Hogwarts: My Spell Infinite Derivation

Chapter 48 was definitely Dumbledore's doing! Quirrell, you need to get your brain fixed.

The Minister of Magic's office.

Fudge and his staff were gathered together, each with a solemn expression on their face.

On the table were reports from several newspapers about the Gringotts theft.

One of the staff members spoke with a somber expression.

"This Gringotts theft has had a significant impact on us."

"Although this is Gringotts' problem, Gringotts is, after all, part of the wizarding world."

"Gringotts, which has always been known as indestructible, was raided by a group of people who killed dozens of goblins and broke into the underground vault, looting it clean. The vault belonged to Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore."

"This has already caused widespread panic among most wizards in the magical world, with some even speculating that since this is Harry Potter's enrollment year, perhaps the Man Who Reveals will make a comeback at this time..."

"They say the raid on Dumbledore's vault was a demonstration by the Wizarding World against Dumbledore!"

Another aide picked up the conversation.

"There are also some people who, while scoffing at the return of the mysterious man, connect it to the previously vicious dark wizard Darkseid."

"To be honest, this is very disadvantageous for us."

"The Minister and we have only been in office for a short time, and such heinous dark wizards and the Gringotts theft have occurred one after another, causing panic in the wizarding world. This has led many people to suspect that the current Ministry of Magic has lost control of the wizarding world."

"Those dark wizards no longer fear the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic, and the Ministry's legal authority is gradually crumbling, along with our support..."

He considered it for a moment, then spoke cautiously.

"If our approval rating continues to decline at this rate, we may be forced out of office very soon."

This heavy topic weighed on the hearts of everyone present, like a boulder pressing down on them.

Everyone was discussing what was going on.

"To demonstrate our ability to punish evil, we must quickly apprehend the perpetrators who have invaded Gringotts."

"Where are the Aurors? Any leads?"

"The sooner we catch that thief, the sooner we can win back public support..."

Fudge gave them a look of disbelief at their conversation.

He finally lost his temper and shouted.

"Are your minds completely filled with Galleons and little witches?"

"Murderer? Thief? There's no murderer or thief, can't you see that?!"

The staff were stunned, looking at Fudge, not understanding what he meant.

Fudge sneered, a knowing look in his eyes.

"Invading Gringotts, and then, amidst an attack by goblins and dragons, killing dozens of goblins and severely injuring the dragons—is this something an ordinary wizard could do?"

"And then, after going through all that trouble to break in, instead of looting the vaults of those nobles filled with gold coins, they went straight for Dumbledore's underground vault, leaving not a single hair behind."

"Don't you think this is very illogical?"

"Everyone knows Dumbledore's name. How audacious would a thief have to be to rob Dumbledore's vault? Even if the vault doors were wide open, would you dare to rob it?"

Everyone present was taken aback, their eyes wide with astonishment as they looked at Fudge.

"It seems that's indeed the case."

"What thief has a death wish to rob Dumbledore's vault?"

"Even the previously vicious dark wizard Dark, who searched everywhere for intelligent people, would never dare to make a move against Dumbledore."

A look of horror crossed one of the staff members' faces.

"Minister, could it really be the Dark Lord...?"

Before he could finish speaking, Fudge had already reached his breaking point with his stupidity, and he pulled out a water glass and smashed it toward the office door.

"You son of a bitch!"

"I've already explained myself to you this clearly, haven't you understood yet?"

"There were no thieves! It was Dumbledore himself who broke into Gringotts and robbed Dumbledore's vault!"

These words struck like a thunderbolt, causing everyone to gasp in shock.

With immense power, they are unafraid of Dumbledore's investigation and retaliation...

It seems like Dumbledore himself best fits this criterion!

No way?

"Then, what's the motive?"

Why would Dumbledore do such a thing?

Even with staff involved, it's still hard to believe.

Fudge responded with a cold laugh.

"Is that even a question?"

"I think Dumbledore is still obsessed with the position of Minister of Magic."

"The crisis that Dark Wizard faced was resolved by my brilliant maneuvering, which also earned us widespread praise from the wizarding world, leaving Dumbledore with no choice but to back down."

"And recently, Hogwarts is about to start school, which means it will be time for the Board of Governors to reconcile accounts."

"Dumbledore, that cunning old bee, pulled this stunt to balance things out and create panic once again."

"Hmph, he may fool everyone else, but he can't fool me, Fudge!"

The staff members exchanged glances, watching Fudge's expression change once again.

isn't it...

Has Fudge been taking any brain-boosting medication lately?

He seems to have really become a genius?!

"But, Minister, how can we verify this?"

"We can't really accuse Dumbledore of what he did."

"One of the staff members said."

"Why don't we have the Aurors question Dumbledore and search his office to see if we can find any clues?"

