“I’ll start.”
Milton held the bow and nodded.
“The piece I’m playing is Schumann’s Cello Concerto in A Minor.”
Then, a rich and full sound of the piano sounded.
Scott entered the atmosphere of the music faster than ever before.
Milton did not choose a piece of his own composition, but played a masterpiece from the German composer Schumann.
This cello concerto has no showmanship, and it is a sensitive and delicate expression of the heart from beginning to end.
There is a kind of elegance from the heart, full of poetry.
But the important thing in this performance is not the music, but the magic.
When Scott was immersed in Milton’s performance, he soon felt the difference keenly.
There was a slight magic spreading in the air with the sound of the piano.
Soon, Scott noticed that his state had also changed slightly.
The fatigue brought by sitting on the train for an afternoon was gradually decreasing, and at the same time, his mind became clearer.
This feeling of clear thinking is somewhat similar to the effect of wearing the [Ravenclaw Crown], but it is many times milder.
Is this Milton’s music magic?
Scott looked at Milton in surprise.
Milton was closing his eyes at this time, immersed in his performance.
It’s amazing.
Scott thought.
This is simply an excellent “assistance”!
Although the effect of music magic is minimal at this moment, unlike the crown, which can only be worn by one person, music can be heard by many people at the same time.
What’s more, this is just the starting point for Milton.
He has opened up his own way, and Scott can foresee that Milton’s music magic will change many people’s understanding of magic.
As Scott thought about this in his mind, the effect of music magic became weaker.
But when he removed distracting thoughts and continued to immerse himself in the performance, the effect began to increase again.
Milton did not play all the movements, but even if he finished the first movement and the music stopped, the effect of music magic did not disappear immediately.
Scott waited for a while, knowing that the feeling of clear thinking disappeared, but the fatigue that was eliminated did not come back.
“It’s amazing, Milton.”
He applauded with Eddie and Roger.
“Yeah, how did you do it?” Eddie looked at Milton in amazement, “It’s amazing!”
“Thank you.”
Milton smiled with a satisfied look.
“I told you, Eddie.” He said to Eddie, “Just like when we cast a spell, use emotions to drive magic and let magic affect reality.”
Eddie looked tangled, “Yes, you said it, but I still think it’s neither science nor magic!”
Roger smiled and said, “Come on, Eddie. You don’t understand music, why do you have to figure this out!”
Scott nodded, “We just need to know that Milton is a real genius, that’s enough.”
“Thank you for encouraging me.”
Milton said a little embarrassedly.
“But my music magic still has a lot of room for improvement, and its effect is too weak now.”
“This is great.”
“I never thought that you could realize the hypothesis Scott said at that time.”
“I also thought he was just talking nonsense.”
“Hey!”
Scott was a little dissatisfied.
Although his purpose when he said that was more to encourage Milton, it was not nonsense, okay.
Because of Medea’s demonstration, he knew that music could be used to cast magic, so he encouraged Milton to try.
“You can also give me some suggestions.” Milton said again.
Roger scratched his head, “Suggestions? But we don’t understand music. Through continuous practice, let the effect of music magic become stronger and stronger?”
“I guess this is not the advice Milton wants to hear.” Eddie looked at him with contempt.
Scott asked Milton, “Your idea should be to use different music to match different emotions to achieve different effects?”
“You are right.” Milton nodded.
Scott thought for a while, “My suggestion is to select the best songs to practice according to different needs.”
Milton nodded again, “What else?”
“It is best to distinguish between enemies and friends.”
Scott imagined it from the perspective of the game.
“If a war breaks out, like the Death Eaters attacked Hogwarts last semester, what will you do?”
“Now your music works on everyone who hears it.”
“But what if you only add buffs to your own people, or only interfere with the enemy?”
“Then your ability can interfere with the direction of the entire war to a certain extent.”
“This…” Milton hesitated, “I’m afraid it’s difficult.”
“Oh, of course, it’s really difficult.”
Scott stood up.
“But you can develop your own musical magic genius Milton, I believe you will do it.”
Roger and Eddie also encouraged.
“Scott is right, we are all optimistic about you, Milton!”
“You have to believe in yourself, that’s right!”
The three of them each gave Milton a big bowl of chicken soup for the soul, which made Milton dizzy.
“I… I will try my best!”
He clenched his fists, with a fighting light in his eyes.
And so, the new school year began.
Scott was busy from the second day on.
Or rather, the students who went to Beauxbatons last school year were a little busy.
After all, they missed a whole year of Hogwarts courses, and they needed some time to adapt.
Although they also had classes in Beauxbatons, they were studying with different professors after all, and the learning progress and course arrangements of the two schools were somewhat different, which required them to adjust themselves.
In addition to classes, Scott also needed to spend more time on the research of the two super magics “Gungnir” and “Yggdrasil”.
With the [Eye of Odin], these studies were carried out secretly in space.
Scott also kept in mind the fact that he sensed little Malfoy’s presence in Knockturn Alley the day before school started.
It was not just because of curiosity, but also because he promised Dumbledore to help them obtain information about the Death Eaters and Voldemort.
In short, after school started, Scott sent Rumble to investigate Knockturn Alley with the crows.
Maybe there are too many people coming and going in Knockturn Alley every day, or maybe the Death Eaters are very cautious in their activities, but so far, Rimbaud and the others have not found any useful clues.
However, because of investigating this matter, Scott remembered a plot in the “original book” that he had forgotten.
In the “original book”, Malfoy was not expelled from Hogwarts, and he received a task from Voldemort to kill Dumbledore.
Finally, he led several Death Eaters into Hogwarts Castle by repairing a vanishing cabinet hidden in the Room of Requirement.
There are two vanishing cabinets, one in Hogwarts and one in “Borgin and Burke’s Shop”, and the two can be connected.
