Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

After Mikel finished talking with Professor McGonagall, he returned to the laboratory with an exquisite and shining badge on his chest.

This is the Hogwarts badge of excellence!
Against the backdrop of the badge, the wizard robe on his body exuded a different kind of brilliance.

Others could feel that Mikel's demeanor and walking posture had changed. He became more handsome and majestic than before.

The assessors around him saw the excellent student badge on his chest at a glance, their eyes flickered slightly, and they all showed a hint of envy.

"This is the legendary badge of excellence. I have only seen it among elite students."

"I remember that even the current student council president doesn't have this badge."

"Generally, the student council president doesn't have this. The student council president is so busy. Combat strength is not the most important thing. You have to worry about a lot of trivial matters every day. Only very pure wizards can get the badge of outstanding students."

Because of this badge, other reviewers couldn't help but gather together and talk in low voices, with envy in their words.

Ron and Harry listened silently. They were also envious in their hearts, but they knew their own limitations.

With their current abilities, they are still unable to obtain the badge of outstanding students.

This badge cannot be obtained simply by looking at magical talent. Although both of them can cast the Patronus Charm, the Patronus Charm represents how excellent a wizard's magical talent is.

But knowing the Patronus Charm alone is not enough, they also lack some practical experience.

But Ron thought that they had fought against Death Eaters in Hogsmeade before, so perhaps their combat experience was not as bad as he imagined?
Ron pulled Harry aside, looked around, and seeing that no one was paying attention, he whispered, "Harry, how about we both apply for the Outstanding Student Assessment?"

Harry had never thought about this test before, and when Ron asked him this question suddenly, he was unable to react for a while.

When he realized what was happening, he subconsciously refused, "No, the assessment is very strict, I can't do it."

Ron muttered, "I see Mikel hasn't even learned the Patronus Charm yet, and he can pass the test.

We have all learned the Patronus Charm, which gives us an advantage in dealing with pollutants from the evil world or infected people like the Death Eaters.

Maybe we can do it, we should have some confidence in ourselves..."

Ron absolutely refused to admit it, and he was a little jealous of Mikel.

Although Mikel emerged as a rising star in the third grade and made rapid progress in his studies, judging from his performance in grades one and two, the gap between him and Mikel was not that big.

And his third year was not without gain. He learned the Patronus Charm and experienced several life-and-death crises.

Ron thought he couldn't compete with Hermione and Lin Xia, but he should be able to compete with Mikel.

Harry had never thought about taking the honors badge. Since he came into contact with the wizarding world, he had seen many geniuses.

Although he has repeatedly created miracles that wizards could not imagine, Harry has a low self-esteem deep down because of his childhood experiences.

"No, Ron, I still find it hard to do." Harry shook his head.

Seeing his rejection, Ron's idea gradually died down.

Harry thought the matter would just pass like that, until the evening, when the dormitory went to rest without finishing the assessment, which was rare.

Ron couldn't resist his curiosity and asked Mikel about some details of the assessment, and then asked him if the assessment was difficult.

Mikel has answered this question many times today.

Since he became an excellent student, he has also aroused the interest of other assessors.

Although they may not necessarily become excellent students, everyone wants to learn more about it, maybe they will have a chance to try it in the future.

Due to confidentiality regulations, Mikel couldn't explain it in too much detail, and the others were understanding when they found out.

However, when facing Ron and Harry, Mikel thought about it and revealed some key information that was not included in the confidentiality regulations.

He put down the book in his hand and pushed down the silver glasses on his nose. The long chain hanging down exuded a sense of elegance and dignity.

These are not ordinary glasses, but magic glasses that can store the knowledge he wants to record.

When he wants to read, it will reappear in his glasses. This is a magic prop with stored recorded text.

Mikel considered his words and said, "Actually, I think it's quite simple. If I really just want to remove a low-level pollutant, I just need to find its location and then use the defensive items issued to me by the Ministry of Magic to eliminate it.

I can't tell you the specific process of the elimination, but I was accompanied by two Aurors.

The two Aurors are only responsible for supervising me and ensuring my safety. Unless there is an accident, they will not interfere with my assessment. You can treat them as invisible people."

Mikkel suddenly thought of something, pushed down his silver glasses, and said thoughtfully:
"When I was observing the contaminants, I heard the conversation between the two Aurors. I can reveal it to you, but I don't know if it will be helpful to you."

