"Your current expression reminds me of those dreadful Gryffindor students." The dragon continued, giving Ian insight into which house most often provoked it.
"Has anyone ever beaten you?"
Ian curiously looked up and asked.
"Aside from a few professors working together, no other wizard could defeat me—I died of old age," the dragon boasted proudly about its natural demise.
However.
Witch Morgan suddenly spoke, "Their extinction involved their own reasons and our human perceptions over a long time. Due to the powerful symbolism dragons represent, they once became the whetstone for many heroes of our era to prove themselves."
Her words made the dragon somewhat unwilling to accept, yet it dared not retort. In her era, dragon slayers indeed were the main theme.
This matter is heavily documented in "Merlin's Legend" and various Middle Ages biographies, and even Ian's favorite "The Lord of the Rings" stories have several dragons featured.
"It seems humans are still more formidable."
Ian sincerely expressed his admiration.
The dragon snorted out a cloud of air.
Expressing its dissatisfaction.
"All fantastic beasts find it extremely difficult to preserve their powerful bloodlines during reproduction, except for humans, who are a notable exception—this is humanity's greatest trump card in the ancient times."
Witch Morgan's words effectively trampled the current pure-blood supremacy theory in the Wizarding World, and Ian deeply agreed, especially since this teacher left hints and assignments in [Amortentia] that revealed the essence of human wizards—every human possesses the potential to become a wizard.
In such circumstances.
Naturally, there would be no case of diluted bloodlines.
"Recessive and dominant genes…" Due to his research into the Resurrection Stone these days, Ian has temporarily set aside the study of magic potions and wizard bloodlines, but he has touched on the real lesson Teacher Morgan conveyed in [Amortentia].
"Can I turn this dragon into my Patronus?" As Ian thought about the Resurrection Stone, he immediately took out his creation—the ring shining with a mystical radiance was quite impressive.
This time, entering the Misty Illusion Realm, he was indeed planning to find a small animal for experimentation, and a big animal differed from a small one by only a word!
"Can Patronuses be chosen personally?"
The dragon didn't seem to feel angry, but claimed to be a knowledgeable dragon, as if touched on a blind spot of knowledge, staring confusedly at the little wizard for a long time.
"You're actually a living person!"
Evidence suggests a massive head might affect the transmission of neural signals, and brain capacity doesn't represent intelligence—only now did the dragon emit an extremely shocked scream.
It's hard to imagine such a rich expression on a dragon's face.
"..."
Morgan felt speechless toward the dragon's foolish demeanor.
"Oh! I understand! You are the reincarnation of Merlin! It must be so! I read your story at Hogwarts! Only you possess such ability…"
The dragon's exclamation lasted only for a short duration, its stunned speech hindered from completion by the witch tightening the chain wrapped around its neck.
This time tighter than before, the dragon's head almost seemed like it would fall off... Unable to roar, and even lacked strength to roll painfully on the ground.
"It's definitely not a Ravenclaw College dragon." Ian mourned for the dragon, unsure of when to speak, and dared not plead for the dragon to Morgan.
"Let me see your creation."
Morgan maintained her tight grip on the dragon's neck chain, extending her hand to take the imitation Resurrection Stone ring from Ian. After examining it for a moment, she slowly furrowed her brows.
"Once it's put into real practical use, it will completely vanish before our eyes." Morgan seemed quite dissatisfied with this characteristic of the Death Magic Rune.
"I see it clearly…"
Ian actually didn't understand how others could have such certainty regarding the Death Magic Rune being unseen by ordinary people, whether it was Grindelwald or Morgan.
They could see the rune Ian had depicted, but couldn't intuitively analyze the final product infused with Death Magic Rune like Ian did; he had already verified this with Grindelwald a few days ago.
"You are not like us."
Morgan returned the imitation Resurrection Stone ring to Ian, often making similar remarks but remained silent when Ian questioned repeatedly.
"I call it the Ring of Patronus."
Despite being an imitation product, Ian solemnly gave it a name, as copying doesn't count as copying—he did make some minor adjustments to its look. It's more gloriously flashy than the original Resurrection Stone ring, obviously a treasure that's hard to snatch even after many turns.
"You can call it whatever name you want, I'm only concerned about the paper strip that emerged in your pocket, solving your puzzle upon examination." Witch Morgan's words were clear; she had added a method to that strip when Ian last entered the Misty Illusion Realm.