In the remaining month of the summer vacation, Xie Lin did not forget the various disturbances that would occur in Hogwarts in the upcoming semester, so he also began to study the spells that could come in handy during this semester, so that he might be able to Be prepared for every situation you will face.
Since the last semester, Schelling has already begun to improve the fluorescent spell, sound amplification spell, and fire spell that he learned in the first-year course. During this long vacation, Schelling finally found the opportunity to put his ideas into practice one by one. accomplish.
Through fine manipulation of magic power and adjustment of the wand's posture, Schelling found that the light emitted by the fluorescent spell, the sound effects produced by the amplification spell, and the flame form released by the fire spell could all be adjusted in size.
For example, with the fluorescent spell, Schelling successfully turned the wand into an adjustable Muggle flashlight, and the magic power turned into a light source that could adjust the brightness according to the heart; and with the amplifying spell, Schelling also succeeded in making the sound sound like Like the Muggle sound system, the volume and sound waves can be adjusted freely; another example is the fire spell. The flames released by Schelling now no longer just shoot out a long jet of flames, but can release a cluster like a miniature sun. A huge fireball can also release beams of sparks flying in all directions.
In addition, he has maintained correspondence with overseas pen pals over the past few years. Among them, the one with whom he corresponded particularly frequently was Akabane Sakurazuki, a female pen pal from Japan who studied at Mahoutokoro Magic School.
Mahotokuro means magic place in Japanese, so it is also called the magic school for short. This magic school is a palace located at the highest point of South Iwo Jima in Japan. This palace is built with mutton-fat jade. It looks like It looks like a gorgeous and exquisite pagoda, so it is also known as the Magic Palace. To Muggles, both the island and the palace were uninhabited.
In Japan, wizard children who turn seven years old will start school, but they will not start boarding until they are eleven years old. Before that, they will ride on the back of giant petrels to and from home and school every day, and go to school as a day school. . So although Akabane Sakurazuki is the same age as Xie Lin, she has been exposed to magic for 6 years.
Xie Lin was most interested in Japanese magic in the 16th century during the Shogunate and the Warring States Period, when Japanese wizards were active in the name of "ninja". In order to meet the intelligence needs of the major feudal lords at that time, Japanese wizards' magic was very stealth-oriented. , disguise, invisibility, and breath-masking, there are as many as thirty types of invisibility magic that have been handed down to this day, accounting for more than half of the "Invisibility Book of Invisibility" which tells about invisibility magic around the world.
(Note: The unique magic of each country is confidential and will not be shared casually with wizards from other countries. The "Invisibility Book of Invisibility" only briefly describes the invisibility magic of each country, with specific methods of casting magic and improving the invisibility effect. The skills are not in the book. Although wizards from various countries are not allowed to divulge the magic of their own countries at will, privately owned family magic and privately researched spell-casting experience are not exempt from this. That is why Xie Lin can communicate with Akabane Yingyue about magic. )
In many exchanges with her, Xie Lin inevitably discussed the invisibility magic that she was most proud of, and exchanged views on the different understandings of invisibility magic between British and Japanese schools: the common invisibility magic in the UK is the Disguise Charm, which is similar to a chameleon. The principle of magic allows the caster's skin to simulate the surrounding environment, trying to cause visual deception to achieve the effect of hiding the figure; the most commonly used invisibility magic in Japan is the "Waguang Tongchen Curse", which is a kind of body-changing spell. The shape and light transmittance make the body become like dust, allowing light to pass through. In short, it makes the body truly transparent.
These two magics have been improved by generations of wizards and can be said to be nearly perfect, but Schelling is still not satisfied. There are actually many ways to see through invisibility magic. For example, the perspective spell attached to Crazy Eyes Moody's prosthetic eyes can see through the illusion spell and the invisibility cloak; for example, animals such as cats and dogs can also see through invisibility by relying on their keen sense of smell. At this point, Schelling mainly considers the students and Filch's pet cat Loris; snakes that can sense infrared can also detect the temperature of the invisible person.
Schelling's goal was to create an invisibility magic that could overcome the above shortcomings and be completely unique to him.
Schelling referred to the principles of the Disappearance Curse and the Light and Dust Curse, as well as some Muggle science books on optics, and finally developed a brand new invisibility magic, which he named the "Invisible Apparition Curse".
He took out all the anti-invisibility and anti-stealth devices collected in his family and tried them out. He even asked Lucius to borrow a pair of perspective glasses of the same style as Crazy Eyes Moody. Of course, Schelling wanted to study perspective glasses. Because of the alchemical principles behind it, he was pleasantly surprised to find that none of these valuable devices could see through his invisibility magic. This meant that his invisibility magic even surpassed the invisibility cloak of the three artifacts of the God of Death. After all, In the original novel, the invisibility cloak cannot hide from Crazy Eyes Moody's clairvoyance.
The "Invisible Phantom Spell" is paired with his Supreme Wizard Robe, which has the function of masking breath, smell, and body temperature. Even dogs with the most sensitive sense of smell and snakes that sense infrared cannot sense Schelling's presence. , even if Xie Lin stood in front of them, he would only be ignored.
What's even more powerful is that he also successfully developed a brand new fighting technique. He cleverly used invisibility magic to integrate into his spell casting process, causing the spells shot by his wand to become invisible and invisible, unable to be tracked with the naked eye. Not to mention resisting, there was only one spell that could achieve this effect before, and that was Snape's original "Shadow's Edge Curse". Schelling was able to incorporate this technique into all spells. , he named it the "Phaseless Spellcasting" technique.