Not to mention Ron, even Harry couldn't help but listen fascinated, and asked curiously with Ron: "What did they say?"

Mikkel's expression paused, and he lowered his voice even in the dormitory.

"The two Aurors mentioned that starting this year, the Ministry of Magic will expand its Auror recruitment to deal with the frequent appearance of infected persons and contaminants."

The Auror stayed hidden around and would not appear unless he was in danger.

So according to common sense, he could not hear the conversations between Aurors.

But he has a system.

The system captured the conversation between the two and only required a small amount of experience points to relay it to him.

He was afraid that he would miss important information about removing pollutants, so he spent some experience points.

Unfortunately, these contents were of no use to him.

There were still nearly four years before he graduated from Hogwarts and went out to look for a job.

Harry and Ron looked at each other, and their thoughts were the same as Mikel's before.

They still had a few years before graduation, and it was too early to consider whether or not to join the Auror Department. This piece of information was of no use to them.

But then Mikel said something else, his voice became even lower and his expression looked a little mysterious.

An inexplicable wind suddenly blew in from the dormitory, making the candlelight flicker.

"The two Aurors said that in order to expand the number of recruits, the Ministry of Magic is very likely to reduce the difficulty of the Auror examination."

"I was thinking that my assessment as an outstanding student would be to deal with pollutants from the evil god's world, or to deal with infected people who were tempted and corrupted.

This is what Aurors are supposed to do, and my assessment has overlapped with that of the Aurors.

Since the assessment standards for Auror have been lowered, does that mean that the assessment standards for outstanding students will also be lowered?"

Ron and Harry's hearts skipped a beat, their eyes widened, and an inexplicable excitement filled their minds.

Before Ron could react, he had already grabbed Mikel's arm and said excitedly:
"Then if I take the examination for outstanding students now, will the difficulty be reduced?"

Mikel shook his head. "I don't know. This is just news I heard. I'm not sure if it's true or not."

Harry suppressed his excitement and came to his senses to dissuade Ron.

"Why don't you think about it again? Don't be impulsive. The assessment of outstanding students is risky. If something goes wrong in the middle, we may not be able to get through it safely."

Ron muttered, "Our luck can't be that bad, and we all know the Patronus Charm, so we don't need the defensive items sent by the Ministry of Magic. Just one Patronus Charm is enough to clear the pollutants from the evil world. Didn't we use the Patronus Charm to cooperate well last time? Even..."

Harry suddenly reminded loudly: "That's enough, Ron, stop talking!"

Ron realized something at this moment and immediately shut his mouth, with cold sweat on his forehead and lingering fear.

He almost triggered the confidentiality clause!

He had sworn to the Ministry of Magic not to reveal what he and Harry had done in Hogsmeade to any unimportant people in order to avoid causing panic.

Once he violates this rule, his whole being will be affected.

The panicked Ron did not notice that the corners of Mikel's mouth twitched slightly and his expression was full of disbelief.

He knew that Harry had learned the Patronus Charm in his third year because Harry needed to use the Patronus Charm to drive away the Dementors that kept approaching him.

But he also remembered that Ron only learned the Patronus Charm in fifth grade.

Ron learned the Patronus Charm through a secret meeting organized by Harry after joining Dumbledore's Army, and Hermione also learned it at that time.

What's wrong with this world now? Ron actually learned it in the third grade!

Based on Ron's current talent, no matter how much he was forced to learn, he shouldn't have learned the Patronus Charm in the third grade.

If Mikel knew that Ron was the fastest student to master the Patronus Charm among all the students, he would probably be so surprised.

He once again became alert in his heart. The timeline of this world was changing too fast, and he absolutely could not use his past experience to look at the people and things in the magical world.

Harry had been watching Mikkel out of the corner of his eye and noticed his unusual expression.

The fact that he thought it was "they know the Patronus Charm" was more shocking, and there was no other thought.

After Ron's panicked thoughts calmed down, Mikkel pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said calmly:

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone that you know the Patronus Charm. As for the other things, I didn't hear about them."

He looked righteous and solemn, and Harry and Ron felt slightly relieved.

Mikkel changed the subject and suggested in a serious tone, "Since you know the Patronus spell, you could have participated in the Excellent Student Assessment a long time ago. I dare to try even though I don't know how to do it, so why shouldn't you dare to do it if you know how to do it?"

