Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Chapter 295 Holiday, Journey Begins (5K)

Something happened!

When Lin Xia saw the layout of the Daily Prophet, she knew that Hogwarts was making an effort.

She flipped through other newspapers and found that all of them were filled with scenes of Lockhart going to prison.

Draco, who was standing by, saw something and asked Lin Xia to go and see it.

"He's a fool!
When he was taken to Azkaban, he actually attacked the Aurors and took up the Aurors' wands to attack them, but the Aurors' wands bounced back the Oblivion Charm and he lost his memory!"

Lin Xia took a look and shrugged: "This is quite Lockhart style."

Hermione came over, also talking about it.

“I heard that Azkaban is the most terrifying prison in the wizarding world. Once imprisoned, wizards cannot experience any positive emotions such as happiness, and they live in numbness every day.

Professor Lockhart has lost his memory, and I think it's a good thing for him!"

Hermione said menacingly.

Draco glanced at her, then leaned over to Lin Xia's ear and whispered, "Why is Hermione so angry all of a sudden? Didn't she like Professor Lockhart very much before?"

Lin Xia glanced at him and said, "So Draco, you should never anger a woman in the future."

Draco: "What?"

Lin Xia said meaningfully: "How much they loved you, they can hate you as much as they did. Don't offend a woman even if you want to offend anyone."

Draco said carefully: "Does that... include you?"

Lin Xia smiled and asked back: "What do you think?"

Draco closed his mouth and dared not speak again.

The story of Lockhart was originally limited to a small number of wizards.

Now that the news has been made public in the newspapers, all the little wizards know that he was a liar who deceived the world and stole his reputation.

As you walk down the street, you can hear the little wizards talking about—

"When this professor taught his first class, I felt something was wrong. He just kept talking about his own book and telling us how great he was."

"My mother loves him so much that she always buys his books. My father doesn't dare to say no!"

“I have a feeling his readers will protest!”

"No, no, no, you guessed wrong." Some little wizards said loudly, holding a latest newspaper in their hands and reading out:
"I used to be a fan of Lockhart. After the news that Lockhart was a liar came out, all the fans gathered at the Ministry of Magic, thinking that it was too easy for him to be locked up in Azkaban. His magic should be locked up and he should be forced to do magical work for the rest of his life!"

Lin Xia glanced at the newspaper waving by the little wizard.

Headmaster Dumbledore appeared and comforted the female wizards who wanted to cut Lockhart into pieces, saying that Lockhart would definitely get the punishment he deserved in Azkaban.

During the little wizard's transfiguration class.

Even the serious Professor McGonagall mentioned the "Lockhart" incident and said:
"When we learned the truth of what had happened, we immediately interrogated Lockhart with Veritaserum and obtained a list of the victims.

All of Lockhart's property will be donated to the families of other victims. Although this cannot bring people back to life, it can bring a little comfort to the families.

I hope that the students I teach may not have outstanding magical talents, but they must have a kind heart.

Temporary forgery may bring huge profits, but only with real ability can one survive in the wizarding world for a long time.

That’s my advice to all of you.”

After Professor McGonagall said this, she announced the end of the get out of class.

The young wizards all stayed quietly in their seats, digesting what the professor said.

Only Lin Xia and others quickly left the classroom after the professor left.

Some little wizards heard their conversation, and it seemed that they were talking about taking time out to do research, and getting together in the evening to review, etc.

Many little wizards thought with envy.

They don’t know whether their future will shine, but the future of Lin Xia and the other four people cannot be concealed even in Hogwarts with so many students.

In the laboratory.

Lin Xia and Hermione specially made a sprint plan for Harry and Ron for the final exams.

As for Draco, he was also an excellent student and the courses in school were not difficult for him at all.

His opponent has always been Lin Xia.

But starting from this semester, maybe we have to add Hermione to the list.

Ron looked at the long list of books given by the two and felt like fainting. He said in confusion and distress:
"Why do I feel like you two gave us more books than the professor asked us to read?"

Harry felt a little uneasy.

He is afraid that he will fail this semester.

Especially in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, he felt that he had not learned anything this semester. In Professor Snape's class, he always couldn't keep up with the pace.

Even so, Harry felt that the list of books given by Lin Xia and Hermione was too many.

Examination...

Why is it that in the wizarding world, we cannot avoid exams?
Lin Xia said: "If you finish reading all these books and understand them, I can guarantee that you will get an excellent A-level evaluation."

Hermione added: "In fact, there are more books on the original list. We have already helped you choose a round."

Ron and Harry looked at each other in agony.

Only then can they feel the pain of being a poor student.

Lin Xia said with a smile: "Come on, finish reading these books. No matter what your test scores are, I will teach you three more alchemical magic words."

Ron's eyes lit up: "Can I choose the magic runes myself? I want to learn the magic runes that can make magic cars!"

Harry was very interested in the armor. "Can I learn the alchemical runes to transform the armor?"

Lin Xia shook her head: "What you want to learn are all advanced runes that must undergo several changes. I won't teach you because you won't be able to learn them even if I teach you. I will teach you the basic runes."

