Hogwarts: Starting as a Serpent Demon

As a time traveler, Victor has a cheat code, which comes from a single-player game that was not yet completed in his previous life.

Pangzhu Academy.

An animal version of Hogwarts.

Chapter 2 Dumbledore and the Ignored Serpent Demon

Hagrid the Yak is an initial character given as a gift upon activating the game.

Serpent Demon is an orange card that Witt obtained by luck from a treasure chest after receiving his Hogwarts acceptance letter, completing a gold achievement, and striking it lucky.

The game's achievements are divided into gold, purple, and blue.

The gold achievement is unique and can only be completed once; the treasure chest will always contain a character card.

Purple achievements are limited-time achievements. For example, getting first place in your year in the Hogwarts year-end exams is a purple achievement, and you can claim this achievement a maximum of seven times.

There is a one in ten chance that a purple treasure chest will contain a character card.

There are no restrictions on blue achievements; you can achieve them as long as you're willing to grind.

There is a 1% chance that a blue treasure chest will contain a character card.

Because it's a single-player game, there's no guaranteed minimum reward.

Furthermore, many achievements in the game are related to leveling up by defeating monsters, and you must kill magical creatures.

This directly resulted in Witte spending over ten years traveling through time without accomplishing a single achievement.

I've never even gotten the lowest-level blue treasure chest.

Even if he had the chance to get it, Witt couldn't do it. Monsters in the game can respawn infinitely, but that doesn't work in the real world.

How many people are there in the British wizarding world? Even if he slaughtered everyone in the entire wizarding world, he wouldn't achieve much.

Therefore, many achievements in games are actually impossible to obtain in real life.

However, it's not all bad. These characters who come to life in reality can not only level up by fighting monsters, but also slowly improve themselves through learning and natural growth.

It's not like you'll be stuck at level one your whole life.

That's why the yak Haig's combat power was so much stronger than that of the snake demon.

After all, the Serpent Demon was only born, while the Yak Haige was already ten years old.

But this is only in terms of pure strength. In terms of mentality, Hagrid the Yak is far less cunning than the Serpent Demon.

The Serpent Demon's design is exactly the same as Voldemort's.

Aside from his master, he treated everyone else with indifference and arrogance.

Including the yak haige.

Witt was almost certain that the Serpent Demon had embellished the story when he was looking for Hagrid the Yak.

He deliberately provoked the yak, Haige, to use excessive force.

He, on the other hand, can remain uninvolved.

Although verbal education is unlikely to work on the Serpent Demon and cannot change his innate personality, Wit still felt it was necessary to warn him.

“Is that so?” Witt looked at the Serpent Demon scrutinizingly and said in a low voice, “Should I ask Hagrid?”

"I'm sorry." The emerald green snake lowered its head in shame, like a child obediently admitting its mistake.

“I hope there won’t be a next time,” Witt said seriously. “Also, don’t put on airs in front of me. You should know that I know your personality very well.”

Upon hearing this, the Serpent Demon raised its head, its humble and obedient expression instantly turning cold and calm: "I will be careful, Master."

There was no intention to change anything in his words; his main concern was preventing Witte from finding out.

Witt knew this, of course. He didn't expect the Serpent Demon to change; he just wanted the other party to remember not to lie to him or try to deceive him.

"Let's leave it at that," Witt said, changing the subject.

"You all need to keep your mouths shut in a bit, so my grandfather doesn't find out that you can talk."

Witt was an abandoned orphan his whole life, but he was lucky enough not to freeze to death or be sent to an orphanage.

Instead, it was found and adopted by the kind-hearted Mr. York Booz.

I relived a happy childhood.

There's also a large farm to inherit in the future; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that life is complete.

Before receiving the letter from Hogwarts, Witt had even planned to live a carefree life.

Hag the yak is exceptionally good at taking care of animals and can even understand cow language, which helps the farm save a lot of work. Grandpa York cherishes this cow even more than he does.

However, everything changed after the owl arrived and the game notified Witt that he had completed a gold achievement.

He had worked very hard to find evidence of the existence of magic, but after ten years he found nothing.

Just as he was exhausted and ready to give up, an owl carrying an envelope knocked on his window.

