Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Ron couldn't help but feel excited when he heard them talk about the benefits of discovering new species.

But the mouse Banban had lived in his house for a very long time, and he had been in contact with it for such a long time, but he did not find any difference between Banban and other creatures.

It looks like an ordinary mouse.

Ron hesitated and said, "Is it safe to take it to the infirmary for a checkup? If it turns out to be nothing, will people laugh at us?"

Hermione said righteously: "Those of us who do research must never have such a shameful mentality!
No research can be published immediately; it is all discovered through constant failure.

You don't even have the courage to examine a suspected new species now. What will you do then if the things we invent in the future are questioned by others as being ineffective?
As a researcher, we must strengthen our confidence and ideals and not be disturbed by external voices! "

Ron couldn't help swallowing. After hearing what Hermione said, he suddenly felt that discovering new species was his duty!

He immediately said, "Let's do it this weekend. I'll take Banban to the infirmary for a checkup."

The group walked to the laboratory and separated from Mikel halfway.

Mikel and Neville went to Professor McGonagall's office. They had just asked Harry how to apply to join the late night patrol.

It would have been fine if Mikel didn't know about it before, but now that he knows, he doesn't want to miss any opportunity that can obviously benefit him.

In terms of strength, with his current strength, he is far ahead of Harry and Ron.

In Mikel's eyes, he is better than Delco and second only to Lin Xia.

After finishing the routine experiments, Harry and others went to the auditorium to eat.

Lin Xia specifically said to Ron: "After you finish your meal, come with me to see Filch and talk about detention tonight."

Ron said anxiously, "Will it be any use if I go and plead with him? Filch has always hated naughty students and is not happy with any student who is in detention."

He thought that if this trip would not produce any good results, it would be better not to go, as it would only cause him to lose face.

Lin Xia just said: "Come with me first, I will talk to you then, and you just need to listen."

Lin Xia and Draco went to the Hufflepuff table, where they chatted and laughed, without any of the oppressive feeling they had in the laboratory.

Ron was very envious of this.

He always felt that there was an invisible aura around Lin Xia, and he always felt safe around her. She was also a person with leadership skills.

Ron muttered, "If only I could be as good as Lin Xia, every professor would like me very much, and even Snape wouldn't be mean to me."

Harry patted his shoulder: "Ron, you're good too."

Ron said with a sad face: "Harry, because you are my friend, you are speaking well for me."

Harry shook his head and said sincerely, "Ron, I always thought you were very nice."

He envied Ron, who had a harmonious family, a younger sister and many older brothers.

I will never be alone and can go wherever I want to play during holidays, unlike him, who has lived in a depressing environment since he was a child.

If he had not come to Hogwarts, he would never have known that there was such a magical place in the world.

Although the little wizards look down on each other and compete with each other, there are also many kind-hearted people who show warmth to them.

This is much more interesting than the Muggle world!
Harry thought, what's so good about him? At least Ron has a complete family, but he has nothing and can only live under someone else's roof.

After dinner, Lin Xia took Ron to Filch's office.

Before leaving, she bluntly told Draco and Hermione to go to the laboratory to complete the remaining experiments, and Harry was also to help.

Half of the magic wand with binding bonus has been made, and the remaining half is just a matter of polishing.

This type of wand can be used in special situations and has the binding properties of devil's ivy.

Lin Xia had a hunch that these special wands might be more powerful on Aurors, and if possible, she wanted to invent them as soon as possible.

Draco waited until Lin Xia left before he sighed and said, "Lin Xia is becoming more and more bossy."

Hermione smiled. "But we can also learn a lot from it, Harry, don't you think?"

Harry thought about it and nodded: "I feel that my magical talent seems to have improved a little after day-to-day experiments. This should not be my illusion."

Draco: "This is normal. Our bodies are still growing, and our magical talents will gradually emerge as we grow older. It is said that the higher the grade, the more talented we are."

On the other side, in Filch's office.

The skinny Mrs. Loris stood gracefully on the table, lowered her head and licked her dark gray hair.

Hearing the knock on the door, it looked up vigilantly.

