Chapter 46 Improved Beauty Potion
"You said Professor Quirrell is not as untrustworthy as he seems?" Cassandra rolled her eyes: "Come on, I have never seen such an unreliable professor."
Li Kai said leisurely: "People should not be judged by their appearance. You may not believe in Quirrell's strength, but you cannot but believe in Dumbledore's vision. If Quirrell has no merit, how could Dumbledore let him serve as the professor of the crucial Defense Against Dark Arts course?" ?"
"Then tell me, what is Quirrell's saving grace?" Cassandra curled her smooth blond hair with her fingers and said lazily: "The defensive skills I learned from him are not as good as those from you. One-tenth of what arrived."
Li Kai hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't hold it back. He said seriously: "I feel that Quirrell is in danger. You must never go to find him alone in the future. Especially you, Cassandra!"
Cassandra does not exist in the original book, she is a huge variable.
According to normal logic, Voldemort would not cause trouble until the main goal was achieved, but Li Kai was not sure whether Voldemort would suddenly have a sudden attack on Cassandra and cast a killing curse on Cassandra.
The only thing he could do was keep Cassandra as far away from Quirrell as possible.
"Okay, as you wish." Although Cassandra was a little disapproving, it was the first time she had seen Li Kai so serious, so she still kept his words in mind.
"Okay, it's almost time to rest. You can continue to practice the magic spells. I will be refining the magic potion on the side."
After a period of practice, Li Kai's potion level has improved a lot. Judging from the panel, his potion making skills have been upgraded to the intermediate level, and he can try to refine an improved version of the beauty potion.
He set up a crucible not far away and carefully and carefully added the medicinal ingredients step by step according to the recipe.
As time passed, an unpleasant smell gradually emerged from the crucible.
But the smell soon disappeared completely and was replaced by a light fragrance.
If you achieve this step, it will basically be considered a success.
Li Kai connected the distillation equipment above the crucible and began to collect the essence of the medicinal solution.
When the chemical liquid in the crucible completely stopped reacting, the glass bottle at the other end of the distillation equipment was also filled with dark red liquid.
"Kyle, what kind of potion is this?" Hermione asked curiously, "It looks a lot like black rose juice."
The two girls had stopped sparring. They blinked their beautiful big eyes and stared at the mysterious liquid with a psychedelic luster in the glass bottle.
"This is a beauty potion. You can't use it at this age, but you will probably like it when you grow up." Li Kai smiled.
Cassandra wrinkled her nose and asked in confusion: "Why do you want to refine such a thing?"
"Do you know about smooth hair spray?" Li Kai asked.
Kassandra nodded slightly: "Of course, many people in the wizarding world now use smoothing hair spray. This brand is very reliable, and I also use it."
"You may not know," Li Kai carefully put away the glass bottle containing the improved beauty potion, "Fremont Potter, the inventor of the smooth hair spray, tripled his family's wealth with this product. , and later sold the company for a huge profit when he retired."
"Fleamont Potter?" Hermione's eyes widened. She had obviously guessed something.
"Yes, you may have guessed it." Li Kai said while cleaning the crucible: "This Fremont Potter comes from the Potter family. He is the grandfather of the savior Harry Potter. Because Harry has a very motivated grandfather, So he became a super rich man in the wizarding world. If you are short of money in the future, maybe you can ask him to borrow it, this guy is very generous."
Cassandra and Hermione looked at each other, obviously neither of them expected that the Potter family had ever been so glorious.
"Then you are refining this kind of beauty potion to make money?" Kassandra frowned and said, "But there are already many brands of beauty potions in the wizarding world. What are your advantages?"
Li Kai said confidently: "I plan to send a batch of samples to your mother first and ask her to find someone to test the effect. As long as the effect is satisfactory enough, I think other problems will not be a problem."
"If the effect is satisfactory enough, then you may be able to cooperate with our family." Cassandra suggested: "Our family has many cosmetics factories and sales channels all over the world."
Li Kai nodded: "I had this idea originally."
It is impossible for him to do everything himself. The best way is to find a collaborator.
So, what collaborator could be more reliable than Mrs. Warley?
Li Kai couldn't think of anyone else, so he had no choice.
He is not afraid that the Woley family will trick him. After all, strength is respected in the wizarding world, and boxing power is the right.
As long as he has enough strength, Voldemort is a role model, and he can have whatever he wants.
Li Kai still plans to do things within the rules. If someone forces him to go astray, he doesn't mind becoming the next Dark Lord.
In general, making money is not his goal. Using money to collect more treasures and obtain more system rewards is his ultimate goal.
Chapter 47 Reaching Cooperation
At noon a few days later, Li Kai received a letter from Mrs. Worley again.
She brought a big bag of snacks as usual, as well as some brand new clothes and school supplies.
Both the Slytherin side and the Gryffindor side were completely numb.
"Mrs. Worley has sent Kael'thas a large bag of snacks again, four times this month! Almost once a week!"
"Yes! Neither I nor Sister Li nor Cassandra have received so many gifts. Look, Cassandra's eyes are full of jealousy. I suspect that Kael'thas is Mrs. Warley's biological son. ."
"What is the relationship between Kael'thas and the Cassandra family? Why is Mrs. Warley so good to Kael'thas?"
"Don't you know yet? Before school started, Cassandra strayed into Knockturn Alley and was surrounded by several dark wizards. It was Kael'thas who defeated those dark wizards to get Cassandra out of danger. That's how the two of them met."
"So that's the case, then there's no problem. If I'm saved by someone, my mother will definitely treat that person as her own son."
"..."
Li Kai put away the snacks and clothes, then opened the letter and read it carefully.
There was not much chatting in the letter. Mrs. Worley just praised the effect of the improved beauty potion, and the rest was about discussing how to cooperate.
As the head of the Woley family and a top noblewoman herself, Mrs. Woley can naturally see the economic value of the improved beauty potion.
In her letter, she begged Li Kai to hand over the improved version of the beauty potion to the Woley family for management.