These words completely touched the hearts of Harry and Ron.

Once again, they realized that learning the Patronus Charm was a very powerful thing.
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Hermione was a very active person. After deciding to use Floo powder and go to Diagon Alley through the Floo Network, she immediately searched for a dedicated Floo Network channel near her home.

She had felt it was very novel when she used the Floo Network before, and after returning to Hogwarts, she specifically looked into the information on the Floo Network.

She had an excellent memory. Standing at the door of her house, looking at the roads that stretched in all directions ahead, she recalled the management overview of the Floo Network in her mind.

The Floo Network is managed by the Floo Network Administration under the Department of Magical Transportation of the Ministry of Magic. In order to prevent Muggle home fireplaces from accidentally connecting to the Floo Network, these fireplaces are usually not connected to the magical world, and only some special places can establish temporary connections.

Hermione closed her eyes slightly as lines of text jumped through her mind, eager for her to read.

She opened her eyes suddenly, "Found it!"

"The office of the senior leaders in the Muggle world is connected to the wizarding world, and the fireplace closest to me is——"

Hermione first subconsciously looked towards the British Prime Minister's office, then she shook her head.

She could get to the British Prime Minister's office building quickly, but she couldn't get in.

A fragment of memory suddenly popped up in her mind, and Hermione's expression changed slightly.

On the day Professor McGonagall delivered the Hogwarts admission letter, she seemed to be looking in the direction of the Royal Library intentionally or unintentionally.

This library is the oldest and largest library open to the public in the UK.

And this library is not far from where she is.

About half an hour later, Hermione found the fireplace in the Royal Library.

To be honest, it is hard to miss it because the fireplace stands right in the middle of the stairs on the second floor as a decorative building.

Just as Hermione was thinking about how to stand in the middle of the fireplace without looking weird, suddenly, she saw some young people approaching the fireplace cautiously.

There was a person sitting in the middle of the fireplace, looking at the camera with a bright face. Hermione raised her eyebrows slightly.

Blending in was not as difficult as she had imagined.

After the group of tourists who were excitedly taking photos dispersed, Hermione immediately came to the center of the fireplace.

She chose not to sit, but to stand.

If her guess was correct, then she could go to Diagon Alley through this fireplace.

If you guess wrong, you'll just waste a handful of Floo powder and you'll have it again tomorrow.

Hermione took a deep breath, looked ahead seriously, and sprinkled the powder tightly held in her palm downwards with force.

The moment the Floo powder was sprinkled, she felt the ashes in the fireplace suddenly surge into a vortex as the powder was sprinkled.

The flames exploded into a green flame as tall as a person, and the heat wave carried the ashes inside and swirled upward, making a slight crackling sound.

Hermione did not feel the heat of the flame. She held her breath and clearly uttered the three words "Diagon Alley".

Soon, her voice and her body were engulfed in the surging flames.

Someone in the library happened to look up and gaze at the scenery not far away, trying to relax his tired mood, and happened to see Hermione engulfed by green flames.

The man's eyes widened in fear, and he pointed his trembling hand at the fireplace that suddenly burst into green flames, and screamed:
"Someone was engulfed in flames. Someone was engulfed in flames. I saw it. I saw it with my own eyes!"

Hermione had no idea of ​​the commotion caused by the tourists.

She only felt that her vision was compressed into a rotating tunnel, and countless blurry outlines of fireplaces passed by her side one by one.

She seemed to see the smoldering cast iron fireplace in the Weasleys' house, the dark bronze fireplace in Gringotts, and the cracked old fireplace in the Leaky Cauldron...

The pull of the Floo Network pulled her forward, and her robes fluttered as if being torn by an invisible hand, but her body felt fine.

Her nostrils were filled with the smell of burning pine and sulfur, and five seconds later, her feet stepped on the stone floor at the entrance of Diagon Alley.

The flames lingering around her body went out with a hiss, leaving only a few wisps of smoke drifting from the ends of her hair.

Hermione saw this familiar scene and shook off the ash on her cuffs.

In front of her was a moss-covered brick wall. She extended her wand and tapped the upper right corner of the third brick.

The bricks spun in response, revealing the bustling streets of Diagon Alley.

A faint smile appeared on Hermione's face.

Diagon Alley, here she comes!
(End of this chapter)