Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

The adult wizard kept scratching his face, which was both painful and itchy.

The white light of the Patronus spell shone on him, and even though there was no fire around, he felt as if his face was being burned by a bright red, hot iron!

"Who are you? Who on earth are you!" His voice was hoarse and raspy. "It's impossible for an ordinary little wizard to have your kind of power! You are definitely someone sent by the Ministry of Magic. You are here to confuse us!"

The wizard said angrily: "You definitely used Transfiguration, damn Auror, insidious Ministry of Magic!"

He lay on the ground, talking incoherently. The pain was so severe that he had to use other methods to divert his attention.

The wizard wanted to mobilize the power of the evil world in his body to destroy the power of the Patronus spell, but it would have been fine if he didn't mobilize it. Once he mobilized it, he felt his whole body was burning and it became even more painful!
This Patronus Charm is really weird. It's not that strong even if you only use the power of the magic world to resist it.

But once the power of the evil god is used, it will feel like a piercing wound!

Lin Xia had no pleasure in torturing people, so she asked, "Where is your companion?"

The Death Eater stared at Lin Xia with great hatred and roared in pain, "I won't tell you. I absolutely won't tell you!"

At this moment, he still had the mood to sneer.

"You'll never guess where we're hiding. We're hiding in a place where none of you can find us!"

Lin Xia stared at him and suddenly smiled softly.

"I thought Death Eaters were a bunch of cowards who would sell out anything to stay alive. Some Death Eaters would sell out their teammates without hesitation just to alleviate some pain. I didn't expect you to be so courageous."

She twirled her wand and didn't bother talking to him.

"Okay, since you are unwilling to tell us the whereabouts of your companions and want to protect them, then I will grant your wish. You just continue to struggle in this extreme pain."

Lin Xia pointed his wand at the Death Eater with an expressionless face and cast a Patronus Charm.

In order to make the spell fire faster, she did not accumulate much magic power.

As soon as the Patronus Charm was formed, it was fired.

This resulted in the two Patronus spells being less powerful.

Because he was not strong enough, he could not kill the Death Eater instantly, and he could only endure the pain of the two blows.

"what--"

The Death Eater screamed, he could no longer bear the pain.

"Give me a quick word and I'll tell you everything! I'll tell you where they're really hiding!"

Lin Xia had already stepped past his body and said calmly, "It's too late."

The place where Lin Xia walked was where Hermione and Draco were.

Logically, they should say hello to Lin Xia and ask her if they can go with them to look for Harry.

But at this moment, Lin Xia's powerful aura and cold expression made Hermione and Draco step aside a few steps, letting Lin Xia pass by them.

Lin Xia was too cold at this moment, so cold that they felt she was not the same person as usual.

After Lin Xia left, they heard the Death Eaters begging for mercy.

Regardless of whether there were people present or not, the Death Eaters shouted frantically: "They are gathered at the station. There is something they want under the Hogsmeade station! Someone come and kill me quickly! Someone come and kill me quickly!"

Hermione's expression changed slightly, and she wanted to move closer to the Death Eaters, but was suddenly stopped by Draco.

Draco shook his head at her, looking indifferent.

"Don't save him. This is the punishment he deserves. I don't know how many wizards have died in his hands."

"He is begging for death now, what about the other wizards he tortured? Do they have a chance to beg for mercy? The Death Eaters deserve to die!"

Draco took Hermione and ran to another place.

The two continued to look for Harry, but they both had something else in mind.

Draco knew very early on how powerful Lin Xia was.

The techniques they practice are different, but the overall level of practice is the same.

When he was still in the early stage of foundation building, Lin Xia had already reached the late stage of foundation building.

Normally, he would practice any martial arts under the guidance of Lin Xia.

From this, it can be seen that Lin Xia not only practiced more deeply than him, but also had a thorough understanding of the skills.

Draco felt a headache when he thought of the complicated Chinese language.

And according to Lin Xia, the skills she taught were not entirely expressed in the current Chinese language. Some of them even used the ancient Chinese language, which was equivalent to ancient magic language.