And gave a patent shareholding ratio of up to 5:5.
In other words, if Li Kai licenses the improved version of the beauty potion formula to the Woley family, he can obtain 50% of the net profit.
This is already a very high share ratio. Most patents in the wizarding world only share 10 to 30 percent.
Although this is related to the low benefits brought by the patents themselves, it also shows the sincerity of Mrs. Warley.
Li Kai decided to reciprocate and agreed to Mrs. Worley's request for cooperation.
He took out the parchment and quill and began to write a reply. In the letter, he first talked about the interesting things that happened in the school recently, and then talked about Cassandra's recent situation, and then wrote the improved version of the beauty potion formula in the letter. the end of.
It is risky to hand over the formula directly, but Li Kai trusts Mrs. Worley and does not think that Mrs. Worley will cheat him.
To put it bluntly, even if Mrs. Worley really cheated Li Kai, he wouldn't be able to counterattack.
The worst he could do was make Cassandra pregnant, and then the entire Woley family would be his.
As usual, he cast a confidentiality spell on the letter, summoned the snow owl to take the letter away, and then began to eat in earnest.
Cassandra was not at all prepared for the machinations in Li Kai's mind. She ate the pudding in small bites, but her mind was thinking about when she would go fishing at the Black Lake with Li Kai again.
The weather has been getting colder recently, and Halloween is coming soon.
…
The next day after I sent the reply, I received a reply from Mrs. Worley.
There were two contracts sent with the letter, and Mrs. Worley had signed her name on them.
Li Kai took a rough look at the contract and found that there was no problem with the share ratio and that he didn't see any traps in other aspects, so he also signed his name on the contract.
The business of the beauty potion project is completed here.
But Li Kai will not be satisfied with this. He wants to make money as soon as possible, so he must develop more money-making projects.
"We have another Charms class today," Kassandra suddenly said: "The recent Charms classes have been boring. We have exceeded the progress of the class by too much."
Li Kai nodded. Compared to other young wizards, Hermione and Cassandra were secretly tutoring. They had already learned many advanced spells.
The process of learning spells in this world is step-by-step. Starting with simple spells, you can gradually improve the self-confidence of young wizards and exercise their willpower.
In this way, you can proceed step by step and gradually meet the learning conditions for advanced magic spells.
But this method is only suitable for those little wizards who are not outstandingly talented. For talented little wizards like Cassandra and Hermione, starting from advanced magic spells and then being backward compatible with ordinary spells will produce a kind of The effect of making things difficult first and then easy.
Just like Harry in the original book, he was forced by the dangers from the outside world, so he first learned some advanced spells, and later learned simple spells with ease.
Today's Charms class, Professor Flitwick teaches the Levitation Charm.
The little wizards waved their wands and practiced again and again.
boom!
With a loud noise, the feathers in front of Seamo instantly exploded into ashes.
The little wizards are already used to it. Everyone knows that Seamus is a genius with explosions, and no one wants to partner with him.
Harry had tried to switch partners with others more than once, but no one agreed.
"Kyle!" He looked at the pile of feather ashes in front of him, "Can you help me cast a repair spell?"
"no problem."
Li Kai waved his wand, and the ashes in front of Harry and Seamus turned into a feather again.
Professor Flitwick praised: "What a perfect repair spell! One point for Slytherin."
Chapter 48 Halloween Monster
"Kyle, do you want to go to the library this afternoon?"
After the Charms class ended, Hermione approached Li Kai and said expectantly: "Mrs. Pince said that the library has updated a new batch of books. Do you want to go and take a look together?"
"Okay," Li Kai nodded: "Of course I have to read if there are new books."
There are many big names in the wizarding world, not to mention Nicol Flamel who made the magic stone, but there are also those unknown wizarding scholars who may create one or two inexplicable magic spells every year, or invent one or two useless magic spells. medicine.
As the best school in the wizarding world, the collection of books in the Hogwarts library naturally needs to be updated frequently.
Li Kai also pays great attention to those new books. Almost every time one comes out, he asks Mrs. Worley to buy one and send it to him.
If not for anything else, just because you can get rewards for collecting these books.
Although the rewards you get may not be very generous, you can always get something useful if you collect more.
In addition, Li Kai also plans to learn all the magic spells he can learn as soon as possible.
In this way, when the system reward is triggered, the proficiency of those spells that have been learned may be directly improved by one or two levels.
What Li Kai covets the most are the banned books collected in the Hogwarts library.
If you can get those forbidden books and collect them, you can definitely get a lot of high-end rewards.
But it is not easy to obtain those banned books, at least not at Li Kai's current level.
With the emergence of Voldemort, Dumbledore must have improved the management of the forbidden book area a lot.
It is okay to read books in the forbidden area, but taking those forbidden books out will definitely trigger an unknown curse.
Otherwise, after the library has been established for so many years, some of the precious books in it would have been wiped out by naughty little wizards.
You know, many books have valuable economic value attached to them. There is no guarantee that some little wizard who is short of money will not take advantage of these books.
As long as you take out one copy, you may have enough snacks for a few months.
Time passes day by day.
Halloween is finally here.
Li Kai hadn't seen Hermione all day, and he suddenly realized that it must be just like in the original book, the two idiots Harry and Ronald said something hurtful to Hermione.
Although there is the unexpected factor of Li Kai, Hermione's character actually does not change much from the original work.
In front of other young wizards, Hermione always looked very proud, just like Cassandra.
Cassandra only has one friend in Slytherin, Li Kai, and Hermione has no friends at all in Gryffindor.
Li Kai asked someone to inquire and heard from Parvati that Hermione was crying very sadly in the women's bathroom.
This reassured Li Kai a lot. The plot trajectory has not changed, which means Hermione will not be in danger.
He then began to think about what he should do next. The giant monster wandering in the castle was also a magical animal worth collecting for him.
So, the next thing to do is to wait quietly for Quirrell to appear.
The auditorium was now filled with colorful Halloween decorations.
