Chapter 689: Face-to-Face Call

Hogwarts has magic that prohibits Apparition, so they could not return to Hogwarts quickly.

Therefore, just as they had when they set out, they arrived at the path leading to Hogsmeade.

Everything around was silent, the night was pitch black, and only a few streetlamps and some lit windows upstairs could be seen.

"Did we complete the mission brilliantly?"

Dumbledore said, his wand tapping on Jia Siting's arm, and the wound that was still oozing blood healed significantly.

Just as they had anticipated, the cave was filled with magic Voldemort had set to torture intruders, which was why the wound had been bleeding non-stop.

"Mm."

Jia Siting looked up and saw the radiance of a star shining; he recognized it as Jupiter.

"Let's go, I hope Madam Pomfrey is still awake..."

Dumbledore took the lead, walking toward the path blooming with purple flowers.

Following the winding path, the wilderness and fields around Hogsmeade revealed themselves.

There were only a few small wooden huts here, but the grounds attached to them were quite large.

They walked toward the foot of the mountain; the path back to Hogwarts was hidden in the shadow of this great mountain.

"Do you have something for me?"

Dumbledore, holding Jia Siting's hand, suddenly asked with a smile.

Jia Siting nodded; his Wizard's Book unfolded in an instant and spat out a special little gadget.

Looking at the lens in his hand, Dumbledore's smile slowly froze:

"This is..."

He asked.

"A Magic Hand Mirror. It can initiate calls regardless of distance; it's a variant of the Two-Way Mirror, supporting up to seven people in a call simultaneously.

It can be used for face-to-face conversation, or just to listen to voices."

Jia Siting explained in detail.

"Oh, not bad, very good indeed."

Dumbledore took the mirror, and a miniature Jia Siting soon appeared inside.

He watched the book in the mirror until ripples appeared on the lake-like surface, and only then did the miniature Jia Siting close the book.

The real Jia Siting soon appeared on the mirror's surface.

"If you have anything to say now, you can say it directly, Headmaster Dumbledore."

Jia Siting "hung up" the hand mirror; in his mirror, the miniature Dumbledore, who had stopped eating his Lemon Sherbet, began eating candy again.

This was an action Jia Siting had designed to show the call stages, utilizing some principles of magical photographs; he only needed to change the internal magic circuit from automatic triggering to triggering based on the hand mirror's different call stages to create it.

At the same time, the miniature Jia Siting began reading again.

"Ah—"

This discovery actually made Dumbledore quite interested.

He looked at the figures in the mirror:

Marcus Maige had turned into a tabby cat licking its own fur; Professor Sineipu was brewing potions; Professor Fuliwei was preparing to climb onto a podium made of stacked books...

"Oh, an interesting creation."

The hand mirror rippled; Dumbledore had clearly dialed someone else.

"Is Marcus Maige asleep?"

He seemed to be talking to himself, but his gaze fell on Jia Siting.

"The remaining few haven't been delivered yet..."

Jia Siting explained.

"... A rare occurrence; I must clarify to you, perhaps someone is looking forward to it more than I am."

Dumbledore was somewhat surprised.

"I was just dragged into the Headmaster's office by you."

Jia Siting finished his previous thought.

The air soon fell into silence; in the quiet, one could even hear the shouting of customers in the Hog's Head Inn in the distance.

"Let's go, let's return to Hogwarts quickly."

Dumbledore acted as if he hadn't asked anything at all, and even stopped trying to inquire about the locket Jia Siting had.

They passed through the previously dark, winding alleys, and the night breeze brushed past Jia Siting's ears.

Butler Pu Keqi was inside the half-open Wizard's Book at this moment, guiding the animals to where they were supposed to be.

"Go on, go on, little heroes, you have completed a great mission!"

Jia Siting could hear Wei Er talking to himself excitedly.

"Only you, you gluttonous pig!"

Then Jia Siting heard a loud collision and the grunting, aggrieved cry of a warthog.

Voldemort's potion was meant to cause great pain to wizards, while the potion Jia Siting had taken out in the vault was meant to make the drinker feel exhilarated, joyful, and psychedelic.

Therefore, aside from the potion possibly tasting bad, the animals were actually perfectly fine; this was Jia Siting's conclusion after checking.

"Hogwarts has anti-Apparition measures against Pu Keqi, but the cave did not... I am very glad you discovered that." ===== CHAPTER 690 =====