Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Chapter 216: The elves’ unique spring of life, Mikel’s attack, and three photos of what will happen in the future

After Hagrid's reminder, Lin Xia discovered the true way to understand the spring of life——

It must be placed under the sun, where it intersects with the mottled light and shadow of the trees, and then you can look up to realize the mystery of this golden stone.

It is different from the essence of life which is just crystal clear and sparkling glass beads.

On the surface, the spring of life is just an ordinary golden stone.

But when you hold it in your palm, the gold color of this stone is still darker, not shiny at all, and people won't notice anything special at all.

But when Lin Xia followed Hagrid's instructions and stood where the light and shadow of the sun intertwined with the trees, raised her head and looked up, her pupils could not help but dilate slightly.

In this stone, there is a bright stream of light flowing slowly!

It's like there is a sparkling spring water that is constantly flowing around the edge of the stone. Its flow direction has no direction, sometimes scattering and sometimes converging.

Lin Xia took a closer look. Between the dappled light and shadow, she saw the spring water inside shimmering, and she couldn't help but be startled.

Lockhart was startled by the sudden appearance of Mikel. When he heard the words "Forgetting Curse", he looked a little nervous.

Mikel nodded immediately.

Mikel: "I believe that the great Professor Lockhart is very good at mastering these advanced spells. Even if you don't know how to do it, you can learn it now."

In front of him, there was a system panel that no one else could see, but only he could see.

Legend has it that elves have a mother river, and that mother river gave birth to countless elves and is the origin of everything.

Lockhart: "...That's too much for you, so wait, what did you just say, pennant, what is this?"

After Professor Lockhart left, Mikel looked up and looked ahead.

"Professor Lockhart, please teach me the Oblivion Charm!"

Professor Lockhart felt relieved and nodded: "Yes, your analysis makes sense. But there is a problem. I just used the Forgetting Curse as an example. I am not very familiar with the Forgetting Curse."

He subconsciously glanced around and saw many wizards looking around. Lockhart immediately raised a smile and pulled Mikel to go somewhere else quickly.

Mikel: "This is a medal to praise your greatness! It represents the students' highest respect for you. I can guarantee that no other professor has ever received such high praise from students, only you!"

This power is far more fascinating and more powerful than the life essence that I have come into contact with before.

But now after such observation, she suddenly felt a surging vitality from the stone.

The wizarding world can still get some spring water of life, and the elves are willing to exchange it, but there is only one magic stone in the wizarding world, and the two cannot be compared. "

Lockhart was so complimented that he said, "Yes, with my talent for magic...wait a minute, but the Oblivion Curse is still a bit too forced, I -"

Lockhart coughed several times, his eyes flickering, and he turned his head to look elsewhere, as if he was thinking about something.

Mikel blinked and asked innocently: "Professor, you told me this yourself, have you forgotten?
You said when you took the first class that many advanced spells look difficult, but are actually very simple, such as the Oblivion Curse.

While Lin Xia ran to the hunting ground, other little wizards did not give up the opportunity to improve themselves on the weekend.

Lin Xia carefully put away the golden stone in her palm, and Hagrid reminded:
"This is a good thing that can save lives at critical moments. It is far more powerful than [Life Essence] and [Powerful Healing Potion]. You must use it well."

Where is the spring water here?

After finishing speaking, Mikel asked again: "Do you think my analysis is correct, professor?"

But in comparison with [Spring of Life], it was completely reduced to scum in seconds!
Hagrid's specially soft exclamation came to his ears: "This is the 'fountain of life' unique to the elf world. It is very, very difficult to obtain. This kind of item is difficult to find even if it is placed in Hogwarts."

Well... you don't need to come too early, you can come over at eight o'clock, remember, eight o'clock! "

This is clearly a miniature Milky Way!
When she first got the stone, she didn't feel anything.

Lin Xia couldn't help but ask: "Hagrid, if the mysterious man obtained the spring of life last school year, would there be a possibility of resurrection?"

Even in the novel, he didn't reveal it at all!

Hurrying to an empty classroom, Lockhart asked in a low voice: "How did you know that I can forget the curse?"

Mikel said decisively: "Professor Lockhart, if you are willing to teach me the Forgetting Curse and let me successfully learn it, I want to give you a banner!"

……

Mikel interrupted him and praised in an extremely exaggerated, aria-like tone:

Hagrid thought for a while and shook his head solemnly: "Lin Xia, you have to make it clear that the effects of the spring of life are different from the magic stone.

"The great wizard Gilderoy Lockhart, with his unique and bold and radical style, braved the dark forest, wandered at night with werewolves, danced with vampires... He was omnipotent, and he was master of advanced spells. Being clear about everything can always find a solution in times of crisis..."

You learned such advanced magic spells in just a few moments. I see you took the Forgetting Curse as an example, so you must also know this type of spell. "

Lockhart was so praised that he couldn't hold back his lips, but he still said on his face: "Okay, little wizard, I can feel your eagerness to learn advanced magic spells, but you are still too young. The curse is still on you..."

That mother river is extremely powerful, and some of its tributaries have powerful magical powers, among which the 'Spring of Life' is the most famous. "

Mikel stopped Lockhart and said very loudly in the corridor: "Please teach me the Forgetting Charm!"

