Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

In Potions class, there was basically no change in everyone's companions.

Lin Xia has been teaming up with Neville since her first year. Now in her third year, most of her courses overlap with those of some Gryffindor students, so she is still teaming up with Neville.

At this point, the two of them already had a tacit understanding.

Usually it was Neville who processed the materials, and Lin Xia would calmly orally dictate the next step. Neville was focused and did not pay attention to other little wizards.

In this state, he prepared the potion very smoothly.

By the time Snape reached Neville, he had almost completed all the steps.

Snape was silent for a while, standing behind and observing silently, and left without Neville noticing.

"Congratulations, Neville, you have completed the shrinking potion and learned another potion."

Lin Xia handed Neville a tissue. Neville took it, said thank you, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

In the process of refining the potion, he found that his chaotic and complicated thoughts that always jumped out of his mind had ushered in a long-lost peace.

Potions are different from other spells. Potions have traceable changes. They follow rules and can be brewed according to the rules.

Although Mikel told him that learning spells is the same, as long as the voice is standard and the movements of waving the wand are standard, he can basically cast a spell.

But compared to potions, Neville felt that he obviously had no talent for the accuracy of spells.

Lin Xia shook the bottle of bright green potion in her hand. From a potion master's perspective, this was a very standard potion and there had not been a single mistake in the preparation process.

Even Draco, who likes to study potions, the shrinking potion he made is just like this.

Lin Xia asked: "Neville, can I know your overall evaluation of Potions class last school year?"

Neville nodded, a hint of excitement flashed across his slightly dull eyes, and his whole body became lively, "A! That's the only A I got!

I shared my results with my grandmother, and she was very happy, saying that I could finally take over my parents' job! "

Lin Xia smiled and said, "You have a good talent in herbal medicine, so your talent in potions shouldn't be too bad either. As long as you keep a calm mind when preparing potions, you will be able to go further in the field of potions in the future."

Neville said hesitantly: "Lin Xia, if I make the potion, will I become as powerful as you?"

A glimmer of expectation flashed across his eyes.

Lin Xia nodded and said confidently: "I will not delve too deeply into the field of potions. If you continue to delve into it, your achievements will definitely surpass mine."

Neville was a little bit unbelievable: "Really!"

Lin Xia smiled slightly and asked back: "When did you see me lie?"

Neville nodded excitedly.

On the other side, Mikel, who had been observing them, was a little depressed.

In the past two years, he has worked hard to build a good relationship with Neville, arranged many study plans for him, and even accompanied Neville to the library to read.

As for Harry and Ron, he couldn't get in to improve their favorability because the two were too inseparable.

As the hidden protagonist, Neville is still a poor little guy. I originally thought that as long as I get close to him, I can immediately establish a good relationship with him.

But for some reason, the level of affection between him and Neville given by the system has always been stuck at "friends".

"Friend" sounds good, but the premise is that you don't let him see the subsequent advancement of favorability to "good friend", "close friend", or "friend of life and death".

The system prompts that one must become good friends with Neville before he can randomly acquire one of Neville's skills, which makes Mikel extremely depressed.

There is no way to improve this favorability level!

But now Neville and Lin Xia are talking happily, and it is obvious that they have reached the level of "good friends". Mikel can't help but think:

Lin Xia has always been ordering Neville to do things. He never does Potions class himself but just tells him the steps verbally. But Neville is totally devoted to her.

Could it be that Neville is a masochist?

The more you order him around, the better your relationship with him will be?

Out of an urgency to improve his strength, Mikel decided to try a different approach.

According to his memory, no one died in the third grade, it just washed away the stain on Blake.

Except for the protagonist group, other little wizards will not be harmed.

But for some reason, the uneasiness in Mikel's heart is getting worse day by day, and only by gaining more power can he feel at ease.

Although Snape was in a bad mood in this Potions class, no wizard was affected.

Even Ron, who was severely targeted by Snape, managed to prepare a bottle of light green potion after carefully preparing the potion.

