The world begins with refining skills

Chapter 268 We are all friends! (Please subscribe and vote)

A fierce scolding voice came from a distance. Mu Sheng looked and saw a flickering candlelight getting closer and closer in the night.

In the candlelight was a dirty-looking old man with disheveled hair, a thin and tall figure, and slightly bulging eyeballs, which made him look particularly ferocious.

This person is Filch, the caretaker of Hogwarts!
A few steps in front of Filch was a house cat named Mrs. Norris, who was also skinny and had gray fur.

Filch was attracted by the noise made when Maki Sheng jumped into the lake earlier.

Mu Sheng planned to slip away. He had just enjoyed the wonderful life in the magic academy and didn't want it to end too early.

But he didn't want to bully Filch. As a Squib living in the wizarding world, Filch was already pitiful enough.

So it’s better to avoid each other.

"Blanc"

Just when Mu Sheng was about to call Xiao Hei to go for a walk together, he saw that his own raven had already flown away with the fish in its mouth.

Why didn't you just run away?
"Among all the little blacks in this world, you are the most disloyal one!"

Mu Sheng said angrily in the direction where Xiao Hei disappeared.

Then he looked down at the mermaid who was struggling desperately with her throat strangled by him. It was not an ugly mermaid. He broke its neck with a little force of his arms and then threw it into the refining space.

It’s just that it knows too much!

It's just right to keep it so that I can try to refine my bloodline later. Anyway, there are so many mermaids in the Black Lake, and no fish will notice if one is missing.

"Meow~"

Mrs. Loris, smelling the fishy smell, suddenly ran a few steps and jumped to Mu Sheng's feet, meowing at him non-stop.

"Mrs. Loris? Come out, I see you, red-haired boy, you can't run away this time"

Filch shouted in the direction Mrs. Norris ran away and trotted towards that direction.

He mistook Mu Sheng for the Weasley twins.

After all, the other night-traveling students in the academy would just wander around the castle at most, and only the twins would run out and sneak into the Forbidden Forest.

"Why, you want to eat fish?"

Mu Sheng squatted down and touched Mrs. Loris's head. Thanks to the charming aura he exuded, Mrs. Loris did not resist. Instead, she took the initiative to rub her head against his palm.

"I didn't catch any fish, so I'll give you a chicken drumstick! Poor kid, how come you've become so skinny?"

Mu Sheng took out a chicken leg from behind his butt and placed it in front of it.

"Wait for detention! You bad Weasley boy!"

At this moment, the hazy light emitted by the candle in Filch's hand was about to shine on Mu Sheng's body.

"Disillusionment spell!"

The second before the candlelight shone, Mu Sheng took out his wand in time, first cast an invisibility spell on himself, and then cast a levitation spell.

With a tap of his toes, he flew lightly towards the castle.

After being delayed by Xiao Hei, he had lost interest in exploring the forbidden forest and prepared to go back to sleep.

When Filch ran over, the only cat left by the lake was his own.

"Where did they go, Mrs. Norris?" Filch asked his cat.

Mrs. Norris is not only Filch's soul mate in his lonely life, but also a good helper in his work.

In the past few decades of night patrol life, with her keen senses, Mrs. Norris has helped Filch catch students who violated curfew many times.

"Mrs. Norris?" Filch looked at his companion who had no reaction and could not help but urge him:
"Don't gnaw on that chicken leg. If you're any later, those little bad guys will run away."

Wait, chicken drumsticks?
Filch quickly squatted down and snatched the chicken leg from Mrs. Norris's mouth. When he touched the chicken leg, it was still hot.

'Walking around with chicken legs, aren't they the Weasley twins?'

Before Filch could sort out his thoughts, Mrs. Norris, whose food was taken away from her mouth, grabbed his hand with her claws.

Filch's hand loosened in pain and the chicken leg fell to the ground.

Mrs. Norris meowed at Filch a few times in dissatisfaction, then continued to eat the chicken leg.

"Oh my goodness, Mrs. Norris, have you forgotten your duty just because of a chicken drumstick?"

"I never let you go hungry! What's wrong with you?"

In the pitch-black night, Filch complained bitterly with grievance, but was only met with a ruthless back.

The next morning, in a dormitory covered with vines.

"Victori, when did you come back?" Justin looked at Mu Sheng in his pajamas in surprise.

"It was probably around one or two in the morning. I didn't notice it."

