Chapter 992 Black Robe Father and Daughter

Time passes little by little in a fairy tale.

By the time Hermione finished telling her sixth story, the clock on the wall had read 11:05 pm.

There was a quiet darkness outside the Hyperion, and even the "Succubus Paradise" in the distance became a little quieter.

As the last story ended, Hermione closed her copy of "One Thousand and One Nights" and stretched tiredly. The golden-red jacket slipped from her shoulders. She turned her head to look at the coffee being brewed next to her. Elena looked a little looking forward to it.

Huh... She blew the hot air off the coffee cup and felt a little more energetic.

"Shall we begin? General meeting of the Major Arcana."

"Well, it starts in twenty minutes."

Elena nodded, picked up two cups of coffee and placed them in the hands of Hannah and Luna.

It is always easy to get sleepy when listening to stories, so she specially added some spices to the two cups, and——

"Wow - it's so painful -"

Hannah's face suddenly wrinkled and she stuck out her tongue.

On the other side, Luna, who took the coffee cup sleepily, suddenly woke up.

Considering that she would go to sleep later, Elena did not add magical ingredients, but chose the most primitive sensory stimulation method.

"Although you can observe today's meeting, as the reserve Major Arcana, you can only observe."

Elena smiled and shook her head. She reached out and pulled Hannah and Luna up from the big bed. They came to the long table on the right side of the captain's podium and sat down one after another. They began to arrange their clothes, hair, and explain some things. Basic etiquette, so as not to cause any jokes later in the meeting.

Hermione, Luna, and Hannah nodded seriously.

This is the top wizard salon in the magic world today, and any one of the wizards alone can shock the magic world.

Even without Elena's advance warning, they still knew the specifications of this meeting.

After taking a look at the little wings sitting upright on the chairs with their tight faces, Elena nodded secretly in her heart.

These little guys are much more obedient than her wand, and they are worthy of being the reserve devil executors she values.

However, overall it's not a big problem.

Because she also has the highest management authority in the Captain's Office of the Hyperion.

If necessary, she can even gag the ball directly... to be precise, group and single-body silence magic.

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Evening, eleven twenty-five.

Elena nodded towards the other three little witches, and each took out a Major Arcana card.

Three thin metal card slots rose up from the conference table in the captain's room, with a pair of unfolded wings carved on the front of the card slots. They put the cards in their hands into the card slot, and the metal made a pleasant sound and turned into a light curtain that spread out in mid-air directly in front of them.

The screen gradually stretches and deforms.

At the beginning, there are major Arcana main cards turned over one by one, with the name and pattern of each card printed on them.

As they put the cards in their hands into the card slot, the Major Arcana that originally corresponded to them was flipped over in turn and replaced with each person's portrait.

Of course, only the frame and background look like portraits, and the people inside are real-time images of everyone - this is much higher resolution than the magical portraits in Hogwarts, and they can even see everyone. The reflective color in an individual's eye pupils.

"Wow--"

Hannah looked at the light screen projection directly in front of her in surprise.

For her, this was no less than seeing Elena's transformed animation for the first time.

The image of Professor Dumbledore was already waiting in the air. Not far below him, the [Tower] and [The Hanged Man] were all waiting on the line. The location belonging to the [World] was not far away. It stops flashing and seems to be still trying to connect to the network.

A few minutes later, Nick Flamel's image also replaced the [Magician] card and appeared in the light and shadow in mid-air.

"Can they hear us, see our side?"

Hermione quietly kicked Elena under the table and asked in a low voice.

Elena raised her eyebrows, hooked her toes on Hermione's calves, and answered calmly without looking away.

"You can only hear the sound, but if you want to see the real-time picture, you must activate the magic power to connect to the 'Tarot Communicator' in front, but only outside the Hyperion - on the Hyperion, The magic supply in this regard can be provided directly by the hull."

"Eh? In other words, Professor Dumbledore and the others can-"

Hermione glanced at the screen in a panic and tried hard to free her calf.

She felt as if her calf was entangled by two pythons, and there was no way to pull it out again.

"Yes, the sound and picture are very clear, Miss Granger."

At this moment, in the light and shadow directly in front of him, Dumbledore said with a smile.

The old wizard's eyes slowly passed over Elena and the others, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that Elena still kept her promise and did not lead these children to play wildly, nor did she lawlessly hold any strange parties on the Hyperion while she was not at school - judging from their backgrounds and clothes, even Even more decent than these old guys.

"However, it may take a while, [Queen] and [Hermit] haven't connected to the remote conference yet..."

Dumbledore paused, turned his head and asked a few questions in a low voice not far away, and continued.

