Marvel's Hogwarts Wizard

Chapter 12 The First Real-World Application of Magic

It's 10 p.m. in the town of Windon, at Edward's Orphanage.

"Krugshan, Dad's going out for a bit. Don't run around at home!"

Jerry picked up his wand, put on a dark-colored outfit, spoke to a ginger cat lying on the ground, amusing itself with its fluffy tail, opened the window, and went outside.

Jerry's room was on the second floor of the orphanage, but with his skills, the second floor was no problem at all. He simply used the first-floor window ledge as leverage and jumped down with ease.

In fact, many children are better at climbing than adults, especially Jerry, who has eight-pack abs and strength comparable to that of a typical seventeen or eighteen-year-old.

The orphanage was pitch black by 10 p.m. Jerry groped his way through the front yard and nimbly climbed over the large iron gate to leave the orphanage.

The reason for choosing to experiment with magic at night to earn little red stars was that it would be less likely for me to be discovered at night, and many crimes generally occur at night.

"Fluorescent lights!"

Jerry took out his wand from his pocket and whispered a spell. The tip of the wand immediately emitted a bright light, as bright as a flashlight.

The Wand Illumination Charm is one of the simplest of the fourteen spells Jerry has learned so far.

However, when he was learning this spell, he saw that there was an advanced version of it, which, once used, was as bright as a small sun and was generally used in a small world to replace the sun.

This made him think of Newt's suitcase in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" from his previous life. Perhaps the sun in the little world inside the suitcase was made using an advanced version of this spell.

Therefore, Jerry felt that he shouldn't underestimate the basic spells he was learning now, as many powerful spells later on might be created by extending from these lower-level spells.

Edward's Orphanage was located in the south of the town, in a rather remote location. Jerry, holding his wand for light, walked for nearly twenty minutes before finally arriving at the town center.

Unlike the orphanage where everyone was asleep, many shops in the town were still open at 10 o'clock, especially near the town's bars, where many men and women dressed in flamboyant attire were coming and going.

In Jerry's mind, the area around bars at midnight is a place where crimes are more likely to occur, so he patrolled around the bar with his wand, and specifically went to the dark alleys where there were few people.

Unfortunately, he didn't encounter a single crime while patrolling until 1 a.m. The only incident was when he encountered an elderly couple who were taking an evening walk and accidentally slipped and fell. He helped them up and earned two little red stars.

Helpless, he could only return to the orphanage to sleep, planning to strike again the next day.

As it turns out, the world of Harry Potter and the Marvel universe are different, especially in a small town where life is not very stressful, it is not an easy thing to encounter a crime.

I leave home at 10 p.m. every night and return at 1 a.m.

It wasn't until the night before his return that Jerry finally encountered a minor robbery.

It was 11:30 a.m., in a dimly lit alley in the town of Windon.

A young white-collar worker who was working late was cornered by a burly white man wielding a fruit knife.

This scene was caught red-handed by Jerry, who was patrolling around.

However, he did not immediately appear to save the white-collar worker. Instead, he hid at the exit of the alley and quietly watched the burly man. After succeeding, he took the stolen money and necklace in one hand and the fruit knife in the other, and rushed out of the alley.

"Flavoid!"

Jerry pulled out his wand, aimed at a puddle at the alley's exit, and threw a Transfiguration Charm at it.

London's weather is often rainy and foggy, and puddles left by rain can often be seen on the ground.

Struck by the magical beam of the Transfiguration spell, the large puddle of water instantly transformed into super-lubricating oil, and the burly man who was hastily fleeing stepped into that lubricating oil as soon as he exited the alley.

"Ouch!"

With a slip of his foot, the burly man, due to his excessive speed, was sent flying and crashed heavily to the ground.

Of the fourteen spells Jerry learned, the Transfiguration Charm is the most difficult. While other spells generally add a certain property to a substance, the Transfiguration Charm completely transforms one substance into another.

Indeed, the fact that it can be separated from all spells and listed as a discipline speaks volumes about its profoundness.

However, not all transformations are so difficult when you're first learning Transfiguration Charms. The book mentions a few points to keep in mind when performing transformations to increase the success rate.

First, it is easier to transform the same substance, such as turning water into wine or oil. This is something that a first-year wizard can easily master.

On the other hand, turning water into stone or steel would be extremely difficult.

However, converting inanimate objects into living beings and vice versa is not a particularly difficult problem, but it does require some learning about conversion spells.

Secondly, the smaller the object, the easier it is to successfully transform it, such as transforming a match into a needle or hair into thread.

Conversely, it would be extremely difficult to turn a match into a spear or a telephone pole.

Finally, the simpler the structure, the easier it is to successfully transform it. For example, turning a mouse into a snuffbox or a rabbit into a slipper is something that first- or second-year wizards can do.

On the other hand, turning an owl into a telescope is very difficult, even many fifth-year wizards cannot do it, let alone turning it into an airplane, a cannon, or a machine gun, which even Dumbledore might not be able to do.

These are just the basics. More advanced transformation techniques involve Gamp's transformation laws, cross-species transformation, human transformation, and so on. He will need to go to school to learn those things gradually.

"Smoke billowing everywhere!"

Before the burly man could get up after falling, Jerry immediately threw a smokescreen spell at him.

Instantly, the burly man was enveloped in a cloud of smoke, and Jerry charged into the smoke like a little cheetah.

The burly man on the ground was still somewhat dazed from the fall, but he seemed to sense someone approaching and quickly grabbed the fruit knife that had fallen to the ground.

"Softens quickly!"

However, Jerry reacted even faster, throwing a softening spell at the fruit knife, which instantly went limp like noodles.

"Little Dragon Swings Its Tail!"

Having eliminated his greatest threat, Jerry showed no mercy and delivered a full-force whip kick to the head of the burly man who was about to stand up.

Jerry's strength was no less than that of an average sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy. He kicked the strong man in the temple with all his might, knocking him unconscious instantly.

(End of this chapter)