Although there is still a long way to go compared to the standard green, it is a great improvement over the previous capabilities.

This made Snape look at Ron a few more times.

He stared at Ron's bottle of potion, pulled up the corners of his mouth, and sneered, but it soon disappeared, and his expression became a half-smile. To be honest, he didn't seem indifferent.

He eventually turned and left.

Ron asked Hermione quietly, "Did Snape just want to deduct points from me?"

Hermione: "From the look on his face, he should be."

Ron felt a little uncomfortable. It was obviously not like Snape that he didn't deduct the penalty at the end.

As a great wizard, would Snape care about the self-esteem of a little wizard?

"Then why didn't he deduct my points in the end?" Ron asked.

Harry replied, "Maybe the professor cured his eyes. This potion of yours is better than some of the ones prepared by Slytherin. How can he deduct points? After all, he still gives extra points to Slytherin from time to time."

Ron said happily, "In that case, I just need to make better potions than Slytherin every time."

Harry reminded him: "But it's not easy. The education we received is different. Slytherin students basically hire tutors for extra lessons during the winter and summer vacations."

Ron said without thinking: "Then I will go to Lin Xia's laboratory to help. Who can get such an opportunity?"

Harry: “That’s true.”

The Potions class went smoothly. When the bell rang for the end of get out of class, Snape left in a hurry without paying any attention to the little wizard behind him.

Ron looked up at Snape. It was rare for him to go out so soon after class, and he didn't know what he was going to do.

Because the Potions class went smoothly today, there was still some time after class, so everyone went to the laboratory first.

Ron was very ambitious today and wanted to learn one more alchemy rune.

Lin Xia said that as long as he could master all 50 magic runes, he could try to make some alchemical products himself, and he had already learned 20 of them.

Magic runes are very difficult knowledge.

Even if they are only exposed to the basics of the basics, the changes therein are very complex and cannot be remembered simply by rote memorization.

Ron and Harry both learned 20 of them, which meant they were already talented in magic runes.

As for Hermione, her talent was in spells, and her progress in magic was not so fast. When Hermione found out that Ron and Harry were so far ahead, she also started to work hard secretly, hoping to catch up with them in three months.

When it was time for lunch, the group went to the auditorium to eat.

Students from each grade eat in the auditorium, and occasionally you can see school professors. I heard that they have special house-elves to provide service.

This time, they saw Professor Lupin sitting at the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall.

He ate a lot, and the plates around him were piled so high that they almost covered his face.

No matter how daring the little Gryffindor wizard was, he would still leave a seat several seats away from the professor for him.

Lupin was like a traveler who had been hungry for a week and finally found a paradise that could provide him with endless food and water.

Draco noticed this, turned to look at Lin Xia, and whispered, "Does he have some disease that requires him to eat so much every day?

I saw him eating a lot yesterday, today, and at the dinner the night before last.”

Lin Xia glanced at Lupin and said, "I can't tell without his physical information."

Halfway through their meal, Professor Lupin burped loudly, finally feeling full.

As he left, he passed by the Hufflepuff table, turned around, walked over to Draco, and said in a low, hoarse voice:

"Draco, I heard that you are an excellent student who was promoted in the second year and have an extraordinary ability in potions. I also feel like I am sick, suffering from a disease that I can never get enough of.

If you need to study me, please come to my office."

Draco was about to say something when he met Lupin's narrow eyes, which seemed to be smiling but not smiling. He immediately felt something was wrong and wisely stopped talking.

After he left, Draco asked Lin Xia, "What did he mean just now? Was he really seeking my help?"

Lin Xia asked back: "Did you notice his expression? Do you think he was looking for help?"

"I noticed that. I felt like he was playing with me." Draco said with a frown.

Lin Xia said calmly: "Is there a possibility that he heard our conversation and your speculation about him, so - well, he was just playing a trick on you."

Draco:…

He was a little annoyed. He didn't expect Professor Lupin's ears were so sharp that he could hear from such a distance!
But he soon thought of Lin Xia, and his heart trembled.

