Earth, New York.
After the trip to South America, Lin En returned to school life. At the same time, with the end of the city rowing event, an important matter for high school graduates began to be put on the agenda.
Urban rowing is a project with a long history and enjoys a very high status in various colleges and universities. Different schools often compete with each other and win honors through this competition.
Therefore, those who win the rowing competition in high school can often be favored by those colleges and universities, and will have a greater advantage when they submit applications to various colleges and universities. This has gradually become an unspoken rule that "rowing is the ticket to American universities."
Yes, as time moves into late spring and early summer, high school graduates face a critical issue, which is applying to a college for themselves.
For example, Peter Parker, as the son of Iron Man and with his belief in science and engineering, he is determined to get into MIT.
Hughes White, under the manipulation of his father, planned to try his luck at Yale, where political and business elites gathered.
As for Lynn himself, he found a few places from Nick Fury, probably Cornell or Columbia in New York.
However, these days, Lin En did not focus all his energy on this.
He did not forget the red light emitted by the Cosmic Cube that he had seen in the secret laboratory base of S.H.I.E.L.D., nor did he forget the figures of Captain America, Iron Man and Loki that he had seen in the crystal ball.
All signs indicate that the peaceful days will not last long, and he must prepare for Loki's invasion.
As the first rain of summer fell, the sound of the rain mixed with thunder reminded Lin En the first thing he could do now.
The stormy day was coming, and he could prepare for the Animagus ritual.
As Lynn once knew, the Animagus ritual was very mysterious and complicated. It required holding a mandrake in the mouth for a whole month, collecting dew that had not been exposed to the sun, chanting spells continuously at sunrise every day, and waiting for the full moon and the arrival of a storm.
This is undoubtedly a long and tedious process, but it is worth it for the value after success.
Animagus does not need to consume a lot of magic power to maintain the transformation, and the animal it transforms into has no flaws.
In addition, Animagus will master the language of the animals they transform into and can even make friends with those animals.
In the world of Harry Potter, Peter Pettigrew, the Wormtail, once found Voldemort hiding in a secret place with the help of his mouse friends.
So Lin En came to the Room of Requirement again to see if he could find some ready-made materials here.
Mandrake? Seven-day dew? Oh, don't tell me you're secretly trying to become an Animagus. This requires registering with the Ministry of Magic and completing the ritual under their witness. If they find out, they will definitely confiscate my business.
George Weiss saw through Lynn's purpose at the first moment.
But just when Lin En thought that the other party refused to help, another note came, and it turned out to be a false alarm.
But the Ministry of Magic is under the Ministry of Magic, and they don't have such wide-ranging influence. You know, among all the Animagus, there are four guys whom I admire the most, and they trained secretly without the knowledge of the Ministry of Magic, and they were even students at that time.
You seem to know a lot about Animagus, my friend, have you tried it too? Lynn was curious.
Oh, once, maybe, then something happened.
George Weiss replied.
I think what he was talking about was the departure of his brother Fred Westley. Given the personalities of these two, they would definitely study this magic that symbolizes freedom. They may have made an agreement, but with Fred Westley gone, George Westley also lost this interest.
However, I have heard about the stories of the four Animagus mentioned earlier. Would you like to listen to them
Of course. Lynn welcomes it.
There were four brave Gryffindors. One of them was turned into a werewolf when he was very young. He would transform and cause destruction every full moon. At this time, he met three friends in Hogwarts. In order to accompany the werewolf on the night of the full moon, the three friends turned themselves into Animagus. They were called Padfoot, Prongs, Wormtail and Moony. Do you know the Shrieking House in Hogsmeade? That was where they turned into animals and reveled together on the night of the full moon. Each of them had a respectable story. They joined the Order of the Phoenix and fought against He Who Must Not Be Named until they sacrificed their lives. In addition, they were prank geniuses and made a lot of interesting things... In short, they were all respectable predecessors.
Good story, what interesting things did they come up with
Lynn suddenly had an idea.
OK, the popular home version of the Marauder's Map a few years ago was inspired by their brilliant idea. Unfortunately, it was later banned by the Department of Magical Law Enforcement on the grounds of violating privacy.
Oh? From your regretful tone, it seems like you know a lot about this
Of course, there is a clever magic involved, and as long as you are careful enough, you can create quite amazing effects. George Weiss is very proud of this, because for him, cracking the Marauder's Map and carrying it forward is one of his and his brothers' dreams.
Hey listen, if I want to draw a map of an entire city, a little bigger than London, and then just mark the whereabouts of a few people, can I do it? Lynn thought of applying the Marauder's Map to New York, and then dot the names of superheroes and villains on it, which should be a pretty good idea.
Theoretically, this is a bit difficult. The problem is that you need to rivet all the passages and secret rooms in the entire city, and then cast a powerful tracking thread magic. Most people in Hogwarts have tracking threads, so it is very convenient to sense nearby wizards. The family version is based on the same principle, using the tracking threads of minors. But if you want to rivet the entire city, the magic power required will be quite terrifying.
Oh, it seems that this is just a fantasy, thank you my friend, now I just need Mandrake and Seven Day Dew.
After listening to George Weiss's description, Lynn knew that he should not aim too high.
I wish you the best, my friend. I heard that wizards will experience cognitive confusion in the early stages of becoming an Animagus. I hope you can escape. George Weiss came to offer a thoughtful reminder, and then he suddenly seemed to remember something and added another note.
Oh, by the way, come back to me in half a month, there might be a surprise then.