Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Mikel ran to the library, found the magic book recommended to him by Professor McGonagall, and started reading from the simplest one.

Professor McGonagall was very attentive. The magic books she recommended to him were arranged from easy to difficult. He only needed to read them in order.

Originally, Mikel thought that the professor would recommend some more obscure content. After all, she is a professor and has a high level of knowledge. The basic magic knowledge in her eyes may not be applicable to ordinary students.

Mikel was very self-aware. Although his talent had been systematically improved to A-level, it was all focused on potion making.

Because the ability of the Death Eater he absorbed and fused with was his talent in potions.

Besides that, his talent also helps to increase the power of offensive magic.

However, he is completely confused about the structure of magic knowledge, the principles of magic, the sources of magic, etc.

Simply put, this is due to insufficient knowledge of magic.

For example, the reason why Hermione's magical talent is so outstanding is largely because she has a very clear understanding of the magic system.

She can connect one magic to another.

You can also use that magic to actively develop several related magics.

This kind of talent is simply twice the result with half the effort in learning

Even if she just relies on self-study, she can learn very well, no worse than those students taught by professors hand in hand.

The improvement in his magical talent was not in the cognition of magic, but more in the transformation of skills and the instinct of casting spells.

There were many spells that he knew how to cast to make them more powerful, but he didn't know why he did so and he acted completely on instinct.

But now, as he opened the book recommended by Professor McGonagall, Mikel suddenly had a different understanding of magic.

"So a firm will and strong faith can also change the strength of a spell? No wonder any spell cast by those Death Eaters is so powerful...

They are as paranoid as madmen, have extremely pure beliefs, and are willing to sacrifice their own lives to carry out their missions, so they have more focus than ordinary wizards. "

Mikel thought again, if he focused on doing a thing, didn't care so much about the result of it, and just immersed himself in doing it, would he be able to be more focused than others?

But this doesn’t mean that doing things for the sake of results is bad.

People have endless desires, and desires are the ladder that drives people to progress.

It is precisely because of strong desires that society develops so rapidly.

It’s just that relatively speaking, people who don’t care so much about the results will not be affected by whether the results are successful or not, and they are more pure than utilitarian people.

Mikel thought about it and decided to give it a try after returning to the dormitory in the evening.

——Don’t care whether the spell can be launched successfully, but focus on practicing the spell.

He wrote down his thoughts and continued reading.

Most of the content below is about spell construction, which helps him understand the magic system.

The more Mikel watched, the more excited he became.

He discovered that the real magical world was completely different from the magical world he had imagined.

When he read the original novel before, he had many doubts:

What is the power system in the magic world? What is the source of power?
The original work is very mysterious. It does not build a complete magic system strength, nor does it have a logical magic advancement process. Including the source of magic power, it is more inclined to idealism.

"Do as your heart pleases!"

As long as you are determined and determined to accomplish something, magic will help you accomplish it.

The little wizard's magical riot is a manifestation of the saying "the mind moves as it wishes".

But through this book, Mikel suddenly felt that the mysterious veil of the magical world was slowly unveiled before him.

"This book is so interesting. Who is the author?" Mikel murmured to himself.

He went back to the cover of the book to look for the author and was stunned.

"It was written by Nicolas Flamel, a great alchemist."

Through this book, Mikel believes that Master Nicol's structure of spells has returned to its original simplicity.

The mystery of magic is explained to people in the simplest words.

Mikel felt quite regretful when he thought about this. It was too late for him to start learning now!
“I used to think that there were not many books to read in the library, and the really useful books were hidden in the restricted section or could only be obtained through special means.

Now it seems that I was too shallow. Hermione likes to stay in the library whenever she wants. If she had been exposed to these magic books in her first grade and formed a good cognitive perspective, it’s no wonder that I can’t catch up with her. Our starting point is different!"

Mikel then thought that it would be great if he could get some guidance from Nico from Harry.

Nico is a very good friend of Dumbledore. Dumbledore has been training Harry, and Nico has also helped.

The Philosopher's Stone incident that occurred in the first year was given to Dumbledore by Nico.

