Chapter 78 The Easter Holiday
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Shui Shen Zhi Feng
Chapter 78 The Easter Holiday
After that day, Xie Lin became more strict and assiduous in spurring himself. No matter where he was, he could see Xie Lin holding a thick book and reading it earnestly.
He first finished "The Magic of Variations", and then came to the black magic books "Dark Potion" and "Fallen Creatures" in Malfoy's Chamber of Secrets.These books are all thousands of pages of ancient books, not only the content is difficult to understand, but also the words used are boring. There is also some black magic that is eager for quick success and quick profit, which can shake the reader's mind and lure the unsuspecting reader to depravity.
However, Schelling, who has already set a goal, will not be distracted by boring words, will not let the esoteric content wear down his patience, and will not let the power of eager for quick success and instant benefits be frivolous - because in his vision that penetrates time and space, he has already seen his future, and all he has to do is to move towards it step by step!
In the book "Fallen Creatures", he read an unknown black wizard's research on the curse on werewolves. He tried to break the curse. Of course, he didn't want to turn werewolves back into normal people, but wanted to keep werewolves in their werewolf form forever, and at the same time, they were under his control.His research ultimately failed.
Interestingly, the direction of his research is somewhat similar to the notes of the old Armenian wizard that Schelling got from Lockhart. They are all inspired by the ancient magic handed down from the Seleucid Empire.From this, Xie Lin realized that maybe the breakthrough point of the "Humanoid Restoration Curse" was here.
In the book "Dark Potion", he found a potion that might have a great effect on his strength - Buffy Brain Refreshing Potion.Most of the raw materials needed for Buffy's brain refresher are not difficult to find, but they are very expensive. Among them, he has already collected a lot of jumping toadstools in the Forbidden Forest for backup, and Dobby can collect frog brains and dragon claw powder from the various pharmacies in Diagon Alley.
Only the rune snake eggs encountered a problem - the rune snake eggs were Class C prohibited trade goods and could not be found in ordinary pharmacies. Schelling could only count on the underground black market in Knockturn Alley or Nicholas to try his luck.
As for why you need to refine Buffy Brain Refreshing Potion?Buffy's Brain Booster is a potion that visibly increases the brain power of the wearer, and many wizards confuse it with a nootropic potion.
Intelligence enhancer can only make the drinker's thinking clearer, but it can't make people smarter; but Buffy Brain Booster can develop the human brain and improve the memory of the human brain. There are many examples of Hogwarts seventh-grade students going to the black market to buy Buffy Brain Booster to help them get good grades in NEWT.
However, Schelling believed that these people did not realize the true value of the Buffy Brain Refreshing Potion. The most valuable usage of the Buffy Brain Refreshing Potion should be to enhance a person's mental power. Mental power determines how accurately a wizard can control a spell. Many spells with complex operations have quite high requirements for mental power.
The most important thing is that in the experiment of the pain mask, Schelling has discovered that the growth rate of magic power is not fixed. There are two factors that can affect the growth rate of magic power. As long as the soul strength and mental power are enhanced, the growth rate can be added.
Xie Lin has no idea about the strength of the soul for the time being, but taking the Buffy Brain Refreshing Potion is undoubtedly the most obvious and easiest way to enhance the mental power.
Soon, the Easter holidays arrived.
For most students, the Easter break is not really relaxing.There had never been so much homework for a third year student, and Neville seemed to be on the verge of a nervous breakdown, and he wasn't the only one.The yelling of Ron and others doing their homework in pain can often be heard in the Gryffindor lounge.
Hermione was busier.Even without Divination, and with Hagrid's affairs handled by Sherin, she still had more classes than anyone else in her class.She was usually the last to leave the common room at night and the first to the library the next morning.She had dark circles under her eyes like Lupine's, and she was always sullen.
