Chapter 163: Ancient Magic Engraved in the Bodies of Magical Animals

"The last enemy to be eliminated is death?"

Cyrus thought about it. If Dumbledore was not pretending to be profound, then this sentence was most likely the password from the principal's office. Obviously, the old bee was a little upset about Cyrus's guess of the password "for the greater good" last time.

That was his shameful past, a past that he could not bear to look back on.

There were very few people who knew about Dumbledore's past. Only McGonagall knew about it in the whole Hogwarts. The old bee and the older cat girl were old besties.

"During the next Quidditch game?"

Cyrus raised his head. After fighting Voldemort for so long, it was getting late, and snow was falling in the gray sky again.

The Christmas holiday was the watershed between the two semesters of Hogwarts. The next Quidditch game might be in March.

But now, Cyrus was not so anxious to continue with the next trial. Even the memories left by the guardians were worth watching repeatedly for Cyrus.

The memories left by Percival showed Cyrus the powerful and long-lasting power of ancient magic. Even after the caster's death for many years, the spell can be guaranteed to continue. Rookwood's memories directly recorded Morgana's means of stripping a person's emotions!

These are all things Cyrus can learn.

But the mysteries of ancient magic are definitely more than that. For example, many magical animals have ancient magic that is even more wonderful. Not only are they powerful, but they also have different functions.

For example, the tears of the phoenix can heal any injuries, and the flames can make people come and go without a trace; the magic resistance of the fire dragon is strong enough to ignore many magics, which makes them naturally advantageous in battle; the bird snake can naturally control its size freely; the invisible beast can make itself disappear without a trace...

Cyrus must be eager to get these unique magics. In a sense, he is as greedy as Voldemort!

Like a snake, he wants to swallow prey that is much larger than his body.

"It seems that some magical animals can be smuggled." Cyrus thought, in addition to these, there is another trouble he needs to face.

Since she knew that the diary could be used to communicate with Cyrus, Ginny returned to her previous perseverance and kept trying to contact him. Cyrus knew that he could not hide, so he no longer read and did not reply.

"Good evening, Ginny."

"Good evening?" Ginny's words were full of resentment.

It would have been fine if she had only known this secret today, but in the end she was taken away without seeing Cyrus. Of course, she knew that the enemy Cyrus faced at that time was the mysterious man, and that battle was extraordinary. It was understandable that Sirius and other professors tied her back to protect her.

But this did not affect her sadness.

"You ignored me for several months!" Ginny said sadly, "Harry knew, Ron knew, and even Hermione knew! Although Ron said he just wanted to give it a try, I knew he was lying! Before going to Hermione, she came to borrow the diary, and she contacted you at that time, right?"

The little girl felt like she was abandoned.

At home, the twins were inseparable. Even Ron often thought she was too young and didn't take her with him to play. Now even Mr. Cyrus did the same.

Ginny looked down on children of her age. They were too childish and their spells were a mess.

Children need company.

Cyrus actually knew this. Ginny had already regarded him as her best friend. She had been showing her heart to Cyrus without reservation since she entered school in the first grade.

"I apologize to you, Ginny. But you also know my situation. My situation is not that good. Even now, I am still wanted by the Ministry of Magic." Cyrus explained, "That's why I don't have much time to communicate with you. It was the same with Hermione last time. If it weren't for Sirius, I'm afraid I wouldn't respond to her."

Cyrus' words did have some effect. Ginny was not unreasonable, especially she knew how her parents viewed Cyrus at the beginning. Until now, her father sometimes talked about some of Cyrus' recent things at dinner and how they gave the Ministry of Magic a headache.

Especially after Cyrus attacked Gringotts, even if Mr. Weasley believed that there was not much connection between Cyrus and Voldemort, he would not change his view that Cyrus was a dangerous person.

Bombing a bank for a disagreement, what else could this be if not a dangerous person?

After that, Cyrus and Ginny talked for a long time again. Ginny talked about her own things nonstop, and Cyrus was used to being a listener.

Until late at night, Cyrus found that there was no response from the other side for a long time, so he immediately realized that Ginny might have fallen asleep.

So he regained his mind and disappeared into the night.

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The Christmas holiday passed quickly, and Harry recovered the next day. This experience did not have much impact on him, but weakened his fear of Voldemort.

The famous Dark Lord, it seems that he is not that scary, right?

Wasn't he beaten like a drowned dog by Cyrus and Dumbledore?

Now, he was riding the rocket crossbow given by Sirius and flying freely over the Black Lake. He lent Ron the Nimbus 2000. The two of them were almost invisible. The cold wind that was like a knife could not stop their enthusiasm!

The students skating on the ice lake looked at them enviously.

Of course, Harry's favorite Christmas gift was not the rocket crossbow, but Cyrus's small photo album. Harry put it on the bedside, feeling as peaceful as if he was being watched by his parents and fell asleep.

Today is the last day of the Christmas holiday. At night, Hermione jumped off the carriage wrapped in a red scarf. When she saw Harry and Ron, she immediately rushed over worriedly.

They had naturally written letters about the holiday.

"Luckily you're okay, Harry." Hermione felt scared when she thought about it, "By the way, do you know why the You-Know-Who kidnapped you?"

Hermione asked the key point. She didn't think Voldemort kidnapped Harry just for fun: "He must have some purpose!"

"What purpose could it be? Harry defeated him, so he holds a grudge!" Ron said as a matter of course, "Does the You-Know-Who not want to kill Harry?"

