Hogwarts starts with stealing power

Lin Xia suddenly turned to look at Draco: "Do you carry your protective ring with you?"

Draco nodded: "Yes."

He stretched out his palm, and a ring carved like a dragon was worn on his thumb.

This ring was made by Uncle Lucius with a lot of precious materials and Lin Xia's father. It can not only resist physical attacks and spell attacks, but also resist mental attacks.

At least Lin Xia knew that this ring had resisted Dumbledore's Legilimency and was very effective.

Lin Xia said in a deep voice: "From now on, your protective ring must be opened 24 hours a day, even when you sleep."

This protective ring is equivalent to a very outstanding alchemical artifact. Every time it is used, it consumes magic power.

If there is no special magic stone supply, then the user's magic power must be extracted.

Magic stone is a precious resource in the wizarding world.

Lin Xia didn't know if Hogwarts had magic stones. Maybe there were, but she couldn't get in touch with them yet, but she told the Malfoy family that it would be no problem to get a few magic stones.

Therefore, the inside of Draco's protective ring is inlaid with a small dark red bead all year round. It is a high-level magic stone.

Once the ring is opened, the magic power in the magic stone will be consumed.

As a daily consumption, a high-level magic stone can be used for half a year.

But if it is used as a power source for a strange object, it depends on the degree of use.

A thrilling battle is enough to quickly consume more than half of the high-level magic stone.

So Lin Xia reminded again: "Write to your father in the evening and ask him to get you a few more magic stones in case of emergency."

Draco didn't take it seriously at first.

But seeing Lin Xia's repeated instructions so solemnly, he couldn't help but become solemn.

"Lin Xia, do you have a premonition of what will happen to me next?"

Draco has no doubt about Lin Xia's sharp intuition from the magical oriental sorcerer.

She always glimpses something from time to time and says something incomprehensible.

Now it seems that there may be nothing, but after a few months or even years.

When he recalled it occasionally, he would find that Lin Xia's prediction at that time was extremely correct. This was the experience he had summed up since he was a child.

Lin Xia shook her head slowly.

Her tone was deep and calm.

"Is there a possibility that Hogwarts is no longer so safe?"

...

An hour later.

The two went from the laboratory to the Great Hall.

At this time, the expressions of the two were normal.

Lin Xia was not shocked at first, and as for Draco, after being shocked, he was only silent.

He questioned Lin Xia's prediction, but he also believed in Lin Xia.

In any case, it is always right to get a few more high-level magic stones from the family.

Harry and Ron have sat down at the Gryffindor table. Next to them is Hermione, and a book with "Vampires on the Same Ship" is spread out on the milk jug.

This book is written by Professor Lockhart.

After just one day of class, the elegant, handsome and charming Professor Lockhart has swept the whole school.

The witches admire him very much, but the wizards don't feel much.

Hermione ignored them. She still thought that it was very dangerous for these two people to come to school by magic car.

Lin Xia and Draco took the initiative to sit next to Hermione and talked to her about completing the experimental data.

Ron and Harry also sat aside, a little embarrassed.

Because they didn't understand a word!

Lin Xia looked around and didn't see a certain student, so she asked: "Where is Mikel Bain? He's not with you?"

In the last school year, although Mikel was no longer active in front of Harry, he still wanted to integrate in the front.

Ron said, "Oh, him, I'm afraid he's busy asking Professor Lockhart for advice?"

Lin Xia asked curiously, "Does he like Professor Lockhart?"

Harry recalled, "I think so. He was very excited in the dormitory last night, and kept chanting the Oblivion Charm, saying that he wanted the professor to teach him this spell.

I remember that the Oblivion Charm is an advanced spell, right? Can he learn advanced spells now?"

Ron thought for a while, "I remember that he also received teachings from Professor Quirrell, and Professor Quirrell praised him for his good talent in spells."

Hermione couldn't help but interrupt, "Good talent in spells? Not necessarily, then why is the spell he used so bad in Professor Flitwick's spell class?"

