Chapter 311: Continuing the Experiment
Levi left the Headmaster's office, and ever since obtaining the arcanist mod, he had understood one truth:
All regrets in this world stem from insufficient strength!
Those high-ring Arcanist spells could easily achieve resurrection, change the heavens and earth, and distort reality. Any regrets or worries were simply not a problem in front of overwhelmingly powerful arcane spells!
Although Headmaster Dumbledore's magic was formidable and his heart benevolent enough, his knowledge remained confined to the magical system of the Harry Potter world.
He had to account for the terror and inevitable fulfillment of prophecies, and also believed that a Wizard's death was a true, final death.
But Levi did not think so. In his view, as long as one had sufficient strength, they could break through spells with raw force and completely disregard any constraints!
That so-called second-generation Dark Lord, Voldemort, was certainly repulsive, but Levi no longer regarded him as an obstacle!
"Strength… In this world that emphasizes love, I am pursuing strength instead. It really feels a bit cold and out of place. Who made me a Transmigrator, after all!"
Levi sighed inwardly as he walked through the Hogwartsmagical castle, quietly watching the young wizards laugh and play.
Although Harry Potter was a fairy tale, ever since the Triwizard Tournament of the Goblet of Fire in the fourth year, the tone of the entire fairy tale had shifted from fairy tales and adventure to an adult narrative, becoming dark and ruthless.
He now felt that his own school life was also beginning to take on a similar transformation, and the start of that transformation was when he resolved to conduct bloodline research experiments.
However, because the strength attainable by the entire magic system was limited, the Harry Potter trio often faced helpless situations amidst the dark and ruthless adult narrative.
But Levi was different. Since he had chosen a dark and ruthless path, he was bound to extract sufficient power from this path to completely change his powerlessness in reality!
The Easter holiday at Hogwarts lasted for two weeks, yet Levi and Dumbledore had only spent a single day traveling to the Gaunt Shack.
"During the remaining holidays, my bloodline research experiments must make some progress—I must succeed at least once!"
Having already chosen his path, Levi made up his mind.
Unlike the other young wizards who played wantonly during the holidays, he even temporarily turned down going to the Library to read books with Hermione.
He plunged headfirst into the Compendium Space and restarted his bloodline research experiments once more.
Although the previous bloodline fusion experiment had ended in failure, that failure had also provided Levi with a direction to seek success.
Undoubtedly, two completely different bloodlines could be fused together through bloodline fusion magic arrays and Potions.
Yet after the fusion, for reasons unknown, they would head toward a failing end of mutual devouring.
The direction of Levi's research was how to prevent the two bloodlines from devouring each other and maintain a state of stable fusion. This was the general concept behind his transition into a Bloodline Warlock.
Moreover, to solve this problem, Levi chose to start with bloodline fusion derived from natural reproduction.
The half-bloods produced by Wizards from beginning to the end were all born through natural reproduction.
As for special states like blood-cursed beasts, Werewolves, and Animagi, they were all special states maintained by magic and Curses, and could not be essentially considered half-bloods.
Although Levi had previously thought of Nagini the blood-cursed beast, it would be very difficult to go to Albania and find her in a short period of time.
After pondering over it, he temporarily placed it at the back of his experimental sequence. Only if the experiments truly made no progress would he decide to study these special states.
Right now, Levi's primary consideration was still to start from natural reproduction to conduct his bloodline fusion research.
Over the past period, Levi had studied a massive number of books on blood, reproduction, cells, and embryos.
The crystallization of modern scientific knowledge gave Levi tremendous inspiration.
Through careful consideration, he felt that the reason why the two bloodlines devoured each other could, in a sense, be regarded as a cellular instinctive defense mechanism.
This was just like a house where one person originally lived, and another person broke in. Yet Levi used various Potions and arrays to forcibly bind the two together, harmoniously forming a married couple.
Without considering whether these two people were male or female, or whether they were willing to unite, he simply forced a match between them!
Under such circumstances, it would defy all reason if the two didn't start a fight!
"Two tigers cannot share a mountain unless one is male and the other is female!"
Levi's idea was that he needed to carry out in vitro modifications on the two bloodlines, transforming them into something similar to gold and luanzi, two bloodlines that could combine with each other.
Through external modifications and experiments, once it was confirmed that the two bloodlines could combine with each other, he would then proceed with the bloodline fusion experiment.
The train of thought had been cleared up, but the difficulty of the experiment shifted from how to prevent the bloodlines from devouring each other to how to modify the bloodlines so they could achieve a stable combination.
"I really didn't expect that I would still have to be a scientist in the wizarding world!"
"It's a pity that I'm the only one conducting related research; the speed is simply too slow!
If I had completed the dissemination of the Arcanist class transition a bit earlier so everyone could research together, perhaps I would have finished transitioning into a Bloodline Warlock long ago!"
Levi put away the extracted Basilisk blood and Wizardblood, shook his head, and said.
Although he already had a train of thought for bloodline modification, there was no fixed target. One could only imagine how many failures would be needed to achieve success!
If it were in the ordinary scientific community, countless laboratories would simultaneously research a single scientific proposition, drawing inspiration from each other's failed ideas, which would undoubtedly greatly accelerate the experimental process.
Yet for him, even with the assistance of two tower spirits, he had no idea how many times he would fail before finding the correct method of bloodline modification to achieve his goal.
"However, no matter how many times I fail, I must carry out the experiment!"
"Tower Spirit One, tower spirit no. 2, let me see the limits of both of you!"
Levi directly modified the Basilisk blood and Wizard blood into cellular blood overwhelmingly similar to gold and luanzi, inputting the data models into Tower Spirit One and tower spirit no. 2 to simulate the combination.
This experiment was destined to fail, but he just wanted to see the results simulated by Tower Spirit One and tower spirit no. 2!
Chapter 312: Rune Chimera
Failure! Failure! And yet more failure!
Right from the beginning, just as Levi had anticipated, the experiment fell into a cycle of repetitive failures.
If Levi modified the Basilisk and Wizard blood to be too much like two types of reproductive cells, the two bloodlines would certainly achieve a combination, but that would be as far as it went.
The resulting bloodline was not the extraordinary bloodline Levi wanted at all, but rather a fertilized egg state that barely developed.
But if the modification of the two bloodlines wasn't too similar to cells, they would fall into the fate of devouring each other.
Levi could never find the equilibrium point for the modification of the two bloodlines, so that the experiment unconsciously fell into a bottleneck and a cycle of failure.
"Hoo—ha—"
Infuriated to death and panting heavily, Levi calmed his mood slightly, preparing to perform meditation and divert his attention.
Active meditation was the process of participating in the Spell Template to draw magic from the magic source, obtaining more magic through one's own mental power, and achieving growth in strength.
When Levi was in the semi-finished wizard tower, he had once recorded this process through various magicinstruments and transmitted it into Tower Spirit One and tower spirit no. 2 for deduction.
In his conception, the meditation technique should be composed of various Ancient Runes, simulating his active meditation process to allow him to gain more magic and actively promote the transformation of the soul's essence.
Under the joint deduction of Tower Spirit One and tower spirit no. 2, this conception had already completed a small half of its progress.
However, the recent multiple experimental failures made Levi inevitably develop doubts about the meditationtechnique deduced by Tower Spirit One and tower spirit no. 2.
Although the two tower spirits were intelligent enough, they were after all not miraculous systems. Could the meditation technique they deduced really achieve the purpose he wanted?
Levi kept this question in his heart, preparing to test it after the deduction of the meditation technique was completed.
His main attention now was concentrated on the bloodline research experiments. Having invested so much energy, he must complete the class change of the Bloodline Warlock!
Having experienced multiple failures before, Levi also reflected while performing meditation:
"Was he paying too much attention to modern scientific means?"
"Bloodline fusion and changing class to a Bloodline Warlock were, after all, matters of the path of magic!"
"Yet he treated cell fusion as a necessary process for bloodline fusion. This was certainly very scientific, but it wasn't Mimic at all!"
"Although his methods of bloodline modification were entirely magical, he was using magical means to conduct scientific experiments. This approach was too materialistic, yet it wasn't mystical at all!"
"Could I possibly make the two bloodlines fall in love?"
Levi gave a wry smile of self-derision, feeling that he was being a bit whimsical.
But immediately following that, he was suddenly reminded by these words of his own!
Under Source View, the Ancient Runes within the Basiliskbloodline were all soul symbols within the bloodline, devouring and destroying each other. Wasn't this just two people fighting?!
