As the full moon drew near, Lockhart found himself occupied with his own affairs and didn't join Snape in his potions research.
Instead, he channeled his energy into the tome he'd acquired during his adventure with Snape: "The Cultivation of Dark Magical Creatures."
This book arrived at a most opportune time, for from an academic standpoint, both the Horcrux diary, Tom Riddle, and Corban, the werewolf, could certainly be classified as dark magical creatures.
It was quite peculiar, this act of gleaning wisdom from one's future self.
As Lockhart perused the book, he felt a spiritual connection with a version of himself that was both unfamiliar and intimate. Indeed, if the Tom Riddle within the diary ever had the chance to converse with the current Lord Voldemort, they would likely share that same subtle sense of absurdity.
The book confirmed his previous suspicion: when magical creatures partake in wizarding life, they exhibit a certain biological nature.
However, it also refuted another notion: that magical creatures transform into fantastic beasts. Instead, they evolve towards a more wizard-like state.
This transformation delved into the most fundamental inquiry of life itself: what, precisely, is a wizard?
From a purely biological perspective, a wizard is human, born of a mother; there's no denying that. But what of a wizard resurrected by a revival spell after death? Are they no longer considered human?
A resurrected wizard is not born of a mother but from magic itself, which is a rather delicate distinction.
His future self had unearthed some ancient, wicked wizarding research on this very subject and discovered that Squibs, those unable to perform magic due to a lack of magical outburst, couldn't sire offspring with goblins, giants, Veela, or any other magical creatures. Muggles couldn't either; only wizards possessed this capability.
In other words, the biological state of a wizard undergoes a profound transformation: a magical outburst.
From that point onward, they become magical beings.
The bloodline of magical creatures is, in essence, magic – magic with specific attributes.
This explains why wizards can produce offspring with magical creatures: because both possess a 'magical' bloodline, they are, in essence, of the same species.
Such research findings were undoubtedly anti-human and clashed with prevailing narratives, as most people emotionally identified wizards as simply human.
But herein lay the intriguing point: wizards could also produce offspring with Squibs and Muggles.
Thus, the future Lockhart concluded that wizards possess the most unique dual bloodlines: a human bloodline and a magical bloodline.
This was the initial breakthrough.
It was swiftly overturned, or rather, further refined.
Based on this discovery, the future Lockhart naturally posed a question: what was the original source of the magical bloodline?
He couldn't find the answer, as all logical deductions led to an incomplete circle.
But what if one were to abandon logical reasoning?
Indeed, to refrain from using logic to explore this realm, for it simply wasn't magical.
He began with a single premise: that humans inherently possess a magical bloodline, and instantly, everything made sense.
Why do wizards have a magical bloodline? Because humans entered the realm of mystery, and the power of their minds unleashed immense force, thus giving birth to magic.
And other animals and plants, by participating in wizarding life, also began to acquire the wizard's magical bloodline.
This transformation, throughout the long history of magic, continuously branched in various directions. Magical creatures that moved away from wizarding life evolved to form stable bloodline lineages, while those that drew closer to wizarding life underwent further bloodline changes.
This was a hypothesis, not a confirmed reality explored by the future Lockhart.
However, it served as a theoretical guide, leading to many remarkable discoveries.
First, the more magical creatures integrate into human life, the more they tend to adopt human forms. Vampires, werewolves, giants, centaurs, goblins, house-elves, merpeople, and Veela (a type of harpies)—their evolution is ongoing.
Second, excessively extreme magical attributes can harm wizards, especially dark magic. It can drive wizards to madness and transform magical creatures into dark magical beings. From a cultivation perspective, this indicates an increasing departure from wizarding life, evolving in the opposite direction.
Lord Voldemort serves as a prime example; he is steadily transforming into a dark magical creature.
Third, how do Muggles acquire a magical bloodline? By having more contact with mysterious events, engaging with magical life, and ideally, a wizard's magical life.
In this area, the future Lockhart conducted extensive research, even seeking out Hermione's parents. Using highly advanced Memory Charms, he explored any forgotten memories the couple might possess, ultimately confirming that Hermione's father, whose dentistry skills were well-regarded within a certain wizarding community, was frequently sought out and had, consequently, been subjected to numerous Memory Charms.
Of course, this memory retrieval was only performed with the Grangers' explicit consent.