Even if he couldn't become an excellent alchemist, but even if he was just an ordinary one, he would not be afraid of being unemployed after graduation. After all, there were relatively few alchemists in the magic world.

On the other side, Harry and Ron were also busy studying.

At the beginning, their condition was not good and they made frequent mistakes.

When the professor on duty noticed that they were not in a good state, he reprimanded them severely. Only then did they pull their wandering thoughts back and continue to immerse themselves in their studies.

After a long ten-minute break, Ron and Harry sat together, closed their eyes and cleared their minds.

Ron suddenly thought of something, opened his eyes and said, "I think the biggest drawback of this learning software is that all learning depends entirely on self-consciousness.

No matter how attractive the special effects in the game are, the little wizard needs to open it automatically and consciously. If no one is watching, the little wizard will never open it again once he gets tired of studying.

Just like what we did before, if Professor Fox hadn't criticized us harshly, perhaps we would not have been able to withdraw our thoughts."

Harry nodded. "You're right. Consciousness is indeed a problem."

Ron suddenly had an idea and asked, "Why don't we raise this issue with the professor and ask him to design some rewards in the game that can enhance the self-awareness of young wizards?

If the professor accepts our proposal, how about letting him give us half a day off?"

Harry didn't speak right away.

He felt that with the current busyness, the professor would at most praise their ideas as good ones, but don't expect them to take a vacation.

Harry thought about it, but he didn't say it out loud. Instead, he encouraged, "You can give it a try. No matter what, we have to voice our opinions."

Ron acted as soon as he thought of it and immediately reported the problem to Professor Fox.

Professor Fox did not know the professor who specialized in teaching young wizards. He worked in security at the school and did not often greet the young wizards.

But as soon as Ron and Harry returned to school, it was Professor Fox who met with them and supervised their daily studies, so everyone had become familiar with each other.

Ron and Harry would occasionally joke with Professor Fox.

After listening to Ron's idea, Professor Fox raised his eyebrows and said happily:
“Your idea is great. We only considered whether the learning content in the knowledge challenge game is correct and whether all the little wizards can keep up, but we didn’t consider the issue of self-awareness.

After all, this game is about learning while playing, rather than just playing. Once the learning stops, the game will always be stuck.

Only by studying repeatedly and persistently can we overcome difficulties. I will meet with other professors later to discuss how to solve the problem. "

After the professor finished speaking, he closed his mouth and looked at Ron quietly, as if asking, "Do you have anything else to mention?"

Ron waited for a while, but there was no further response from the professor.

He decided to take the initiative. "Professor, since my suggestion is so important, can you give me a reward?"

Professor Foss asked, "What reward do you want?"

Ron held up a small finger. "How about a day off?"

Professor Foss smiled slightly, "Do you think that with the current progress, you might be given a holiday?"

Ron bent a finger and said, "Then I'll give you half a day off. Half a day should be fine, right?"

Without waiting for the professor to answer, he said impatiently: "We also want to make ourselves more focused.

Endlessly studying will only drain our enthusiasm for learning, make us numb, and slow down our learning progress.”

Professor Fox nodded: "You are right."

Ron's eyes lit up and sparkled.

However, the next second, the professor said: "But they also take a break after studying for a long time. You have only studied for a week or two, and you can't stand it?"

"Winter vacation will be over soon, and everyone's time is very tight. Losing two people to help will also delay some progress. Taking a half-day vacation is absolutely not an option."

Ron's face immediately fell.

But Professor Foss said, "It's impossible to have a half-day off, but I can let you finish class two hours early. Your group can leave early tonight."

Ron clapped excitedly: "Thank you, Professor!"

Although I didn't get a longer rest time, it's not bad to be able to finish two hours earlier.

He was able to take some time out to do the things he wanted to do, like having a refreshing game of wizard chess with Harry!

Time passed quickly and it was night all of a sudden.

As expected, Professor Fox asked them to leave two hours earlier.

Before Harry and Ron left, they glanced around and noticed the envious looks on the other students' faces.

Originally they thought that only two hours in advance was too little and that they could not do much, but now seeing the extremely eager eyes of others, they suddenly felt that they were really amazing!

Walking on the street, they are the coolest guys.

