Overturning Hogwarts

In Charms class.

The short Professor Flitwick stood on a pile of textbooks: "...Don't forget this subtle wrist movement, wave and shake, Yuga~Dim, Levi~O~Sa."

Then a goose feather floated up at the command of his wand.

This is the famous "Levitation Curse", and it is also a curse that can make Newton angry to death.

Zhang Rui secretly recorded Flitwick's voice and movements with a video recorder, then put the video recorder into his bag, recalling the previous demonstration in his mind, chanting a spell, and waving the wand in his hand.

Of course, there was no reaction, it was a fake wand after all.

Looking around the whole classroom, there are really not many people who succeed in one go. They are worthy of being a Hufflepuff gathered by ordinary people. Zhang Rui also started paddling with peace of mind.

"Oh, mine's moving, it's moving!"

A little wizard next to him shouted excitedly, and saw the goose feathers gently floated a few centimeters under the forceful waving of his wand, and then quickly fell back down.

Please, the wind in your arm is too strong, so you can hold up the goose feathers, Zhang Rui complained in his heart.

I don’t know what Flitwick was thinking, but he actually asked two young wizards to form a team for training. Zhang Rui, who had always been a loner, was also assigned a partner.

Zhang Rui was originally worried that there were even numbers of first-year students in Hufflepuff (except him), and one more person would be too conspicuous after a group.

Fortunately, nothing like this happened. It was still an even number. It was probably because some little wizard overslept or felt uncomfortable and didn't come.

It was just that there was someone next to him that made Zhang Rui very uncomfortable, especially when this deskmate was as enthusiastic as Miss Granger.

"Oh, you see, I just made it."

"I see, you are great!" Zhang Rui said perfunctorily.

"How are you? Did you succeed? I can teach you, that's it..." The little wizard felt like showing off and waved his hand again, fanning up the goose feathers.

"...No need, I also succeeded." Zhang Rui waved the wand gently as Flivy taught him, and recited the spell "Yuga~Dim, Levy~O~Sa".

The goose feather in front of him really left the table and moved forward a certain distance under the command of the magic wand. The effect was far superior to that of the little wizard who was fanned just now.

"Oh, you, you are awesome, much better than me."

"Thank you." Zhang Rui said. He just blew air through his mouth, but his movements were very subtle, and with the combination of magic spells and wands, he was able to deceive the little wizard next to him.

Later, he even deceived Flitwick, who came for inspection.

Although this is far from a perfect "floating spell", at least it floats, right?

Especially later, he directly used his wand to absorb the goose feathers and wave them in the air - this was even closer, after all, the goose feathers really stayed in the air for a long time.

"Haha, it's terrible to be uneducated. You don't even know about electrostatic induction." Zhang Rui muttered in his heart. He just wiped the wand on his hair. Other people's wands were all made of wood, but his wand was made of plastic.

Finally, relying on physics knowledge and magic techniques that were hundreds of years ahead of the wizarding world, he managed to get through a class without any danger. When Zhang Rui was dawdling in the classroom, he discovered that the next Charms class was for Gryffindor— —After all, every class only changes students and not classrooms, otherwise Flitwick would have to carry the pile of books he used as a stepping stone wherever he goes.

After saying a few words to Neville, nodding to Harry and Ron, and looking at Hermione who was sitting directly in the middle of the first row and ignoring him, Zhang Rui walked out of the classroom indifferently.

There is no class next period, where can I go to hang out?

Because today seems to be Halloween in the UK, the smell of roasted pumpkins in the kitchen is too strong, so Zhang Rui cannot practice magic in the kitchen.

Moreover, Hagrid also said today that he was busy with something and could not take him to the Forbidden Forest.

Finally, he went to his favorite History of Magic classroom, where he fell asleep until the night under Professor Binns' hypnotic lecture.

……

"Happy holidays, Nicholas!"

"Happy holidays, Nicholas!"

This is the greeting between Zhang Rui and Nearly Headless Nick.

Since learning that both of them were named Nicholas, Nick's attitude towards Zhang Rui has become much better, and he will take the initiative to say hello every time he meets him.

Although Zhang Rui knew that he couldn't take the other person away, he was still happy to chat with a nearly 500-year-old ghost. He could ask the other person directly for many things, which was much more convenient than Zhang Rui going to read a book.

What's more, he really doesn't understand those English books - most of them are in Old English from hundreds of years ago and even in other languages.

For example, Zhang Rui recently asked the other party about the core of the wand.

According to Nick, there are many kinds of materials that can become the core of a wand, but the three most common ones are dragon nerves, phoenix feathers, and unicorn tail hairs.

The dragon's nerves are as powerful as the core of the wand, and it is easier to learn spells, but it is easy to rebel and serve other users.

The Phoenix Feather wand core allows the user to learn more diverse magics, but it is more picky about the user.

Unicorn tail hair can produce more stable magic and maintain a strong connection with the first owner.

A dragon is, of course, a large winged lizard from the West. It is said that it can spit fire and is a powerful magical creature. Unfortunately, it is difficult to see it, not even in the Forbidden Forest.

Hagrid once said that he had always wanted to raise a fire dragon. Zhang Rui immediately expressed his support and encouragement, and was even willing to pay for Hagrid to buy one. Unfortunately, there is no place to buy one yet.

In fact, the phoenix is ​​not the phoenix mentioned in China, it is just a phoenix or a flame bird. It is said that Dumbledore has one, but it is a pity that Zhang Rui does not dare to steal Dumbledore's bird.

There is obviously more than one remaining unicorn in the Forbidden Forest, and it can be considered an ownerless thing. It is Zhang Rui's main target at the moment, but he has never had the chance to get close.

"Troll! Troll!"

"There's a troll in the castle!"

The little wizards screamed in surprise in the cafeteria hall, but were quickly calmed down by Dumbledore.

Zhang Rui didn't go to the cafeteria hall because he was chatting with Nick.

"Oh, speaking of trolls, I remembered one thing. It is said that the beard of trolls can also be used as the core of a wand, but fewer people use it. I don't know what its characteristics are." Nick said.

"Really!" Zhang Rui asked with his eyes widened, "Is it really possible to use a troll's beard as a wand core?"

"Of course, I'm sure. Hey, where are you going?"

For Zhang Rui now, nothing attracts him more than a real magic wand.

Every time I see someone else successfully casting a spell, I won't say anything, but I won't mention how envious I am.

Therefore, Zhang Rui definitely does not want to miss this opportunity.

And the troll, as Hagrid said, was just a cute little boy with no bad intentions.

Listening to the vibrations coming from the corridor and following the stench floating in the air, Zhang Rui finally discovered the troll in the women's bathroom on the fourth floor.

"Your uncle's Hagrid, is this the cute little guy who has no bad intentions?"

Zhang Rui looked at the ugly monster that was twelve feet tall, with legs as thick as tree stumps, and carrying a big wooden stick in his hand, and he cursed in his heart.

Just as he was about to quietly exit without attracting the attention of the troll, he heard the sound of something hitting the door.

"Oh!"

The door to the women's bathroom was locked.

The troll was also attracted by the sound of closing the door, turned around and found Zhang Rui.

Damn, what a bastard! How dare you harm me!