"As for Mr. [World], there may only be sound and no image can be displayed - Miss [Fool] obviously did not consider this issue when she designed this system. Maybe we can replace Mr. [World]'s portrait later. Where he is now.”

"Well, that's not a problem at all. I'll think of a way to get a portrait of Mr. [World] in a while."

Elena nodded, while calmly taking off Hermione's shoes under the table and throwing them aside.

He actually dared to kick her secretly under the table. If he didn't give her a lesson, that wouldn't be okay.

"In fact, if it weren't for the fact that today is the first time that three reserve members have participated in the meeting, it would actually be okay to cancel the real-time video."

Elena glanced at Hermione seriously, let go of the prey she had just captured, and frowned at the last two empty seats.

"If they haven't connected yet, why don't we start first... There's no one late for a Tarot session—"

"Sorry, it's a little late."

At this moment, the Major Arcana belonging to [The Hermit] flashed a few times and turned into the appearance of Mr. Lovegood.

Different from the sloppy appearance before, Xenophilius Lovegood appeared in the frame this time. He had obviously combed his hair a little. His original fluffy white hair was tied behind his back, and his robes were also changed into a clean set. The white robe and roughly trimmed beard made him look more reliable than usual.

Immediately afterwards, Newt Scamander also appeared in the [Queen's] original position.

"Then we now-"

"Well, I might not be able to hear the whole meeting, Tina will get suspicious."

Before Dumbledore could speak, Newt said quickly and looked at the other Major Arcana with some embarrassment.

"All in all, my opinion is the same as Professor Dumbledore's, and if there's a vote, that's it - then I'll disconnect first."

Snapped.

After Newt finished speaking quickly as if reciting a tongue twister, he quickly disappeared into the light curtain in mid-air.

The [Queen] turned over again, as if everything just now was an illusion.

"..."

"..."

"..."

In the captain's room of the Hyperion, the three little witches subconsciously turned their heads to look at Elena.

As Newt appeared and disappeared, the solemn meeting that originally lingered in their hearts suddenly became strange.

Especially Hermione, who had lost her shoes and had to huddle her feet together, felt that Elena was trying to scare people before - this so-called General Council of the Major Arcana was a little too casual, in the magical world. The future is in the hands of these people... Is there really no problem?

"Ahem, okay, then everyone is here. Let's start today's agenda directly."

Dumbledore cleared his throat, seemingly unaffected by Newt's early departure.

Strictly speaking, this is the first remote meeting.

Prior to this, most of the Major Arcana meetings were held offline. Nowadays, this remote light and shadow connection is more used for daily scattered exchanges and conversations rather than plenary meetings. In fact, in Dumbledore's original vision, it didn't matter even if the connection was not successful.

"This temporary meeting is mainly divided into three agendas, revising the details of the 'Snake Catcher' clearance, establishing mentors for reserve members, and..."

Dumbledore pondered for a moment, then turned his head and exchanged a look with Grindelwald.

"How to respond to the werewolf group's cry for help - it may involve the use of force, you should understand what I mean."

Originally, if the problem was only between Mr. Lockhart and Mr. Lovegood, Dumbledore would still hesitate to initiate an impromptu meeting.

But before Gilderoy Lockhart arrived in the Headmaster's office, several letters from the Ministry of Magic and the International Federation of Wizards, as well as news from the saints on Grindelwald's side, directly prompted Dumbledore to launch an emergency Decisions of the Interim Major Arcana Council.

As time went by, Dumbledore gradually changed his mind and no longer regarded the Tarot Club as just a cloud development platform for Elena.

As Headmaster of Hogwarts, there wasn't much that Dumbledore could do.

However, if you add the identity of the Tarot Club [Pope], it will be completely different.

"Weekend night has just begun, let's discuss it in this order..."

Elena frowned, looked thoughtfully at the heads on the light screen, and said in confusion.

"Has there been any change regarding the clearance of the 'Snake Catcher'? If there are students who insist on staying in school, why don't they just contact their families or the Ministry of Magic directly to solve the problem? I don't know what else needs to be revised in this regard ——You mean clearing the area, not hunting, right?”

"Not inside Hogwarts, but outside the school."

Gilderoy Lockhart cleared his throat and answered proactively.

Judging from the surrounding environment, he should have returned to his office, with a portrait of him hanging behind him.

"Outside the school? I don't understand, Mr. [Hermit]——"

"The project at the institute has reached a critical moment. It would be a pity to evacuate at this time."

Lockhart said quickly, paused for a few seconds, raised his head and looked around at all the members of the Major Arcana in the light curtain, and continued.