Although Burke has been assassinated by Scott, the dark magic item store is still in operation.
Thinking of this, Scott suddenly felt that it would be safer to completely destroy the vanishing cabinet.
So on Saturday afternoon of the first week of school, he walked into the hidden room in the Room of Requirement.
But…
Looking at the vast room full of miscellaneous items, Scott had a headache.
It is not easy to find the cabinet in the room.
Not to mention, Scott and his friends had a big fight here in the past.
Because a wand that absorbs magic power and automatically releases the hurricane spell controlled Fred, the farce had made the messy room even messier.
After so long, the mess here has not improved at all.
Because this is just a place to throw things, even those hardworking house elves will not come here to tidy up.
For convenience, Scott turned into a peregrine falcon and flew around the room for a few circles.
As expected, he did not find the disappearing cabinet.
Then he looked carefully for a long time, but still did not find it.
This made Scott alert.
He tried arithmetic divination, but in the end he did not get an accurate answer.
For insurance, he called all the members of “Tower of Babel” together, including Helena.
“Oh, Scott, what plan do you have?”
“Can we recruit new members?”
Fred and George asked excitedly.
They seemed to be eager to discover the “Tower of Babel” organization.
“I want Angelina to join us.”
“And Alia.”
Oh, I want their girlfriends to join us and play together.
“You can talk to them indirectly about our goals.” Scott said, “If they are really interested, we welcome them.”
“Oh, we will.”
“But there is something more important today.”
Scott talked about the purpose of calling them over.
“Have you heard of the Vanishing Cabinet?”
“We have heard of it!”
The twins, who were still most interested in alchemy, spoke first.
Without Scott speaking, they took the initiative to explain the function of the Vanishing Cabinet to others.
Helena said, “Hogwarts does have a Vanishing Cabinet, but I remember it is broken, and I don’t know where the other one is.”
“I have seen it in the Room of Requirement, in the room where things are hidden.”
Scott told the information he knew.
As he said that, he took out the [Magic Mirror] and clicked on a “photo”.
“This is what I took when I asked Crow to investigate Knockturn Alley.”
He pointed to a place in the photo.
“I suspect the other Vanishing Cabinet is the one in Borgin and Burke’s.”
“Oh, Knockturn Alley!” Eddie reacted immediately, “Because you sensed Malfoy’s magical fluctuations that day!”
Roger asked, “Are you worried that the Death Eaters will invade Hogwarts through the Vanishing Cabinet?”
Scott nodded.
“If someone repairs it, it can be sneaked in.”
“Although it’s just a sudden association, in order to ensure that there is no risk, I plan to destroy the Vanishing Cabinet hidden in the Room of Requirement, but I couldn’t find it.”
Luna blinked, “Was it hidden secretly by someone?”
“I used Arithmancy to calculate it.” Scott said, “The answer I got is a bit vague. I can only be sure that the Vanishing Cabinet is still in Hogwarts Castle.”
Milton understood what he meant, “But the castle is so large that it’s hard to determine where it is exactly.”
“Oh, so you mean to start a treasure hunt.”
“Find the place where the vanishing cabinet is!”
The twins said excitedly.
“We like this activity!”
“Let’s go to the Room of Requirement first and look for it again.” Scott said, “Maybe I didn’t look too carefully just now, after all, there are too many things there.”
After deciding, the group came to the Room of Requirement and entered the huge room.
“Let’s look for it separately!”
“This is a big project!”
They separated and started from different directions and began to search among the sundries.
Helena moved the fastest because she came and went freely. While searching, she was also responsible for helping others to determine whether the cabinet they found was the vanishing cabinet.
“Oh, I found another cabinet!”
“Not this one.”
“Is it this one?”
“No!”
More than an hour later, the members of “Tower of Babel” gathered together again.
The result of everyone’s joint search was still nothing.
There were many cabinets of various styles and colors in the room, but unfortunately none of them were the vanishing cabinets.
“It seems that someone has indeed hidden the Vanishing Cabinet.” Helena’s expression became much more serious. “What you are worried about is indeed possible.”
“Let’s tell the professors about this as soon as possible.” Milton said with some concern.
“It is indeed necessary to inform Professor Dumbledore.”
Scott took out the [Magic Mirror] again.
“More importantly, if we can find the Vanishing Cabinet, we can take the initiative and maybe find the current base of the Death Eaters.”
As he said, he sent a communication with the [Magic Mirror].
Soon, the figure of a raven appeared in the mirror.
“Oh, it’s Rimbaud!” Luna greeted the mirror, “Hello, Lord Blackwing!”
“Oh, hello, Luna!”
“What’s the situation over there?” Scott asked directly, “Has the Vanishing Cabinet been bought by someone?”
“Not yet.” Rimbaud replied.
“Keep watching.”
“Okay.”
“Notify me if there is any movement.”
Scott hung up the communication.
Fred asked him, “You are thinking…”
“Just what you think.”
“If the vanishing cabinet in Borgin and Burke’s is bought by someone, and we find another one hidden in Hogwarts, we can sneak attack their base before they act.”
“Of course you can’t act on your own.” Helena emphasized, “Even if you find the vanishing cabinet, you can’t try it, it’s too dangerous!”
Scott nodded, “Of course, attacking the Death Eater base is the job of the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic.”
“Oh, act quickly.” Fred urged, “We must find the hidden vanishing cabinet as soon as possible.”
Scott turned to Helena and asked, “Is there a way to quickly check the other rooms in the Room of Requirement? There are too many changes here, and no one knows if they can try to summon all the rooms.”
Helena nodded, “Leave it to me.”
“Then I’m relieved.”
Scott said to the others.
“We are responsible for searching in other parts of the castle, and I will use the [Magic Mirror] to tell Dumbledore about this.”
