Hogwarts starts with stealing power

Chapter 80 Talent

Mikel ran to Professor McGonagall's office, calmed his expression, and knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

Professor McGonagall wore a pair of glasses, and many automatic quills floated in the sky, correcting students' homework.

She glanced at Mikel and recognized that he was a first-year student who listened carefully in class, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Mikel said nervously: "Professor, I want to know the specific situation of snake cleaning in the basement."

Professor McGonagall heard this and looked at Mikel seriously: "Why do you want to know more about it?"

After saying the words, Mikel was no longer nervous.

"On the weekend, Ron and I went to the basement to explore, and we were the first to find the snake, which alerted the other little wizards, so I felt it was necessary to understand the situation."

Professor McGonagall smiled: "Snape said that a student came to him and mentioned that there were snakes in the basement. Is that student you?"

Mikel nodded, "I approached Professor Snape last week, but he didn't believe it and asked me to provide evidence."

Professor McGonagall said with satisfaction: "If you feel anything unusual in the future, you don't have to look for him, just come to me directly. Thank you for your reminder, so many little wizards have been prepared. +10 points for Gryffindor!"

Mikel's purpose of brushing his face has been achieved, and logically it is time for him to leave now.

Before leaving, he couldn't help but ask: "Professor, are there only snakes in the basement? Did you find anything else when you were cleaning?"

Professor McGonagall said: "There are not only snakes, but also many animals and insects. If snakes hadn't appeared this time, I wouldn't have thought there would be so many small creatures in the basement. Hogwarts has existed for too long."

Some small insects thrived in the basement and stayed at Hogwarts longer than she, the professor.

Mikel wanted to ask something else, but Professor McGonagall said: "Little wizard, it's evening study time now, you should go back."

……

Lin Xia was not in the Hufflepuff common room at night, but went to the laboratory on the second floor with Draco.

The efficiency of the wizarding world is very fast. In two days on the weekend, the laboratory was basically ready.

Some areas still look empty, and that's because the ordered instruments haven't arrived yet.

Lin Xia does not need to pay for this part of the equipment.

After the school approved the laboratory, it gave Lin Xia a construction quota of one thousand gold galleons.

It is impossible for the laboratory not to purchase any equipment. Research instruments are expensive everywhere and are obviously not affordable for students.

But schools also don’t know what students need.

Therefore, this batch of construction fees is specially allocated to students, who can purchase it through the school's channels.

The money was approved and never passed through Lin Xia's pocket. It was only shown in the secret key.

And because it can only be purchased through school channels, there is no need to worry about being embezzled by students.

As a [knowledge seeker], Lin Xia enjoys a welfare level of [1.5]. She enjoys a 8% discount on purchasing primary experimental instruments and a 9% discount on intermediate instruments.

As for the advanced instruments, she wanted to see them, but she didn't have enough permissions to open them.

With a wave of his hand, Lin Xia purchased two intermediate instruments and five elementary instruments. He spent all his credit and still owed the school five hundred gold galleons.

Originally, he couldn't buy it if he didn't have enough money, but Lin Xia went to Dean Sprout and asked if he could advance the future construction quota.

Regarding open laboratories, giving research students a construction fee is also the first new attempt made by the school.

It’s the first time, and everyone is not familiar with the regulations.

In addition, there are not many research talents in the school, so only three laboratories are open.

As for the Hufflepuff students, only a treasure like Lin Xia could apply for the laboratory.

Therefore, Dean Sprout made a special decision and asked the school to advance 500 gold galleons to Lin Xia.

As for the requirements, it can be said that there are no requirements.

As long as Lin Xia produces a research within two years, and it is rated as "excellent" after being reviewed by the dean of the hospital, the five hundred gold Galleons will be considered as repayment.

It can be regarded as an investment made by the school in outstanding research students.

After Lin Xia found out about it at that time, she said in her heart more than once:
I love Dean! I love her so much! !
In the laboratory.

Lin Xia repeatedly adjusted the amount of sulfur, and now they have determined that sulfur is most effective when used between 0.06g and 0.07g.

Due to instrument problems during the weekend, I was unable to study more subtle variables.

Now that the first batch of instruments has been delivered, we can continue to carry out adjustment experiments.

Nowadays, when young wizards configure potions, the accuracy of adding certain materials reaches the last three decimal points, so they have to study more carefully.

Suddenly, Lin Xia's mind moved slightly, and she found that Fairy Bai had moved the soul mark.

There's something happening in Quirrell!

Since the White Fairy absorbed the power of the black scarf, not only has the color of her hair changed, but she has also become smarter and has a closer connection with her.

Although they are not yet able to communicate through soul imprints, they can only send messages one-way from Lin Xia's side.

But Fairy Bai was able to pry a trace of the soul mark and send a reminder to Lin Xia.

