The days at Hogwarts

"The grandson of the famous Newt."

The twins' intonations of voices always convey such cheerful emotions to others, and the empty and cold forest in winter becomes lively.

Hagrid brought the little wizards into the house, and the wooden house that could accommodate a giant was suddenly full and crowded.

In the misty steam rising from the pot, the little wizards' teeth clicked on the rock cakes, making a sound that made people's teeth ache.

Hagrid watched this scene with a smile on his face. His heart suddenly seemed to be filled with something and felt very fulfilled.

……

Rolf tried several times, but with the pain in his gums protesting, he finally decided to give up the rock cake and turned his gaze to the tall bearded man in front of him. "Hagrid, my grandfather mentioned you."

"Mr. Scamander, oh, he actually remembered me! He traveled here and gave me an acromantula egg."

"My grandfather heard that you were fired because of this, and he blamed himself for a long time."

"Hahahaha, that's nothing. Mr. Scamander was also expelled from Hogwarts because of magical creatures..."

Loren and the others only knew that Newt was traveling around the world at the time, and when he returned to Hogwarts for nostalgia, he met Hagrid, who was still a student, and gave Hagrid an eight-eyed giant spider egg.

Hagrid hatched Aragog in the cupboard at Hogwarts, but was later implicated in the Chamber of Secrets incident, and had his wand broken and was expelled from Hogwarts.

Ron's eyes were dull, "Damn it, Hogwarts actually expel students."

The first few times he was careless and followed Loren and the others on night outings, it was purely because the twins served as an example and they were not expelled. Ron also thought that Hogwarts would not expel students.

The twins had completely different reactions, "I raised an acromantula when I was a student!"

"XXXXX level dangerous creature!"

George and Fred looked at each other and said in unison, "This is so cool."

"What happened to the giant eight-eyed spider? Was it executed?" Rolf was concerned about this.

"No, Aragog made his home in the Forbidden Forest and had many children." Hagrid sounded very proud of the Acromantula, like an old father.

Hagrid talked about how the Acromantulas had multiplied and become a powerful colony in the Forbidden Forest, and the centaurs were afraid of them.

When Ron heard the familiar name, he recalled the Acromantula he had encountered before and muttered that there was such a deep background story here.

"Practice magic hard. These are walking golden galleons. The venom of acromantula is very valuable." Loren bewitched in Ron's ear, his voice low.

Ron's expression became conflicted, with his desire for Galleon and his fear of spiders. He was distracted and didn't notice Loren's expression of wanting to watch the show.

Rolf and Hagrid were discussing magical creatures, and they both seemed to be having a very happy conversation.

Talking about things at school, the twins teased Hagrid for taking the opportunity to kiss Professor McGonagall at the Christmas party. The laughter of several people made Hagrid blush.

When complaining about their parents not taking the twins with them when they went to see the dragons, Hagrid sighed, "Honestly, I really want to see a dragon with my own eyes."

Time passed as they talked and laughed. They did not stay here for lunch. They said goodbye to Hagrid and prepared to return to the castle.

Before leaving, Loren asked Hagrid for some unicorn tail hair, which could not be used to make wands, and even to make potions. Loren had other uses.

On the way back through the snow, Rolf exclaimed, "Hagrid is a pure and lovely person."

Ron muttered, "Having an acromantula as a pet is not very cute."

He seemed to have stepped out of the chessboard and became more lively.

……

Loren certainly didn't want the unicorn's tail hair to sell it for money. He planned to conduct his first alchemy experiment.

On the way to Albania, Dumbledore's hat and cuffs looked like Doraemon's pockets, which made Loren, who had to carry a bag everywhere, drool.

As soon as he came back, he planned to try to make a space storage equipment.

Storage in the magical world mostly relies on the classic spell - the Traceless Extension Spell.

This is a spell that expands the internal size of an object without affecting its external size, enhancing its capacity and making the contents lighter.

As a high-level spell, the Stretch Charm is strictly controlled due to its potential for abuse. The Ministry of Magic has strict regulations on the spell: the Stretch Charm cannot be used for private purposes, but can only be used for the production of individual items (such as school suitcases and family tents) approved by the relevant Ministry of Magic Department.

In fact, in the book "A Thousand Cases of Violations of the Secrecy Act", the traceless stretching spell is the largest spell.

Wizards always naturally take out some inexplicable things from their coat pockets or knitted hats. Noct Isaac, a wizard who returned from studying in Africa, poured out 86 elephants from his wallet in front of a whole Muggle customs, and was eventually sentenced to life imprisonment.

There are also people who use the Extend spell to steal things. An unknown wizard once tried to steal the Statue of Liberty using the Extend spell, and he almost succeeded. This incident shocked the world.

