The Lonely Dragon of Hogwarts

After returning to the room, John first began to check the items he brought back this time.

Professor McGonagall purchased a complete set of equipment for John and Michelle.

John took a quick look and found that it almost perfectly matched the list of items on the admission notice.

There are not only various clothes, robes and gloves, but also potion refining and astronomy sets such as cauldrons, glass crystal bottles and telescopes.

Of course, the most important thing is the eight magic textbooks for each person.

This is also the most expensive part of the entire kit.

According to the receipt left by Professor McGonagall, the price of these eight books alone reached an astonishing 10 gold galleons.

And it's second-hand.

But the second-hand ones are actually not bad, especially since these second-hand items are all carefully selected by Professor McGonagall.

Things like those crucibles and glass medicine bottles.

They are almost brand new!

The bottom of the crucible didn't even show much trace of being burned by the flames.

God knows how their original owners learned.

Those magic books naturally cannot do this.

The quality of their hardware can only be described as complete and in normal condition.

But as soon as he opened the book, John got a big surprise.

Almost every page inside is filled with writing.

It's not the kind of graffiti that students often do, but serious annotations and class notes.

This is very precious.

Because this will be of great help to John and Michelle in their future studies.

Of all the things, what surprised John the most were the three sets of clothes.

The biggest problem with second-hand clothes is not the quality, but the size.

It’s not easy to sort out clothes in their size from such a huge pile of second-hand clothes.

But Professor McGonagall just did it.

The clothes she chose for John and Michelle were not only in good quality and condition, but also in a very suitable size. They were only a little bigger than John and Michelle's current height and shape. This was considering that John and Michelle They will still grow taller this year and deliberately do so. Even if John and Michelle save some, they can still wear these clothes next year, which will leave a lot of money.

Being able to do this means that she had taken note of their body measurements when she was at Ollivander's Wand Shop.

This is really quite thoughtful.

"call--"

John took a long breath, turned to look at Michelle and sighed:

"Professor McGonagall is really kind to us!"

"Of course! Professor McGonagall treated us to ice cream!"

Michelle held an ice cream in each hand and said while eating, "I will definitely repay her in the future!"

John smiled when he saw this and said no more.

Professor McGonagall's kindness to them was not limited to ice cream and school supplies. John knew very well that they also needed money to live in the Leaky Cauldron.

Professor McGonagall paid the money directly from her own pocket.

She hadn't even mentioned it to John and Michelle.

If this is done, the favor will be owed to Dafa.

John is a very smart person.

He doesn't take others' kindness to him for granted.

Therefore, the favor must be repaid.

Even if you still don't know clearly, you still need to express it to some extent and make a gesture.

This is a matter of attitude.

But the question is, how to repay this?

They only have 1 galleons on them and can't even afford a decent gift.

Are you going to have a summer job?

When he was walking around Diagon Alley, he seemed to have seen a lot of advertisements for temporary workers.

I just don’t know if they employ child labor.

Shaking his head, John decided not to think about this issue for the time being, and it would be better to study how to cast magic.

He grabbed the wand with excitement on his face, opened the book "Standard Spells: Elementary" and read it carefully.

Then, his claws went numb.

"Standard Spells: Elementary" does record a lot of basic magic theories and spells suitable for beginners.

John even found a lethal spell in it - the Disintegration Curse.

The effect of this spell is to cause something to crack, and if applied to a human body, it will cause cuts.

To cast the spell, you need to wave the wand in a fixed motion and recite the spell in a prescribed tone.

The most important thing is that you need to clear your mind of distracting thoughts and do your best to firmly believe that you want to crack an object.

This process will determine the strength of the spell used, that is, the stronger the will and emotion, the stronger the spell effect will be.

Of course, there is an upper limit, which is determined by the quantity and quality of the wizard's own magic power.

"Standard Spells: Elementary" also has various illustrations of the process of casting this spell, which seem very considerate, but the problem is that it blurs some key information.

For example, in the description of the action of waving a magic wand, it uses no fewer than four 'a little' and seven 'slightly'.

This is similar to many Chinese recipes!

John can guarantee that if he just practices with books, the possibility of him learning the spell is very low.

Unless he is willing to spend a lot of time and energy on trial and error.

But as mentioned at the beginning of "Standard Spells: Elementary", casting spells is a very dangerous thing, and any mistakes may lead to some completely unpredictable and dangerous situations.

So in the Leaky Cauldron without any protective measures, John had no conditions to do this kind of trial and error.

Eventually, however, John raised his wand.

Because he has an idea in his mind.

The magic power in his second magic pool is 100% at his command, which allows him to cast some supernatural abilities similar to magic even without learning any magic spells before.

So what if this part of the purified magic power is used for serious spellcasting?

John closed his eyes and began to recall the spell-casting process he just read in the book, and then suddenly waved the wand!

"Fractured!"

"laugh--"

A white light flashed, followed by the sound of paper being torn.

The piece of kraft paper used as a target was cut in half directly, and there was no burr at all in the crack.

"Oh! John is so awesome!"

Michelle shouted happily, her voice full of adoration.

Ever since John successfully rescued her and all the homeless people from St. Brelade, she had regarded John as an omnipotent existence in her heart.

And John closed his eyes again at this time.

He was recalling the feeling he had just cast.

This is different from the previous use of magic in St. Brelade.

At that time, John didn't have a magic wand and didn't know any spells, so when he used magic, it just poured out of his body according to his instructions, causing the effect he wanted.

When he first used the Disintegration Curse, he could clearly feel his own magic power pouring into the wand. Through the condensation and amplification of the wand, the Disintegration Curse was finally formed.

In this process, the wand acts as an amplifier and collector, enhancing the effect of the spell, avoiding the waste of magic power, and reducing the consumption of spell casting.

The spells and wand swings play a role in guiding the magic power to carry out the specific regular movements of the Disintegration Curse.

In this step, John actually got the spell chanting rhythm and wand swinging range wrong in many places.

However, the high obedience of the second magic pool caused it to self-correct, thus casting the Disintegration Curse.

And still cast perfectly.

Just like how he could cut through kraft paper accurately without damaging the wall behind it.

As long as John is willing, he can control the disintegration spell to cut out any incision shape he wants, and the power can also be increased to his own upper limit.

Of course, this is not entirely due to the second magic pool.

John himself also did quite well in the most critical aspect of 'firm will'.

After all, he also relied on emotion and will to cast spells when he was in St. Brelade, and he was very skilled in this aspect.

What really matters to John is that through the second magic pool, he can fully perceive the operation process of his own magic power when casting a spell.

This means that not only can he quickly master and cast magic, but he can also figure out the detailed spell rhythm and wand swing range by observing and deducing the operation process of magic, so that even if he uses the first magic pool, he can do it without any guidance. to perform spellcasting.

If he masters a certain spell to a certain level, he can even cast it silently without a wand!

“It’s really a big profit this time!”

John opened his eyes and came to the window talking to himself.

Through the thin glass, he could clearly see the dense crowd on Diagon Alley outside.

This made his eyes flash with fire.

Soon we will be leaving for Hogwarts.

What kind of story will he have after he enters Hogwarts with such amazing abilities?

John is really looking forward to it.