Lin Xia also often uses the supersensory spell, and her eyes and ears are very powerful.

Now he just hoped that the professor would not make things difficult for him during the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

During the meal, a student with his arm in a cast appeared, attracting a lot of attention.

The student was a Ravenclaw and went to the Ravenclaw table.

He injured his right hand, but it did not affect his ability to use his left hand to pick up a spoon to eat.

The Weasley twins immediately came over to find out the news.

Hogwarts is safe.

But it is too safe. Even if you are injured, you can get help quickly and usually recover within a few hours, so you rarely see injured people.

It was unusual to see this little wizard coming here with his arm in a cast.

After a while, George and Fred, who knew the inside story, spread the news of why the little wizard was injured.

George: "It was an accident during the Care of Magical Creatures class this morning."

Fred: "He was picked up by a hippogriff and taken to fly, but because he was too nervous, he grabbed the feathers on the inner circle of the hippogriff's neck. The hippogriff felt itchy and threw him down."

George sighed: "He is so lucky. If he was thrown down while visiting Hogwarts, no one would have been able to save him."

Fred agreed: "Oh, dear George, but I was so lucky that I threw it down just as I had returned to Hagrid's cabin and was about to come down."

George: "Poor Hagrid, he used his armor to protect himself in advance, trying to catch the little wizard with his huge body."

Fred looked regretful: "But unfortunately, the little wizard got hung on a branch and broke his arm."

George: "Hagrid cast a temporary healing spell on him."

Fred grinned weirdly: "And then the bones in his arm just disappeared completely!"

Ron couldn't help but look at Harry when he heard this.

Harry had also experienced this bone-disappearing healing technique.

Hagrid's healing skills are unreliable!
After listening to this, the young wizard felt that this was more of an accident caused by himself, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

And the little wizard from Ravenclaw looked nonchalant, so the matter just passed like that.

Hermione said, "I want to visit Hagrid this afternoon. Do you want to go? Although it wasn't his fault, it was an accident in his class after all. I'm afraid he will think too much."

A few people looked at each other and nodded to go. Draco and Lin Xia received the news and also expressed their willingness to go over.

Just as lunch was about to be finished, Lin Xia glanced at the window of the auditorium and heard a burst of intensive flapping of wings. A large group of owls were about to arrive.

Dementors were constantly patrolling the perimeter of Hogwarts, but rarely appeared during the day, and the owl flew into the window unhindered.

"Thump, thump, thump..."

The sounds of throwing and dropping were heard one after another, and many newspapers were thrown on the table. Several newspapers also fell in front of Lin Xia, who immediately caught them with a levitation spell and floated in front of her little by little.

The first page that caught my eye was a few large black bold characters:

【Witnesses claim to have seen Sirius Black! 】

Lin Xia quickly lowered her head and glanced at the content. The location was not far from Hogwarts, in a small village. This was seen by a Muggle.

The Muggles thought Sirius was just an ordinary criminal and immediately made a phone call after seeing him. But by the time the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic arrived, he had already run far away.

In this page, two photos of Sirius Black were placed again. One was a photo of him recovering and looking vigorous, and the second was a photo taken in Azkaban, showing him extremely thin and haggard.

It was exactly the same as the wizard she saw in the spirit writing.

Lin Xia's eyes flashed slightly.

Sirius Black's Animagus was probably the big black dog. She instantly thought of Professor Trelawney's fable to Harry, and her intuition told her that the two might have some connection.

A Slytherin student suddenly walked up to Harry and said nervously, "Harry, are you very proud?"

Harry was confused: "What are you proud of?"

"Sirius Black... He must be here to find you. Are you going to order him to kill us..."

Harry frowned, "I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're saying."

The little wizard was trembling all over and said excitedly: "You are lying, you know very well... He will definitely come back to find you, but he is a murderer, maybe he even wants to kill you, even though he is your nominal..."

Suddenly, the little wizard's eyes rolled back and he fainted. (End of this chapter)