Before he could finish speaking, the Aurors present had already turned red in the face and were cursing angrily.

"Damn it, why aren't you going?!"

Check if Dumbledore orchestrated this whole thing.

If it's not detected, Dumbledore will hold a grudge, and he might secretly die one day.

If it's detected, it'll be even worse; they might die on the spot.

Let whoever wants to do this kind of work do it!

Just as the group was about to start arguing, Fudge showed a look of disappointment.

"You guys, sigh, you're so stupid, so incredibly stupid."

"Why did I hire you as my advisors?"

"Isn't this a simple matter?"

Fudge revealed his solution.

"The things in Dumbledore's vault should have some kind of location spell or something."

"At the very least, with Dumbledore's magical skills, he could easily find traces."

"We'll have Dumbledore cooperate with the Ministry of Magic's Aurors to investigate and use spells to locate the items he lost."

"If Dumbledore refuses to cooperate, or makes excuses such as the location spell failing or that no clues can be found, then everything will be obvious."

Upon hearing this, everyone present couldn't help but clap their hands in praise.

"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!"

"Let's go get Dumbledore right now and ask him to cast a spell on the spot to locate the missing item!"

……

Meanwhile, in a room at the Leaky Cauldron bar, Sharl, who had already ordered dragon ingredients from a dragon farm in Romania, breathed a sigh of relief.

Once the dragon ingredients arrive, he will have another large source of deduction points.

In addition, the various treasures looted from Dumbledore's vault will make the deduction points plentiful again.

He was still undecided as to whether to deduce the dragon language magic - Roar of Power, or some other magical knowledge.

"Never mind, let's eat first..."

"I only have 80,000 deduction points left, not even 100,000. I feel very insecure."

"And the items taken from Dumbledore's vault might have a tracking spell, or Dumbledore might have a way to track them down, so it's best to deal with them."

"Perfect, the magic Animagus has given me another use..."

A strange light flashed in Charles's eyes as he activated the magic Animagus in the room.

In an instant, a fire dragon nearly five meters long filled the room completely.

Ciel transformed into this form not for fighting, but for eating.

His human form was extremely inefficient at eating; even when fed by an assembly line, he could only eat a few bites at a time.

But it's a different story when he transforms into a fire dragon. In this form, if Charles opens his mouth, it's big enough to swallow a whole lamb in one gulp! If it were the Dragon Heart he obtained earlier, he wouldn't even need to use the laser spell to split it; he could just devour it in one bite!

The same applies to the gains from Dumbledore's treasury.

What takes half a day to eat in human form, only takes one bite for Sharl in his dragon form.

The next moment, his claws hooked onto the package containing Dumbledore's treasures.

To be on the safe side and to ensure that all traces were eliminated, Ciel swallowed the package whole.

After the package was swallowed, a deep blue mechanical notification sound started flooding the screen like an explosion.

Xia Er's total deduction points started to climb wildly from 80,000, and even the numbers became blurred.

When the numbers finally became clear, the total number of projection points remained at a single figure.

"Six hundred and seventy thousand?!"

Charles couldn't help but let out a scream.

A wave of projection points approaching 600,000?

This is even without the magic stone!

If the Philosopher's Stone were also in the vault, then at least one zero would have to be added to the end of that six hundred thousand!

By then, would Charles still be worried about not having enough deduction points?

Charles's eyes practically turned green.

"The magic stone, I really want to take a bite and taste it."

In his mind, he had already begun to plan how to obtain the Philosopher's Stone in his first year of school.

"Besides the Philosopher's Stone, Hogwarts has many other good things."

"The Mirror of Eris, if you smash it and eat it, it should be similar to shaved ice, crunchy and icy."

"And then there's Cerberus. That thing is really fierce. Even Quirrell, who was possessed by Voldemort, couldn't do anything about it. He had to go to Hagrid to find out Cerberus's weakness."

"If I nibbled on a Cerberus every day, I could eat for a long time."

"And there's the Devil's Web, wow, if we could find a place to farm it on a large scale, wouldn't that be amazing?"

"Of course, there's also the crown in the Room of Requirement; eating it might not be any worse than the Philosopher's Stone."

Thinking about all this, Shire was filled with anticipation for life at Hogwarts and couldn't help but chuckle.

……

At that moment, in a room on the first floor of the Leaky Cauldron, various confusion and defense spells enveloped the space, so intense that even Old Tom, the owner of the Leaky Cauldron, forgot he even had such a room.

Quirrell looked suspicious, sensing that something was happening upstairs.

It sounded like deep, resonant dragon roars.

"Master, did you hear that sound?"

"Don't you think the people living upstairs don't seem to be human?"

The next moment, Voldemort roared in anger.

"You idiot, you woke me up just to tell me some scary story? You think you're funny?"

"Not human? Then what lives upstairs?"

Quirrell let out a scream.