Eventually, the U.S. Ministry of Magic worked with the Muggle government to promote the event as a grand magic show, and the stupid Muggles actually believed it.

Some people with bad tastes used the Stretch Charm to participate in the eating contest. In a French baguette eating contest, a 45-kilogram lady stuffed nearly three tons of baguette into her mouth. The local Aurors couldn't make it up, even if they said it was magic, so they finally mixed the venom of the winged demon in the rain to eliminate the impact of the incident.

There are many cases like this. The International Confederation of Wizards eventually expanded the ban on the Untraceable Extension Charm in the Statute of Secrecy, and only approved production departments could legally use this spell, including the production of household tents, the production of Hogwarts suitcases, and the production of cabinet official cars.

As for how many wizards are still using it privately, the Ministry of Magic has no way of checking.

As an advanced spell, the effects of the Traceless Extension Spell vary greatly when cast.

Casting the Traceless Extension Charm on the Hogwarts suitcase didn't actually have much effect, it just made the space inside the suitcase a little bigger and made the suitcase lighter so that it could be dragged by an eleven-year-old wizard.

In the field of alchemy, the difference in the effect of the traceless extension spell combined with alchemical means is even greater. The expansion capacity limit is different, and there is a big difference between putting living things and dead things. Some people can put a zoo in a box, while others can only expand the box several times.

According to Flamel's introduction, the alchemical rune array can make the traceless extension spell more diverse. It will be smoother to engrave the alchemical array on the carrier first and then cast the traceless extension spell.

Loren spent a night understanding and memorizing the basic space magic array, and the rest was just the engraving process.

Now he is unable to use magic power to directly engrave alchemical arrays on the carrier. He can only use some magical materials, unicorn tail hair is one of them.

As night fell, Loren curled up in his quilt and pointed his finger at the scale icon that symbolized the alchemy laboratory for the first time.

Silver light shone from Flamel's eyes on the cover, drawing Loren's consciousness into the book.

A sphere flashing with a fiery red light was placed into a boiler carved from black stone. Lava-like flowing lines emerged from the surface of the black boiler, connecting into symbols that Loren was somewhat familiar with but could not understand.

Various colored hexagrams, Libras, suns, and astrological diagrams flowed on the surface of the boiler. Finally, countless red bricks and stones were piled up into a hemisphere.

Loren's view suddenly zoomed in, and inside was also a hemispherical space. The boiler in the center of the room emitted a dim light.

Flamel's figure appeared in the air. "Welcome to Flamel's alchemy laboratory."

Loren was dissatisfied, "Why not call it Loren Morgan's Alchemy Laboratory?"

Flamel glanced at Loren, letting him understand the meaning himself. "This is the alchemy laboratory that every alchemist in history has dreamed of. Here you can conceive of any material that you and Nico have seen, in unlimited quantities."

Loren understood that this meant there was no cost of trial and error. He could first work on improving his proficiency and then make a breakthrough in the real world.

Compared to the library and duel room, Flamel seemed to enjoy the environment of the alchemy laboratory more, flying freely in the air. "What do you plan to use as the carrier of the magic circle?"

"What's the easiest way to get started?" Loren was very self-aware. It was obviously unrealistic to ask him to engrave alchemical arrays on pendants, rings, bracelets and the like right from the start.

"A suitcase, a larger size means more flexibility." Flamel waved his hand, and small black suitcases appeared out of thin air and piled up.

"Also, unicorn tail hair."

As the words fell, bunches of tied unicorn tail hair floated in the air and went into boxes one by one.

Loren slandered this guy in his mind, was he hinting that he would have to do it many times?

"Use the magic wand to pull the unicorn's tail hair to stimulate the magic power contained in it and draw an alchemical circle."

Flamel began to teach, pointing to each box.

The box took two steps back, took a running start, jumped into the air, and opened in the air like a dancer.

The unicorn tail hair tied in the box spread out and floated in the air, emitting a faint white light.

The tip of the wand pointed to the thinner end of the unicorn's tail hair, and the tail hair seemed to be attracted by a magnet and followed the wand to draw on the box.

The wand is like a pen and the unicorn's tail hair is the ink.

A hexagram pattern wrapped in a double ring was printed on the bottom of the suitcase, and three pairs of runes at the six corners were symmetrical and echoed each other, emitting a glowing light. The middle was still dim, waiting for a traceless extension spell to awaken the magic circle.

After Flamel finished his demonstration, red, yellow, blue and green lights emanated from his body, shining on the red brick and stone wall, and alchemical magic symbols appeared on the wall.

"Loren Morgan, you are now a true alchemy apprentice."