Countless bats were flying on the walls and ceiling, and an equal number of bats were circling back and forth above the dining table like dark clouds.
There are pumpkin lanterns floating in the air, and the candle flames in the pumpkin's belly are flickering, making the pumpkin lanterns look a bit scary.
The dining table is filled with sumptuous food, just like a school banquet.
In the middle of the banquet, Quirrell suddenly rushed into the auditorium. He stumbled to the teacher's chair, leaning on the chair while leaning on the chair, gasping and saying: "Troll! In the basement - I thought You should know."
After saying that, he fell down on the floor and fainted.
The little wizards were frightened and ran around like headless flies.
Dumbledore's face was calm, and he didn't seem surprised at all. He took out his wand and fired out clusters of purple fireworks.
The purple fireworks attracted the attention of the little wizards, and they finally fell silent.
Then, Dumbledore ordered the prefects to take the students from their respective houses back to their dormitories.
Li Kai quietly left the team and found the troll before Harry and Ronald.
Unexpectedly, Hermione was not trembling with fear from the troll like in the original novel. She was wearing an armored beast and actually fought with the troll.
"Hermione! Come over here!" Li Kai shouted, then took out the wand and the book of seals.
Hermione heard Li Kai's voice, shook her hands and cast a stun spell, knocking the troll staggering, and then ran towards Li Kai on her short legs.
The troll was furious and rushed over brandishing a big bone club.
"Collapse!"
It was also a coma spell, but Li Kai's coma spell was several times more powerful than Hermione's.
After just a moment, the troll began to stagger, almost as if he was drunk.
"Collapse!"
Li Kai added another stun spell, and the giant monster finally lost consciousness and fell to the ground pushing the golden mountain and falling jade pillar.
Time was running out, Harry and Ronald would be coming at any time, and Li Kai quickly started to use the sealing technique.
After a while, the giant monster's huge body finally disappeared without a trace.
At the same time, Harry and Ronald also arrived at the scene.
Chapter 49: Collect Trolls! Physical Fitness Has Been Greatly Improved!
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the perfect collection "Living·Troll defeated by the trio of saviors", and the reward is "Physique" × 10. ]
Li Kai was pleasantly surprised. How could he have thought that a mere giant monster could gain 10 points of physique?
"It should be related to the prefix of this giant monster. In the original work, the trio of saviors can be said to have divided labor and cooperated, and defeated it by chance. This guy should be regarded as the first enemy the trio defeated, so it has an extraordinary memorial significance."
Li Kai opened the properties panel and took a look.
Host: Kael'thas Lee
Profession: Wizard, Junior Alchemist, Intermediate Potion Master
Talents: Quick Mastery, Quick Memory, Space Will, Dark Will, Light Will, Wind Will,
Constitution: 16
Magic: 42
Magic spells: Grandmaster Traceless Stretching Curse, Grandmaster Sealing Curse, Grandmaster Wisdom Curse, Grandmaster Vanishing Curse, Advanced Sleeping Curse, Advanced Petrification Curse, Advanced Iron Armor Curse, Advanced Occlumency, Advanced Life-killing Curse, Advanced Phantom Movement Shape, advanced summoning stone pier...
Skills: Beginner Alchemy, Intermediate Potion Making, Grandmaster Wandless Spellcasting, Contract Summoning
Collection: Ravenclaw's golden crown, the church's sacred seal, Tom's disappearing cabinet...
"The physique is close to that of an adult wizard, and the magic power is twice that of an ordinary adult wizard! It's still fun to cheat!" Li Kai thought happily: "I will go for a tour of the Forbidden Forest in a few days. If I can catch a living alone A horned beast would be fine."
"Hermione, are you okay?" Harry said breathlessly, "Where is the troll? We have arrived as quickly as possible."
Ronald glanced at the scene and said in shock: "Is there a war happening here? Are these destroyed by trolls? It's terrible!"
The troll couldn't hit Hermione, who had been strictly trained by Li Kai, so he vented his anger on the surrounding public facilities. The entire women's bathroom was completely destroyed.
Li Kai waved his magic wand and used the repair spell to repair all the damaged things.
Hermione said to Harry and Ronald: "You are late, the troll has been dealt with by Kyle, but thank you for coming to save me."
Although Harry and Ronald didn't have time to do anything, Hermione was a good and sensible child, and she knew it was good that they had this heart.
"Kyle, how did you do it? I mean against the troll!" Harry said in disbelief: "Even an adult wizard would not be able to win easily against the troll. Look how scared Quirrell was. ? I can't believe you killed a giant monster so easily!"
At this time, the professors also arrived at the scene.
Professor McGonagall took the brunt and ran into the toilet first, followed closely by Snape and Quirrell at the end.
Li Kai glanced at Snape subconsciously and found a long wound on his leg.
Harry also saw it. He stared blankly at the wound, not knowing what to think of.
Snape noticed Harry's gaze and quickly moved his robe to cover the wound.
"What the hell are you playing?" Professor McGonagall asked coldly: "Where's the troll? We heard the noise? You must have seen the troll, right?"
"The troll was—" Hermione was about to take credit for Li Kai, but was interrupted by Li Kai. He smiled gracefully, "Professor, I'm sorry, I used a disappearing spell, and then the troll disappeared. I want to ask a question, is it possible for things lost by the disappearing spell to come back?"
Hermione glanced at Li Kai in confusion, not understanding why she would tell such a lie, but her long-term friendship and trust made her give up the idea of exposing Li Kai.
"Disappearing curse? Oh my god!" Several professors were shocked, and even Snape couldn't keep calm.
"You can actually use the disappearing spell to make such a big giant disappear! How is this possible?" Professor McGonagall said in shock: "Even adult wizards may not be able to do it!"
The Vanishing Curse is classified as Transfiguration. It is an extremely advanced spell and one of the most difficult spells that appears in the ordinary wizard level examination.
This spell becomes more and more difficult to master as the animals that need to disappear become more complex.
For example, the snail is an invertebrate, so the challenge is not very high, while the mouse is a mammal, and the requirements are much higher.
