, with the joy of breaking the trace, he walked out of the Room of Requirement and walked to the Gryffindor common room.

"Dumbledore is the same, and so is Nico. They always think about me. Do you care what path I take? Really." Muttering voices scattered in the corridor.