Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

When the manager of Honeydukes heard that he was infected, his legs trembled and he actually knelt down in the middle of the magic array.

His body was shaking uncontrollably, like some kind of flip-flop switch that couldn't be turned off.

The fear in his heart occupied his brain, and the store manager begged: "No, I didn't, I'm normal... I haven't been infected by the evil world, and I have never had the idea of ​​harming the magic world..."

When the store manager said this, he probably didn't even realize that the pupils in his eyes had changed.

The pupil becomes as small as a black dot, with a lot of white in the eye. This is not the pupil that a normal person would have.

Just based on the changes in pupils, Professor McGonagall could make a judgment: this store manager might have reached a moderate level of infection!

This is not an infection that can be suppressed by ordinary medicine. Even if you don't have any reaction now, you will definitely degenerate later.

The store manager wanted to say something, but the other professors were quicker. They picked up their wands and waved them, casting a spell on him to prevent him from making any sound.

Snape cast another spell at him, and the manager immediately fainted to the ground.

Professor McGonagall looked at the other shop assistants solemnly and asked them to walk into the magic rune array one by one for inspection.

The shop assistants were all trembling, and now they understood everything -

Their store manager was infected!
As shop assistants, they are also very likely to be at risk of infection!
What frightened them greatly was that the shop was surrounded by Hogwarts professors. They had no way of escaping and were forced to undergo testing.

While the clerk was testing, other professors were watching and whispering.

“I’m afraid they’re all infected.”

“Even if there are people who are not infected, they are very likely to be infected later because they have been in contact with these infected people for such a long time.”

"Those who are not infected cannot be released and are detained separately from the infected group."

The test results came out very quickly. Only two of the five store employees were not infected, and the remaining three were all infected.

However, the infection was not serious among the infected people, they were all primary infections and it was obvious that they had only been infected for a short time.

After the test, the professor acted quickly and escorted everyone in the store to Hogwarts.

Confinement of the infected was originally the job of the Ministry of Magic, but this happened near Hogwarts, and the professors did not want the Ministry of Magic to intervene, so they made this decision.

Soon, most of the people in Honeydukes were gone, and the remaining professor was dealing with the detection of the magic rune array.

The magic array is difficult to construct, but very easy to destroy. Even if you don't destroy it but just dismantle it, the action is fast.

Soon, the group of professors also left.

Lin Xia and Mag were the only ones left in the shop, which seemed deserted and quiet.

The store was still filled with the sweet smell of candy, but Mag didn't feel relaxed at all. She only felt heavy.

Mag said to Lin Xia: "The primary infected people only need to take the cold pills you developed. A few courses of treatment will clear the infection from their bodies."

Lin Xia asked: "Then how is the store manager going to clear it?"

Professor McGonagall shook her head slightly and said seriously, "Once you reach the intermediate level of infection, you can no longer completely remove the evil god contamination from your body.

At this stage, any medicine taken by intermediate infected people can only suppress the infected people from developing into advanced infection so quickly.

An intermediate infected person is like a source of evil god's whispering signals. Once they reach the intermediate level of infection, their body will continuously absorb the free evil god's whispering from the outside world, causing it to slowly transition into a high-level infection.

This is an almost irreversible process. Drugs can only slow down the infection but cannot cure it completely. Only primary infection can be cured."

At this point, Mag paused and said, "Before the cold pill comes out, the primary infection cannot be completely cured.

But wizards can fix the primary infection at a certain stage so that it no longer absorbs the free evil god's whispers, so it won't become more and more serious. "

Lin Xia's eyes flashed thoughtfully.

From this perspective, primary infected people can be cut off, while intermediate infected people can only slow down the speed of infection, but they will eventually become advanced infected people.

Once the infection reaches a high level, the wizard will completely lose his mind, become irritable and angry, and impulsively wreak havoc in the wizarding world.

Lin Xia didn't know what she was thinking about, so she asked, "Professor, can I observe the infected store manager in school?"

Mag looked at her.

Lin Xia smiled and said, "Maybe I can get some inspiration from this and develop a drug to cure intermediate-level infected people."

She wanted to do research, but she knew it would be difficult.