On the day Hermione hit Draco, after Harry and Ron stepped forward, the two had reconciled with Hermione, and Ron also forgave Hermione for Scabbers, but they hadn't seen a smile on her face for a long time, as if the arrogant and innocent girl back then no longer existed.
Harry had to juggle homework every day between Quidditch practice, not to mention endless tactical discussions with Wood.
The match between Gryffindor and Slytherin will be held on the first Saturday after Easter. Slytherin has a full two hundred point lead in the league, which means that Harry and the others need to win by more than two hundred points to win the cup .In this case, Harry's task becomes, he must first prevent Draco from catching the Snitch, and wait until the team leads by 60 points before he can catch the Snitch himself, which is several times more difficult than before.
Schelling was the most leisurely person: he had already finished his holiday homework and didn't need to participate in Quidditch training.The day after Easter began, he moved from the Floo network that Hogwarts had connected specially for him to Sardinia, Italy.
Sardinia is an island located in the southwest of the Italian peninsula and is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Sardinia can be said to be a large collection of cultures, and Sardinian, a language derived from Latin, is still spoken on the island.But in the north of the island, the Catalan language from the Iberian Peninsula is spoken.In the southern part of the island, the "Lycian" dialect is used again.Therefore, even native Italians may not understand the meaning at all and cannot communicate.
In Muggle history, Sardinia has always been a battleground for military strategists, successively invaded and colonized by Phoenicians, Romans, Vandals, Goths and Byzantines.
However, in the world of wizards, this has always been the headquarters of the European Federation of Wizards in the Middle Ages. Before the establishment of the International Federation of Wizards, the International Conference of Wizards was held here.
Even today, the International Federation of Wizards has completely replaced the former role, and has been widely recognized by the international wizarding community. The European Federation of Wizards in the Middle Ages still has considerable influence.
This is because there is still a collection of books handed down from the Middle Ages, many of which are precious and rare studies and records of ancient runic magic, and this organization is also closely related to Silver Spear, which is in charge of organizing the "All-European Duel Tournament".
When Xie Lin walked out of the fireplace, although his body was covered with ashes, he didn't feel any dizziness or discomfort. He looked at the intact anti-stun bracelet on his wrist with satisfaction - after countless improvements, the anti-stun bracelet can already withstand such a long-distance transmission without breaking.
[The invention of the anti-dizzy bracelet is complete! 】
Xie Lin released a descaling spell on his body, and then observed the tall and spacious auditorium he was in.
The decoration and engraving patterns of the auditorium are all in medieval style. The walls are covered with portraits of well-known European wizards in the Middle Ages. Among them, Schelling can recognize many—German magic theorist Cornelius Agrippa, Swiss alchemist Palaser, famous Irish woman Troy Cliona, etc., and of course the most proud representative of Slytherin—Merlin!
These portraits have inherited most of the memories of these characters (from birth to the period of painting), and when they saw Schelling coming, they gathered together in small groups to discuss Schelling's identity in a low voice.Xie Lin couldn't help showing a smile. It seems that there are very few visitors here on weekdays, making these portraits very boring.
Schelling walked to the reception desk. The table at the reception desk was covered with all kinds of silverware. There was a middle-aged witch dressed in the middle ages sitting there. The neckline and cuffs of the wizard robe were full of fluffy and exaggerated lace ruffles. Seeing this, Schelling couldn't help laughing inwardly. He could appreciate this design again on Ron when he was in the fourth grade.
Xie Lin revealed the perfect cultivation of the nobleman, and asked politely: "Hi, ma'am. I'm Malfoy, from Great Britain. Today I have an appointment with your chairman, Ms. Cropatra. Please pass it on."
Seeing Schelling's impeccable etiquette, the witch knew that he must be from an ancient European family. She didn't dare to neglect her. She only asked Schelling to wait a while, then hurriedly wrote Schelling's name on a small piece of paper, rolled up the small piece of paper, and put it into the mouth of a mouse-shaped silverware.
