Chapter 36 Looks Like We Need To Keep A High Profile
At about five o'clock, Li Kai and Cassandra had caught more than a dozen big fish.
When finishing the pole, Cassandra was almost pulled into the water by a big fish. Fortunately, Li Kai was relatively close at the time and hugged her.
Hagrid, the full-time bodyguard, was looking silly and had no intention of helping at all.
There were also several ladies from Ravenclaw nearby watching the fun.
Kassandra's pretty face turned red, and she managed to pretend to be very calm and said, "Didn't you say we want to grill fish? Can we start?"
"Of course," Li Kai looked at Hagrid, "Hagrid, it seems you were right. Our age is really not suitable for fishing in the Black Lake."
There are many big fish in the black lake, some of which even Li Kai cannot pull up.
Fortunately, he improvised a powerful spell to make himself extremely powerful, and he was able to pull up those big fish.
Hagrid was building a stove nearby. He said with a smile: "There are many magical animals in the Black Lake. The giant squid will not hurt you. If you come again in the future, be sure to pay attention to those Grindylows. Although this dark creature is not big, But they are very dangerous."
Li Kai's heart moved and he silently kept these words in his heart.
The previously sealed Cornish Elf was evaluated by the system as an excellent collectible, and the reward was only the Cornish Elf Affinity.
To be honest, this reward made Li Kai very disappointed. He was a little worried that collecting magical animals would only give similar rewards.
In order to test this conjecture, he must collect more magical animals.
It seems that Grindylow is a good target.
Li Kai was calculating in his mind while handling the fish with quick hands and feet. It only took him ten minutes to clean up the caught fish.
On the other side, Hagrid and Cassandra also set up a bonfire.
"Kyle, everything is ready here, what should we do next?" Hagrid asked.
"Put these smaller ones on iron skewers and put them on the campfire." Li Kai used magic to turn some branches into iron skewers, and handed them all to Hagrid along with the processed fish pieces.
Then he took out various seasonings, woks and large basins, and marinated the remaining fish with seasonings.
Although we caught a lot of fish today, Hagrid is a giant and his appetite is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary people.
So Li Kai planned to make braised fish nuggets and spicy fish. He had not eaten these two dishes for a long time.
After the preliminary work was completed, he went to the campfire and sprinkled various seasonings such as salt and chili powder on the grilled fish.
It didn't take long for the alluring scent to spread in all directions.
The little wizards nearby began to swallow their saliva when they smelled the smell, and couldn't help but look at Li Kai and the others eagerly.
After a while, some smaller fish were cooked.
The three began to enjoy the food. Hagrid took a bite and couldn't help but admired: "Kyle, your craftsmanship is really good, much better than those house elves!"
Kassandra had also been conquered by the delicious food, her pretty face was stained with oil, and when Li Kai saw this scene, he felt the urge to take a lick.
Soon, the grilled fish was all cooked.
Li Kai took all the grilled fish off the shelf, set up the wok, and began to show off his superb cooking skills.
After about ten minutes, the braised fish cubes and spicy fish were also ready, and the aroma that filled the area became even stronger.
Two Ravenclaw girls were very close to each other. One of them seemed to be Asian. She had an oval face, black hair and black eyes, and she always had a sweet smile on her face.
Whenever Li Kai looked over, she would lower her head shyly.
But Li Kai was a little embarrassed after being peeked at several times. He couldn't help but said, "Would you like to come and taste it together?"
The Asian girl seemed hesitant. It would be rude to interrupt other people's meals, but she really wanted to taste the delicious food.
Just when she was about to refuse, the companion beside her said first: "Thank you, Marietta Aymock, she is Qiu Zhang."
Li Kai was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the Asian girl was Qiu Zhang in the original book. She looked much more beautiful than in the movie, so he didn't recognize her at all.
"Kael'thas Lee," Li Kai pointed at Cassandra, "Cassandra Worley."
Aimok couldn't help but exclaimed: "Are you Kael'thas Lee? I heard that you severely punished Marcus Flint in the Slytherin common room. Is this true? "
Li Kai handed over a piece of grilled fish and said casually: "That's nothing, don't be so surprised."
"No!" Aimok shook his head and said: "You have done a great thing. Flint is a complete villain. Everyone hates him, but no one can do anything about him. He does not follow the rules, especially It was during the Quidditch game that he really did everything he could and a lot of people got hurt because of him."
The girl's nagging made Li Kai a little impatient. It would really make him feel happy when others talked about these things at first, but after hearing them too much, he would feel annoyed.
After all, it was indeed a trivial matter to him.
"Should we be more low-key in the future? No, being too low-key in Western society will only cause more trouble!" He thought to himself: "It seems that in the future we should be more low-key. When they get used to it, they won't talk about it. ? So, who is more suitable to attack? How about challenging Lao Deng directly? "
Chapter 37 Treasure Hunting With Cassandra
Li Kai quickly gave up the unrealistic idea.
Are you kidding, challenging Lao Deng?
Isn't that lighting a lantern in the toilet - seeking death?
The world's number one white devil is no joke!
A group of people gathered around the campfire, chatting and eating fish, and soon wiped out all the delicacies cooked by Li Kai.
It was past six o'clock, and Li Kai was going to the Room of Requirement to continue his treasure hunt.
Hagrid is going to inspect the Forbidden Forest, and Qiu Zhang and Aimok are going to the library to read.
Everyone parted one after another, and in the end only Li Kai and Cassandra were left.
"The lounge is not in that direction, where are you going?" Cassandra looked at Li Kai strangely.
"I'm going to a very private place, are you going to come with me?"
It's not a secret to hunt for treasure in the Room of Requirement. Having an extra person to help might help you find it faster, so Li Kai doesn't intend to hide it from Cassandra.
The two soon arrived at the eighth floor of the castle. Li Kai summoned the Room of Requirement according to the secret while explaining to Cassandra.
"The Room of Requirement is magical. If you can't find me in the castle, you can try coming here."
Cassandra rolled her eyes at Li Kai: "Who is looking for you? I'm just supervising you and not letting you do bad things. Slytherin has won six consecutive Academy Cups, and I don't want to cause pain because of some people's misbehavior. Lost the Academy Cup."
