I swung a sword at Hogwarts

An old but gentle voice came from inside.

"You, like thousands before you, have discovered the joys of the Mirror of Erised."

"I didn't know it was called that, sir."

"But I suppose you are aware of its power by now?"

"It...it made me see my family."

...

Harry talked to Dumbledore who appeared here, and Harry realized that this mirror was just as John said, it could show him what he desired.

Dumbledore used this to teach Harry and also told Harry that the mirror would be moved to another place.

Harry was a little reluctant, but he obediently put on the invisibility cloak and went back to sleep.

"Professor Dumbledore, what do you see when you look in the mirror?"

Before leaving, Harry was curious about what Dumbledore saw in the Mirror of Erised. Dumbledore smiled mysteriously and said playfully, "I saw myself holding a pair of thick wool socks."

“You can never have enough socks.”

Harry felt that this answer was somewhat perfunctory but not unreasonable.

After all, John also saw a table full of food, and he felt that John might be a wise man like Dumbledore.

Dumbledore, who watched Harry leave, did not leave the room. Instead, he smiled kindly and said to the air, "Perhaps I should talk to you face to face, Mr. Wick."

Well, John knew that he was naive to try to hide it from the greatest wizard of the century.

Stepping out of the darkness, he ended the Disillusionment Spell.

His figure gradually emerged, as if he appeared out of thin air in the room.

"Excellent Disillusionment Charm. It seems you have learned a lot in the Restricted Section." Dumbledore praised.

John was a little embarrassed. He felt guilty about being exposed in front of others for violating school rules, especially when that person was the headmaster of Hogwarts.

Dumbledore laughed, "Don't worry, I think Professor Quirrell signed the note for you."

He blinked his eyes, mischievously not like an old man.

John knew that Dumbledore would not let him out for no reason. He was about to leave when Dumbledore stopped him.

As expected, Dumbledore looked at John, his kind eyes flashing with a sense of seeing through people's hearts, and asked: "Mr. Wick, what do you see in the mirror?"

John's body tensed up, and he subconsciously activated the brain block technique, and answered honestly: "Delicious food, lots of delicious food... and I became powerful."

After hesitating for a while, John still chose not to hide it.

Dumbledore was very satisfied with his answer. He clapped his hands and laughed, "Applause for honesty, John. You know, Minerva has been nagging me these days. Maybe there is something wrong with the Sorting Hat."

Under the half-moon lenses, Dumbledore's eyes were full of meaning, and his voice was as mellow as if there was magic. "She is wrong. There is nothing wrong with the Sorting Hat. You are indeed the most suitable for Slytherin. There is no doubt about that."

"Promise me John, don't touch the irreversible magic."

"I promised you, Professor."

I don't know why Dumbledore brought up this matter. Maybe it was because he knew that John had read a lot of dark magic in the restricted area.

John nodded without hesitation. Although he knew that the old man would not kill his students, he was still afraid of being discovered.

"You have the self-control to overcome your desires. I believe in you, John. As a reward for finding the answer, perhaps you will have the opportunity to touch the real Philosopher's Stone."

Dumbledore, in contrast to his previous serious expression, blinked, as if hinting at something.

John was stunned. The answer?

He thought of the Chocolate Frog Wizard card. The old man seemed to know everything.

Whether it's the Restricted Section or the Chocolate Frog Wizard Card.

Chapter 23 New Semester and Teaching

1 month 1 day.

The new semester is coming.

John felt nothing.

Hermione came to school yesterday and was disappointed that Harry and the others did not find Nicolas Flamel.

"John are you reading Alchemy?"

library.

John was reading "Introduction to Alchemy", and Hermione saw this and temporarily put aside her search for Nicolas Flamel.

She checked John's book list and found, in addition to alchemy, runes.

Hogwarts has a course on ancient runes, but it is an elective course for third years.

Hermione, who regarded John as her pursuit object, was not willing to be outdone after seeing this, and brought back a bunch of books about runes that same day.

But unfortunately, when they met the next day, Hermione had two big dark circles under her eyes, like a sleepy lion.

Hermione had to admit that ancient runes were still too difficult for first-year wizards to understand.

"I promise I've seen that name, I just can't remember it."

Ever since being persuaded by Dumbledore to stop going to the Mirror of Erised, Harry has often dreamed of his parents being killed by Voldemort.

This allowed him to rediscover his focus on Nicolas Flamel.

Although Harry was convinced that he had seen the name somewhere, Hermione and the others had almost given up the possibility of finding Nicolas Flamel in the library.

I stopped studying day and night as before and started to study during breaks between classes.

"I remember seeing it." Harry began to doubt whether he had seen it himself.

They gathered together to discuss, while John took out "Ancient Runes Simple Introduction" not far away and read alchemy and runes alternately, which helped him not to be so tired.

"Wick, what are you looking at? Are you going to learn to sell props like the wizards in Knockturn Alley?"

