The two weeks of Christmas vacation passed quickly, and Sherrin and Draco returned to Hogwarts.
In the past two weeks, Xie Lin lived a very leisurely life. In addition to occasionally giving Draco homework instructions, he occasionally went out to visit the Muggle world. Xie Lin did not intend to live only in the wizarding world for the rest of his life. That was really Too dull and boring.
In his spare time, Xie Lin also did not forget to study the magic spells in the first-year spells course. In his opinion, whether it is fluorescent spells, sound amplification spells, or fire spells, what the school teaches are only the most basic and simple methods of use. As long as these curses are peeled off and traced back to their roots, there is still a lot of potential in these curses that can be tapped.
Schelling has always believed that the power of a spell depends on the caster, not the spell itself. Instead of blindly pursuing spells with the same power and consumption, it is better to choose the one closest to and most suitable for the needs of the environment in various circumstances. The exquisite basic magic spell can not only save mana, but also achieve unexpected effects.
To put it bluntly, flame is a state of gas burning, and the principle of the flame spell itself is to convert magic power into an energy that ignites the air. The power of the flame spell depends on the size and temperature of the flame released. The more magic power is consumed, the It can release a larger amount of flames. In the original book, Dumbledore once released a large sea of fire to repel thousands of Inferi. It is a rare magic in the wizarding world that can cause area-type damage.
The little wizard's magic power is not enough to imitate Dumbledore's sea of fire effect, but this does not prevent Schelling from finding other ways to achieve the same effect from other angles.
Schelling's first idea was to study Potions. He referred to some Muggle chemistry textbooks and understood the nature of flames and combustion. He wanted to use Potions to create a magic potion similar to a combustion accelerant. , as long as the combustion-supporting agent is thrown into the flame, the flame can spread into an endless sea of fire.
This is not a difficult task. After all, it can be easily done by buying a bottle of gasoline from Muggles. Schelling just wants to use the knowledge of potions to create a combustion-supporting potion that can spread the burning range and increase the flame temperature at the same time. .
After conducting several experiments in the family's potion laboratory, and being humiliated several times under Narcissa's angry gaze, Xellin finally created his first potion - the Blue Flame Potion!
As its name suggests, this potion can raise the temperature of the flame to that of a blue flame, and can spread the flame to an area the size of a classroom.
Before Xie Lin began to learn the Fire Spell, it had basically become his most practical magic combination when dealing with group battles.
The wonderful vacation passed in a flash, and Sherrin and Draco returned to Hogwarts again.
Walking in the corridor, the happy atmosphere of Christmas seems to have not completely dissipated, and the walls of the auditorium are still covered with silver frost.
Since the holiday ended, Schelling found that the homework assigned by professors had become more and more onerous, and many of them were already dividing the focus of the exam, implying that the exam date was getting closer.
Even with Xie Lin's ability, he began to feel the pressure. Xie Lin found Daphne and Meredith to organize a review group. They shared study notes and tested each other on questions that might appear in the exam.
Although Daphne and Meredith's grades are not bad, they are far inferior compared with Xuelin's, so the review group is generally dominated by Xuelin, who is responsible for tutoring and giving guidance to the two girls on their homework and homework. Exam preparation content.
Xie Lin did not intend to hide this matter, and somehow it spread, and Daphne and Meredith became the envy of everyone.
Throughout the semester, not only the little wizards of Slytherin, but also some of the little wizards of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have heard about Schelling's reputation as the "god of study" and have borrowed Schelling's notes or have Those who have consulted Schelling on homework know very well that Schelling's study notes are a legendary artifact for preparing for exams - many young wizards look for opportunities to inquire about Daphne and Meredith, trying to find ways to obtain Schelling's learning notes.
Coincidentally, Hermione was also helping Harry and Ron with their homework and preparing for exams, so after she heard about Xie Lin's actions, a fighting spirit that refused to admit defeat ignited. She seemed to be fighting an invisible war. He pressed harder and harder on Harry and Ron, making them miserable.
That morning, while having breakfast, Schelling casually flipped through the new issue of the Daily Prophet. A small piece of news published in an inconspicuous corner caught his eye.
This is a wanted notice about a smuggler, because this guy has recently been smuggling dragon eggs to the UK. This person has disappeared. Witnesses confirmed that he was last seen staying overnight at the Pig's Head pub in Hogsmeade village.
Xie Lin had a hunch that Professor Quirrell had already acquired the dragon egg and would soon have contact with Hagrid.
After Schelling spent a week making a series of preparations, one day when Professor Quirrell was teaching senior students, he used the Disguise Charm to sneak into Professor Quirrell's office. Sherrin didn't think Professor Quirrell dared to cast all kinds of dangerous defensive magic and monitoring magic on his office under Dumbledore's nose. Doing so would only arouse suspicion for himself.
Sure enough, except for a locked door that Xie Lin opened with a Muggle universal lockpick, Xie Lin slipped into the office without encountering any other obstacles.
Xie Lin carefully put on Muggle anti-fingerprint gloves and searched Professor Quirrell's office carefully - Professor Quirrell's lecture lasted a full two hours. Xie Lin actually had plenty of time, but in order to prevent anything Professor Yi Qiluo returned early due to some things, but Schelling still stepped up his pace, trying to find his target as soon as possible and leave.
After some searching, Sherlin finally found a large black egg in the secret compartment of a drawer - aha, this must be the dragon egg Quirrell planned to use to get the secret of the three-headed dog from Hagrid. .
Xie Lin smiled, and when he was about to take the dragon egg away, he discovered that there was a well-maintained diary next to the dragon egg. Xie Lin's magic eyes could see that there was no magic fluctuation in the diary. This is just an ordinary diary - hey, is it possible that Professor Quirrell still has the habit of writing a diary? Xie Lin also took the diary and the dragon egg away with him.