After discovering that it was Lin Xia, he lowered his head and licked his hair again.

Next to it, the white fairy, transformed into a big orange, was lying lazily, with a few scattered cat food beside it.

Needless to say, the White Fairy must have accepted Filch's feeding again.

The White Fairy is no longer a cat, but a magical creature. It is gradually developing its original bloodline and can easily identify whether food is harmful.

So Lin Xia was not worried that it would accidentally take some poison outside.

In this regard, Fairy Bai made her more vigilant.

Moreover, not everyone can feed the White Fairy. A student had fed it before, but it didn't even look at the person's face and left arrogantly.

Ever since the White Fairy and Mrs. Norris were freed from their petrified state, the two cats have been almost inseparable, wandering around every corner of Hogwarts.

Thanks to the White Fairy, Lin Xia knew several secret passages that even Filch was unknown to.

Lin Xia even had a suspicion that Filch had only been an administrator for more than a decade, but he knew so many little-known secret passages, and some of them might have been told to him by Mrs. Norris.

Filch was a little surprised to see Lin Xia coming over. He asked in a hoarse and rough voice, "What do you want from me?"

Fairy Bai meowed, gently hooked Lin Xia's arm with her tail, turned around, and then let go.

Lin Xia stroked Fairy White's chin and said, "My friend offended Professor Snape and was put in detention tonight. I heard that you are the one who will punish him.

I wanted to give him a heads-up on what to do during the lockdown.”

Ron blinked nervously, his whole body stiff, not daring to speak.

He didn't expect Lin Xia to say it so bluntly.

He thought they were here to bribe Filch and that they had to say a lot of flattering things first.

Filch looked at Ron with a hawk-like gaze and said in a shrill voice, "I know you. You are often with that savior, Harry. You always break the school rules."

Ron moved his lips slightly, wanting to defend himself, but out of the corner of his eye he saw Lin Xia shaking her head slightly at him.

He immediately shut up and said nothing.

Filch was silent for a while after he finished speaking, then he said to Mrs. Norris, "A new batch of medals has arrived in the display room, and I haven't arranged for students to clean them yet." Lin Xia immediately said, "Ron, then you go and do this."

Ron nodded, "Uh-huh...ah?"

He suddenly realized what was happening, his eyes widened in surprise. Was the purpose of being put in solitary confinement to clean medals? Was there such a good thing in the world?
He had been in detention before and had his medals wiped off, both as punishment for Harry.

He still remembers complaining that his hands were sore because there were too many medals and he could never wipe them all.

Filch's inspection was also very strict, requiring each medal to be smooth and mirror-proof, and they were not allowed to use magic.

But as he grew older, he saw many ways of being put in solitary confinement and found that polishing medals was the easiest and simplest.

The reason why he and Harry were assigned this task was that the professor saw that they were first-year students, so he asked Filch to assign the easiest task to them.

Later, once students committed a crime, they would no longer have such a good job to do when they were put in solitary confinement.

Moreover, Ron later found out that Filch was a Squib and could not use magic, while Hogwarts was filled with magical elements at all times.

So Filch had no way of telling whether the young wizard had wiped the medal himself or used magic to clean it.

He could have gotten away with it by simply "cleaning it up"!
Lin Xia reminded him: "Ron, why don't you thank Administrator Filch?"

Ron came back to his senses and immediately lowered his head and said thank you to hide the shock on his face.

When did Filch, who always had a sarcastic face and was always looking for trouble with little wizards, become so easy to talk to?

Was it really Filch he was facing, and not Filch's twin brother?

Filch looked at the white fairy next to Mrs. Norris and asked impatiently, "Anything else?"

Lin Xia immediately said no and walked out with Ron.

After going out, Ron could no longer hide his shock and expressed his doubts.

Lin Xia replied: "Filch is indeed very harsh on other young wizards. Next time you, Harry and Hermione meet him, don't say hello. Stay as far away from him as possible to avoid losing house points again."

Ron heard something else. "So Filch didn't give me too severe detention because of you?"

Is Lin Xia's reputation so great that even Filch is willing to be on good terms with her?