"But if he just wanted to kill Harry, then Peter Pettigrew could have strangled him when he entered the dormitory!" Hermione blew a warm breath on her palm and continued, "The You-Know-Who can't touch you, right? You are actually very dangerous to him, but he still kidnapped you, which means he must want to use you to achieve something. Do you remember what he said?"

Hermione is really smart. She thought of everyone, even the professors didn't think of it.

No one knows about this except Cyrus and Dumbledore, who know it well.

Harry tried to recall the scene at that time, but still shook his head helplessly: "He said that when he was resurrected, he would kill me in front of all the Death Eaters and let them know that the Boy Who Lived was just a name."

"Okay, now I understand, he just wanted to establish his authority." Ron said, "Losing to a baby made his subordinates unwilling to believe him."

"Really?"

Ron's explanation was correct, and this was indeed one of Voldemort's plans, but Hermione still felt something was wrong, always felt that something was missing. But she didn't know about "Horcruxes", so she never thought that Voldemort would use Harry's blood to resurrect.

"Forget it, by the way, what gifts did you receive?" Hermione asked. She was referring to the gift from Cyrus, of course, "I got a book with a lot of magic spells written on it, which are not in the textbooks!"

She was very excited!

"Only you will feel happy when you receive a book." Ron smiled, what is the difference between giving others books and giving children summer homework?

Then he showed off the gift he got: "He gave me an owl!"

Ron was very satisfied with the gift he got, not only because he didn't have a suitable pet, but also because Cyrus remembered that he lost Scabbers, and it felt good to be remembered. When he was at home, he was always the one who was ignored.

"I got an album with photos of my father and mother." Harry smiled brightly at first, and then he was a little confused, "I don't know why, several photos were torn off."

"Ginny got an alchemical tool, which I think is quite interesting. But Mr. Cyrus gave her almost everything." Ron said, "She has been chatting with Mr. Cyrus every day these days, but Mr. Cyrus doesn't often respond to her except for the first day."

"I'll go and see!" When Hermione heard that they were chatting, she jumped up like a rabbit and left Harry and Ron behind.

The two stupid sons looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Mr. Cyrus doesn't pay any attention to them at all." Ron shrugged.

There was a reason why Cyrus didn't respond to Ginny.

Now he is back at the Malfoy mansion.

Lucius had just seen off the little ancestor and welcomed the big ancestor.

These days, the Malfoy mansion is crowded with people. No matter if they are pure blood or not, as long as they have some money, everyone wants to ask about the Wizard Bank. And this person happens to be the one who controls the power in the wizarding world. Even many officials from the Ministry of Magic have come to the door.

In the past, the Malfoy family was also very powerful and had a close relationship with these officials who held real power, but at that time it was Lucius who took money to find a relationship, but now the offensive and defensive situation has reversed.

All this has to start after Harry was rescued.

Harry took a day out and said that he would deposit the Potter family's property in the Wizard Bank according to Cyrus's statement, and expressed his trust in the safety of the Wizard Bank to a great extent, and questioned the repeated attacks on Gringotts.

Needless to say, Harry's appeal is naturally strong. At least before the Ministry of Magic completely discredited Harry, all wizards who were not Death Eaters admired this boy who survived a disaster very much.

The effect of this advertisement was immediate.

When Lucius first heard the knock on the door, he thought it was another wizard who wanted to discuss opening the vault with him. But when he opened the door, he saw Cyrus' familiar face and was so scared that he almost collapsed to the ground.

Narcissa told him everything about Draco.

"Master..."

Cyrus himself had long forgotten about this incident. He came here just to ask Lucius to find a way to get some magical animals.

"Lucius, how is the situation at the bank going?"

"Everything is going well, Master!" Lucius responded with fear, "More and more wizards have begun to deposit money with me, but the goblins may not give up. I heard that they have been here several times. It's going to the Ministry of Magic, I'm worried..."

"Of course, those people value money more than their own lives. To let them give up profits is to peel off their skin." Cyrus sneered. Of course, he understood Lucius's worries.

"Don't worry, goblins can't stir up trouble."

First, a large number of people were killed in Gringotts, and then after Voldemort took control of Lanlock's body, he took away the fighting power of a bunch of goblins. Now there are not many ugly things left in the UK. Those in Gringotts who are not good at fighting What else can a loser do except go to the magic department and howl a few times?

"But with the wealth they have accumulated over hundreds of years, they might be able to hire a lot of helpers..." Cyrus thought for a while and decided to leave some insurance for Lucius to prevent goblins from causing trouble. "Where is the location of the vault now? ?”

"In another secret territory of the family, I used a spell to expand a temporary space." Lucius said quickly, "Master, I think we can directly enter Gringotts in the future."

"Of course, you will do these things." Cyrus finally understood.

For a person like Lucius, if he is allowed to fight and kill, he will simply fail and fail. Fighting with a few students may not bring any benefits, but when it comes to wealth management and speculation, the Malfoys are first-rate. A good hand.

Spend some gold and make a pass, and the money will be back in his pocket when the time comes.

"I'll leave you some guards, enough to resist a small army." Cyrus directly used ancient magic to create rock guards one by one.

These guards are much stronger than ordinary transformation techniques, and they also have their own healing ability. With a dozen stone statues added together, even hunting a fire dragon is not a bad idea!

"Leave some in the treasury and some in your manor. You and your family must also cherish your life." Cyrus said kindly.

Lucius had worked under Voldemort for so many years. He had never heard such words before, and he was a little touched for a moment.

"Owner……"

"Okay, now I want you to help me find a way to get a batch of magical animals, with as many types as possible."

Cyrus ordered.

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