Ani was stunned. Although he found a clue, he was still shocked when he heard this answer that was both expected and somewhat unexpected.
"By making the contract, you mean the world is alive?"
"That's right." Dumbledore took out the pensieve and fiddled with it. "Our world is full of vitality, and of course it is alive. But she does not have complete consciousness, but she has tendencies and instinctively pursues self-improvement. "
"Come on, kid. Let's see how the curse was invented." Dumbledore motioned for Ernie to stand over, and together they looked toward the pensieve.
Then the two of them appeared in a dark room. The boy in the room was about the same age as Aini.
He has soft auburn curly hair, and blue eyes that seem to connect to a vast ocean, surging with compelling energy.
Suddenly he snapped his fingers, his slender fingers moved forward a little, and the curve of his mouth made people want to explore his secrets.
"That's me." Dumbledore said in a low voice, almost like a whisper.
Aini's eyes moved back and forth between the young man and the old man. The face shape and facial features were roughly similar, but the young man's nose was straight, while the old man's nose was obviously crooked.
They are also completely different in temperament. The old man's blue eyes are as deep as a lake, while the young man's eyes seem to be gushing torrents.
There is a strong contrast between exuberance and restraint. Looking at Dumbledore's old face, no matter how bright the morning sun is, can it not escape the burial of time?
The tip of young Dumbledore's wand spewed silvery white mist of light, and a pair of faint white wings seemed to be about to condense out, as if the spell was about to be successfully cast.
But the young man stopped casting the spell in disappointment and turned his head to the side, as if he was communicating with someone.
Ani saw Dumbledore turn his eyes as his younger self, and they both looked under the window. There was an old-fashioned armchair there, and the darkness outlined a human figure in the light that was not strong.
Gellert Grindelwald, Dumbledore's complicated eyes convinced him that it could not be anyone else.
This human figure outlined in darkness will, in the near future, become the light that countless people will follow until death.
Even after the duel in 1945, this light remained in the hearts of many saints.
Perhaps he was also Dumbledore's light once, but it seemed that this light was extinguished with the passing of Ariana after two months of warmth.
Looking at the corners of the old wizard's mouth that had begun to tremble, Aini knew what he should say.
"Albus, is this the Patronus Charm? It looks a little different."
Taking a deep breath, and with the help of Ani's words, Dumbledore pulled himself out of the memory of the past.
"You can say yes, you can say no." The old wizard fast forwarded his memory and only showed the scene of testing the magic spell.
"To be precise, this is the Patronus Charm, but it's just its original form."
During the continuous casting of spells, Aini saw hazy human figures appearing in the white mist several times.
"In fact, the original Patronus Spell is an ancient magic, born out of the church's magical angel coming. It does have a bit of a sacred meaning, doesn't it?"
"The divine magic of the church? I have looked for information in this area, but it has been completely cut off." Aini was once very curious about the church. No matter how you think about it, it is impossible for an organization that can fight against wizards to be composed entirely of Muggles.
"Indeed, the Dark Ages seem to have been completely erased by something. Our understanding of them depends almost entirely on those wizards who lived not far away from each other, and no detailed records have survived, only sporadic ones. Just a few words.”
In fact, Dumbledore had a vague guess in his mind. Perhaps it was not that no records had been passed down, but that some of the contents could not be recorded at all.
"Some later magic still has traces of divine magic, and they often require specific emotions to enhance the effect of the magic."
The speed of the picture played faster and faster. Finally, when the boy cast the spell again, what appeared in the white mist was no longer an angel with spread wings, but a familiar image soared into the sky.
"Fox, the patron saint in the form of a phoenix, is really amazing." Aini sighed. During this period, due to his increasing talent, his somewhat impetuous heart suddenly calmed down.
Looking at the two teenagers who are separated in light and darkness, these are the real magic geniuses. They can create new spells at the age of 17. They are far beyond themselves in the realm of magic.
"Look, Ani, this is how the new spell is created."
Bright silver veins appeared on the boy's body one after another, and he began to wave the staff following the movement of magic. Time and time again, when the phoenix could appear stably, Dumbledore in his memory began to add the spell again.
"Ani, when you understand magic more deeply, you can try to create new spells according to your own wishes, or improve existing spells."
"The prerequisite for doing this is to cast the spell silently and without a wand. You have to mobilize the magic power yourself, create resonance, and then modify the effect of the spell over and over again."
"When you are satisfied with the effect of the new spell, you have to use the wand according to the mobilization of magic power, and then add the spell."
Aini shrugged, as if learning magic was exactly the opposite of creating magic.
"But, how is this done? I mean, how do you make sure that the subsequent wand movements and spells are appropriate?"