Just as she was about to leave the hunting ground, she suddenly thought of something and turned around and said: "By the way, Hagrid, I want to reserve a batch of things with you..."

After a while, he turned his head again and said: "The forgetting curse is not impossible. Let's do it. Come to my office tonight.

Lin Xia asked herself that she had come into contact with many rejuvenating potions, among which [Powerful Healing Potion] and [Life Essence] were both top-notch in efficacy.

Lin Xia nodded: "Okay, Hagrid."

Lockhart clearly remembered that he had never revealed this news to anyone!

[Task completed]
1. Become good friends with Neville (favorability 60)

2. Attack of Quidditch: Become a Gryffindor (Completed)
3. Get close to Lockhart and gain Oblivion Curse experience (completed)
[Choose two out of three rewards]
1. Unparalleled Quidditch talent: You are the most handsome kid on the field!
2. A secret of the Sword of Gryffindor

3. Not disturbed by pollutants, perfectly accepting the experience of Lockhart’s Oblivion Curse
Mikel chose 2 and 3 without hesitation.

The next second, an invisible change occurred in his body, and he felt that his talent was constantly strengthening.

Mikel thought about it and decided to return to the dormitory and continue to have a good relationship with Neville.

I don't know why, these days, he and Neville can be considered as wearing the same clothes, eating, living, and going out together, but after the favorability level increased to 60, they couldn't grow up.

On the other side, Lin Xia has returned to the Hogwarts laboratory.

She opened the diary and there were some things she needed to communicate with Tom.

Tom: [Long time no see, my friend, I noticed that you have been visiting me more frequently recently. Have you finished your work over there? ]
Lin Xia: [If you are referring to the secret room, there is none. Hogwarts has been under strict supervision recently. Maybe the basilisk felt the danger and did not appear. It has been a calm month]
Lin Xia controlled the automatic quill and wrote another beautiful cursive calligraphy.

Lin Xia: [But I always feel that there is some kind of shadow watching Slytherin's secret room. I'm worried that the next time the basilisk appears, it will cause unpredictable consequences, so I ordered a batch of roosters from Hagrid]
Tom: [Hagrid, I didn’t expect that he is still at Hogwarts. He is so lucky. Even if he was expelled back then, he can still stay at Hogwarts! ]
This fragmentary thought just passed by in a flash, and was quickly erased by the diary.

Tom: [Using a rooster to balance the basilisk? That’s a good idea. The basilisk’s natural enemy is the rooster! But if just relying on the cock is not enough, maybe I can provide you with some methods...]
Lin Xia looked at the diary, and soon a bunch of methods appeared densely, and she felt strange again in her heart.

Tom seems to be very concerned about the secret room. He doesn't seem to want the secret room to be made public and the basilisk to be released.

But this logic is wrong.

She saw with her own eyes in Fuqi that Tom was once the student who released the basilisk and opened the secret room.

He is the designated heir of Slytherin, and the concept of "blood first" has been integrated into his bones.

Lin Xia didn't think that Tom, as a Horcrux, would lose this concept.

Lin Xia tentatively wrote a paragraph:
[Tom, don’t you want the secret room to be opened? I told me before that you used to study in Slytherin. The philosophy of Slytherin is that it does not want to recruit mixed-blood wizards.

Based on Slytherin's thinking, you should like the Chamber of Secrets to be opened instead of being so active in preventing it]
Tom was silent for a while before slowly writing a paragraph. [Rather than the Chamber of Secrets being opened, I am more worried that Hogwarts will be affected by this and thus close down. I have deep feelings for Hogwarts, it is my home.

In addition, having the Chamber of Secrets opened by someone with impure blood is disrespectful to Salazar Slytherin]
Lin Xia: [Is the bloodline impure? ]
Tom: [I'm sorry, I can't give you any more information. I can only say that the person who is trying to open the secret room is not the real heir of Salazar]
Lin Xia raised her eyebrows and couldn't help but want to blow herself up?
Lin Xia: [Suddenly I hope you can appear in front of me in real life. I think you are more Slytherin than a Slytherin student.

If you can appear in the real world alive, without relying on other things, and have a completely independent thought and personality, you will definitely become an outstanding person]
Tom's illusory spirit body flashed across a daze.

Independent thinking personality?

The concept flashed through his mind like a thunderbolt, shaking Tom's mind.

With a snap, the diary closed automatically.

Lin Xia looked at this scene thoughtfully. This was the first time that Tom had lost his composure like this.

Are the seeds of freedom that I have been planting so hard these days finally starting to sprout?
The days passed day by day, and October came in the blink of an eye.

A damp, cold air filled the grounds and penetrated into the castle.

A cold suddenly broke out among the staff and students, leaving the school nurse Madam Pomfrey in a hurry.

Her refreshing potion had a dramatic effect, but anyone who took it had smoke coming out of their ears for several hours.

So Lin Xia saw many little wizards with smoke coming out of their ears in the corridor, and some also had smoke coming out of their noses.

Unfortunately, Ron was infected, and Harry and Hermione also showed signs of cold.

