Time passed bit by bit in the fairy tales.

By the time Hermione finished the sixth story, the clock on the wall had already reached 11:05 PM.

Outside the Hyperion, it was a tranquil darkness, even the distant "Succubus Paradise" had become a little quieter.

As the last story ended, Hermione closed "One Thousand and One Nights" in her hands, stretching tiredly. Her gold-red jacket slipped from her shoulders, and she turned to look at Aileen, who was making coffee on the side, looking a little expectant.

Whew... She blew on the steam from the coffee cup, feeling slightly refreshed.

"Is it about to start? The full meeting of the Major Arcana."

"Yes, it starts in twenty minutes."

Aileen nodded, picking up two cups of coffee and placing them in Hannah and Luna's hands.

Listening to stories always made people sleepy, so she had deliberately added something extra to these two cups, and—

"Wow—so bitter—"

Hannah's face scrunched up, and she stuck out her tongue.

On the other side, Luna, who had groggily taken the coffee cup, also instantly woke up.

Considering that they would be going to sleep later, Aileen didn't add any magical ingredients, but chose the most primitive way of sensory stimulation.

"Although you can listen in on today's meeting, as probationary Major Arcana members, you can only listen in."

Aileen shook her head with a smile, reaching out to pull Hannah and Luna off the bed. They came to the long table on the right side of the captain's command console, sat down in order, and began to tidy their clothes, hair, and explain some basic etiquette, so as not to cause any jokes during the meeting later.

Hermione, Luna, and Hannah nodded with serious faces.

This was the most top-level wizard salon in the current magical world, any one of whom could cause a stir in the magical world if taken out alone.

Even without Aileen's advance reminders, they knew the specifications of this meeting.

Glancing at the little wings who were sitting upright in their chairs with tense faces, Aileen nodded secretly in her heart.

These little guys were much more obedient than her wand, worthy of being the probationary Demon King Executive Officers she valued.

However, overall the problem wasn't too big.

Because she still had the highest management authority of the Hyperion's captain's quarters.

If necessary, she could even directly use a gag... accurately speaking, group and individual silencing spells.

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Evening, 11:25 PM.

Aileen nodded towards the other three little witches, taking out a Major Arcana card each.

Three thin metal card slots rose from the conference table in the captain's quarters, with a pair of unfolded wings engraved on the front of the slots. They put the cards in their hands into the slots, the metal made a pleasant sound, and turned into a light curtain that unfolded in the air directly in front of them.

The screen gradually extended and deformed.

At the beginning, there were Major Arcana cards opened on top, printed with the name and pattern of each card.

As they put the cards in their hands into the slots, the Major Arcana cards corresponding to them turned over in turn, replacing them with portraits of each person.

Of course, only the frames and backgrounds looked like portraits, and the people inside were real-time images of each person - this was much higher resolution than those magic portraits in Hogwarts, they could even see the reflected colors in each person's pupils.

"Wow—"

Hannah looked at the light projection in front of her with surprise.

For her, it was no less than seeing the animation transformed by Aileen for the first time.

Professor Dumbledore's image was already waiting in the air, not far below him, 【The Tower】 and 【The Hanged Man】 were also all waiting online, and the position belonging to 【The World】 was flashing constantly, as if still trying to connect to the network.

A few minutes later, Nicolas Flamel's image also replaced the 【Magician】 card, appearing in the light and shadow in the air.

"Can they hear us talking and see us here?"

Hermione quietly kicked Aileen under the table, lowering her voice and whispering.

Aileen raised her eyebrows, hooked Hermione's calf with her toes, and calmly replied without looking away.

"They can only see the picture, but if they want to hear the sound, they have to activate the magic to connect to the 'Tarot Communicator' in front, but only outside the Hyperion—on the Hyperion, the magic supply in this regard can be directly provided by the ship."

"Eh? That is to say, Professor Dumbledore and them can—"

Hermione glanced at the screen a little flustered, trying to rescue her calf.

She felt that her calf was wrapped like two pythons, and there was no way to pull it out again.

"Yes, the sound is very clear, Miss Granger."

At this moment, in the light and shadow in front, Dumbledore said with a smile.

The old wizard's gaze slowly swept over Aileen and the others, feeling slightly relieved in his heart.

It seemed that Aileen had kept her promise and hadn't led these children to play wildly, nor had she taken advantage of being away from school to run some strange parties on the Hyperion - judging from their background and clothes, they were even more decent than a few of them old guys.

"However, we may have to wait a little longer, 【The Empress】 and 【The Hermit】 haven't connected to the remote meeting yet..."

Dumbledore paused, turned his head and asked a few words in a low voice not far away, and continued.

