Chapter 77 End
Voldemort was no match for Dumbledore, not even when the Horcruxes were still there. Just a few minutes after Sherry left, Voldemort turned into dust in the air.
The fall of the Dark Lord was certainly a happy event, but the only sound echoing in Hogwarts was crying. The cost of war is always the most expensive, and its entrance fee is human life.
Although the Death Eaters did not wreak havoc in the school for a long time, they were numerous and powerful, and they were all ruthless. Quite a number of students and members of the Order of the Phoenix died. Countless people were crying, mourning the death of their friends, relatives, teachers, and even lovers. Fawkes flapped his wings and flew over Hogwarts. A series of elegant but sad calls came out of his mouth, singing a dirge for the dead.
Sherry took Harry and walked slowly on the ruins of Hogwarts, towards the direction of the Black Lake. The Black Lake was still as deep and dark as before, without any change. The Death Eaters killed by the giant squid and the mermaids had long been dragged into the water and enjoyed by them.
"Harry, do you know who I am?" Sherry asked. This question seemed a bit unreasonable, but Sherry knew that Harry must understand what he was asking.
"Teacher, aren't you a wishing elf?" Harry said with surprise, as if he suspected Sherry's identity for the first time.
Sherry didn't say anything, just looked at him with a slight smile. The surprise on Harry's face soon disappeared, then turned into bitter gourd, and then turned into a dull look.
"You are the God of the Magic Net!" Harry said with great certainty. Sherry's actions over the years were not always so strict. Harry, who had been with him for a long time, naturally knew it very well.
"The God of the Magic Web? This answer is not wrong." Sherry said seriously, "The Magic Web is me, I am the Magic Web!"
"Sure enough!" Harry looked as if he had expected it. He knew that the feeling of losing something vital during the last thunderstorm was the loss of the connection with the Magic Web.
"For a long time, I have kept many things from you, and I have my own reasons for not telling you." Sherry sighed. He once said that he would not lie to Harry, but in fact, he could not remember the lies he had told!
"I understand, teacher!" Harry is not stupid. He knows how difficult it is for a person to be completely honest with another person. Sometimes people even deceive themselves, let alone others. If it weren't for Sherry, he might have suffered a lot in the Dursleys' house. It was also Sherry who gave Sherry the feeling of family for the first time. Even Sirius could not compare to this.
"I'm leaving!" Sherry said lightly.
"Leave?" Harry instantly understood the specific meaning of this word, "Teacher, do you mean, you want to leave this world?"
"Yes." Since this world has already completed the set goal, then start the next journey as soon as possible. As for the three holy artifacts of death, there is no way to help Sherey. At most, Sherry's position in this world will be expanded, but without the digestion of the deep magic network, he can't swallow this resource at all.
"Then..." Harry suddenly fell silent. He wanted to ask himself if he could see the teacher again, but he was afraid that the answer would not be what he expected.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to return. I will return to this world in a way you can never imagine." Sherry said, "You are the only wizard in this world. As long as you are there, the magic network will never leave easily."
"So," Sherry looked at Harry, "I want to solemnly get rid of one thing from you."
"Teacher, you say!" Harry's face looked much better. Knowing that Sherry was coming back, he was not so sad.
Sherry looked at Harry's face change and felt very relieved. He did not teach an ungrateful person.
After a long time, Sherry disappeared into a rain of light without warning beside Harry, leaving Harry alone standing by the empty black lake. His back looked very lonely, and the silver wristband on his right wrist gleamed in the sun.
Hogwarts has not changed at all, it is still a ruin. If this was an ordinary building complex, it might have been completely restored in such a short time. Unfortunately, this thousand-year-old magic school has magic in every floor tile. It is the oldest magic school in Europe, bar none.
The Restoration Spell is a very powerful spell. It is said that Americans once used it to repair a city, but this is for ordinary buildings. Now it seems that whether Hogwarts will continue to operate is probably a problem. There is no other reason. To repair such an ancient magic building, it requires a lot of resources, even if all the family assets of all the professors of Hogwarts are added together.
However, given the important status of the magic school, it is not necessary to consider whether to rebuild it. However, it is not certain whether the magic school established again will be Hogwarts. After all, people nowadays still put interests first. There are definitely people who are willing to contribute money and effort to their former alma mater, but not many.
That night, the students slept on a piece of open space that Dumbledore cleared with magic. Thanks to the elves' ability to save their lives, otherwise everyone would probably starve.
