Hogwarts: This wizard wants to make progress too much

Just now, when Professor Flitwick was teaching Seamus, many students were watching their situation, wanting to learn some experience from it, so that at the moment when the strong light broke out, they were directly blinded.

Although the other little wizards were better, they also felt extremely uncomfortable in their eyes and ears due to the strong light and explosion.

Being in the center of the explosion, several little wizards from Gryffindor had scorched faces, and their hair was curled up as if it had been burned by fire.

Fortunately, Professor Flitwick could only stand under the table because of his height, so he was not affected by the explosion, but his eyes were flashed by the strong light, and his ears were temporarily deafened.

"What happened?"

Terry, whose vision was a little blurred, was full of confusion and didn't know what had happened. He was just chatting with Ginny when he heard Ethan shout to close his eyes. Seeing Ginny close his eyes, he also quickly followed suit.

"Seamus Finnigan's spell exploded."

Ethan explained helplessly. This was completely a low-profile version of a flashbang.

If the noise were more ear-piercing and the flash were stronger, it would be more authentic. After all, flashbangs can not only flash the eyes, but also make the people nearby feel dizzy.

"Everyone, sit down in your seats, don't panic, you will recover soon."

Professor Flitwick used magic to float himself in the air, and then used the Amplifying Charm to project his voice loudly throughout the classroom. He deeply knew the consequences of chaos if people couldn't see.

Now that there had been a teaching accident, he couldn't let the accident escalate.

As the dueling champion, he really lost all his face this time. He didn't even react. He was really old.

Ethan could clearly see Professor Flitwick's eyes tightly closed, and two lines of clear tears left from the corners of his eyes. Obviously, he was not feeling well at the moment.

Seeing this, Ethan could only join forces with a few classmates who had listened to Ethan's words in time and some lucky ones to appease the panicked students, pressing those running around into their seats and helping those who fell.

This time, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff were the hardest hit areas. Cassandra was fine, Hermione buried her head on the table, obviously she was hit.

After about ten minutes, the sequelae of this super-illumination spell slowly subsided, and everyone regained some vision.

After such an accident, Professor Flitwick naturally couldn't continue teaching, so he could only let the students take a break.

And deeply remembered Seamus Finnigan's name.

Only Ethan knew that this was just the beginning of Seamus's explosion career. During the Battle of Hogwarts, when facing the invasion of the Death Eaters, Neville wanted to blow up the bridge, and Professor McGonagall asked him to discuss it with Seamus Finnigan.

It can be seen from this that during his seven years at Hogwarts, how many explosion incidents Seamus caused, leaving such a deep impression on these professors.

Chapter 35: More Money Needed

Due to the teaching accident in the Charms class, the flying class in the afternoon was canceled.

Although the effect of Seamus's Flash Charm had almost disappeared, some little wizards still felt that their eyes were blurry when they looked at anything, so it was naturally not suitable for flying class.

This also allowed the first-year little wizards to rest this afternoon.

After lunch, Ethan came to the Gryffindor table and sat down next to Hermione after greeting the twins.

"Why don't you go find your senior and come here to me?"

Hermione swallowed the food in her mouth, glanced at Ethan, and said angrily.

"Why should I go find my senior?"

Ethan was a little confused. What was Hermione talking about?

"Isn't...aren't you eating with your senior these past two days?"

"And laughing and talking!"

Hermione realized that she seemed to have said the wrong thing, but she could only continue to say it.

"I'm from Ravenclaw, is there a problem with eating with Ravenclaw students?"

Ethan immediately retorted. It didn't matter in front of his roommates, but he couldn't ruin his image in the little witch's heart.

"No...no problem!"

Hermione's confidence was a little lacking, and she wanted to refute but didn't know what to say.

"Then why did you make me cry when we first met, making me lose face?"

Thinking of this, Hermione was unhappy. She was happy and laughing with her senior, but when it came to herself, she was made to cry.

"I wanted to tell you that there are people beyond people and heavens beyond heavens. You are too proud, that's not okay. Didn't you study harder and become more excellent afterwards?"

Ethan preached to her with a look of 'I'm doing it for your own good'.

"That's right."

Hermione thought about it and it was indeed the case, but she quickly asked again: "Then why did you call me buck teeth!"

Buck teeth were her lifelong pain. As the daughter of a dentist, she cared quite a bit about her teeth, but her front teeth were bigger than ordinary people, which made her very unwilling to be mentioned about this.

"Just tell me if your front teeth are big!"

"I said that to make you remember me, remember?"

"Don't you forget it after seeing it once?"

After a series of questions, Hermione fell into a state of contemplation, laughing from time to time.

Ethan had already started talking to Harry and Ron, mainly Ron.

"Ethan, don't you know?"

"Scabbers is my family."

"This is three Sickles a day, you have to think about it."

"The first wand is seven Galleons, an owl is twenty Galleons, don't you want it?"

Knowing Ron's weakness, Ethan continued to tempt Ron.

The Weasley family had too many children, and basically had no pocket money. The older ones and the only daughter, Ginny, were fine, with new wands, books, and wizard robes, but as the youngest son, Ron, everything was old. Do you think he doesn't crave these?

"Scabbers has lived in my house for ten years, and now I even sleep in the same bed with him. I regard him as my younger brother."

"Do you still care about these?"

"I've already said that it won't cause any harm to Scabbers. Whatever you give me, I'll return it to you as it is. This is equivalent to free Sickles!"

Ethan had an incredulous expression, as if he had misjudged Ron.

