Malfoy Rise at Hogwarts

Chapter 95
Dumbledore was well aware of Schelling's temperament, and it was impossible to succumb to others and become Voldemort's lackey.

Thinking of this, he cast his gaze in the direction of Xie Lin again. Xie Lin, who was chatting with potion master Horace Slughorn, seemed to sense his gaze and looked over slightly.Dumbledore blinked at Schelling and smiled a smile only he could understand.

Although Slughorn is a member of the Wizengamot, he has not attended any activities of the Wizengamot for a long time because he is greedy for enjoyment.It will appear this time, just to get to know Schelling and add another collection for the slug club he created.

For this moment, he waited patiently for a long time, because there were not a few people who had the same thoughts as him. First, he saw Schelling chatting with Amelia, then old Barty Crouch, then Fudge, and then Geselda Marchban...

It was not easy for him to see the opportunity, and before the others, he went forward to make acquaintance with Xie Lin.

Horace Slughorn, the famous master of potions, a wizard of the same era as Dumbledore, was born in the holy 28 pure-blood family, but he is not the core child of the family.

When he was young and naive, he suffered from connections—his cousin, who had no magical talent, planted a nail in the family elders early on, and won the support of several senior officials of the Ministry of Magic, and finally succeeded in winning the position of Patriarch.

One must know that at that time he was a dazzling figure who was dubbed a potion genius, and losing the position of Patriarch was a big blow to him.This has made him obsessed with connections since then, and it is also the biggest reason why he founded the Slug Club.

(Note: It is said in Pottermore that he has no siblings, never married, and has no heirs, but the Slughorn family has another branch, which is in line with the setting of this article)

The Slughorn family is also a star on Schelling's list, and at this moment Horace's initiative to make friends is naturally open to anyone who comes.

The two first chatted about campus life, and then exchanged some experience in potions.Horace is worthy of being a master of potions, and many of the experiences he shared can benefit a lot even at Schelling's level.Before parting, the two exchanged contact information as if they had met each other lately, promising to maintain correspondence.

The award ceremony has begun.

On the high platform, after the Minister of Magic, Fudge, gave a speech without any content, it was replaced by Dumbledore, the chief wizard of the Wizengamot.

Under the flashing lights of many reporters, Schelling walked to the high platform, took the Medal of the Order of Merlin from Dumbledore, and pinned it on his chest.It is a gold medal with a white ribbon.

All the medals of the Order of Merlin are gold, and the distinction of rank is reflected in the color of the ribbon.The ribbon of the first-class medal is green, and Dumbledore has one on him. It is said that it commemorates the Slytherin house where Merlin was born. The representative color of Slytherin is green.

The ribbon color of the medal of the second class is purple, while the medal received by Schelling has a white ribbon and is the medal of the third class.

Amid applause, the award ceremony ended perfectly.

[Awarded the third class Medal of the Order of Merlin! 】

Before the day of the investiture, and thanks to Schelling's tireless efforts, he had read what was left of Ravenclaw's library.

In the week following the investiture ceremony, Schelling began her summer vacation plans.

The first priority is to research the Reaper's Invisibility Cloak.Xie Lin had already cracked half of Death's invisibility cloak, all he had to do was find the correct type of chisel.He used the black dragon chisel he got from Nott, and after dozens of attempts, he finally succeeded!

He copied the invisibility effect of Death's invisibility cloak to the Supreme Wizard Robe, adding the function of invisibility and breath-masking to the Supreme Wizard Robe.If used in conjunction with the Invisible Illusion Charm, under the double invisibility effect, not to mention Mad-Eyes Moody, even Dumbledore would not be able to see through it.

(Note: Dumbledore can’t see through Death’s invisibility cloak. He saw through Harry that time because he found the clues left by the careless Harry, and then cast the Manifestation Curse silently and wand-from Bloomsbury chat)

[The final form of the supreme wizard robe (ten functions) is completed! 】

The second thing is to go to Knockturn Alley and buy the disappearing cabinet in Bojinbok's shop for a hundred Galleons.After leaving Knockturn Alley, he didn't go home directly, but visited Burns Manor through Floo.

