"Hey, Dumbledore, do you know this kind of magic?" Kayson suddenly remembered something and handed Dumbledore the trident in his hand and the monocle stuck to his eye socket.
Dumbledore held the monocle in one hand, looked at the trident, and shook his head: "You cannot expect an old man to know all the magic in this world."
"Alright, I was still hoping to take a shortcut." Kayson helplessly put on the monocle and put the trident away again. His small upgrade plan would have to wait until after the current matters were finished, at least after returning from Romania.
Dumbledore then took Harry aside and spoke a few words to him before returning to Hogwarts. With the adults gone, today once again became the domain of the young people.
"...I still want to go to the beach," Sirius suggested.
"No problem, provided you don't get Harry involved in anything inappropriate," Lupin said sternly.
"Oh, of course, of course. Really, what kind of person do you all take me for?" Sirius said, pushing Harry's shoulder and leaving the room.
"What about you?" With the other two gone, Lupin looked at Kayson and asked.
"I remember this hotel has a bar, right?" Kayson suggested.
"Hmm... Let's go!" Lupin was silent for a moment, then decisively agreed.
....
The next morning...
All four got up early and, after checking out, walked towards a secluded grove on Sicily.
"Do we really have to take that small wooden plane again? I think a broomstick or a plane or train would be good. At least they won't get struck by lightning," Harry said with lingering fear.
"But the fact proves that my plane only lost two propellers, which is already very safe. And now, security checks are also an issue. You wouldn't want to explain to the security personnel how the complex mechanism in your wrist came to be," Kayson explained.
"Alright..." Harry sat on a tree stump, looking unenthusiastic, but soon his eyes widened again, as he clearly saw how Kayson assembled a twin-propeller plane from a pile of unrelated materials, like putting together Legos.
This plane was damn sweet... and had a large wing that didn't match the propeller at all.
"Relax, if the propeller really breaks again this time, we can still glide to Romania with these two wings," Kayson made a not-so-funny joke.
"Do you need me to lend you my coat?" Sirius asked Harry.
"I'm used to it," Harry explained.
"...."
Soon, the group boarded the plane again. Since there was no runway, they chose the vertical takeoff mode this time.
Sitting in the back seat, Harry asked another question: "Professor, where is the energy for this plane?"
"You all are! It absorbs the magic that emanates from Wizards as energy. It's clean and environmentally friendly," Kayson explained.
"Hmm? Won't this machine be interfered with by magic like ordinary machines? After all, ordinary Alchemy machines can't work in places where magic is too concentrated, as that would increase the machine's failure rate."
"Do you take me for some third-rate Alchemy Master? Would I make such a basic mistake? This traditional machinery can not only highly interact with magic, but it might also fill the gap of mechanization in the Wizarding World!" Kayson retorted.
"But does the Wizarding World need automation? After all, the entire England Wizarding World has fewer than five digits," Sirius didn't quite understand this behavior.
"It's still very necessary. For example, a Potion Master of Severus's caliber needs half a year to brew a Felix Felicis. But if we use mechanization and automation, and add the Potion Masters' magic to the mechanical assembly line, we can greatly increase the production of Potions, and the processing of Potion materials can also be entirely handled by machines."
"This is much more efficient than having a Wizard cast a skinning spell on one small thing after another."
"Or mass-producing Alchemy equipment, such as broomsticks, or various defensive gear. And those idle Wizards would then be able to enjoy the benefits of productivity development, doing what they truly want to do: researching magic, exploring the world, love and poetry..."
"Wow... I think I just heard something incredible... But then Pure-blood families wouldn't be able to make money, would they? They wouldn't agree," Sirius quickly threw a bucket of cold water.
"At that time, perhaps there won't be many Pure-blood families left, and our final job will be to prevent new Pure-blood families from emerging. I think it's quite easy, for Dumbledore," Kayson explained.
"Oh... I wish your wish comes true, that's all I can say... However, preventing new Pure-blood families from forming is the hardest part, tens of thousands of times harder than so-called magic automation," Sirius said.
"Why?"
"Because you can't stop people from yearning for a better life, even if this so-called better life isn't entirely good for everyone else."
"Perhaps. In primitive times, everyone was equal, everyone could equally starve and be treated as chew toys by Brother Tiger and Brother Lion. Nowadays, while office workers are divided into different ranks, a phone call gets food delivered to their door... Which life is better, that's a philosophical question."
"At least I hope you succeed."
"Me too, just hope."
.....
Italy and Romania are not particularly far apart, at least for a plane. Although for this DIY small plane, it wasn't particularly close, at least after they found a secluded place to land, they could still find a restaurant to enjoy lunch.
Finally, they got back on the small plane and, following the address Dumbledore provided, flew along, observing the scenery. Eventually, the small plane slowly passed through a layer of magic membrane, and in an instant, it was as if they had arrived in another world.
Kayson ignored the giant dragons lying twisted on the ground; he only saw a group of small figures, like black dots, waving glowing sticks at him below.
"Professor? Is this the Dragon Reserve in Romania?" Harry asked, looking at the giant dragons lying sprawled out below.
"Obviously, yes."
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