Beyond just the Grangers, the future Lockhart sought out the parents of many Muggle-born wizards, collecting numerous corroborating cases.
Thus, "The Cultivation of Dark Magical Creatures" presented a final magical theory:
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When a creature enters a mysterious event, magic naturally blossoms. Depending on the strength, characteristics, and legendary nature of the magical traces acquired, a magical bloodline will form or an existing magical bloodline will change. Furthermore, these changes are most often evident in subsequent generations through bloodline inheritance, but if the intensity is exceptionally high, the creature's own state can be directly altered.
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Based on this theory, the future Lockhart understood the nature of werewolf contagion.
It wasn't about the injection of a magical bloodline. Instead, it involved the wizard stepping into the mysterious event of werewolves. This wasn't the Wolfsbane Potion theory of Potions, nor the magical accident theory of Transfiguration, nor the biological state change theory of species cultivation. Rather, it returned to the initial perspective of magical awakening, suggesting that wizards, in this process, had entered the mysterious event of werewolves.
This was an unprecedented interpretation in the history of wizarding kind.
Consequently, the future Lockhart proposed a completely new solution for werewolf affliction: to integrate werewolves more fully into wizarding life. The werewolf's magical bloodline would spontaneously transform towards the wizard's magical bloodline, ideally by participating in wizarding adventures involving mystery.
Beyond a certain threshold, subsequent generations would exhibit characteristics of a diminishing or even vanishing werewolf magical bloodline.
Even more remarkably, with a higher degree of participation, there was a chance for werewolves to directly change their state and revert to being wizards.
The future Lockhart conducted several experiments in this area, with remarkable results; many werewolf descendants were indeed transforming towards a human state.
This was an incredibly challenging experiment, as wizarding society generally shunned werewolves from participating in wizarding life, which ironically forced werewolves into a more intense involvement with werewolf mysterious events, thus strengthening their magical bloodline.
So...
Herein lay the fascinating challenge.
In a society where the International Confederation of Wizards and various Ministries of Magic universally uphold the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, and wizarding high society generally shuns Muggles, how does one encourage Muggles to participate more in wizarding life?
The answer was, in fact, right before their very eyes: Muggle-born wizards.
They could more easily influence their Muggle relatives and those in their surrounding communities.
Take Harry Potter, for instance; he once accidentally inflated his Aunt Marge like a balloon and sent her floating into the sky. And it wasn't just such isolated incidents. Young Muggle-born wizards receive their primary education in Muggle schools and reside in Muggle communities.
Theoretically, each Muggle-born wizard could influence a vast number of people.
"How interesting, and what a wonderfully curious notion..."
Lockhart perused this book, penned by his future self, with great amusement. Much of its content was difficult to grasp because it lacked conventional logic, often substituting missing links with phrases like 'mysterious events,' 'adventurous activities,' and 'magic.'
This might not be the absolute truth.
But when applied to certain real-life situations, it often proved remarkably valid.
Therefore, it could be utilized.
Lockhart stroked his chin, pondering how to arrange some experiments to verify his own suspicions.
The full moon was fast approaching, and Lord Voldemort was surely expecting a little surprise from him.
Corban, time to get to work!
Tom, time to get to work!
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Late into the night, the Ministry of Magic believed that Corban Yaxley, currently held captive in the Department of Mysteries' Hall of Bloodlines, was, in fact, at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
More precisely, he was inside the floating storybook within Lockhart's office at the magical school.
Also residing within the storybook were Lord Voldemort's Horcrux diary and the Basilisk bred by Salazar Slytherin.
Lockhart stood before the storybook, observing the intriguing progress within its pages with focused intensity, occasionally waving his wand to cast spells into it, influencing the course of Corban's adventure.
"Where is Professor Lockhart?" Tom, it seemed, acutely sensed that the person holding the diary was no longer the astute professor.
"He's dead, I ripped him to shreds with my own hands!" Corban responded, clearly triumphant. "What are you, anyway? My master bestowed you upon me, to keep you safe."
"I am the one who can help you!" Tom, sensing an opportunity, believed he had escaped the perilous Hogwarts and was far from Dumbledore's reach. It would be far easier now to find someone to kill and resurrect himself.
His gaze immediately fixed upon the individual conversing with him.
Perhaps, this fellow would be far more useful than that... Ginevra Weasley.
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