Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

In the corridor where Lin Xia was patrolling, there was a sudden sound of "da, da, da" footsteps.

She immediately stopped and turned to look in the direction where the sound came from.

There was an aisle in front, but the sound was obviously coming from deeper inside.

Lin Xia thought for a while and did not follow the planned patrol route. Instead, he went to the corridor where the sound came from.

Nothing came of it.

When she returned to her original patrol location, the next outstanding student on patrol walked up to her and asked in a low voice: "Why did you deviate from the path? Did you find anything?"

His expression was casual.

After all, ever since the Voice Guardians came to Hogwarts, there have been fewer unusual movements in the school.

This outstanding student thought that Lin Xia was making a fuss out of nothing.

Lin Xia said calmly, "When I was patrolling over there, I heard a strange sound. My video recorder should have recorded it. I plan to hand it over to the professor on patrol later."

"Did you record it?" The excellent student immediately looked serious.

Lin Xia was the first to notice the abnormality. He did not want to take credit for it, but said vigilantly:

"Since you have made some discoveries, you should hand it over to the patrol professor now, in case something strange really comes, so that it won't escape."

Lin Xia thanked him and went to find Professor Snape.

Seeing Lin Xia coming, Snape raised his head from the chores of making potions.

Lin Xia discovered that the three bottles of potion reagents in front of the professor were of different colors and were bubbling, and it seemed that they would be completed soon.

Looking up, she met Snape's cold gaze: "Lin Xia, excellent student, you'd better really have something to ask me, otherwise--"

He paused and said sarcastically, "Even 1000 gold galleons are not enough for you to compensate me for this pot of potion."

Lin Xia ignored this and calmly reported her findings to him.

Snape's eyes flickered slightly, and he asked, "Where did you hear it?"

Lin Xia said, "It's in the corridor in front of the grocery store. I walked over to check and didn't find anything, but I think I should report to you."

Snape: "I'll check it out now."

He stood up hurriedly, brows furrowed, and passed by Lin Xia.

Lin Xia also turned around and wanted to go with him.

Snape suddenly stopped, turned his head to look at Lin Xia, and said bluntly: "You should know what I am refining."

Lin Xia nodded: "If I'm not mistaken, you are refining the Fuling potion."

Snape said calmly: "The timing of the Felicity Potion is difficult to grasp, and it requires a bit of luck to succeed.

Today I finally found the feeling, and I am only two steps away from fusion. You have an excellent talent for potions, I believe you should know how to make the Fuling Potion, right?"

Lin Xia looked into his empty, dark eyes and thought: If she said she couldn't, Snape would probably choose to finish refining the Fuling potion before going out to check.

So she nodded and said, "I have tried to refine it once before, and luckily succeeded."

Snape raised his head and said coldly and arrogantly: "You stay here and help me refine it. If there is any mistake in refining, I will ask you for compensation!"

Lin Xia was a little speechless and reminded him: "Professor, my mission is just patrolling, which does not include helping you make potions."

Snape turned around and didn't listen to her explanation: "I believe that Ms. Lin Xia, an excellent student, will not let me down."
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There was another burst of hurried footsteps in the corridor.

The outstanding student who was on patrol turned around and saw Professor Snape walking towards them with a stern face and a clear goal in mind, arriving at the corridor in front of the grocery store.

He first glanced around without reacting, then walked inside and opened the door of the grocery store himself.

There were other outstanding students following behind him. Before Snape went in, he turned around and said coldly, "What are you doing with nothing to do? Hurry and return to your patrol positions!"

After saying this, he was still not satisfied, and sneered coldly:

"Or do you expect me to be able to rely on you at the critical moment?"

The top students looked at each other in bewilderment. Snape's words were merciless, so they had no choice but to return to their original patrol route.

One outstanding student muttered, "Why are they kicking us out? I think there's something wrong with that grocery store!"

Another outstanding student's face changed when he heard this, and he shouted, "Shut up! Don't let the professor hear these words! If even the professor can't find the weirdness, do you think we can solve it?"

The complaining excellent student then stopped talking.