Although trolls are stupid, they are one of the most dangerous magical animals.
Its body tissue structure is countless times more complex than that of a mouse.
Using a disappearing spell to make a giant monster disappear is indeed a difficult problem that ordinary wizards cannot accomplish.
"Sorry, Professor." Li Kai asked with a smile: "You haven't told me yet, will the troll come back? This is my first time trying to make that big guy disappear."
Professor McGonagall looked at Li Kai strangely, shook his head and said: "Things lost by the disappearing spell will turn into nothingness. In other words, they will turn into everything. You don't have to worry about the giant monster coming back again."
Li Kai pretended to be relieved: "That's good. I'm really afraid that it will come back suddenly. Someone will be unlucky then."
Snape took a deep look at Li Kai and said calmly: "In view of Kael'thas Lee's wonderful performance, I think Slytherin should be given ten points."
Professor McGonagall glared at Snape. She originally wanted to add five points, but now she couldn't speak. Who told her to speak slowly?
Chapter 50 Filch's Dangerous Confiscated Goods
Soon, word spread that Li Kai single-handedly defeated a giant monster.
Even after the Halloween holiday, many people are still talking about it.
"Have you heard? Kael'thas Lee of Slytherin killed that troll!"
"What? Is there any mistake? He can actually defeat the troll?"
"It's true. Someone asked the professor, and Snape gave Slytherin ten points for it."
"How did he do it? Did he use the killing curse?"
"Impossible. The Killing Curse is an Unforgivable Curse. I bet that if he used the Killing Curse, Snape would not give him extra points, but would throw him directly to Azkaban!"
"No need to guess, he used the disappearing curse, which is more difficult than the killing curse."
"Hiss! I actually used the disappearing spell to disappear a giant monster! What an amazing achievement!"
"..."
No matter where Li Kai goes, he can hear people talking about him. When everyone looks at him, they look like they are looking at a monster.
He has completely become a famous figure, and people greet him wherever he goes.
"Hi! Kyle, can I have dinner with you tonight?" A Ravenclaw eldest sister said while facing the rice peach blossoms, blinking at Li Kai with big, enchanting eyes.
Li Kai knows this beauty, her name is Penelo Crevat, and she is excellent in all aspects.
"Of course," Li Kai said with a smile, "We are just having a meal together. You are welcome to come over at any time."
"See you tonight, bye." Penello waved and walked towards the Ravenclaw Potions classroom.
Not long after Li Kai separated from Penello, he met Hermione again.
"Kyle, you didn't use the disappearing spell before. What kind of spell was it?" Hermione asked in a low voice: "The troll is not dead, is it?"
Li Kai nodded and said in a low voice: "Yes, don't tell others. This is a secret between us. I can release the troll at any time. I use a sealing spell, a very ancient spell." , if you want to learn, I can teach you. But you must learn other spells first, because in order to seal a target, you must first make it lose its power to resist."
Hermione nodded heavily, smiled and said, "I understand, thank you for trusting me so much."
…
Since the Halloween dinner, the trio of Saviors have gotten on noticeably better terms.
Li Kai was also happy to see this happen. He did all the key things. Even though the relationship between the three of them was much better, Hermione was still closer to him.
Now, Hermione is equivalent to Li Kai's undercover agent buried in the savior trio.
As long as Li Kai is willing, Hermione will fall to him at any time.
After entering November, the weather is getting colder day by day.
The Black Lake is also frozen, and Li Kai occasionally takes Hermione, Cassandra, Harry and Ronald to the lake for winter fishing.
This semester's Quidditch match is about to begin, and Li Kai is also somewhat interested in the sport of Quidditch.
Although it is a bit outrageous to say that one Seeker catching the Golden Snitch can cover up everyone's efforts, the sport itself is also a kind of exercise for the wizard's fighting ability.
Neither the Bludgers nor the Golden Snitch are easy to deal with.
At eleven o'clock on Saturday, all the students went to the Quidditch pitch.
The game started soon. Li Kai watched it for a while and found it a bit boring, especially since the level of his own academy was still very poor. He only relied on fouls to barely compete with his opponents.
This made Li Kai even more uninterested. He glanced over and saw Filch watching the game with great interest, and he couldn't help but feel moved.
It seemed that Filch had collected many contraband items made by students, and there should be some gadgets worth collecting among them.
Maybe you can take a look now?
With this thought in mind, Li Kai immediately left Slytherin's seat, returned to the castle alone, and came to Filch's office.
He looked around and quickly found a filing cabinet drawer marked "Confiscated Items, Highly Dangerous."
Filch is a squib, so there won't be any magic traps set in the drawer.
Li Kai opened it easily, only to find all kinds of messy gadgets inside, including imitation bludgers, pumpkin pie bombs, slug rats, airplane roar letters...
After searching for a long time, Li Kai couldn't find the Marauder's Map he wanted most.
"It seems that the Marauder's Map has fallen into the hands of George and Fred. How can we get the Marauder's Map from them?"
After thinking about it, Li Kai finally decided to buy it directly with gold galleons.
The Weasley family was very poor, and George and Fred needed funds for their pranks, so they must have been happy to trade the Marauder's Map for some gold galleons.
Li Kai held the fake Bludger in his hand and waited for a moment, but failed to hear the system prompt.
Obviously, the system does not recognize this collection and does not intend to pay any reward for it.
Li Kai sighed softly and tried the other items in the drawer one by one, but found that there was nothing he could collect.
He was a little disappointed, but he didn't care too much.
After such a long period of exploration, he has roughly figured out the system's collection evaluation criteria.
Anyone who is qualified to be evaluated by the system must either have sufficient historical background, have precious commemorative significance, or have powerful magical attributes.
Almost none of the contraband items collected by Filch had anything to do with it, and indeed had little collection value.
Chapter 51 The Secret Meeting In Hagrid's Cabin
Not long after Li Kai returned to the Quidditch pitch, the game came to an end.
