The demon monk in the second dimension

"I'm sorry, Ginny."

Ginny was momentarily distracted and gently shook her head at Xia Zhi.

"It's ok."

……

After dinner, it's free time for the young wizards at Hogwarts.

Some of them are dating, while others are doing their homework.

Inside the Gryffindor common room, a crowd gathered around Ron, listening to him recount the wondrous adventure he had last year with Summer Solstice, Harry, and Hermione in the fourth-floor corridor.

It was almost midnight, and everyone had already turned off the lights and gone to sleep when Xia Zhi came to the lounge and saw Jin Ni waiting there.

She was holding a black notebook in her hand.

Xia Zhi took the notebook and gently tapped Ginny's head.

"Everything is forgotten!"

Ginny's eyes immediately became lifeless.

After erasing Ginny's memories of tonight, Xia Zhi began to instill new memories in her.

“You were sleeping all night, nothing happened. And you didn’t find any strange notebooks before.”

After that, Xia Zhi did nothing else.

When Ginny returned to her dorm, Xia Zhi grabbed Tom Riddle's diary, cast a Disillusionment spell on herself, and went to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor.

"I want a place where I can practice magic, I want a place where I can practice magic, I want a place where I can practice magic..."

After silently repeating the mantra three times, Xia Zhi arrived at her familiar room where she practiced magic.

He grabbed the diary, sat cross-legged, and used his magic to violently invade it.

Soon, a black, blood-like liquid began to seep from the trembling notebook.

At the same time, a faint and powerless phantom of a soul emerged from the notebook, transforming into Voldemort's appearance when he was still studying at Hogwarts.

Who are you? Why are you trying to destroy me?!

Xia Zhi didn't say anything more to him and immediately activated the Soul Devouring Technique!

"Suck!"

He opened his mouth wide and, with a powerful inhale, stirred up a gust of wind in the room!

"what!!!"

Voldemort's remnant soul let out a miserable cry as it was sucked into Xia Zhi's mouth and rapidly refined.

Ten minutes later, Voldemort's remnant soul was completely digested and transformed into Xia Zhi's magic power.

Clutching the now-useless diary, the summer solstice brings the Yang Five Thunders.

Crackling!

Yang Wulei struck the diary fiercely, causing it to burn rapidly and eventually turn into a small pile of ashes.

Chapter 307 Dissatisfaction with Lockhart

Being a professor at Hogwarts is not an easy job, especially for courses like Transfiguration, Charms, and Defense Against the Dark Arts, which are taken by students from the first to the seventh year.

One person teaches seven grades, and each grade needs to prepare different content for the lessons.

Young wizards who pass the fifth-grade OWL test (the ordinary wizarding level test) also need to prepare intensive courses for them in the hope that they can pass the seventh-grade NEWT (the ultimate wizarding test). Doesn't that make your head spin?

But dealing with Lockhart, a guy who's all show and no substance, is a real headache for the fifth and seventh graders.

At Hogwarts, failing an exam means repeating the year!

If you fail the NEWT at the end of seventh grade, you will not be able to graduate from Hogwarts.

At that time, you can only say that you attended Hogwarts, not that you graduated from Hogwarts.

This can be considered a policy of easy entry but strict exit.

Additionally, if you wish to become an Auror or a Ministry of Magic official, a diploma from Hogwarts or another Ministry of Magic-recognized magic school is required.

Failing to pass NEWT is equivalent to not getting a degree; you don't even have the right to try.

……

After experiencing the Defense Against the Dark Arts class that included the summer solstice, Lockhart stopped giving practical lessons, according to other young wizards.

Their Defense Against the Dark Arts class was basically equivalent to drama class, where Lockhart would have the young wizards come up and act out scenes from his books.

The main characters are Lockhart himself.

The fifth and seventh graders who were taking exams looked ashen-faced—at this rate, it was no wonder they were doomed to fail!

One day, Xia Zhi happened to pass by and casually solved a problem that a fifth-grade student couldn't understand.

On a whim, several fifth-graders came to Xia Zhi, and Xia Zhi answered all their questions.

Even without the exact answer, Xia Zhi can still guide them on the correct line of thought.

This is really serious!

A group of fifth graders, struggling with the OWL test, flocked to Xia Zhi, inviting him to join them every time they did their homework.

After a seventh-grade student asked Xia Zhi for advice and received an answer, other seventh-grade students joined in as well!

This was originally Professor McGonagall's job.

Since Lockhart is unreliable, the only option is for the heads of the various schools to take on the extra work of teaching their own young wizards.

After learning about this, Professor McGonagall would sometimes come to the Gryffindor common room to answer questions for the students.

