Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

The potion took effect very quickly. It seemed like only a few seconds. The blue-black color caused by the toxin faded from the boy's face, and the blood flowing from the wound turned into a normal red.

"I'm fine... I'm fine..."

Harry felt as if he was being strangled by several people, holding him tightly. He mumbled something and pushed away the people who were holding him.

When I opened my eyes, I saw George, Hermione, and Michael next to me, and Neville and others with nervous faces beside me.

"This antidote is really powerful!" Robert, the prefect of Ravenclaw, was standing nearby. Seeing this, he patted Michael on the shoulder and asked with great interest, "Michael, how did you get it?"

"Uh……"

Michael quickly glanced at Professor Snape, who was standing expressionless at the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets.

Before coming, Professor Snape gave a bottle to each of the students who performed well in Potions class (especially Slytherin and Ravenclaw), saying that they might need it.

This potion is extremely precious, each bottle only has one sip of it, and there are only a few of them.

Of course, the care the professor gave me in private could not be told to others.

While Michael was hesitating, Robert had already found the explanation himself.

"It was given to you by Vader, right? You two have always been on good terms... I also heard that guy was the designer of this challenge..."

Robert stood up and looked around: "Why didn't he come?"

"Because if the referee also plays, it would be very unfair to the participants."

A voice sounded from the side.

Chapter 272 There must be light

Wade seemed to have come out of thin air. He glanced around and neither confirmed nor denied Robert's guess. Instead, he said:

"The basilisk has been killed, and the challenge is officially over! Regarding the performance and evaluation of each challenger in this event, we will combine the opinions of all professors and announce the results at the final dinner!"

"Vade Grey!" Slytherin Adrian asked in surprise, "When did you come?"

"I've been here since the beginning," Vader said flatly.

Derian was even more surprised: "Did you blind the basilisk's eyes? How did you do it?"

Vader looked at him and said, "I didn't do it because that was the work of Phoenix Fox."

With a well-timed chirp, Fox announced his presence, then transformed into a ball of fire, circling above the chamber before landing on Vader's head.

Wade shook his head, and Fox reluctantly fell on his shoulder, then he straightened his chest and accepted the students' surprised and admiring gazes.

Everyone was indeed surprised, but what surprised them most was that the headmaster's Phoenix was so close to Wade.

Reasonable guess: Dumbledore may also be in this chamber...

Some students began to look around, and then saw Professor McGonagall's serious expression.

"It's curfew! What are you waiting for? It's time to go back to the common room!" said Professor McGonagall with a stern face.

"Professor! We defeated the basilisk! Can't we celebrate for a while?" Fred shouted bravely.

"He's right!"

"Can we go back to the auditorium for a midnight snack? I'm hungry..."

The students started to make noise.

Looking at those eager faces, Professor McGonagall gave in a little: "You can enjoy your midnight snack in the college... but don't disturb the students who are already resting."

"Great!"

The students cheered.

Professor McGonagall smiled a little as well.

Although she knew that these little lions of Gryffindor would wake everyone up when they returned, and then magnify their achievements several times to show off.

No... maybe the other children didn’t sleep at all. I’m just waiting to hear them talk about this experience after they go back!

Tonight at Hogwarts is destined to be a sleepless night.

At the urging of several deans, the students walked out one after another. From time to time, they squatted down as if to tie their shoelaces, and then quickly picked up a few fallen scales and stuffed them into their robes.

Everyone felt that their actions were natural and discreet, but when most people did the same thing... it became too conspicuous to the professors around them.

Professor McGonagall turned her eyes away, pretending she hadn't seen it;

Professors Flitwick and Sprout were almost amused by the children, but they only managed to hold back their laughter to preserve their pride.

Professor Snape waited until everyone had picked up their belongings and walked out of the Chamber of Secrets before saying something chilling - if someone was poisoned, they could use the antidote they had made themselves to detoxify.

Immediately, two or three people's faces turned green, but even so, they did not have the heart to throw away the snake scales.

The messy footsteps and the excited conversations of students echoed in the tunnel and gradually faded away.

Only then did Dumbledore lift the Disillusionment Curse and walk out.

At this time, Vader had already pulled out the other fang of the basilisk.