The first game of this season was no different from the original work. The Gryffindor team relied on Harry to capture the Golden Snitch and successfully defeated the Slytherin team.
On Gryffindor's side, Lee Jordan announced in joy that Gryffindor had won by a huge score of 170 to 60.
On the Slytherin side, Marcus said angrily: "He didn't catch the Golden Snitch, he almost swallowed it!"
Li Kai curled his lips and said casually: "You broke more rules. It's a pity that you didn't win even though you did this."
Marcus became even more angry when he heard this. He said angrily: "Why don't you participate in Quidditch? If you join the team, we will definitely win!"
"Aha! It's rare that you think so highly of a muck wizard like me." Li Kai shook his head with lack of interest, "But even if I win the ball game, what benefits will I get?"
"Honor and status! If you win the Quidditch match, you will gain the admiration of many people. Don't you want to?" Marcus looked at Li Kai incomprehensibly, "You actually disdain honor. I really don't know why you would. Sorted into Slytherin!"
"I didn't say I didn't like honors," Li Kai shrugged, "but the honors brought by Quidditch are not enough."
Honors can bring people an increase in status, but obtaining honors through Quidditch is too tiring. You have to participate in games all the way until you win the World Cup and become a famous star in the wizarding world to be considered successful.
The Quidditch World Cup trophy is also worth collecting, but it can be bought, so there is no need to compete for it in person.
"What about money?" Draco suddenly said: "What if I pay you to join the Quidditch team?"
Li Kai is a little moved. He is still short of money in general. If someone is willing to pay, then it seems good to go up and have fun.
"How many galleons can you offer?"
Draco said: "It's already late this season. I'll go back and discuss it with my dad. As long as I join the team next year, he will definitely sponsor us. Then we will discuss the price."
In the past few years since Marcus joined the team, he has been unable to overpower the Gryffindors.
Draco also wanted to join the Slytherin team, but he didn't want to be suppressed by Wood for several years like Marcus.
He is very self-aware and knows that his flying talent is not as good as Harry's just from his performance in flying lessons.
Therefore, if you want to win, you must do whatever it takes to strengthen the team.
Li Kai has always performed with ease during flying lessons, and almost everyone can see that his flying talent is not weaker than Harry's.
The game just made Draco realize how important a good seeker is to the team, and Li Kai is obviously the best candidate for the seeker.
Draco looked at Li Kai expectantly, waiting patiently for his answer.
Li Kai thought about it for a moment and said thoughtfully: "Okay, but we have agreed in advance that if it is less than five hundred gold galleons, we will not discuss this matter."
Draco immediately smiled when he heard this. If he paid five hundred gold galleons, the team could win the championship. It would definitely be a good deal for him.
After all, the price of a Nimbus is only 2,000, but the championship honor cannot be measured by money.
After dissolution.
Hermione called to Li Kai from a distance, with Hagrid, Harry and Ronald beside her.
Cassandra frowned slightly, obviously not happy. She followed Li Kai closely, and the two came to Hermione and others together.
"What's wrong? Hermione?" Li Kai asked.
Hermione whispered: "Let's go to Hagrid's hut. I think there are some things you need to know, and I hope you can help me come up with an idea."
So, a group of people came to Hagrid's hut.
Ronald said as soon as he entered the door: "It was Snape who did it. Hermione and I both saw it. He was chanting a spell under Harry's broomstick, muttering in his mouth, and keeping his eyes fixed on Harry."
"Nonsense!" Hagrid categorically denied, "Why would Snape do such a thing?"
Harry, Ronald and Hermione exchanged glances and seemed to have reached some kind of consensus.
Then I heard Harry say: "We found out something about him. On Halloween he tried to pass the place where the three-headed dog was guarding, and it bit him. We think he wanted to steal something."
Li Kai knew the truth, but he didn't say a word.
Predicting the future is his biggest trump card besides the system. If he can do it without changing the plot, he should try not to change the plot, which will help him gain more benefits.
Just like in the original novel, Harry, Ronald and Hermione gradually obtained more information in their constant disputes with Hagrid.
Then, Hagrid made a mistake and revealed the name Nico Flamel.
The trio of saviors couldn't remember who Nico Flamel was.
At this time, Cassandra suddenly said: "Nicola Flamel? The only maker of the Philosopher's Stone? The greatest alchemist since the fifteenth century? So, that three-headed dog is guarding the Philosopher's Stone? "
Li Kai was stunned for a moment, feeling a little depressed. He only focused on hiding his own weakness and forgot that Cassandra was also following him.
Cassandra's knowledge is no less than Hermione's, and she has grown up in the wizarding world since she was a child, so she is familiar with the famous figures in the wizarding world.
Hermione also needed prompting from others to remember who Nico Flamel was, while Cassandra could name all the great deeds he had done just by hearing the name.
Chapter 52: Caught By Snape
"say no more!"
Hagrid said angrily: "This matter has nothing to do with you, please stop exploring this matter."
He was very angry. He was angry that the children were too smart, and at the same time he was angry that he was too stupid. Why did he expose the biggest secret just by talking?
Seeing how angry Hagrid was, everyone immediately and wisely decided to leave the hut.
They changed places and came to the Black Lake to light a bonfire.
Harry asked: "What exactly is the Philosopher's Stone?"
"Ha! Oh my god!" Kassandra sneered: "As the savior, do you never read extracurricular readings? Or do you plan to rely on luck to defeat the enemy? With all due respect, reading more books will help your already-famous heart The atrophied brain grows again."
Harry's face turned red, and if Draco had said that, he might have pounced on him and started a fight.
But Cassandra is a girl, and she has always been so venomous, so they are actually used to it.
"Merlin's pants!" Ronald held his head and said, "Hermione, she is more extreme than you. At least you won't say such harsh words!"
Hermione rolled her eyes at Ronald and said angrily: "If you don't make progress, I don't mind becoming more venomous than her."
"Okay, I was wrong." Harry said with a slumped face: "Can you first tell me what the Philosopher's Stone is? What is its use? Why do you all seem to know it? It seems like I am the only one who doesn't know."
