Malfoy Rise at Hogwarts

Chapter 16
Time soon came to the Easter holidays.

For more than a month, Schelling had asked Dobby to retrieve the dragon egg and the diary and give them to him.The dragon egg was hidden in a locker in the dormitory by Xie Lin, and Xie Lin read the diary with gusto.

It turned out that Professor Quirrell was also a talented student back then. He was quite proficient in magic theory, but because of his weak, timid and neurotic personality, he was often bullied and ridiculed in Ravenclaw College. He was dissatisfied with himself and wanted to prove himself, so he gradually became interested in black magic.

What really interested Schelling was his resignation as Professor of Muggle Studies at the end of the 1990 academic year to embark on adventures in Europe and Africa under the pretext of gaining first-hand practical experience.

In reality, his real purpose was to seek out traces of the Dark Wizard, partly out of curiosity and partly out of his desire for a significance he had never been noticed.At least, Quirrell imagined that he could be the one who tracked down Voldemort, and even further, he could learn from Voldemort that he would no longer be laughed at.

He got into trouble with vampires and hags in Germany's Black Forest (an evil witch with a warty face and a penchant for eating children), and he helped a prince in Africa deal with a nasty living zombie—it was all true, Schelling thought with a tsk-tsk.

The diary contains extremely detailed descriptions of his travels in Europe and Africa, which further proves that Quirrell is a delicate, reserved and introverted man who likes to record his thoughts in words.

The notebook kept recording until he found out by chance that Voldemort's remnant soul was likely to haunt the Albanian jungle, and then stopped abruptly.If the following story is not unexpected, Quirrell really met Voldemort and was controlled by him, so he couldn't write this part, and he didn't dare to write it.

However, some intermittent and incoherent notes appeared on the last few pages of the diary. Schelling had a hunch that these notes would be of great use, so he put up a lot of patience and rearranged and arranged the notes bit by bit, trying to restore its original appearance.

That is to say, the deciphering ability and patience cultivated by Schelling's previous life experience finally paid off. Before the Easter holiday came, Schelling finally restored the scattered notes-this note was the first skill Quirrell learned from Voldemort.

At that time, Quirrell met a very weak Voldemort. Voldemort could not do anything to Quirrell based on Voldemort's state at the time. Voldemort could only give Quirrell some sweetness first, and then use his powerful power as a temptation to bring Quirrell into the abyss of depravity.

This ability is Voldemort's spell-casting technique. Skilled wizards will master some unique spell-casting techniques. When Dumbledore was still a student, he had already created a unique spell-casting technique, and won the Barnabus Finkley Excellent Spell-casting Technique Award.

A powerful casting method can not only make the process of casting a spell more smooth, but also reduce the consumption of magic power by improving the accuracy of magic control.

After spending two days mastering this spell-casting technique, Xie Lin lamented that it was indeed the spell-casting technique created by Voldemort. Using this technique to cast spells allowed Schelling to reach an astonishing speed where he could cast two spells in an instant. At the same time, Xie Lin also found that the process of casting spells was like flowing water, and became more handy-under certain circumstances, if Schelling needed to release multiple spell combinations, this spell-casting technique would shine.

[Voldemort's spell-casting techniques have been learned! 】

It's a pity that Quirrell's diary didn't record more skills learned from Voldemort - it seems that this guy once shook hands with Harry in the Leaky Cauldron Bar before school started. Schelling speculated that Quirrell was possessed by Voldemort after Gringotts was stolen, and he never dared to write his experiences and thoughts in the diary.

At one o'clock that night, Sherin joined Daphne and Meredith in the Slytherin common room.

Daphne couldn't help but asked: "Xie Lin, lack of sleep is the natural enemy of women. What's the matter with you calling us out at night?"

Xie Lin said mysteriously: "Do you still remember what the principal said on the first day of school?"

Meredith frowned: "You mean..."