He used clear water like a spring to wash off the remaining mucus on the fangs, then turned the stone next to it into a stone box of suitable size and placed the fangs in it.

The long stone box was stuffed into the schoolbag. The small schoolbag seemed like a bottomless pit, swallowing the entire stone box.

Seeing Dumbledore coming out, Wade said, "I thought Professor Snape would collect the basilisk's venom and blood as soon as possible!"

"He did have this idea, but first he had to fulfill his duties as the head of Slytherin House." Dumbledore said helplessly, "So he gave the job to me."

——No wonder!

Wade thought.

——No wonder Professor Snape left so quickly. Wade thought he was no longer interested in rare potion materials like the Millennium Basilisk. It turned out that he had asked Dumbledore to do the hard work for him.

There are not many opportunities to get Dumbledore to help you. I'm afraid that Professor Snape was afraid that he would walk too slowly and miss this rare opportunity.

So Wade also stood aside and watched how Professor Dumbledore dealt with the basilisk that was seven or eight meters long.

The principal rolled up his sleeves and waved his wand.

The entire body of the huge basilisk floated up.

Wade at the back opened his eyes wide, with a faint golden light flowing in his eyes.

It was as if an invisible force, with gentle and delicate techniques, disassembled the entire giant snake like disassembling building blocks.

Scales, fangs, blood, punctured eyeballs, muscles, bones...

The layers separate one by one, so elegantly that it seems as if a top pianist is playing a piece of music.

Wade felt dizzy and mysterious, and couldn't help holding his breath.

Magic can be like this!

This is what magic is like!

The giant snakes carved into the surrounding stone pillars began to move as if they came to life, slithering along the floor beneath the basilisk before transforming into containers of various sizes.

The disassembled parts shot towards their respective containers like flying birds, crisscrossing and orderly. The "ding-dong-dong" sound was crisp and pleasant, and the originally fishy blood was now shrouded in a layer of mysterious glow.

When the last container was filled and the lid was closed, the giant snake floating in the air completely disappeared, without even a scale left.

Dumbledore put down his wand, feeling tired for the first time in a long time. But when he turned around, he couldn't help laughing.

Wade, who was always indifferent, looked at him with sparkling eyes, as if a fluorescent spell was cast in his eyes.

Vader always knew that Dumbledore was very powerful, but "Volcano Descent" was different from the one in front of him.

Vader believed that he would be able to perform a fire spell like "Vulcan's Descent" one day, but his magic power was not that strong yet.

But what just happened before my eyes...it couldn't be explained or imitated by spells, gestures, or even the flow of magic power.

"Professor." Wade asked sincerely, "How did you do it?"

"Uh, well..."

Vader's question made Dumbledore a little embarrassed. He thought for a while before saying, "There is no way to teach this directly, Vader. I can only say--"

"I want it to change, and it changes."

"To put it simply, magic is the embodiment of the wizard's will."

His words were a little slurred, but Vader understood.

Idealistic magic uses will to influence the existence and changes of the objective material world.

That is--

God said: Let there be light.

The world had light.

Chapter 273 Follow-up

Although Dumbledore did not really reach the level of God creating matter, he could influence the changes and movements of matter with his own will.

Before this, Vader only knew one kind of person who could do something similar—

A child with magical riot.

For example, Harry, in the original book, did not have a wand in his hand, but he blew up Aunt Marge into a balloon simply because of his anger, which was something he could never do in his normal state.

But the magic riot was only accidental. After their thoughts gradually matured and their understanding of the world became more complete, wizards could no longer use emotions and thoughts to change the material world.

Everyone can only use fixed spells and gestures to become familiar with spells and cast magic through repeated practice.

This is true of almost all wizards.

Dumbledore was the only exception that Wade had ever seen.

To this day, when he closes his eyes, he can still seem to see the extremely shocking, spectacular and beautiful scene at that time.

Dumbledore's entire body seemed to be glowing in his sight, and countless golden threads and rings filled the originally empty and dark secret room.

The rubble and gravel were slightly suspended in the air, the giant snake separated, and every drop of blood flew in accordance with the will of that person. The material world and magic formed an intersecting trajectory, like a star bridge shuttling through the air.

Wade always thought that he had come a long way on the path of magic, further than any other student at Hogwarts.