Ronald looked at Li Kai and found that there was no curiosity in Li Kai's eyes, so he looked at Harry sympathetically, "You are wrong. You are not the only one who doesn't know. In fact, I don't know either."
"I've also heard of the Philosopher's Stone," Hermione said with a straight face, "But I haven't learned much about its use."
She felt like she was being defeated again by Cassandra, who clearly knew a lot about the Philosopher's Stone.
"Haha, let me tell you." Cassandra glanced at Hermione, with a touch of pride hidden in her eyes, "Ancient alchemy involves the refining of the magic stone, which is a magical substance with amazing functions. .The Philosopher's Stone can turn any metal into pure gold, and can also create an elixir of immortality that will make those who drink the medicine immortal. Over the centuries, there have been many reports about the Philosopher's Stone, but currently the only remaining one is The Philosopher's Stone belongs to the famous alchemist and opera lover Nicolás Flamel. Almost all books related to alchemy will have this passage. Nicolés Flamel celebrated his 665th birthday last year , now lives in seclusion in Devon with his six hundred and fifty-eight-year-old wife, Perenal."
"Immortality!" Harry and Ronald looked at each other and gasped, "So the three-headed dog is indeed guarding the Philosopher's Stone! Snape must want to get the Philosopher's Stone!"
At this time, Li Kai suddenly said: "Don't jump to conclusions so early. We only know now that the three-headed dog is guarding the Sorcerer's Stone, but we haven't figured out who exactly Professor Dumbledore is guarding against. Professor Snape wants to steal it." The Philosopher's Stone is just a guess, and there is no evidence to prove it yet."
"Is there any need to guess?" Ronald said inexplicably: "It must be him, otherwise who would do such a thing?"
Li Kai said casually: "If you must know the truth, then continue the investigation, but I want to warn you, don't go to that room again before you know how to deal with the three-headed dog. What were you able to do last time? Surviving the three-headed dog is simply a blessing from the goddess of luck. I don't think you can come back alive if you go there again."
Having said that, Li Kai knew very well that the three-headed hell dog was actually safe.
Although the three-headed hell dog is cruel and vicious, it is not a completely irrational monster.
If it were a wild three-headed hellhound, then whoever encountered it would surely be blessed.
But this is Hogwarts, and the three-headed hellhound named Lu Wei has obviously been tamed by Hagrid, and it will definitely obey some of Hagrid's orders to some extent.
For example, you are not allowed to kill the little wizard.
Hagrid can probably only do this, so the little wizards may not necessarily be in danger for their lives after encountering the three-headed dog, but if they don't know how to advance or retreat, they may lose arms and legs.
After the conspiracy was over, several people returned to their dormitories.
On the way back, Cassandra asked in a low voice: "Kyle, do you think Professor Snape really wants to get the Philosopher's Stone?"
"I guess not." Li Kai smiled lightly: "He must have something more worthy of pursuit than immortality in his heart."
"Oh, can you tell me, what is more worthy of pursuit than immortality? Li!" It was not Cassandra who said this, but a familiar voice - Professor Snape.
"Professor, did you hear everything we just said?" Li Kai was a little surprised, obviously not expecting to meet Professor Snape again.
The situation this time was exactly the same as last time. It was the same corner of the corridor, and Snape appeared just as silently.
Cassandra was a little timid. She leaned closer to Li Kai and unconsciously grabbed his arm with one hand.
She was thinking that if Snape was really plotting the Philosopher's Stone and heard the conversation just now, then they might be silenced.
Chapter 53: Trading Marauder's Map
"Professor, it's like this. We think that since there are some things that cannot be hidden, why not let everyone be honest?"
Li Kai said with a smile: "Otherwise, it will easily cause a lot of unnecessary misunderstandings. We already know about the magic stone, but we can pretend not to know. But some people are not as obedient as us. The more you stop them, the more they will The more I want to explore the truth. I guess the professors don't understand this truth, or are they saying that everything has been arranged in advance? They just wait for the person who accepts the arrangement to follow their destiny? "
Professor Snape frowned and stared at Li Kai. He felt that there was something in the child in front of him.
This is indeed the case. Li Kai knows everything, but he does not intend to interfere too much. Now that he has been caught, it is obviously unrealistic to pretend that he knows nothing.
So if you leak it a little bit, but not completely, maybe the effect will be better.
In order to avoid being targeted, Li Kai needs to divert the professors' attention.
"Who are some of the people you are talking about?" Snape asked, "Besides you, who else among the students knows about the Philosopher's Stone?"
"Harry Potter." Li Kai said without hesitation: "They have been investigating this matter, and we just heard about it from them."
Snape was silent for a moment and said coldly: "Stop investigating the matter of the Sorcerer's Stone. You can go back."
"Good night, Professor."
Li Kai bowed gracefully and walked towards the dormitory with Cassandra.
After watching the two students leave, Snape turned and walked towards the eighth floor of the castle. He soon arrived at the principal's office.
"Severus, what's the matter? It's rude to disturb an old man's sleep." Dumbledore smiled and said, "Would you like some snacks? How about toffees?"
"Why sleep for a long time while alive? You will sleep forever after death." Snape said calmly: "I didn't come to you for snacks. Your plan was almost successful, but something unexpected happened."
"Oh?" Dumbledore was a little surprised: "Accident?"
"As you expected, Harry has already entered the game, but someone has noticed something. I even suspect that he has completely seen through your plan." Snape's expression was very serious, and the look he looked at Dumbledore was also very dissatisfied.
"Plan? What plan?" Dumbledore said with a smile: "We just do what we should do, there is no plan."
"With all due respect, there is no need for you to pretend to be confused in front of me. Regardless of whether there is a plan or not, he must know something." Snape was even more dissatisfied, "He may be an accidental factor."
"Who are you talking about? Severus, you should at least tell me his name." Dumbledore's smile faded a little, and his expression became slightly more serious.