On the other hand, Lin Xia and Draco, who got up for morning jogging every day, not only did not catch a cold, but their health was getting better and better.

Lin Xia and Draco have grown up again and are even better developed than ordinary little wizards.

They had just finished Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class and were rushing to the laboratory.

As for the magic spell that combines alchemy and magic text, others made rapid progress after supplementing their knowledge of alchemy and magic text.

Magic runes are a typical item that is difficult to get started, but once you get started, it becomes very simple.

Even Harry and Ron, who were active as assistants rather than as main researchers, had some knowledge of these two things and were able to assist in the production.

Unexpectedly, Ron and Harry were both excellent in the field of magic writing, and were also very interested in learning boring alchemy knowledge.

It's obviously very boring content, but they just can't understand the knowledge in books, but they can understand the knowledge of alchemy.

The one thing Ron has been saying these days is: "I feel that I have the potential to be a gifted student. I have been conducting experiments with you these days, and I already feel that I have transformed into a gifted student."

Lin Xia thought to herself: I don’t know whether gifted students are gifted students or not.

But because you often come to the lab to help, you lose a lot of interest in being naughty and mischievous, which actually makes the professors less troubled.

This can be regarded as a disguised achievement, what Mrs. Weasley expected Ron to be like.

Suddenly there was a crackling sound, and Lin Xia turned to look at the window. Bullet-like raindrops hit the windows of Hogwarts, rendering the outside world into a vast whiteness.

Ron muttered: "Is it the rainy season again? I don't like the rainy season. I feel like my whole body is getting moldy..."

Lin Xia was about to change his gaze when suddenly, at this moment, the compass in his mind suddenly moved and stopped at the "Fuji" column.

What appeared in her mind was not a piece of text information, but a picture fragment.

The first picture: On a night with many jack-o-lanterns floating around, the little wizards gathered in the auditorium in panic.

Second picture: There are bright red words on the wall——

The secret room has been opened. Those who are enemies of the heir should be alert.

Under this line of words, there is something hanging.

The third picture: Many ghosts are floating in Hogwarts Castle, their smiles are weird, pestering the little wizard.

The scene just flashed by, and after a moment, Lin Xia returned to calm.

She paused slightly, frowned slightly, and recalled the three pictures over and over again.

Especially in the second picture, if she read it correctly, the one hanging on the wall was Mrs. Norris?

How could it be hung on the wall? It's dead... No, that's not death, it should be petrification!
Lin Xia suddenly realized.

She turned around and asked, "When is Halloween?"

Draco replied: "November 11st, but the celebration is on the night of October 1st."

He deliberately added: "Lin Xia, did you have any other thoughts that day?"

They also spent Halloween at school last year, but the experience was not good.

Professor Quirrell ran into the Great Hall crying and saying that a troll was attacking, which caused the party to end hastily and Hogwarts to be under collective martial law.

Originally, a dinner party was planned to be held in the auditorium after dinner, but it was eventually cancelled.

Because it was a pity last time, as soon as October came this year, many little wizards were discussing how to spend Halloween this time.

Lin Xia thought for a while and said slowly: "I have an immature idea, but I still have to think about it."

She had discovered before that if she could see what would happen in the future from the Fate Compass, those things would not necessarily happen.

She can make changes to the future through some attempts.

It sounds easy, but actually making changes is very difficult.

So this time, even if Lin Xia knew what would happen on Halloween in advance, he was not sure that he would be able to change the outcome.

She needs to try a little.

The next day was Dean Sprout’s herbal medicine class. After the class, Lin Xia stayed to ask.

"Dean, I heard that on Halloween, the school ghosts will hold a party together. Can you cancel the party?"

The dean was a little surprised: "Cancel? Why cancel?"

Dean Sprout didn't even listen to Lin Xia's reason for canceling, and continued: "It can't be canceled, otherwise those ghosts will start making trouble again."

She explained: “The ghosts were supposed to have a party a week after the launch of your natural wand, which was also the party date they applied for.

But at that time, strange phenomena occurred frequently in Hogwarts. We were worried that the ghost party would cause problems, such as causing another strange phenomenon, so after discussion, the original ghost party was finally cancelled.

This made the ghosts in Hogwarts very dissatisfied. They used their own way to retaliate against our cancellation. They often came out to discuss during night watch, making us mistakenly think that they were visions, only to find out later that they were not. "

The dean said with a wry smile: "What's more, Halloween is a holiday for ghosts. If you don't let them gather, they will definitely become crazier and may go berserk.

By then, not only us, but even the little wizards will probably be harassed by them. "

Lin Xia: "So, the party is really necessary?"

Dean Sprout gave Lin Xia a strange look, "My child, although I don't know why you don't want them to hold a banquet, I can tell you clearly that even if Dumbledore comes, he can't stop the ghosts. banquet."

Lin Xia was silent for a while, and it seemed that the method of calling the school to cancel the banquet was not going to work.

She thought for a while, returned to the laboratory, and decided to start with foreign objects.

Everyone in the laboratory was a little surprised when they heard Lin Xia's decision.

"You want to go all out to make a guardian talisman? Why?"

(End of this chapter)