This made it even more difficult for him to interpret.

But apart from the practice of martial arts, Draco believed that his potential in magic was no worse than Lin Xia's.

But now, when he saw Lin Xia display her strength with his own eyes, and this strength was just the tip of the iceberg she had hidden, Draco felt a hint of fear and excitement.

The fear was not about Lin Xia, but the fear that the gap between him and Lin Xia would get bigger and bigger, and there would be no way he could catch up or even surpass her in the future.

He was excited because the person he chose to follow was right, Lin Xia was indeed very powerful!
Draco was very confident that under Lin Xia's leadership, he could accomplish a more glorious career than his father Lucius or even his other ancestors.

Let the glory of the Malfoy family always shine in the wizarding world!

As for Hermione, her feelings were far more complicated than Draco's.

Hermione had long known that Lin Xia was very powerful, and she had always felt that the gap between her and Lin Xia was getting bigger and bigger.

But she was not discouraged.

She is still developing, and once she gains more knowledge, she will hopefully catch up - Hermione firmly believes so.

But just now Lin Xia showed her a cruel scene in the wizarding world.

The wizarding world is not like Hogwarts, which is full of love and peace, where people can gain courage and friendship and young wizards can absorb endless knowledge.

The wizarding world is a cruel place.

If you are not careful, you will die.

This gave Hermione an idea. She was a person with absolutely rational thinking. Based on her own abilities and judgments, she suddenly thought:

If she hadn't entered the wizarding world, would she have lived a happier and more carefree life than she is now?

Hermione almost lost her balance when she thought of this!
This fleeting thought turned out to be the optimal solution in her rational mind.

Otherwise, given the level of danger in the wizarding world, the growing conflicts between ordinary wizards and Death Eaters, and the increasingly intense conflicts...her life safety cannot be guaranteed.

She is afraid that one day she will choose to erase her family's memory in order not to affect them!
Hermione suddenly felt cold all over and her face turned extremely pale.

This idea was far-fetched, but her reason told her that this situation would 100% occur.

She didn't know why she was so sure, but her mind was so firm.

"Hermione? Hermione?" Draco supported Hermione, waved his hand in front of her, and asked anxiously: "Hermione, what's wrong with you? Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

Hermione took one last look at Draco and then fainted on the ground.

the other side.

Harry, who was being searched by Hermione and Draco, was still trapped in a house full of books. Now Harry was absolutely sure that these books would move forward quietly, and he had to keep an eye on them all the time, otherwise they would not move.

Once they relax, they will push forward again.

Harry was distracted several times, and when he came back to his senses, he found that his space for movement had shrunk again.

There were books on all sides, piled up all the way to the ceiling, giving him a strong sense of oppression.

Harry blinked his dry eyes, feeling that this was not a solution; he couldn't stare at these books forever.

He thought for a while and tried to pick up a book at random to read.

After seeing it, he was fascinated.

This book talks about how to accurately utilize every bit of magic in a wizard's body, and how to accumulate strength when casting spells to make the spells more powerful.

What Harry found very interesting was that this book put forward a completely new point of view that the power of spells does not entirely rely on the strength of the magic power in the wizard's body to become stronger.

In addition to the factor of powerful magic, there are other ways to enhance the power of spells. One of them makes Harry very curious, that is the power of the mind.

This book calls this power "the power of the mind."

Harry was so absorbed in his reading that he did not notice the passage of time, nor did he notice that the wall of books around him stopped moving forward as he read intently.

Harry seemed to be trapped in an independent space, where he briefly put aside all the worries in the outside world. He did not think about the Death Eaters or the danger of his friends.
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The Auror station in Hogsmeade Village has been set at Hogsmeade Railway Station.

The Aurors captured the Death Eaters and, through some special questioning methods, learned that their real destination was the underground of the train station.

There were always Aurors going out on missions, but there were also always Aurors returning after completing their missions.

They set up a huge tent next to the station as their base camp.

As more Aurors returned, the relevant information they brought was pieced together, and the Aurors finally learned the purpose of the Death Eaters coming to Hogsmeade Village -

"There's something they really want buried under the station!"