"I truly cannot make Ancient Runes and soul symbols fall in love, but I can manipulate these two 'people' so that both of them feel the other is extremely suitable!"
Levi wore a look of sudden realization and said eagerly,
He immediately called up the Ancient Runes within the Basilisk bloodline and the Wizard's soul symbols that the tower spirit had previously recorded.
Two incomparably complex charts of runes and symbols, composed of various symbols, stripes, and light spots, appeared before Levi's eyes.
"The key to the experiment now is to refer to the fitting points of the two bloodlines' essential symbols from previous bloodline fusion experiments and perform artificial rune chimera!"
"In a sense, it is the fusion of gold and phoenix, except starting from the essence of the bloodline, which actually makes the experiment simpler!"
Gazing at the two bloodline rune charts, Levi believed he had finally found hope for the fusion of the two bloodlines, and with the tower spirit's assistance, he began searching for the first rune chimera point!
This was actually not difficult at all!
During the previous bloodline fusion experiments, the two types of runes had already chimed together; Levi was simply artificially reproducing this process.
But in reality, Levi found that he had thought things a bit too simply!
The initial rune chimera was very smooth. With the tower spirit's assistance, Levi felt like he was playing a simple matching game, easily chiming the symbols of the two bloodlines together.
However, as the chimera progressed, Levi discovered that not all symbols representing the essence in the two bloodlines could naturally chime together.
As an artificially created monster, the Ancient Runes within the Basilisk bloodline obviously could not all chime into the soul symbols of the Wizard bloodline.
Not only was the quantity insufficient, but some Ancient Runes and the soul symbols of the Wizard bloodline also did not chime with each other.
"So, I still need to carry out the completion of the Basiliskbloodline, as well as modify the bloodline?"
The difficulties of the experiment appeared before Levionce again, causing him great distress.
Sometimes, he really wanted to give up the path of Bloodline Warlock class change and switch to researching class changes for other professions.
But for the Magic Swordsman and Druid professions, Levicurrently had almost no clues; on the contrary, the Bloodline Warlock had a path to follow.
"It's just that this path is too difficult!"
"And as a monster artificially created by Wizards, the Basilisk is far too unique!"
"Should I change my train of thought and start directly with my own Silver Dragon bloodline and human Wizardbloodline?"
A rare feeling of cowardice emerged in Levi's heart; multiple experimental failures were simply too demoralizing!
He couldn't help but generate thoughts of taking a shortcut. Perhaps his own Silver Dragon bloodline and his own Wizard bloodline could easily fuse together.
Then all the difficult experiments he was doing now would entirely turn out to be taking detours!
"No, I still cannot take shortcuts, at least I cannot conduct experiments directly on my own body!"
The Basilisk bloodline completion plan was of course impossible to carry out. Just by thinking about it, Levi knew that with his magical attainments and accumulated knowledge, it was simply impossible to complete such a plan.
But he could use previous experiments as a reference to conduct in vitro experiments with his own Silver Dragonbloodline and Wizard bloodline, to see if the two bloodlines would chime with each other.
"Perhaps the two might naturally fit together after all, because these are ultimately my own soul symbols and my own bloodline!"
Levi suddenly felt that this train of thought was viable. His Magical Creature Transformation was far too special, turning instead into a special case that might succeed!
"Yet if it comes to this, wanting to popularize the Bloodline Warlock among the Wizard population becomes basically impossible!"
Levi thought with extreme regret that his Silver Dragontransformation was ultimately a special case; other Wizards basically couldn't transform into Magical Creatures, let alone the powerful magical dragon—the Silver Dragon!
Just the fusion of the Basilisk and Wizard bloodlines was so difficult that Levi could only search for clues amidst continuous failures.
Even if his Wizards mastered Parseltongue, they probably wouldn't be able to touch the threshold of changing classes to a Bloodline Warlock like an Arcanist.
Chapter 313: Blood of the Silver Dragon
Failure is the mother of success.
Levi knew this saying and felt it made a lot of sense, but he had never truly practiced it in reality.
It wasn't until after experiencing several failures in his bloodline fusion experiments that Levi truly gained a personal understanding of it.
Without the failure of the Basilisk blood on Umbridge, Leviwould not have witnessed firsthand the terrifying consequences of rashly conducting blood fusion.
Without the failure of cell modification, he wouldn't have realized that the foundation of fusing two bloodlines lies in the mutual compatibility between the ancient runes and the soul symbol.
Without the failure of rune integration, Levi wouldn't have shattered his illusions, realizing that a few short experiments would allow him to find a universal path for a Bloodline Warlock class change.
At Comptroller's end of the experiments, a heavily battered Levi could only pin all his hopes on his peculiar Magical Creature Transformation.
"Thinking about it this way, I am not some kind of genius after all. I haven't found a universal method for the Arcanistclass change, and now I dare not let Hermione rashly try it either."
"Similarly, with the multiple failures of bloodline fusion, the method for the Bloodline Warlock class change can only be pinned on my own special nature."
To be honest, this blow was the greatest Levi had suffered since he transmigrated.
When he was young, although Levi was an orphan, fortunately he had a distinctive Psychic accompanying him.
The arrogance of a Transmigrator and the uniqueness of the Psychic allowed Levi, even as an orphan who suffered harsh treatment, to still maintain a condescending arrogance in his heart.
The sudden delivery by an owl and the sudden awakening of his Cheat elevated this haughtiness in Levi's heart to its peak.
As a Transmigrator in the Harry Potter world who had foresight and also mastered a Cheat, from the very beginning, he had never taken Voldemort seriously, and was even confident that he could rely on the Cheat to achieve unprecedented accomplishments.
However, the successive failures of the bloodline experiments made Levi understand that without the huge help provided by the Cheat, he was ultimately just a slightly talented young wizard.
Wanting to easily bring about a massive revolution to the entire Wizarding World was simply an impossible thing!
"I still need to learn more knowledge, and I need more accumulation!"
At this moment, Levi became a true Ravenclaw, with an infinite desire for knowledge sprouting in his heart!
Even though the universal class change methods for both professions could not be found temporarily, after being heavily battered, Levi was confident that with the enhancement of his knowledge level and magicattainments, he would inevitably find the correct method.
"Now, starting from my own special nature, let's try to carry out the class change of the Bloodline Warlock!"
Levi felt that his failure experience was truly plenty enough, and he should succeed on himself once.
Thinking this, Levi transformed, and a silver-white magical giant dragon replaced Levi's figure, appearing in the open space of the Compendium Space.
Having transformed into a Silver Dragon, Levi retrieved the special syringe he had prepared, thrust it into his dragon arm, and began drawing blood.
This special syringe was also a magic item refined by Levi; otherwise, given the Silver Dragon's physical resistance, an ordinary metal syringe couldn't pierce the skin of the Silver Dragon, which possessed powerful physical resistance.
As soon as Levi's blood of the Silver Dragon was extracted by the syringe, it showed a side different from human blood:
A milk-white frosty mist generated out of thin air around the syringe, and an imperceptible dragon might permeated out from the blood.
Releasing the Silver Dragon transformation, Levi looked inside the syringe and even felt that within the crimson blood, a hint of silver-white metallic luster flashed under the sunlight.
"I am still considered lucky; the thing I worried about the most didn't actually happen. The blood extracted in the Silver Dragon state is actually dragon blood, not human blood!"
Levi looked at the blood of the Silver Dragon in the syringe with satisfaction. His face turned slightly pale, and he hurriedly took out a bottle of blood-replenishing Potionand drank it down.
The thing he was most worried about before was that the Silver Dragon was ultimately a state that only appeared due to the Magical Creature Transformation.
What if the blood extracted in the Silver Dragon state degenerated into blood under his human state after releasing the transformation? Wouldn't all his busy work be in vain?
Fortunately, his worries didn't come true. The Silver Dragon under the Magical Creature Transformation state seemed to truly be a magical dragon; even after releasing the transformation, the blood still maintained the dragon blood state!
"But if you think about it carefully, doesn't that mean a Silver Dragon is hidden inside my body?"
"It's just that the bloodline of this Silver Dragon is in a recessive state inside my body. Only when carrying out the Magical Creature Transformation will the Silver Dragonform be presented dominantly!"
"And the bloodline fusion of the blood of the Silver Dragonwith my own bloodline to carry out the Bloodline Warlockclass change is essentially developing the Silver Dragonbloodline within my body, allowing it to also express the power of the Silver Dragon bloodline in the human state?!"
Levi's silver-white eyes flickered with the spiritual light of wisdom, and he thought by drawing parallels from himself:
"If I want other Wizards to carry out the Bloodline Warlockclass change just like myself, I need to let them also develop the recessive bloodlines within their own bodies."