These past few days, Witt had been eagerly anticipating the arrival of the Hogwarts professor, but in the short time he went to feed the cows, the Hogwarts professor, whom he had been waiting for, was kicked away by the cows he was raising.

Witt's feelings at this moment were too complicated to describe.

He climbed onto the back of the yak Haige and gently patted its neck.

"Run, Hagrid."

When he was in a bad mood, Witte especially liked to ride Hagrid around the farm, letting the free wind carry away his troubles.

After running three laps around the farm, the yak Haige stopped near the water tap outside the farm and skillfully turned on the switch to drink water.

Witt lay on the bull's back for a nap, while the emerald green body of the serpent demon coiled around his chest, flicking its tongue to observe its surroundings.

"Master, someone's here. It's a tall, imposing old man with a white beard who looks intimidating."

White beard, tall stature?

Witt sat up abruptly. To avoid being thrown off, the serpent demon on his chest quickly wrapped its tail around Witt's neck, circled him, and pressed its head against his right shoulder, hissing and flicking its tongue.

This is the scene that Dumbledore saw when he arrived.

A boy with delicate features, dressed in a gray-yellow work uniform, was riding on a giant beast that was half the size of a normal yak, with a small, emerald-green snake wrapped around its neck.

The snake's eyes were watching him warily, hissing and flicking its tongue.

"Hello."

Dumbledore introduced himself gently: "Albus Dumbledore, from Hogwarts."

"Dumbledore?" Witt asked quickly, "The headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry mentioned in the acceptance letter?"

"So that person was a wizard from Hogwarts?"

"Sir, I'm sorry, Hagrid didn't mean it."

Hagrid?

Dumbledore was puzzled for only a moment before he quickly understood what Witte meant and his gaze fell on the yak beneath Witte's mount.

"My friend, the yak Haige."

Witt flipped off Hagrid and turned off the tap Hagrid had just turned on.

He warmly invited Dumbledore into the house.

"Darjeeling tea, my grandfather's treasure. If I dared to touch it normally, I would definitely get a spanking. When my grandfather comes back later, you have to cover for me."

Witt diligently brewed tea for Dumbledore and casually asked, "Would you like some sugar?"

"Thank you, I can do it myself."

Dumbledore took the teacup and, as was his habit, added a lethal amount of sugar.

Witt's eyelids twitched as he watched.

It's a good thing Grandpa York wasn't there, otherwise Dumbledore would have been kicked out if he had dared to put candy in front of him like that.

After doing all this, Witt sat down awkwardly and asked in a low voice, "Is that gentleman alright? Hagrid really didn't mean it. I think I can compensate him for his medical expenses."

“Professor Snape is fine,” Dumbledore said politely. “It was just a minor injury, and thanks to Madam Pomfrey’s treatment, he has fully recovered.”

"Is it magic?" Witt asked, pretending to be a child hearing about magic for the first time. "After I enroll in school, will I be able to learn this kind of magic?"

"Can it cure Grandpa York's chronic leg pain? He often has to take a lot of medicine when it rains."

“It is illegal to abuse magic in front of Muggles,” Dumbledore warned first, then replied with a smile, “However, if it is used to heal the illness of a loved one, I do not think it is considered abuse.”

“That’s great.” Witt smiled genuinely at this moment.

Chapter 3 The Little Snake-Eyed Wizard

After a half-hour conversation, Dumbledore had a very good first impression of Witte.

He felt that the attack on Snape was just a pure accident.

After establishing a closer relationship, Dumbledore began to inquire about something that had been on his mind ever since he first met Werther.

"Your eyes."

"Is this what you mean?" Witt removed his contact lenses, revealing a pair of emerald green snake eyes.

This is the price of fighting the Serpent Demon.

In the game designed by Witt, up to three characters can be on the field at the same time.

However, he has only unlocked one position so far.

After the time travel, this function changed.

All drawn cards will be summoned directly into reality, and the characters on the field will have another function.

When Witt plays a card, he gains all of the opponent's abilities and talents.

Although these innate abilities disappear after the card is changed, the growth gained through training and the magic learned during the equipment period will not disappear with the change of card character.

For example, Witt's Hagrid card, which he had been equipped with for ten years, greatly improved his strength, stamina, and other abilities.

Its growth potential is stronger than that of most adults.