This problem has troubled the wizarding world for centuries. Ever since the discovery of the intersection between the evil world and the wizarding world, infected people have appeared one after another.

Among them, many outstanding wizards were infected and eventually fell into depravity.

Under such circumstances, the wizarding world is unable to research a complete cure, and Lin Xia doesn't dare to guarantee that he can research it.

She believed that this matter still required the inspiration from the compass of destiny in her mind.

Professor McGonagall's eyes flickered as she began to think seriously.

"Given your level, you can't come into contact with the infected."

This is not to say that Lin Xia’s level is too low, but because her level is too high and she is protected by the school, so they try their best to avoid her from coming into contact with infected people.

But Lin Xia is very special.

Her main expertise is research, and the cold pills she creates have a strong healing effect on primary infected people.

Although Mag is not a researcher, he knows that primary and secondary infections are not as simple as one plus one equals two.

Just after hearing what Lin Xia said, Professor McGonagall couldn't help but hold on to hope.

Maybe we can really develop a cure?
Even if we still can't figure it out, as long as it can provide a little inspiration, it will be worth it.

Professor McGonagall thought about this and said, "I will apply for you, but I'm not sure if it will be approved.

Lin Xia, you are very important to us. You are still young and your research ability has not been fully developed. We value your future rather than your present."

Lin Xia said calmly, "Professor, I'm not sure if I can figure it out. I can only give it a try. Don't hold out too much hope."

Mag smiled, faintly and fleetingly.

“That’s natural. Although I’m not a researcher, I understand that many great inspirations are just fleeting flashes of inspiration that occur by chance. Not everyone can grasp that flash of inspiration.

Don’t put too much pressure on yourself, we are not in a hurry.”

Lin Xia nodded to show that she understood.

When it comes to research, there's no point in forcing it. If you have inspiration, you have inspiration. If you don't have inspiration, you don't have inspiration.

If you insist on researching without any inspiration, it is very likely that the more you observe, the more mistakes you will make, and the harder you try, the further you will be from the truth.

The matter at Honeydukes ended here. It was getting dark outside. Lin Xia didn't want to stay overnight in Hogsmeade. Even if she wanted to, McGonagall wouldn't agree, so she went back to Hogwarts with McGonagall.

When she came, she rode a flying broom, and when she left, she took the professor's special transportation - the magic bus. As long as the professor called, the magic bus would appear and drive for every professor.

But the professors from the previous school had all left, and most of those who remained in Hogsmeade were Hogwarts students, and students were not eligible to ride the magic bus.

So when Lin Xia and Mag were riding in the car, the car was empty except for her and Mag.

Lin Xia looked at the scenery outside the window for a while.

The magic bus was driving slowly, not very fast, and the scene outside was moving at a constant speed without any distortion.

But because it was dark, the scenery was far from as beautiful as it looked during the day. It was all gray and dark.

Lin Xia thought of Harry and the others, and wondered if they had returned to Hogwarts.

She had intended to look for them in the Shrieking Shack, and remembered that when she left, Ron loudly said he would take Harry to that place.

Ron said that the Shrieking Shack is a famous haunted house in Mogmod and is one of the must-visit spots for almost all young wizards.

It was a pity that with McGonagall around, Lin Xia couldn't leave. After all, she didn't look like she had anything else to do in Hogsmeade.

Lin Xia shifted her gaze away from the window and turned to look at Professor McGonagall. She still had a stern face and looked very serious and unsmiling.

But Lin Xia knew that this was Professor McGonagall's natural expression, and she didn't intend to be so serious.

Mag noticed Lin Xia's gaze and turned to look over.

"Professor, will the Honeydukes store remain open?"

McGonagall said without hesitation: "Yes, the Ministry of Magic will find a good owner for this shop."

Lin Xia nodded: "I am a little worried that the new store manager will also be fooled. I wonder where he got a batch of candies like 'Flash Fireworks Exploding Candy' from."

Professor McGonagall smiled indifferently: "The Ministry of Magic will handle this matter. They should set up a magic rune detection array at the entrance of the store. As for the cost, it will naturally be provided by the Ministry of Magic."