If he continued to speculate like this, he would start to suspect that Snape was cooperating with the evil world of God, or was deliberately hiding something from the school.

But this is not possible.

Everyone who can become a formal employee of Hogwarts has signed an agreement with the school, prohibiting them from doing anything that would harm the school.

Otherwise, there is no need for the school to send anyone to deal with it, as he himself will be harmed by the contents of the agreement.
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In the grocery store.

Snape first looked up at the picture frame located in the center.

The frame was a pure golden background, and the person who was supposed to be in the frame had already run away to some other place.

Snape had no intention of calling the portrait back.

He walked into the innermost warehouse and patrolled row after row of containers with an expressionless face.

Finally he came to the last row and found nothing.

Snape was about to turn around and leave when suddenly a pale face with heavy dark circles under the eyes appeared in front of him.

It's Bellatrix!
After the torture she had endured in the past few years, Bellatrix's face had become very haggard and old, and those who had known her before could hardly recognize her.

But among the Death Eaters, her face was not the most exaggerated.

Almost all Death Eaters have this style - deep eye sockets, heavy dark circles, pale face, and extremely insane mental state.

They like to shout and laugh loudly, get angry easily, and have a desire for destruction in their bones.

Bellatrix grabbed Snape's robe with a ferocious look on her face, and said in a hurried voice: "Who is it? Who installed these disgusting gadgets in Hogwarts!"

Her voice trembled and her body shook, as if she could not control herself at any time.

"I'm going to destroy it, I have to destroy it!"

When she said this, her face suddenly flushed, and she felt like she was enjoying being tortured to the extreme.

Snape looked at her calmly and said slowly, "I advise you not to be impulsive. This thing is called sound protection.

Not only was it installed on this floor, but it was deployed throughout Hogwarts, and there were also heavy surveillance cameras set up around it.

If you destroy one of them, Hogwarts will notice it. Once Dumbledore comes, he can easily track your whereabouts. You don't want to be exposed."

Bellatrix suddenly laughed out loud, "Exposure? Would I be afraid of being exposed?
If it weren't for my master's plan, I wouldn't be hiding like a rat in the gutter!"

Snape narrowed his eyes slightly and said calmly: "For the sake of the master's plan, you should know exactly what you are going to do."

Bellatrix's eyes flushed red, and she was determined to know who invented the sound guardian. "I don't destroy those annoying little gadgets, but that doesn't mean I can't find the culprit. Tell me, who invented it?"

"Or do you not want me to know who it is?" Her eyes suddenly became cold and distant.

In that crazy look, there was an extremely inconsistent calmness and wisdom, as if he could see through Snape's heart.

Snape said calmly, "Why should I hide it for her? I can tell you that the person who invented this thing is a student at Hogwarts named Lin Xia."

"Lin Xia?"

Bellatrix repeated the name several times, then laughed and danced like a child at something very happy.

"I'll remember her. I'll remember her name. I'll find time to play with her. She will definitely be a very good toy and can withstand more torture than Harry. Haha, hahahaha..."

Snape ignored her screams and asked indifferently, "What do you want to do here?"

Bellatrix: "I received some very interesting news, also related to Hogwarts students, it is said that a little cutie is going to hold a paper conference at the Ministry of Magic.

That little cutie's name is also Lin Xia, haha... She is really interesting. Snape, you have been a professor at Hogwarts for so long, and you can finally make some contributions. I need your help..."
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in the office.

Lin Xia calculated the time precisely and mixed the three potion reagents together. The potion bottle immediately began to bubble and evaporate violently.

She waved the spoon, spinning it three times clockwise and five times counterclockwise, then chanted the magic spell.

After a while, a bottle of amber-colored lucky spirit potion appeared in her hand.

After Lin Xia sealed it, he raised his hand and took the medicine to check.

Although the three bottles of magic potion reagents contain a lot of volume, they undergo violent evaporation during the fusion process, and in the end only a small tube of Fuling potion about the length of an index finger is left.

Judging from the quality, this medicine is made to a very standard and perfect standard.

If it can be sold on the black market, the starting price will be at least 1000 gold galleons.

