Chapter 15: Quirrell Is Stolen

The two-week Christmas holiday passed quickly, and Sherin and Draco returned to Hogwarts.

In the past two weeks, Sherin had a very leisurely life. In addition to occasionally guiding Draco with his homework, he occasionally went out to the Muggle world to take a look. Sherin did not intend to live in the wizarding world for the rest of his life. That was too boring.

In his spare time, Sherin did not forget to study the spells in the first-year spell course. In his opinion, whether it was the fluorescent spell, the amplification spell, or the fire spell, the school taught only the most basic and superficial ways of using them. As long as these spells were unraveled and traced back to their origins, these spells still had a lot of potential to be tapped.

Sherin has always believed that the power of a spell depends on the caster, not the spell itself. Instead of blindly pursuing spells with equally great power and consumption, it is better to choose the most delicate basic spells that are closest to and most suitable for the needs of the environment in various environments. Not only can it save magic power, but it can also achieve unexpected results.

To put it simply, flame is a state of gas combustion, and the principle of the flame spell itself is to convert magic power into a kind of energy that ignites the air. The power of the flame spell depends on the size and temperature of the released flame. The more magic power is consumed, the more flame can be released. In the original book, Dumbledore once released a large sea of ​​fire to repel thousands of Inferi, which is a rare magic in the wizarding world that can cause range damage.

The magic power of the little wizard is not enough to imitate Dumbledore's sea of ​​fire effect, but this does not prevent Schelling from finding another way to achieve the same effect from other angles.

Schelling's first idea was to use potions. He referred to some chemistry textbooks in the Muggle world and understood the nature of flames and combustion. He wanted to use potions to create a magic potion similar to a combustion aid. As long as the combustion aid is thrown into the flame, the flame can be spread into an endless sea of ​​fire.

This is not a difficult thing. After all, it can be done easily by buying a bottle of gasoline from a Muggle. Shelin just wants to use the knowledge of potion science to create a combustion-supporting potion that can spread the combustion range and increase the temperature of the flame at the same time.

After several experiments in the family's potion laboratory and several times getting himself dirty under Narcissa's angry eyes, Shelin finally created his first potion - Blue Flame Potion!

This potion, as its name suggests, can raise the temperature of the flame to the temperature of the blue flame and spread the flame to an area the size of a classroom.

Before Shelin began to learn the Fiery Spell, it had basically become his most practical magic combination for dealing with group battles.

The wonderful holiday passed in a flash, and Shelin and Draco returned to Hogwarts again.

Walking in the corridor, the happy atmosphere of Christmas seemed not to have completely dissipated, and the walls of the auditorium were still covered with silver frost.

Since the end of the holiday, Shelin found that the homework issued by the professors began to become more and more arduous. Many of the professors have already divided the focus of the exams, suggesting that the date of the exam is getting closer.

Even with Schelling's ability, he began to feel the pressure. Schelling found Daphne and Meredith to organize a review group. In addition to sharing study notes, they also compared questions that might appear in the exam.

Although Daphne and Meredith's grades were not bad, they were far from being as good as Schelling's, so the review group was generally led by Schelling, who was responsible for tutoring and guiding the two girls' homework and exam preparation.

Schelling did not intend to hide this matter. Somehow, it spread, and Daphne and Meredith became the envy of everyone.

For the entire semester, not only the little wizards in Slytherin, but even some little wizards in Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff had heard of Schelling's reputation as a "study god". Those who had borrowed Schelling's notes or asked Schelling for help on homework knew clearly that Schelling's study notes were the legendary exam preparation artifacts - many little wizards looked for opportunities to inquire about Daphne and Meredith, trying every means to obtain Schelling's study notes.

Coincidentally, Hermione was also tutoring Harry and Ron on their homework and preparing for exams, so after hearing about Schelling's actions, she was filled with a fighting spirit that refused to give up. She seemed to be fighting an invisible war, pressing Harry and Ron step by step, exerting pressure on them, and making them miserable.

This morning, while eating breakfast, Schelling casually flipped through the new issue of the Daily Prophet, and a small piece of news published in an inconspicuous corner caught his eye.

This was a wanted order for a smuggler, because this guy had recently been smuggling dragon eggs to the UK. He has now disappeared, and witnesses have proved that he was last seen staying at the Hog's Head Inn in Hogsmeade Village.

Schelling had a hunch that Professor Quirrell had already obtained the dragon egg and would soon come into contact with Hagrid.

After Schelling spent a week making a series of preparations, one day when Professor Quirrell was teaching senior students, he sneaked into Professor Quirrell's office with the Disillusionment Charm. Schelling didn't think that Professor Quirrell would dare to cast all kinds of dangerous defensive and monitoring magic on his office under Dumbledore's nose. Doing so would only arouse suspicion for himself.

Sure enough, except for a locked door that Schelling opened with a Muggle universal lock pick, Schelling slipped into the office without encountering any other obstacles.

Schelling carefully put on the Muggle anti-fingerprint gloves and searched Professor Quirrell's office carefully - Professor Quirrell's class lasted two hours, and Schelling actually had plenty of time, but in case Professor Quirrell returned early for some reason, Schelling still stepped up to find his target as soon as possible and leave.

After searching for a while, Schelling finally found a large black egg in the secret compartment of a drawer - ahaha, this must be the dragon egg that Quirrell intended to use to get the secret of the three-headed dog from Hagrid.

Schelling smiled, and when he was about to take the dragon egg, he found a well-maintained diary next to the dragon egg. Schelling's magic eye could see that there was no magic fluctuation in the diary. This was just an ordinary diary - eh, could it be that Professor Quirrell still had the habit of writing a diary? Schelling also took the diary and the dragon egg away.