"If it's just for the Academy Cup, then I don't think you should stare at me." Li Kai said lazily: "If I remember correctly, I have earned a lot of points for Slytherin during this period, and those points are enough to offset Right? Besides, as long as I don't get caught by the professor, even if I blow up Hogwarts, they won't be able to deduct points from me."
Cassandra's beautiful eyes widened, obviously not expecting Li Kai to say such treacherous words.
Suddenly, Snape's voice came from the front: "Mr. Li, how do you plan to blow up Hogwarts? Can I participate in this great plan? With all due respect, I'm afraid you can't do this with your current abilities. , a qualified Slytherin must know how to keep secrets before succeeding, I hope you can understand this truth."
"Good afternoon, Professor." Li Kai smiled and said: "If I am willing to tell something and share it with others, it means that I do not intend to keep it as a secret. What I just said was just a joke, Professor, you don't have to be like this. serious."
Snape stared at Li Kai for a few times and said calmly: "You should be glad that it was just a joke, otherwise Azkaban will serve you for the rest of your life."
After he finished speaking, he hurried away along the corridor like a giant bat.
Cassandra looked at Li Kai and said in surprise: "You don't seem to be afraid of him at all?"
"Why should I be afraid of him?" Li Kai shrugged: "I didn't do anything wrong, why should I be afraid of him?"
"There are very few students in Hogwarts who are not afraid of him, and even in our Slytherin Academy, no one dares to be presumptuous in front of him." Cassandra said sarcastically: "Many people see him, just like a mouse sees a cat. "
Li Kai nodded: "That's true. His style is indeed very scary, but that cold style may just be his protective color. Maybe he is a very kind person at heart?"
"He's gone, you didn't say such outrageous things." Cassandra curled her lips, obviously not agreeing with Li Kai's evaluation of Snape.
The door to the Room of Requirement appeared, and the two of them pushed it open and entered.
Cassandra, who entered the treasure room for the first time, was obviously full of curiosity. She asked indifferently: "Are you planning to hunt for treasures here? What treasures can be found here?"
"Yes, if you are willing to help me, we can start now." Li Kai replied, and started looking for the last location.
He used the floating spell to move items from here to there, not letting go of any suspicious items.
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the excellent collection "Chocolate Frog Pictures - Australian Opaleye Dragon", and the reward is "Physique" × 1. ]
Li Kai put a picture of a chocolate frog in his pocket and couldn't help showing a hint of joy on his face.
A picture of an Australian opaleye dragon rewards a little physical fitness, which is a huge surprise for Li Kai.
His biggest headache now is his physical condition. As a minor, his body is too fragile.
Many of the more dangerous magics were unable to be cast, which made him always feel like his hands were tied.
For example, Apparition, the most powerful traveling magic in the wizarding world, has certain physical requirements for wizards.
Although Li Kai has mastered advanced apparation, he has never tried it because he is worried about damaging his body.
Most of the previous rewards were related to magic and spells. This was the first time I received a physical reward.
"Just by collecting a high-quality picture, you get a little physical strength. If you can collect a living dragon, will you get more physical strength?"
The giant dragons in this world are also carbon-based creatures. Although their physical bodies are very powerful, judging from the evaluation given by the system, they are only ten times stronger than ordinary adults and five times stronger than ordinary adult wizards.
This is already a lot!
From the comparison of solidity, stability, toughness, etc., assume that the comprehensive evaluation of diamonds is 10 and the comprehensive evaluation of human bones is 5.
The evaluation of dragon bones is ten times that of human bones, which is 50, which is equivalent to five times that of diamonds.
The overall evaluation of human nails is 3, so the overall evaluation of dragon scales is 30, which is equivalent to three times that of diamonds.
(Don't bring in Mohs hardness, it will be incomparable)
Other qualities were also proportionally amplified ten times, and coupled with extraordinary magical abilities, this made the dragon become the overlord of the sky.
Chapter 38 Mrs. Warley's Preference
Kassandra followed Li Kai's example and also used the floating spell to move away the accumulated debris and examine them one by one.
It didn't take long for her to gain something as well.
"There is a painting here, which is a portrait of the deans of the four major colleges." She frowned and said: "Strange, this is a very commemorative painting. Who would throw it here?"
Li Kai took the portrait in his hand, and soon a system prompt rang in his ears.
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the excellent collection "Portrait of the Four Founders (Fake)", and the reward is "Gold Galleons" × 100. ]
"This is a fake. It should be a fake painting imitated by a certain Mazong student. The real one may be in the castle." Li Kai said regretfully.
This fake should be a pretty good imitation, otherwise the system will not give a good rating.
But a fake is a fake. If it is a genuine product, the evaluation will be higher, and maybe the system will reward some magic power.
Cassandra looked at the oil painting in Li Kai's hand and was not surprised at all by his conclusion.
The reason is very simple. The people in this painting cannot move. There is a high probability that it was not made by a wizard.
The two of them were busy until about eight o'clock, and the Room of Requirement was finally sorted through. There were not many things worth collecting.
Most of them are not of good quality, and the rewards given by the system are naturally mediocre.
A Giant Squid Chocolate Frog drawing that rewards Water Mastery.
A dried mandrake, which rewards weak petrification resistance.
A piece of Norwegian Spinyback dragon scale, which rewards one point of constitution.
A worn magic notebook that rewards a bit of magic.
…
Only these few collection rewards are pretty good. As for the other rewards, they are either gold galleons or daily necessities such as quills or parchment.
Overall, the treasure room in the Room of Requirement is completely worthless for exploration.
Of course, this is only temporary. Someone may hide treasures in it in the future, although this possibility is not high.
…
During breakfast on Friday, a group of owls flew into the auditorium and threw various packages at their owners.
Li Kai's Sydney also brought a huge package, as did Cassandra's owl Sandy.
"Who sent me the package?" Li Kai was a little curious. Neither Mr. and Mrs. Granger nor Grandma Anne could have sent the package to Hogwarts.
He opened the package, and there was a card at the top. When he opened it, he saw that the sender turned out to be Mrs. Warley.