"As for Mr. 【The World】 here, there may only be sound, and the image cannot be displayed—Miss 【The Fool】 obviously did not consider this aspect when designing this system, perhaps we can let the portrait of Mr. 【The World】 replace his current position later."

"Yes, this is not a problem. I will find a way to get a portrait for Mr. 【The World】 after a while."

Aileen nodded, and at the same time took off Hermione's shoes under the table with a calm expression and threw them aside.

She dared to kick her secretly under the table, it wouldn't do if she didn't give her some punishment.

"In fact, if it weren't for the fact that today is the first time the three probationary members are participating in the meeting, it wouldn't matter if we canceled the real-time picture."

Aileen glanced at Hermione with a serious face, released the prey she had just captured, frowned and looked at the last two empty seats.

"If they haven't connected yet, why don't we start first... The Tarot Society doesn't have latecomers—"

"Sorry, I'm a little late."

At this moment, the Major Arcana card belonging to 【The Hermit】 flashed a few times and turned into Mr. Lovegood's appearance.

Different from his previous slovenly appearance, Xenophilius Lovegood, who appeared in the painting this time, was obviously slightly tidied up. His originally fluffy white hair was tied behind his back, and he had changed into a clean white robe. His roughly trimmed beard made him look more reliable than usual.

And soon after, Newt Scamander also appeared in the original position of 【The Empress】.

"So we are now—"

"Uh, I may not be able to listen to the entire meeting, Tina will be suspicious."

Before Dumbledore could speak, Newt said quickly, looking at the other Major Arcana members a little embarrassedly.

"In short, my opinion is the same as Professor Dumbledore's. If there is a vote, then that's it—then I'll disconnect first."

Snap.

Newt finished speaking as fast as reciting tongue twisters, and quickly disappeared into the light curtain in the air.

The 【Empress】 was turned over again, as if everything just now was an illusion.

"..."

"..."

"..."

In the Hyperion's captain's quarters, the three little witches subconsciously turned to look at Aileen.

With Newt's flash and disappearance, the solemn meeting that had been lingering in their hearts instantly became strange.

Especially Hermione, who had lost her shoes and had to curl her feet together, felt that Aileen was scaring people before - this so-called full meeting of the Major Arcana was a bit too casual. The future of the magical world was in the hands of these people... was there really no problem?

"Cough, well, then everyone is here. Then let's start today's agenda directly."

Dumbledore cleared his throat, as if he was not affected by Newt's early departure at all.

Strictly speaking, this was still the first remote meeting.

Before that, the Major Arcana meetings were mostly held offline. The current remote light link was more used for scattered communication dialogues in normal times, rather than full meetings. In fact, in Dumbledore's original idea, it didn't matter if the link was not successful.

"This temporary meeting is mainly divided into three agendas, revising the 'Snake Catching' cleanup details, establishing mentors for the probationary members, and..."

Dumbledore pondered for a moment, turned his head and exchanged a look with Grindelwald.

"How to respond to the werewolf group's request for help - it may involve the use of force, and you should understand what I mean."

Originally, if there were only the problems of Lockhart and Mr. Lovegood, Dumbledore would have hesitated whether to initiate a temporary meeting.

But before Gilderoy Lockhart arrived at the headmaster's office, several letters from the Ministry of Magic and the International Confederation of Wizards, as well as news from Grindelwald's side from the saints, directly prompted Dumbledore to urgently initiate the temporary Major Arcana meeting.

As time went by, Dumbledore gradually changed his views and no longer regarded the Tarot Society as just a cloud development platform for Aileen.

As the headmaster of Hogwarts, there wasn't much Dumbledore could do.

However, if he added the identity of 【The Hierophant】 of the Tarot Society, it would be completely different.

"The weekend night has just begun, let's discuss them in order..."

Aileen frowned, looking thoughtfully at the portraits on the light curtain, and said puzzledly.

"Regarding the 'Snake Catching' cleanup, is there any change? If students are determined to stay in school, it would be better to contact their families or the Ministry of Magic to solve the problem. I don't understand what needs to be revised in this regard—you are talking about cleanup, not hunting, right?"

"It's not Hogwarts inside, but outside the school."

Gilderoy Lockhart cleared his throat and took the initiative to answer.

Judging from the surrounding environment, he should have returned to his office, with a portrait of him hanging behind him.

"Outside the school? I don't understand, Mr. 【Hermit】—"

"The project at the research institute has reached a critical moment, and it would be a pity to evacuate at this time."

Lockhart said quickly, paused for a few seconds, he looked up and looked at all the Major Arcana members in the light curtain, and continued.