Ron felt excited. If Lin Xia continued to excel, as Lin Xia's friend, would he be able to walk around Hogwarts with his own way from now on?
Lin Xia glanced at him with a meaningful look, as if she had guessed Ron's thoughts.

She said, "Don't count on me. Filch is doing this for Mrs. Norris's sake. If you really don't want to be caught by Filch, you might as well please his cat instead of me."

Ron thought of the chubby and adorable White Fairy and the skinny Mrs. Norris in stark contrast, and said speechlessly:

"Mrs. Carolis is so ugly. She doesn't look like a cat at all."

Lin Xia said calmly, "Don't underestimate Madam Loris. She wears more defensive magic items than even the little wizard. She wears things worth thousands of Galleons every day. She is much richer than you."

Ron was speechless.

For the first time, he discovered that he was not as good as a cat.

After solving Ron's problem, Lin Xia did not go to the laboratory immediately, but returned to the dormitory to prepare a mixture of life essence for the pet egg.

Since she entered the third grade, she has been too busy, so the pet eggs have been left to the White Fairy to take care of.

In the process of Fairy White taking care of the pet egg, she seems to be able to absorb something useful from it.

The pet egg has been absorbing the essence of life, but there is no sign of it being full yet.

This is actually a good thing.

From the summer vacation till now, so much life essence has been thrown at the pet egg, but it is still not satisfied. This proves that this pet egg has great potential and is definitely not an ordinary magical creature egg.

The more you can absorb, the better it is.

Lin Xia is not afraid that others can absorb it, but is afraid that they will not absorb it.

Just now, I saw the White Fairy and the two of them had a telepathic communication. The White Fairy still wanted to go on an adventure with Mrs. Loris, so she asked Lin Xia to help take care of the pet egg first.

Lin Xia readily agreed.

Lin Xia evenly spread the black mixture of life essence on the pet egg. She felt a special breathing rhythm coming from the egg. Every breath she took carried a lot of magical essence.

Lin Xia touched the pet egg and felt it, and suddenly she understood why Fairy Bai was willing to stick to the pet egg all the time.

When this pet egg breathes, it can actually purify the surrounding magic power and then feed back some pure magic power.

You have to know that the magic power of Hogwarts is already pure enough, and even the professors absorb the magic power of the school to strengthen themselves.

The already pure magic power is purified again, and just breathing it can make people feel refreshed.

It was also thanks to her golden wooden house that it could absorb the free magic power from the outside world and meet the daily needs of the pet eggs. Otherwise, Lin Xia would probably have to find a special place to cultivate the pet eggs.

Lin Xia patted its pale green eggshell and whispered, "Grow up quickly!"

Just as she was about to leave, suddenly, the forbidden magic box placed in the corner vibrated.

Lin Xia raised her eyebrows. Tom had been battling wits and courage with Voldemort's frame for so long, and finally there was a result?
From the sound of the box vibrating, she knew it was a reminder from Tom.

The two had agreed in advance on the vibration frequency of the box.

Only when the energy in Voldemort's frame was exhausted would Tom remind her.

If Lin Xia can't wait any longer and waits until the agreed time, she can open the sealed box by herself.

What Lin Xia lacked the least was patience, so she chose to wait.

She put on a suit of armor to protect herself before opening the box.

The picture frame remained the same as before, with only a gray background color. Lin Xia noticed that the gold border of the picture frame had become very dim, as if it was about to rust.

Lin Xia did not touch the picture frame, but took the diary out of it.

Tom: [Lin Xia, long time no see. The picture frame has already used up all its energy and entered a deep sleep.

I originally wanted to wait until its consciousness was completely annihilated before telling you, but I recently discovered that there is a force that has been injected into its body to help it recover.]

Lin Xia: [What kind of energy can ignore the interference of the forbidden magic runes? ]

Tom: [I don’t know, maybe it’s some kind of energy from the same source… I feel that the energy is very close to it, so it can help replenish it]

Lin Xia's eyes narrowed slightly.

You know, there are fragments of Voldemort’s soul in the picture frame!

If it is the same energy...

Another Horcrux has entered Hogwarts? (End of Chapter)