Ever since Malfoy watched the Quidditch match with John, he no longer ignored John just because he couldn't beat him.

Seeing that John was interested in alchemy, he subconsciously thought that John wanted to make money by selling props like the Weasley twins.

"It's just a small thing. Alchemy is a complicated subject. Do you know the Sword of Gryffindor?"

John closed the book in his hand, his eyes dazed.

Malfoy asked in confusion: "What is that?"

"Legend has it that Gryffindor asked the goblins to forge a silver sword. Only a true Gryffindor can find it. But that's not important. The Sorting Hat is also a product of alchemy."

After John worked hard and even slackened his training and studied hard, he finally lit up his rune skills.

This also means that he has mastered the basics of runes, and now he only needs to light up the alchemy to perform fairy casting.

However, this process was a bit difficult. The snail butts obtained from Hagrid were all used up, and they still didn't light up.

Malfoy nodded as if he understood. As a member of the Malfoy family, Malfoy had no shortage of magic props.

I just think that John's Muggle family is really difficult, and he needs to make things by himself.

There is an astronomy class in the evening.

Everyone gathered in the Astronomy Tower, where Professor Aurora Sinistra explained the location of Sagittarius.

After finishing a day's class, John met Quirrell with a piece of paper in his hand.

"Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom."

After opening the note, there was only one location.

John really didn't want to go there, but he was afraid that Quirrell would become suspicious, so he had to give up his plan to study alchemy.

...

Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

Feeling that he had gradually led this good student into darkness, Quirrell began to take off his disguise.

Originally, Quirrell was a wizard of good level. If he had not accepted Voldemort, he would not have had to disguise himself as a low-level professor.

"Well done John Wick, it looks like you've chosen the right path."

Quirrell was pleased to see John coming over at night.

As expected, knowledge is the greatest forbidden fruit. After tasting the power brought by black magic, even the good student John Wick was corrupted.

"Professor Quirrell."

After arriving at the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, John felt like someone was pricking his head with a needle. It was Legilimency, trying to spy on one's thoughts.

He decisively used the brain-blocking technique. After the new semester started, John raised the brain-blocking technique to level 2, but it was still not enough.

He added any points to his Occlumency, upgrading it to level 3.

Level 3 is already a good master of brain occlumency, and it is still possible to deal with a disabled ghost of Voldemort.

John showed excitement on his face, like a fan who was conquered by knowledge.

Voldemort was very satisfied after using Legilimency to enter John's brain. Now John only needed one word from him to become the most loyal Death Eater.

In order to train an undercover agent in Hogwarts, Voldemort was willing to give him knowledge.

Through Chilo's retelling, he taught John a lot.

He himself is a powerful wizard, and the knowledge he has learned is even more vast.

Under his teaching, many things that John didn't understand suddenly became clear.

In the days that followed, John attended classes during the day and went to the classroom to study at night.

This allowed him to rapidly improve his level, and he was able to successfully control the fierce fire.

[Magic: Level 3 (30/1500)]

【魔咒：阿拉霍洞开（3级）、漂浮咒（4级）、变形咒（2级）、幻身咒（3级）、荧光闪烁（2级）、火焰熊熊（3级）、粉身碎骨（3级）、厉火（2级）、盔甲护身（2级）……】

【技能：短武器精通（7级）、大剑精通（4级）、热武器精通（1级）、如尼文精通（1级）、炼金术精通（1级）】

[Blessings: Physical Fitness, Speed ​​Attack, Precision, Academic Master, Pilot, Long-Distance Runner, Sword Dance, Giant Monster Killer, Night Demon]

The magic power didn't increase much, but the understanding of spells improved a lot.

The best news is that alchemy has also been illuminated.

Although still at level 1, John could already successfully refine a simple magic item.

Items like the Sorting Hat and the Sword of Gryffindor, which have their own will, may require reaching level 7 to be made.

...

Harry was dragged by Wood to undergo devilish training, even on snowy and rainy days.

He wanted nothing more than to defeat Slytherin and win the House Cup, which would allow them to catch up with Slytherin in credits.

And he had high hopes for Harry, which doubled the pressure on Harry.

Even Hermione and Ron couldn't stand it anymore, and they told Harry not to participate in the competition in the common room.

Ron suggested that he could say he was sick, but Hermione went even further and told him to say he had a broken leg.

This made Harry uncomfortable.

Just then, Neville hopped into the common room from outside.

Neville's legs were pressed tightly together; he was under a leg-locking spell.

It went without saying that it was Malfoy who did it. Ron was very angry and wanted to settle the score with Malfoy immediately.

But Neville stopped him, he didn't want to cause trouble for Harry and the others.

Hermione removed Neville's leg-locking curse. Harry wanted to take out the chocolate frog to comfort Neville, but he touched a wizard card in his pocket.

"what is this?"

Harry handed Neville another box of chocolate frogs and was stunned when he saw the wizard card in his hand.

"This is the card John gave you. John said something at that time." Ron remembered the origin of this card.