Hogwarts: From Squibs to Greatness

Chapter 59 Bloodline Growth and the Shadow of War
In the days that followed, John returned to the college occasionally to exchange his recent experience with Hal.

The rest of the time is spent studying and researching in the castle.

Although the progress of learning soul magic is slow, and the optimization of the Animagus ritual is far away, there is not no good news.

Every day before going to sleep, John casts [Awaken Bloodline] to consume magic power to speed up the growth of bloodline in his body.

The hard work paid off, and finally one morning in May, John woke up to find the extremely obvious change.

Apart from the physical changes and magic power increase brought about by the growth of blood vessels, his current visual ability has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Now the world is clearly visible in his eyes. Looking out of the window, the rock patterns on the snow-capped mountains a few kilometers away are clearly visible in his eyes, and he can instantly lock on to the insects that move quickly under the rocks.

Open the system panel, and sure enough, the column of blood talent has changed
Name: John Williams

Occupation: Magister, Sorcerer, Wizard

Constitution: 55.8
Power: 46.4
Agility: 48.7
Magic Scale: 500.0/500.0
Bloodline: Red Dragon (young and growing)

Bloodline Talent: Dragon Language, Dragon Flame, Dragon Skin, Longwei, Dragon Vision

Recorded Skills: Classical & Modern Alchemy, Wand Spells, Imperial War Spells, Magic Device Making, Fizeley's Encyclopedia of Magic
Items that have been recorded: Ellen Mum Type [-], Imperial Flying Magic Device Type V, Black Star, Raven Staff, Red Dragon Magic Staff

World Recorded: Howl's Moving Castle

Seeing that the bloodline talents are often known as Longshi's skills, a certain guess in John's mind was verified.

But shortly after the bloodline awakened, John always had a feeling that the physical changes brought about by his own bloodline must be more than the few displayed on the system panel.

After the magic power scale reached 400 and the word "dragon" appeared in the blood, an idea appeared in John's mind.

And the current changes naturally proved what John had in mind.

"System, what is the effect of the newly obtained blood talent?"

[Longvision: The owner's vision and dynamic vision have been greatly improved, and the owner will also have night vision capabilities]

With a wave of the magic wand, all the curtains were pulled up, and the room was instantly plunged into darkness.

But such a rapid change in light and shade did not change John's vision at all. Even in this dim environment, John could still see the dust accumulated in the corner of the wall.

John is very satisfied with such a change. Maybe when his bloodline grows to a certain level again, his other senses will also be improved accordingly.

Pulling the curtains back, John hummed and started today's research again.

There is less than a month left until the next meteor shower arrives. In the recent communication with Hal, John also confirmed that the other party has acquired knowledge about spirits and trading rules through insinuations.

And more than once, Hal showed his desire for freedom and his disgust for that enrollment contract.

And it was also a communication with Hal, which answered the questions in John's memory.

Why was Hal able to get out of Suliman's control at that time, leave the school and return to the hut built for him by his magician uncle, so as to conclude a contract with Calcifer.

That's because in a month's time, Kingdom Day is coming up.

At that time, all the children of the Magic Academy will be given a one-week vacation, and they can come and go from the academy as long as they want, and there will be someone to pick them up.

I don't know if it's because of Teacher Salliman or Hal's personality, but John is Hal's only friend in school.

So when Hal proposed to invite John to play with him on vacation, he agreed without even thinking about it.

Originally, John was still thinking about how to find Hal's cabin during the holidays, but now he doesn't need to spend any more effort.

Then John began to focus on research again. Although the new Animagus ritual has not been fully researched, John still gained something in the process.

At this moment, John was soaring above the sky with his wings spread, with white clouds flowing below him, and the oxygen purification technique was working firmly.

The scarlet dragon wings fanned the surrounding clouds from time to time behind him.

Dragon Wing.

This is the transformation magic created by John based on his own blood after studying the Animagus ritual and absorbing and understanding a lot of knowledge of transformation.

The inspiration comes from the physical changes brought about by the bloodline magic [Awaken the Bloodline].

The dragon transformation phenomenon in his body is essentially a manifestation of magic power guided by the blood as the main body, which is why the dragon transformation phenomenon will disappear immediately after the magic power in his body is exhausted.

Those physical changes were originally constructed by magic power.

So John created this magic by combining some of the principles of Transfiguration in Transfiguration and the theory in Bloodline Magic.

Although this magic can't speed up the growth of blood, it further strengthens John's mobility and makes it easier for him to take his mother away after leaving Hal's world.

Compared with the dragon wings that can be summoned directly, the flying magic device that needs to be worn is sometimes inconvenient.

But the only problem now is that although Dragon Wing consumes mana slower than [Awaken Bloodline], with John's current mana in his body, after leaving the minimum mana, he can only maintain Dragon Wing for 10 minutes at most.

Even though John is confident that he can get rid of the family's pursuit within 10 minutes, he still wants to be more secure.