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Compared with Schelling who gained a lot, his elder brother Draco neglected his studies and went out to practice Quidditch with Goyle and Crabbe almost every day throughout the holidays. Second-year students can already participate in the selection of the school's Quidditch team. Draco has mentioned at home more than once that he must join the Slytherin Quidditch team this semester.
Under his persuasion, Lucius personally communicated with Marcus Flint of the Flint family - the Malfoy family will provide free personnel for the entire Slytherin Quidditch team. In Nimbus 2001, the price was that Marcus Flint, as Quidditch captain, had to let Draco pass the selection.
The Nimbus series of broomsticks are currently the most high-end ones on the market, and the latest Nimbus 2001 to be launched on the market costs 130 Galleons each. Even for the wealthy and powerful Malfoy family, they can buy it in one go. Seven Nimbus 2001 is also a big expense, which shows how much Lucius dotes on his son.
Schelling doesn't have much interest in Quidditch. He focuses entirely on increasing his strength. Only after surviving the crisis caused by Voldemort in the next few years will he consider slowing down and enjoying it. The beautiful things in life.
During the two months of summer vacation, his alchemy and magic studies have made great progress, and even his combat skills have become more flexible and skillful with daily practice and improvement.
As for the "Reasonable Restraint of Minor Wizards Act", which stipulates that minor wizards are not allowed to use magic outside of school? That's for Muggle families or weak mixed-race families. As an ancient pure-blood family, the manor is shrouded in powerful protective magic and shielding magic. As long as it is within the scope of Malfoy Manor, the Ministry of Magic's traces cannot trace the spells cast by Schelling and Draco. trace.
It can be seen that pure-blood wizards have many advantages over wizards from Muggle families. In the original book, if Draco hadn't wasted his time in intrigues and silly fun every day, he wouldn't have suffered the humiliation of repeated defeats in a series of struggles with Harry Potter.
Speaking of Harry, he had an extremely miserable summer vacation. Throughout July, all his magical items were confiscated by his Muggle relatives, so he was unable to access any magic for a whole month.
To make matters worse, he tried to write to his friends to complain or ask for help, but never received any reply - all his letters were intercepted by Dobby, which was Dobby's own decision. , Although Schelling knew about it, he did not make any intervention.
Such depressing days lasted until Harry's birthday - July 31st. Dobby appeared in his room and gave him an inexplicable warning, and used a hovering spell to cause Harry to receive an email from Warning letter from Mafalda Hopkirk, Director of the Office for the Prohibition of the Misuse of Magic.
After being imprisoned even more cruelly by his Muggle relatives for three days, Harry was rescued by Ron and his twin brother, and his miserable summer life came to an end here.
On August 19th, Lucius mentioned that he needed to go to Knockturn Alley in London to do some errands, and asked Draco and Sherrin to go with him so that he could buy them all the books for this semester.
Knockturn Alley, a Muggle-like black market. It is adjacent to Diagon Alley, a mixture of dragons and snakes, and is despised by most wizards. This lane is full of black magic shops where one can buy many kinds of black magic items.
There are very few serious wizards in Knockturn Alley, and there are even many notorious dark wizards, werewolves and vampires hidden in Knockturn Alley. The Aurors of the Ministry of Magic have tried again and again to remove Knockturn Alley, this cancer in the wizarding world. But in the end they all came to nothing.
Schelling has always been skeptical about this. He does not believe that the failure to take down Knockturn Alley is due to the incompetence of the Aurors. The real reason should be the cover-up of some high-level officials in the Ministry of Magic - after all, those involved How many people in politics can have completely clean hands?
The entrance to Knockturn Alley is adjacent to Diagon Alley. Lucius led Draco and Sherrin through the somewhat crowded crowd and into Knockturn Alley with familiarity. There is a dirty alley in front of you. The shops in Diagon Alley are already crowded enough, but Knockturn Alley looks obviously narrower. Even the light is mostly blocked by the strange-shaped buildings, which makes people feel a little bit... Eerie.
The three shops facing the intersection have their doors tightly closed, and their windows are tightly closed with thick velvet curtains. The names of the shops on the door foreheads are not clearly visible. They have obviously been abandoned for many years.
Both sides seemed to be full of black magic shops. There were some shrunken human heads eerily displayed in a shop window, and a large cage was filled with huge black spiders. In a dark doorway, there were two ragged wizards looking at them and whispering. Lucius glanced at them contemptuously, probably because the characteristics of the Malfoy family were too obvious, and the two wizards withdrew their gazes in fear. , continue to wait for the next prey.
An old wooden street sign hung in front of a shop selling poisonous candles, telling him this was Knockturn Alley. After walking for a while, Xie Lin saw the largest store in Knockturn Alley, the crooked store with the sign "Bojin Bock Store".
It seemed that this was their destination. Lucius stopped, turned around, pushed open the wooden door of the store, and walked in. Schelling knew nothing about this shop, which had a somewhat obscure reputation in the dark world of wizards.
The store is run by the Bok family, one of the 28 pure-blood families. In addition to selling black magic items, the Bok shop can also be used as a pawn shop. The owner, Mr. Bok, likes those items with weird uses and unpredictable power. of dark magic items. As for whether a deal can be reached that satisfies both parties, it depends on personal means.
Lucius didn't waste any time and went straight forward to explain his purpose to the shop owner, Mr. Borgin - he wanted to get rid of some of the dark magic items collected by the Malfoy family here. While Lucius and Mr. Borgin haggled over the price of each item on a long list, Schelling and Draco could only wander around Borgin's shop to gain some insight.
