Magical Studies at Hogwarts

The private collection was stolen, and Snape was really furious for more than a week. It was not until the Christmas holidays that he ended his crazy deduction of points from Gryffindor.

The little lions were used to it. In the past, Snape would target Gryffindor, but when Harry entered school, he became even more aggressive.This wave of deductions looked more like a surprise deduction before the holidays to the little lions, to ensure that Slytherin maintained its half-way lead over Gryffindor in house points.

Even if they only consolidated their second-to-last position, as long as they suppressed those stupid lions, the little snakes would be happy enough to stay happy for the entire holiday.

On December [-], there were not many people in Hogwarts Castle.

In the morning, when Ike woke up from the empty dormitory, he was still a little uncomfortable.For a year and a half, he has become accustomed to Stuart's wake-up call every morning, and Terry's routine "Good morning". Then the three of them join Michael and Anthony in the dormitory next door and go to the auditorium to enjoy a delicious breakfast. .

After walking through the equally empty common room to the auditorium, and Qiu nodded to each other, Ike casually opened "Detailed Explanation of Ancient Magic Texts", took a sip of hot milk while reading, and then forked a piece of waffle. Put your attention into the book.

The more he read this book, the more Ike felt that his understanding of ancient magic texts was too superficial, and his application was too rigid and rough.After rewatching it for the third time, I have gained a lot of new inspiration for the magic that almost killed Comrade Xiaofu.

Ike believes that if there is another chance next time, he will definitely not give Comrade Xiao Fu a chance to escape.

During this Christmas vacation, in addition to continuing to study ancient magic texts, Ike also plans to renovate the traceless stretching spell box he bought at a large price, and try to make a smaller one that is more convenient to carry.

Such as a pocket watch, or a ring.

As a former bookworm, Ike was very greedy for things like space equipment.The ring is the inspiration for a fantasy novel, and the pocket watch is the equipment of the protagonist of the novel.

Of course, with Ike's current level of alchemy and traceless stretch spells, these are still a bit far away for him, but the box is very reliable.

Returning to the dormitory after breakfast, Ike emptied everything out of the box and got directly into it.Three cubic meters of space is just enough for Ike to stand up straight and move his hands and feet a little.

Taking out his wand and pointing it at a wall, Ike accurately released the Traceless Stretching Curse. He saw the wall slowly retreating under the power of magic. It retreated about seventy centimeters and then stopped.

Ike kept casting spells on the surrounding walls, and the space in the box grew larger and larger until it was as big as a house.

Then he walked quickly to the wall, used the wand as a pen, and wrote ancient magic words on the wall that glowed with soft white light.

Stable, solid, and dust-free, ancient magic words were written on the wall one by one, and then disappeared quickly.After all four walls were filled with writing, Ike moved his left hand slightly, and his body lay horizontally floating in the air. As he waved the wand in his right hand, a complex magic circle gradually emerged.When the magic circle merged into the ceiling above his head, Ike drew another magic circle on the ground.

After painting the last stroke, the entire space seemed to be swept by a soft light like ripples, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Ike nodded with satisfaction.

The reason why the Invisible Stretching Charm is included in the list of prohibited abuse by the Ministry of Magic is that, in addition to easily increasing the risk of wizards being exposed, this spell is not stable.

Many wizards are keen to use the Invisible Stretching Spell to transform their bags and boxes, but they all ignore the upper limit and time limit of the spell.It often happens that wizards' handbags suddenly burst open when they are shopping, and all kinds of things are scattered on the ground.If it was fine in the wizarding world, it would cause a big commotion in the Muggle world.

In order to avoid this, the Ministry of Magic prohibits private use of the Invisible Stretch Spell to create space items, and the formal sales are limited to suitcases and family tents.

Of course, many wizards don't care about this rule of the Ministry of Magic. In fact, as long as they are not discovered, no one will go out of their way to check.

Ike found the method to solidify the Invisible Stretching Spell in the Forbidden Book Zone. It was the ancient magic words written on the wall that could stabilize the spell that would have gradually become ineffective over time.As for the two magic circles, they are from the Ravenclaw manuscript. They have the same function, but are more reliable and can even allow people to cast magic without causing the Invisible Stretch Spell to collapse.

For example, casting a shrinking spell on a conventional Invisible Stretch Spell item may cause the Invisible Stretch Spell to collapse.With these two magic circles, even if it is reduced to the size of gravel, this situation will not happen.

He used a levitating spell to float out of the box and put the things back. Ike used a shrinking spell to shrink the box to a size that could fit in his pocket, and then went straight to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor.

After silently reciting "I need a place to hide things" three times, Ike pushed open the door that appeared on the wall and dove into the huge pile of debris.

It is filled with items discarded by students at Hogwarts over the centuries, enough to satisfy Ike's needs.Although most of them have varying degrees of damage, they can be used normally as long as they are repaired.

Ike moved the sofas, ladders, tables, cabinets, and various decorations into the boxes one by one and placed them in the expected positions. It took him a long time to finish.

At this time, the appearance of the box had completely changed. It was no longer empty, but more like a well-decorated house.

Entering through the trunk and going down the stairs, you were stepping on a worn-out Ravenclaw rug that was missing a leg, and a long sofa was placed next to it.The sofa originally had three legs, but Ike used a cutting spell to cut them off, so it looked a little short, but it didn't hinder its use.

In front of the sofa is a coffee table with some broken alchemy toys on it.About one meter inside are several tall cabinets, which contain books bought and looted from the Room of Requirement.The cabinets were neatly arranged in a row, and Ike used them as partitions.

Inside, Ike used the same method to separate a bedroom, a potion room and an alchemy laboratory.The layout is like the word "field", which is a bit ugly, but it is enough.

Ike also placed many magic lamps on the walls and tables. They are all easy to use. You only need to cast a lighting spell on the lamps and they will stay bright for a long time.This was found from a broken cabinet. Also found were many dirty glass bottles, which were just used to hold the brewed potions.

The matter of a cleaning spell is not troublesome.

Next, as long as Ike goes to Diagon Alley to buy all the materials during the holidays, the potion room and alchemy laboratory can be officially used.

Of course, Ike can also choose to pick up the wool of Professor Snape and Professor Sprout and raid their private collections.

Fortunately for Professor Sprout, he only needs to sneak around the greenhouse at night. With the title of "Walking Plant", Ike can easily get what he wants without attracting Professor Sprout's attention.

But Snape's private collection is a little more troublesome.