Xie Lin coughed lightly and said, "It's about the restricted area in the corridor on the fourth floor. Professor Dumbledore said at the time that you should not approach it if you don't want to die unexpectedly. I have checked everything out. There are checkpoints set up by some professors to prevent students from breaking in. How about it? Are you interested in taking a rare adventure with me? By the way, I can check the actual combat level of the two of you."

When Daphne heard that she could take risks, she was so excited that she wanted to set off immediately.Meredith was more stable, she hesitated and said: "We go out so late, and we are going to a prohibited restricted area, what if we are caught by Filch or some professor?"

Xie Lin smiled and said, "Don't worry. I've prepared for this." After finishing speaking, he tapped Daphne's head lightly with his magic wand. Daphne trembled all over, and was surprised to find that her body merged with the surroundings.

After all, Meredith was a well-informed and well-known family, and suddenly showed a surprised expression: "My God, you have already mastered the Disillusionment Curse? This is an Auror-level spell!"

Xie Lin showed a confident smile, "I have used this spell to test the mouse many times. Except for Professor Dumbledore, I am confident that I can hide it from any other professor in Hogwarts." After finishing speaking, Xie Lin cast a silent spell on Daphne again, so that Daphne will become silent when she walks.

This spell was at the level of a fifth grader, but Daphne and Meredith, who had experienced the Disillusionment spell, were already used to it.

Having seen Xie Lin's strength, the two girls are full of confidence in this adventure.However, they also felt a heavy pressure in their hearts. Xie Lin's performance was really too good.

Both daughters were born in famous families, and they were instilled in them to maintain the honor of the family since they were young. Among them, the future marriage partner is the most important thing. If they can find a partner with outstanding family background and outstanding talents, it will be of great benefit to themselves and the family.

The Schelling in front of them fully met their needs - he was born in the wealthy and powerful Malfoy family, with extraordinary and rare magical talents, coupled with his handsome appearance and gentle personality, he was simply the perfect candidate in the dream.

However, they now encountered a big problem, that is, they might not be worthy of Xie Lin.Leaving aside his family background, just based on the talent and potential that Xie Lin has shown so far, one can know that Xie Lin is definitely not someone in the pool. From Xie Lin's behavior style, it is not difficult to infer that Xie Lin is a person with great ambitions. In the future, it can be predicted that he must be a peerless figure who will do great things.

If so, the talent and reputation of his future wife must be worthy of his status.The two girls are not stupid. In fact, they are far more precocious and intelligent than the boys in this respect. The two girls are as clear as a mirror in their thoughts about each other. Although the friendship between the two is still there, this does not prevent them from comparing each other secretly.

Xie Lin was completely unaware of these little thoughts of the two girls.Neither Xie Lin in the previous life nor the current life is a master in the emotional world - in the previous life, he was obsessed with adventures around the world, and never reaped a sincere and long-term relationship; in the current life, he spends most of his time on strengthening his strength and making various plans.

After Xie Lin put a layer of Illusion Curse and Silence Curse on all three of them, he walked through the dim corridor and appeared at the end of the forbidden corridor on the fourth floor.

Schelling took out a music box bought in the Muggle world from his pocket, and also copied several music boxes, and handed them to the two girls.At this moment, both Daphne and Meredith looked at a loss, they didn't understand what was going on?

Schelling twisted the mainspring to make the music box emit a crisp sound. "The first level after opening the door is a three-headed dog imported by Hagrid from Greece. This is an extremely dangerous beast. Its combat power is comparable to that of a giant dragon. It is usually tamed by wizards to guard the portal of the treasure house. The three-headed dog can only be defeated when there are more than five adult wizards, but it has an unknown weakness-it has no resistance to music. As long as it hears music, it will fall asleep. This music box can last about 30 seconds. The head dog has remained in a deep sleep."

Seeing the two girls nodding their heads to express their understanding, Schelling arranged the order, then took out his wand, knocked on the lock, and said in a low voice, "The Alahoo hole is open!" With a click, the lock unlocked.

With the creaking sound of pushing the door, there was no muffled bark in the ear, and the moment the music box sounded, the big dog's eyes began to droop.It wobbled a few times, and soon fell to the floor and fell into a deep sleep.