"Don't be sure, Ani. Everything at that time came naturally. When you create a magic, you will naturally have a feeling to tell you that you have succeeded. The subsequent actions and spells are just to set commands for this magic, and they will Naturally derived.”
"To achieve silent and wandless spellcasting, we must know the magic we are casting very well and run the magic power ourselves to use it. But ordinary casting is not required. As long as you meet the spellcasting standards, recite the spell correctly and wave the wand, you can cast magic. "
"Every time magic is successfully cast, the magic power will increase slightly, and it is difficult for us to detect what is consumed. Flamel and I have studied together for a long time, but the only conjecture is that magic is now based on contracts. , the other mysteries need to be solved by you."
After the words fell, the two left the world of memory. Tom meowed pitifully, calling for his owner who suddenly became unresponsive.
Holding Fox in one hand, Ani knelt down and touched Tom's little head, turning its fallen hair into a velvet. The little cat immediately forgot his anxiety and started chasing him happily.
Sitting back on the sofa with Phoenix in his arms, Ani had an inexplicable feeling that Dumbledore was hiding something.
He smiled hoarsely, he had not even started the "learning" step recently, and the rest was still too far away from him.
"Ani, I'll give you a piece of advice. Black magic is different from ordinary spells. You can learn from them, but you should never use or rely on them."
"It's like a drop of ink. No matter how much water you add later, the drop of ink will only be diluted, but its impact will always be with you."
Looking at Dumbledore who became serious, Ani replied equally seriously.
"I will take your words to heart, Professor Dumbledore."
The topic came to an end, but Aini did not say goodbye and left, and Dumbledore also had no intention of seeing him off.
After a brief silence, Dumbledore waved his wand, and all the portraits of the previous principals on the wall turned over.
"Ani, I think Bill already mentioned the excavated tomb. It's not hard to guess who that person is, right?"
"Quillow." Aini felt like he didn't have to guess. "It allows you to recall Bill who is visiting relatives, and it also requires Fox to spend his energy teleporting to Egypt. I don't think it will be such a coincidence that other big troubles will be encountered during this period."
"Quilinas Quirrell. He was once a very outstanding graduate, with the usual smart mind of a Ravenclaw student."
Dumbledore was a little sad. He could still think of the smile on Quirrell's face after he successfully applied for the Muggle Studies professorship. When I informed him that he was admitted, I was also in this office. At that time, the smile on Quirrell's face was still pure.
"It's a pity that black magic can't make him brave, but erodes his heart." Dumbledore lamented that when Quirrell came up with the idea of looking for Voldemort, everything would be irreversible.
"Ani, this trip to Egypt made me discover that Tom has an extraordinary understanding of the place. He is familiar with the terrain there and knows some secrets that even the local wizards don't know. He even unearthed the secrets of the mummies. .”
"Mummy? Doesn't it mean that there are no real lich and mummy activities after the Dark Ages, and what is occasionally discovered are only those with incomplete consciousness?" Of course Aini would not regard the mummies in Dumbledore's mouth as those in Muggle museums. A mummy that moves and is covered in strips of cloth.
Immortality has always been the desire of human beings. Even some powerful wizards who explore life and death are also eager for more research time. In the distant era, with the appearance of the first lich, a certain mysterious transformation ritual was spread in the West. Come on.
This extremely mysterious technology is said to come from far away Egypt, where powerful wizards enjoy supreme power among Muggles. When their life span is approaching, they who are greedy for the human world choose to transform themselves into another form.
However, after the Dark Ages, both the transformation rituals of lichs and mummies have been lost. Otherwise, Voldemort may not choose to split his soul, and the development of England will take another path.
"I have always admitted that Tom has a talent far beyond ordinary people in magic, especially in various evil rituals." Dumbledore knew that in some aspects, black magic has huge advantages, but when using these advantages At that time, we took the shortcut to self-destruction.
"But I'm curious about how Tom will cover up the changes in Quirrell. I think when he comes back, he will no longer be a human being in the normal sense."
Dumbledore was a little confused. Although Voldemort became crazy and arrogant after splitting his soul, he never underestimated Tom's wisdom.
"Actually, those are not important, Albus. Tom can only make a desperate move, but we obviously have more choices." The current situation is much better than in the original work. Even in the original work, Voldemort failed to force the British wizards. To a dead end.
Think about Grindelwald's treatment, and you must know that Britain is not the only one in the world.
To resist the Dark Lord, Ani has his own ideas. The pit has been prepared for him. All Ani needs to do is to dig from time to time to make the pit deeper. It can go hand in hand with Dumbledore's plan and add a layer of insurance.
