Malfoy Rise at Hogwarts

Chapter 15 Quirrell's Theft
The two-week Christmas holiday passed quickly, and Schelling and Draco returned to Hogwarts.

In the past two weeks, Xie Lin had a very leisurely life. Apart from occasionally giving Draco homework, he would occasionally go out to the Muggle world to have a look. Xie Lin did not intend to live only in the wizarding world for the rest of his life, that would be too dull and boring.

In his spare time, Schelling did not forget to delve into the spells of the first-year spells course. In his opinion, whether it is fluorescent spells, sound-amplifying spells, or flame spells, what the school teaches are just the most basic and simple ways to use them. As long as these spells are unraveled and traced back to their origins, these spells still have a lot of potential to be tapped.

Schelling has always believed that the power of a spell depends on the caster, not the spell itself. Instead of blindly pursuing a spell with the same power and consumption, it is better to choose the most suitable and exquisite basic spell in various environments, not only to save mana, but also to achieve unexpected effects.

To put it bluntly, flame is a state of gas burning, and the principle of the flame spell itself is to convert magic power into an energy that ignites the air. The power of the flame spell depends on the size and temperature of the flame released. The more magic power consumed, the greater the amount of flames that can be released. In the original book, Dumbledore once released a large sea of ​​flames to drive back thousands of corpses.

The magical power of the little wizard is not enough to imitate Dumbledore's flame effect, but this does not prevent Schelling from other angles to achieve the same effect.

Schelling's first idea was to study Potions. He referred to some Muggle chemistry textbooks and understood the nature of fire and combustion. He wanted to use Potions to create a magic potion similar to a combustible. He only needed to throw the combustible into the flame, and the flame would spread into a boundless sea of ​​flames.

This is not a difficult task. After all, it can be easily done by buying a bottle of gasoline from Muggles. Schelling just wants to use the knowledge of potion science to create a combustion-accelerating potion that can spread the combustion range and increase the flame temperature at the same time.

After several experiments in the family's potion laboratory, and several times of embarrassing himself under Narcissa's angry eyes, Xie Lin finally created his own first potion—Blue Flame Potion!
As its name suggests, this potion can increase the temperature of the flame to the temperature of the blue flame, and can spread the flame to a classroom-sized area.

Before Xie Lin started to learn Fiercefire Curse, it had basically become the most practical magic combination for him to deal with group battles.

The wonderful holiday passed by, and Schelling and Draco returned to Hogwarts again.

Walking in the corridor, it seems that the joyful atmosphere of Christmas has not completely dissipated, and the walls of the auditorium are still covered with silver frost.

Since the end of the vacation, Schelling found that the homework assigned by the professors has become more and more onerous, and many of them have already divided the key points of the exam, implying that the exam date is getting closer.

Even with Xie Lin's ability, he began to feel the pressure. Xie Lin found Daphne and Meredith to organize a review group, sharing study notes, and comparing each other's possible questions in the exam.

Although Daphne and Meredith's grades are not bad, they are far from enough compared to Schelling. Therefore, the review group is generally dominated by Schelling. Schelling is responsible for tutoring and guiding the two girls' homework and exam preparation.

Schelling didn't intend to hide this matter, and somehow it spread, and Daphne and Meredith became the envy of everyone.

For a whole semester, not only the little wizards of Slytherin, but even some little wizards of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have heard of Schelling's reputation as a "student god". Those who have borrowed Schelling's notes or asked Schelling for homework assignments know that Schelling's study notes are the legendary artifacts for exam preparation - many young wizards have found opportunities to inquire about Daphne and Meredith, trying to get Schelling's study notes.

Coincidentally, Hermione was also helping Harry and Ron with homework and preparing for exams, so when she heard about Schelling's actions, she was ignited with an unyielding fighting spirit. She seemed to be fighting an invisible war, pressing Harry and Ron step by step, exerting pressure, and making them miserable.

This morning, when Schelling was eating breakfast, he casually flipped through the new issue of the Daily Prophet, and a small piece of news published in an inconspicuous corner caught his attention.

This is a wanted notice about a smuggler, because this guy has been smuggling dragon eggs to England recently, and he has disappeared. Witnesses proved that he was last seen at the Pig's Head Pub in Hogsmeade Village.

Xie Lin had a premonition that Professor Quirrell had already obtained the dragon egg, and he would start contact with Hagrid soon.

After Schelling spent a week making a series of preparations, one day when Professor Quirrell was teaching senior students, he sneaked into Professor Quirrell's office with the Disillusionment Charm.Schelling didn't think that Professor Quirrell dared to cast all kinds of dangerous defensive magic and monitoring magic on his office under Dumbledore's nose. Doing so would only arouse suspicion for himself.

Sure enough, except for a locked door that was opened by Schelling with a Muggle universal lock pick, Schelling slipped into the office without encountering any other obstacles.

Schelling carefully put on Muggle anti-fingerprint gloves, and searched Professor Quirrell's office carefully—Professor Quirrell's lecture lasted for two hours, and Schelling actually had plenty of time, but just in case Professor Quirrell returned early due to certain things, Schelling still stepped up to find his target as soon as possible and then left.

After some searching, Schelling finally found a large, dark egg in a dark compartment of a drawer—ah, this must be the secret dragon egg that Quirrell planned to use to extract the three-headed dog from Hagrid's mouth.