"Ethan, you misunderstood, Scabbers is my younger brother!"

"More money!"

Ron looked at Ethan with a painful expression.

The deal was finalized. Ethan successfully rented Scabbers for two Galleons a week, which is thirty-four Sickles a week.

Ron was very satisfied with this. Two Galleons! At eleven years old, he hadn't saved up two Galleons even by scrimping and saving.

As soon as the deal was reached, Ron personally went to the Gryffindor dormitory to grab Scabbers and hand him over to Ethan, fearing that Ethan would go back on his word.

In Diagon Alley shops, a Galleon could buy a cage full of rats. They weren't magical creatures, just for experiments or as live food.

Only Hogwarts didn't sell them, which allowed him to make a profit.

"That's settled then. I'll return Scabbers to you next week!"

Ethan, carrying Peter Pettigrew in a cage, greeted them and prepared to leave.

"Ethan, be careful. Although I don't know what you're going to experiment on Scabbers with, he's already ten years old and very old. Don't torment him too much."

Before leaving, Ron specifically reminded him.

Ron cared about Scabbers, his own possession, but Percy had only just given him the rat, and they didn't have a deep bond.

What was that little bit of affection compared to two Galleons?

If he could get a bit more, he'd even let Ethan experiment on himself, let alone Scabbers.

Meanwhile, Ethan went straight to the eighth floor with Scabbers and entered the Room of Requirement.

The moment he entered the Room of Requirement, Scabbers became very agitated and struggled frantically in the cage. He already knew where he was and that nothing good would come of it.

When Ron handed him over to Ethan, he felt uneasy, but what could a rat do besides run and bite?

The moment he was put in the cage, his fate was sealed.

After dumping Scabbers out of the cage, Ethan casually cast a spell.

"Crucio!"

Although there were other spells that could undo Animagus forms, none were as convenient and quick as the Cruciatus Curse.

The rat, who had been quite energetic and looking for an escape route, suddenly collapsed, rolling and wailing on the ground.

He never expected that a first-year wizard would know an Unforgivable Curse and dare to use it so brazenly, and even be so deranged as to use it on a little rat.

Was he out of touch with the times? Were young wizards so fierce these days?

"Quite resilient!"

Ethan chuckled and then cast another Cruciatus Curse.

This time, the rat was foaming at the mouth, but it also worked. The intense pain made him almost faint, and he could no longer maintain his Animagus form.

The rat's body began to twist, eventually transforming into a short, fat, balding middle-aged man with small eyes, somewhat gray hair, a pointed nose, and dirty clothes. He did look a bit like a fat rat turned human.

However, his condition was not good at the moment. He lay on the ground, half-dead, struggling for a long time without being able to get up.

Chapter 36: The Greedy Plunderer

"What exactly do you want?"

Peter sat up, regaining some strength, his voice trembling.

Peter was certain that he had only met Ethan once, on the Hogwarts Express, but it was as if Ethan knew him. Why? Peter couldn't understand.

Even his own mother didn't know that he was an illegal Animagus. Now, the only ones who knew he was still alive were Sirius and Lupin.

Could it be them?

He hadn't heard any news of Sirius escaping from Azkaban recently, so it must be Lupin.

But he's a werewolf, so this is…

For a moment, Peter thought of many things.

"I just need you to do me a favor."

Ethan said with a smile.

Peter Pettigrew, despite his unimpressive appearance and timidity, and his unremarkable Animagus form, was actually quite strong. He was certainly not as good as the four Heads of Hogwarts Houses, but he was still considered a top-tier fighter.

It could be said that none of the four Marauders were weak. Even after Sirius was imprisoned for more than ten years, Peter turned into a rat for more than ten years, and Lupin wandered for more than ten years, they were still very capable in battle, all being elites in their respective camps.

It's just that all four of them eventually died, and all were related to Harry, as was Snape, the quartet's nemesis. He wondered if they would still fight down there.

"Is this how you ask for help?"

Peter gasped for breath, cautiously staring at Ethan.

He couldn't see through the young wizard in front of him. He used the Cruciatus Curse more skillfully than he did himself, and he cast it wandlessly. He hadn't even taken out his wand yet. Heavens, this was a young wizard who had entered school with Ron.

"Then how would you like me to ask you?"

Ethan looked at Peter with cold eyes.

"What do you want me to do? Just tell me, and I'll do it."

For the sake of his life, Peter could only admit defeat.

Even if he had his wand, he probably couldn't beat this young wizard who could cast Unforgivable Curses wandlessly, let alone now that he didn't have a wand.

He was very timid. He had initially asked to be sorted into Gryffindor because he wanted to become brave. He associated with James and others to bully others because he didn't want to be the one being bullied.

He sided with Voldemort because Voldemort was powerful at that time and had a better chance of winning. He made that choice for his own safety.

Now that his life was threatened, he could also surrender without hesitation.

"Fiendfyre Curse, do you know it?"

This was one of Ethan's goals for today. He had wanted to learn it for a long time, but the three scammers in Knockturn Alley didn't know it.

The Fiendfyre Curse is definitely one of the most powerful Dark Arts. The released Fiendfyre can continuously burn everything that can be burned, including the intangible, that is, the soul, and can also mimic the forms of some monsters. It cannot be extinguished with water unless you use the Counter-Curse.

The only drawback is that it is extremely difficult to control, and it is easy to be backfired if you are not careful.

But Ethan now has the "Fire Affinity" talent, so there is no such problem. It can be said that if he wants to become stronger, the Fiendfyre Curse is one of the most suitable spells at the moment.