The witch saw Xie Lin staring at the silverware with interest, and explained: "This is a teleporter, which can directly send the note to another silverware that is docked."
Not long after, a note spit out from Silverware's mouth with a spark.
The witch glanced quickly, then got up and led Schelling to a side hall, and then walked up a long spiral staircase from the side hall. This spiral staircase was released with the magic of automatic rotation, just like the escalator in the Muggle world. As long as you stand on it, you will automatically go up step by step.
When they came to a door that read "Gulana Cropatra", the witch bowed and left Xie Lin to leave.
Schelling opened the door and saw Ms. Cropatra, who had been in frequent correspondence with him this semester.Contrary to Schelling's expectations, Cropatra was very young, according to Schelling's guess, it was about 29 to 32 years old.
She wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, but she couldn't hide the shrewd and sharp eyes behind the lenses.
However, what attracted Xie Lin's attention more than her intellectual and elegant facial features was that each of her fingers wore rings of different shapes, each of which was engraved with a Guruni charm without exception.
Clopatra smiled, "Schelin, don't you mind if I call you that? Sure enough, you are a hero born into a boy, and you are a good-looking talent."
Xie Lin said in his heart that very few people would abandon etiquette and directly address other people by their names. If it were another person, it would definitely be very rude.
However, for some reason, it would only flatter people to say it from such a beautiful and prestigious lady. In addition, the age difference between her and Xie Lin is not too big (a difference of more than ten years is not too big in the wizarding world), and calling them directly by name will create an atmosphere between siblings of the same generation, which makes people feel more cordial.
Schelling carefully worded his words: "Thank you for your kindness, Ms. Cropatra. Your demeanor and achievements are admirable. You are in such a high position at such a young age, and you are so beautiful."
Clopatra covered her mouth and let out a chuckle, lazily raised a jade hand and gently brushed her hair by her ear, and gave Xie Lin a flirty look, "Oh, your mouth is so sweet. But, you should call me Sister Gulana! It's more kind."
Xie Lin obediently called "Sister Gulana".
Cropatra showed a satisfied smile, "Okay, I won't tease you. I believe you have read the proposal I made in the letter. Sister, I have taken a fancy to your potential. On behalf of the parliament, I would like to invite you to join the Medieval European Federation of Wizards and become a youth representative of the parliament. Simply put, it is to become our spokesperson. This spokesperson does not have many practical obligations, as long as you link all your personal achievements with the parliament. In your name, but you must add the prefix 'Youth Representative of the Medieval European Federation of Wizards' in front of your name."
"Of course, correspondingly, the council will also give you corresponding benefits - knowledge, power, wealth, status, and honor. We have never opened the Library Pavilion that is never open to the public. We will also give you convenience at the Silver Spear, so that you can enter and participate in duels at any time. As for wealth and status, I don't think you need it for the time being. As for honor - about this point, I have to explain that behind the "Daily Prophet" is your British Ministry of Magic. Behind the scenes, we can't reach there, but—"
Kropatra's sharp eyes shined brightly, "At least 70.00% of the media in Europe is our industry, including the French "Gargoyle", the Scandinavian "Viking Daily", the gossip magazine "Misunderstanding", the women's magazine "Witch Weekly", the hunting magazine "The Quidditch", the sports magazine "Quidditch Times", the broom guide magazine "Broomsticks" and so on. As you can imagine, these media controlled by us are all Standing behind you, saying good things about you, building momentum for you, what kind of fame will it create for you in the public opinion..."
(Note: Le Cri de la Gargouille is translated by the author himself. The complete French meaning is "the call of the Gargouille". The translation of Gargouille in the People's Association is a stone monster, which is the statue guarding the door of the principal's office.)
