Harry Potter and the Hidden Treasure (Volume 3)

Chapter 409 Summer Life At Beauxbatons

At noon, the sun shone through colorful mosaic glass, casting dappled shadows on the ancient stone pillars and arches of the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic.

Right on the edge of light and shadow, a handsome young man was seated at an exquisite long table.

He remained silent, clad in a wizard's black robe with an indescribable temperament.

The young man's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, focusing on the parchment spread in front of him.

He was about twelve or thirteen years old and possessed a beautiful face.

His black hair was soft and slightly curly, and his eyes seemed a bit hazy; a violet light seemed to flow through his sclera. In his concentration, a hint of childishness could vaguely be sensed.

Evan had been in that position for a long time. He was studying the ancient magical inscription on the parchment before him. That was the task assigned to him by Flamel.

The parchment was filled with intricate and esoteric magical symbols, and he observed them closely for a long time.

Suddenly, with a flash of inspiration in his mind, he seemed to finally comprehend.

With the quill in his hand, beautiful magical words were written one by one.

Under the influence of magic, the air swirled within the circle half a meter away from Evan. He stood in the center, as if immersed in a gently transparent swirling crystal.

That was the power of the deepest ancient magical script, invented by ancient sorcerers. Originally created to better record and utilize magic.

Although Evan didn't use enchantments, the power of the ancient magical texts themselves faintly resonated with the magic within him, creating a wonderful rhythm.

A few minutes later, he let out a sigh of relief, set the quill aside, stood up, and took a sip of juice.

Evan took a sip of the juice and looked on with satisfaction at the work he had just completed.

With Flamel's help, he now mastered over 300 ancient magical words.

This meant that Evan was just getting started.

He could already identify the vast majority of magical words written in ancient magical scripts.

Indeed, learning all these words in such a short time was hardly short of a miracle.

Indeed, unlike the ancient magical inscriptions already published in the magical world, many of the magical inscriptions Evan had mastered were exclusive collections of Flamel.

Some of them had taken Flamel dozens or even thousands of years to decipher, while Evan had only taken a month to learn them. Not starting from scratch was extremely helpful.

For a month since the beginning of summer vacation, Evan had been at Beauxbatons.

During the day, he followed Flamel to learn ancient magical writing, listened to the contents of the "Hieroglyphic Dictionary," basic knowledge related to alchemy, as well as all sorts of magical secrets, and occasionally shared classical operas with him.

Flamel had many interests, and in a certain sense, he was even wiser than Dumbledore.

Though not deliberately recorded, over 600 years of life were enough to make him aware of many things that had been forgotten and lost in the long history.

Listening to Flamel recount all these things as a witness was several times better than seeking them in books.

Every night, Evan spent most of his time in the library. At Dumbledore's request, Maxime allowed him to use Beauxbatons' library.

However, if he wanted to read forbidden books, he needed Flamel's consent.

Flamel had no objections, which meant Evan could freely explore Beauxbatons' magical books for centuries without worries.

He greatly enjoyed his current life. Here, he felt freer than at Hogwarts.

At least, Madame Pince would not allow students to leaf through dangerous forbidden books arbitrarily. Even if they had a professor's approval, it would still be a nuisance.

Of course, Filch would appear in every corner of the castle, monitoring the students at all times, not allowing them this, not allowing them that...

Due to the holidays, the current Beauxbatons campus was tranquil.

There was no one else on the campus except the Flamel couple, Evan, Sirius, a handful of professors, and ghosts.

Every night, if Evan grew weary of reading, he would go with Sirius to practice gladiatorial combat...

Due to the curse, he couldn't use much magic, but it gave Evan enough opportunity to practice those low-level spells and various casting skills.

Sirius couldn't provide much help to Evan in such professional magic topics like ancient magic and alchemy, but he was undoubtedly the most skilled professor in defense against the Dark Arts and combat. He had many very unique training methods. Although it was very rigorous, Evan had to admit that the effect was very good.

Many years had passed since Sirius took the Auror exam. His training methods came from that.

After passing all, he was eligible to register at the Ministry of Magic to become an Auror, becoming the youngest Auror in history.

In summary, despite not learning more powerful magic, through over a month of practice and improvement, Evan's overall strength had definitely increased and more than doubled.

His current level of strength had completely surpassed the level a young wizard should have.

In fact, not just young wizards! In many spells, even well-known adult wizards who had graduated from the School of Magic were not better than Evan.

Everything was going very well, and all that was left was to find the piece of the Philosopher's Stone that the fallen Centaurs had taken, and break the curse that Voldemort had left on Evan.

But there was no news from Dumbledore. Shortly after the beginning of the summer holidays, he and Maxime had left Beauxbatons.

Sirius said they had to return to the British Ministry of Magic to discuss the upcoming Triwizard Tournament with the Durmstrang Director and Ministry officials.

Under the joint initiative of Fudge and two other Ministers of Magic, the entire European wizarding community and the three Schools of Magic were interested in restoring this ancient event.

They intended to use this as a platform to strengthen communication and exchange between students.

The Triwizard Tournament had been very popular in history. It was an ancient tradition among the three schools. However, it was gradually discontinued due to a large number of deaths.

Since then, there had been no formal communication platform among the three Schools of Magic. Due to the confidentiality of their unique magics and teaching methods, the trend towards isolationism in the three Schools of Magic had become increasingly evident.

In summary, this was not conducive to the development of the European magical world.

Especially in recent years, under the leadership of the Magical Congress of the United States of America, the American magical world had shown a flourishing scene different from that of Europe, and its overall strength had increased considerably.

In this context, European Ministries of Magic, especially the major Ministries of Great Britain, France, and Germany, were under great pressure and often criticized for being too conservative.

They had to try to make a change, and the first step in that direction was to restore the Triwizard Tournament, which had been suspended for almost a century.