Omnius’ portrait was within the Hogwarts castle. Initially, Harry hung it in the Slytherin common room, but it wasn’t long before he had it placed outside the library.

After all, the Slytherin common room was really noisy, making Omnius feel a bit irritated.

In principle, once the holidays begin, students are not allowed to enter and exit Hogwarts at will.

However, Miss Pabi Swedding is an esteemed school board member; she is the principle.

So, when they arrived at Hogwarts, the administrator Fitch welcomed them with enthusiasm.

Even though Harry had some minor frictions with Mr. Fitch in first year, he was not a person to hold grudges. He nodded to Fitch as a form of greeting.

"We’re going to see Mr. Omnius Gaunt’s portrait," Pabi said, "It’s just by the library."

"Alright, esteemed Miss Swedding." Fitch nodded deeply to her, "I won’t disturb you then."

He was very tactful.

At the library entrance, Omnius was asleep within the portrait.

The footsteps woke him, and he rose, frowning, saying, "Mr. Fitch, I... oh, it’s Harry, you’ve come?"

"Omnius." Harry waved at him: "Sorry to disturb you during your rest, but we’ve made some new progress regarding the Black Magic Curse."

"Really?" Omnius said with great interest: "What kind of progress? Can you cure the Black Magic Curse now?"

"Yes." Harry nodded and replied: "Thanks to Mr. Leme’s help, I’ve found a way to enhance the Purification Spell... We previously conducted experiments, and this spell can completely remove the Black Magic Curse from a person!"

"That’s amazing!" Omnius said with great joy, "Oh, good, good, just wait a moment, I’ll go find Sebastian—"

Having said that, Omnius disappeared into the frame.

After a short while, he returned to the frame, smiling at them.

"Alright, I’ve already sent Bloodman Barrow to find Sebastian," Omnius said, pointing behind them: "Look, he’s just arrived."

As Harry and the others turned their heads, they saw Sebastian descending halfway from the floor above.

"Oh hi." Sebastian waved at them, "Long time no see—you could say, I quite like my current state, you see—I no longer have to laboriously run up and down stairs, wouldn’t you agree?"

"Seems like you’re quite optimistic, Seber." Harry shook his head with a smile, "We’ve found a cure for Annie’s Black Magic Curse, now we just need Omnius to tell us where Annie’s hiding, then we can go rescue her."

"Really?" Sebastian’s usual despondence vanished, he joyfully rushed forward, grabbing at Harry’s clothes, yet grasping air instead.

"Really?" he asked again, eyes full of delight.

"Of course, I wouldn’t deceive you." Harry too was quite happy, partly for Annie being able to get rid of the curse troubling her for years, and partly from seeing his old friend so cheerful, making him genuinely happy.

"That’s great, that’s great..." Sebastian spun twice in midair, then asked again, "Can I go with you? I haven’t seen Annie for a long time... Honestly, I really miss her..."

"Let’s go together." Harry proposed, "Bring Omnius’ portrait along—we’ll go see Annie together."

"Oh, uh—" Vivi extended a hand, "I object."

"Why?" Harry and the other three asked, confused and in unison.

"Think about it." Vivi said helplessly, "Annie’s just awakened from her seal, still carrying the Black Magic Curse, her health’s already not good, and seeing her brother turning into a ghost and her friend to a portrait, do you think she could handle such a shock?"

"That’s true." Sebastian sighed, his soul losing its color, "So we just wait here?"

"Wait." Omnius also seemed helpless, "It seems that’s all we can do... oh right, Annie is in the resting cave of Czech Dole, if you search carefully, you should be able to find her hiding spot. I’ve left an instructive Magic Spell there; if either Harry or Grindelwald appears within a hundred-meter range, an alarm will sound automatically."

"Okay," Harry nodded and said, "you all wait here for our good news, hmm... hopefully we’ll bring her by tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Sebastian floated in front of Harry, overturning to face him: "Why? Why not today? Does it have to wait till tomorrow?"

"You should know, she’s been sealed for a hundred years, along with the torment of the Black Magic Curse, her body’s near the brink of collapse." Vivi spoke, "I’ve already stressed this once; I still suggest taking her to Mr. Leme first to see what’s really going on, then decide whether she should meet you, understand?"

"Alright." Sebastian could only lower his head, accepting the reality.

"Take it easy, Sebastian." Omnius consoled him, "You’ve waited so long, what’s another day or two, just leave the matters to Harry and the others, have faith."

"Alright." Sebastian agreed.

They bid farewell to Sebastian and returned once more to Mr. Leme’s side.