"So late? What did you and Senior Megan do? Why did it take so long?"

"Nothing much, just chatting about the story of My Struggle, and then I helped Senior Sister Megan clear up the blockage she encountered in her magic learning."

"Unblock. Block?"

Justin was a little surprised by Mu Sheng's choice of words, but he didn't think much about it: "I'm still a little blocked in the spell I learned yesterday, can you help me clear it?"

"cough cough"

Justin's careless words almost made Mu Sheng choke to death.

"Promise me, Justin!" Mu Sheng put his hand on Justin's shoulder and said solemnly: "Don't make such a request in front of any man. No, in front of anyone. It's too dangerous!"

"Ah? Why?"

"Because this is England!"

Justin was even more confused. What did this have to do with England?
"Okay, don't think about it. Just remember what I said. I won't hurt you."

Mu Sheng quickly ended the topic. He didn't want to introduce the gay tradition of English men to Justin.

"Oh!"

Although he didn't know why, Justin understood that he just had to listen to Mu Sheng.

After this little episode, several people in the dormitory went to the restaurant to have breakfast together, and then went to the Transfiguration classroom on the third floor.

Hufflepuff's first class today was Transfiguration, and they attended it with Ravenclaw students. However, they had History of Magic class with Gryffindor in the afternoon.

As soon as he entered the classroom, Mu Sheng noticed the tabby cat with glasses-shaped patterns on the desk.

"Animagus Transfiguration? This spell is pretty good. I need to find a chance to learn it from Professor McGonagall."

After putting the Animagus Transfiguration learning on the schedule, Makisho's eyes swept across the podium and scanned the seats on both sides of the classroom.

Behind the two neatly arranged long tables on the left and right sat Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw students respectively.

The seats on the left were already filled by Hufflepuff students, while there were still many empty seats on the right.

Especially the long table in the third row, which is obviously the best place to listen to lectures, but it seems to have been collectively ignored by these Ravenclaw students who love studying the most, and there is only a lonely figure sitting there.

The fluffy long light blonde hair, silver eyes, and the iconic carrot beer cap earrings all revealed her identity: Luna Lovegood.

It’s amazing! It’s only been two days since school started and this little girl has made all the students of the same level in the college avoid her.

In a sense, this is also a kind of talent!
"There's space back there," Ernie pointed to the last few rows of tables on the right, indicating that they could sit there.

Justin and another roommate had no other opinions, but Mu Sheng turned his head and gestured to the empty seat next to Luna, saying, "You guys go ahead, I'll sit here." "Then I'll sit too."

"No you don't want to! Come with us to the back."

Younger brother Justin immediately changed his mind and planned to sit here, but was dragged away by Ernie.

After silently giving Ernie a thumbs up, Mu Sheng sat next to Luna under the strange looks of other Ravenclaw students.

"Hello, I'm Victory Held!"

"I know you, Victoire of Hufflepuff. My name is Luna, Luna Lovegood."

Luna replied calmly, not seeming at all surprised that Makisho was sitting here, just as she wasn't sad that others weren't sitting here.

"Can you take this off and let me see it?" Mu Sheng pointed at Luna's earrings.

Luna obviously didn't expect Mu Sheng to want to see her earrings. After a moment of hesitation, she took off one and handed it to Mu Sheng: "Here you go."

However, Mu Sheng, who took the earrings, directly pulled off the carrot tied underneath, and then put it into his mouth in Luna's surprised gaze.

Crack, crack!

"Wow, it's actually a real radish. I thought it was fake." Mu Sheng said while chewing a radish.

"Is it delicious?" Luna asked curiously.

"Not bad, it has a better flavor than ordinary radishes."

Hearing this, Luna took off the other earring, pulled off the carrot on it and stuffed it into her mouth.

There did seem to be a smell that was very familiar, but she couldn't remember it at the moment.

"By the way, how did you manage to make all the classmates ostracize you in just two days?" Mu Sheng asked naturally.

If it were any other little wizard, he would still worry about whether being so direct would hurt the other person, but Luna was different, she didn't care about that at all.

"Maybe they just don't want to disturb me from studying?" Luna did not agree with Mu Sheng's idea of exclusion.

"Are you sure?" Mu Sheng looked around and saw the Ravenclaw students who had been stealing glances at the two of them and whispering since he sat down.

"Well, maybe they think I'm a little weird."

"It's really weird, but it's also very special!"