Lin Xia put down the instrument in her hand and took off her transparent goggles and medical gloves.

"Draco, I have to go out for something. You should do the experiment first."

Draco saw her move her wrist and thought: "Are you going to..."

Lin Xia nodded casually: "I caught a big fish while squatting."

Draco hasn't practiced Transfiguration recently and read a lot of idiom stories during evening self-study.

He rolled his eyes and immediately took out several bottles of brightly colored potions from the ring, red, yellow, green... As we all know, the more beautiful a beauty is, the more deceitful she is, and the brighter the potion, the more poisonous it is.

Lin Xia:?
Draco pushed forward, "I'll give you some potions to support you, and I'll give you a share of any benefits you get."

Lin Xia smiled: "The idiom stories you have read recently are not [working together] and [each getting what he needs], right?"

Draco smiled and said nothing, keeping everything silent.

Lin Xia gave him a thumbs up, "I've definitely learned the essence."

"But let me tell you in advance that you may not get any benefits."

Draco said nonchalantly: "Then treat it as my early investment."

Yes, I also learned clearly from [Putting a long line to catch big fish].

If it weren't for the fear of running out of time, Lin Xia would have to praise: Talent!
……

Lin Xia threw an invisibility spell on herself and quickly ran out of the laboratory.

Because her magic talent has improved, some medium-to-high difficulty spells are not a problem for her.

However, due to the magic power and spell proficiency in her body, her invisibility spell cannot last for a long time, and she has to recharge herself from time to time.

Lin Xia ran to the basement and stayed at the place where she stretched out her finger to sign for the moon in her dream.

The moon has not reached the designated position yet, so you have to wait.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Lin Xia gestured again, his expression became solemn and his breathing became lighter.

She listened carefully and heard nothing.

But the next moment, she saw Quirrell from the end of the corridor.

Quirrell concealed his footsteps!
He looked very panicked, holding the scarf on his head tightly with his hands, and turned around to look as he walked quickly, as if there was something terrible behind him.

"Quirrell!"

A hissing, gloomy and hoarse voice sounded from behind him, "Has the ancient snake been found at Hogwarts?"

"Haha, I didn't expect to hear such wonderful news as soon as I woke up."

Quirrell trembled: "There is no owner. What they found was not an ancient snake, but a few ordinary small snakes."

Just like what he saw in his dream, Voldemort lost his temper and didn't know what he did to Quirrell's body. He fell to the ground in pain and hit his head on the ground.

"Master, I will work hard, but Snape is blocking me. He has been monitoring me and preventing me from looking for the ancient snake!"

"Qui Luo, you can reveal your identity to him. Why don't you say what are you afraid of?"

"There is no master, I don't have one. Please believe in my loyalty, my greatest master!" Quirrell cried so much that his nose flowed out.

Voldemort said no more and fell silent.

Quirrell quickly got up and walked to the dark room where the troll was imprisoned.

Lin Xia hid in the dark and watched all this silently.

Quirrell was parasitized and controlled by Voldemort, so he didn't notice it at all. Voldemort's voice was very weak.

"No, how could this happen? This is impossible! How could the troll disappear?"

Quirrell opened the secret door behind the painting and screamed in disbelief.

Fortunately, he hadn't forgotten to set a sound-blocking spell before entering, otherwise his screams would have echoed throughout the basement.

It took Quirrell a while to recover, and he said tremblingly: "It must have been cleaned up by those professors, absolutely!"

He came to the center and walked around anxiously.

"Will I be discovered?"

"Will they deal with me?"

"No, no, no, calm down. If I really find out something, I won't just stay in Snape's office in the afternoon, but in a prison cell at Hogwarts!"

Quirrell's eyes became brighter and brighter, "Yes, there is still hope and a remedy. As long as I..."

Suddenly, the whites of his eyes rolled up and his body fell down softly.

After Quirrell fainted, Lin Xia's wrist quickly became hot, and there seemed to be a voice in her heart urging her to sacrifice the prey quickly.

Her body was craving this offering, she couldn't wait to taste it!

But Lin Xia calmly suppressed this sudden desire.

She is the master of the balance of fate, not a puppet manipulated by it.

Destiny Balance seemed to know Lin Xia's thoughts. After being heated for a few minutes, it slowly returned to calm.

Lin Xia waited outside for ten minutes before entering the darkroom.

She had already taken antidote beforehand.

After the secret door was opened, a lot of the potion's toxicity evaporated.

If Quirrell hadn't been standing in the center and walking around, he might not have been poisoned to the point of fainting.

After confirming that Quirrell was completely unconscious, Lin Xia decisively activated the balance of fate!

A rusty bronze scale appeared in front of Lin Xia.

As soon as it appeared, it automatically aimed at Quirrell, who was lying on the ground, and slowly absorbed him to the left side of the scale.

(End of this chapter)