“Lemon Snow宝!”
Returning to Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall, after dealing with the day’s affairs, stepped into the Headmaster’s office.
The first thing that caught her eye was an old man with long silver hair, blue eyes, and a long nose – yes, the nose was a bit crooked. On the table were a cup of red tea and various sweets.
Clearly, it was his afternoon tea time.
“Minerva, you’ve arrived just in time.”
As he spoke, Dumbledore had already poured a cup of red tea for Professor McGonagall and taken out several sweets from under his desk.
As a lone old man of over a hundred years, he had no one to accompany him for afternoon tea. ‘Loneliness’ was his usual state. But today, having a companion, he was in quite a good mood.
“Albus, I have something to tell you.”
Sitting opposite Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall didn’t touch the sweets or tea on the table, but began talking about Ethan’s various happenings. From his stay at home to the wand shop, she recounted everything.
“This year, our school will welcome a young wizard with exceptional talent.”
After listening patiently, Dumbledore picked up the red tea on the table and took a sip.
Except for a few rare cases, like Harry, Dumbledore treated all young wizards equally. Whether Muggle-born or pure-blood, talented or not, they were all his students, no difference. Ethan's talent could warrant some extra attention, but that was all.
“You know well enough.”
After saying that, Professor McGonagall also started enjoying her afternoon tea.
While they valued Ethan’s talent, they didn’t have any other plans.
Professor McGonagall came only to remind Dumbledore. After all, those with talent always deserve extra attention.
Having taught at Hogwarts for so many years, she had seen it all.
A young wizard with a talent for Dark Magic, was it?
We’ve even taught quite a few Azkaban inmates!
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On the other side, after returning home, Ethan told his parents about Diagon Alley and the wizarding world. After lunch, he went back to his room.
He had completed several achievements just now and hadn't had time to check them yet.
【The Wizard’s First Stop】
Stepping into the wizarding world. Although it may seem narrow, dirty, and backward, it’s truly the wizarding world.
Achievement Goal: Enter a gathering place for wizards (1/1)
Achievement Reward: Wizard Talent Increase
【First Pot of Gold】
Shiny gold Galleons, mine, mine, all mine!
Achievement Goal: Obtain 100 Galleons (1/1)
Achievement Reward: 100 Galleons
【Wooden Stick × Wand √】
Hold this stick that looks like a small wooden stick. It’ll accompany you throughout your magical career.
Achievement Goal: Obtain a wand (1/1)
Achievement Reward: Random Spell
【Knowledge is Power】
Knowledge is the ladder of progress, the source of a wizard’s power, the root of a wizard.
Achievement Goal: Obtain a book recording wizarding knowledge (1/1)
Achievement Reward: Talent 《Focus》 (Significantly increases learning efficiency)
【Carry Your Cauldron】
The first step of potion-making is having a cauldron.
Achievement Goal: Own a cauldron (1/1)
Achievement Reward: Potion Talent Increase
Unbelievable!
Just one trip to Diagon Alley earned five achievements.
Wizard Talent Increase, Potion Talent Increase. My own 《Heavy Soul》 talent already increased learning efficiency. Now with this 《Focus》 boost, is there even any room left for others?
There’s also 100 Galleons and a spell.
Ethan didn't have any plans to save up for a ten-pull. He would use it as soon as he got it.
As a familiar stream of information flooded his mind, Ethan learned about the spell he had just obtained.
It's better than nothing!
Disillusionment Charm: Hide your form to avoid detection.
It’s a dedicated spell for night excursions at Hogwarts. Powerful wizards can see through the Disillusionment Charm, but Filch definitely can’t.
However, this spell is not exactly high-end. It’s even in the textbooks, just don’t know which year.
Next, he’d test these spells. Apart from the three unforgivable curses that were already at level 100, he hadn’t tried the other spells yet, due to not having a wand.
“Disillusionment!”
With the sound of his voice, Ethan started to become transparent from his feet, gradually until he completely disappeared.
It was simple and smooth, it just took a bit longer.
Disrupting the flow of magic, Ethan actively recovered from his invisible state.
He tried it several more times, and the invisibility speed became faster and faster, until he could successfully cast the charm even while moving.
Next was the Petrificus Totalus.
Time to summon the white mouse again.
“Petrificus Totalus!”
A blue beam shot out from the tip of his wand. The moment it hit the white mouse, the mouse stopped moving and turned grey and white.
But how to undo this?
Just wait for the magic to dissipate naturally?
Forget it. He tossed the petrified mouse aside. Next was the Episkey spell.
With a loud “BOOM!”, the mouse in the box was blown into pieces.
But no shield was formed, and there was no enhancement of the next spell. Ethan figured it out after some thought.
The mouse had no magic, so it couldn't absorb anything. It could only be used as a blast spell.
To fully unleash the full power of the Episkey spell, it had to be used on a wizard or magical creature.
He had tried all the spells he knew. Finally, it was time for the spells in the textbook. He took out the 《Standard Spells · Beginner》.
Flipping through it briefly, Ethan found that the book didn't contain much, only spells like the Lumos, Alohomora, Reparo, Diffindo, Levicorpus, Incendio, and the Colloportus.
Running through the information about these spells in his mind, he felt no pressure at all.
He opened the page about the Diffindo, read it carefully, then looked at the Reparo.
“Diffindo!”
“Reparo!”
The shattered vase, as if time had reversed, all the shards returned to their original positions, and the cracks disappeared.
After that, Ethan began learning the other spells and finished learning them all before dinner.
He had to say, learning magic was so much easier than mathematics and physics, it was literally effortless!