【Obtain Quirrell's diary! 】
[Get a dragon egg! 】
Although the magic eye could confirm that there were no traces of tracking magic on the diary and the dragon egg, for safety reasons, Xellin asked Dobby to help him hide these two items in a cave deep in the Forbidden Forest. And cast the elf's unique warning magic at the entrance of the cave. Once someone breaks into the cave, Dobby will sense it and report to Xuelin as quickly as possible.
Another two weeks passed, and March quickly came.
Xie Lin observed that Quirrell's face was getting paler and his tone of voice began to become weak. Xie Lin knew that Quirrell was probably severely punished by Voldemort for losing the dragon egg, and the warning magic of the Forbidden Forest Cave had always been None of them have been triggered, which means that Quirrell is now in a dilemma of being unable to break through the three-headed dog level.
Xie Lin couldn't help but sneer secretly. Xie Lin didn't mind doing it a few more times if he could make Voldemort eat the turtle.
In fact, the Malfoy family is not a stubborn pure-blood supremacist. If someone studies carefully, it is not difficult to find that the ancestors of the Malfoy family have many examples of intermarriage with Muggle nobles.
The so-called pure-blood supremacy extremists mainly refer to the two major families, the Black family and the Lestrange family. The Malfoy family only uses the concept of pure-blood supremacy as a cover to influence the Ministry of Magic to pass some measures against pure blood supremacy. The legislation in favor of the blood family allows the pure-blood family to plunder money and gain profits from Muggles.
When Lucius and other pure-blood families supported Voldemort, they believed that Voldemort could bring more benefits to the pure-blood families. If a society where wizards ruled Muggles was really established, they could plunder a large amount of resources and wealth.
But what they never expected was that after making the Horcruxes, Voldemort would become more and more extreme and crazy. Originally, they just wanted to find a puppet to plunder for them, but they found that Voldemort was going to become their master. These declining families There was no resistance to Voldemort.
Xie Lin was deeply aware of this. The magical world is a world where strength speaks for itself. The combat power given to every wizard by magic makes the so-called laws and rules become empty talk. This is different from the Muggle world. of. No matter how powerful a Muggle is in martial arts, he can't defeat a large and well-equipped law enforcement force. Characters like Rambo only exist in movies.
But wizards are different. A magister-level Grindelwald or Voldemort can easily bring down more than 10 Aurors, but how many Aurors are there in the whole UK? Although new blood is drawn from Hogwarts every year, the overall number of Aurors has never exceeded 30, including those who have retired and died in the line of duty.
As for the second largest force in the Ministry of Magic - the Law Enforcement Reconnaissance Team, there is not enough to fill Voldemort's teeth. In the original book, Minister of Magic Fudge once believed that just to deal with Sirius Black alone, the reconnaissance team must be dispatched. Only elite "strikemen" can do this. This shows that the strength of ordinary reconnaissance teams is really not that good.
(Note: There are three groups of the Ministry of Magic’s armed forces: Aurors are equivalent to Muggle agents, proficient in various abilities and can perform various special tasks; Hit Wizards are equivalent to anti-terrorism special forces. Specializing in combat; the Law Enforcement Reconnaissance Team is equivalent to the Muggle police, specializing in dealing with all kinds of petty thieves or non-dangerous illegal activities.)
This made Xie Lin understand that wealth, resources, reputation, and influence are all empty. In the magic world, one's own strength is the most important. Only when you have the strength to protect yourself can you truly protect the things mentioned above.
Thinking of this, Xie Lin's sense of crisis became even stronger. If he wanted the Malfoy family to survive stably in the chaos of the next few years, his strength was far from enough. He could only use some means to delay Voldemort's return as much as possible. , allowing yourself to buy more time to enhance your strength.
Although according to the original plot, Voldemort will be destroyed by the savior Harry in the end, but this is not the result that Schelling wants - Lucius goes to jail, Draco is forced to kill Dumbledore, Lucius His reputation was ruined and his family was in decline... If possible, Schelling still preferred to rely on his own strength to deal with Voldemort, the boss in the original work.
This semester, since there was no incident of Hagrid hatching the dragon egg, there was no incident of Harry, Hermione, or Neville being deducted points for a night out, nor was there an incident of entering the Forbidden Forest.
But at the same time, because Harry did not join Quidditch, Slytherin still had the highest score in this year's Quidditch match.
Coupled with the existence of Schelling, with Schelling's outstanding and dazzling performance, every class, whether it is Charms class, Transfiguration class, Potions class, can score a lot of points for Slytherin, and Draco, Under the influence of Sherrin, Daphne and Meredith also became extremely hard-working in their studies. Their homework scores may not be as good as those of Hermione, the real academic master, but they beat the other little wizards of Gryffindor. There is no doubt about it.
By the way, at a meeting of the Transfiguration Club, at the request of Professor McGonagall, Schelling wrote a paper and submitted it to "Transfiguration Today". This paper was about using transfiguration to create a creature that could grow wings. The idea of a magic lamp flying in mid-air, and came up with several practical applications for this idea. For example, when walking in an unknown tunnel, you can save the need to use a wand to release fluorescent spells, so that the wizard can still retain the ability to cast spells. A state-of-the-art wand is used to ensure combat effectiveness in emergencies; for example, when exploring a bottomless cave, a magic lamp is used to explore the path and measure the depth.
This paper won Schelling the "Most Promising Newcomer Award" from "Transfiguration Today". Even Professor McGonagall, who had always been unsmiling, showed a rare smile and directly awarded Slytherin 50 points.
Thanks to Schelling's tricks, Slytherin was 50 points ahead of the second-placed Ravenclaw in house points, and Gryffindor, who was at the bottom, was 150 points ahead.