[Obtain from the disappearing cabinet! 2x Vanishing Cabinet links completed! 】

Both Amelia and Susan warmly welcomed him. Susan has not yet mastered the complete Patronus Charm, so she has been grabbing Xie Lin and asking for advice.

Amelia was stunned to learn that Schelling was able to unleash a full physical Patronus.

You must know that in the Ministry of Magic, more than half of the wizards don't understand this unpopular spell at all, and more than half of the remaining people can only cast the incomplete Patronus Charm, which releases a silver mist of light.This silver-white haze cannot effectively resist the dementors and Voldebats, at most it can only block them a little, giving the wizard valuable time to escape.

Schelling humbly asked Amelia about various legal knowledge of the wizarding world.Amelia also showed no secrets to Schelling, and she tried her best to give Schelling various pointers and solutions, so that Schelling's knowledge in this area also improved rapidly.

The fourth thing is to delve into the black magic book of the Black family.It's just that black magic books are generally very esoteric and difficult to understand, and there are many traps hidden between the lines, which can lure the reader's soul to degenerate. Even with Schelling's talent, the reading speed is not much faster.

In his spare time, Schelling did not forget to play with the alchemy book left to him by Nicole Flamel.This book is locked by a very special and rare alchemy technique, even with Schelling's level of alchemy, it cannot be deciphered, so it can only be studied slowly with time.

Time quickly came to a certain day in mid-July.

Schelling sensed the tracking technique released on Peter Pettigrew, and he felt unusual magic fluctuations around Peter. It was almost certain that Peter had lived up to his expectations and found his old master Voldemort.

All the arrangements Schelling made on Peter before were to capture Voldemort's pet - the big snake Nagini.

Nagini is a twelve-foot-long female giant snake. Her fangs are extremely poisonous. In the magical creature movie, Nagini was originally an Asian witch. Because of the curse of being planted with blood, she eventually became completely snake-like and was tamed by Voldemort when she was in the Albanian jungle.

In the original book, shortly after Voldemort was found by Peter Pettigrew, the latter tricked Bertha Jorkins, who was on vacation in Albania, into killing Voldemort. Since then, Nagini has become Voldemort's last Horcrux.

(Note: The victim of the last Horcrux is controversial. Rowling said it was Bertha Jorkins, and Dumbledore said it was Frank Bryce; considering that Dumbledore didn't necessarily know about Bertha, the author thinks Rowling's statement is more reasonable)
Capturing Nagini the Serpent has two benefits:

First, Voldemort lived in the form of a remnant soul before his resurrection, which made him very weak.After being found by Peter Pettigrew, Voldemort used Rudimentary Body Potion to create a crude body container for his remnant soul to lodge.

It is said to be ugly, but it is actually enough for him to cast a spell to kill people, and the danger is greatly increased.The main ingredients of the ugly potion are unicorn blood and Nagini's venom, so taking Nagini away can cause trouble for Voldemort and delay his return.

Second, as the known host of the blood curse, Nagini is a sample with extremely high research value.Xie Lin's understanding of the blood curse is unmatched by anyone in the world, but he still lacks a sample for experimentation to verify various theoretical assumptions.

To do this, timing is very important, because it won't be long before Nagini will become Voldemort's Horcrux.Once Nagini is made into a Horcrux, Schelling's research will be complicated by the variable of having more Horcruxes.In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Xie Lin set off immediately after sensing the feedback of the tracking technique on Peter Pettigrew.

As for the bad?There are also.After Schelling took Nagini away, Voldemort lost the container that was originally used to make the sixth Horcrux. If he insisted on making another Horcrux, the last Horcrux would become unknown, and Schelling would lose the benefit of predicting the plot.

But compared to the benefits he gained, Xie Lin didn't care too much about it. Anyway, the savior and Dumbledore were in front of him to eliminate the Horcrux.

