Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Chapter 94: Magic Wand, Dragon Egg

Vader didn't understand: "What does this have to do with the wand?"

Neville looked at his wand, his eyes swept over every familiar scratch on it, and whispered: "This is not my wand, it's my father's - my grandmother didn't agree with me carrying it, she said that if it wasn't my own wand, the effect would be greatly reduced...but I..."

He had insisted on taking this wand instead of going to Ollivanders to buy a new one - it was as if his parents were with him.

When Neville cast spells with this wand, he always felt powerless, but he didn't take it to heart, because he had long accepted the fact that he was clumsy, cowardly, and not very talented, and even often wondered why he was sorted into Gryffindor instead of Hufflepuff.

In fact, when Neville was sorted, he argued with the Sorting Hat for a long time - he thought he did not have the courage required by Gryffindor, and asked the hat to sort him into Hufflepuff. But the Sorting Hat insisted that he should go to Gryffindor, and finally announced the result of the sorting.

However, after joining the SSC, Neville could feel his steady improvement every day. Spells began to become less difficult for him, and he gained great joy and a sense of accomplishment for the first time. Therefore, when he encountered setbacks in spell learning again, he could no longer tell himself calmly -

"Yeah, you're just so stupid that you can't do anything right."

——He knew he could actually do it, but the partners he chose were holding him back.

Neville complained to his grandmother in the Book of Friends, and Madam Longbottom once again told him in a stern tone - let go of those useless insistences, you need to get a new wand that suits you!

"Vade, what do you think I should do?" Neville asked in confusion.

Wade knew that when he hesitated, he had already leaned in his heart. It was just that he had to go against his own insistence, as if he had to give up his feelings for his parents, which made him so embarrassed.

Wade thought for a moment and said, "Why not let the coin decide?"

"Coin?" Neville, who was immersed in confusion, was suddenly dumbfounded.

Wade took out a silver Sickle from his pocket and held it between his fingers, saying, "Positive - continue to use the wand left by your father. Even if you have to work ten or a hundred times harder to reach the normal level, you will not give up!"

Yin Xike turned it half a circle between his fingers.

"The other side - keep your thoughts and love for your parents in your heart, choose the most suitable wand, gain more powerful power, become a son that your parents can be proud of, and also have the power to protect others."

"Do you see clearly?"

Neville swallowed hard and nodded, staring nervously at the silver Sickle.

Wade glanced down and saw that Neville's hands were clenched into fists, wrinkling the corners of his clothes.

"Then—let's begin."

As Vader spoke, he flicked his fingertips, and the silver scorpion spun rapidly and flew high into the sky. Neville raised his head involuntarily, his eyes following the dazzling silver light as it rose and fell, and his heart suddenly rose to his throat!

Vader covered the silver coin with his palm and slowly opened it.

"Gudong."

Neville's throat surged and cold sweat broke out on his palms.

Just when Silver Sickle was about to be exposed, Wade suddenly clenched his hand again!
"Ah!" Neville couldn't help but shout, "I haven't seen it yet!"

"--But you already know it, right?" Vader asked, "--What answer do you really want?"

Neville was stunned, as if a thunder had exploded above his head. Wade got up and left, leaving him alone on the sofa to think slowly.

"How's Neville?" Theo came over and asked worriedly.

"It's okay, he'll think it through."

As Wade spoke, he looked down at the silver Sickle in his palm, suddenly smiled, and put it in his pocket.

——What! It turns out that fate is also looking after this stupid kid.

but……

Rather than letting fate push you around, isn't it better to make your own decisions after careful consideration?
……

In the blink of an eye, it is the Easter holiday again. This time, professors of various subjects have assigned a lot of homework. With only two weeks of spring break, most students will not choose to go home.

Neville applied to leave school, and he planned to go to Diagon Alley to pick out a wand that really suited him.

Wade also applied to leave school, but he only went home to celebrate with his parents on Easter Day. The rest of the time he studied spells with Lupin in Hogsmeade.

The spell to extract memory was not as advanced as Vader had expected. If the memory provider focused on recalling and was willing to give it out, the spell could become very simple. Forcibly digging out the memory that the owner wanted to hide was a high-level black magic.

The most basic requirement of Occlumency is to empty your mind - not to think, not to remember, not to perceive. The advanced technique is to weave false memories and emotions in the mind to deceive the Legilimency master.

During the holidays, Vader made the most progress in Transfiguration and Disillusionment, and also learned how to use several Fire Charms. Lupin also taught him some tricks that he could use in school, such as spells to check for typos in papers.

Wade returned to school the day before term started. When he distributed Easter eggs to his friends, he found that the two Gryffindors looked nervous and worried.

"What's wrong?" Vader asked.

"This..." Harry and Hermione looked at each other, and then Hermione said sadly: "It's Hagrid... He got a dragon egg and he's planning to hatch it!"

Vader recalled: "I remember this was illegal?"

"Yeah!" said Harry grimly. "What if someone finds out? Hagrid won't take it seriously. He's only thinking about being a dragon mother!"

"Hmm...very Gryffindor."

Wade complained in a low voice, and seeing that the two were very upset, he said, "I know a friend who works as a breeder for Mr. Scamander. Maybe you can hand over the dragon eggs to them to help hatch them? Or ask someone to secretly transfer the dragon eggs to a place where breeding is allowed. Of course-"

In the surprised eyes of the two, Wade added, "The premise is that you can convince Mr. Hagrid to give up his current plan. Private individuals cannot raise dragons unless they are willing to go to Azkaban."

This is not an easy task.

Hagrid was born with a love for all dangerous creatures, and raising a dragon was his lifelong dream. Even though he knew that Harry and Hermione's worries were right, he couldn't convince himself to give up the cute, unborn dragon baby. When he thought about the little guy's life after leaving him, and even being caught by wizards to draw blood and cut dragon liver, the half-blood giant's eyes were filled with tears.

After a while, it was delayed until the baby dragon was about to be born.

(End of this chapter)