Hogwarts: Dumbledore reigned over the wizarding world

Chapter 52 Feedback and Patron Saint of Fame

When Vaughn opened his eyes in the morning, he felt a heaviness in his chest and could hardly breathe.

He pulled back the quilt and saw Guo Guocha's huge cat head resting on his chest, its eyes squinting comfortably, furry and warm.

"Good morning, bad boy, you're sleeping in my bed again."

"Meow!"

Guo Guocha called out coquettishly and rubbed against him.

After playing with the big cat for a while, when Vaughn got up, the sunlight had already poured into the Black Lake. His dormitory was located relatively high, only about ten meters away from the lake.

You can see faint beams of sunlight passing through the ice on the lake, creating hazy ripples underwater.

Vaughan went to bed very late yesterday, not because the fight with Voldemort was too exciting and caused insomnia, but because he was recalling his brief fight with Voldemort to judge the current condition of the Socket Man.

The final conclusion was that it was worse than he had originally expected.

"Without the unicorn's blood, Voldemort is likely to rely on absorbing Quirrell's life force to maintain his own existence. So when Quirrell asked for help yesterday, Voldemort couldn't wait to take action."

"He was afraid... afraid of losing his last loyal servant, afraid that his resurrection plan would be shattered..."

Although the figure last night was twisted and terrifying, with powerful magic and a terrifying killing curse, Vaughn could still see through his later recollections that he was a weak figure.

When Voldemort cast the Killing Curse, he didn't even have the energy to replace Quirrell's Shield Charm, resulting in Vaughn's invisible sword piercing through him.

When Dumbledore was about to arrive, Voldemort didn't dare to delay for even a second.

"The Dark Lord, once so powerful and feared by countless people, has now fallen into such a state... What fate!"

With a sigh, Vaughn finished washing up and did not leave the bathroom. Instead, he called the system panel directly.

Today is Halloween, November 11st, and it is time to settle last month's reputation points.

[Host: Vaughn Weasley]

[Magic Scale: 444 (500 for an ordinary adult wizard)]

【天赋：魔咒学7、黑魔法6、变形术8、魔药学10、草药学6、占卜学2 (满值为10)】

【魔咒：大脑封闭术LV5(MAX)……铁甲咒LV4(0/16)、缴械咒LV3(2/8)、粉碎咒LV1（0/4）、幻身咒LV1（1/4）、消失咒LV0（2/3）、守护神咒LV0（0/4）、神锋无影LV1（0/6）……】

[Potions: Joy Potion, etc.]

【Reputation Points: 6】

Seeing the number on his magic scale, Vaughn curled his lips, thinking it was a bit unlucky.

Ignoring the vast array of spells and potions at his disposal, Vaughan focused on the fame points.

"Six points...an increase of one point last month?"

Vaughn wasn't sure what exactly caused this, but it was probably unrelated to his reputation for potions. He hadn't released any new potions in two months since he started school. He also had to reduce the frequency of brewing and selling potions from once every two weeks due to his studies. Fortunately, the reduction in product volume wouldn't affect the spread of his reputation.

"Is it because I joined the Slytherin Quidditch team, or because of killing the troll last night? Or both?"

Unfortunately, the calculation method of reputation cannot be quantified, and the system does not display details.

After a moment of confusion, Vaughn stopped thinking about it, looked at the calculated points, thought about it, and spent 4 points to directly raise the Patronus Spell to LV1 (0/8).

Spend 1 point to raise the Vanishing Spell to Level 1 (0/6).

There is still 1 point left, I will wait for next month's settlement.

The reason I didn't allocate reputation points to the Scarpin Revealing Charm this time is because at LV3, this spell requires 32 points to max out. Investing 6 points in it would be a drop in the bucket. Anyway, LV3 Scarpin Revealing Charm is enough, and I'll be using it frequently for potion research later on, so I can use it to practice spells and increase my points.

As for why I cast the Patronus and Vanishing Charms...

These two spells were simply too difficult. Vaughn had been frustrated by them when practicing spells for more than a month.

The Patronus Charm requires pure, positive emotions, recalling good memories, and immersing oneself in good things.

Its requirements seem simple, but it is actually very difficult to achieve.

First of all, pure emotion is a threshold, because people will have distracting thoughts, and distracting thoughts will affect the formation of the guardian angel.

Of course, this is not an obstacle for Vaughn. His self-control ability is strong enough that he can easily block out distracting thoughts and focus on a certain emotion.

What frustrated him at the time was positive emotion.

Positivity is a very broad concept, so in the wizarding world, most people practice the Patronus Charm by using strong happy emotions as nourishment.

That's the problem.

Vaughn is a time traveler. In his previous life, he was already an adult, but the millstone of society had already ground him into a pile of numb dregs.

If you ask him to complain about his mortgage, car loan and the pressure of life, he can complain for two days and two nights, but if you ask him to recall the happy things in the past... he has nothing to say except tiredness and sighs.

It’s not that there are no happy things, but the pressure of adults reduces the happiness, and it is not enough for him to summon the patronus!
Therefore, the efficiency of practicing this spell was very low. After several days without any increase in points, Vaughn put it aside for the time being.

Looking at the Patronus Charm that had been upgraded to level 1, Vaughn took out his wand and chanted:

"Call the gods to protect you!"

There was no longer the difficulty of practicing a month ago. As the spell came out, happy memories that had been lost in the depths of memory long ago and had their colors faded by time came to my mind one by one.

Those are all childhood pictures.

Sitting on my father's shoulders, curled up in my mother's arms, running wildly with my classmates under the sunset, confessing my love to the girl I loved for the first time...

They surged up from the depths of memory, becoming clear and vivid from dim.

The joy, warmth, attachment, passion... buried in the dust of time also flooded into my heart.

Something seemed to have touched her mind. The memories of her life since she traveled through time and space came back to her like pages of a book rustled by the wind, bringing back images one after another: Arthur, Molly, Ginny... her first trip to Diagon Alley, her first encounter with magic, her first pet in two lives...

Past lives and present lives echo each other at this moment.

These memories and emotions, entangled with magic power, flow through the body and the wand, and finally gather into illusory white light and mist at the tip of the wand.

The light mist flowed, drooped, extended, and then suddenly expanded!

White light bloomed——

A ethereal sound came from the light, and the light and fog rolled together. The next moment, a translucent, blue-white Maine Coon cat, dragging a long tail, jumped and turned in the air.

Finally fell to the ground.

Meow--

It looked up at Vaughn and made a soft cry. Vaughn looked down at it and suddenly felt a little warm and cool on his cheeks.

He raised his hand and touched it, his fingertips were crystal clear.

It's tears...

(End of this chapter)