"See that trapdoor behind the three-headed dog? Open it quickly." Schelling began to direct the two women to act. "Remember don't let the music stop, I don't want to be torn to pieces by it."

When the two women approached the three huge heads nervously, they could feel the hot and smelly breath from the big dog's mouth. Daphne frowned slightly and said, "Ah, the dog's body is pressing down on the trapdoor."

A flash of inspiration flashed in Meredith's mind, and she moved the body of the three-headed dog away from the trapdoor with the Levitation Charm learned in class, then bent down and pulled the pull ring on the trapdoor, and the door opened suddenly, revealing a dark hole below, with a proud expression on her face.

Xie Lin nodded in satisfaction, motioned to the two girls to unwind the music box in their hands in turn, then looked around the two girls and asked, "There is nothing below, and there is no ladder to go down. We need to jump directly. Who will go down first?"

There was obvious hesitation on Meredith's face, and the dark passage below really didn't give her much sense of security.Just when Meredith was hesitating, Daphne gritted her teeth and said, "Let me go first." After speaking, she was about to jump down, but was stopped by Schelling.

"It's good to have the courage to face the unknown, but it's not necessarily reckless. In this case, it's best to put a shock-absorbing spell on yourself before jumping off. I think you must have learned it, right?" Xie Lin stared at Daphne and said.Daphne breathed a sigh of relief and nodded. Although her strength is not as good as that of Schelling, the spells she has mastered are not rare among the first-year students, and the shock absorbing spell happens to be one of the spells she knows.

After Daphne jumped, she landed on something soft with a strange and dull crash.She groped around, her eyes hadn't adjusted to the dim light here, but she just felt as if she was sitting on some kind of plant, so she shouted to the hole above: "No problem! It's a soft landing, you can jump!"

After Schelling jumped down, Meredith followed. Only the music box on the ground was still making sound, but the music would stop soon, and the sleeping three-headed dog would eventually wake up.

Although there would be a devil's net as a cushion underneath, Xie Lin didn't want to plunge into the devil's net at all, so he chanted a shock-absorbing spell, slammed on the brakes in mid-air, and stopped abruptly in the air.Seeing this, Meredith did the same thing and cast a shock-absorbing spell on herself, hovering in mid-air with Schelling, and slowly falling down like a feather.

Schelling pointed to the plant on the ground and asked, "Look at this plant on the ground, do you recognize what it is?"

Meredith pondered for a while, then suddenly seemed to remember something, and said in surprise: "This is the devil's net!"

At this time, the devil's net began to wrap around the legs of the three of them. Daphne desperately tried to tear off the vines on her body, but the more she broke free, the faster and tighter the vines entangled.Meredith hurriedly stopped her and said, "Don't struggle, the more you struggle, the tighter the devil's net will be entangled." Then Meredith thought hard for a while, and then said: "The devil's net likes darkness and humidity, and is afraid of fire and light."

The three of them used the flame curse to disperse the devil's net, and Daphne, who looked a little embarrassed, said angrily: "Did you two deliberately read my jokes, why didn't you tell me sooner if you have a solution?"

Xie Lin showed a beating smile, and said: "Didn't I say that? These checkpoints are used to test the knowledge you usually learn, whether it can be used flexibly in actual combat, not just for answering exam papers. In addition, I think it is also very important to train your ability to think and judge calmly in various situations. If you can think calmly just now, you will find that this checkpoint is actually only the knowledge level of the first grade."

　Before the start of school in 1991, Quirrell met Harry who came to purchase school supplies at the Leaky Cauldron Bar, and the two shook hands. Quirrell was safe and sound at the time-indicating that he was not possessed by Voldemort at the time.The author infers that Quirrell was possessed after Gringotts was stolen. Voldemort suspected that the Sorcerer's Stone was transferred to Hogwarts, so in order to be able to sneak into Hogwarts without being discovered by Dumbledore, Voldemort chose to possess Quirrell.After being possessed, Quirrell no longer dared to write his thoughts in the diary at will.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)