"If this train of thought is correct, it means that mixed-blood Wizards, such as Hagrid, Fleur, and ProfessorFlitwick and others, have an incomparable talent in the Bloodline Warlock path!"
"On the contrary, for ordinary Wizards, other recessive bloodlines in their bodies besides the Wizard bloodline can probably only be judged through the Patronus Charm and Animagus, and wanting to change class to a Bloodline Warlock will be relatively more difficult."
"Perhaps my previous train of thought was entirely wrong. Seeking the class change of a Bloodline Warlock shouldn't be the combination of external Magical Creaturesbloodlines and Wizard bloodlines."
"Instead, it should be excavating the hidden bloodlines within the Wizard's body, allowing the hidden bloodlines that have already completed the integration of Ancient Runes and the soul symbol to be stimulated out from the Wizard's body."
Following this line of thought, Levi suddenly understood why Slytherin's bloodline fusion experiments failed.
The fusion of external bloodlines with a Wizard's bloodline is like one bloodline launching an aggression against another bloodline. The invader and the defender fight each other, and in the end, of course, it is either one dying and one perishing, or mutual destruction.
Even with the help of blood-melting Potions and bloodline fusion magic arrays, the two bloodlines can only maintain a simple peace and reluctant integration, and in the end, they will still devour and destroy each other!
Levi did not know whether this train of thought of his was correct, because after recording this train of thought, he recalled the clues regarding the Bloodline Warlock class change:
[Basilisk, Magical Creatures, Slytherin bloodline experiment records, Herpo the Foul...]
Without exception, these clues seemed to be hinting to Levi to let external Magical Creatures bloodlines fuse with the Wizard's own bloodline.
Rather than excavating the magical bloodlines hidden inside the Wizard's body to achieve the conditions for fusion with oneself.
Even the combination of the blood of the Silver Dragon, which Levi was very confident in, and his own bloodline had nothing to do with these conditions.
The experiments carried out following these conditions were failures without exception. Could it really be said that failure is the mother of success, and the system wanted to use these failed conditions to enlighten him towards the correct path?
Levi shook his head, suppressing the various wild thoughts floating in his heart. Whether right or wrong, it would all depend on the blood of the Silver Dragon experiment he was about to conduct next!
Chapter 314: Hesitation
Under the high-power microscope, under the command of Levi's dragon kings crown, the Silver Dragon blood revealed the Ancient Runes of its bloodline essence.
Unlike the artificial Ancient Runes Levi had imagined, the Ancient Runes presented by the bloodline essence of the Silver Dragon blood unexpectedly had no traces of artificial manufacturing, identically to natural dragon blood runes.
"I originally thought that my Silver Dragon blood would be similar to the Basilisk blood, but I didn't expect the system's power to be so formidable!"
Clearly it was a Magical Creature Transformation state shaped by magic, yet the extracted blood and the ancient runes it displayed were incomparably natural and harmonious, extremely similar to the blood of Fire Dragon Nobu extracted previously.
Levi could not think of a reason and could only attribute it to the mighty power of the system.
He once again used a syringe to extract his Wizard blood in his human state and conducted a bloodline fusion experiment with a small portion of Silver Dragon blood.
Blood-fusing agent, bloodline fusion magic array—under Levi's Source View, his Silver Dragon blood and Wizardblood fused together in incomparable harmony.
"I was right after all. Whether it is dragon blood or human blood, essentially it is all my blood!"
Levi thought to himself. Under the Source View, the Ancient Runes representing the essence of the Silver Dragon blood and the soul symbol in the Wizard bloodline began to fit together perfectly like interlocking gears without requiring Levi's manipulation!
"This... this is simply too easy!"
Even though he had anticipated this long ago, when it actually happened under the Source View, Levi still found it hard to believe.
He had performed bloodline fusion between Basilisk blood and ordinary Wizards so many times, and even during the very first experiment, he had turned Umbridge into a monster.
But when it truly came to the fusion between the Silver Dragon blood and his own Wizard bloodline, the perfect interlock of the Ancient Runes and the soul symbol was completed so simply!
"Wait a little longer, wait a little longer, and see if the two bloodlines will conflict and devour each other!"
Taking a deep breath, Levi maintained the Source View and nervously gazed at the blood that had completed the lineage interlock.
He prepared to observe for a bit longer and use multiple methods to stimulate it, to see if the two bloodlines that had completed the interlock could maintain stability.
Time passed bit by bit. Even though magic power was still contained within after the bloodline fusion, once it left Levi's body, the blood began to gradually lose its vitality.
During this process, Levi used various means such as Spells, Potions, and even a centrifuge, trying to disrupt the stability of the two bloodlines that had completed the interlock.
However, the experimental results were exceptionally gratifying: even when stimulated, even as it gradually lost its vitality, the fused blood still maintained stability without heading toward collapse or devouring each other!
"So, should I perform the bloodline fusion now and try to class into a Bloodline Warlock?"
The experiment was unexpectedly simple, and success also came exceptionally easily.
But when it truly came down to the real deal, Levihesitated unusually.
There was no helping it; the failure result of his previous experimental attempt at bloodline fusion between Basiliskblood and Umbridge was simply too terrifying!
Umbridge directly lost her sanity, became twisted and deformed, and degenerated into a serpent-like monster.
Before today's experiment, Levi had also observed her state. After fusing with the Basilisk blood, the bloodline within her body had become extremely unstable, and even her body showed signs of collapse; clearly she did not have much time left!
"If only I possessed the prophetic talent of a seer like Grindelwald!"
After hesitating time and again, Levi could not help uttering a sigh.
After teacher Nicolas Flamel passed away, he inherited the talent for divination from this teacher.
Back when he used the Compendium Space to accommodate the Thestral foal, he also acquired a prophetic feat named Omen of Death, though it had never taken effect.
"It's a pity I still don't know how to do divination, and this thing works only sometimes."
"If the feat Omen of Death is truly useful, since there are no strange omens appearing around, perhaps my upcoming bloodline fusion ritual can succeed?"
Levi thought hesitantly. He now somewhat regretted not taking the opportunity while Grindelwald was teaching at Hogwarts to consult him about knowledge and magicrelated to divination and prophecy.
Now he only regretted not having studied enough when needed, and when it truly came time to perform the bloodline fusion ritual, he was hesitating again!
His situation was extremely special; in today's wizarding world, he was the only Wizard who could complete Magical Creature Transformation.
But his special situation also plunged him into the predicament of a lack of corroborating evidence; whether the Silver Dragon blood fusion ritual could succeed could not be verified on other Wizards.
After pondering over and over, Levi finally opened the all-encompassing Shop, and after careful consideration, he bought an item.
"Let's wait a moment. If my idea is correct, then in a moment, if no abnormality occurs, I can proceed with the bloodline fusion ritual!"
Levi clenched the item in his palm. After waiting for a moment, sensing no abnormalities occurring, he immediately began the bloodline fusion ritual.
The Silver Dragon blood, the blood-fusing agent, and the bloodline fusion magic array were all ready-made. The only difference from the previous experiments was that Levi did not need to imprison himself.
He had to maintain a high degree of alertness throughout the entire process. No matter how painful it was, he had to persist and use a clear mind to cope with any abnormalities that might appear during the bloodline fusion ritual.
After stripping off his clothes, Levi waved his wand, and several silver mirrors erected themselves around him.
"This is truly suffering, having to carve the magic array onto my own body myself!"
Levi said with a wry smile. With a thought, the Mage Handgrabbed a silver scalpel and began to carve upon his body.
As the scalpel slid, a bizarre and eerie blood-colored magicarray spread across Levi's skin. Droplets of fresh blood flowed down from the lines of the array, making Levi look as though he had draped a layer of blood-colored garments!
"This is miserable enough, gulp gulp!"
Mocking himself with a smile, Levi picked up a blood-replenishing Potion and took a sip, then smoothly lay down on top of the magic array and activated the bloodline fusion magic array!
The magic array activated, and the Silver Dragon blood emitting a faint icy mist immediately flowed slowly along the lines of the bloodline fusion magic array toward Levi.
Levi couldn't help swallowing, suppressing the urge to break away from the magic array.
Once the bow is drawn, there is no turning back. Since that item did not cause the slightest commotion, it meant that his bloodline fusion ritual was definitely successful!
The adjusted Silver Dragon blood came closer and closer along the bloodline fusion magic array. Under Levi's tense gaze, these flowing Silver Dragon blood streams seemed to come alive, transforming into tiny crimson snakes that connected to the magic array carved on his body!