Holding "Ultimate Transfiguration," Xia Zhi took the opportunity to ask Professor McGonagall many profound questions about the theories of Transfiguration.

These are things that Xia Zhi felt she could do in the Heavenly Realm, but couldn't do in this world because of the different laws.

Professor McGonagall was very surprised to see the book "Ultimate Transformation" in Xia Zhi's hands.

"Mr. Xia, if I remember correctly, this should be a book from the restricted section?"

Xia Zhi smiled slightly.

"Professor Lockhart usually won't refuse if you want an autograph."

Mag: ...

Clearly, she was aware that Lockhart was unreliable.

You can find out by simply asking the Gryffindor lion cubs what they think about Defense Against the Dark Arts.

But in front of Xia Zhi, she couldn't speak ill of the other professors, so she could only speak dryly.

"Perhaps he's just not good at teaching. After all, not every wizard is suited to teaching."

When Xia Zhi said that, many Gryffindors, including George and Fred, had their eyes light up.

Many people then sought out Professor Lockhart for his autograph, and he never refused.

This trend quickly spread to other houses, with many young wizards using Lockhart's signature to borrow forbidden books.

For a time, Mrs. Pince frequently received requests to read banned books signed by Lockhart.

Professor Dumbledore was also helpless when he learned of this, and could only remove the books that truly belonged to the Dark Arts from the forbidden section.

He really couldn't find anyone else to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor!

……

Meanwhile, Professor McGonagall discovered that Summer Solstice's magical abilities were exceptionally high.

Even though he was only in second grade, Xia Zhi knew a lot of things that seventh graders didn't understand, and even some obscure things.

"This mainly depends on reading more books and understanding more."

Xia Zhi, who was sitting next to Hermione doing her homework, smiled.

"Moreover, I have a photographic memory, so I can read books very quickly."

"Photographic memory? No wonder."

Professor McGonagall nodded knowingly.

Hermione looked on with great envy.

When she wore the Ravenclaw crown, she also had a photographic memory and could learn anything quickly.

But the little witch knew that this was the power of the crown, and it did not belong to her.

Long-term reliance on external aids is not a good thing.

Although Xia Zhi did not join Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration Club, McGonagall felt that Xia Zhi's Transfiguration skills were so high that there was no need for her to join.

After all, he was the only one in the Transfiguration Club who could teach Xia Zhi some things; the others were far inferior.

During this time, Summer Solstice and Lockhart kept to themselves and did not cause any trouble in Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

He even asked Lockhart several questions about how to use cleaning magic, such as cleaning the face and teeth, which really hit a nerve.

Besides the Oblivion Charm, this cleansing magic, which doesn't require much magic power and isn't very complicated, is also one of Lockhart's specialties.

In "Me Who Can Use Magic," he detailed many common ways to use magic at home.

As a result, Lockhart became an idol for many middle-aged female wizards who were busy with housework.

Overjoyed, Lockhart gifted Xia Zhi a signed copy of "I Am Magical," and did not refuse to sign the application form for reading banned books.

……

During Charms class, Ron waved his broken wand.

The wand flew out and slammed into Professor Flitwick's head, knocking him off his standing book.

"Oh, Merlin!"

Many young wizards looked at Professor Flitwick, who was dazed as he got up from the ground, with fear and pity.

A big green bump swelled up where he was hit by the wand, and it looked really painful!

However, Professor Flitwick did not blame Ron.

He returned Ron's wand, which was so badly damaged that the unicorn tail hairs that formed the core were now visible, with a helpless expression.

“Mr. Weasley, I think you should probably get a new wand.”

Ron hesitantly accepted the wand, too embarrassed to speak.

When get out of class ended, Xia Zhi patted Ron on the shoulder and said.

"Ron, go to Diagon Alley and get a new wand. I'll lend you the money now, you can pay me back after you graduate."

Harry quickly said from the side.

"I can lend it to you!"

Ron blushed and was about to refuse when Xia Zhi added.

“Ron, this wand is so broken, it could explode at any moment. Harry and I don’t want to attend your funeral so soon.”

Under the threat of death, Ron, who had a strong sense of pride, trembled but did not refuse his roommate's kindness again.

Chapter 308 A Gift for Hermione

However, Harry soon raised his own question.

"But we're all at Hogwarts now, how are we going to get to Diagon Alley?"

"Isn't tomorrow Saturday? It won't take long to buy a wand in Diagon Alley with Floo Powder."

Xia Zhi said nonchalantly.

"Just tell Professor Dumbledore about this. A wand malfunction is a big problem!"

That evening, Xia Zhi also went to meet Hermione.

He hadn't forgotten that the little witch's birthday was tomorrow.