The man behind Hogwarts

Hermione eavesdropped. When William and the others walked away, the eavesdropping came to an end.

While her memory was still fresh, she quickly analyzed the information she collected...

1. William and Evelin have a very good relationship, and he is the one with the highest status. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that.

Especially that girl Evelin...

She and William had a good relationship, which was evident from the physical contact to the harmless banter.

You can see the whole leopard at a glance,

From the three Evelyns, Hermione understood William's excellence better, and was no longer the stereotypical owner of the Full Moon Store and winner of the Order of Merlin.

'He's like a born leader. ’

‘Not only has excellent academic performance, but also is so excellent in interpersonal relationships. Is this really what a student can do? ’

2. Evelin has a younger brother named Draco, who is also a freshman this year.

‘That means he is at the same level as me and will inevitably have various contacts in the future. Judging from Evelin’s performance, this Draco should be pretty good too. ’

But Hermione felt like laughing.

Poor brother,

He probably doesn't know it yet, but his sister is trying to figure out how to teach him a lesson, and Fran is there to fan the flames.

Should I tell him the news?

Hermione thought about it and decided to keep it for now to see what kind of character Draco was.

3. Nora should be a pet, and Fran likes her very much.

4. Draco also knows William, so he doesn’t know the value of this news yet.

5. Evelin is really cool, pretty, cool, confident and beautiful, she must be very popular.

……

……

Dirty - dirty -

The Hogwarts Express started running, a huge whistle echoed in the box, and the scenery outside the window changed like a slideshow.

Hermione gained a more specific understanding of Hogwarts through her conversation with Neville.

When he learned about Neville's birth, he felt relieved. Neville's parents and family were all wizards, but Neville had a good personality. She didn't notice that Neville looked down on Muggles.

‘It seems that the words in the book are not entirely correct. Perhaps the lineage theory is exaggerated. ’

Hermione thought so.

It wasn't until what happened later that she immediately realized that the lineage theory was not only not exaggerated, but might also be conservative.

——The incident originated from a toad named ‘Leifu’.

On the Hogwarts admission notice, it not only indicates the textbooks and materials that students need to purchase for admission, but also mentions one thing in particular - pets.

The school allows students to bring pets into the school, but there are breed restrictions.

Owl, cat, toad.

Only these three.

Hermione didn't buy a pet for the time being. She wanted to study hard in the past few years and didn't want pets to take up her time.

Neville does have a pet, which is a big toad. He is fat and looks silly. He likes to run away from home and gets lost easily.

Worried that his classmates wouldn't like Toad, Neville put Leif in his schoolbag.

The chat between the few people inevitably came up with the topic of pets. After learning about Leif's existence, Hermione and the others naturally wanted to see it.

So Neville reached into his bag...

"Leifu? Ah! Leifu is missing!" With a low scream, Neville opened his schoolbag and put his head in, "Leifu is really missing!"

Neville's chubby face was squeezed into a ball, and his eyes were blinking with tears.

Hermione and Terry Butt quickly helped search for it, but they rummaged through the entire box but couldn't find it. At this time, Neville was already anxious and didn't know what to do. He was timid and frightened.

Terry was comforting him...but he didn't know what to do.

In the end, the two boys set their sights on Hermione. In the previous conversation, Hermione had acted very assertive, and they subconsciously wanted to rely on her.

Seeing this situation,

Hermione secretly chuckled.

She couldn't describe what it felt like,

But she enjoyed it.

Hermione raised her chin slightly and said with a small mouth: "Leifu may have gone to another box, let's go find him together."

Searching along the back of the train, knocking on the compartments one after another and asking questions, Hermione acted very reliably, but the results were not very good.

After asking about several private rooms.

Hermione meets Harry Potter.

Just like the scene in William's memory, the Audio-Technica met for the first time on the train.

Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley.

Because of the search for Leif, they still met as destined.

Hermione showed off her magic, helped Harry repair his glasses, and witnessed Ron's poor magic demonstration.

Because she was tasked with finding Leif, she did not stay long and left after saying hello.

Outside the box door, Hermione and Neville exclaimed in a low voice:

"Do you know who I just met? The famous Harry Potter!"