"Ah!"
Levi suddenly felt a wave of intense piercing pain wash over him, as if countless wooden thorns were forcefully driven into his body.
Pain! Too painful!
It hurts, it hurts too much!
Even though Levi prided himself on having astonishing willpower, he couldn't help letting out miserable screams and gasps, instinctively wanting to shatter the bloodline fusion ritual and forcibly break free!
Yet reason suppressed the instincts of Levi's body, making him grit his teeth, glare with a ferocious expression, bulge his muscles all over, and allow the Silver Dragon blood to drill into his body along the magic array on his skin!
The bloodline fusion had begun!
Chapter 315 Fusing Dragon Blood
"Thud, thud! Thud, thud!"
The blood of the Silver Dragon burrowed into Levi's body during the bloodline fusion ritual.
Levi instantly felt his heart beating violently, like a beating drum!
Even though he was being tortured by the agony of the bloodline fusion, that feeling of his heart leaping out of his chest remained incomparably clear!
The harder his heart beat, the more it gradually suppressed the intense pain surging from all his bones and joints.
Moreover, the sound of his heartbeat unconsciously doubled, just like when Levi first practiced Magical Transformation. It was as if two hearts had appeared in his chest, beating simultaneously!
One was a human Wizard's heart!
One was a dragon's dragon heart!
As the pain receded, Levi, having regained consciousness, vividly perceived the violent beating of the two hearts!
The two hearts beat faster and faster, eventually merging completely at a certain peak moment into a single heartbeat!
As the fusion of the heartbeats completed, the sound grew increasingly grand, majestic, and powerful!
Levi felt as if a colossal dragon heart, rather than a human heart, was beating and pumping blood within his chest.
He couldn't help entering the Source View to check the chimeric condition between the Ancient Runes of the Silver Dragon bloodline and his own soul symbols.
Beneath the Source View, Levi could clearly see Spell Templates built upon the soul symbols layer after layer, resembling a vertical shaft, continuously drawing and accumulating magic power from the polishing source.
"Won't there be any conflict in dual-classing as an Arcanistand a Bloodline Warlock?"
Seeing the Spell Templates constructed by the Arcanist, Levi finally remembered that both professions—Arcanistand Bloodline Warlock—had essential connections to the soul symbols.
Yet, upon second thought, within the system's School of Thought MOD, he was able to dual-class across all four major School of Thoughts.
If a conflict existed between the Arcanist and Bloodline Warlock professions, the School of Thought MOD could never allow him, the host, to dual-class into four professions simultaneously!
His assumption proved correct: the ancient runes within the Silver Dragon bloodline had zero conflict with the Arcanist's Spell Templates, fitting seamlessly onto the soul symbols.
Like interlocking gears, one ancient rune after another embedded themselves into Levi's soul symbol.
"Is this what bloodline fusion feels like when ancient runesand soul symbols interlock with each other?"
Lying across the bloodline fusion array, Levi couldn't help murmuring aloud.
He seemed to hear an illusory dragon roar, growing from distant to near, from faint to loud, gradually booming like a giant bell in his ears!
Under the influence of this dragon roar, his consciousness seemed hypnotized, gradually sinking as his eyelids grew heavier and heavier, an irresistible wave of strong sleepiness assaulting his heart!
"No... No way... I can't sleep yet!"
Drowsy and hazy, no matter how much he resisted inwardly, Levi could only murmur in confusion, his voice growing fainter and fainter until he fell sound asleep.
Yet even in his sleep, his heart continued to beat heavily like a dragon's heart, driving the bloodline fusion forward.
Furthermore, as Levi slept and the bloodline fusion progressed, his body slumbering atop the array gradually began to change:
As if he had proactively activated the [True Dragon Scale Armor] feat, the human form of Levi gradually vanished, and a dragon-blooded warrior version of Levi appeared atop the array instead!
Fortunately, Levi had fallen sound asleep; otherwise, he would have thought his bloodline fusion experiment had failed, just like the experiment previously conducted on Umbridge!
However, this was not the extent of the changes occurring to him after falling asleep:
As he transformed into a silver-scaled dragonman, his internal magic power overflowed naturally, gradually altering the surrounding environment. Cold, hard ice and frost gradually spread, eventually forming a massive ice egg that slowly enveloped him...
Levi had not shown up at Hogwarts for a full week!
Even though he had left a letter for his two roommates, Michael and Anthony, before conducting the experiment, telling them both that he had business to attend to and might vanish for a while.
Even though it was currently the Easter holiday with no classes required, Hermione—who always cared about Levi—along with Levi's good friends, had sensed that something was amiss!
Where on earth had Levi gone?
His two roommates, along with the Gryffindor trio, were all somewhat panicked, leaving them no choice but to report the matter to a Professor!
"Why are you only telling me about this now!"
Professor McGonagall rarely slammed the desk in anger, frightening the five young wizards standing before her into trembling.
"Pro... Professor, the top priority right now is that we must find Levi quickly!"
When old Hermione grew angry, even little McGonagallfound it somewhat overwhelming.
Yet despite her fear and the blinding panic of concern, Hermione knew that the pressing priority was to figure out where Levi was and whether he was in danger.
Hearing Hermione's words, Professor McGonagallrestrained her wrath. Having been blinded by anger herself, she quickly said:
"That's right, follow me to see the Headmaster right now!"
"Don't panic, Levi left the school halfway with the Headmaster before, perhaps this time—"
By the end of her sentence, Professor McGonagall couldn't help but feel consumed by worry. Deep down, she knew that although Albus was an old eccentric, he was extremely methodical in his actions.
If he had taken Levi away from the school midway, he certainly would have mentioned it to her, the Deputy Headmaster in charge of specific affairs.
Since Albus hadn't said anything...
At this thought, Professor McGonagall's heart skipped a beat, sinking uncontrollably!
Levi, who was currently inside the Compendium Spacefusing the Silver Dragon bloodline and transitioning into a Bloodline Warlock, had no idea that people outside were searching for him like mad!
He comfortably stretched his limbs, opened his eyes, and woke up, surveying his surroundings with a hint of bewilderment in his gaze:
Pure white ice, resembling an inverted eggshell, had enclosed him within a space composed entirely of frost.
Clearly, everything around him was made of bone-chilling ice, yet when Levi reached out and gently touched it, he felt no biting cold, but rather an exceptional coolness and comfort.
"Is this ice not cold enough?
Or has my physique been elevated to the point where I can ignore the cold?"
Shocked, Levi braced against the ice, wanting to stand up.
Yet the moment he stood, the ice trapping him immediately melted like boiling soup poured over snow, turning into puddles all over the ground.
"I..."
Levi couldn't help raising his hands to inspect them, truly doubting whether his class transition had succeeded.
At that very moment, the familiar fantasy mist emerged before Levi's eyes once more, and a new system prompt arrived right on schedule...
Chapter 316: Silver Dragon Warlock
[Detected that the host has completed bloodline fusion, Warlock Mod loading...]
[Loading complete, congratulations to the host for obtaining Warlock Mod!]
Just like when he changed his class to an Arcanist back then, Levi also obtained the Warlock class MOD.
Opening the Warlock Mod, a class panel appeared in front of Levi:
[Class]: Warlock
[Bloodline]: Silver Dragon
[Concentration]: 1%
[Skill]: Dragon Physique
It was an extremely simple Warlock class panel, just like when Li Changsheng first changed his class to an Arcanist, having only a mere single skill.
However, unlike the Forced Calm initial Spell Templatethat Li Changsheng obtained back then, the Dragon Physique he obtained now came entirely from his bloodline, being a natural talent skill awakened and mastered without the need for study.
The effect of Dragon Physique allowed Levi, even under his human Wizard form, to still possess strength as formidable as a Silver Dragon, a robust dragon body, water elemental affinity, and physical and magical resistances sufficient to make ordinary Wizards despair.
Furthermore, as the concentration of the Silver Dragonbloodline increased, the effect of the passive skill Dragon Physique would also increase accordingly.
Through his perception of the Warlock Mod, Levi learned that the concentration of the Silver Dragon bloodline was crucial for the advancement of Levi's Warlock class.
For every 1% increase in bloodline concentration, Levi had the opportunity to acquire brand-new talent skills from his bloodline.
Moreover, every time the bloodline concentration increased, the power and effects of the talent skills obtained previously, such as the Dragon Physique he currently possessed, would also increase accordingly.
At the same time, after the bloodline concentration increased, it could also increase the length of Levi's magicblue bar and life red bar; whether it was magic power or lifespan, both would increase along with the enhancement of bloodline concentration.
