Malfoy Rise at Hogwarts

Chapter 23 The Invisible Phantom
In the remaining month of summer vacation, Schelling did not forget all kinds of turmoil that would occur at Hogwarts in the upcoming semester, so he also began to study the spells that could come in handy in this semester, and prepared himself for the various situations he might face.

Since the last semester, Xie Lin has already started to improve the fluorescent spell, amplifying spell, and flame spell learned in the first-year course. During this long vacation, Xie Lin finally found the opportunity to realize his ideas one by one.

Through fine manipulation of magic power and adjustment of the wand's posture, Schelling discovered that the light emitted by the fluorescent spell, the sound effect produced by the amplifying spell, and the flame form released by the flame spell can all be adjusted in size.

For example, in the Fluorescence Curse, Schelling successfully turned the wand into an adjustable flashlight for Muggles, and the light source transformed by magic power can adjust the brightness according to the mind; another example is the Amplifying Charm, Schelling also successfully made the sound volume and sound waves can be adjusted freely like a Muggle sound system; and another example is the Flame Curse.

In addition, he has been in correspondence with overseas pen pals for the past few years.Among them, his frequent correspondence with letters is a female pen pal Akabane Sakurazuki from Japan who is studying at Mahoutokoro Magic School (Mahoutokoro).

Mahotokuro means magic place in Japanese, so it is also called magic place for short. This magic school is a palace located at the highest point of South Iwo Jima, Japan. This palace is built with suet jade. It looks like a gorgeous and exquisite pagoda, so it is also known as the magic palace.From Muggle perspective, both the island and the palace are uninhabited.

In Japan, wizard children start school at the age of seven, but they don't start boarding until they are 11. Before that, they will ride to and from home and school every day on the back of a giant petrel, commuting to school in the form of commuting.So although Akabane Yingyue is the same age as Xie Lin, she has been in contact with magic for 6 years.

Schelling was most interested in Japanese magic in the [-]th century during the Warring States period of the Shogunate and the Japanese wizards in the name of "ninjas".

(Note: The unique magic of each country is confidential and will not be shared with wizards from other countries casually. The "Invisibility Book of Invisibility" only briefly describes the invisible magic of various countries. The specific magic casting methods and techniques to improve the invisibility effect are not in the book. Although wizards of various countries are not allowed to disclose the magic of their own country at will, privately owned family magic and private research experience in casting spells are not in this case, so Xie Lin can communicate with Akabane Yingyue on magic.)
Schelling and her often discussed the invisibility magic that she is most proud of, and exchanged the different understandings of invisibility magic between the two schools in Britain and Japan: the common invisibility magic in the UK is the phantom spell, which uses the principle similar to that of a chameleon to make the caster's skin simulate the surrounding environment, trying to cause visual deception to achieve the effect of hiding the figure; while the most commonly used invisibility magic in Japan is the "light and dust spell", which is a method of changing the shape and light transmission of the body, making the body become like dust. It can pass through, in simple terms, it is to make the body truly transparent.

These two magics have been improved by generations of wizards, and the effect can be said to be close to perfection, but Schelling is still not satisfied.There are actually many ways to see through invisibility magic. For example, the clairvoyance spell attached to Mad-Eyes Moody’s fake eye can see through the illusion spell and invisibility cloak; another example is that animals such as cats and dogs can also rely on their sensitive sense of smell to see through the location of the invisible person. In this regard, Schelling’s main consideration is the students and Filch’s pet cat Norris; another example is that snakes that can sense infrared rays can also detect the temperature of the invisible person.

Schelling's goal is to create an invisibility magic that can overcome the above shortcomings and is completely unique to him.

Schelling referred to the principles of the Disillusionment Curse and the Light and Dust Curse, and then referred to some Muggle popular science books on optics, and finally developed a brand new invisibility magic, which he named "Invisible Illusion Charm".

He took out all the anti-invisibility and anti-stealth devices collected in his family and tried them out. He even asked Lucius to borrow a pair of see-through glasses of the same style as Mad-Eye Moody. Of course, Schelling wanted to study the alchemy behind the see-through glasses. As a result, he was pleasantly surprised to find that none of these valuable devices could see through his invisibility magic. clairvoyance.

The "Invisible Phantom Curse" is paired with his Supreme Wizard Robe - which has added the function of covering up breath, smell, and body temperature. Even dogs with the most sensitive sense of smell and snakes that sense infrared rays cannot feel the existence of Schelling. Even if Schelling stands in front of them, they will just turn a blind eye.

What's more, he also successfully developed a brand-new combat technique. He cleverly integrated the invisibility magic into his casting process, causing the spells shot by his wand to become invisible and formless, unable to be tracked with the naked eye, let alone resisted. Before that, there was only one spell that could achieve this effect, and that was Snape's original "Shadowless Curse". Schelling could integrate this technique into all spells.

[The invisibility magic "Invisible Phantom Curse" was created! 】

[Acquisition of formless spellcasting skills! 】

Compared with Schelling, who has gained a lot, his elder brother Draco has neglected his studies, and went out to practice Quidditch with Goyle and Crabbe almost every day during the whole vacation. Second-year students can already participate in the selection of the school Quidditch team. Draco mentioned at home more than once that he must join the Slytherin Quidditch team this semester.

