At times, even Draco himself could not help but marvel at the wonders of magic.
Charms possessed immense destructive power, but at the same time, they also held unparalleled creative potential.
Just like light and darkness, there was no such thing as magic that was absolutely evil.
There were only the people who used it.
Magic was like a double-edged blade. Everything depended on the one who held it...
As for the scene before her, Fleur could not help letting out a sigh of admiration. "It's as if another world has been created."
Beyond the landscape, the mountains, and the rivers before her eyes, there was day and night, birds flying along the horizon, fish shadows moving through the river, and beasts racing across the grasslands. In this world built by magic, Draco and the others had perfectly created a natural ecosystem capable of sustaining itself.
Even if it were left alone for years, these Magical Creatures likely would not have any problems.
One could say this was already a complete world in its own right...
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However, compared to the Magical Creatures flying in the sky and crawling across the ground, what truly amazed Fleur were the man-made buildings standing upon the land.
Within this space enchanted by the Undetectable Extension Charm, Draco and the others had built a fully functional small city out of thin air in just a few short months...
Interestingly, the designs and features of the buildings were all different.
Fleur even noticed that the city was clearly divided down the middle into two distinct styles, as if it had two designers with opposing visions.
You design the buildings on that side, and I'll handle the other end.
What was remarkable was that the division was quite even. Neither side had taken more than the other.
Seeing this, the clever Fleur immediately understood what was going on, and why such a strange sight had appeared...
"This design, full of muggle-world style, must have come from Granger's ideas."
"And as for the one who would deliberately go against Granger, I suppose it could only be Parkinson."
"That doesn't surprise me at all..."
As she looked over the city before them, Fleur gave Draco a very peculiar look, as if trying to read something from his face.
Draco did not refute Fleur's words or her gaze. Instead, he silently acknowledged her guess.
Of course, he did not know how to explain it either.
All he could say was that Fleur truly understood the girls around him very well. Otherwise, she would not have seen through the truth so quickly...
In fact, it was exactly as Fleur had guessed.
It was precisely because of Hermione and Pansy that the city's design and style contained both the classical, old-fashioned feel of the wizarding world and the modernity seen only in the muggle world.
As these two different styles mysteriously blended together, they also seemed to show that Pansy and the others were using this method to carry out a competition without smoke or gunfire.
As if whoever won would prove herself closer to a certain someone, and more suited to the place beside that person...
As for such complicated relationships, whether it was trusted aides like Goyle and Crabbe or the students from other houses who had recently joined the Draco Constellation, they all tacitly pretended not to know anything and played deaf and dumb.
After all, when it came to this sort of "family matter," it really was not their place to say anything...
In any case, setting aside those complicated relationship issues, even the Slytherin students who took pride in their status as pure-bloods and wizards seemed to accept this outcome once they had grown used to it.
It was truly hard to imagine that these arrogant pure-blood wizards, who usually looked down on others, would have a day like this.
Not only had they accepted that their living environment was connected to muggles, they were also coexisting peacefully with wizards from other houses.
Strictly speaking, Draco was the one who had truly achieved unity among the houses.
Perhaps this was because these Slytherin students were still young, and therefore able to accept new things more easily. Perhaps there really was no deep-seated hatred between them in the first place.
Of course, the main reason was still that Draco had served as the trailblazer, allowing these proud pure-blood wizards to set aside the worldview their elders had instilled in them since childhood...
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In any case, from the height where Draco and the others stood, they could take in the entire city at a glance.
And compared to the surface-level things Fleur could see, Draco saw far more.
This "city," built voluntarily by the members of the Draco Constellation, most of whom were still students, had indeed been carefully managed by Pansy and the others.
They had thought of almost everything in every respect...
Food, clothing, housing, transportation, education, and entertainment.
There were restaurants and eateries responsible for providing meals to the young wizards.
There were robe shops selling robes, along with stores that sold all kinds of daily necessities.
There was also an open-air stadium capable of hosting and holding Quidditch matches.
It had to be said that because they had been brought together by the threat of the Dark Lord, these young wizards led by Draco had unleashed an energy others never could have imagined.
It was easy to imagine that even if they had to stay here for a year or more, they would still be able to live quite well.
In fact, compared to the current situation at Hogwarts, where the professors were filled with Death Eaters, these young wizards were far more willing to stay in this Draco Constellation branch base than in their own house common rooms or dormitories...
Because of that, from a distance, one could see figures coming and going along the streets.
At the same time, because of the summons Draco had issued, it was clear that these people were not stopping in their tracks at all. It looked as if some emergency had occurred...
Fleur frowned.
She turned back to look at Draco, who was closing the passage again.
"Isn't this a bit over the top?"
"Hm?"
"I mean, you're not planning to occupy Hogwarts, are you?"
"If we don't go this far, do you think everyone will have the confidence to fight the Dark Lord?"
"..."
Fleur opened her mouth slightly.
She was far from foolish, and immediately understood why Draco had gone to such lengths.
This was clearly meant to be nothing more than a temporary hiding place, yet he had developed it into a city capable of accommodating many people.
And the reason Draco was willing to spend so many resources building a base like this was to strengthen everyone's will and confidence in resisting the Dark Lord.
It might seem insignificant, but it was indeed an extremely important part of the plan.
After all, war was not Draco's burden alone.
And victory was not something that could be won through one person's strength alone...