"He indeed has a special mark on his forehead!"

"I didn't expect him to be in the same grade as us. Maybe we will be assigned to the same college."

Neville was briefly surprised.

Then he continued to talk about Leif.

"Don't worry, there are so many private rooms, someone must have seen them."

Hermione comforted her, and with the excitement of meeting a famous person, she knocked on a box again.

There were three boys sitting in this box, and they cast arrogant looks at them.

"Excuse me, have you seen a toad? That's Neville's pet."

The three of them stood up, and one of them, a pale man, looked at Hermione arrogantly, his eyes lingering on her front teeth for a moment, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

His eyes passed through Hermione and landed on Neville, who was cowering behind her.

Neville?

A very familiar name!

"Toad? You mean that slimy, ugly toad?"

He spoke slowly and in a long drawl, "Crabbe, Goyle, did you see it?"

"I saw one once, and it was crushed to death by a train."

"Yes, I saw it too."

The two people talking were tall and strong, with evil looks on their faces. Neville followed Hermione and couldn't help sobbing softly when he heard their words, like an abandoned cub.

Hermione frowned and was about to say something to comfort her when the pale man spoke again, "Neville? You must be Neville Longbottom!"

Neville looked at him confused.

"The Longbottom family is one of the twenty-eight sacred families, but you have not safeguarded the interests of the pure-blood family at all in recent years, and have even become closer to Muggles."

"My name is Draco, Draco Malfoy."

"You must have heard my name!"

what?

Is he Draco? !

Hearing his name, Hermione and Neville's expressions changed at the same time, but their expressions were different.

Neville's tearful eyes flashed with a fierce light.

Although he could not remember the image of his parents being subjected to the Cruciatus Curse, he knew that the people who harmed them were Death Eaters, and the Lucius Malfoy family was once one of the most famous Death Eaters.

Neville and Draco knew this.

Hermione was surprised: "You said your name is Draco? Do you have a sister named Evelyn?"

"How do you know? I haven't asked you yet. What is your name?"

"Hermione Granger."

Draco suddenly smiled jokingly and looked Hermione up and down, "Sure enough, the Longbottom family has completely abandoned their family glory and will only hang out with mudbloods."

Crabbe echoed, "Look at him, he's still crying, because of a toad."

Gore: "Hahaha."

The three of them laughed unbridled, not only at Neville's timidity, but also at Hermione's background.

Crabbe was still wondering why Draco was so tit-for-tat, but after learning that it was Neville, everything was explained.

After all, it is still a grievance accumulated by the family.

Hermione's eyes were slightly red.

"Let's go." She led them away without saying a word. The attitude of Draco and the three of them completely hurt her.

Leaving the box, Hermione whispered: "What does mudblood mean?"

"It's... it's..." Neville whispered: "That's an insulting term, a derogatory term for Muggle-born wizards."

what?

"That's too bad!" Hermione couldn't imagine that Evelin's brother had such a character. It was in vain that she thought Draco was good.

No matter how much she imagined, it was difficult to compare Evelin and Draco to each other...

It’s a complete difference between cloud and mud!

This was the first time she heard the name Mudblood.

It was also the first time she witnessed the bloodline battle between wizards.

"Leifu is dead..."

"It's all my fault, I didn't protect it well..."

Neville sobbed softly, and the image of Leif being crushed to death was all in his mind. Oh my god, the juice was splattering everywhere, yellow, green, and Leif's screams.

For a moment, Neville seemed to think of his parents in the magic hospital.

"Don't believe him!" Hermione said calmly: "They are obviously lying to you. Leif must still be in the car. Let's continue looking."

"Hermione, let's go back. We won't look for you anymore."

Neville said softly, and Terry was also a little discouraged. When Draco insulted people just now, he didn't dare to speak because he knew what the surname Malfoy meant.

"No!" Hermione said firmly: "As long as we haven't arrived at the station, we will continue to look for him."

"Although we have met a bad boy like Draco, there are also famous and polite people like Harry. Don't give up so quickly!"

Perhaps because of the reaction, Draco not only did not give up her idea, but strengthened her will.

After encouraging her, Hermione rubbed her eyes and forced out a firm smile.