"Kael'thas Lee." Snape said coldly: "'Or are you saying that everything has been arranged in advance? Just waiting for the person who accepts the arrangement to follow their destiny?' He asked me this at the time. I felt that there was something in his words. He must have read it. Something happened."
"He really said that?" Dumbledore nodded: "What an interesting boy. It seems I want to talk to him."
"I hope you won't screw it up," Snape turned and walked out, "I will never allow anything to happen to Harry."
…
The next day, Li Kai found the Weasley twin brothers.
"Hi, Ronald's Slytherin friend, why are you stopping us?"
Li Kai couldn't tell whether it was George or Fred who was speaking. He smiled and said, "I have a business to discuss with you. Can you find a secluded place?"
The twins looked at each other and nodded: "Okay, come with us."
The three of them came to an empty classroom, and George asked: "Tell me, what is it? We'd better hurry up, otherwise others will think we are betraying Gryffindor if they see it."
"I want to buy the Marauder's Map from you," Li Kai took out a gold galleons and "bid one gold galleons."
Fred frowned: "How do you know we have the Marauder's Map in our hands? No third person should know about this!"
He looked at George, who quickly said: "You don't think I leaked the secret, do you?"
"You don't have to be suspicious of each other," Li Kai played with the gold galleons in his hand, "I have other sources of information, you just need to decide whether to sell or not."
"Not for sale!" the twins said in unison.
"Then I have to watch you lifting the leopard every day." Li Kai looked very embarrassed, "You'd better be careful when you play pranks in the future."
The twins looked at each other, their faces fell, and George said, "You can't do this, uh, maybe we can talk about the price again."
"Ten gold galleons!" Fred said firmly: "We won't sell less than ten gold galleons."
"Two gold galleons," Li Kai suggested: "If I successfully imitate the Marauder's Map, I will give you a new one. If I fail, I will give you eight gold galleons."
People such as James Potter and Sirius were able to make the Marauder's Map during their school years, which means that making the Marauder's Map does not require powerful magic.
Li Kai believes that as long as you master the know-how, it should not be difficult to imitate the Marauder's Map.
Chapter 54: Expert Magic Item Manufacturing
George and Fred only hesitated for a moment before agreeing to Li Kai's trade proposal.
For them, there is no difference between the original Marauder's Map and the new Marauder's Map, as long as the functionality is fine.
For Li Kai, the collection value of the old version of Marauder's Map is more important.
Therefore, if Li Kai trades according to Li Kai's method, regardless of whether he can successfully imitate it, the Weasley brothers will get at least two gold galleons.
If Li Kai succeeds in imitating it, they will lose nothing and gain two gold galleons in vain.
If Li Kai fails to imitate it, they will get ten gold galleons, and they will not suffer any loss.
With such a good deal, they had no reason to turn it down.
"Keep your word, don't break your promise." George handed over the Marauder's Map.
"Of course, I am very trustworthy." Li Kai smiled and handed over two gold galleons.
"Bye, Kyle."
…
The moment the transaction was completed, a system notification sounded in his mind.
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the legendary collection "Marauder's Map", which rewards "Expert Magic Item Manufacturing" and "Magic Eyes". ]
Expert Magic Item Manufacturing: Can create most magic items, including the Marauder's Map, magic motorcycles, magic cars, magic airships, door keys and other items.
Magic Eye: Can see through most magic combinations, understand the production principles of magic items and magic traps, and can be upgraded to the Eye of the God of Magic through practice.
"It actually directly rewards the skill of making magic items. I thought I would have to spend some time studying the Marauder's Map. With this skill, I can directly make a Marauder's Map. Yes, it can save a lot of time. There is also the Magic Eye skill. It's also very good, it can even be upgraded to the Eye of the God of Magic - I don't know how powerful the Eye of the God of Magic will be."
Li Kai secretly thought, the quality of the Marauder's Map was unexpectedly high.
Obviously, the reason why the Marauder's Map has achieved legendary status is related to its several owners.
Whether it was James Potter, Sirius or the Weasley brothers, they were all famous figures in the school, not to mention the trio of saviors.
So, what other collections are similar to the Marauder's Map that are not difficult to make but have special commemorative significance?
"Does the trophy in the trophy room count? Are there any magic restrictions there? I think I'll have to take a look at it tonight."
Li Kai put away his thoughts and walked towards the observatory.
Today is Wednesday and there is an astronomy class in the evening.
According to the astronomy class professor, astronomy class is the basis of divination class. If the astronomy class this school year is not good, the divination class next school year may be very difficult.
During the astronomy class, Cassandra whispered beside Li Kai: "I heard that the Muggle world has landed on the moon. Is this true?"
Li Kai nodded: "That's true. Americans have already landed on the moon decades ago, and they also brought back some soil from the moon."
"It's unbelievable!" Cassandra said in shock: "Muggles have actually done what wizards can't do!"
"Actually, people outside can do more," Li Kai used an astronomical telescope to observe a certain broom star. "A few decades ago, the United States dropped a mushroom egg to the Japanese country, killing more than a dozen people in an instant. Thousands of people, and hundreds of thousands more will die one after another due to radiation, so if you go to the outside world, be sure not to underestimate anyone, maybe the weapons in their hands can kill you."
"Mushroom egg? Just one mushroom egg killed hundreds of thousands of people in an instant?" Cassandra was shocked. "Are Muggles really that powerful? I can't believe it!"
"Yes, it is indeed unbelievable, but it is a fact." Li Kai shrugged, "In fact, there are many backward countries outside who think this is a lie from the United States."
Draco had been eavesdropping on the conversation between the two, and he sneered: "How can Muggles have such terrifying abilities? A mushroom egg can kill hundreds of thousands of people? Do you know what you are talking about?"
"Do you think I'm lying?" Li Kai glanced at Draco and said calmly: "What reason do I have to lie? What do you have that is worth deceiving me?"
Draco was speechless and thought for a long time before saying: "You are creating panic. You want wizards to fear Muggles!"
