Harry Potter: I started checking in from Diagon Alley

It was already the end of October, and his life had been unusually simple during this time.

During the first week of school, he maintained his image as a grade-obsessed maniac for a while, and then entered a state of engrossed reading, cramming on everything about magic.

The first-year curriculum was quite relaxed, at least for Eric.

Homework was no burden for him, so he had plenty of free time to do his own thing.

Eric has changed a lot compared to his past self.

He not only raised his main subjects, such as potions and transmutation, to the intermediate level as determined by the system, but also learned almost all the spells in the Book of Spells.

Of course, this wasn't all due to self-study.

There are many spells that Eric can directly consult with professors at the academy.

Dumbledore's current attitude is ambiguous, and Eric wouldn't use such a common spell to ask Dumbledore for advice. Although he believes Dumbledore would be happy to teach him, Dumbledore undoubtedly has his own purposes.

Lupin, on the other hand, seemed to be avoiding Eric.

On several occasions, Eric noticed that Lupin was consciously avoiding him.

Eric had no choice but to select someone else.

As luck would have it, Ravenclaw College had a ready-made dueling master, Flitwick.

Flitwick's ability to become a Charms professor is beyond doubt, and he is absolutely qualified to instruct Eric.

Flitwick was certainly pleased to see Ravenclaw have a true genius.

Regardless of his performance in Flitwick's Charms class, Eric was definitely the most outstanding one.

The levitation spell, which is required for first-year students, was a piece of cake for Eric.

Flitwick had already witnessed Eric's level of spellcasting on the Hogwarts Express.

Snape was once said to know more spells in his first year than many seventh-year students.

Eric is undoubtedly a genius of this type, even more so than Snape.

Snape simply knew more about spells.

Eric not only has maxed out his spell mastery, but he can also use it skillfully, and the power of his spells far exceeds that of ordinary first-year students.

Flitwick witnessed Eric master the Inflation Charm after just one instruction.

Then, in front of him, they transformed an owl's head into the size of a table.

The Expansion Spell only changes the external appearance; it does not alter the internal structure of the body.

The owl's head was wobbling, as if it were about to explode at any moment.

Flitwick was shocked and was about to intervene to save the poor owl's life when he saw Eric wave his wand again, and the owl returned to its original state.

Because Eric also independently deduced the solution to the Expansion Curse.

Now, Flitwick had even less reason to stop Eric from learning spells on his own.

He was happy to witness Eric grow into a student leader for Ravenclaw, leading Ravenclaw to victory over the other three houses and winning the House Cup multiple times in his lifetime.

What Flitwick didn't know was that Eric's greatest progress during this time wasn't in spells, but in potions, transfiguration, and botany—things other than spells.

The knowledge he gained in these areas helped him far more than learning one or two more spells.

Because these skills represent more than just grades in the corresponding subjects; they refer to Eric's in-depth understanding of the field and the total amount of knowledge he possesses.

Eric is now fully capable of handling the entire process from preparing materials to concocting the potion himself, following the recipe.

With his near-photographic memory and the aid of his mental stance, he was almost impossible to make a mistake.

If it weren't for the fact that it was Snape's Potions class, Eric could have used potions to give Ravenclaw some extra points.

If Eric simply wanted to improve his grades, he didn't need to work this hard at all.

He just needs to memorize it.

His formidable mental strength, coupled with his unique understanding of magic, will surely enable him to achieve top marks in every subject.

But that's not what Eric is looking for.

Eric didn't think he needed those certificates to live in the wizarding world.

Harry would go crazy if he heard that.

Harry's grades in subjects other than Charms and Defence Against the Dark Arts were mediocre. He and Ron spent their days figuring out how to copy Hermione's homework.

Eric had even stopped caring about his school exam scores.

There's nothing we can do; everyone has their own area of ​​expertise. Harry just gets sleepy as soon as he enters the library.

He felt right at home once he entered the library, and slept wherever there was a seat.

Because of his frequent visits to the library, Eric's relationship with other good students like Hermione has progressed rapidly.

