Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Professor Flitwick, who had been serious, also smiled. He waved his wand and copied the parchment ten times, so that each group could have one. He warned, "This is a reference, but you have to really master it. I will collect the parchment in ten minutes. I hope you will have mastered the levitation spell by then! For those students who can make the feather float, why don't you try to make it spin in the air?"

The students in the classroom started practicing again, and Professor Flitwick walked around giving instructions.

Wade directed his feathers to draw a circle and a square in the air, and then began to recite poems. Anthony looked at him with envy, but did not aim too high, but continued to practice the levitation spell over and over again.

After class, the Gryffindors rushed to their History of Magic class, and the Ravenclaws had no other classes in the morning. Wade went to the library as usual. Michael was going to go with him, but he was stopped before he got up.

"Hi, Michael." His roommate Terry put his arm around his neck and asked, "You haven't been seen after class recently. You must have gone to study with Wade, right? I heard that Granger and Longbottom from Gryffindor were with you guys, too?"

The little eagles around him looked at him with sharp eyes.

Michael raised his hands in surrender: "That's right, I didn't hide it from you! Why is there such a fuss?"

"So Longbottom was able to master the Levitation Charm because of your self-study?" Lisa asked hurriedly, "I thought you were just doing homework together."

"Michael, can you spare some time to teach me?" Padma asked, "I'm not very proficient in the fire-making spell."

Padma is a very beautiful Indian girl, and Michael has always been fascinated by her, but when it comes to learning spells, Michael will not steal the credit for others' work.

"Although I would be happy to teach you the spells I know, Padma, it's Vader who is good at teaching, not me - we are all learning from Vader." Michael said honestly.

"Vade..."

Everyone was silent for a moment.

In their eyes, Wade Gray was exceptionally cold, handsome but serious, talented but isolated from the crowd. They were the same age, but he didn't like to joke, play games, attend parties, or even talk about Quidditch. He always disappeared after class and didn't return to the tower until curfew. Usually, other students were used to chatting and doing homework in the common room, but Wade rarely appeared in the common room. The Eagles felt that they were all unilaterally isolated by Wade.

All in all, he was a very distant person.

This is also the reason why few people take the initiative to talk to Wade - the young wizards are a little afraid of him.

……

The library was deserted, and Madam Pince didn't stare at the students, but slowly opened a book. When she saw Wade come in, she just glanced at him and lowered her head to read again.

Two months into the school term, Madam Pince had become familiar with all the first-year students who frequented the library. She knew very well which students could be allowed to stay in the library without worry and which students needed to be watched all the time, otherwise they would make noise, destroy books, or even fight.

Wei De was the kind of student she could completely trust.

Vader walked to the area of ​​alchemy books with familiarity - he had recently begun to take time out to study alchemy.

Alchemy studies the composition, structure and magical properties of the four basic elements, as well as the changes in matter. It is closely related to potions, spells, ancient runes and defense against the dark arts. At Hogwarts, only those who have achieved "good" or above grades in these subjects in the Ordinary Wizarding Level Examination can choose to study alchemy. It is a very difficult subject. If low-grade students do not have the corresponding knowledge reserves, it is difficult to master this subject through self-study.

In fact, their lives are filled with the shadow of alchemy - the never-extinguished candles in the hall, the 142 moving staircases in the castle, the living portraits on the walls, the door knockers that ask different questions, as well as the flying broom, the golden snitch, the sorting hat, the wizard chess, the memory ball, and so on.

The basics of alchemy are not that difficult to get started, but alchemists always like to use all kinds of unfamiliar words, obscure expressions, and exaggerated fantasies, which invisibly increases the difficulty of learning.

Wade's reading comprehension ability had been cultivated and trained for more than twenty years in his previous life, and he had sufficient knowledge reserves and vocabulary. Therefore, although it was difficult, he still finished reading the alchemy books one by one.

Some time ago, he was reading the books published by Nick Flamel many years ago - "Introduction to Alchemy" and "Analytical Alchemy". Recently, Wade began to read "The Book of Nature's Secrets: The Fifth Element".