"All in all, the strength improvement of the Warlock class is much simpler than that of the Arcanist; it only depends on bloodline concentration!"
"I remember that in some powerful magic worlds, dragons need to go through a long growth process, growing from hatchlings into Greatwyrms comparable to gods!"
"My Silver Dragon Bloodline Warlock, on the other hand, is much simpler; as long as I have enough Academic Credits to purchase bloodline concentration, I can directly boost my strength!"
"Isn't this just the system allocating points?!"
Levi examined the Warlock class panel with a face full of smiles; he had finally obtained a class that acquired power in a simple and brutal way!
However, when he saw the Academic Credits required to increase the bloodline concentration, he couldn't laugh anymore.
According to the Warlock Mod, in the range of 1% to 10%, the Academic Credits required to increase the bloodline concentration were not expensive.
Every 1% of bloodline concentration only required consuming one thousand Academic Credits.
If it were back in his freshman year, Levi might still have felt that one thousand Academic Credits made his heart ache!
But now, being both a student and a Professor, the Academic Credits he brought in every month were truly substantial; nine thousand Academic Credits were just a drop in the bucket!
However, in the range of 11% to 20%, for every 1% increase in bloodline concentration, it required a full 10,000 Academic Credits. Similarly, if he wanted to increase the bloodline concentration by 10 points, that would consume a full 100,000 Academic Credits!
100,000 Academic Credits—even though Levi currently mastered multiple ways to obtain Academic Credits, such Academic Credits still made his heart ache immensely.
The last expense this large was when he purchased the soul crystal in order to make Tower Spirit One.
The only thing that made Levi feel comforted was that in the 21% to 30% range, increasing one point of bloodline concentration did not require him to pay 100,000 Academic Credits; it only required him to pay 20,000 Academic Credits!
Yet wanting to fill this area actually also required the earth-shattering figure of 200,000 Academic Credits!
Two hundred thousand!
As soon as Levi thought of this number in his heart, his vision went black in waves.
Moreover, this number was not static. After 30%, for every tenth of an interval, wanting to increase one point of bloodline concentration would require adding another 10,000 Academic Credits.
Under such step-by-step increments, Levi didn't even dare to imagine what a huge amount of Academic Credits he would need to consume to increase a single point of bloodline concentration further down the line!
The way the Warlock class gained power was indeed simple and direct enough; brainlessly allocating points could make one instantly stronger!
But it was also truly, terribly expensive!
Levi couldn't even help wanting to drive Dumbledore out of the Headmaster's Office, let himself be the Headmaster, and add Academic Credits to himself!
"Forget it, I'd better stop letting my imagination run wild!"
"Let me spend nine thousand Academic Credits first and taste the flavor of a Silver Dragon Warlock!"
"System, allocate points, let me see your limit!"
Nine thousand Academic Credits melted away like butter, in exchange for the bloodline concentration on the Warlock class panel flashing nine times in a row!
In a split second, Levi felt his heart transform into a dragon heart once again, beating nine times in succession. The Silver Dragon blood within his body also seemed even colder, flowing rapidly inside him.
At that instant, it was as natural as eating and drinking; he effortlessly mastered several newly awakened innate spells.
At the same time, he could feel even more that his vitality and magic power were surging abruptly along with the beating of the dragon heart!
Levi opened the Warlock class panel to take a look, and as expected, it was different from before:
[Class]: Warlock
[Bloodline]: Silver Dragon
[Concentration]: 10%
[Skill]: Dragon Physique, Ray of Frost, Magical Vestment, Feather Fall, Humanoid Friendly, Dragon Breath
Every 1% increase in bloodline concentration would 100% boost Levi's blue bar and red bar, and enhance the power and effects of his existing mana.
However, it didn't mean that every bloodline enhancement could 100% yield an innate spell from the bloodline.
However, out of nine draws, Levi was able to hit five times; he was already very satisfied with his own luck!
These five spells had all appeared and been introduced in the arcanist mod and the Dragon Mod, and Levi also had some understanding of the effects of these five spells.
Ray of Frost—Levi had once considered condensing it when he was condensing Spell Templates back then.
The spell's effect was to shoot out a spell ray with freezing properties. Anyone hit by it, as long as they didn't possess powerful strength or frost resistance, could only be frozen solid and left at the mercy of others.
Feather Fall was similar to the magic in the Harry Potter world—Aresto Momentum, being even more soothing and gentle, allowing the caster to fall gently from a high place like a feather.
However, this spell couldn't make a person fly; perhaps after Levi increased his bloodline concentration a few times, the effect of this spell would upgrade into Fly!
Humanoid Friendly, namely Charm Person, was a typical charm-type spell.
After casting it, it could make humanoid creatures develop favorable impressions toward the caster. In some social occasions that were inconvenient, using this spell could simply and directly gain a person's good will!
Dragon Breath was a typical Draconic Magic, allowing Bloodline Warlocks to exhale dragon breath of different attributes based on the properties of the bloodline within their bodies!
With the properties of Levi's Silver Dragon bloodline, when he cast Dragon Breath now, he could exhale Frost Breath and Paralysis Breath.
As for the final Magical Vestment, Levi's expression was somewhat bizarre.
This magic was a temporary enchantment spell, which could turn the leather armor, mage robes, or any non-armor clothing on a mage's body into a magical formal robe.
The magical formal robe possessed certain mage equipment attributes, but the spell's greater role was to make the clothes on one's body extremely gorgeous and proper.
"If it's just for looks, with this spell, I won't even need to use the fashion mod in the future!"
Levi couldn't help muttering. He really found it a bit strange how such a spell suitable for social occasions could be drawn among the Silver Dragon's bloodline spells.
But thinking about those legendary metallic good dragons who often liked to mingle in human society, disguising themselves as nobles or knights, Levi wasn't surprised anymore!
Chapter 317: Professor, Sit Down and Eat
With a wave of his hand, he conjured a silver mirror and stood it before himself.
Levi lowered his head to examine himself in the mirror; although his height and appearance had not changed much, he could still sense that he was exuding a strange charm.
Just like when he completed his Magical Creature Transformation back then, the Silver Dragon bloodline endowed him with a quasi-magical ability akin to transcendent charm.
This ability was just like the charm generated by Fleur's Veela bloodline; it was beyond Levi's control and would unconsciously fascinate others.
Similar to Fleur's Veela bloodline, Levi's transcendent charm stemmed from the might of the Silver Dragonbloodline and the transformation of his life essence.
Just like how Levi had transformed into a Silver Dragon, everyone who laid eyes on Levi's Silver Dragon form could not help but marvel that the Silver Dragon he transformed into was beautiful, powerful, divine, ethereal, and resembled a celestial spirit!
Levi naturally understood that the manifestation of transcendent charm was merely a natural influence brought about by his class change to a Bloodline Warlockand the power of his bloodline.
He also had a way to suppress the "spillover of charm". Back when he finished his Magical Creature Transformation, his transcendent charm had unconsciously affected Hermione, Harley, and the others.
Being constantly watched by others and even being captivated by one's own charm—such a feeling was certainly something one could revel in.
However, the excessive attention from those around him, and even a little witch confessing her feelings and writing love letters to Levi, became a terrible nuisance to him.
Later, through research, Levi discovered that as long as he actively engaged in meditation for a period of time, the effects of this transcendent charm would gradually fade away.
"In a sense, the currently uncontrollable transcendent charm is simply the magic power that gushed and spilled out uncontrollably after my strength advanced greatly!"
"Speaking of which, the strength improvement of the Bloodline Warlock class relies entirely on the growth of bloodline concentration, and magic power easily dissipates. Instead, unlike an Arcanist, it cannot easily achieve precise control over magic power."
While examining himself in the mirror, Levi compared the pros and cons of the Arcanist and Bloodline Warlockclasses.
After admiring himself for a while, he casually dismissed the silver mirror in front of him and glanced at the clock hanging on the wall of the alchemist's room.
With this single glance, Levi's little face instantly turned pale:
"Not good! This is truly not good! Ten days have already passed!"
"Even if I left a letter in advance, wouldn't the people outside have gone crazy looking for me?!"
Thinking of this, Levi lost all the complacency of becoming a Silver Dragon Bloodline Warlock. Panicking, he left the analysis space and appeared in the Ravenclaw tower.
When he walked out of his dormitory and looked into the Ravenclaw Common Room, the completely empty Common Room made him even more panicked!
"No one is here—could they have all gone out to search for me?!"
