Mysterious Journey
Chapter 421 The Door to a New World
But what surprised the wizards even more was that, apart from the graphically rich and innovative "A Bite of Hogwarts" section, the quality of the content in the other sections of the magazine was not to be underestimated. The quality of most of the content was at or above the level of core articles in today's mainstream magical journals.
Compared to core academic journals like "Transfiguration Today" and "Potions Master," the content published in the "Mysterious Journey" section was not only more practical, but also particularly accessible to most ordinary wizards in terms of wording and comprehension, as the main contributors were Hogwarts students in their fifth to seventh years.
On the other hand, considering that this was the first time guiding students in writing papers, Professors McGonagall and Flitwick, as instructors, generously and patiently shared many tips they had learned from teaching over the years, incorporating them into Percy and others' articles, further solidifying the value of the entire "Mysterious Journey" section.
It should be known that anyone who can serve as a professor of a core subject at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is definitely a master in their field in today's magical world. Magical academic papers that have been revised and compiled by these professors are at the top level in terms of both practicality and operability.
Even the most meticulous and scrutinizing spell scholars would at most complain about the unprofessional wording and the overly basic and simple content, suggesting that only mediocre wizards would be interested in such simple knowledge.
Moreover, most people, after complaining, would immediately pick up a pen and start writing furiously.
After all, the Galleons for submissions were just too attractive. Compared to what "Transfiguration Today" offered, the rates from "The Quibbler" were too tempting to refuse—after all, everyone needs to earn a living.
However, if the "Mysterious Journey" section was well-received among ordinary wizards and only mildly praised by high-end wizards, then the "Explore? Discover" section, which mainly focused on the origin of the "Hogwarts Calendar" and directly used the "Magical Era" as a timeline for writing articles, was completely the opposite. Compared to most wizards who automatically skipped over History of Magic, this issue, with an opening statement written by Bathilda Bagshot, the original author of "A History of Magic," undoubtedly caused a great stir in the entire magical history research community.
"This year is Hogwarts Year 998, which is 1991 in the non-magical world..."
This was the first sentence of Bathilda Bagshot's article on the origin of the "Hogwarts Calendar." In all subsequent articles, except for this one coordinate, all references to years were uniformly replaced with "Magical Era XXX" or "Hogwarts Year XXX."
If Professor McGonagall and others are like Nobel Prize winners in the field of Transfiguration, then Bathilda Bagshot's position in the field of History of Magic is equivalent to Stephen Hawking's position in the field of physics during his lifetime.
From the 1890s, Bathilda Bagshot had already been a famous historian. From the early to mid-20th century, the textbooks used by the entire magical world to study History of Magic were all written by her in the "A History of Magic" series.
This is not surprising. As Gellert Grindelwald's great-aunt, having witnessed Dumbledore's entire journey from boy to man, having experienced the darkest period of Voldemort's terror, and having witnessed the night Voldemort fell, no one in today's magical world is more qualified to write and tell this long modern history of magic.
And her proactive statement means that from now on, the concept of the "Magical Era" has truly appeared in the academic field of History of Magic.
Any mainstream media, magical institutions, when using time calendars, and every magical school, when teaching History of Magic, will need to take this into consideration, from rewriting textbooks to establishing standards for the use of historical time and daily life—anywhere involving time may change accordingly.
The most fatal point is that this Magical Era, based on the founding of Hogwarts, hits exactly what other magic schools in today's magical world are most worried about. The most influential wizarding force, Hogwarts, might be able to permanently fix the title of "First School of Magic" with this Magical Era concept.
Of course, the fermentation and derivation of this anxiety will take some time.
After all, whether it is Beauxbatons Academy of Magic in France, Durmstrang Institute in Northern Europe, or Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the United States, it will take at least several weeks or even several months to respond to this statement.
And by that time, what Hogwarts may have is not just immeasurable prestige and a long history.
In order to establish the concepts of "Magical Era" and "Hogwarts Calendar" as soon as possible, Albus Dumbledore (played by Grindelwald) even repeatedly emphasized in the headmaster's office, requesting the Ministry of Magic to issue a notice within this week "suggesting" that mainstream media such as "The Daily Prophet" and "Witch Weekly" start using the "Hogwarts Calendar" to mark time.
At the same time, with the help of some enthusiastic Hogwarts students, Bathilda Bagshot will authorize and participate in the rewriting and整理work of the book "A History of Magic", striving for the entire magical world to use the latest version of "A History of Magic" starting from the next semester.
Under such circumstances, "The Daily Prophet" and "Witch Weekly", with their keen sense and political awareness, would naturally not be foolish enough to choose to confront the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Other newspapers and magazines would also have to carefully consider their stance.
