"No need... Let's go back together." Aberforth's voice came from the woods.
He walked out of the woods carrying the pale-faced Aurelius on his back.
Aurelius' eyes were closed, but fortunately he was still breathing.
It seemed that he had just fainted.
He was indeed as he said, he could still hold on and would not die...
In the blink of an eye, several people all Apparated back to the Hog's Head Inn.
Aberforth carried Aurelius back to the attic.
Levid was left by Dumbledore on the first floor of the tavern, and then sat at the bar together.
"I think you may have something to explain to me." Dumbledore asked.
"Oh, tonight is really... a very thrilling night, Professor." Levid said with emotion.
He wasn't lying.
If it weren't for his recent significant improvement in magic, he'd be in Nagini's belly by now...
Dumbledore didn't interrupt Levid, still listening quietly.
Levid placed the cage containing Nagini on the bar.
"What is this?" Dumbledore asked.
In fact, Dumbledore had been wanting to ask Levid what it was,because Levid had been holding the cage, never letting it go.
"It contains Nagini," Levid said.
"Hmm?" Dumbledore quickly glanced at the cage again.
Sure enough, among the dense cracks in the cage, he saw a small green snake.
"What happened?"
Levid said.
"I encountered her in the Forbidden Forest, and then she began to attack me... In the end, I controlled her, shrunk her with Transfiguration, and trapped her in the cage."
Dumbledore looked at Levid in surprise.
Levid's calm tone... seemed completely unaware of the shocking nature of his words!
Dumbledore had previously found a scale of Nagini in the sewer, and he was well aware that Nagini was now countless times larger than she had been in her youth.
An eleven-year-old wizard, facing such a formidable snake, had no hope of escape!
But now, Levid claimed that he had not only subdued her, but had also used Transfiguration to shrink such a massive snake to its current size?
The mere thought was absurd!
However, Dumbledore was not the kind of professor to easily deny his students.
"Logically, you shouldn't have been able to escape from Nagini... Did Aurelius help you?"
Levid shook his head.
"No, Aurelius had already left when I confronted Nagini."
"So, you took on Nagini alone, and even subdued her?"
"Yes, that's right," Levid nodded.
Dumbledore paused, gently touching the vine-formed cage.
The cage instantly opened, transforming back into vines.
When the vines fell onto the bar, they transformed into withered, yellow leaves...
Clearly, these leaves were the cage's original form.
Dumbledore speculated that if Levander's words were true, then he must have transformed the fallen leaves scattered across the Forbidden Forest into sturdy vines, then used them to restrain Nagini.
Only then could he shrink the immobilized Nagini...
Dumbledore quietly observed the still unconscious snake on the bar, occasionally prodding it with his finger.
Soon, the look of surprise on Dumbledore's face deepened.
After careful inspection, Dumbledore realized that this was indeed Nagini!
Moreover, the Transfiguration that had shrunk Nagini was so violent that even Dumbledore was stunned.
How could Levander possibly have performed such a powerful Transfiguration?
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"This is indeed Nagini... How on earth did you do it?" Dumbledore shifted his gaze from Nagini back to Levid's face.
As he shifted his gaze, the fallen leaves on the bar began to stir again, transforming into a sturdy cage, enclosing Nagini within.
Levid marveled at Dumbledore's Transfiguration, a technique performed with imperceptible precision, even without the need for a single movement.
"This brings me to the reason I went to the Forbidden Forest tonight," Levid pulled the lighter from his pocket.
He could still see the shimmering blue light.
"Professor, can you see the blue light?"
Dumbledore shook his head. He saw no blue light on the lighter.
"As expected... even you can't see it?"
Levid said with a hint of disappointment.
"What exactly is this?
Why is it connected to your visit to the Forbidden Forest tonight?" Dumbledore asked.
Levid then told him about his accidental discovery of the lighter while shopping at the junk shop that day.
Of course, the purpose of going to the junk shop changed from buying old wands to looking for some magical manuscripts.
He couldn't tell Dumbledore about buying old wands.
"Only you can see the blue light... Can you show me the lighter?" Dumbledore asked.
Levander handed the lighter over.
Dumbledore took it and examined it carefully.
"Although I can't see the blue light,... I do sense traces of ancient magic on it..." Dumbledore returned the lighter to Levander.
"There's no doubt that this lighter once held an ancient magical power, but that power is gone now."
"I see... Tom said he couldn't see the blue light, and neither could the clerk. I thought it was strange, so I bought it back."
Levander continued, adjusting his Occlumency.
"After I came back, I asked Mr. Aberforth, and he said he didn't see it either.
So, I decided to put it aside and ask you again when you come."
Dumbledore nodded, motioning for Levander to continue.
Levander continued, "Tonight, while I was sleeping, I vaguely saw this lighter suddenly turn on by itself, and the flame inside actually flew out of the window. So... I followed it, and before I knew it, I was in the Forbidden Forest..."
Dumbledore said sternly, "You shouldn't do such a dangerous thing, Wade.
You should at least find Aberforth. What if you were in danger?"
"Sorry, Professor, I was so curious... I didn't think too much about it." Levander's face showed an embarrassed look.
"Well... I'm glad you're okay now.
But you must learn from this incident," Dumbledore said helplessly.
"Even though you haven't enrolled yet, I have a feeling you'll probably be sorted into Gryffindor..."
Levander's eyes widened, and he asked curiously, "Do Gryffindor students often go to the Forbidden Forest at night?"
"Uh... of course not. I'm just saying... never mind. You'll know when you enroll.
Go on," Dumbledore quickly changed the subject.
Levander continued, "...At that time, I followed the flame and found a glass bottle in a hidden place in the Forbidden Forest.
The bottle contained a strange-looking mist.
Black with a hint of red, and then flickered with a blue light..."
The pinnacle of lying is a half-truth, and with the cover of Occlumency, Dumbledore didn't suspect anything.
Dumbledore frowned upon hearing about such a strange bottle.
Normally, something like this would be closely related to the Dark Arts...
"Is the bottle still there?" Dumbledore asked quickly.
"Uh... it shattered during the confrontation with Nagini..." Levander searched his pockets, poured out some broken glass, and placed it on the bar.
"As for the mist in the glass..."
Levander's face became hesitant, as if he wanted to say something but didn't dare.
"Wade, tell me. You should trust me, right?" Dumbledore soothed Levander.
"Hmm..." Levid breathed a sigh of relief, then continued, "The mist seemed to penetrate my body, and then I felt... I felt filled with some strange power.
I had an urge to release all of it. And then..."
Levid pointed at Nagini, "I shrunk her."
Dumbledore's face was filled with a hint of doubt after hearing Levid's words.
Then, with a gentle wave of his hand, the glass shards floated gently towards him and landed in his palm.
Dumbledore leaned in close, examining the glass closely, his nose almost touching it.
After a long moment, Dumbledore finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Levid with a strange look.
"The traces of magic left on the glass shards are exactly the same as those on the lighter... But maybe that's a good thing."
"A good thing?"
Levid, who had lied so much that he almost believed it himself, was slightly taken aback.
"If I'm not mistaken, you possess the ability to use ancient magic!"
Dumbledore's eyes revealed a trace of reminiscence, "When I first started school, I heard that there was a newly graduated senior who was outstanding and made great contributions to Hogwarts at the time. Later, after I became a professor, I occasionally heard some things about her from Headmaster Dippet..."
Dumbledore looked at Levid with joy, "If I'm not mistaken, you, like her, also possess the ability to use ancient magic!"
"Ah? Your senior?"
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