He hurriedly left the Eagle's Nest, not even daring to waste time on the intricate staircases. He leaped down from the tower, transforming into a rolling mass of frost and mist that splattered crystal-clear ice shards, heading straight for the Great Hall!
This was the reward given to Levi by the master mod—a flight magic obtained from his teacher, Voldemort.
However, because of the dark magic within Voldemort's body, when he flew, black smoke would billow, making it look like a supreme devil's arrival!
As for Levi, due to possessing the Silver Dragon bloodline, he transformed into a frost mist cluster. Amidst the splashing ice shards and snowflakes refracting the sunlight, it even carried a hint of colorful, dreamy iridescence!
"Whoosh～"
With the howling cold wind, Levi swept up a sky full of wind and snow, landing at the entrance of the Great Hall.
Pushing open the doors of the Great Hall, as soon as Levistepped inside, he saw that the young wizards of all four houses had all stopped eating and were staring at him in utter astonishment!
"The Professors and..."
Glancing toward the empty staff table, Levi was just about to ask where the Headmaster and Professors had all gone when his words were interrupted by a voice mixed with joy and surprise:
"Levi, you're finally back! Where have you been all these days?!"
Raising his gaze, he saw that beside the Gryffindor long table, Hermione had tear tracks at the corners of her eyes and a full smile on her face. With her brown hair flying, she ran toward him like a joyful little lion cub, slamming straight into his embrace!
"Wuu wuu, Levi, where did you go? You worried me to death these days!"
From within the boy's embrace came the little witch's sobs. In full view of everyone, the two embracing looked precisely like a golden boy and jade girl from a romance story!
little witch Hermione's worry, coupled with the surrounding people's knowing smiles of shipping them, made Levi feel both ashamed and at a loss for how to explain, so he could only reply in a low voice:
"I'm sorry, Hermione, I made you worry again!"
"Actually, I didn't encounter anything dangerous; I was just too engrossed in practicing magic and lost track of time!"
"Gurgle～ Gurgle～"
Having just explained a sentence or two while holding Hermione, a loud roar came from Levi's hungry stomach. Having not consumed a single drop of water or grain of grain for ten days—even though magic maintained his life—Levi now felt so hungry he could eat a whole ox!
"Hahaha～"
Hermione also heard the sound coming from Levi's stomach and couldn't help laughing out loud. Raising her flushed little face, she said softly:
"Haven't you eaten anything all these days?"
"Come quickly! Come quickly! Fortunately, it's just in time for lunch!"
With that, Hermione could no longer care about shyness and pulled Levi to sit beside the Gryffindor long table.
Anyway, it wasn't the first time Levi had sat at the Gryffindor table. Feeling not the slightest bit embarrassed, he picked up a piece of steak with his cutlery and began to eat.
"Eat slowly!"
Hermione poured Levi a glass of juice, her eyes involuntarily falling upon his profile.
Could it be because they hadn't seen each other for too long?
Why do I feel like Levi looks even more handsome today?
The little witch's heart pounded wildly, feeling that today's Levi was exceptionally charming and possessed extraordinary allure.
She even sensed that she wasn't the only one thinking this way. Looking up, across the Gryffindor long table, who knows how many little witches were looking at Levi with eyes full of infatuation and burning passion, just like her.
Could Gryffindor's lunch today have been spiked with a Love Potion?
Hermione was also a bit dazed, unconsciously letting her mind wander and guess wildly.
"Bang!"
Just as Levi was wolfing down his food, another loud crash rang out!
The doors of the Great Hall were slammed open. Having been tipped off and being the first to receive the news of Levi's return, Professor Snape walked into the Great Hallwith his black robes billowing and a face full of anger.
"Levi Keynes, do you still know how to come back?!"
Professor Snape's tone carried a hint of sarcasm as he walked over to Levi's side and said.
"Mn," Levi looked up at Professor Snape, swallowed the food in his mouth with difficulty, and acknowledged him.
Levi's nonchalant attitude instantly infuriated Professor Snape quite a bit. He let out a cold snort, suddenly glanced at Harry Potter sitting next to Levi, and cold-heartedly commanded:
"Get up!"
Upon hearing Snape's words, Harry Potter was completely baffled—what did this have to do with him?
Yet seeing that Harley made no move, Professor Snape's face instantly lengthened even further, and he immediately added:
"Move aside!"
Harley was stunned upon hearing this, but he dared not disobey Professor Snape's order. While watching Professor Snape, he yielded his seat.
With a cold expression and gathering his robes, Snape sat in Harry Potter's seat. With an icy expression, he slammed the table and reprimanded:
"That's really something! You, Levi Keynes!"
"You have disappointed me too much. Do you even look like a Professor? To actually disappear for so many days!"
"Albus, Minerva, Filius, and I have all been searching like crazy, yet you're sitting here eating with a clear conscience! Huh?!"
"Look at this chicken leg!"
As he spoke, Snape even stood up angrily, grabbed an oily chicken leg, and having been busy all day without a drop of water or grain of food, he couldn't help taking a bite.
"Please don't be angry, Professor, sit down and eat!"
Seeing Snape reprimand Levi, Harley couldn't help shrinking his neck, but still spoke up to tell Professor Snape to calm down a bit.
"Eat what?!"
Professor Snape slammed the chicken leg back onto the table, turned his head, and directed the flames of his anger onto Harry Potter!
Chapter 318: Detention Again
"Harry Potter, am I talking to him or you?!"
"Look at the state of you right now, all you do all day is bare your teeth and sit there grinning stupidly with a game console!"
"What? Has your silly dog godfather gotten out of prison, so you think you can sit back and relax?"
"I'm telling you, when the holidays come, you'll still have to go back to the Muggle Dursleys' house!"
Professor Snape's reprimand was merciless, making Harry Potter tremble all over, clenching his fists in a mix of grievance and anger!
He had no idea how on earth he had offended Snape to make him spit venom at him so mercilessly!
Even though he had once asked Levi, Professor McGonagall, and his godfather Sirius, he had never been able to find out any rhyme or reason for it.
Harry Potter no longer wanted to figure out whether he had offended Professor Snape; in his eyes, Snape was simply his natural enemy!
He used to think that Professor Snape had a sharp tongue but a soft heart, but now it seemed that he had completely deluded himself!
Levi picked up his juice and took a sip. In his view, although Professor Snape's reprimand was merciless and could even be described as harsh and vicious, the hint of worry deep in his eyes could not be concealed.
What had happened?
What was Professor Snape worried about regarding Harley?
Seeing Professor Snape with such an expression, Levicouldn't help wondering to himself.
In the first semester of this school year, he had resolved all of this year's troubles through a report, and even in the next school year, no trouble would find Hogwarts.
Under these circumstances, why would Professor Snapestill fail to control his emotions, using harsh reprimands to cover up his deep worry for Harry Potter?
In other words, what was he worried about? What was there about Harry Potter that was worth him worrying about?
Recalling his previous conversation with Headmaster Dumbledore about Harley, Levi already had a vague guess in his heart.
Sigh~ Did Harley have to go through that ordeal after all?
A silent sigh sounded in Levi's heart, and the notion that all regrets stemmed from insufficient strength deepened in Levi's heart once again.
With his current research in the realm of the soul, Soul Extraction Technique simply could not pull Voldemort's residual soul out of Harley's body without harming him.
Now that Professor Snape was so worried, could it be that Headmaster Dumbledore and Professor Snape had talked about Harley being a pseudo-Horcrux?
That couldn't be, Dumbledore was firmly opposed to letting more people know about the existence of Horcruxes.
But if Headmaster Dumbledore really did that, it only proved one thing: even Headmaster Dumbledore probably couldn't use Soul Extraction Technique to solve the pseudo-Horcrux problem on Harry Potter.
Professor Snape's reprimand frightened the young wizards in the Great Hall into complete silence. At that moment, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the Great Hall.
Everyone looked toward the source of the sound and saw a tabby cat leap out through the doors of the Great Hall, transforming back into Professor McGonagall.
Even though she was panting, her elderly and sharp eyes still scanned the crowd for Levi's figure through her glasses.
"Professor, I've worried you, I'm fine!"
Seeing this, Levi felt a warmth in his heart, stood up on his own initiative, and said to Professor McGonagall with full of apologies in his words.
"It's good that you're fine! It's good that you're fine! Why did a child like you suddenly disappear for so long?"
Seeing that Levi was alright, Professor McGonagall finally let out a sigh of relief, then pressed her lips together and issued a stern reprimand:
"Just look at you, although you are still a young wizard, you are also someone who serves as a Professor. You recklessly disappeared for so long without reporting it at all!"