"Dear Kyle, how are you doing at Hogwarts? I brought you some snacks. I wonder if you like it..."
The text on the card is not lengthy, just some short greetings.
Underneath the card are various snacks with fancy packaging, all of which are common brands in the wizarding world.
There are more than a dozen chocolate frogs alone. As for the others, some of them have been eaten by Li Kai on the Hogwarts Express, while others have never been seen before.
Crabbe and Goyle, who were diagonally across from them, were almost red-eyed at the sight. These two hungry people had no resistance at all to snacks.
"Kyle, do you want chocolate frogs?" Cassandra's package was almost exactly the same as Li Kai's. She said with some disgust: "These chocolate frogs must have been prepared by my mother for you. She knows that I never eat these. When I wrote her a letter the day before yesterday, I just mentioned that you wanted to collect chocolate frog pictures, and she sent so many - she almost regarded you as her own son!"
"So that's the case. I really have to thank Mrs. Warley for her preference. I praise her from the bottom of my heart." Li Kai grinned and said, "Tsk, Cassandra, don't blame me for taking what belongs to you. motherly love."
He unceremoniously put away all the chocolate frogs, then took out a piece of cardboard and wrote a reply to Ms. Worley on the spot.
After a while, a thank you letter was written.
Although it didn't take much time to write this letter, it actually contained a lot of content. In addition to thanking Mrs. Worley for the gift, Li Kai also asked Mrs. Worley to help visit Grandma Anne when she was free.
Grandma Anne is too old and her health is not good. Although the Grangers will definitely not leave her alone, it is always better to have more people taking care of her.
In addition, Li Kai also asked Mrs. Worley to help purchase some basic magic materials. He planned to start trying to make magic potions to make money in a while.
In the wizarding world, selling magic potions is probably the fastest way to make money.
Of course, this requires the support of a superb level of potion making.
Li Kai has investigated and found that the most recent sales record of the elixir in the wizarding world was half a year ago, when a small bottle sold for twelve thousand gold galleons.
After excluding the cost of various potions, the net profit was over 11,500 gold galleons.
Spending half a year earning 11,500 gold Galleons, doesn't it sound like a lot?
However, Fortune Elixir is a high-end potion, and even the most famous potion master cannot guarantee that it can be successfully refined every time.
If you fail several times in a row, you will waste a year or two. How many potion masters can afford it?
Therefore, even a master of potions like Snape would not spend too much time refining the elixir.
High-end magic potions such as Blissful Elixir cannot be used by ordinary wizards, and only those magic masters who try to create magic spells, or potion masters who refine high-end magic potions, will use them in order to increase the success rate.
In addition to blessing elixirs, there are many more profitable potions.
Li Kai plans to start with something low-end. After all, his current potion refining level is only elementary (reward for collecting potion textbooks)
Chapter 39 A Return Gift To Mrs. Worley
After writing the thank-you letter, Li Kai began to think about how to return the gift.
You can't ask for help without giving any benefits. The Woley family has a great business, and Mrs. Woley lacks almost everything.
She will definitely not like ordinary gifts, so the gifts given to her must be unique.
Li Kai glanced at Cassandra and suddenly had a plan in mind.
He took out several canvases from his storage bag, waved his wand and began to perform magic.
Cassandra's eyes were attracted, and she asked curiously: "What are you doing?"
"I'm going to draw a picture of you in school and send it to your mother. I guess she will like this gift." Li Kai said casually.
"Uh!" Cassandra was a little stunned, "Have you been spying on me?"
"What? Spying on you?" Li Kai looked at Cassandra jokingly, "Miss, we have been together almost all the time these days except sleeping, bathing and going to the toilet. Do I still need to spy on you?"
As soon as she said this, Cassandra quickly recalled it and found that it seemed to be the case. Her pretty face turned red with embarrassment. She couldn't help but gritted her teeth and said, "Why are you always with me? Is that right?" Am I up to no good?"
Um? Obviously you always love to be by my side, okay?
Li Kai stared at Cassandra with wide eyes, but did not expose her. If he told the truth at this time, the girl would be really embarrassed.
"Ah, yes, yes," Li Kai said seriously, "I am just plotting against you, can't I?"
Kassandra was so smart that she would not fail to understand what Li Kai was doing. While she was shy in her heart, she also felt a strong sense of warmth, and her eyes couldn't help but soften.
But her proud and venomous nature has not changed at all. She raised her chin and stammered: "Humph, I, I admit that you have a good vision. However, it is impossible for us. Our identities The gap is too big. The Woley family will not let me marry an ordinary wizard! Yes, that's it. You, you'd better not be obsessed with it..."
"Sorry, Cassandra." Li Kai saw that Cassandra was getting more and more outrageous, and quickly interrupted: "We are only eleven-year-old children. It is too far to talk about marriage now. You should help me take a look. Let's make a portrait! You don't want me to paint you ugly, right?"
Girls are very concerned about their own image. When she heard that Li Kai would paint herself ugly, Cassandra's eyes immediately turned to the painting in his hand.
Li Kai uses the most commonly used painting method in the wizarding world, which is the kind of magic that makes the people in the painting move.
Although this kind of magic is a living magic, it is very difficult to use and requires the help of Legilimency.
Fortunately, Li Kai's current magical attainments have already surpassed those of ordinary adult wizards, and he has no problem using any magic.
"Here, the angle is wrong, adjust it a little..."
Under Cassandra's command, Li Kai completed one painting after another.
I have to say that the paintings adjusted by Cassandra do look much more pleasing to the eye.
The distance between the two people was very close, their heads almost touched, but neither of them noticed.
Hermione saw this scene as soon as she entered the Great Hall, and felt a little sour for some reason. She threw away her roommates and walked quickly to the Slytherin table.
"Hi, Kyle, hi, Cassandra." Hermione asked curiously, "What are you doing?"
"Mrs. Woley has sent a lot of snacks. Do you want to try them?" Li Kai is about to complete the last painting. "I plan to make a photo album of Cassandra and give it to her. Unfortunately, our enrollment period is relatively short, so we can The content of the painting is not much. However, this matter can be regarded as a long-term project, and this gift can be constantly updated."
