Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

If the Ministry of Magic knew that there was a way to "contain and destroy" an entire population of dark magic creatures, would those bureaucratic wizards who were just sitting there doing nothing abuse this technology?

You know, not long after Dumbledore started school at Hogwarts, the Ministry of Magic had passed the Werewolf Registration Act.

Werewolves are just like five-legged monsters. If we consider them purely from the perspective of "economic benefits", they are both dark magic creatures with no "utility value".

However, werewolves only completely lose their humanity on the full moon night of each month. At other times, werewolves are actually no different from normal humans. Moreover, many wizards who were bitten and turned into werewolves were originally innocent. They were just victims of some werewolf thugs.

Dumbledore felt that, given the way some officials in the British Ministry of Magic had always behaved, it was entirely possible that they would, in accordance with the Werewolf Registration Act, lock all registered werewolves in the "Untraceable Extension Spell" space and leave them to fend for themselves for eight or ten years.

But as for those real werewolf thugs who have not registered, I'm sorry, the Ministry of Magic's attitude is likely to be to "selectively ignore" them for the time being.

But the truly terrifying situation is that with the Ministry of Magic's strict confidentiality, which is as strict as a colander, the secret of this technology is likely to be leaked.

If some dark wizards with ulterior motives knew about this, would they not use this method to deal with dark magic creatures, but instead use it directly on some wizards?

The more young Dumbledore thought about it, the more terrified he felt. He didn't dare to bet on whether the Ministry of Magic had professional ethics, let alone whether some people had moral bottom line.

Therefore, young Dumbledore finally chose to conceal his discovery.

However, geniuses are usually stubborn and conceited. Although he was unwilling to gamble on other people's integrity, Dumbledore did not completely abandon his own ideas, he just changed his way of thinking.

Containing and controlling dark magic creatures is a good thing, but the initiative cannot be placed in the hands of unreliable people.

He couldn't accept the abuse of the technology he discovered, so he simply created a magical item to his own liking.

In this way, if wizards in the future really encounter a difficult dark magic creature that is difficult to isolate, his discovery can also be put to use without having to worry about it being abused.

So, taking advantage of his identity, he used magic and alchemy to create a magical suitcase.

Later, he gave it to Newt Scamander, one of his favorite students and the one who was best suited to make good use of it.

In Dumbledore's opinion, this little Hufflepuff wizard possesses several rare qualities:

He is kind enough, smart enough, loyal to his duties; and most importantly, he has an innate talent for dealing with magical animals.

After handing the magic suitcase to Newt, he will definitely use it to house some magical animals rescued from all over the world, which is equivalent to accumulating usage experience in advance.

If one day in the future, a dark magic creature really appears in this world that even the Ministry of Magic cannot control, then Newt or a descendant of the Scamander family will be able to use this magic suitcase to save the world.

As for why this magical suitcase can accommodate those magical creatures, it will not slowly kill the vitality of the magical creatures like other folded spaces created by the "Untraceable Extension Spell".

The reason is that the folded space inside it was not created out of thin air by the "Untraceable Extension Spell", but was replaced from the outside world by Dumbledore using superb magic skills.

Once a professor joins Hogwarts, the magic castle will automatically allocate him or her a dedicated space for faculty and staff.

This space can be moved and divided within the castle and used as the professor's residence, laboratory, office or for other purposes.

The size of this space is mainly proportional to the degree of compatibility between the professor and Hogwarts Castle.

That's why the bedrooms and living rooms of the two Defense Against the Dark Arts professors, Quirrell and Lockhart, in the past two years were so shabby - Quirrell's place was about the same as a six-person college student room, and Lockhart's was slightly better than his, but still just the size of a private room.

Like other professors, Professor McGonagall, the head of Gryffindor, not only has her own bedroom, living room, office in Hogwarts Castle... She even has enough space to set up her own Transfiguration Club and teach small classes to some students. The other three heads of Hogwarts are basically treated similarly to Professor McGonagall. Even Snape, the least popular among students, has his own private potion material storage room.