Lin Xia spoke at this time : "It may be the same as the situation when he taught Harry defensive spells before. Maybe Mikel has a more special talent in the field of special spells, such as attack spells.

Do you remember the challenge at the end of last semester? Mikel used several consecutive shattering spells, and the effects were very powerful.

The power of his attack spells far exceeds the power of ordinary spells."

Harry asked curiously: "So Mikel's talent is also biased towards attack spells?"

Lin Xia smiled: "Not necessarily."

She said slowly: "The spells that can play an offensive role are not necessarily only attack spells."

She did not continue to speak, but Draco silently completed her words in his heart.

-There is also dark magic.

Draco looked at Hermione who looked thoughtful, and then looked at Harry and Ron who were still very confused, and shook his head gently.

Since he had been in contact with Harry for a long time, his desire to make friends with Harry had faded a lot.

Without the halo of "savior", Harry is just an ordinary little wizard.

The two of them still have a long way to go to catch up with Hermione.

I thought this dinner would be so uneventful, but it was clear that the excitement was still to come.

After most of the little wizards had finished their meal, there was a sudden rumbling sound above their heads, and hundreds of owls flew in and circled above the hall.

With their sharp eyes, they threw letters and packages on the heads of their owners who were talking.

Lin Xia saw a bulging big package fall on Neville's head, and then a gray big guy fell into Hermione's milk jug, and milk and gray feathers splashed all over them.

The reason why "they" was used was because only Ron and Harry were splashed.

Lin Xia used "Armor Protection" in time when she realized something was wrong, and Hermione reacted quickly and immediately used a "Rebound Spell".

As for Draco, he didn't need to move anything. The protective ring on his finger had been protecting him and directly blocked these things.

The gray owl flew out of the jug filled with milk, holding a red envelope in its mouth.

Ron's eyes widened, he covered his head with his hands, and said in horror: "Oh no!"

Hermione said: "It's not dead yet, Ron."

Harry also thought that Ron was worried about the owl, only Neville seemed to remember something and looked at the letter in horror.

Ron said desperately: "No, my mother sent me a howler letter!"

Neville whispered: "Ron, you'd better open it. My grandmother sent one, I ignored it, and the result..."

He seemed to recall something super scary, "That's even scarier."

Harry and Hermione asked in confusion: "What is a howler letter."

Lin Xia was about to explain when she found that the four corners of the envelope had begun to smoke.

Neville urged again: "Hurry up, Ron!"

His voice was trembling, "If you wait for it to explode, it will be even more terrifying, open it quickly!"

Ron opened the letter in despair.

Harry and Hermione immediately knew what a Howler was. At first, he thought it was an explosion. The huge noise filled the entire hall, as if it was going to shake the dust off the ceiling.

"... I wouldn't be surprised if they fired you for stealing the flying car. Just wait and see how I deal with you! You probably never thought about how your father and I felt when we found out that the car was gone..."

Harry recognized that this was Mrs. Weasley's voice.

It was hundreds of times louder than usual, shaking the plates and spoons on the table.

The echo of the surrounding stone walls was deafening.

Everyone in the hall turned around to see who had received the Howler.

Ron huddled in his chair, burying his head in his arms. Everyone could only see the back of his round head and his extremely red ears.

"I received a letter from Dumbledore last night. Your father was so ashamed that he almost died! We worked so hard to raise you, but we didn't expect you to do such a thing. You and Harry almost lost your lives..."

Harry had been waiting for his name to come out. He tried his best to pretend that he didn't hear the sound hitting his eardrums.

"...It's so annoying. Your father will be investigated at work. It's all your fault. If you don't behave yourself, we will take you back immediately!"

I thought the roaring letter would end here.

Mrs. Weasley turned her words and her voice became a little gentler.

But that gentleness was only relative.

Under the power of the roaring letter, even the gentlest words became lethal.

"And you, Lin Xia, I didn't expect you to follow Ron in fooling around and ride the magic car together. But I learned from Dumbledore that when Ron was in danger, you used a spell to save them.

Lin Xia, you are Ron's friend. Please discipline Ron when you are free and don't let him fool around."