This was written by the 12th-century alchemist Raymondus Luller, and the so-called fifth element is the philosopher's stone.

"The book is actually a bit outdated because Nicolas Flamel found the Philosopher's Stone and proved that many of the theories in the book were not true."

A voice suddenly came from beside him. Wade looked up in surprise and saw the Weasley twins standing next to him. The one who spoke was George Weasley.

"Are you a freshman?" Fred simply pulled out a chair and sat opposite him. "It's too early to learn this now."

"But I have to say, you have a good vision! Alchemy is the most fascinating subject in magic! - Close your ears and listen." George said, waving his wand to prevent Madam Pince from rushing over.

"But you don't start studying at Hogwarts until your sixth year—"

"This is a really stupid decision. Why can't we offer alchemy courses in the first grade?"

"Then most students don't dare go home during the summer vacation." Fred said seriously, "Because they are destined to get a 'T' (terrible) in their final exams."

"Except us—"

"We are naturally good at this—"

"So I started to study on my own a year ago!" George said, "As a senior, I'll give you a suggestion, little Ravenclaw. You should start with 'Introduction to Alchemy'! Nicolas Flamel is the greatest alchemist alive today! His book is more worthy of study."

Wade spread his hands: "But I have already finished reading that book."

"Wow!" Fred raised an eyebrow. "What about 'Analytical Alchemy'?"

"seen it already."

“What about—On the Diversity of Species?” George asked.

"The work of Thomas Aquinas in the 12th century?" Wade hesitated and said, "I have seen it, but I haven't read it carefully because his book doesn't seem to involve the application of magic."

George said, "In fact, that was because of the limitations of the environment at the time. He had to entrust the book to Muggle publishers, and the content related to magic was written very obscurely. Of course, we recommend the revised version by Esner Vargas in the 18th century. He added more than magical creatures and thousands of magical materials. It is more comprehensive and more accurate."

The Weasleys had read at least twenty or thirty books on alchemy, and had studied them in depth, so they could talk about them like the back of their hands.

Wade was so excited that he took out a parchment and wrote everything down. If he hadn't had classes in the afternoon, he wouldn't even want to let them go. They were so happy chatting that they didn't even notice when they parted - they didn't ask each other's names.

Chapter 28 Halloween Dinner

"Today we are going to learn simple biological transformation, which is more difficult than ordinary object transformation. I need you to pay extra attention-"

Professor McGonagall was lecturing in the front, and the chalk automatically wrote down the key points on the blackboard.

"——Okay, does anyone know what the dangers of biological transformation are?"

The classroom was quiet, and unlike usual, there was no one hand raised impatiently. After a while, someone raised their hand hesitantly.

"Miss Mandy Blocher?" said Professor McGonagall, looking at her encouragingly.

Mandy Blohe of Ravenclaw stood up: "There are four points in total. First, incomplete transformation will cause great stimulation to the creature, and then attack the wizard; second..."

Wade raised his head and looked around the classroom, but he didn't see the brown-haired figure, but the other Gryffindor students were there.

He asked Michael next to him: "Have you seen Hermione?"

Michael also raised his head and looked around, guessing, "Is he not feeling well and resting in the dormitory? You see, Professor McGonagall didn't say anything."

This made sense, but Vader felt inexplicably uneasy.

At this moment, Professor McGonagall's stern eyes swept over here, and the two immediately shut their mouths, not daring to speak anymore.

When the get out of class was over, the students rushed out. Wade walked through the crowded corridor and found Harry and Ron.

"Excuse me, Potter, Weasley."

Looking at Wade walking towards them, Ron inexplicably took a step back, "W-what's the matter, Gray?"

"Have you seen Hermione?" Wade asked, "Why didn't she come to Transfiguration class?"

Harry subconsciously looked at Ron, who had a trace of uneasiness on his face. He said guiltily, "How should I know? We don't know Granger well!"

Vader narrowed his eyes slightly and looked directly into Ron's eyes.

Ron lowered his eyes to avoid his gaze, pulled Harry who was beside him, and said in a bluffing tone: "If you have nothing else to do, we are going to rest!"