Cassandra couldn't help but glance at Li Kai, feeling very sweet in her heart.
She is smart, proud, beautiful... and a little precocious. She has read many romantic fairy tales, and she has imagined in her heart that someone loves her passionately.
Hermione praised: "What a great idea. Can you make a picture album for me? My parents will definitely like it too. They must have never seen the people in the pictures move on their own. This is much more magical than the TV." Got it!"
"Of course." Li Kai agreed casually.
Cassandra was a little unhappy. She felt that something that was unique to her was being shared.
"Thank you, Kyle." Hermione said happily.
"You are Welcome."
Li Kai installed the canvas, took out a piece of parchment, wrote the spell of flying thaumaturgy on it, and then cast a spell on the parchment, and the words on it disappeared immediately.
This is a kind of secret magic. After using it, no one else can see the content of the letter except specific people.
Li Kai thought that just sending some commemorative paintings was not enough, so he planned to give the flying thaumaturgy spell to Mrs. Warley.
Most witches don't like flying on broomsticks, but the experience of flying cannot be replaced by apparating.
When chatting before, Mrs. Worley said that she didn't like flying on a broom very much. Li Kai still remembered this, so he thought that flying thaumaturgy would be a good gift.
Flying Thaumaturgy is a very cool flying magic. The color of the magic mist produced when used can change at will. No wizard can resist this way of flying.
Chapter 40 The First Weekend
After solving the gift problem, class time is almost here.
There were only two spells classes on Friday morning. Li Kai took the two girls to the potions classroom and found that the classroom was already full of people.
Obviously, Professor Snape's majesty was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and no one dared to be late for his class.
When class time came, Professor Snape strode in with his robes fluttering like a giant bat.
When Harry Potter was called during roll call, Professor Snape paused for a moment and said in a sarcastic tone: "This is our new arrival - a famous person!"
Everyone had a keen sense that something was wrong. Many people on the Slytherin side couldn't help but glance at Harry, with expressions on their faces like they were watching something good.
Students who know Snape know that whenever he pays attention to a certain student, that student will most likely be in trouble.
As the Slytherin students expected, Professor Snape targeted Harry almost everywhere.
"Potter! What will I get if I add narcissus root powder to a mugwort infusion?"
The sudden question caught Harry off guard. Hermione raised her arms high, but was ignored.
Harry felt as if his brain had been eaten by zombies, and he completely lost the ability to think.
As for narcissus root powder, what is it? What is mugwort extract? Can it be eaten?
"I don't know, Professor," Harry said weakly.
"Tsk, tsk, it seems that fame doesn't mean everything!" Professor Snape said calmly.
He then asked a few more questions, but Harry couldn't answer any of them.
This level of targeting is simply rare.
"Lee, tell Mr. Potter." Professor Snape said coldly: "Our savior needs a role model. I hope you can make him realize the importance of knowledge. This is something more reliable than fame."
Li Kai, who was enjoying the melon, did not expect that he would also be implicated. He stood up and said: "Add narcissus root powder and mugwort together to prepare a powerful sleeping pill. This sleeping pill is also called the water of life and death." The stone is a kind of stone taken out from the stomach of the goat. It has a strong detoxifying effect..."
Although Professor Snape deliberately made things difficult, the questions he asked were actually very simple, and Li Kai could easily answer them just by copying the knowledge from the first-grade textbook.
"Potter, because you contradicted the professor, one point will be deducted from Gryffindor. In addition, two points will be added to Slytherin for Mr. Li's outstanding performance."
The progress bar for Gryffindor's evolution into Gryffindor has moved forward one space.
In this class, most of the little wizards came into contact with potions for the first time.
Neville accidentally made a mistake in the process of making the potion, which resulted in a serious experimental accident. He was soaked in the potion, and his arms and legs were covered with red and swollen boils. He screamed in pain.
Snape angrily scolded Neville, and then deducted a Gryffindor point for Harry not reminding Neville.
…
After two spells classes, all the classes in the first week of school were over.
Around three o'clock in the afternoon, Harry and Ronald walked along the path towards Hagrid's hut.
Li Kai watched this scene quietly from a certain tower window, realizing that the trio of saviors were about to embark on a real adventure.
"Kyle," Cassandra suddenly appeared and asked expectantly, "Do you want to go fishing?"
Li Kai smiled: "Okay."
So, the two came to the edge of the Black Lake to fish again.
Li Kai looked forward to meeting Grindylow, but to his disappointment, the little monsters did not appear until seven o'clock in the evening.
He was secretly thinking about whether he should take the time to go to the Black Lake next time and take the initiative to catch a Grindylow.
However, he just thought about it and had no intention of taking action.
Because the Black Lake is indeed dangerous. In addition to Grindylow and mermaids, there are other dangerous magical animals in this water.
Even the professors at Hogwarts may not know all the magical animals.
Li Kai is not an arrogant person. Even if he has magic power beyond that of an adult wizard, he does not intend to take the risk of diving into the Black Lake.
Because in his opinion, rewards can be obtained slowly, and life safety must be put first.
"Let's go, it's time for us to have dinner." Cassandra released all the fish in the bucket. "Can I not eat grilled fish today? I don't want to get tired of eating a delicious food so early."
"You've already put the fish away before you come to ask me?" Li Kai was helpless, but he didn't blame Cassandra because he had no intention of eating grilled fish today.
The two came to the auditorium and heard many young wizards discussing how to spend the weekend.
Third-year students can go to Hogsmeade to play, while first- and second-year students can only stay in the castle.
"Kyle, what are you planning to do on the weekend?" Cassandra asked casually.
"Go to the library and read a book, then practice your spells in the Room of Requirement."
There are actually a lot of fun things in the castle, and some little wizards even brought wizard flags and some card toys from home.
But Li Kai is not very interested in those children's toys. He would rather spend more time practicing magic spells.
Although you can get system rewards by collecting treasures, the randomness is too great. When he has nothing to do, Li Kai doesn't mind investing his time in improving his strength.