"Ordinary Death Eaters don't know what it is. Only some high-ranking Death Eaters, such as Bellatrix, know what it is."

An Auror suggested: "Since we already know the Death Eaters' purpose, why don't we dig up the station now?"

"no!"

An Auror immediately objected: "Today, a large number of Hogwarts students will return home by express train. Although Hogsmeade Station is no longer open, the train will pass through this station. What if we dig up the station and affect the train operation?"

This is a problem.

An Auror asked, "When does the last train end?"

The other Auror replied, "There is still half an hour left before the last train arrives at Hogsmeade. Once this train leaves, there will be no next one."

half an hour...

Some wizards looked solemn. In another half hour, it would be 6 o'clock in the evening.

It was already dark at this time. They could not predict what danger might happen, nor did they know what arrangements the Ministry of Magic had made.

Even they, the Aurors, didn't know what the Ministry of Magic was thinking.

They only knew that Dumbledore had arrived in Hogsmeade village. His arrival was like the coming of a god, so many wizards did not feel panicked.

Dumbledore could even deal with Voldemort, let alone a mere Death Eater?

On the contrary, the Aurors who returned this time brought some other news.

"There's a top student at Hogwarts who's so good, she can hunt down Death Eaters!"

"Students? How can students do that?"

"I've seen this student before, she's not ordinary, she knows the Patronus Charm!"

There were also professors from Hogwarts present. Some Aurors specifically found out the name of the outstanding student and went to ask the professors present.

"Professor, do you know this outstanding student Lin Xia?"

Snape stared coldly at the Auror who came over and said, "I know. Every outstanding student will be reported to the whole school. It's hard not to know."

The Auror asked, "Is this outstanding talent from Slytherin? She has a Slytherin style!"

Snape felt a slight pain in his liver, which was caused by being angry.

Lin Xia's cleverness, wit, and ability to observe the overall situation are indeed very Slytherin!

And unlike other wizards, Snape felt that Lin Xia was particularly good at disguise and had huge ambitions in her eyes, so she was undoubtedly a typical Slytherin!

I just don't know why the Sorting Hat put her into Hufflepuff. It's really speechless.

Snape turned around with a sour expression and went somewhere else, ignoring the Auror's questions.

More and more Aurors returned to the base camp, and as the time approached, their mission was moved to the station.

Elsewhere, in Honeydukes.

Ron woke up from his deep sleep, his body was covered in cold sweat and his forehead was hot. He was sweating and had a fever.

When he closed his eyes, he was actually conscious.

His eyelids were so heavy that he couldn't open them, but he could hear the people talking outside.

He knew that he had been poisoned by the Darkness, and he also knew that Draco had come to Honeydukes at just the right moment to rescue him.

Finally, Ron opened his eyes, and Draco, Hermione and Harry gathered around him happily.

"Ron, you're awake, how are you feeling?"

"Where does it hurt?"

Draco examined Ron for a while, then heaved a sigh of relief and said, "The poison has been completely expelled. You should lie down well and don't move around. You will be back to normal in two or three days."

Ron struggled to lean his body against the wall and half lay down.

He lowered his head to drink some water, then raised his head and wanted to say something to them, but suddenly he was stunned.

Where are the people? Where have they gone?

Why is there no one here!
There seemed to be a crisp "click" sound from the reversed time and space, and the reversed time and space returned to the normal track. Except for the people and things that had been corrected, nothing had changed for anyone else.

Those who deserve to die are destined to die.

Those who are hurt will still be hurt.

"Ron!"

Suddenly, at the door of Honeydukes, Draco lifted the invisibility cloak, and Hermione, who was unconscious, came over with the help of Draco.

"Come and help me, I can't hold Hermione anymore!"

Ron was bewildered. It was Draco who had clearly told him to lie down and rest not long ago.

He didn't have much strength to recover, and by the time Ron stood up with difficulty, Draco had already helped Hermione to another kind of chair.

Ron asked: "Where did you run to just now? How come Hermione fell unconscious in just a few seconds?" (End of this chapter)