After searching the second half of the carriage, no clues about Leif were found, leaving only the front half of the carriage with hope.

While walking, Hermione thought to herself——

‘I wonder if I can ask William for help? ’

'William is also what Draco calls a mudblood. I'm curious if Draco dares to say that to William...'

I don't know what picture came to mind, but Hermione's face showed some interest.

……

In a private room, several people from the Gem Club were sitting together.

Fran and Cedric were arguing about last year's results. Fran wanted to brag about the several articles he had published in "Wizard Weekly", but Cedric immediately retorted.

It's not that he has any conflict with Fran, but he's used to it.

Evelin ate snacks leisurely and watched the two of them bickering with interest, adding fuel to the fire from time to time, and her laughter was as clear and sweet as silver bells.

"William, what are you thinking about?" Seeing that William had been thinking silently, Evelin leaned into his ear and whispered in his ear.

"I wonder how long it will take for my 'Snape Quotes' to be finished."

"Haha, Professor Snape is going to be so angry."

William smiled, ignored the topic, and fell into thinking again.

In his mind, William asked the artificial intelligence: "Jarvis, if there is an opportunity to improve the power of one of my magics, should I choose one that extends my life, one that improves my strength, or one that has unknown effects but greater potential?"

"How much can it be improved specifically?"

"I don't know, just think of it as an X factor."

Jarvis said without hesitation: "If I were to choose, I would choose the last one."

"Why?" William was a little curious.

"William, you have forgotten that I used to be an artificial intelligence. For a life like mine, nothing is more important than the unknown. From the moment I have wisdom, what I pursue is the X factor."

William was not very satisfied with Jarvis's answer, but he was slightly inspired.

He was thinking about systematic magic deduction opportunities.

It has been a few months. He must make a choice as soon as possible, choose early and improve early. Magic deduction opportunities are not something that should be kept at the bottom of the box. Only by using them as soon as possible can potential be turned into strength.

After layers of selection and screening.

William settled on four final choices.

First: Transfiguration.

Second: Apparition.

Third: The method of dividing the soul [The method used by Voldemort to split the soul when making Horcruxes. 】

Fourth: Patronus Charm.

Transfiguration is the first magic he thinks of. Although transfiguration also belongs to the spell system, it is very special and often has wonderful abilities. For example, the crows he transformed before could be greatly improved if his transfiguration could be improved. The key to combat effectiveness is that the transformation technique has broad application prospects and is flexible and changeable.

There's also a lot of potential for Apparating.

Due to the limitations of the magic itself, the current Apparition in the wizarding world can only be used to travel and escape, and has no practical help for combat capabilities.

Firstly, it is easy to be interfered by anti-Apparition. Secondly, this magic is highly dangerous. If you are not careful, you will harm yourself.

If disembodiment could be improved, perhaps the above limitations could be eliminated.

I don’t know what the ‘soul-splitting method’ is yet, or even whether it is a kind of magic.

But William listed it as an option.

William had always admired Voldemort's determination to make Horcruxes and admired the craft.

Regardless of the side effects of the Horcrux, its life-saving ability alone is unmatched by anyone. If magic deduction can eliminate the bad and keep the good, its potential is unimaginable.

One last option: the Patronus Charm.

Thinking of this magic, William couldn't help but ponder for a moment.

The reason why the Patronus Charm is listed as one of the options is simple. Only the Patronus Charm can be combined with the Five-ray Seal system.

Apart from alchemy, William's Pentagram Seal can only be used in conjunction with the Patronus Charm, and has derived many variations, such as the Earth Guard Barrier, the treatment of the Blazing One's Pentagram Seal, and the blessing of the Wind Spirit to increase movement speed.

One magic can have so many different uses, thanks to the specialness of the patron saint spell and the power of the five-ray seal system.

So far, the Southern Star Pentagram Seal is still William's strongest single attack method, and the Earth Guard Barrier is also the strongest defense method.

With the above two points alone, the potential of the Patronus Charm exceeds the other three.

Think about it.

It's always hard to decide.

‘Why is there only one deduction opportunity? This system is still not smart enough. ’

‘A smart system never puts its owner in a difficult position. ’