Hermione came to the Slytherin table again at some point. She heard Li Kai's words and asked expectantly: "Kyle, can I practice spells with you?"
Cassandra's pretty face sank, and she suddenly felt a little depressed. She was hesitating whether to lower her face and ask Li Kai to teach her the spell, but she didn't expect that Hermione would take the lead.
Chapter 41 Li Kai's One-to-two Teaching
Li Kai was a little helpless. What he had to practice were relatively advanced spells, such as the Death Curse, the Soul-stealing Curse, and the Cruciatus Curse—how could others see him when he was practicing these spells?
But both Hermione and Cassandra were people who were relatively close to him, and he couldn't bear to reject them.
He thought about it and thought it would be good to help the two girls improve their magic skills.
Hogwarts will become very dangerous in the next few years. The stronger the people around you, the better, so as not to need to rescue yourself when you encounter danger.
Saturday.
At the appointed time, Li Kai, Cassandra and Hermione met up and went to the Room of Requirement, and then started the one-to-two teaching mode.
"What I want to teach you today is the Iron Armor Curse. In all duels, unless you are in a desperate situation, defense must always come first. Because only by staying alive can we produce more output in a limited time. Iron Armor The curse can resist most attacking spells and physical damage, but it should be noted that it cannot resist the Unforgivable Curse, so when fighting a dark wizard, you must be responsive. If the enemy is good at using life-killing curses, then You must be ready to dodge at any time. Now, I will teach you the Iron Armor Curse first..."
Hermione and Cassandra followed Li Kai's instructions and tried to cast the Iron Armor Curse. They tried many times without success.
Li Kai was not surprised by this, because the Iron Armor Curse was, after all, an advanced spell that many wizards would not be able to use as adults.
If nothing else, there are still many people in the Ministry of Magic who don't know how to use it.
But Li Kai believed that Cassandra and Hermione would be able to learn this spell after practicing hard.
Cassandra's talent is very strong, while Hermione's magic power is just a little bit weak, so the Iron Armor Curse is not a problem for them.
It turns out that Li Kai was a little too optimistic.
They practiced until the afternoon, but failed to cast the Iron Armor Curse even once.
Hermione was a little discouraged: "Are we stupid? Why can't we succeed for so long?"
Li Kai smiled and said: "You are actually almost there, but you lack willpower. You should be more confident. As long as you firmly believe that you can succeed, you will be able to complete this spell."
The two girls had perfected both their spells and the way they waved their wands.
Learning a spell has nothing to do with magic power. Magic power only affects the power of the spell.
Therefore, their mentality has not yet met the conditions for releasing the spell.
"You must firmly believe that you will not be harmed in any way, so that you can cast the Iron Armor Curse naturally."
Cassandra and Hermione were thoughtful, then stopped and began to adjust their mentality.
After a moment, Cassandra's expression suddenly became extremely determined, and then she completed the casting process of the Iron Armor Curse very smoothly.
Li Kai vaguely saw the transparent shield flashing away, and realized that Cassandra had succeeded. He tapped the wand lightly and uttered the spell: "Collapse!"
A subtle red light shot towards Cassandra along the tip of the wand.
boom!
With an explosion, the transparent shield around Cassandra suddenly lit up, then exploded and disappeared instantly, while she herself remained motionless and was not affected in any way.
Li Kai smiled and said: "Congratulations, Cassandra, you succeeded."
A smile appeared on Cassandra's lips, and she was obviously very happy.
Hermione was greatly stimulated when she saw this, so she worked harder.
After another half hour, Hermione finally succeeded.
Li Kai also congratulated a few words, and then said with a straight face: "Although you have successfully learned the Iron Armor Curse, it does not mean that you can use it in battle, so you must continue to practice and strive to be able to use it in a single thought. Let the shield cover your whole body."
"Kyle, can you do this?" Hermione was a little unsure, she didn't think she could do that.
Kassandra had seen Li Kai use the Iron Armor Curse in battle, so she had no doubts about what Li Kai said.
Li Kai thought for a while and said, "Well, you have already learned the Iron Armor Curse, then I will teach you a repel spell, and then we can start the actual combat drill."
Actual combat is the best training, but rigid practice of spells cannot quickly improve combat effectiveness.
Compared with the Iron Armor Curse, the Repel Curse is much simpler.
It only took Cassandra and Hermione a dozen minutes to master the repelling spell.
Li Kai smiled with satisfaction and said: "Very good, you can attack me now, let's get started."
The two girls looked at each other, and then shouted the spell in unison: "Repulse with all your strength!"
"Armor for protection!" Li Kai did not use a silent spell or a wandless spell, but released an iron armor spell in a decent manner.
The two repel spells bounced back instantly when they hit the transparent shield, knocking the two girls down slightly.
"It hurts!" Cassandra and Hermione stood up holding their buttocks while looking at Li Kai with resentful eyes.
Li Kai said expressionlessly: "This is fighting. Anything can happen in fighting. You can get injured at any time. It's just a fall. It's nothing. You can practice sparring next. Oh. , I only have one request, except for the repel spell and the iron armor spell, no other spells are allowed."
Chapter 42: Was The Magic Stone Really Destroyed?
For two consecutive days, Cassandra and Hermione spent hard time sparring.
Their progress is obvious. At least the speed of casting spells has more than doubled, and they can already start a decent wizard duel.
On Monday morning, Li Kai received another package from Mrs. Worley.
There was a letter in the package as usual, as well as some snacks and potion ingredients.
Li Kai quickly read Mrs. Worley's reply. In the letter, Mrs. Worley expressed that she liked the gift he prepared last time.
In addition, Mrs. Worley also visited Grandma Anne in person.
However, according to the letter, Grandma Anne's physical condition seemed to be declining. Fortunately, the Grangers took her to see a doctor.
Li Kai was very worried, but there was nothing he could do.
The old man is too old and his physical condition is almost at its limit. Even in the wizarding world, there is nothing he can do to make a difference.
Unless you can get the magic stone and use the magic stone to make the elixir of life.
But even if he could get the magic stone, Li Kai didn't know how to make the elixir of life.