And the only one who likes to sing a different tune, "The Quibbler," has already become shaped like Hogwarts. It is foreseeable that when the other magic schools react, it will not be as easy as just a few protests to hastily resist and object.
In short, Grindelwald, as the first Dark Lord, was very satisfied and proud of Ailina's idea.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have lowered his face and actively written letters to those old buddies, hoping they would move near the Lovegood's house to help protect this front line of hope and future thought, and escort the new world.
In addition, the response to the other sections used to fill out the content was actually above average.
The revamped "Lovegood's World" has become one of the story sessions that wizards like to watch in their spare time. Those absurd and imaginative stories are nothing less than the most comfortable lubricant for the boring magical world.
Not to mention, besides "The Quibbler", people can no longer find another publication that would openly joke about the daily life of the Minister for Magic, and also write all kinds of black history about the Ministry of Magic in a serious manner. With the Ministry of Magic's endorsement, people have a rather different kind of fun in viewing these stories.
Political black humor and fantasy stories are always two of the three most popular sections in popular literature.
As for the other section, considering that a considerable portion of the magazine's readers are Hogwarts students, Ailina chose to temporarily seal it off, otherwise she might be hung on the castle gate by an angry Professor Dumbledore tomorrow to vent his anger.
Not only that, but the content on the sections introducing Hogwarts secret passages and Forbidden Forest magical creatures also gained a lot of attention, but the focus of people's attention seemed to be different from Ailina's initial expectations.
Regarding the content of the Hogwarts secret passages, more wizards were actually looking forward to the confrontation between the Weasley twins, who were also special authors, and the castle caretaker Argus Filch—how to prevent night wandering and how to successfully night wander. When these two articles appeared in the same section, it was nothing less than a very interesting red and white contest.
It is foreseeable that after this silent confrontation on paper, Argus Filch, who seems to be slightly at a disadvantage, will definitely find a way to fight back.
Argus Filch is very old, and many wizards today have suffered at his hands.
Even after leaving Hogwarts Castle for many years, many wizards still occasionally think of the fear of being dominated by that one person and one cat when they hear a cat meowing at midnight. Ubiquitous and inescapable, this is the exclusive term for the midnight killer, Filch.
Not to mention that Argus Filch has clearly written at the end of the article that every month "The Quibbler" will publish a list of Hogwarts students who violated school rules that month, and will also include the punishment methods and the content of the violated regulations.
For the vast majority of adult wizards who have graduated and left school, although they will verbally defend a few words in a righteous manner about this kind of public execution, in fact, most people's hearts are full of anticipation.
In fact, they can't wait to see which unlucky younger students have been caught by the castle caretaker again.
As for the section that was supposed to highlight the magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest, due to some strange preferences of British wizards, coupled with the fact that the first batch of newspapers and magazines were mainly aimed at middle-aged and young men, the focus of discussion turned to the few little witches who appeared in the photos, playing intimately with the unicorns.
After all, with the best-selling of Newt Scamander's "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", almost every wizarding family would buy a copy as a tool book for dealing with those annoying magical creatures and insects.
Therefore, for adult wizards, the unicorn-related knowledge published above did not have much appeal.
On the contrary, Luna, Hannah, and Hermione, several innocent little girls, successfully attracted the attention of many wizards.
Under such attention, many careful wizards even discovered that the tasting photos in the "A Bite of Hogwarts" section, which did not show their full faces, were probably taken by these girls.
Then, with people's investigation of the list of personnel in charge of each section published at the end of "The Quibbler", and the names of some of the authors of the articles, it was soon discovered that many of the magazine's manuscripts were completed by these three little girls.
For example, Hermione Granger was credited in the "Magical Era" and "Mysterious Journey" sections, Hannah Abbott was credited in the "A Bite of Hogwarts" and "Magical Era" sections, and Luna Lovegood was credited in the Fantastic Beasts section and "Lovegood's World"...
After several twists and turns and discussions, it was only natural that the image of such a group of lovely, smart, and capable children of other people emerged in the minds of all adult wizards. Many wizarding families with children studying at Hogwarts couldn't help but write letters to their children to inquire about specific information.
And the Leaky Cauldron, within a day, posted photos of the girls playing with unicorns on the wall behind the bar.
Tom, the talkative owner of the tavern, pointed to the photos behind him whenever he met someone, proudly introducing his niece. Sometimes, when he was in the mood, he would even pick up "The Quibbler" placed on the counter and read a passage from a food copywriting "written by Hannah herself."
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At the same time, in Hogwarts Castle.
The influence and waves brought by this "The Quibbler" are yet another completely different scene.
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