Xie Lin put on the Supreme Wizard Robe, which turned into a mysterious jet-black cloak following Xie Lin's thoughts, and then took out the "nameless mask" that he had researched and completed.He put the mask on his face, and suddenly his whole body exuded a cold and fierce temperament. His own magic power seemed to be coated with a protective color, making it obscure and strange.

Even Schelling's closest relatives would not be able to recognize him in front of him now. They would only think that standing in front of them was a dark wizard with powerful magic power and extremely difficult to mess with.

Schelling snapped his fingers, and Dobby appeared next to him. Being caught by his attire and aura at the moment, Dobby sat down on the ground in fright, trembling, "You, who are you? Me, my master?"

Schelling's voice was ethereal and hollow, "Dobby...it's me, I'm Schelling."

"You, you are the master?" Dobby asked dubiously, it was hard for him to accept that the little master he had watched growing up suddenly turned into such a terrifying appearance.

Schelling's voice seemed to have an invisible penetrating power, and Dobby felt that every word spoken by the person who claimed to be the little master in front of him seemed not to come from the ear, but directly sounded from his heart abruptly.

"This is my secret disguise, don't tell anyone... now take me to Pettigrew." Dobby felt right, Schelling used soul magic in his voice, and what he said could directly reach Dobby's heart, making Dobby unable to generate any resistance.

At this moment, Dobby's mind has been completely captured by Schelling, and he has completely surrendered to Schelling with all his mind and body, and has become his most loyal servant.This is one of the achievements of Schelling's research on Blake's family-inherited soul magic and "Volume Three of Abatayr".

In order to prevent Dobby from being recognized, Schelling performed a polymorph on Dobby, turning him into an elf with a head like a wild boar, and then asked Dobby to take him all the way to Apparate into the Albanian jungle. Their sudden appearance surprised Voldemort and Peter Pettigrew.

Finally, I met the Boss in the original book for the first time.

Voldemort was barely humanoid at the moment, curled up in a blanket that might at first glance be mistaken for a baby, but there were no such ugly babies in the world.It has no hair, dark red scales on its body, a protruding spine on its back, long and thin fingers, nails like black barbs, thin and fragile limbs, a flat face like a snake's head, and a pair of red eyes that flicker.

This deformed humanoid creature is the body that Voldemort used to reshape himself with the rudimentary potion.

Voldemort at this moment is still far from his peak state.Without saying a word, he alertly took the lead in casting the Killing Curse on Schelling.

But Schelling's position was more than 10 meters away from him, and he easily avoided the sneak attack with his skill.Xie Lin integrated soul magic into his voice, and taunted: "Hehehe, poor Dark Lord... as weak as a baby... there is only one follower left, and he is so weak..."

After Voldemort released the Killing Curse, the magic power on his body dried up instantly, and he no longer acted rashly.He knew that he had an immortal body, so he didn't seem too scared, but asked cautiously: "Who are you? What's the purpose of coming here?"

Xie Lin's cold voice sounded, "It doesn't matter who I am, I'm not here for you, I only want the snake by your side!"

"This snake is very important to me, what do you want it for?"

"This has nothing to do with you, I just ask, to give or not to give?" Xie Lin increased the input of magic power into the nameless mask, and the aura on his body became more violent and terrifying.

Voldemort hesitated for a while, but finally suppressed the urge to strike.Although Nagini's venom is important, it is not without alternatives, but it will waste more of his time.

He had been trapped in this weak form for too long, and he didn't want to stay for a moment longer, but the black magic aura emanating from the person in front of him was so vicious and powerful that he was not sure of victory even in his peak state, let alone the current self.What's more, the other party is obviously not a kind person, but a dark wizard who kills people like himself.

As everyone knows, in fact, Schelling's magical power is still at the level of senior students. The nameless mask only makes him "look" have a powerful black magic aura. To put it bluntly, it is a disguise mask, but it is used here to scare even the famous Voldemort.

Voldemort nodded reluctantly, and Sherin didn't bother to talk much, knocked Nagini unconscious with a neat stun spell, grabbed it and Apparated with Dobby and left.

["Sample" Nagini captured! 】

(End of this chapter)