Lin Xia raised her eyebrows. Since the manager and the clerk were taken back by the professors of Hogwarts, did that mean that Hogwarts could also take over the store?

But because the cost of detecting magic arrays is too high and not cost-effective, so they push it to the Ministry of Magic, right?

At the Ministry of Magic.

When Ali received the takeover application from Hogwarts, he was confused for a moment.

Didn’t Hogwarts say they were going to clear out the evil whisperings in Honeydukes?

As the clearing party, they can enjoy the benefits brought by the clearing, and naturally they have to take over the subsequent handling matters.

Ali sneered, what are those professors at Hogwarts thinking? He would not approve it!

However, when I turned to the back of the report, I saw another line of text: The Ministry of Magic is responsible for supervising the handling.

Ali:?
This report has been signed by all Hogwarts professors. I don’t know where they got so many signatures and why they were so efficient.

Because of this passage, the Ministry of Magic also has the right to handle the follow-up matters.

Ali's face was gloomy for a while, but after thinking it over, he still passed with a cold face.

He can block it, but their minister Dumbledore is a professor at Hogwarts.

He's stuck here. If the minister finds out, he might have a bad impression of him.

On the other side, at Hogwarts.

Lin Xia returned to school, parted ways with Professor McGonagall, and went back to the dormitory first.

She gained a lot of benefits from this trip. Just the absorbed whispers of the evil god pushed her Xuan Dian realm a little bit forward.

If it was just a change in her martial arts skills, then it was still under control. After all, she had already reached the Xuandian realm in her previous life, but Lin Xia felt that there were other changes in her body.

After a careful inspection, Lin Xia glanced at the mirage lying leisurely on her shoulder.

The mirage was the first magical creature she summoned using Transfiguration, and it was also a magical creature transformed by the Patronus Charm, so it has a deep connection with her.

Although this mirage worm appeared in the form of a summoned creature, Lin Xia never regarded it as a virtual object, but as a real creature.

Her strength will feed back to it, and its changes will also feed back to her.

This time, Lin Xia clearly felt that the mirage worm's body was no longer so illusory, as if it would break with a slight pinch, but had become much stronger.

A trace of thought flashed across her eyes.

While absorbing the power brought by the flashing fireworks exploding candy, she felt that this power was also flowing to another place.

At that time, she thought that the professor was also absorbing it. Although they were far away, it did not mean that they could not steal the energy.

But from what I see now, the other place where it is absorbed is probably her mirage worm.

The mirage rolled around in Lin Xia's shoulder, looking very happy.

Lin Xia smiled gently. In the past, mirages would shyly hide in the clouds and mist and rarely come out. This time, they were willing to show their true face, which was indeed very unusual.

She asked, "Have you changed?"

The mirage rolled off the shoulder and suddenly fell to the ground, but the moment it landed on the ground, it turned into a strong lion.

Lin Xia looked at the deformed creature carefully. It was not an ordinary lion, but a magical creature, the Flame Lion.

The flaming lion's claws have flame patterns on them. Every time it runs, a ball of virtual fire will appear under its claws and bloom as it runs, which is extremely beautiful.

There are also details such as the tail and hair, which are all lifelike. Although Lin Xia has never seen a Flame Lion, she has a feeling that a real Flame Lion looks like this.

The flame lion approached Lin Xia and rubbed her legs gently with its face, which felt very furry.

Lin Xia bent down and stroked its head, saying, "The transformation is more realistic. Has your transformation technique changed?"

The Flame Lion nodded in a very human way, tilted its head as if it had thought of something, and spit out a breath of flame forward.

Lin Xia could feel a burning sensation through the air.

Her eyes changed slightly, "You have gained some of the power of that magical creature, and the attacks you generate can be materialized?"

The flaming lion circled around Lin Xia, not feeling that its behavior was shocking at all.

Only Lin Xia suddenly remembered what Lupin had said to her before -

If your transformation can gain some of the power of the transformed object, Lin Xia, this is a great ability.

Lin Xia looked down at the Flame Lion, but actually he was looking at his own mirage worm, muttering to himself.

"I am not great, it is you who are great. You are the miracle brought by the Creator!" (End of this chapter)