"Particularly weird?" Luna said self-deprecatingly. She also knew that she was a little out of place.

"No, it's very cute!" Mu Sheng shook his head.

Luna was stunned. It was the first time someone other than her father praised her for being cute.

Maybe it’s just like my mother said, no matter how weird you are, as long as you keep going, you will always meet someone who appreciates you.

Although Luna's expression did not change, she felt an inexplicable warmth rising in her heart.

"Thank you, Victri!"

"You're welcome. Remember what I said at the Sorting Ceremony? Feel free to come to me if you need any help."

"Oh! Is that so?" Luna raised her right arm: "Hi, Victori!"

Mu Sheng didn't expect Luna to do this and was instantly amused.

"Yes, that's it. Since you have made this gesture to me, I must help you."

Mu Sheng thought for a moment and said, "How about this, after class, I'll introduce you to some friends!"

He planned to introduce Hannah and his younger brothers to Luna.

Just as Luna was about to thank him again, the tabby cat on the desk suddenly jumped into the air, and when it landed, it had transformed into Professor McGonagall.

"Wow~"

When the students in the classroom saw this scene, they immediately exclaimed.

Professor McGonagall was very satisfied after seeing this scene. She then knocked on the glass on the desk and started the formal class.

"Classmates, today we are going to learn..."

After explaining in detail how to turn a match into a sewing needle, Professor McGonagall asked the students to start practicing.

Mu Sheng was no exception and was called upon by Professor McGonagall. He performed a beautiful Transfiguration spell, which won the envy of all the young wizards and the satisfied expression of Professor McGonagall.

After the Transfiguration class, Mu Sheng introduced Luna to Hannah, Justin and the others, and they made an appointment to go to the Hufflepuff common room together in the evening to complete their homework.

In the afternoon's History of Magic class, Hermione couldn't help but complain to Mu Sheng as soon as she saw him, because what happened on the train left a shadow on Harry and Ron, causing them to always resist her.

Well, it was mainly Harry, Ron wasn't important to Hermione.

"If you can't be good friends, then don't be. You came to the magic academy to learn magic, not to chase stars."

"That's the boy who lived, the hero who saved the entire wizarding world!" Hermione argued for herself.

"You still want to save the wizarding world? Harry was just born eleven years ago. He is at most a survivor. Can you please use your brain more?"

Mu Sheng was somewhat speechless, and then he thought of that vase Lockhart, and how Hermione was particularly obsessed with him.

Did this little girl not question the contents of the book at all? She believed whatever was written in the book.

But if you think about it carefully, it’s understandable.

Just like when Mu Sheng saw Yi Lin when he was a child, he really believed that the streets in foreign countries were spotless, and the soles of his shoes would be clean after walking for a day.

Only when I grew up did I realize that this was exactly what the Wumao gang did, taking advantage of information asymmetry and treating readers as fools.

"Nana."

Hermione's mouth twitched and opened, she wanted to say something to refute but couldn't.

After being enlightened by Mu Sheng, she began to react. She thought about Harry's embarrassing look on the train.
It seems that Harry may not be able to save the entire British wizarding world.

"If you can't make any friends in Gryffindor, come to Hufflepuff tonight and I'll introduce you to some people."

"What's the problem? I can't make friends?" Hermione suddenly became anxious. Because of her peacock-like personality, she was indeed not very popular in Gryffindor.

But how can I admit such a thing? Doesn't that mean I'm a pain in the ass?

"I have lots of friends in Gryffindor!"

"Okay, okay, I believe it," Mu Sheng said with a look of disbelief, and then when Hermione was about to get anxious again, he said, "Then you help me, Luna from Ravenclaw because..."

Mu Sheng briefly described Luna's situation to Hermione.

"How could they do this?" Hermione seemed to see her own shadow in Luna.

"Don't worry, I'll be there in the evening."

After dinner, Mu Sheng had just led Hermione and Luna to the Hufflepuff common room when he saw Megan standing at the corner of the corridor leading to the dormitory, looking at him and licking her lips.

"Um, Hannah and the others will be here soon. Luna, take Hermione and wait over there. I have something to do and need to leave for a while!"

Then Mu Sheng walked towards Megan, leaving Luna and Hermione looking at each other.

"No, this guy is too unreliable, right?"

　It's a bit dry and has some problems. Can you guys give me some suggestions on how to change it?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)