“Succubus?”

Hannah, Hermione, and Luna exchanged puzzled glances.

Clearly, this was completely outside their area of expertise.

“You changed from a Veela into what?” Hannah asked.

“Succubus,” Elena said calmly. “Changing, but there should still be some time left.”

“I understand,” Hermione said. “Elena, you mean that you might be turning into a new type of Veela, different from both pure-blood Veela and half-blood Veela—similar to the subspecies variations we learned about in class before? Succubus, is that a new nickname you gave yourself?”

“Oh, the first half is roughly correct, but the latter part is wrong.”

Elena said, "This isn't some weird classification I made up on the spur of the moment. Hermione, I thought you would immediately think of that person."

“What should I know?” Hermione asked, frowning at Elena. “In history—whether non-magical or magical—as far as I know, there's no record of succubi. If there were succubi in books, I would definitely remember—”

“Well, you all know Merlin, right?”

“What do you mean by that? You don't mean to say… the legendary Merlin was actually a succubus disguised as a man?”

“The sublimation or evolution of Veela bloodlines,” Elena said, “that's a succubus. But there are subtle differences between males and females. When referring to them, people are more accustomed to using the word incubus, rather than male-succubus.”

“Of course, the legendary Merlin wasn’t an incubus—he was the son of a nun named Carmelith and an incubus, a half-blood wizard.”

Hermione, Luna, and Hannah stared at Elena in astonishment.

Amid the swirling flames, Elena gradually radiated a hazy glow, making her look exceptionally alluring.

“Ancient runes can stimulate bloodline magic. However—I didn’t know it at first—and by the time we realized this, the Veela bloodline in my body had already begun to mutate and sublimate. Perhaps I will become a succubus, but I might also become another kind of Veela, who knows?”

“The most important thing is that the awakened magical bloodline has affected my body.”

Elena dispersed the flames in her hand and sighed heavily, as if she were dead.

“Of course, if it were just a matter of developing a little slower, that would be fine, but the chain reaction triggered by this is not just limited to height and chest size.”

“...It might even subtly affect my personality, interfering with my control of magic while granting me powerful magic and talents. It's like hunting. I can defeat it countless times, but ‘inhuman instincts’ only need to win once—”

“So, you keep changing your wands to better control your own magical growth?”

Hermione glanced at Elena with some concern, recalling the feeling when casting spells just now, her face changing slightly.

“The wand cores of those wands, are they all from your body—”

As far as she knew, nearly all the wand cores in Ollivander's wand shop were taken from parts of magical creatures' bodies.

For example, the heartstrings of dragons, the tendons of dragons…

More importantly, there was Elena's healing magic, which was so skilled that it was heartbreaking.

In an instant, countless terrible images flashed through Hermione's mind.

“Don’t let your imagination run wild. The wand cores of these wands are all my hair.”

Elena pinched Hermione’s cheek, impatiently interrupting the little beaver's strange guesses.

“Whether Veela or succubi, in the field of magical creatures, they are at least on the level of unicorns. In ancient times, there were even legends of Veela tribes preying on phoenixes. As wand cores, apart from being a little sensitive and willful, they are actually the attributes most compatible with wizards.”

“Sensitive and willful?” Hannah asked curiously.

“Yes, any wand that uses my hair as a wand core, they... have their own ideas.”

Elena glanced at the “traitor wands” in the wings’ hands with a complicated expression, the corners of her mouth twitching involuntarily.

A wand might choose a new owner.

When a wand’s original owner is disarmed, stunned, or killed, the wand might recognize the attacker as its new owner.

It will change its allegiance and work for the wizard who won it. This phenomenon is most evident in the Elder Wand.

According to Albus Dumbledore in the original story, this wand only recognizes power. Even if the original owner was not holding the Elder Wand at the time, the Elder Wand would still choose a new owner after that person was defeated. No other known wand has this characteristic.

In fact, most wands have an attachment to their owners and will not easily betray their original owners.

This initial connection seems difficult to break, because if that were the case, then once a wizard is defeated, they should go and find a new wand, rather than continue to use their old wand, which can no longer achieve the best results – but this does not happen.

Taking a wand in pure competition or friendly interaction, and simply stealing a wand, will not change the wand's allegiance.