After all, we see each other in the library every day, it's hard not to get to know each other.

Unlike Harry, who wanted to copy Hermione's homework, Eric's relationship with Hermione was the opposite.

Sometimes Hermione has questions for Eric.

Eric didn't try to shirk responsibility and gave his answer in just a few words.

On one occasion, Eric casually picked up Hermione's essay topic and found that even a third-year topic posed no challenge for him.

After Eric gave Hermione an idea, he continued reading his "World Map of Dark Magic".

Just like Eric remembered, Hermione, a third-year student in real life, also didn't hesitate when choosing her courses, filling all the electives.

However, Eric did not see the legendary time converter.

Because of the increased number of students, Hogwarts now has several professors for each course, and also assigns teaching assistants.

Hermione's schedule is so full that she doesn't even have time to rest, but the classes don't conflict with each other.

Come to think of it, if the only magic school in the country can't even solve the problem of course selection conflicts, then Eric really has to question the intelligence of the wizards.

When he needed to relax occasionally, Eric would go out and explore the famous landmarks he knew at Hogwarts.

For example, the Owl's Hut, the mysterious room on the fourth-floor corridor that was once guarded by the Cerberus, and of course, the Room of Requirement.

But Eric was certainly not the only one in the castle who knew about the Room of Requirement.

As far as Eric knew, at least three people among the professors knew of the existence of the Room of Requirement.

Many more students knew about this secret room.

Otherwise, why would the Request Room be crammed with things that students don't want?

It would have been impossible to pile up those discarded items into a mountain without years of accumulation.

So the House of Requirement isn't actually that well hidden.

Eric has also encountered situations where he couldn't open the Room of Requirement.

He walked back and forth three times in front of the Troll Stick Beats the Silly Banaba Tapestry, only to find that the House of Requirement did not respond to his wishes.

After waiting at the door for a while, the door opened, and a fifth-grade couple with embarrassed expressions emerged.

Eric and the others looked at each other, feeling a little awkward, and then turned and left.

He can't exactly say he did a good job, can he?

Chapter 57 Dementors and Souls

The House of Requirement often gets its own problems.

Fortunately, Eric had a truly secluded hideout that only he knew about.

That was Falco's travel trunk.

He has now mastered the skill of getting in and out of the suitcase.

When he needed to be alone, Eric would crawl into his little suitcase and check on the Dementor he had captured on the train.

Before setting off for Hogsmeade, Eric once again crawled into the suitcase.

He planned to take a good look at how well the Dementor he had captured was recovering.

Dementors are creatures that cannot be killed.

They were created.

It wasn't alive from the beginning, so of course it couldn't die.

Therefore, as long as it does not suffer continuous damage, the Dementor will slowly recover.

The flesh and blood on their bodies are merely an external manifestation; they do not possess actual muscle tissue and do not truly die.

Naturally, given time, they can slowly return to their original state.

At that time, the giant eagle that Eric summoned forcibly bit into the head of the Dementor due to the elemental advantage, but this did not kill it completely.

Eric speculated that this process was equivalent to the Patronus directly "melting" the Dementors' limbs.

Just like water evaporates when it meets fire.

The Dementors encountered an attack from their natural enemy, the Guardian Deity. At the same time, because Eric's magic was too powerful, he was judged to have lost that part of his materialization power.

After several weeks, the Dementor that Eric captured has now grown a chin, although it is still unable to move.

It still looks just as ugly.

He was tall and thin, wearing a large cloak, with his rotting gray-black skin exposed. His whole body looked as if he had been soaking in water, with festering muscle tissue everywhere.

This appearance makes one seriously doubt the mental state of the person who created this creature.

In comparison, the headless Dementors look a little better.

At least it's watchable.

Eric used a levitation spell to lift the Dementor into the air and circled it, observing it closely.

At this rate of recovery, given another two months, it should regain its mobility.

He had no doubt that the Dementor would come back to life in a flash.

Eric waved his wand, and a faint white light flashed, enveloping the Dementor.