Chapter 84 Back to School Day

After Flamel demonstrated it once, Loren began to try to draw the alchemical circle for the first time.

He had made sufficient preparations before and had a complete understanding of the structure of this primary alchemy array. The three pairs of magic runes were also imprinted in his mind.

He was also familiar with the theories about the properties of unicorn's tail hair after it was stimulated by magic.

I compared the sketching process I had imagined in my mind with Flamel's demonstration. I felt confident that everything was ready and I just had to put it into practice.

He sat cross-legged, waved his hand to summon a box, and used a levitation spell to stop the unicorn's tail hair in the air. Loren couldn't activate all the unicorn's tail hair at once, so he could only do it one by one.

The tip of the wand touched the unicorn's tail hair, and Loren carefully input the magic power into the tail hair through the wand. The tail hair was stimulated and emitted a silvery-white light.

The tail hair became brighter and brighter, and then it ignited with a crackling sound, turning into a wisp of white smoke and dissipating into the air.

The first unicorn tail hair was scrapped.

He was still a little confused as to how it could evaporate.

"You input too much magic power, and the tail hair can't bear it." Flamel floated above the black boiler without looking at Loren at all.

In the second attempt, Loren controlled the magic power to flow into the tail hair in a small amount, but the tail hair only stuck to the wand and did not dissipate or be activated.

He increased the magic output a little, but was afraid of giving too much, so he increased it a little and then reduced it again.

The unicorn's tail hair lit up, lasted for a while, and then dimmed, turning into black ash and falling into the box.

The second tail hair is scrapped.

"Maintain a stable output of magic power. Once the unicorn's tail hair is activated, it will use up all of its own magic power." Flamel floated leisurely, still not looking at Loren.

Loren remembered the magic power he had just increased, and output it steadily according to the standards just now.

The unicorn's tail hair stuck to the wand emitted a glowing white light.

He looked delighted, holding the wand and showing it to Flamel. His movements were so large that he was unable to maintain a stable infusion of magic power.

The unicorn's tail hair turned into white smoke and dissipated, and the third unicorn's tail hair was scrapped.

"Be calm and focused until you finish drawing the magic circle." Flamel seemed to be falling asleep.

After three consecutive failures, Loren stopped. His hand holding the wand was shaking a little and he felt his shoulders a little stiff.

Fortunately, this is a virtual laboratory in a fantasy book. If this happened in the real world, the unicorn's tail in the Forbidden Forest would have to be pulled out.

Loren couldn't help but ask, "How did alchemists in the past practice? Were there enough materials for them to consume?"

"Why else do you think alchemists seek to turn stone into gold?" Flamel replied.

Well, this kind of training method really requires someone who can turn stone into gold to afford it.

"call!"

Loren closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing. He recalled the operation just now, stimulating the unicorn's tail hair, and the magic strength must be within a suitable range and remain stable.

He adjusted his condition and tried again.

He successfully stimulated the unicorn's tail hair, and used the wand as a feather pen to draw a magic circle on the bottom of the suitcase.

He tremblingly pointed the magic wand at the suitcase, and white light patterns appeared on it. Loren was glad that the unicorn's tail hair would not spread like ink.

He began to write carefully, and the white light of the unicorn's tail hair clung to the bottom of the box.

The crooked circle hadn't closed yet when the tail hair disappeared.

As a magical material, unicorn tail hair cannot be activated all the time. Even if the magic power is stable, it will dissipate after a time limit.

Loren could not draw a magic circle with just one tail hair like Flamel did. He also had to quickly use one tail hair to complete an independent stroke in the composition, otherwise it would dissipate if he exceeded the time limit.

If a circle is drawn by connecting multiple unicorn tail hairs end to end, the flow of magic power will be blocked at the connection, which may cause damage to the alchemical item.

Loren tried again and again, but after drawing the bundle of tail hair in the suitcase, he still couldn't draw the double circles that were the basis of the magic circle. Even one of the circles was crooked and not symmetrical at all.

He felt a soreness in his neck and shoulders. "Why is the body perception so real in the alchemy lab? It's not a duel room."

“Only by completely imitating the real environment can the practice be effective.”

Seeing that Loren was on the right track, Flamel disappeared, leaving him alone here to repeat himself over and over again.

When Loren woke up the next day, his mind was still full of the unicorn's tail hair shining white. Looking at the bright window, he actually felt a sense of relief.

He didn't know how much time had passed in the fantasy book last night, but he used up dozens of bundles of unicorn tail hair and only drew a circle that looked good.

He sighed. He had things to do during the day, such as practicing the Traceless Stretching Spell.

The alchemical array only makes the Traceless Extension Spell more effective, but the prerequisite is that he must know the Traceless Extension Spell.