"As the main person responsible for recovering memories and protecting research results, I don't think it is necessary to carry out the evacuation and cleanup work so early. It can be flexibly adapted according to the actual situation of the 'Snake Catching Plan'. After all, the school evacuation is just the worst-case scenario..."

"So, you choose to take risks to save half a month, rather than a plan that is a little later, but can make the risk 100% zero?"

Aileen gently supported her chin with her left hand, her lake blue eyes looked at Lockhart, seeming a little disappointed.

"In my opinion, they are as important as the evacuated students from Hogwarts. Moreover, you should also know how much risk and effort we have undertaken in order to invite those scholars from the former Soviet Union—the sacrifice of each of them is an irreparable huge loss."

For a long time, the classification of the magical world has always existed, and Muggles are even less important than house elves in the eyes of many wizards.

She had envisioned that someone would question the decision to evacuate the research, but she didn't expect that it would be Gilderoy Lockhart who took the initiative to raise it.

"—More important."

"Hmm?"

"Obviously, the research that those scholars are conducting, and their wisdom... at least for now, are more important."

Lockhart said seriously, and after repeating what he had just said again, he continued in a deep voice.

"Interrupting the current research, and even protective memory erasure, is just a matter of waving a wand for us. But the intangible losses that may exist in this may be what they are willing to risk their lives to avoid. Perhaps I don't understand their research content and principles, but compared to wiping out spark-like inspiration, we can at least try to keep certain monsters away from them—"

Aileen took her chin away from her left hand, glanced at Lockhart unexpectedly, and asked softly.

"So, if, I mean if, the basilisk escaped and got into the research area?"

"I will lead the Foundation's wiB field team to resist and cover the researchers' evacuation."

"What if someone leaks secrets in the chaos, or escapes?"

"If it really happens, then I will personally go and catch him back, and find a way to erase the leaked information."

This guy... is he really that big slacker before?

Aileen looked at Lockhart with a strange expression.

She didn't expect Lockhart to have grown to this point in less than a year since joining the Foundation and taking charge of wiB.

Apart from the temporary singleness, she couldn't find any faults—it seemed that she had to find a way to get this young wizard who was blooming in his second spring to start a family and start a business, otherwise if he continued to develop like this, little girls like Hermione, Luna, and Hannah might become fans.

However, on the other hand...

Aileen looked at Lockhart's serious expression.

The current Gilderoy Lockhart was much more handsome than his previous flashy appearance.

"Okay. Anyway, this is your authority, Mr. 【Hanged Man】."

Aileen nodded, her tone light, "I have no questions, what about you?"

"I think, why not just build a chicken farm next to the research institute..."

Grindelwald scratched his ear, glanced at someone 'outside the screen', grinned and said.

"Regarding this point, Mr. 【Empress】 also suggested before, to build a few chicken farms around Hogwarts to restrict the basilisk's escape route. As for Mr. 【Hanged Man】's wiB squad, they can just be stationed there to raise chickens in peacetime, which can also be regarded as strengthening the defense."

"It is naturally best if the research process is not disturbed. Although there are ways to continue time and life, inspiration and energy are not—"

Nicolas Flamel also echoed, even if the Philosopher's Stone was not his now, he still maintained the attitude of saving as much as possible.

With 【The Fool】, 【The Tower】, and 【The Magician】 expressing their opinions one after another, Dumbledore and Xenophilius naturally had no reason to object, and Lockhart quickly got the promise and permission he wanted—in exchange, if the basilisk escaped, he would be responsible for covering the evacuation.

"Then, the follow-up matters here will be fully handed over to Mr. 【Hanged Man】. Now, the next agenda."

Dumbledore nodded with a smile on his face, pressed his right hand in the air, and continued to promote the meeting as the host.

"Regarding the three probationary Major Arcana members proposed by Miss 【The Fool】, as well as the projects they are responsible for and the candidates for their respective mentors. According to the previous discussion results, the three newly added probationary Major Arcana members are 【The Chariot】 Hannah Abbott, 【Justice】 Hermione Granger, and 【The High Priestess】 Luna Lovegood—"

"Cough cough, sorry, I have an objection to this!"

At this moment, a voice suddenly popped out, interrupting Dumbledore's voice.

"Today's newly added probationary Major Arcana members will only be 【The Chariot】 and 【Justice】—Luna Lovegood does not meet the conditions for joining the Major Arcana. Even if she becomes a probationary member, she will never be promoted to a formal Major Arcana member."

"At least before I leave the position of 【The Hermit】, she will never be able to remove the probationary prefix..."

In Luna's calm gaze, Xenophilius added firmly.

"Never—"

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Yay!