And Elena's wand presents another incredible characteristic…

“If they don’t like you, then don’t even think about successfully casting a spell. More powerful wands will even jump up and hit people—but if they recognize the person holding the wand, they will exhibit very powerful magic. I don't even know where their limits are.”

Elena sighed, saying quietly, her voice full of helplessness.

This was very outrageous. The wands made from her own hair were all traitors who could be swayed by beauty.

During the interval when she was speaking just now, Luna tentatively tapped the "encrypted" nautical log with the wand.

Without triggering any alarms, the layers of encrypted Hyperion nautical log opened directly.

From the original Ulyanovsk design drawings to the Hyperion design drawings;

From the detailed records of the first jump to the combat cruise of the former Soviet Union region;

From weapons, supplies, to the list of crew members on board…

Almost all information about the Hyperion was displayed in mid-air, and each division was categorized and noted. Even without Elena's explanation, Hannah and Luna could easily retrieve the content they were interested in.

Compared to the guides in the Hogwarts library and Flourish and Blotts, this era-spanning search directory was simply too easy.

Of course, the most important thing was that they each possessed a betrayed “Wand No. 0”.

Even many times, they only needed to move their minds slightly, and the wand would immediately transmit fluctuations, directing the log to present the content.

This almost meant that the wings obtained the highest daily authority of the Hyperion on the first day they boarded the ship.

“Okay, it seems they really like you…”

Elena shook her head; she had no position to accuse the wands anyway.

“Remember to keep it a secret for me, don’t let outsiders discover the secret of the wand cores. Otherwise, it’ll be troublesome—”

“Don’t worry, I know the seriousness of these things,” Hannah said seriously.

“Yes, I don’t want to go to war right now,” Luna nodded in agreement.

On the other side, Hermione was still a little confused.

“I still don’t understand, even if you turn into a pure-blood Veela, a succubus, what’s the problem with that?” she said. “It’s just a wand, most people usually only have one wand, even if your hair can be used as a wand core, it doesn’t matter—”

“It matters a lot.” Luna glanced at Hermione, subconsciously lowering her voice. “Don’t forget Elena’s other identities.”

“Huh?” Hermione became even more confused.

“Gringotts Goblin Queen,” Luna sighed. “The reason why wizards can occupy an absolute advantage in the magical world is because the wand is a very important special tool. Don’t forget, several goblin rebellions in modern times were all caused by the ‘Wand Legislation’ being erupted. Theoretically speaking, if a wand Elena can use, then most Veela can obtain wands in this way.”

“Goblins, Veela, Centaurs, Merpeople… even house-elves.”

Luna counted with her fingers and looked at Hermione calmly.

“So, you can imagine how many complex, troublesome situations this will cause, it’s enough to drive the Ministry of Magic and many wizards crazy.”

Hermione opened her mouth but didn’t make a sound.

“Obviously,” Hannah said, “Now, Professor Dumbledore, or rather the o5 council, is preparing for a war. Although we don’t know who the enemy is or where they are yet, since we're on board, we are on Elena's side…”

“But Professor Dumbledore, Elena, wouldn’t want to be bad wizards who start a war.”

Hermione said, looking at the wand in her hand, she felt an inexplicable panic.

Unlike Luna and Hannah, who grew up in the magical world, her understanding of this world was mostly limited to within Hogwarts.

“You two—”

Bang!

Bang!

Before Hermione could continue speaking, she heard two cries of pain in her ear.

Elena walked indifferently to Luna and Hannah and ruthlessly launched a two-hit combo of hand chops.

“Read more books and listen to fewer gossip stories. I am not some crazy demon king. War is much more complicated than you think.”

As the eldest daughter of the Leaky Cauldron and the little princess of The Quibbler, these two little girls are even more powerful in their wild imaginations than most students at Hogwarts. Elena realized today that these two can be so tacit in fooling Hermione.

“Don’t worry, Hermione. They're lying to you.”

Elena rubbed her wrist and smiled at the somewhat dazed little beaver.

“Whether it’s Gringotts Wizarding Bank, Destiny Group, or Hogwarts, they are all still in the development stage for the time being. All our efforts now are to avoid war, and wand development is of course also carried out under the strict control of the Foundation…”

“Okay, don’t think so much about the future, we have to simply tidy up and change our clothes first.”

Elena pointed to the Hyperion "Marauder's Map", which showed that the Hyperion's speed was decreasing.

“We are almost at the base—”

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Happy 520 everyone~