Dumbledore looked at the ruins of Hogwarts and did not sleep all night. No one knew what he was thinking. The next day, the news that the Dark Lord was completely eliminated exploded like thunder over the magic world. Everyone cheered and was excited, and then there was an extremely cruel purge. Anyone suspected of being related to the Dark Lord was invited to the Ministry of Magic for trial. They were given Legilimency and Veritaserum. Once the suspicion was confirmed, the lighter ones were sent directly to Azkaban, and the more serious ones were executed on the spot. All the Dementors were driven away from the British territory (not because they didn't want to kill them, but because they couldn't kill them), and the rest of the trolls, giants, etc. were almost exterminated by the angry wizards.
Those who relied on the Dark Lord to rise to power fell one after another, and Cornelius Fudge was the first to bear the brunt. Because of the false information that Voldemort had not returned, the wizarding world suffered major and irreparable losses. If it had not been confirmed by the trial that he really had nothing to do with the Dark Lord, he would have been executed on the spot. But his life was not easy. He was under house arrest in his own house, his wand was broken, the floo network was closed, and he could not step out of the door. This would be his life for the rest of his life.
Everyone argued about whether Hogwarts should be rebuilt. Supporters believed that this magic school had nurtured the growth of wizards in the British wizarding world for a thousand years and should not fall like this. Opponents said that there is no creation without destruction, and that we should not cling to the past. The magic world has ushered in a new life, so naturally a new school should be built to cater to this symbol, bid farewell to the past, and start anew. Anyway, each party has its own reasons, and they are arguing fiercely.
The upper echelons of the magic world in power, however, hope to build a new school. They have long been dissatisfied with Hogwarts, which is outside their rule. Now that they have such a legitimate reason, can they not take action?
In the end, the opposition won and decided to rebuild the magic school on a hilltop near London, and gave it a new name - Speno School of Magic, which means new life. The first principal was still Dumbledore, but Dumbledore also knew that he was probably just a transitional mascot. But he still accepted it calmly. It must be said that this old man really gave everything he had to the magic world and deserved admiration. Only the ruins of Hogwarts remained, and all the valuable things in it were moved to the new school, leaving only the empty ruins of the building. Over the years, the grass and trees have grown, and there is no trace of human here. Hogsmeade has long been dilapidated with the decline of Hogwarts.
After many years, a figure crossed many barriers and infinite worlds and landed here. He pointed his hand at the ground, and all the plants retreated in an orderly manner as if they had consciousness, revealing the ground and the broken buildings.
Then, everything in this land jumped up and down as if they had self-awareness, combined together, and formed a new building. In just a moment, two white towers standing opposite each other took shape, overlooking the entire black lake.
The figure smiled slightly and flew to the top of the tower. Then, a bright silver light broke through the air and merged into his body. A huge net that encompassed multiple and ancient times could be seen looming behind him. Several familiar figures flew over, showing excitement from a distance, and this person said to himself: "I'm back!"
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"Harry, part of me will stay in this world, just like I always stay by your side." Sherry said, "This part of the magic net can support all your spellcasting energy below level 5, but it can only be you."
"I will continue to teach you this part of the spell knowledge after level 1," Sherry suddenly became serious, "Although he looks exactly like me, he is just a carrier of my knowledge, not wisdom, so don't do anything that threatens the magic net. He will ruthlessly destroy anyone who tries to hurt him."
After repairing the first layer of the magic net, Sherry discovered a peculiar ability of the magic net, that is, the creation of avatars. This kind of avatar is far from the legendary incarnation of God, but it is a real entity, not an earlier phantom. In any case, it is much better than Sherry's own condensed body.
Sherry left his first layer of avatars behind, firstly to form a fixed coordinate for future return; secondly, to occupy a place. That's right, it's to occupy a place. It's not easy to occupy a legal pit in this world, and it can't be easily given up. The world itself has no consciousness, only broad instincts. As long as Sherry leaves completely, this legal position will be gone in a minute.
As for whether this will damage the magic net? Of course not, the connection between the layers of the magic net is very close, beyond the general time and space barrier. Otherwise, Sherry would not get all thirteen layers, but fragments layer by layer.
After carefully instructing Harry on the relevant matters, Sherry transferred all his connections with this world to the first layer of the magic net, and then controlled it to turn into a silver wristband and buckled it on Harry's hand. As for Sherry, because he directly exposed his aura as a stowaway, he was kicked out by the world mercilessly. (To be continued)
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