The system's rewards are random. You can definitely get rewards by collecting magic stones, but God can't predict whether the rewards will be for alchemy or something else.
As for finding Nico Flamel, the old man may not be able to help. After all, he has lived for hundreds of years and has countless friends, but no one has heard of anyone being immortal except him and his wife.
Moreover, the elixir made with the Sorcerer's Stone might have other side effects, otherwise how could he be willing to let Dumbledore destroy the Sorcerer's Stone.
Thinking of this, Li Kai suddenly felt something was wrong. He couldn't help but think secretly: "In the original work, was the Sorcerer's Stone really destroyed? Also, is there really only one Sorcerer's Stone in the world?"
Everyone in the wizarding world knew that there was only one Philosopher's Stone in the world, but the news must have originally come from Nicolas Flamel, and the news of the destruction of the Philosopher's Stone was jointly announced by Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel.
Except for these two, no one witnessed the destruction of the Magic Stone.
So, is it possible that Nico Flamel created another Philosopher's Stone?
After all, he has mastered the method. As long as he has enough materials, he may not be unable to create another magic stone.
And the news that the Magic Stone was destroyed is not 100% credible.
The reason why Dumbledore and Nico Flamel spread this news was to dissuade some people with ulterior motives from coveting the Philosopher's Stone.
Will they publish false news to the outside world?
Or wouldn't it be better to destroy a fake magic stone in front of everyone? Anyway, it is difficult for outsiders to distinguish the authenticity of the magic stone.
Thinking of this, Li Kai became more and more certain that Dumbledore and Nico Flamel were lying.
Of course, he couldn't be absolutely certain.
Because almost everyone in the world doesn't want to die, but there are always some who are impatient to live.
If Nico Flamel and his wife were really impatient, it would not be incomprehensible that they would be determined to destroy the Philosopher's Stone.
"Let's find a way to get the magic stone first. Let's talk about the rest later."
…
After receiving the medicinal materials from Mrs. Worley, Li Kai began to try to refine the magic potion.
The target he chose was white essence. The sales volume of this potion was not very good, because wars did not often occur in the wizarding world, and all trauma medicines could not be sold.
However, white essence can be stored for a long time, and hospitals and pharmacies in the wizarding world regularly purchase it. However, not many people refine this kind of magic potion because the profit is too thin.
For Li Kai, making white essence is just a practice. After a while, he plans to refine a magic potion called a beauty potion.
When he ate a chocolate frog two days ago, he prescribed a chocolate frog drawing from a potion master and obtained an improved formula for a beauty potion.
Beauty potions are magic potions that already exist in the wizarding world. The inventor is the potion master in the chocolate frog picture.
The improved version of the beauty potion formula obtained by Li Kai requires lower material costs, higher refining efficiency, and the finished beauty effect is stronger than the original version.
However, with Li Kai's current potion level, there is no guarantee of 100% success in refining it.
Whether in the wizarding world or the Muggle world, women make the best money.
Li Kai believes that once the improved version of the beauty potion he refined is put on the market, it will surely sweep the entire beauty market in the wizarding world.
So what he has to do now is to improve his potion refining level as soon as possible.
In a blink of an eye, it's Thursday again.
This Thursday, the first-year students will have their first flying lesson.
Flying lessons are held once every two weeks, with two consecutive lessons each time.
Li Kai was a little hard to understand this kind of course arrangement at first, but after thinking about it for a while, he realized that this was probably related to the fact that there was not much content in the flying lessons.
Flying lessons are the only subject without textbooks...
The mainstream means of transportation in the wizarding world of the United States is broomsticks, so students have only one purpose of taking flying lessons, and that is to learn to use broomsticks.
How difficult is it to use a broomstick?
Harry was able to fly freely in the sky after taking flying lessons for the first time. This was certainly due to his talent, but on the other hand, it also showed that flying on a broomstick was not difficult.
To put it bluntly, this is equivalent to taking a driver's license test for Muggles. It is not difficult to learn to drive. What is difficult is the traffic rules that are getting more complicated every year.
The flight rules in the wizarding world are not as complicated as the traffic rules in the Muggle world.
Therefore, one flying lesson every two weeks is completely enough.
Chapter 43 Don't Worry, Look How Well They Fly?
breakfast time.
The little wizards were bragging while eating breakfast.
Draco said that before he came to Hogwarts, he had been flying around on a broomstick and almost hit a Muggle helicopter.
Simo also said that he had been flying since he was a child, and spent almost his entire childhood in the sky in the wilderness.
Ronald complained that Charlie's broken broom was unreliable, causing him to almost hit a hang glider.
It sounds like everyone had a very exciting flying experience.
Neville received a memory ball. Draco snatched the memory ball away, but when he turned around, he found Professor McGonagall standing behind him and could only return the memory ball to Neville with a grimace.
I have to say that the professors at Hogwarts are too tolerant.
If Li Kai were replaced, Draco would have to have a big showdown.
At 3:30 in the afternoon, the first flying lesson started.
Ms. Hooch was resolute and without any nonsense after she appeared, she directly ordered everyone to stand next to the broom and taught everyone how to command the broom to fly into their hands.
Li Kai did it easily, with Cassandra, Harry and Malfoy almost following behind. Hermione's broom rolled on the ground, but failed to fly into her hand.
There are many people who don't get any feedback when they call for a broom.
This means that they have not conveyed their will to the broom.
The original power of a wizard is will. If the will is strong enough, it can conquer everything.
Apparently, these little wizards are not focused enough to conquer even a broom.
It took more than ten minutes before everyone had their brooms in their hands.
"Everyone, pay attention!" Ms. Hooch began to show everyone how to use the broom and correct everyone's mistakes. "You must do the right posture, otherwise you will easily fall off the broom. I don't want you to be smashed into meat patties. Malfoy Sir, you should bend your body a little more, not so straight, and grab it a little lower with your hands, no, a little higher!"
"Okay, as soon as I whistle, you push your legs off the ground. Remember, push hard!" Ms. Hooch said a few more words, and then began to give the order: "Three - two -"
Before they arrived, everyone saw Neville flying unsteadily.