He pulled Harry away, but suddenly a voice came from behind him -

"Harry Potter!"

Harry looked back and saw Wade staring at him seriously: "You really don't know what happened?"

Under his gaze, Harry felt as if he was dragged out into the sun and his mouth was dry.

He wanted to protect his friend, but he couldn't lie.

"Hermione, Hermione, she cried after Charms class," Harry finally whispered. "We didn't see her again after that - I'm so sorry."

He was finally dragged away by Ron. Wade stood there, motionless, frowning and thinking.

However, time has locked his memory. He tried hard to recall, but could not remember anything.

"Did they have a quarrel?" Michael said knowingly, "Hermione is a little too serious, so it's not surprising that she quarreled with those Gryffindors. Let's go, she won't miss the Halloween dinner, we can ask her what happened then."

Vader nodded.

Not far behind the two of them, Padma tapped her fingers thoughtfully, then quickly caught up with her twin sister and whispered to her.

In the evening, the auditorium was decorated with giant pumpkin lanterns suspended from the ceiling and colorful skulls on the walls. Countless bats were circling and flying in the auditorium, sometimes gathering together and whizzing past like dark clouds, and the flames in the pumpkin lanterns were also flickering.

The dinner hadn't started yet, but students from the four colleges had already filled up all the seats, and professors were arriving one after another. Dumbledore even dressed up to match the Halloween theme - he wore a pumpkin-colored robe with a bat pattern on his hat, and smiled as he talked to Professor McGonagall next to him.

Wade glanced at the Gryffindor table, but the lions were too noisy. The Weasley twins and a few boys were running around, and there were occasional exclamations and laughter. Wade stared for a long time, but couldn't find Hermione.

At this moment, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder. Before Wade turned his head, he smelled a faint fragrance.

Padma pushed Anthony, who was sitting next to him, aside and said, "I know where Granger went."

Vader asked, "She didn't come to the dinner?"

"No." Padma brushed her hair and whispered, "Parvati said - oh, you should know, Parvati is my sister, she is in Gryffindor College - she said that after the Charms class, that Weasley guy said bad things about Granger - saying that she was like a nightmare or something."

"-Ron Weasley?" Michael leaned forward and asked in surprise, "He's so brave? - I mean, didn't Hermione hex him right away?"

"She cried for a long time in the toilet." Padma emphasized, "-she was very sad and refused to let anyone comfort her. Parvati asked for leave for her afternoon Transfiguration class. I just went to the toilet and Granger was still in there."

"I'll go take a look." Wade stood up immediately.

Padma said enthusiastically, “I’ll take you there.”

"--But the dinner is about to begin, and I didn't eat much at noon because of this meal." Michael muttered. Seeing Wade almost walking out of the auditorium with big strides, he finally stood up with a sigh and trotted after him.

As students arrived at the hall one after another, a few people who were going against the flow stood out. At the Gryffindor table, Harry accidentally saw Wade walking out of the hall. He was originally immersed in the joyful atmosphere of Halloween and had completely forgotten what happened before, but at this moment, it was like a basin of cold water poured over his head, and his memory was instantly revived.

"Ron!" He grabbed his friend's arm and asked, "Is Hermione not back yet?"

Ron, who was looking forward to a feast, didn't care much: "It seems so - what's wrong?"

"I just saw Gray and the others go out - are they going to look for Hermione?" said Harry.

"It's also possible that Granger has a good relationship with them. Well, they've gone to look for them anyway, so don't worry." Ron said indifferently.

He was really fed up with Hermione's preaching - although he felt a little guilty when he saw the girl's tears, after so much time, that guilt had long disappeared. Instead, the disgust brought by Hermione's condescending "instructions" became more profound.

"But..." Harry hesitated, "They are all Ravenclaws, but Hermione is a Gryffindor like us!"

A bat controlled by Fred's wand landed on Ron's head, and there was laughter all around. Ron was busy driving away the bat and didn't pay attention to what Harry said.

Harry hesitated for a moment, but finally left his seat before the dinner started and ran out of the hall. Dumbledore and Snape turned their eyes almost at the same time and watched him leave.