She paused, "Now that you have learned the basics, you can try to transform and fuse the runes yourself, as long as it is within a reasonable range."

Ron and Harry's eyes lit up.

Transform and merge yourself?

That sounds really cool!
After motivating the two, Draco walked to the laboratory and communicated with Lin Xia and Hermione:
"You should emphasize to them the dangers of randomly transforming and fusing runes. If one fails to do it right, an explosion will occur!"

Lin Xia and Hermione agreed: "Let's wait until they finish reading the book!"

……

Time flies, and finally it is exam week.

In the Potions exam, everyone worked in groups and randomly drew a potion written on a piece of paper and prepared it.

These potions were all the ones they had learned this semester.

Harry was lucky, as he drew the broad-spectrum antidote that he had recently studied. He was absent-minded at the time, and Ron discussed it with him afterwards, which left a deep impression on him.

As expected, the Defense Against the Dark Arts class tested the Shield Charm.

The young wizard's mastery of the Armor Spell is still superficial and not very powerful.

Not to mention being able to resist the curse, it can't even resist a small collision.

But Professor Snape should have other ways of assessment.

As long as there is no mistake in the posture, the "Iron Armor Spell" has been used indeed, no matter how powerful it is, it is considered a pass.

Lin Xia, Draco and Hermione, three outstanding students, naturally performed very well, but other students also used it successfully, even Ron and Harry.

The success of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class gave these two a lot of confidence.

In the following exams, they were more daring and began to challenge their limits.

On the Transfiguration Exam.

Ron took a gamble and actually turned a piece of paper into a lifelike mouse.

Although the mouse's body is still a bit stiff and not flexible enough, it looks very real.

This mouse looks very similar to his pet mouse Banban.

Harry was very conventional and just turned a piece of paper into other objects, not daring to do anything more dramatic.

In herbal medicine class.

Everyone completed Sprout's requirements and did better than the other little wizards.

After all, sometimes they would come to the botanical garden to help out on weekends, and they had accumulated more experience in dealing with magical plants than other students.

After a while, the difficult exam week was finally over!

The students of Hogwarts were all in a break party.

In the last few days before the holiday, they held many parties, including a pajama party, a carnival party with ghosts, a pet party, a disguised animal party...

The celebration lasted for three whole days!
On the last day before the holiday, Headmaster Dumbledore appeared in person in the Great Hall and announced the final results of the annual House Cup.

This year.

Professors did not give extra points to outstanding students such as Lin Xia, Draco and Hermione, but instead gave other young wizards more opportunities. Hufflepuff held a tea party every weekend to discuss knowledge. The learning atmosphere was good and many talented young wizards emerged.

So from the basic score.

Hufflepuff is still in first place, far ahead of Slytherin in second, Ravenclaw in third, and Gryffindor in fourth.

but.

This doesn't even include the bonus points for fighting against the basilisk.

Dumbledore carried out the same additional bonus points as in the first year.

"Ron Weasley's bravery, Hermione Grange's fearlessness, and Harry Potter's final blow to the basilisk at the critical moment, I want to give them a total of 300 points!"

"hiss--"

People from other colleges couldn't help but gasp.

The College Cup is naturally not judged by grade.

Bonus points for each grade can be counted.

The heroic performance of the Gryffindor trio in the Chamber of Secrets enabled Gryffindor to overtake the others in the House Cup!
Adding up all the scores, he jumped to first place!
The students of Gryffindor College were already in a frenzy, waving their hands excitedly and whistling.

But Dumbledore had not yet finished speaking.

Dumbledore said softly, "In addition, there are Lin Xia and Draco. They faced danger without fear, showing the hardworking, simple, and fearless style of Hufflepuff. I want to give them both 100 points!"

The next moment, the auditorium, which was originally a dazzling red, turned into red and yellow colors, with yellow and red coexisting.

Another tie!
Dean Sprout couldn't resist showing off the cuties from her medicine garden, while Professor McGonagall used Transfiguration to create a giant lion.

Although Ravenclaw and Slytherin were very sorry, the young wizards celebrated in their own way.

Party all night long!
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A blink of an eye.

They boarded the express train again, returning to their respective homes to spend their summer vacation.

Harry kept chattering in the box, seemingly inspired by Ron's words.

"I actually don't quite understand why Professor McGonagall refused to let me stay in school during the holidays and insisted on letting me go home. I clearly saw other young wizards applying to stay in school, and as long as they had a reason, they would be approved."

Hermione had heard Harry say this many times.

She said impatiently, "Stop, Harry, Professor McGonagall may have her concerns."

Draco was reading a book leisurely, while Lin Xia was writing furiously with an automatic feather pen flying beside her.

As for Ron?

Ron was obsessed with his newly acquired basic runes. He used to be the most noisy person, but now he became very quiet. He was thinking about how to transform and fuse after returning home.

Harry asked in confusion: "Why do I have to go back to my uncle's house?"

The automatic feather pen paused slightly, and a new piece of parchment flew out from the suitcase. Lin Xia continued to write the second volume of "Dragon Lord".

She has been very busy this semester.

The novel I promised to write for the dragon farm in Romania has been suspended for half a semester.