Xie Lin smiled, and when he was about to walk along the dragon egg, he found that there was a well-maintained diary next to the dragon egg. Xie Lin's magic eyes could see that there was no magic fluctuation in the diary.Xie Lin also took the diary and the dragon egg along with him.

[Quirro's Diary Obtained! 】

[Get one dragon egg! 】

Although the magic eye can confirm that there is no sign of tracking magic on the diary and the dragon egg, but for the sake of safety, Schelling asked Dobby to help him hide these two things in a cave deep in the Forbidden Forest, and cast elf-specific warning magic at the entrance of the cave. Once someone broke into the cave, Dobby would sense it and report to Schelling as quickly as possible.

Another two weeks passed, and soon March came.

Xie Lin observed that Quirrell's face was getting paler and his tone of voice became weaker. Xie Lin knew that Quirrell was probably severely punished by Voldemort for losing the dragon egg, and the warning magic of the Forbidden Forest Cave has not been triggered, which means that Quirrell is now in a predicament where he cannot break through the three-headed dog.

Xie Lin couldn't help sneering secretly, and Xie Lin didn't mind doing it a few more times to make Voldemort eat the turtle.

The Malfoy family is actually not a stubborn pure-blood supremacist. If someone studies carefully, it is not difficult to find that the ancestors of the Malfoy family have many examples of intermarriage with Muggle nobles.

The so-called pure-blood supremacy extremists mainly refer to the Black family and the Lestrange family. The Malfoy family just used the concept of pure-blood supremacy as a cover to influence the Ministry of Magic to pass some bills that are beneficial to the pure-blood families, so that the pure-blood families can plunder money from Muggles and seize benefits.

At the beginning, Lucius and other pure-blood families supported Voldemort because they thought that Voldemort could bring more benefits to the pure-blood families. If a society where wizards ruled Muggles was really established, they could plunder a lot of resources and wealth.

But what they never expected was that after making the Horcruxes, Voldemort became more and more extreme and crazy. Originally, they just wanted to find a puppet to plunder for them, but they found that Voldemort was going to be their master, and these declining families had no power to resist Voldemort.

Schelling felt deeply about this. The magic world is a world that speaks with strength. The combat power that magic bestows on every wizard makes the so-called laws and rules become empty words. This is different from the Muggle world.No matter how strong a Muggle's martial arts skills are, he can't beat a large and well-equipped law enforcement force. Lan Bao's type of character only exists in movies.

But wizards are different. A magister-level Grindelwald or Voldemort can easily bring down more than 10 Aurors, but how many Aurors are there in the UK?Although new blood is absorbed from Hogwarts every year, the number of Aurors has never exceeded 30 overall, including the number of retired and killed in the line of duty.

As for the second major strength of the Ministry of Magic, the Law Enforcement Scouting Team, there are not enough people to fit Voldemort's teeth. In the original book, Minister of Magic Fudge once thought that to deal with Sirius Black alone, the elite "strikers" of the scouting team must be dispatched. This shows that the strength of the general scouting team is really not very good.

(Note: There are three groups of armed forces in the Ministry of Magic: Auror is equivalent to Muggle agents, proficient in various abilities, and can carry out various special tasks; Hit Wizards is equivalent to anti-terrorist special forces, specializing in combat; Law Enforcement Reconnaissance Team is equivalent to Muggle police, specializing in dealing with various thieves or non-dangerous illegal activities.)
This made Xie Lin understand that wealth, resources, reputation, and influence are all fictitious. In the magic world, one's own strength is the most important.Only when you have the strength to protect yourself can you truly protect the things mentioned above.

Thinking of this, Schelling's sense of crisis became even stronger. If he wanted the Malfoy family to survive the chaos in the next few years, his own strength was far from enough. He could only use some means to delay Voldemort's return as much as possible, so that he could buy more time to increase his strength.

Although according to the plot of the original book, Voldemort will be eliminated by the savior Harry in the end, but this is not the result Schelling wants-Lucius is imprisoned, Draco is forced to kill Dumbledore, Lucius is ruined, and the family is weakening... If possible, Schelling still prefers to rely on his own strength to solve Voldemort, the boss in the original book.

Since there was no incident of Hagrid hatching a dragon egg this semester, there was no incident of Harry, Hermione, and Neville getting points deducted for their night tour, and there was no incident of entering the Forbidden Forest later.

But at the same time, because Harry did not join Quidditch, this year's Quidditch match still has the highest score in Slytherin.

Coupled with the existence of Schelling, with Schelling's outstanding performance, every class, whether it's Charms, Transfiguration, or Potions, can earn Slytherin a lot of points. Under the influence of Schelling, Draco, Daphne, and Meredith have also become extremely hardworking in their studies. Their homework scores may not be as good as Hermione, the real student, but there is no doubt that they can beat other little wizards in Gryffindor.

By the way, at the request of Professor McGonagall, Schelling wrote a paper and submitted it to "Transfiguration Today" during a meeting of the Transfiguration Club. This paper was about the idea of ​​using Transfiguration to create a magic lamp that could grow wings and fly in mid-air. For example, when exploring a bottomless cave, use the magic lamp to explore the path and measure the depth.

This paper won Schelling the "Most Potential Newcomer Award" from "Transfiguration Today". Even Professor McGonagall, who has always been unsmiling, showed a rare smile and directly rewarded Slytherin with 50 points.

Under Schelling's showmanship, Slytherin led the No.2 Ravenclaw by 50 points in terms of college points, and Gryffindor, who was at the bottom, even led by as much as 150 points.

(End of this chapter)