The roaring letter ended here.

It floated in the air and burned automatically, then turned into a pile of ashes.

Several people stared at the howler letter blankly, and Mrs. Weasley's voice seemed to echo in their ears.

She was really too angry!

After a while, the Great Hall returned to peace, and some people were talking and laughing.

Harry always felt that many people were looking at him, and he and Ron couldn't help but lower their heads.

Lin Xia thought of something and turned to look at Draco.

Draco also opened the letter sent by owl, looking a little unhappy.

Since Dumbledore told everything to the Weasleys, he would definitely not forget to say that Draco was also on the magic car, but Mrs. Weasley did not mention Draco.

Draco noticed Lin Xia's gaze and smiled bitterly: "This is a letter from my mother. She said that my father is under investigation by the Ministry of Magic."

Lin Xia asked: "What is the reason?"

Draco's mouth twitched: "Privately collecting items from the Muggle world."

Lin Xia couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "If I remember correctly, when you went to Diagon Alley to buy school supplies, your father had already taken all the Muggle items in the house to Knockturn Alley to sell them. The Ministry of Magic should not be able to find anything."

Draco nodded, "That's right, even my mother didn't know that all the Muggle items in the house were sold by my father.

She severely condemned the matter in her letter. On the one hand, she was glad that it was handled in time, but on the other hand, she complained that we did not discuss it with her in advance. "

He paused for a moment, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

"Actually, what I am most worried about is not this, but that this is the first time that my father has been censored by the Ministry of Magic for this reason, and the content of the censorship is related to the Weasley family.

My father hated the Weasley family so much that it was an insult to him to be scrutinized with the Weasleys. "

Draco's guess was correct.

At the same time, the Ministry of Magic.

Arthur Weasley and Lucius Malfoy were locked in the same examination room, and both of them were to be questioned by the Ministry of Magic tonight.

When they saw each other, both sides were stunned.

One is the head of the Department for the Prohibition of the Misuse of Muggle Articles at the Ministry of Magic, and the other is a member of the Department of Discipline of the Ministry of Magic.

The former needs to strictly guard Muggle items, while the latter has no real power in the Ministry of Magic, and often does not appear in the Ministry of Magic's external recruitment job lists. It is just a gilded leisure position for wealthy people.

The directors of these two most unrelated departments were both censored by the Ministry of Magic for the same matter.

Arthur and Lucius looked at each other with disgust. The only thing they had in common was——

Everyone has an unfair son!

In the evening, Hermione followed Lin Xia and Draco to the laboratory, and Ron and Harry also followed.

Although the two of them didn't know what the use was, when Lin Xia asked them if they wanted to go, Ron and Harry immediately agreed.

The laboratory is still very sacred to them.

Even if it's just helping with chores, they find it meaningful.

Of course, they definitely didn't decide to follow because Lin Xia said there was a way for them to memorize the Transfiguration textbook.

When I went to the laboratory, I thought I was doing odd jobs, but that was not necessarily the case.

Lin Xia immediately arranged a lot of books for them to read. Ron frowned and asked with a grimace, "What are these?"

Draco glanced at it and said, "These are the materials we looked through when studying the natural wand. They are just relatively common materials. There are also some materials that need to be found in the restricted book area. We have no right to borrow them."

Harry was also confused: "Then what are we looking at?"

Lin Xia: "Next weekend we will use the school's auditorium to hold a press conference on the natural wand, and we will also defend the published paper.

Natural magic wands involve a lot of theoretical knowledge, so when the time comes we will need on-site assistants. We only need to speak, and you have to open the corresponding information on the stage and let the audience see it through the magic big screen so that the audience can understand. "

Ron and Harry looked at each other.

They are happy to help their friends.

But if they want to do something like reading information, they may not necessarily have the strength!

Lin Xia seemed to have guessed what they were thinking and smiled: "Don't worry, it's quite simple. After you finish reading this pile of information, the assistant will be qualified. Then I will teach you shorthand methods so that you can deal with Professor McGonagall." "