"You idiot!" Li Kai said angrily: "I am also a wizard now! Look at me, is there fear in my eyes? Idiot!"
Draco had never seen Li Kai so angry. He turned pale with fright and dared not say anything.
The astronomy class ended and everyone returned to the dormitory.
After sleeping until midnight, Li Kai got dressed and sneaked out of the Slytherin dormitory, heading towards the prize display room.
He opened the Marauder's Map and took a look and found that the Weasley brothers were also traveling at night. They must have gone to play tricks on Filch again.
The two brothers were very vengeful, and since they were often caught and punished by Filch, they would sometimes make messy things to get back at Filch.
It is estimated that half of the contraband in Filch's drawer came from the hands of the Weasley brothers.
Chapter 55: Seal Peeves
Li Kai cast a disillusionment spell on himself. His figure was hazy, looking like he was about to disappear but not completely.
This is because he is not proficient enough in the Illusion Body Curse and has not cultivated it to the highest level.
The Illusion Body Curse was not a system reward, nor was it taught by anyone. It was purely something he learned by himself from reading textbooks.
No matter how talented he is, it is impossible for one person to practice all the magic spells to the master level in just a few months.
Generally, when an adult wizard casts the Illusion Spell, he will look like a water man. It is impossible to completely hide his body. Only a few outstanding wizards can become completely invisible.
When he was about to arrive at the prize showroom, a red figure suddenly came through the wall and stood in front of Li Kai.
This is Peeves, who always wanders around the castle, playing tricks on little wizards.
"Tsk! Someone is here, but Peeves can't see it. Who is it? Who is here?"
At this time, Li Kai was like a mist floating in the air. If he were a living person, just touching him would make him appear from the invisible state.
But Peeves is a ghost-like being. He is not really a ghost, but he also has the ethereal nature of a ghost, so he cannot touch Li Kai.
However, Li Kai is still a little irritable. If this old guy refuses to leave, he will definitely provoke the professor on night watch.
He just saw on the Marauder's Map that Professor McGonagall was patrolling everywhere. If she was caught, there would definitely be no good results.
"Who is here? Come out quickly! Otherwise I will call the professor. Hoho, someone is using the Disguise Curse and wandering around the castle. Come quickly!"
Li Kai became even more anxious. Although the professor had not been attracted yet, if Peeves was allowed to cause trouble, he would be discovered sooner or later.
"What should we do? Either go back home? Or kill this old guy? But he is no longer alive, how can we kill him?"
Most spells have no effect on ghosts, and even the basilisk cannot kill ghosts, only petrifying them.
Peeves is more special than ordinary ghosts, and Li Kai can't think of any means to kill him.
Suddenly, Li Kai thought of a magic spell, "Maybe the sealing spell can deal with this guy!"
He took out his wand and the book of seals, and quietly began to cast spells.
The casting time of the sealing spell is relatively long, which is different from most existing spells.
If Peeves senses danger and escapes, Li Kai will have no way to restrict it, and he is not even sure whether the sealing spell can take effect on Peeves.
Fortunately, Peeves didn't notice the crisis, he was still shouting.
Suddenly, several rays of purple light wrapped around Peeves like tentacles.
"Oh! Damn it! What is this?" Peeves was shocked. "Let me go! Let me go!"
How could Li Kai let go of this guy? With a ferocious smile on his face, he controlled the magic tentacles and forcefully pulled Peeves into the Sealed Book.
"No--" Peeves let out a short scream, and then was sealed to a piece of parchment.
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the epic collection "Immortal Spirit Peeves" and the reward "Grand Master Aetherization Spell". ]
Incorporation Curse: After use, it becomes incorporeal and will not suffer any physical damage. It is immune to most physical damage spells and is not immune to soul damage and sealing spells.
"Peeves can actually collect it! And it's an epic collection! Tsk! It's really good!"
Li Kai was pleasantly surprised. He had never expected that ghosts could collect them, and the rewards were pretty good.
Void spell!
This is a curse that has never appeared in the original work!
Footsteps were heard in the corridor. Li Kai didn't bother to open the Marauder's Map to see who was coming. He quickly cast a deformation spell and rushed towards the corridor wall.
At this moment, he seemed to have passed through a layer of sea water, and then felt like he was back in the air again.
"Huh? What's going on? How did you get to the Charms classroom?"
Li Kai was a little puzzled. He was walking down, but ended up passing through a wall and reaching the upper level of the castle.
He turned his head to look at the wall, focused on using the magic eye, and found that there was a magic spell on the wall of the castle, and there were more than one, which frightened him into a cold sweat.
It was obvious that some kind of magic effect was triggered when he just passed through the wall, or the virtualization spell and some kind of magic spell had a chain reaction, so he was instantly teleported to the upper level of the castle.
"Fortunately, we teleported to the upper level of the castle. If we teleported to a Jedi, it would be over. It seems that you can't just walk through the wall in the castle!"
Li Kai walked out of the Charms classroom, cast a disillusionment spell on himself again, and then walked honestly to the prize display room.
This time, he easily avoided Filch and Professor McGonagall who was on night watch, and successfully reached the prize display room.
"Open the Alaho hole!"
Opening the display cabinet easily, Li Kai used his magic eye attentively and found that there were magic spells on the display cabinet and the trophy.
"All curses end!"
The spell on the display cases and trophies remains, and all the spells have failed.
"The magic power is still not enough!" Li Kai frowned secretly.
Theoretically speaking, all spells can eventually break any spell that continues to be in effect.
But if the caster's magic power is too strong, all the spells will not be effective.
Or, if a spell is cast by multiple wizards, the magic power of a single wizard must be greater than the sum of the magic powers of the caster in order to break the spell.
Li Kai's current magic power is more than twice that of an ordinary adult wizard. There are not many people in Hogwarts who can crush him in terms of magic power. He cannot break the spells on the trophies and display cabinets, most likely because these spells are made by Many professors teamed up to cast.
"It looks like we're going to have to wait a while to get these trophies."