"If it weren't for your two roommates, Mr. Goldstein and Mr. Corner, along with Hermione, Harley, and Ron coming to find me together, I wouldn't even have known that you had been missing for so long!"
"Can't you be a bit more sensible, child? You simply are..."
At this point, Professor McGonagall, exasperated and not knowing how to describe such unorganized and undisciplined behavior, could only state with utmost seriousness:
"Anyway, you will come to me later to serve a month of detention! As punishment and a lesson, Ravenclaw will lose ten points!"
Levi obediently lowered his head in front of Professor McGonagall to accept the reprimand, while shouting loudly in his heart:
It's back, it's all back! Detention again! Point deduction again! Same old recipe, same old flavor!
Just as they were speaking, Headmaster Dumbledore, Professor Flitwick, and the others also returned to the Great Hall together.
Everyone gathered around Levi for another round of scolding and lecturing. Having been through such an experience, they truly came to appreciate their young colleague's ability to cause trouble!
In a closed boarding magic school like Hogwarts Castle, their young colleague actually dared to disappear for ten days, and couldn't be found no matter how they looked!
If it hadn't been for Headmaster Dumbledore inviting Professor Trelawney to perform divination, which showed that Levi's life was not in danger, they would have planned to report it to the Ministry of Magic and ask Aurors to come and conduct a search and rescue.
However, Professor McGonagall didn't believe in so-called divination at all, and even regarded Professor Trelawney, the divination Professor, as a crazy witch.
Even after getting the divination result that Levi's life was safe, she had still organized the Professors over the past few days to search around Hogwarts for Levi's whereabouts.
Professor McGonagall's thought in her heart was very simple:
Since she was the one who led this child onto the path of magic, she must protect him and let him walk safely down the path of magic!
Levi didn't know Professor McGonagall's thoughts, but hearing from everyone's accounts that Professor McGonagall had insisted on leading everyone in the search and rescue over these past few days, he raised his head and looked at Professor McGonagall with immense gratitude!
But what responded to him was a fierce glare from Professor McGonagall, those amber almond-shaped eyes hidden behind half-moon spectacles seeming to say:
"Begging me is useless. For a month of detention, you just stay obediently in the school for me!"
Although glared at by Professor McGonagall, Levi grinned happily. This genuine feeling of being cared for at all times made his heart feel warm and his nose sore, almost making him want to shed tears.
Experiences across two lifetimes and a cold orphanage had long made him regard Hogwarts as his true home!
Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, Headmaster Dumbledore...
Although these people were nominally his mentors and elders, in reality, what difference did they make from his family?!
Chapter 319: Bittersweet
"Ah～"
At the breakfast table of Ravenclaw, Levi listlessly cut the fried egg in front of him and let out a long yawn.
"Levi, why are you so listless? Could it be that Professor McGonagall kept you in detention until very late last night?"
Anthony asked with concern; to be honest, he was a bit curious about what Professors did when they were not teaching classes.
Levi fished out a vial of Vitality Potion, tilted his head back to take a sip to boost his spirits, and replied:
"That's right! I never expected that teaching magic in the wizarding world would actually require writing lesson plans!"
"Professor McGonagall dragged me along to write lesson plans for half the night, I'm so sleepy!"
"By the way, there are only a few days left of the Easterholiday, are there any activities in the school?"
Having taken up the role of a Silver Dragon Bloodline Warlock, Levi felt that various busy matters could temporarily come to an end so he could relax and properly play around as a young wizard.
As soon as his voice fell, Levi noticed that both Anthonyand Michael were looking him up and down with strange gazes.
"What's wrong? Speak if you have something to say! Otherwise, don't blame this Professor for deducting house points from both of you!"
Acting arrogant upon gaining success, Levi rolled his eyes and irritably threatened his two roommates.
"Such a great official authority Professor Keens has!"
Michael, this little hater, didn't dampen the mood at all, twitching his eyebrows and speaking sarcastically.
"Levi, do you really not know, or are you just pretending not to know?"
Anthony didn't answer Levi's question, instead keeping him in suspense; seeing Levi's unfriendly expression and his gesture of drawing his wand, he hurriedly explained:
"Ever since you donated seven Firebolts to our Ravenclawthis school year, our house team has swept through Hogwarts with no match!"
"There is a match between our house and Slytherin today; as our biggest sponsor, you must go take a look!"
"See how our house team displays its great might!"
Hearing Anthony's words, Levi also became interested, wanting to see how the Firebolts he donated performed specifically in the Quidditch match:
"Alright, after we finish eating, let's go to the Quidditch pitch to grab a good spot!"
Since he was prepared to play around properly as a young wizard, Levi certainly wouldn't waste the joy harvested in the process.
He was ready to use this opportunity to practice well the Expecto Patronum taught to him by Headmaster Dumbledore earlier, striving to train a corporeal Patronus.
To be honest, Levi could sometimes really understand why some second-generation rich kids could not feel happiness, fell into depression, and chased after thrills like crazy when they were living in luxury and lacking nothing.
Human beings, the happiness they can feel has a threshold!
If a person is born into hardship, in his life, as long as he tastes a little sweetness, he will feel happiness, feel joy, and feel satisfaction!
Such a life still has a huge, huge space away from the peak threshold of happiness.
If a person struggles from the bottom all the way to the top, then the sense of achievement and happiness he can harvest all the way is incomparable!
Just like Harry Potter, he came from the narrow cupboard under the stairs at the Dursleys' to Hogwarts to learn magic.
Coming here, every surprise harvested, every adventure, for Harry Potter, was a happy memory unforgettable for a lifetime!
As a result, using happy emotions to learn Expecto Patronum and summon a Patronus was actually a simple matter for Harley.
No matter how much Harley resisted, if he planned to publish an autobiography about learning Expecto Patronum in the future, he could also say:
"I regard it as a kind of wealth left to me by suffering."
On the other hand, looking at Levi, the life and hardships of two lifetimes had already stained Levi's heart with a bit of coldness and numbness.
After coming to the wizarding world and entering Hogwarts, relying on the Fantasy MOD System, he was invincible and his strength increased greatly; he could simply say triumphantly: "Things are going extremely smoothly for me! Brother!"
Coldness, numbness, lacking the contrast of hardship, lacking rewards gained through hard work...
Levi simply did not have sufficiently pure happy emotions to allow him to summon the highest achievement of the Expecto Patronum Spell—a corporeal Patronus!
Back when he was taught by Headmaster Dumbledore, the fact that Levi could concentrate happy emotions so quickly to cast Expecto Patronum and summon silver-white smoke was already the result of his spell talent reaching the pinnacle!
"Sometimes thinking carefully, a person's life is also quite base!"
Levi sat on the Quidditch pitch, waiting for the match to begin, and gave a mocking smile in his heart:
"If good things are directly delivered into your hands, you fail to catch them instead!"
"Yet you still need trials, betrayal, and deception, to see through the warmth and coldness of human nature, to see through the myriad aspects of life, to wear away innocence, to strangle childishness, and through introspection, to extinguish arrogance and self-righteousness!"
"Without experiencing these, a person in their lifetime, a person in this lifetime will never see clearly the value they ought to have, and will not cherish those things that can be easily obtained, or things that ought to have been obtained!"
"Suffering is not worth advocating, but only after tasting the flavor of pain can one understand the sweetness of joy!"
"Fortunately, that's others; as a Transmigrator with a system, I, Levi Keynes, am cheating!"
After pondering on life for a bit, Levi opened his Spell MOD.
As a cheating player, he completely didn't need to experience hardship or condense pure happy emotions.
He only needed to do things that made him happy; with these happy things as a catalyst, he could spend Academic Credits to open the Spell Training Ground and forcibly raise the level of Expecto Patronum to summon a corporeal Patronus.
Wizards of the wizarding world, you didn't expect this, this young master is cheating!
Just thinking of this point, the happy emotion in Levi's heart couldn't stop bubbling up; although cheating was awesome, cheating all the time was always awesome!
As he was thinking thus, the match where the equally cheating Ravenclaw team thrashed the Slytherin team had already begun!
"Beep!"
With a sharp whistle from Madam Hooch, the two teams suddenly soared into the air!
Compared to the sluggishly flying Slytherin team, the seven lightning-fast figures on the Quidditch pitch were exceptionally eye-catching!
The seven players of the Ravenclaw team rode their Firebolts and rapidly soared into the air, piercing through the sky like bronze-colored sharp arrows, so fast that people couldn't see their shadows clearly!
"So fast, too fast!"