"Come back! Child!" Ms. Hooch didn't realize the seriousness of the matter. She shouted in vain, letting Neville fly higher and higher.
Li Kai shook his head secretly. The professor's ability to deal with emergencies was really poor. He knew at least three magic spells that could be used in the situation at hand, but Ms. Hooch obviously didn't intend to use any of them.
In the blink of an eye, Neville had flown more than twenty feet. He failed to hold on to the broom and fell from the sky quickly.
Seeing that Ms. Hooch had no intention of casting the spell, Li Kai quickly took out the wand and shouted: "Light as a feather!"
Neville, who was descending rapidly, seemed to suddenly turn into a feather. He fell to the ground far away, his whole body was safe and sound, except for a face that was as pale as snow with fear.
The little wizards all looked at Li Kai in shock, obviously not expecting that he could even solve such a dangerous situation.
"Wow! So awesome! This spell is not in the textbook. Where did he learn it?"
"As expected of someone who dares to cause trouble in Slytherin, he is so strong!"
"He's so handsome! I like him so much! Too bad he's a Slytherin!"
"What's wrong with Slytherin? As long as he's handsome and powerful enough, it doesn't seem impossible."
"Huh? What can I do?"
"Be friends! Otherwise, what do you think we can do?"
"..."
Ms. Hooch was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "Very good! Mr. Li won a point for Slytherin!"
Li Kai pointed at Neville and said, "Professor, something seems wrong with Neville. You'd better take him to the medical room to have a look."
Neville had been stunned since he fell, as if he had been frightened.
Li Kai felt a little regretful in his heart. Would it have been better to just let Neville fall to the ground?
After all, in the original work, he only broke an arm...
He is fine physically now, but seems to have some mental problem.
"I'm taking the child to the hospital. No one of you is allowed to move! Put the broomstick back where it belongs. Otherwise, you will be kicked out of Hogwarts before you can even say 'Quidditch'."
Ms. Hooch explained a few words and took Neville away.
Draco waited for the two of them to go away, and then began to laugh loudly at Neville. Everyone in Gryffindor was very dissatisfied with this, and he even picked up Neville's memory ball.
Li Kai watched the show quietly from the side, with no intention of interfering at all. He thought that saving Neville would change the original plot, but he didn't expect that things would still develop in the original direction.
This was also a good thing for him. The conflict between Harry and Draco intensified, and the following things continued to happen, so he could follow behind and fish in troubled waters.
"Bring it here, Malfoy."
Harry asked Draco for the memory ball, and Draco scoffed, then jumped on the broom and flew up.
"Come and get it, Potter!" Draco prodded Harry further.
Harry was so angry that he also flew up on his broom and rushed towards Draco like an arrow.
All the Gryffindors screamed and were extremely frightened.
Hermione couldn't help shouting: "Kyle! Think of a solution!"
Li Kai laughed: "Hermione, don't worry, look at how well they fly?"
Chapter 44: Doesn't Slytherin Respect The Strong?
Harry finally got the memory ball successfully, and Professor McGonagall also came. Although she looked very angry and scolded Harry, she did not punish Harry on the spot, but hurriedly took Harry away from the venue.
Later, everyone learned that Harry had been put into the Gryffindor Quidditch team by Professor McGonagall in advance because of his extraordinary flying talent, and became the Seeker of the Gryffindor team.
Draco's face was livid when he got the news, and he yelled in the common room: "Damn it! Harry Potter! He's lucky this time!"
Li Kai smiled and said: "What does it mean to steal the chicken but lose the rice? This is, you have time to fight with Harry, why don't you try to improve yourself? As long as you are strong enough, you can cover up his light at any time. , there's no point in sulking here."
"Why are you helping that idiot?" Crabbe said dissatisfied: "You are a Slytherin!"
Draco and Goyle looked at Crabbe in surprise, their eyes full of admiration.
"You, what are you looking at me for?" Crabbe said in a panic: "Did I say something wrong?"
"You're right," Li Kai had already pulled out his wand, "I'm very happy that you can give me some advice, but I don't like the tone of your words - burning!"
Countless tiny red bumps suddenly appeared on Crabbe's face and body. He yelled in horror and looked very miserable.
It was now around nine o'clock in the evening, when the common room was most crowded.
Everyone saw Crabbe's miserable appearance and became even more afraid of Li Kai, even the senior students.
Gemma said helplessly: "Kyle, if people from the other three colleges know that you are doing this, they will definitely regard you as a complete dark wizard."
"Really? But what can I do?" Li Kai smiled and said: "The strong make the rules, and the weak adapt to the rules. I am still very weak and can only abide by the rules. Isn't Slytherin's rule that the strong are respected? I do Isn't that right?"
Everyone was speechless for a while, feeling that there was something wrong with what he said, but they didn't know what was wrong.
"Weak? I have never seen a minor wizard as powerful as you!" Gemma felt ridiculous.
"But I'm not strong enough to change the rules, am I?" Li Kai said lightly.
Everyone was speechless, changing the rules of Slytherin? How strong does it have to be to do that?
"Slytherin pursues the glory of pure blood! You can never change the rules of Slytherin!" a girl suddenly said loudly.
Li Kai knew this girl, her name was Pansy Parkinson, and she was Draco's loyal little fangirl.
This girl is not bad looking, but in the original book, perhaps because of her stance, the Gryffindor students like to describe her as a girl like a poodle.
"Pure-blood glory?" Li Kai sneered, "When Voldemort was alive, you pure-blood families were vying to be his dogs, but you probably don't know that the Dark Lord you worship is just a mixed-blood wizard."
Upon hearing the name Voldemort, the young wizards in Slytherin suddenly turned pale.
"Don't say that name, it's a taboo." Cassandra reminded: "In addition, not all pure-blood families are involved in those things, but our Warley family is not."
"Sorry, Cassandra, this was my oversight." Li Kai knocked on the armrest of the chair casually, "Okay, since you don't like to hear that name, then I'll call him another name - Tom. Riddle."
Pansy shouted: "You are talking nonsense, the Dark Lord cannot be a mixed-race! The Dark Lord has his own name, and his name is not Tom Riddle."