Under his hard work, Lucius personally got through with Marcus Flint of the Flint family-the Malfoy family would provide a Nimbus 2001 for the entire Slytherin Quidditch team for free, at the cost of being the Quidditch captain Marcus Flint had to let Draco pass the selection.

The Nimbus series of broomsticks are currently the most high-end brooms on the market, and the newly launched Nimbus 2001 costs 130 Galleons each. Even for the wealthy and powerful Malfoy family, buying seven Nimbus 2001s at one go is a lot of money. This shows how much Lucius loves his son.

Schelling didn't have much interest in Quidditch, he was all focused on improving his own strength, and only after getting through the crisis brought by Voldemort in the next few years, would he consider slowing down his pace to enjoy the good things in life.

During the two-month summer vacation, he has made great progress in alchemy and charms, and even in combat skills, he has become more flexible and flexible with daily practice and improvement.

As for the "Law on Imposing Reasonable Restraint on Underage Wizards" that stipulates that minor wizards are not allowed to use magic outside of school?That's for Muggle families or weak mixed-race families.As an ancient pure-blood family, the manor is shrouded in powerful protective magic and shielding magic everywhere. As long as it is still within the scope of Malfoy Manor, the traces of the Ministry of Magic can't trace the traces of Schelling and Draco's spellcasting.

It can be seen that pure-blood wizards have too many advantages over wizards from Muggle families.In the original book, if Draco hadn't wasted time every day in intrigue and idle play, he wouldn't have suffered the shame of repeated defeats in a series of struggles with Harry Potter.

Speaking of Harry, he had a very miserable summer vacation. Throughout July, all his magical items were confiscated by his Muggle relatives, so he couldn't touch any magic for a whole month.

To make matters worse, he tried to write to his friends to complain, or to ask for help, but he never received any reply-all his letters were intercepted by Dobby, which was an act of Dobby's own decision.

This depressed day lasted until Harry's birthday-on July 7st, Dobby appeared in his room and gave him an inexplicable warning, and with a hovering spell, Harry received a warning letter from Mafalda Hopkirk, director of the Prohibition of Misuse of Magic Office.

Harry was rescued by Ron and his twin brother after three days of more brutal imprisonment by his Muggle relatives, and his miserable summer life came to an end here.

On August 8th, Lucius proposed that he needed to go to Knockturn Alley in London to do some errands, and asked Draco and Schelling to go with him, so that he could buy them all the textbooks for this semester.

Knockturn Alley, a black market similar to Muggles.It is adjacent to Diagon Alley, where dragons and snakes are mixed, which is despised by most wizards.This alley is full of dark magic shops where one can buy many kinds of dark magic items.

There are very few serious wizards in Knockturn Alley, and there are even many notorious dark wizards, werewolves, and vampires hidden in it. The Aurors of the Ministry of Magic tried time and again to remove the cancerous tumor of the wizarding world in Knockturn Alley, but in the end they all failed.

Schelling has always been skeptical about this. He doesn't think that the failure of the ban on Knockturn Alley was due to the incompetence of the Aurors. The real reason should be the cover-up of some high-level officials in the Ministry of Magic. After all, how many people involved in politics can have completely clean hands?

The entrance of Knockturn Alley is adjacent to Diagon Alley, and Lucius led Draco and Sherin through the crowded crowd into Knockturn Alley with ease.There was a dirty alley in front of him, and the shops in Diagon Alley were already crowded enough, but Knockturn Alley seemed narrower, and even the light was mostly blocked by strange-shaped buildings, which made people feel a little gloomy.

The doors of the three shops facing the intersection were closed tightly, and the windows were tightly drawn with thick velvet curtains. The names of the shops on the foreheads could not be seen clearly. Obviously, they had been abandoned for some time.

Both sides seem to be full of black magic shops.Shrunken human heads are grimly displayed in a shop window, and a large cage is overgrown with giant black spiders.In a dark doorway, two ragged wizards were looking at them and whispering. Lucius gave them a contemptuous look, probably because the features of the Malfoy family were too obvious. The two wizards flinched back and continued to wait for the next prey.

An old wooden street sign in front of a shop selling poisoned candles told him this was Knockturn Alley.After walking for a while, Schelling saw the largest store in Knockturn Alley, the crooked store with the signboard of "Bojinbok Store".

It seemed that this was their destination, Lucius stopped, turned and pushed open the wooden door of the store, and walked in.Schelling was not ignorant of this little-known shop in the dark world of wizards.

Behind this store is run by the Bock family, one of the sacred 28 pure-blood families. In addition to selling black magic items, the Bockin Bock store can also be used as a pawn shop. The owner, Mr. Bockin, likes black magic items with strange uses and unpredictable power the most.As for whether a deal that satisfies both parties can be reached, it depends on personal means.

Lucius didn't talk nonsense, and went straight forward to explain the purpose of coming to the owner, Mr. Bojin-he wanted to sell some dark magic items collected by the Malfoy family here.While Lucius and Mr. Borgin were haggling item by item for the price of each item on a long list, Schelling and Draco could only hang out in Borginberg's shop to learn more.

(End of this chapter)