However, no one knew how much space the magic castle allocated to Headmaster Dumbledore.

All everyone knew was that the old principal had an office on the eighth floor, but they didn't know where he rested.

But it is worth noting that the professors and some students of Hogwarts have seen Dumbledore in his office wearing pajamas, and Harry Potter even met the old headmaster who was looking for the toilet in the corridor on the eighth floor!

That’s right, Dumbledore, the most powerful headmaster of Hogwarts besides the four founders, only has one office.

Moreover, this office also serves as a bedroom (wearing pajamas in the office), a magic research room (there are many magical equipment such as the Pensieve in the office), and many other functions that do not belong to it at all.

There isn't even a private bathroom in the office of the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!

Could it be that Dumbledore was treated so harshly by Hogwarts because there was an incompatibility between him and the magic castle?

The answer is naturally no.

The reason why Dumbledore lived so poorly at Hogwarts was that he had transferred most of his assigned teaching and staff space into that magical suitcase.

It is precisely because of this that the space in Newt's magical suitcase is enough for the thunderbirds to fly freely, the long-horned water snakes to swim freely, and the rutting poisonous horned beasts to run continuously to vent their restlessness...

Dumbledore used his extraordinary magical power to sign a contract with Hogwarts Castle. At the cost of him and all the headmasters after him having to live in the headmaster's office on the eighth floor of the castle, he created an emergency artifact that could be used to deal with any future crises involving dark magic creatures in the wizarding world!

Just like the De-Lighter he made (Volume 3,

In fact, these were all his silent contributions in private. He did not make a big fanfare when he did it, nor did he publicize it after it was accomplished.

He possesses an extremely valuable spirit: success does not have to be achieved for myself.

Perhaps this is why, even though some people always like to compare him with the darkest wizards, and even give Dumbledore the title of "Devil", those people have to admit that this old wizard is a "White Lord" rather than a "Dark Lord".

After listening to Dumbledore's story, even though he was almost seventy years old, Newt Scamander still felt his blood boiling.

Back then, Dumbledore had the same conversation with him. Newt, who was only in his twenties at the time, mustered up the courage to join the former's camp and fight against Grindelwald, whose power was enough to sweep across Europe at the time and was much more terrifying than Voldemort, and the saints who followed him.

This is the power of Dumbledore's personal charm.

"Professor, please believe me." Newt straightened up, and his voice was much louder than usual with excitement. "I will keep this magic suitcase well, and I will find a suitable successor for it before I die. The sacrifice you made for the wizarding world will not be wasted with the passage of time. It will become an eternal 'Iron Armor Charm' in the wizarding world."

As he spoke, the expert in the field of magical creatures, who possessed the (uniquely stubborn) personality traits of a Hufflepuff, held out his hand. He wanted to make an "unbreakable vow" with Dumbledore.

Dumbledore smiled and said that he believed in him and that the oath did not need to be signed. However, Newt Scamander insisted again and again. So in the end, an old wizard with white hair and beard and an old wizard with half white hair and beard held hands in front of Bourne.

Bourne became a witness to this oath.

Under the guidance of the two old wizards, he tapped the tip of his wand on their clasped hands.

When the oath was completed, a thin red flame spurted out from the tip of Bourne's wand, tightly wrapping around their hands, hissing and smoking, as if they were branded with a brand that connected them.

After waiting for a few seconds, the brand-like scars gradually faded away and disappeared from the arms of the two old wizards.

After making the unbreakable oath, Dumbledore continued with the previous topic and began to tell Bourne how he would help the little wizard make a folding space large enough for the basilisk to survive.

"Obviously, my office is running out of space. Even if I'm willing to share space with the basilisk, the space available is not enough for a basilisk that has lived for nearly a thousand years. Fortunately, we now have this--"

As he spoke, Dumbledore reached into his pocket and pulled out a ruby-like stone.

When Bourne and Newt saw the stone, they were both stunned.

"Isn't this Master Flamel's Philosopher's Stone? Professor, is that master preparing for his own funeral again?" Newt asked curiously.