It would be fine if he was the only one, he could not care about the attack of chasing and killing, but when the time comes to bring his mother, he must ensure that the mother will not suffer any harm.

Killing Curse doesn't care about Iron Armor Curse and defensive spells.

Some people may wonder why Miranda was not allowed to be silently taken away.

Yes, even if the anti-apparition spell can't stop the house-elves, you must know that this does not mean that the house-elves cannot interfere and track each other.

There are only two house-elves on John's side, Tom and Momo, and there are seven house-elves in the family. These house-elves are all loyal to the Selwyn family.

That's why they came to see him silently, and went to see his mother with him in such a sneaky way, in order not to disturb the house elves of the Selwyn family.

Just like when I came back from visiting my mother last time, according to my mother's reply, I was still noticed by those house elves at that time, which caused my cheap father to come to investigate later.

In the end, this matter was covered up by his mother who wanted to leave silently to do things, but John could still see the impact of this matter from his mother's words.

For example, there are more people in black at home, and dementors wandering outside the manor, and even my mother heard wolves howling at night.

John sneered in his heart, this old guy really spent a lot of money to deal with him, not only Death Eaters, but also werewolves and dementors.

But this also shows how much scum is hidden inside the Ministry of Magic. Without the cooperation of the Ministry of Magic, John would not have thought that the dementors guarding Azkaban would easily become the guards of the private manor.

It's a pity that if John before faced such a lineup, he might still find it difficult, but now he is not afraid of these ghosts and monsters.

Even though he spent most of his time studying and researching in Hal's world, he never failed in actual combat training.

Teacher Fizeley even taught John a set of combat boxing techniques in the Kingdom's army.

The reason why he taught John this set of boxing skills is because the haze of war has never left, even when he came to this world, the surroundings are peaceful and peaceful.

But the lobbyists who visited the teacher more and more frequently, and the bribes they gave him at random, all showed that a huge war was coming. For this war, the war machine of the Kingdom began to operate, mobilizing all available forces until the ignition Cable appears on the verge of firing.

According to memory, the fuse was the disappearance of the neighboring prince.

But in John's view, the fuse has never been these trivial matters. Even if the prince disappears, it will not cause disputes between the two big countries.

The real trigger was the king's growing ambitions.

The food in the granary is piled up like mountains, the weapons are honed to be extremely sharp, and the people's enthusiasm for war is extremely high. The children of the academy begin to get in touch with the knowledge of war, and even learn the magic circle that trades with the devil to obtain power.

It's all sand that keeps piling up in the hourglass of war.

John knew that his teacher was unwilling to be involved in this endless vortex of desire, but every magician could not refuse under the contract.

Of course that included Hal, including him, including every kid who joined the Academy.

John knew very well that this war would last for a long time. In his memory, the father of Hal's future wife Sophie died on the battlefield, which was one of the reasons why Sophie hated war.

So this is also one of the reasons why Teacher Fizelei gradually began to stuff the knowledge he has mastered into the soul space.

The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, even a great magician like Mr. Fizelei may die on the battlefield.

Teacher Fizelei is different from Principal Salliman. Teacher Fizelei is not actually from the Kingdom, but only later joined the Kingdom and became the vice-principal of the Academy of Magic.

And to join the kingdom, a powerful magician like Teacher Fizeley must sign a contract to serve the royal family.

The persuasion during this period is nothing more than courtesy before the soldiers. If the teacher keeps choosing not to participate in the war, will the royal family trigger the contract and make the teacher suffer backlash?

John actually wants to help the teacher. He can make a deal with the spirit, and use the powerful magic power of the spirit to help the teacher get rid of the control of the contract.

It's just that before John mentioned it, Teacher Fizeley took the initiative to talk to him.

He still remembered that it was a sunny afternoon, the teacher and he stood on the balcony and looked at the flying warships flying over the snow-capped mountains in the distance.

"John, I know that you have mastered some magic that ordinary people cannot master, and I also know that you can easily get rid of the shackles of the contract."

"Although I have been persuading you to abide by the rules of the transaction and respect the contract you made."

"It's a pity, I'm still a layman after all, I can't just sit back and watch my disciple go to the battlefield at a young age and become an executioner."

"I can't just sit back and watch my life's research efforts be ruined by the desire of the upper class."

"So, break away from the academy's control if you have a chance, and find a place to hide until the war is over."

"I'm old, and I don't have the desire for freedom and strength anymore, so don't persuade me, and don't grieve for me. This is the fate I must abide by when I make a contract."

"If I encounter misfortune, then my apprentice, everything about me will be delivered to you. I hope you can pass on my knowledge"

At that time, Teacher Fizeley's tone was calm, and his eyes were full of memories of the past. John naturally felt the teacher's determination.

John naturally respects his teacher's request, even if this request will eventually lead to the teacher's death.

But this does not mean that John will agree with this death, no one can tell what will happen in the future, right?

　The disgust of war and conflict has always been the hidden core in Ghibli's works
　　
　
(End of this chapter)