Magical Studies at Hogwarts

Chapter 68 Remodeling the Box

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

The little lions were used to it. In the past, Snape would target Gryffindor, but when Harry entered school, it became even worse.In the eyes of the little lions, this wave of point deductions was more like a surprise point penalty before the holiday, to ensure that Slytherin maintained a half-time lead over Gryffindor in house points.

Even if they just secure the second-to-last spot, as long as they keep the stupid lions at the bottom, the snakes are happy enough to keep them happy for an entire holiday.

On December [-]th, there were not many people in the Hogwarts castle.

In the morning, when Ike woke up from the empty dormitory, he was still not used to it.For a year and a half, he has been used to Stewart's wake-up service every morning, and Terry said "good morning" as a routine, and then the three of them fought to meet Michael and Anthony in the next dormitory, and went to the auditorium to have a delicious breakfast .

Walking through the same empty common room to the auditorium, Qiu and Qiu nodded to each other, Ike casually opened "Ancient Runic Explanation", drank some hot milk while reading it, then forked a piece of waffle, and Bring your attention to the book.

The more I read this book, the more Ike felt that my understanding of ancient runes was too superficial, and the use of them was too rigid and rough.After revisiting it for the third time, I have gained a lot of new inspiration for the magic that made Comrade Xiao Fu half dead.

Ike believes that if there is a chance next time, Comrade Xiaofu will definitely not be given the chance to run away.

This Christmas holiday, in addition to continuing to learn ancient runes, Ike also plans to renovate the traceless stretching spell box he bought at a big price, and try to make a smaller and more portable one by himself.

Such as a pocket watch, or a ring.

As a former bookworm, Ike is very greedy for such things as space equipment.The ring is the inspiration of fantasy novels, and the pocket watch is the equipment of the protagonist in a fanfic.

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

Returning to the dormitory after breakfast, Ike poured out everything in the suitcase and went straight in.The space of three cubic meters 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 No Trace Stretch Curse, and saw the wall recede slowly under the power of magic, and stopped after about [-] centimeters.

Ike kept casting spells on the surrounding walls, and the space in the box became bigger and bigger, until it was the size of a house.

Then he walked quickly to the wall, and using his magic wand as a pen, he wrote ancient rune texts shining with soft white light one by one on the wall.

Stable, firm, and dust-free, ancient runes were written on the wall one by one, and then disappeared quickly.After writing on all four walls, Ike moved his left hand slightly, and his body was lying and floating in the air. With the wand of his right hand, a complex magic circle gradually emerged.After the magic circle merged into the ceiling above his head, Ike drew another magic circle on the ground.

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

Wiping the sweat from his brow, Ike nodded in satisfaction.

The reason why the Untraceable Stretching Curse is included in the scope of prohibition of abuse by the Ministry of Magic is not only that it can easily increase the risk of wizard exposure, but also because this spell is not stable.

Many wizards are keen to use the traceless stretching spell to transform their leather bags and boxes, but they ignore the upper limit and time limit of the spell.There are often situations where a wizard's handbag suddenly explodes when he is shopping, and various things are scattered all over the place.If it's okay in the wizarding world, it will cause a big commotion in the Muggle world.

In order to avoid this, the Ministry of Magic will prohibit private use of the traceless stretching spell to make space items, and the regular sales are limited to suitcases and family tents.

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

Ike found a way to solidify the Untraceable Stretching Curse in the restricted area, those few ancient runes written on the wall, which can stabilize the spell that would have gradually expired over time.As for the two magic circles, they were from Ravenclaw's manuscripts, they had the same function, but they were more reliable, and even allowed people to cast magic without causing the Untraceable Stretching Curse to collapse.

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

Using the floating spell to float out of the box and put the things back, Ike directly used the shrinking spell to shrink the box to the extent that it could fit in his pocket, and then went straight to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor.

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

It is full of objects discarded by students at Hogwarts for hundreds of years, enough to meet Ike's needs.Although most of them are damaged to varying degrees, they can be used normally as long as they are repaired.

Sofas, ladders, tables, cabinets, and all kinds of decorations, Ike moved them into boxes one by one, placed them in the expected position, and worked for a long time before finishing.

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

Go in from the chest and go down the stairs, stepping on a worn-out Ravenclaw rug with one leg missing, and a long sofa beside it.Originally, the sofa had three legs, but Ike cut them off with a cutting curse, so it looked a little short, but it didn't hinder its use.

In front of the sofa is a tea table with some broken alchemy toys on it.About one meter inward are several tall cabinets, in which are bought books and books found in the Room of Requirement.The cabinets are neatly arranged in a row, which Ike regards as a partition.

Inside, Ike used the same method to separate a bedroom, a potion room and an alchemy laboratory.The pattern is like a "Tian" character, ugly is ugly, but it is enough.

Ike also put many magic lamps on the wall and on the table, all of which are easy to use. You only need to cast a lighting spell on the lamps, and they can stay bright for a long time.It was dug out of a broken cabinet, and many dirty glass bottles were also found, which happened to be used to hold the brewed potions.

The matter of a cleansing spell is not troublesome.

Next, as long as Ike goes to Diagon Alley to buy all the materials during the holiday, 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 sweep their private collections.

Professor Sprout is fine, he only needs to sneak around the greenhouse at night, and with the title of "walking plant", Ike can easily get what he wants without attracting Professor Suprout's attention.

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

　In the new month, I will work hard to update!
　　One more, wait for more~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)