Many letters were sent to urge her to do so. Will even said that if she didn't resume updating, the fire dragons would riot.

Lin Xia didn't have time to write, but she sent a reply letter.

He said that he would go to the fire dragon breeding farm to visit an old friend this summer, and only then did he stop writing to me.

Lin Xia was distracted.

While working on his novel, he answered Harry's questions.

"Maybe Professor McGonagall thinks your uncle's house is very important, or there is something you don't know, so you have to go back to your uncle's house?"

Draco echoed a few words with “hmm”, “Perhaps there is some treasure in your uncle’s house?”

Ron also said: "It seems that since the first grade, if it is just a small holiday, you can stay in school, but if it is a big holiday, you can't stay in school."

Hermione frowned slightly, "Are you overthinking this?"

Lin Xia: "We're just chatting. Don't forget to write to me during this holiday, but I probably won't be able to reply."

Ron suddenly asked, "Why can't the wizarding world have instant messaging tools? I see Muggles have them, and they seem to be called some kind of communication device."

Hearing this, Lin Xia raised her head and her eyes lit up.

The others' eyes lit up as well, and they said in unison, "We can use this as our topic for next semester!"

Lin Xia said excitedly: "Ron, Harry, you should think more about this during this holiday. I have a feeling that if this experiment can be done, you two will definitely be rated as outstanding students even if you are just assistants doing odd jobs!"

Hermione looked at Lin Xia, "What about your previous assignment on the audio version of the Guardian Charm?"

Lin Xia smiled softly: "It's okay, I should be able to handle it on my own. There are a lot of magic words involved here, so you can't help me much."

Hermione silently added the subject of "learning runes" to her to-do list for the summer.

After the express train arrived at the King's Platform, Lin Xia said goodbye to the other little wizards one by one.

Aunt Narcissa came to pick up Draco and originally planned to take Lin Xia with her, but Lin Xia said:

"Aunt Narcissa, I plan to go on a trip and will not return to the manor for the time being."

Aunt Narcissa frowned and said disapprovingly: "Lin Xia, do you want to go out alone? You are too weak. I don't agree."

Lin Xia gave Aunt Narcissa a hug.

"Auntie, I hired a very powerful bodyguard who can ensure my safety. Besides, my parents also gave me many powerful things."

She winked mischievously and said to Narcissa, "If you are worried, Auntie, I don't mind if you give me a few life-saving treasures."

Aunt Narcissa glared at her with amusement, knowing that she couldn't convince Lin Xia.

Since childhood, Lin Xia has always been very opinionated.

"I left in a hurry this time, so I didn't bring any good things with me. I'll give you this rare item. When you open your umbrella, it can resist the power of a thunder bomb and bounce back the curse at the same time."

Aunt Narcissa reservedly handed the umbrella with purple lace in her hand to Lin Xia.

Lin Xia was very surprised.

She made a joke, but she didn't expect Aunt Narcissa to actually carry a rare item, and she didn't expect it to be an umbrella.

Lin Xia thought about it and took it without hesitation.

"I will return the treasure to you when I return from my journey."

It just so happened that the weather was hot during this trip, and this umbrella could provide her with some shade.

Aunt Narcissa said softly, "It doesn't matter if you return it or not. Of course, it would be better if you could return it."

If it can be returned, it proves that nothing serious happened during the trip and the umbrella was not damaged.

Aunt Narcissa thought so, but still felt that it was not safe for Lin Xia to travel alone.

Lin Xia then took out her powerful bodyguard and talked about it again.

After much persuasion, Aunt Narcissa finally agreed to let her travel alone.

The first day of vacation.

Lin Xia didn't plan to set off right away, but instead found a Muggle hotel nearby and rested for a night.

The next day, she set off refreshed.

And her bodyguard is——

"Meow!"

The white fairy jumped onto Lin Xia's shoulder and squatted gracefully. When she saw Lin Xia looking at her, her big cute eyes also looked over.

Fairy White tilted her head, as if to say, "What are you looking at?"

Lin Xia said to herself, "She can hide very well, has a keen sense of magic, can change color at any time, and can go out on patrol at night. Hmm... She is very powerful."

She just stood outside waiting for half an hour, and a three-story magic bus appeared in front of Lin Xia.

"Welcome, you little homeless wizard wandering in the Muggle world. Do you need help from the magic bus?"

Said a wizard wearing a hat and with several freckles between his nose.

He did not wear a wizard robe, but a pair of Muggle overalls, which made him look very capable.

Right next to him stood an old man.

The old man's hair was gray and his beard almost dragged to the ground, but his eyes were sharp and shrewd.

Lin Xia looked inside and didn't see any passengers. Instead, she saw a black cat.

Lin Xia took out her magic wand and tapped it gently in the air with a conflicted expression.

She was so conflicted that even the ticket seller started to feel conflicted too.

After a while, Lin Xia took a long breath and asked with determination: "Little wizard, can you give me a 50% discount? I am still a student of Hogwarts, and the student ticket can still be discounted. If it is not a 70% discount, I don't really want to sit.

By the way, the cat on my shoulder is sitting in the same seat with me, so there’s no charge for it, right?”

(End of this chapter)