Lan Luo spent the second Charms class of the morning feeling bored. After lunch, Lan Luo hurried to the library to borrow books.
When Madam Pince, the librarian, saw the books Lan Luo was borrowing—"Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2," "Intermediate Transfiguration Guide," "Introduction to Ancient Runes," "Magical Phonetics Chart," "Magical Dictionary," "Collection of Magical Symbols," "Household Charms," "Beginning Ancient Runes," and "Defense Against the Dark Arts"—
She said angrily, "Little Wizard, you've just started school. Are you sure you want to borrow these books?"
Lan Luo said helplessly, "I can't help it. Before school started, I experimented with all those spells and potions. Now that school has begun, I just want to sleep."
Madam Pince, hearing this, didn't believe him, but due to regulations, she could only agree, thinking to herself, "I must tell Dumbledore about this."
After borrowing the books, Lan Luo sent a clone to the classroom for Potions class, while his main body entered the Room of Requirement. He then created nine more clones, and all of them put on ravenclaws diadem and began hyper-learning.
This time, Lan Luo's main body found the Vanishing Cabinet. Through magical analysis, he determined it was a spatial magic of the connection type, linking two empty places together with magic, like a Portkey. Lan Luo could also replicate the runes on the cabinet, but currently, he could only use them in a simplified way. To develop more comprehensive functions, the current Lan Luo was not yet capable.
Thus, Lan Luo immersed himself in study until Halloween was approaching. Only then did Lan Luo realize that several months had passed. Lan Luo was always very persistent with the library's books. The current Lan Luo was no longer studying textbooks by grade as before; he had essentially finished reading all seven years of Hogwarts' books since half a month ago.
Now, Lan Luo was borrowing a series of magical texts. Two months prior, Lan Luo had secretly entered the Restricted Section and learned Occlumency, Legilimency, and Apparition. It must be said that the Shadow Clone Jutsu was the best way to practice Apparition, and combined with ravenclaws diadem, it was a perfect match. One of Lan Luo's clones even disappeared once due to Apparition. Currently, Lan Luo's strength should be at the N.E.W.T.s (Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test) level.
To advance further, he would need to master and create an entire series of knowledge, which could only be learned slowly. The next step was to approach Headmaster Dumbledore. He needed some Fawkes feathers, whether they were feathers, down, or tail feathers, as well as phoenix blood.
Lan Luo was also refining various potions such as: beautification potions, magical ink additives, antidotes, Veritaserum, wolfsbane potion, blood-replenishing potions, euphoric elixirs, calming draughts, strengthening solutions, and some more dangerous forbidden potions. Lan Luo frequently appeared in Diagon Alley via the Vanishing Cabinet, selling potions and collecting ingredients.
Currently, the most popular Yakushi in Diagon Alley was Snape. For the same beautification potion, Snape's potion could sell for 160 galleons, while Lan Luo's could only sell for 60 galleons. The efficacy might be slightly different, but the reputation greatly increased the value of the potion.
According to feedback from his clones, the Little Wizards were all having dinner together in the Great Hall on Halloween.
On Christmas Day, Lan Luo didn't study in the Room of Requirement. He wrapped the magical candies he had prepared and, in his dormitory, gave the packaged candies to his roommates. Both roommates were very happy, then a little awkward, because they didn't have any candies. Lan Luo just smiled and said, "It's an honor to be your roommate. The gift is just to express my feelings. I believe in our friendship."
Kvitt and Dino were very moved when they heard this and said, "We will be the best of friends at school."
He patted their shoulders and said, "I still need to deliver candies to Harry and them. Where are you two going?"
"Then let's go to the Great Hall together," Kvitt added.
The three of them chatted and laughed as they arrived at the Great Hall.
The Great Hall looked beautiful and magnificent. The walls were hung with garlands of holly and mistletoe, and twelve towering Christmas trees stood all around, some adorned with sparkling icicles, others twinkling with hundreds of candles.
Lan Luo quickly entered the Great Hall and approached the three Little Wizards, handing them candies. His appearance, however, caused some deviation.
According to the original story, Hermione should have been crying in the girls' bathroom at this time. However, Lan Luo's appearance caused Hermione to care less about Ron's feelings than in the original, and since she didn't care as much, she wasn't as sad.
She certainly cared about Ron's words, but she didn't hide in the bathroom crying as in the original: "Hermione, these are Chocolate Frogs and some Cockroach Clusters, and some Every Flavor Beans. I hope you like them. Harry, this is your candy package. And this package." He finally handed it to Ron.
Ron put down his chicken leg, somewhat awkwardly accepting the gift and saying, "Is this really for me?" Hermione and Harry hadn't given Ron any candy, but he had received Lan Luo's candy gift, which touched him greatly.
Lan Luo then gave a dashing smile, which reminded Ron of Lan Luo's generosity towards Harry on the train the first time. For a moment, he felt like a fan of Lan Luo. His family was indeed struggling, and Lan Luo, with politeness and a hint of warmth, gave him a gift he truly liked.
Hermione took the candy and also said happily, "My dad originally didn't want me to eat any more candy, but I'll eat less of your gift. Thank you." Her teeth were not good, and she was planning to go home to get them straightened during the holidays. However, thinking that it was Halloween today and someone had given her candy, Hermione felt much better. She was still angry about what Ron had said that afternoon.
Looking at the boy in front of her, who was about the same age as them, with a jade-like temperament, exquisitely picturesque features, and a blend of talent and grace, Hermione knew that Lan Luo had borrowed "Standard Book of Spells, Grade 6," even though he didn't show much during class. This indicated that Lan Luo could at least reach the level of an upperclassman.
Thinking about Ron's complaints about her earlier and his ravenous eating of the chicken leg, Lan Luo appeared to be the most handsome in every aspect. Her heart began to pound at the thought.
Just then, Professor Quirrell pushed open the Great Hall doors with great force and shouted towards the front, "There's a Troll in Hogwarts!" Then he collapsed face down, unconscious.
The screams and panic of the Wizards echoed throughout the Great Hall. Some Little Wizards even started running around.
Lan Luo wondered if he should go forward and remove the cloth from Quirrell's turban. After all, this guy pretending to be unconscious was a good opportunity. In the end, Lan Luo gave up. This might be Dumbledore's test for Harry and his friends, especially since the challenges they designed were all things Little Wizards could solve.
Thinking about this, Lan Luo felt that by fighting the Troll, he could get into old Dumbledore's good graces. The fact that the college professors and Dumbledore hadn't interfered with his borrowing books for so long made Lan Luo very satisfied with the school's open education.
At this moment, Dumbledore set off some fireworks in the Great Hall with magic, then amplified his voice with magic, saying, "Professors, maintain order! Prefects, take the Wizards back to their respective dormitories!"
Hearing this, Lan Luo also turned and hurried towards the girls' bathroom. Harry, Ron, and Hermione followed him. Lan Luo said helplessly to the three Little Wizards, "I'm going to fight the Troll. Why are you following?"
Harry then said, "We're afraid you're in danger. We're here to be your assistants."
Ron said nervously, "Yes, we're good friends."
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