In Weathertop Castle, Galadriel and Arwen sat on the high platform of the Mallorn tree.
A gentle breeze rustled the golden leaves with a soft whisper. The red evening sun shone upon the castle, dyeing it in a crimson hue.
Gazing at the magical fireworks that continuously flashed in the sky above the city below, Galadriel looked lovingly at her granddaughter beside her and spoke gently. "Arwen, it seems you are doing well here. That puts my mind at ease. I think Celebrían would be happy for you as well."
Arwen nestled against Galadriel's side, her smile radiant and flawless. "Grandmother, there's no need to worry about me. Kael treats me very well, and I am very happy here."
Then, without thinking, she reached out to touch her belly, her eyes soft and tender. "And now I have children, too. I will be a good mother and give them sufficient love and protection."
As time passed day by day, Arwen's originally flat belly gradually developed a slight curve.
Kael also became increasingly tense with each passing day, carefully guarding his wife's side, not daring to relax for a moment, like a taut string.
Watching her husband grow even more nervous and anxious than she was, Arwen found it both amusing and exasperating. She could only comfort him in return, trying to coax him into relaxation.
Galadriel also found this both touching and exasperating. Finally, she directly invoked her queenly dignity and forcefully sent Kael away, telling him to busy himself with other matters and not trouble Arwen.
Kael recognized his own problem and could only hurriedly redirect his attention, attempting to calm himself down.
Thus, he temporarily focused his attention on government affairs.
After ten years of development, the number of wizards within the territory had reached nearly three thousand. These wizards were concentrated in Bree, Hogsmeade, and Isengard, respectively, and as their numbers increased, they gradually formed a wizard market.
The wizard market was located in Hogsmeade, where the wizard population was densest, and occupied an entire street.
This street was named Diagon Alley by Kael.
Diagon Alley had wand shops, robe shops, bookstores, owl shops, potion shops, flying broomstick specialty shops, Floo Powder specialty shops, and many other establishments. At the far eastern end of the street stood Gringotts Wizarding Bank.
Gringotts Bank had two doors, front and back, with no real distinction between them. The front entrance faced the main street of Hogsmeade, serving ordinary people for exchanging and depositing Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts. The back entrance faced Diagon Alley, serving exclusively wizards.
At the far western end of Diagon Alley stood the Ministry of Magic tower.
Diagon Alley was extremely lively. Besides wizards, there were occasional figures of dwarves and elves passing through.
Over the years, under the vigorous operation of the Department of Magical Transportation, in addition to the territory, many fireplaces connected to the Floo Network had been established in other regions of Middle-earth. Floo Powder was sold far and wide.
Many dwarf and elf homes, as well as human households, had hired employees from the Department of Magical Transportation to connect their fireplaces to the Floo Network.
Moreover, the price of Floo Powder was fair—one Silver Sickle could buy a large scoop, enough for an ordinary family's monthly use.
On the street of Diagon Alley, the sounds of hawking and bargaining were endless.
Busy owls flew back and forth above Diagon Alley, either delivering letters or packages.
Because of Kael's influence, wizards tended to choose owls as messengers and pets. Now, almost every wizard household had at least one owl.
There were also mischievous children riding toy broomsticks through Diagon Alley, crashing about and drawing startled exclamations from dodging pedestrians.
Returning to the matter at hand, since the first batch of Magic Crash Course students graduated and established their own families and careers, the first batch of young wizards born has now grown up, with the oldest being ten years old.
According to the standards of the magical world in another world, young wizards would receive acceptance letters to magical school after turning eleven, thus formally entering magical school to study magic.
The current young wizards would naturally not be left to grow wild under Kael's watch. After all, the magical levels of adult wizards varied greatly, each with their own strengths. If they learned magic from their parents, it would be difficult to develop well-rounded magical aptitude.
So Kael planned to formally establish Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, sending acceptance letters to young wizards when they reached the age of eleven.
Unlike the previous Magic Crash Course, this time, education would be layered by grade, with students learning various magical courses from basic to advanced across seven years.
By next year, the first batch of students will be eligible for admission.
Although he could have had the Ministry of Magic staff compile the list of new students, Kael felt it best to first create the Quill of Acceptance and the Book of Admittance.
This way, he could better compile the freshman quota and make it convenient to send out acceptance letters in the future.
The Quill of Acceptance and the Book of Admittance were crucial tools used by Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to select students for enrollment.
The Quill of Acceptance was a magical feather quill capable of detecting children with magical talent throughout the entire territory. When a child first displayed magical talent, the quill would fly out from its silver inkwell and write their name in the Book of Admittance.
The Book of Admittance served as the Quill's supervisor, reviewing the names written by the Quill. Unless it received sufficient evidence that a person possessed magical ability, it would reject the Quill's writing of their name on its pages.
For instance, some children whose magical power had gone haywire without treatment, becoming Squibs—who originally possessed magical ability but subsequently lost it—would be deleted by the Book during review, thereby avoiding the need to send acceptance letters to Squibs.
Kael prepared to create these two items, thereby being able to select appropriately aged students for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The creation of these two items was not difficult for Kael as he now stood.
The only consideration was the size of the detection range that the Quill of Acceptance and Book of Admittance should have.
Hogsmeade and Bree were both relatively close to Hogwarts Castle, but Isengard was a thousand miles away.
If he wanted the detection range of the Quill of Acceptance and Book of Admittance to cover all three locations—Hogsmeade, Bree, and Isengard—such a vast detection range would not be easy to achieve.
After all, this would encompass the vast continent west of the entire Misty Mountains. Even the Arkenstone, a divine artifact, could not cover such a range entirely.
Moreover, Kael was also considering whether the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry he was establishing should only recruit young wizards from within his own territory, or also include other races, such as elves.
But elves grew at a different pace than humans. Elf children learned to speak, walk, and dance before the age of one, but their growth rate was slower than humans. When human children of the same age had already grown to adulthood, elf children still appeared six or seven years old.
Only at age fifty would an elf's body reach the physique and appearance they would maintain thereafter. Around age one hundred, when their psychology and body were fully mature, could they be considered adults.
For some of the higher elves, complete maturation might take as long as a hundred years.
When Kael was previously in Rivendell and Lothlórien, he had seen some elf children who appeared to be seven or eight years old, but whose actual age was greater than his own.
Not taking the elves' different growth rate into consideration, Kael still proceeded with the idea of mutual willingness, consulting with Lady Galadriel and Elrond to see if the elves would be willing to attend Hogwarts Castle.
Following the elves' consistent principle of remaining apart from the world, if they were unwilling, Kael would simply consider only the young wizards within his own territory, and wouldn't need to make the detection range of the Quill of Acceptance and Book of Admittance so large.
At worst, he could create a smaller subsidiary copy of the Quill of Acceptance and Book of Admittance in Isengard, the location farthest from Hogwarts Castle. Then he could use it to detect and select enrollment lists for the areas around Isengard.