[Quirrell's diary is obtained! ]

[A dragon egg is obtained! 】

Although the Magic Eye can confirm that there is no sign of tracking magic on the diary and the dragon egg, for safety reasons, Sherin still asked Dobby to help him hide the two items in a cave deep in the Forbidden Forest, and cast the elf's unique warning magic at the entrance of the cave. Once someone breaks into the cave, Dobby will sense it and report to Sherin as quickly as possible.

Two weeks passed, and March came quickly.

Sherin observed that Quirrell's face was getting paler and paler, and his tone of voice began to become weak. Sherin knew that Quirrell was probably severely punished by Voldemort because he lost the dragon egg, and the warning magic of the Forbidden Forest cave had not been triggered, which meant that Quirrell was now in a dilemma of not being able to break through the three-headed dog.

Sherin couldn't help but sneer secretly. Sherin didn't mind doing it a few more times to make Voldemort suffer.

The Malfoy family is not actually a stubborn pure-blood supremacist. If someone carefully studies and investigates, it is not difficult to find that there are many examples of the ancestors of the Malfoy family intermarrying with Muggle nobles.

The so-called pure-blood supremacist extremists mainly refer to the two major families of the Black family and the Lestrange family. The Malfoy family just uses the pure-blood supremacy concept as a cover to influence the Ministry of Magic to pass some bills that are beneficial to the pure-blood family, so that the pure-blood family can plunder money and gain benefits from the Muggles.

At the beginning, Lucius and other pure-blood families supported Voldemort because they thought that Voldemort could bring more benefits to the pure-blood families. If a society where wizards rule Muggles is really established, they can plunder a lot of resources and wealth.

But what they never expected was that Voldemort became more and more extreme and crazy after making the Horcrux. Originally, they just wanted to find a puppet to plunder for them, but they found that Voldemort wanted to become their master. These declining families had no power to resist Voldemort.

Schelling has a deep feeling about this. The magic world is a world that speaks with strength. The fighting power given to every wizard by magic makes the so-called laws and rules become empty talk. This is different from the Muggle world. No matter how strong a Muggle's martial arts skills are, he can't beat the large and well-equipped law enforcement forces. People like Lambo only exist in movies.

But wizards are different. A magician-level Grindelwald or Voldemort can easily knock down more than 10 Aurors. How many Aurors are there in the whole UK? Although fresh blood is absorbed from Hogwarts every year, the number of Aurors has never exceeded 30 overall, including the number of retirements and deaths.

As for the second largest force of the Ministry of Magic, the Law Enforcement Reconnaissance Team, no matter how many come, it is not enough to fill Voldemort's teeth. In the original book, Minister of Magic Fudge once believed that the elite "strikes" in the reconnaissance team must be dispatched to deal with Sirius Black alone. This shows that the strength of the general reconnaissance team is really not good.

(Note: The Ministry of Magic has three groups of armed forces: Aurors are equivalent to Muggle agents, proficient in various abilities and can carry out various special missions; Hit Wizards are equivalent to anti-terrorist special forces, specializing in combat; Law Enforcement Reconnaissance Team is equivalent to Muggle police, specializing in dealing with various petty thieves or non-dangerous illegal activities.)

This made Xie Lin understand that wealth, resources, reputation, and influence are all false, and one's own strength is still the most important in the magic world. Only by having the strength to protect oneself can one truly keep the things mentioned above.

Thinking of this, Xie Lin's sense of crisis became stronger. If he wanted the Malfoy family to survive safely in the chaos of the next few years, his strength was far from enough. He could only use some means to delay the time of Voldemort's return as much as possible, so that he could buy more time to strengthen his strength.

Although according to the original plot, Voldemort will be destroyed by the savior Harry in the end, but this is not the result that Schelling wants - Lucius is imprisoned, Draco is forced to kill Dumbledore, Lucius is disgraced, and the family is weakened... If possible, Schelling still prefers to rely on his own strength to solve Voldemort, the boss in the original book.

This semester, since there was no incident of Hagrid hatching dragon eggs, there was no incident of Harry, Hermione, and Neville being deducted points for night outings, and there was no incident of entering the Forbidden Forest later.

But at the same time, because Harry did not join Quidditch, this year's Quidditch game still had the highest score in Slytherin.

In addition, with the presence of Schelling, Schelling's outstanding performance, every class, whether it is Charms, Transfiguration, or Potions, can win a lot of points for Slytherin. Under Schelling's influence, Draco, Daphne, and Meredith have also become extremely hardworking in their studies. Their homework scores may not be as good as Hermione, the real academic master, but there is no doubt that they beat the other little wizards in Gryffindor.

By the way, at a Transfiguration Club gathering, at the request of Professor McGonagall, Schelling wrote a paper and submitted it to "Transfiguration Today". This paper is about the idea of ​​using Transfiguration to create a magic lamp that can grow wings and fly in the air, and has come up with several practical applications for this concept, such as walking in an unknown tunnel without using a wand to release the Luminescent Spell, so that the wizard can still keep the wand that is not in the casting state to ensure the combat power in case of emergencies; another example is to use the magic lamp to explore and measure the depth when exploring a bottomless cave.

This paper won Schelling the "Most Promising Newcomer Award" of "Today's Transfiguration". Even the usually serious Professor McGonagall smiled and awarded Slytherin 50 points.

Thanks to Schelling's brilliant operation, Slytherin led the second-place Ravenclaw by 50 points in the house points, and the bottom-ranked Gryffindor led by as many as 150 points.