The Fuling potion is often put up for auction in auction houses because this kind of potion is often out of stock.

As she put the potion away, the office door opened and Snape walked in hurriedly.

He only glanced at the Fuling potion, then looked away and said coldly:

"Your patrol time is up, return to the dormitory immediately."

Lin Xia nodded, but did not ask Snape about the results of his investigation. If he really found out something, the professor would tell her.

Nothing said, that means nothing happened.

When she reached the door, a cold voice came from behind her: "Lin Xia, you will be going to the Ministry of Magic next week. You'd better stay in Hogwarts before the paper conference."

Lin Xia asked in confusion: "Why?"

Snape said calmly, "Your two studies are very important to the wizarding world. I'm afraid someone will want to kidnap you and lock you up in a place where no one can find you, just to let you do research."

Lin Xia was silent for a while, then asked sincerely, "Professor, do you think it would be better for me to hire a bodyguard to protect me?"

Snape sneered: "If even Hogwarts can't protect you, then it's even more unsafe outside.

Also, do you think the high-ranking wizards would be impressed by your Galleons? They have a lot of things to do."

Lin Xia: "I have money."

Snape sneered: "Not even 1000 Galleons..."

"Ten thousand." Lin Xia interrupted calmly, "If my personal safety is in danger, I am willing to pay 1 gold galleons to hire a high-level wizard as a bodyguard."

Snape choked and said angrily, "You stink of money. Don't think money can buy everything. Go back now!"

……

Lin Xia did not take Snape's words lightly. On the contrary, she took it very seriously.

After returning to the golden wooden house, she began to count the rare items she had obtained before, to see if she could hold off the high-level wizard for a while.

But unfortunately, the things that were previously sacrificed to the Scales of Fate were of relatively low level, and the strange objects that were created were also of low level.

It is useful against low-level wizards, and can block mid-level wizards, but for high-level wizards, a piece of armor can protect you from it.

After that, she encountered powerful sacrifices as well, but she mostly used energy conversion to transfer the energy into her own body.

The scenes she faced in the past were not advanced, and the dangers she encountered were not particularly serious, so she could deal with them with the magical objects made by the Scales of Destiny.

But Snape wouldn't remind her for no reason.

Lin Xia guessed that perhaps some high-level wizards were watching her.

Thinking of this, Lin Xia asked Professor Bablyn about this question after finishing the magic rune class the next day.

Since Professor Bablin had become her mentor, Lin Xia was not shy about asking questions when she encountered problems with magic words.

If there was a problem with her safety, it would probably be a bit troublesome for her as a mentor.

Lin Xia thought that she could be of some use to Professor Babeling.

This time, Professor Bablin used gossip to attract students' interest in class.

But the magic runes learned in this class were more difficult than the last time. More than half of the students could not understand them, but they all listened very carefully.

Professor Barbling's requirements also became lower accordingly. She only asked students who could understand to continue to understand.

Five students had learned the new magic runes, so she was quite satisfied.

These five students are the Lin Xia group.

They already have a certain foundation in magic runes, and the magic runes they are learning now are a review of the old and new, which is not difficult for them.

Compared to the ease of the five-member group, Mikel, who was studying hard on the side, had a grim look on his face.

On the azure panel in front of him, it was clearly written:

[You are learning magic runes. Due to your poor aptitude, you cannot understand the secrets of magic runes. No bonus will be given to your magic rune knowledge this time.]

Mikel couldn't help but turn his head to look at Neville beside him. Neville put his hands on the table and listened attentively like a good student.

Mikkel couldn't help asking: "Neville, can you understand what Professor Bablin is saying?"

Neville nodded: "I can vaguely understand a little bit, but I still can't understand it."

Because he couldn't understand, he didn't raise his hand when the professor asked who understood.

Mikkel thought Neville was bragging and asked him a few random questions that he didn't understand at all.

Unexpectedly, Neville was able to answer after just thinking for a while.

Although he spoke haltingly, at least he was able to answer.

This made Mikkel a little depressed. Could it be that his magic talent was not as good as Neville's? (End of this chapter)