"As the main person in charge of recovering memories and protecting research results, I don't think it is necessary to carry out evacuation and cleanup work so early. We can flexibly adapt to the actual situation of the 'Snake Catching Plan'. After all, in the final analysis, off-campus evacuation is just the worst case scenario." The derivation results..."

"So, you choose to take risks in order to save half a month, rather than a slightly later plan that can reduce the risk to 100%?"

Elena held her chin gently with her left hand and looked at Lockhart with her lake-blue eyes, seemingly disappointed.

"In my opinion, they are as important as the evacuated students from Hogwarts. Moreover, you should also know how much risk and effort we took in order to invite those scholars from the former Soviet Union - each of them Human sacrifices are huge irreparable losses.”

For a long time, the three-, six-, and nine-level divisions in the wizarding world have existed. Muggles are even worse than house elves in the eyes of many wizards.

She had imagined that someone would question the decision to evacuate the researchers, but she had not expected that Gilderoy Lockhart would take the initiative.

"—more important."

"Um?"

"Obviously, the research that those scholars are doing, and their wisdom...at least right now, is more important."

Lockhart said in a serious tone. After repeating what he just said again, he continued to speak in a deep voice.

"Interrupting the current research or even protectively erasing the memory is just a matter of waving a magic wand for us. But there may be intangible losses, but it is possible that they would rather risk their lives. To avoid it. Maybe I don’t understand the content and principles of their research, but instead of erasing the spark of inspiration, we can at least try to keep some monsters away from them——"

Elena removed her chin from her left hand, glanced at Lockhart in surprise, and asked softly.

"So what if, and I mean what if, the basilisk escapes and makes its way into the research area?"

"I will lead the field resistance of the Foundation WIB and cover the retreat of those researchers."

"Then what if someone takes advantage of the chaos to leak the secret, or flees?"

"If it really happens, then I will personally go to catch him and find a way to erase the leaked information."

Is this guy... really the big bastard from before?

Elena glanced at Lockhart with a strange expression.

Unexpectedly, Lockhart had grown to this point less than a year after joining the Foundation and taking charge of WIB.

Apart from the shortcomings of being temporarily single, she couldn't find any faults - it seemed that she would have to find a way to let this young wizard who was blooming in his second spring get married and start a business, otherwise if things continued like this, Hermione, Luna, and Han Na, these little girls may be star-chasing.

But, on the other hand...

Elena looked at Lockhart's serious expression.

Gilderoy Lockhart is now much more handsome than his previous exaggerated appearance.

"Okay. That's your purview anyway, Mr. Hanged Man."

Elena nodded and said in a brisk tone, "I don't have any more questions. Where are you guys?"

"I think we should just build a chicken farm next to the research institute..."

Grindelwald scratched his ears, glanced at someone 'off the screen', and said with a grin.

"Regarding this, Mr. [The Queen] happened to have made a suggestion before to build several chicken farms around Hogwarts to restrict the basilisk's escape route. As for Mr. [The Hanged Man]'s WIB team, usually We happen to be stationed there to raise chickens, which can be regarded as strengthening our defense.”

"It is best if the research process is not disturbed. Although time and lifespan can be extended, inspiration and energy cannot -"

Nico Flamel also echoed that even if the magic stone is not his now, he still adheres to the attitude of saving when he can.

As the [Fool], [Tower], and [Magician] expressed their opinions one after another, Dumbledore and Xenophilius naturally had no reason to object. Lockhart quickly got the commitment and permission he wanted. ——In exchange, if the basilisk escapes, he will be responsible for covering it.

"Then, the follow-up matters here will be left entirely to Mr. [The Hanged Man]. Now, the next agenda."

Dumbledore nodded with a smile on his face, pressed his right hand softly, and continued to promote the meeting as the moderator.

"About the three reserve Major Arcana proposed by Miss [Fool], as well as the projects they are responsible for and the candidates for their respective mentors. According to the results of the previous discussion, the three newly added reserve Major Arcana are: [Chariot] Hannah Abbott, [Justice] Hermione Granger, and [Priestess] Luna Love——"

"Ahem, sorry, I have a problem with this!"

At this moment, a voice suddenly came out, interrupting Dumbledore's voice.

"Today's newly added reserve Major Arcana will only have two ladies [Chariot] and [Justice] - Luna Lovegood does not meet the conditions to join the Major Arcana, even if she becomes a reserve , and can never be promoted to become an official member of the Major Arcana."

"At least until I leave the position of [hermit], she will never be able to remove the prefix of reserve..."

Under Luna's calm gaze, Xenophilius added decisively.

"Never—"

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Great!