Li Kai glanced at Pansy and said calmly: "You can try to scramble the letters of Tom Riddle and re-spell it to see if you can spell it into Voldemort. He studied at Hogwarts more than fifty years ago. When I was young, my name was Tom Riddle. If you don't believe it, you can ask some older professors—such as Dumbledore."
"Dumbledore and the Dark Lord are enemies!" Pansy said excitedly: "What he said is unbelievable!"
Li Kai sneered: "Then why do you think what Voldemort said is credible?"
Pansy was speechless immediately. No one present had ever seen Voldemort. Who could be sure that Voldemort wasn't telling lies?
Voldemort once announced to all Death Eaters that they had defeated death, but now he has disappeared for more than ten years.
Many people doubted that he was dead. In this case, what he had said would naturally make people more suspicious.
Draco said in horror: "You speak ill of him like this, aren't you afraid that he will come back and trouble you one day?"
"When he wants to make trouble for someone, he can do it even if there is no reason, right?" Li Kai sarcastically said: "The Malfoy family, the Flint family, the Gower family, the Crabbe family, the Carrow family, the Nott family The family, the Rozier family...what did you, the Death Eater families who took refuge with Voldemort, get in the last war? Why don't you tell them and show off?"
Chapter 45 Undercover Hermione
I have to say that the wizarding world is indeed very tolerant of dark wizards.
Even if they are Death Eaters who have committed heinous crimes, their descendants will not be liquidated.
In Slytherin College, many people are descendants of Death Eaters, and their parents are still in Azkaban, but they can still study at Hogwarts like ordinary little wizards.
These people were speechless. They were indeed a little sad when they recalled that their ancestors followed the Dark Lord and fought all over the country, but in the end they didn't even get anything back, and they were all sent to Azkaban.
"Have you figured it out?" Li Kai rubbed the wand in his hand and glanced at everyone, "Not only has he not brought you any benefits, he doesn't even bother to draw cakes - you can't expect someone who only knows killing. People can help you develop your family, right?"
"What does painting a cake mean?" Cassandra tilted her head and looked at Li Kai.
"Well," Li Kai pondered, "It's when the boss outlines a beautiful blueprint for his subordinates and uses illusory benefits to motivate them to work hard."
"Oh——" Everyone in Slytherin suddenly realized.
"Okay! That's all for today." Li Kai got up and walked to the dormitory, "For the sake of my classmates, I have told you so much. I hope you can use your brain more when making choices in the future. You always talk about honor and bloodline, those things are all false, only strength can get you everything - wizards have to use magic spells to speak after all."
…
Since that day, many people have noticed that there are suddenly more Slytherin students in the library.
This change made the young wizards of the other three colleges a little baffled.
Li Kai saw this and knew that many Slytherins took his words to heart.
He remembered the names of these people and prepared to pay more attention to them.
No matter what society you are in, connections are very important.
These people who are willing to accept persuasion are Li Kai's potential connections. When they achieve success in certain areas in the future, they may think of the conversation that day.
Even Li Kai can gradually transform them into his followers through various operations.
He can't do everything by himself. If he can have a group of followers, it will become more convenient whether it is making money or collecting various treasures.
It's another Saturday.
Li Kai still took Cassandra and Hermione to practice spells in the Room of Requirement. During a break, he asked intentionally or unintentionally: "Hermione, how are you doing in Gryffindor? I heard that Draco and Harry were together some time ago. Are you going to the duel tonight?"
The duel he was talking about happened more than a week ago, one night after the first flying lesson.
At that time, Draco didn't know that Harry had been selected for the Gryffindor team. He couldn't help but provoke Harry, and the two sides agreed to a duel in the trophy room.
When Hermione heard Li Kai ask about this matter, she couldn't help but said angrily: "That Malfoy in your college is so bad. He actually let the pig out and deliberately reported it to Filch. We were almost killed by Filch that day." Qi got caught. Oh, Harry and Ronald are also terrible. They couldn't see such an obvious trap. I can't believe we escaped."
She hesitated for a moment, and then said another thing: "There is another thing, I don't know whether I should tell you."
Li Kai smiled and said: "Aren't we best friends? Is there anything we can't say?"
"Yes, I also think I should tell you about this, so that you don't accidentally run there and be in danger." Hermione smiled with relief: "You still remember when school started, Dumbledore said that the fourth floor is on the right. Corridor?"
"What?" Cassandra seemed to have guessed something, "Have you been there?"
"Isn't it?" Hermione nodded heavily, "That day we were chased by Filch. In a panic, we ran to the fourth floor and entered a room. You must have no idea what was in there! A Three-headed dog! A huge three-headed dog! Just like the legendary three-headed dog from hell, it's really terrifying!"
"Three-headed hellhound?" Cassandra was a little shocked: "There is a three-headed hellhound in the school? Why would they put such a terrifying thing in the castle?"
Li Kai glanced at Cassandra with a smile. In that card game, she had fought against the three-headed hell dog countless times, but in this world she was just a slightly more mature little girl.
"Harry and the others guessed that the three-headed dog might be guarding something valuable." Hermione complained: "Those two stupid guys have been trying to explore the truth. I'm really afraid that one day they will take the exterminator given by Professor Quirrell." The devil knows how to deal with that big guy."
"Tsk, tsk," Cassandra said sarcastically, "I'm afraid Professor Quirrell can't do anything to that big guy. We all know how unreliable Professor Quirrell is."
"Yes, Professor Quirrell is no match for the three-headed dog. At least he alone can never harm the three-headed dog." Li Kai said thoughtfully, "But Quirrell's true strength may not be as unbearable as he appears."
Most magical animals have strong magic resistance. Take the dragon as an example. It takes many adult wizards to use the coma spell to knock the dragon unconscious.
Even the Killing Curse is the same. Even though Avada Kedavra is very efficient at killing wizards, when dealing with top magical creatures like dragons, the Kedavra Curse of an average adult wizard is just like scratching an itch.
The three-headed dog is a magical animal on the same level as the dragon. If it is in a wide space, Quirrell may be able to deal with it.
But in that small room, a conscious three-headed dog could tear Quirrell to pieces in a matter of seconds.