Little hater Michael shouted and hollered by Levi's side, looking like someone lacking culture and experience.
"The Firebolt is truly as fast as lightning!"
Anthony, who would serve as the Ravenclaw grade Prefect in the future, spoke entirely in metaphors, which quite suited his identity as a Ravenclaw student.
No wonder orders for Firebolts were lined up all the way to him; the Ravenclaw team advertised this extremely well!
Sitting in the spectator stands and looking at the Ravenclaw team soaring into the sky, Levi was indeed extremely satisfied in his heart.
His action of donating Firebolts to the team was simply the most powerful advertisement!
Firebolts were selling like crazy in Knockturn Alley in Britain, and even in magical shopping streets around the world!
No matter how Randolph's Alchemy Workshop expanded its production scale or hired Fairies to help, the produced Firebolts were still in short supply!
Even with adopting Levi's lucky draw model, Firebolts were still somewhat not enough as prizes!
As the boss of the Alchemy Workshop and likewise an Alchemist, all production orders were sent over to Levi.
Levi naturally didn't shirk either; relying on the Alchemy Workshop of the alchemy mod, his individual productivity could completely blow up the entire world's alchemical productivity.
With just those small orders for Firebolts, he easily completed them!
Chapter 320: Fluttering Robes
"Ravenclaw's Seeker, Miss Cho Chang, has caught the Golden Snitch, and the match is over!"
Enhanced by the Sonorus charm, Professor McGonagallannounced the match results.
Beneath the golden sunlight, Cho Chang held the shimmering Golden Snitch high, riding her broomstick with a radiant smile. She flew in the air like a victorious Valkyrie, her delicate and beautiful face captivating countless people.
"Stop looking, Harley. If you really like her, you should confess bravely!"
Ron patted Harry Potter, who was staring in a daze. As the best friend of the Boy Who Lived, he was completely clear about Harley's little thoughts.
"I... I didn't... I'm just appreciating. How can you confess over an appreciation?"
Hearing Ron's words, Harley's face instantly flushed red. He looked up and saw the surrounding Gryffindor Wizards looking at him with curiosity, prompting him to stutter in his defense.
Yet the people around him all looked at him with smiles, and for a moment, the Gryffindor stands were filled with an atmosphere of joy!
However, neither of these two reckless fellows noticed that amidst the crowd, a certain first-year little witch with matching red hair lowered her head in disappointment upon hearing these words.
"Who is Harley going to confess to?"
Levi's voice suddenly rang out, his tone filled with the curious amusement of a bystander.
Everyone was startled. Turning around, they realized that at some unknown point, Levi had appeared right beside Hermione, sitting in the seat adjacent to her.
"Levi, when did you get here? You scared me!"
Hermione was also startled, clearly remembering that this seat had been occupied by Parvati Patil.
But her Indian dorm-mate had left halfway due to something, leaving the seat vacant.
"A little bit of magic," Levi gestured with a fingertip universe. Not planning to let Harley off, he asked with a face full of curiosity:
"What were you guys talking about earlier? I thought I heard someone say Harley is going to confess to someone?"
As soon as Ron heard this, a wicked smile broke across his face. He wished he could cast Sonorus on himself and loudly replied:
"I know, I know it's your house's Cho... Mmm!"
Before Ron could blurt out Cho Chang's name, Harry Potter, whose face was as red as a monkey's bottom, lunged from behind Ron and clamped a hand over Ron's mouth.
"Levi, everyone, don't listen to Ron's nonsense. Ron must have taken the wrong Potion! You guys chat, you chat, we'll be taking off first!"
As Harley spoke, he forcefully dragged the struggling Ronaway in his arms, looking like he was hauling a fish out of water.
"I haven't seen him in a few days, but Harley's strength has grown quite a bit!"
Seeing this, Levi couldn't help but make a casual sarcastic remark, making Hermione laugh. She couldn't help but gently punch Levi and say:
"You, always teasing Harley. You already knew who Harleylikes, didn't you?"
With the Quidditch match over, the young wizards of the four houses dispersed. Levi and Hermione walked out of the stands, speaking as they left:
"How would I know who Harley likes? Even for the person I like, I don't even know if she likes me back."
Hearing this, how could Hermione not understand what Levi meant? She instantly felt her cheeks burn as red as fire.
She looked up into Levi's pair of silver eyes, only to see Levi gazing back at her with intense, burning eyes. Embarrassed, she lowered her head once more.
After quite a while, the little witch, whose cheeks were still flushed, took the initiative to speak and change the subject:
"Levi, do you plan to continue teaching the Defense Against the Dark Arts class in your third year?"
"I heard that this position has a Curse placed on it by You-Know-Who, and according to the records I've checked, in recent years, every single Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor only teaches for a single academic year, or meets with some misfortune before the teaching is even completed. You..."
"I'm not stupid. Once I finish teaching this half-term, I'll resign to Headmaster Dumbledore, and let him find another Wizard to be the Professor!"
Levi didn't continue teasing the little witch, but instead picked up where Hermione left off and continued:
If nothing unexpected happens, the third-year Defense Against the Dark Arts class Professor should be taken by the Werewolf Lupin or Sirius Black.
And there is a high probability that it will be Sirius Black.
After all, after being reported by him, Peter Pettigrew had already been brought to justice, locked up in Azkaban, and even his Animagus form had been exposed.
If even then, Azkaban of the Ministry of Magic couldn't lock up Peter Pettigrew, then Levi could only say that the Wizards of the Ministry of Magic truly were a bunch of good-for-nothings!
Since Peter Pettigrew had already been convicted, Sirius Black, who could only flee in the original work, would naturally have his name cleared!
Although this fellow's brain had a few issues and his thought process was somewhat unorthodox, his magical skill was definitely exceptional, which could be seen from the fact that he could perform the Animagustransformation.
Such an exceptional Wizard, who was also a staunch member of the Order of the Phoenix and had nothing to do all day, would definitely not let go of this opportunity once Headmaster Dumbledore issued an invitation.
As Harry Potter's godfather, he definitely wanted to experience the feeling of personally teaching Harley and watching him grow up!
But the Werewolf Lupin was in for a miserable time!
Without Hogwarts to serve as Professor, missing this rare opportunity, Lupin, as a Werewolf, would have to roam around the wizarding world as a vagrant again!
And who knows if Sirius Black would lend him a hand?
Levi thought to himself. Speaking of which, he was extremely interested in the Werewolf's Curse, as well as the blood Curse of Nagini the Maledictus.
Curses as a branch of magic, especially Curses involving transformation like this, were not deeply studied by Levi; one could even say he had zero research on them!
As a little fellow full of curiosity about the mysteries of magic, he naturally wanted to study them.
A flurry of chaotic thoughts flashed through Levi's mind. He stopped talking about his stint as a Professor and instead invited Hermione:
"Let's not talk about these predestined things. Hermione, how do you plan to spend your summer vacation?"
"How about the two of us go on vacation to another country?
Romantic France, mysterious Egypt, cool Russia, or the distant Eastern Celestial Empire...
The world is so big, how about we go see it together?"
Hermione was also led to daydreaming by Levi's words: the sunny beaches of France, the pyramids of Egypt, the cool climate, distinctive palaces and churches of Russia, and that distant Eastern Celestial Empire, which was the source of Levi's bloodline. Levi probably wanted to go back and take a look...
With too many countries and too many choices, Hermioneand Levi walked side by side all the way to the castle. She still hadn't decided which country she wanted to go to, and could only helplessly hand the choice over to Levi:
"Going on vacation together for the summer isn't a problem at all!"
"But I don't know which country to go to either. Where do you want to go, Levi?"
Hearing Hermione bounce the question back to him, Levicouldn't help but be moved. After thinking for a moment and pondering, he said:
"How about we go to Moscow together?
The climate there is cool, and last year I bought some assets there that I haven't processed further yet.
At that time, neither of us will need to stay in a hotel; we can just move straight into my property there and travel around freely!"
Hearing this, Hermione readily agreed, nodding with a full smile:
"Alright, let's go to Moscow!"
As the little witch nodded in agreement, she turned her exquisite and cute smiling face, looking at Levi with bright, burning eyes and saying:
"And Levi, for your previous question, I know the answer, except I won't tell you right now... unless you catch me, haha!"
At the end of her words, her voice was almost inaudible, carrying only a trace of a teasing chuckle.
Hearing this, Levi looked up in astonishment, only to see that the little witch had already run far away like the wind. Her little leather shoes rose and fell rapidly, and her black robes fluttered in the wind like a butterfly's wings...