After returning to the dormitory, the two found that Mikel was already in the dormitory, lying on his bed reading a magic book.

He was reading very seriously, and the noise they made when they came back did not disturb Mikel's reading.

Ron and Harry looked at each other and didn't say much in the dormitory.

The two quickly packed up and went out of the dormitory to the Gryffindor common room.

When there are many people, the lounge is warm and bright.

Even when there are few people around, it still looks dignified and elegant.

The golden-red flames in the fireplace licked the oak woodpile, and occasionally sparks burst out from the wood and turned into flying fireflies.

Harry curled up on the red velvet sofa, a copy of The Standard Book of Spells: Intermediate Level spread out on his knees, his face flickering in the light of the fire.

Ron sat cross-legged opposite him, with a book on his lap as well, but it was Intermediate Transfiguration.

There was a table between the two of them, on which was placed a wizard chess set.

Due to long hours of study, they don't forget to pick up a book even in their leisure time.

Even if you don’t look at it, keep it around.

"Did you make the wrong move, Bishop?" Harry asked suddenly, staring at the chessboard, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the gold-stamped lines on the spine of the book.

Ron: "That's right. I have other plans for this move."

A few minutes later, Ron held the knight's lance to the king's throat and said excitedly, "Checkmate!"

The fire behind them just burst into a cluster of flames, and the flying fireflies seemed to be about to burst into the golden lion above the fireplace.

The king was killed, and the remaining pieces on the chessboard wailed in unison, waking up the ginger catkin that was dozing off by the fireplace.

Harry shrugged helplessly: "This is the third game I've lost."

He felt that Ron was very talented in chess, but it was a pity that there were no so-called professional chess players in the wizarding world, otherwise he could really train him in this area.

Ron had a great time and finally talked about what happened tonight.

"Harry, do you think Mikel is abnormal today?"

Harry nodded, "From the Micks, I thought of someone."

Ron's mind suddenly lit up, his eyes lit up, and he and Harry said in unison: "Hermione!"

Ron: "Yes, I was wondering why the Mikel who was lying on the bed reading today looked so much like the same person, wasn't that Hermione?

He was just like Hermione when she was reading a book, almost obsessed, not caring about the reactions of others at all.

Harry: "If Hermione were in school, he would probably form a study interest group with Mikel."

Ron said hesitantly, "His personality has changed so much that it makes me feel uneasy."

He thought for a moment and then said, "Let's observe for a few days. If he really gets better, I want to pull him into the test of the knowledge challenge game."

Harry couldn't help but laugh: "Are you sure? Why do I feel like you dragged him in to trick one more person?"

Ron shook his head quickly, but he couldn't hide his smile: "Harry, this is not suffering, but hard work to learn knowledge. If Mikel is diligent and studious, he will definitely be very happy when he goes in."

A few days passed again.

On his way to the library, Mikkel met Professor McGonagall who was on patrol.

Professor McGonagall was surrounded by several students who were also staying at school. They were all diligent and studious, and asked her questions about Transfiguration.

The professor answered students' questions while patrolling.

Mikel thought about it and followed the students.

After more than ten minutes, it was finally his turn.

Professor McGonagall was a little surprised when she saw him: "Aren't you going to the library to study today?"

Mikel said slightly solemnly: "Professor, I want to ask you something."

McGonagall guessed something from Mikel's expression, waved her wand and cast an anti-eavesdropping spell, then said, "What do you want to know?"

Mikel: "I want to ask how the Ministry of Magic plans to deal with the high-level pollutant that almost killed me."

McGonagall shook her head: "Even I don't know such secrets. The Ministry of Magic won't tell you."

Mikkel: "Then can I ask, in addition to letting me pass the excellent student assessment, does the Ministry of Magic have anything else to compensate me?"

"Compensation?" Professor McGonagall wondered.

Mikel said dryly: "Professor, because the Ministry of Magic did not observe carefully, I was thrown into a high-risk situation. If I hadn't been lucky enough to escape, I would probably have died, so I want a little extra compensation."

Mag thought for a while and said, "Your request is reasonable. I will report this matter to the Ministry of Magic." (End of this chapter)