Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Chapter 133 Invitation

After receiving the news from the Friends' Book, Theo opened the door of the Vanishing Cabinet and saw Vader, whose hair was stuck to his forehead with sweat and who looked extremely tired.

"What's going on?" Theo reached out to help him up. "You look like you've fought a dragon."

"Honestly, I'd rather face a dragon," said Vader.

Legilimency seemed to be a magic related only to consciousness or the brain, but when resisting it, Vader felt that every muscle in his body was exerting force.

By the time the practice was over, there was no place on his body that didn't hurt.

Theo asked in astonishment: "You can deal with fire dragons now?"

"No, what I mean is...if I were facing a fire dragon, I would definitely run away quickly."

Wade said speechlessly: "But this sin... is something I brought upon myself."

The two packed up their things and prepared to leave, and Wade accidentally saw the parchment that Theo used to take notes.

After the Vanishing Cabinet was completely improved, they naturally conducted experiments, and they were successful every time.

Although the experimental results no longer needed to be compared and analyzed this time, Theo still recorded them in detail and carefully, and it seemed that he was not going to throw them away for the time being.

Just like how he behaved in Potions class.

Even though Theo is not very good at potions, his attentiveness and seriousness are unmatched.

After more than a year, Wade has gotten to know his partners very well.

Michael is smart and considerate. He looks frivolous, but he is actually shrewd and far-sighted.

Many times, Wade felt that Michael was actually very smart, but he rarely showed it.

Ryan doesn’t talk much, but he always pays careful attention to everyone and solves problems silently without boasting.

For example, when the target of the umbrella house was broken, or when the little crab had a malfunction, Ryan would always quietly fix it.

Michael's words echoed in Vader's mind.

"Theo."

When they were leaving, Wade said, "Starting tomorrow, we will learn the Stunning Spell."

"Great." Theo smiled, "We're finally going to learn new spells. We've all learned the Shield Charm and the Disarming Charm, and we've been looking forward to learning new powerful spells."

"Learning does not mean being able to use it skillfully, but if you master these three spells, you can almost be considered a wizard who can actually fight."

Wade hesitated for a moment and said, "If you can successfully learn the Stunning Spell before next Friday, then you and I, together with Michael and Ryan, will hold a... um, club activity on a few Saturdays."

Theo asked in surprise, "Just the four of us?"

"Yes, there are only four of us."

Wade said affirmatively, and then he added: "The content of the event is not a good thing... If you don't want to participate, it's okay."

"……I see."

Theo looked more serious, he could hear the hesitation in Wade's heart.

——He wanted them to go with him, but he also wanted to exclude them.

Theo smiled easily: "No matter what they say, I will definitely go... Will it be dangerous?"

"The danger is not now," Vader said. "It's in the future... and it's related to He Who Must Not Be Named."

Theo was shocked: "The mysterious man...did he sneak into the school again?"

"Not really." Wade said, "If everything goes well, maybe we won't have to do anything."

"You make me so curious... Can't you tell me in detail?"

"Some secrets cannot be told, no matter now... or in the future..."

…Back in the dormitory, Wade saw a whole coconut on the table and burst out laughing.

Coconut water is sweet, thirst-quenching and nutritious. Zoe and the others probably thought that he needed to replenish his nutrition quickly.

He drank some water, washed up, and went to sleep. Fatigue made him quickly fall into a deep sleep.

In the following days, the SSC began to learn the Stunning Spell. Theo and the others worked very hard, and Harry always stayed until the end before leaving.

However, he did so because being in the Umbrella House would ensure that he would never run into Lockhart and Colin Creevey.

The new professor Gilderoy Lockhart always unilaterally believed that Harry was as eager for attention as he was. Every word he said made Harry so embarrassed that he wanted to crawl into the ground.

Colin Creevey would "run into" Harry several times a day and always wanted to take his picture. This kind of flattery, almost like stalking, made people feel very uncomfortable.

Therefore, he always spent most of his time in the umbrella house to get some peace and quiet.

Michael asked Wade privately: "Why not call Harry? You know, he... um... burned the You-Know-Who to ashes easily."

"No, even if he is the Boy-Who-Lived, frequent contact with that guy is not a good thing."

Wade evaded the question and said, "If you don't dare to use that name, how about a code name?"

"——Codename?"

"How about Tom?" Wade asked.

"Tom? The owner of the Leaky Cauldron?"

Michael suddenly had an idea and said, "Actually, you mean the Muggle cartoon Tom and Jerry? I've secretly watched some of it..."

He extended his own association.

"That person is like Tom. Although he is very strong, he is always fooled by the little mouse. And we are Jerry... er... Jerry?"

Michael hesitated a bit.

Ravenclaw calls itself "Eagle", but it doesn't think of itself as a little mouse.

But thinking that Voldemort was just a blue cat that always failed, Michael felt that there was nothing wrong with Jerry the mouse metaphor.

He projected the terrifying appearance of the Dark Lord into Tom Cat, thought about the plot, and burst out laughing.

Vader smiled as well.

He excluded Harry from the beginning.

After all, this time, what they have to face is not Voldemort himself, but just a Horcrux.

Things like this should just be resolved quietly.

If Harry were involved, the resurrected Voldemort might be able to detect this information from Harry's mind, adding fatal risks to everyone out of thin air.

He just wanted his friends to know what they were doing and to provide some help when necessary, instead of taking them to die.

……

A week passed quickly, and on Monday and Wednesday, Wade was detained twice by Professor Sprout.

Detention is actually a punishment for breaking school rules, not a reward.

So in the next two detentions, Professor Sprout used one hour to teach knowledge and the other hour to do some miscellaneous work.

Fertilizing, transplanting, pest control, pollination...

After the confinement, Wade benefited a lot, but he also felt exhausted and had a sore back.

On the way back to the castle, he heard Malfoy's voice: "I'm not a servant! If my father knew you dared to let me do this, he would get you out of school!"

(End of this chapter)