"A fire dragon! I think there's a fire dragon living upstairs!"

"Master, I mean it!"

A moment later, Quirrell's pain dissipated like a receding tide.

He found it hard to believe that Voldemort's punishment time was so short this time.

Then, he heard Voldemort's voice, which was unusually gentle.

"Quirk..."

"Go to St. Mungo's Hospital and buy some potions to refresh your mind and get a good night's sleep."

"After all, I, Voldemort, am not some kind of devil. If you were out of your mind, where would I live now?"

Quirrell paused for a moment.

Am I going crazy?

"Since it's what the master said, it must be true. No wonder I suddenly felt like a fire dragon lived upstairs; I guess I was going crazy!"

"No, I have to get to St. Mungo's Hospital right away to buy some potions..."

"Sigh, if only Hogwarts were open now, I could go to Professor Snape and ask him to prescribe some medicine to cure my brain."

……

At that very moment, in the Hogwarts Headmaster's office, several Aurors from the Ministry of Magic were politely asking Dumbledore to locate the missing items so they could investigate.

Dumbledore readily agreed.

But when he waved the Elder Wand, his expression underwent a subtle change.

Because in his perception, his location spell seemed to have disappeared?

All traces of magic from those things have vanished from this world.

How could that be? The positioning spells on those things were all personally added by myself.

As long as they exist in this world, even if they are placed in a box with a traceless stretching spell, they can still locate themselves.

How come it's gone now?

Dumbledore, still not believing it, quickly waved his wand again.

But this time, the spell, like the last time, went unanswered.

Noticing Dumbledore's expression and actions, the Aurors' expressions changed, and they all exchanged knowing glances.

They held Fudge in the highest esteem.

I never expected that Minister Fouché, who usually seems to have no ability, is actually quite wise.

He really is a genius?!

At this moment, Dumbledore looked embarrassed.

"To be honest, I don't know what happened either; the location magic seems to have stopped working."

Several Aurors also smiled.

"It's okay, it's alright, let's try another method to search."

As they were leaving, one of the Aurors couldn't help but turn around and give Dumbledore a deep look.

"Principal, I think it's only from today that I truly understand you."

"Thank you for teaching me this valuable lesson."

Dumbledore watched the departing Aurors, completely bewildered.

"???"

"No, what did I do?"

Upon returning to the Minister of Magic's office, the Aurors eagerly reported the matter to Fudge.

For a moment, everyone in the office looked at Fudge with utter admiration.

"minister!"

"Brilliant, brilliant!"

"Dumbledore's acting skills were completely exposed by the Minister long ago."

"Heh, the positioning magic failed? Even the Mystic couldn't easily disable the positioning magic that Dumbledore cast, could he?"

"Could it be that some monster ate it, digested and broken it down completely, leaving not a trace? Who are you kidding!"

The staff looked at Fudge with a hint of fanaticism.

"Minister, what should we do next?"

After a moment of contemplation, Fudge remembered Ciel's matter, his eyes flashed, and he revealed a confident expression.

"Now that we know it's Dumbledore who's targeting us, and that this old bee may look kind and gentle, but he's actually capable of robbing the treasury to balance accounts and line his own pocket, things will be much easier."

"If he were a saint, there would be nothing we could do, but since he has selfish desires and materialistic motives, we might as well take advantage of his selfishness and dig a pit for him."

"Everyone knows about Charles Evans's situation. His reimbursement amounts are really strange. I was wondering how he managed to exploit a loophole in the magical agreement, but now I suddenly understand..."

"Dumbledore, it must be him again! With him involved, breaking the Ministry of Magic's magical agreements would be a piece of cake, wouldn't it?"

"How could a child like Shire possibly eat so much? How could he be reimbursed for so much money? It must be that greedy old bee, Dumbledore, pulling strings behind the scenes!"

Just then, an owl flew in through the window, bringing a bill from Romania.

The bill was so outrageous that even the staff members who received it were speechless and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"grass!"

"Ten fire dragons?"

"Every month?!"

"Dumbledore has gone mad!"

"Minister, we absolutely cannot allow this blatant act of robbery!"

Fudge burst out laughing, his face showing disdain.

"No, we must allow it."

"Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad."

"Dumbledore already dares to use magical protocols to reimburse ten fire dragons every month, what will he do in the future?"

"The Ciel hasn't even entered Hogwarts yet, and Dumbledore is already doing this. Once the Ciel enters Hogwarts and is on his turf, Dumbledore will definitely go even crazier."

"Then it will be time for us to expose Dumbledore's true colors."

"As for now... aren't they just ten fire dragons?"

"If it can eliminate the threat of Dumbledore in one fell swoop, this price is worth it!"

"From this moment forward, all expense reports submitted by Charles Evans are permitted, without exception!"

(End of this chapter)