Extra-curricular knowledge: The so-called "smart drugs" in the Muggle world, such as amphetamine, Ritalin, and Vyvanse, are actually like intelligence enhancers, which can only make the mind more focused and increase "short-term memory" (Short-term Memory).These drugs cannot increase people's IQ, nor can they be used for learning, because the learned knowledge cannot be transformed into "long-term memory", at best it can only be used for exam preparation.
In contrast, Buffy Brain Refreshing Agent is a real and permanent improvement of the ability of the brain in all aspects, that is, a permanent increase in IQ.
(End of this chapter)
After that day, Xie Lin became more strict and assiduous in spurring himself. No matter where he was, he could see Xie Lin holding a thick book and reading it earnestly.
He first finished "The Magic of Variations", and then came to the black magic books "Dark Potion" and "Fallen Creatures" in Malfoy's Chamber of Secrets.These books are all thousands of pages of ancient books, not only the content is difficult to understand, but also the words used are boring. There is also some black magic that is eager for quick success and quick profit, which can shake the reader's mind and lure the unsuspecting reader to depravity.
However, Schelling, who has already set a goal, will not be distracted by boring words, will not let the esoteric content wear down his patience, and will not let the power of eager for quick success and instant benefits be frivolous - because in his vision that penetrates time and space, he has already seen his future, and all he has to do is to move towards it step by step!
In the book "Fallen Creatures", he read an unknown black wizard's research on the curse on werewolves. He tried to break the curse. Of course, he didn't want to turn werewolves back into normal people, but wanted to keep werewolves in their werewolf form forever, and at the same time, they were under his control.His research ultimately failed.
Interestingly, the direction of his research is somewhat similar to the notes of the old Armenian wizard that Schelling got from Lockhart. They are all inspired by the ancient magic handed down from the Seleucid Empire.From this, Xie Lin realized that maybe the breakthrough point of the "Humanoid Restoration Curse" was here.
In the book "Dark Potion", he found a potion that might have a great effect on his strength - Buffy Brain Refreshing Potion.Most of the raw materials needed for Buffy's brain refresher are not difficult to find, but they are very expensive. Among them, he has already collected a lot of jumping toadstools in the Forbidden Forest for backup, and Dobby can collect frog brains and dragon claw powder from the various pharmacies in Diagon Alley.
Only the rune snake eggs encountered a problem - the rune snake eggs were Class C prohibited trade goods and could not be found in ordinary pharmacies. Schelling could only count on the underground black market in Knockturn Alley or Nicholas to try his luck.
As for why you need to refine Buffy Brain Refreshing Potion?Buffy's Brain Booster is a potion that visibly increases the brain power of the wearer, and many wizards confuse it with a nootropic potion.
Intelligence enhancer can only make the drinker's thinking clearer, but it can't make people smarter; but Buffy Brain Booster can develop the human brain and improve the memory of the human brain. There are many examples of Hogwarts seventh-grade students going to the black market to buy Buffy Brain Booster to help them get good grades in NEWT.
However, Schelling believed that these people did not realize the true value of the Buffy Brain Refreshing Potion. The most valuable usage of the Buffy Brain Refreshing Potion should be to enhance a person's mental power. Mental power determines how accurately a wizard can control a spell. Many spells with complex operations have quite high requirements for mental power.
The most important thing is that in the experiment of the pain mask, Schelling has discovered that the growth rate of magic power is not fixed. There are two factors that can affect the growth rate of magic power. As long as the soul strength and mental power are enhanced, the growth rate can be added.
Xie Lin has no idea about the strength of the soul for the time being, but taking the Buffy Brain Refreshing Potion is undoubtedly the most obvious and easiest way to enhance the mental power.
Soon, the Easter holidays arrived.
For most students, the Easter break is not really relaxing.There had never been so much homework for a third year student, and Neville seemed to be on the verge of a nervous breakdown, and he wasn't the only one.The yelling of Ron and others doing their homework in pain can often be heard in the Gryffindor lounge.
Hermione was busier.Even without Divination, and with Hagrid's affairs handled by Sherin, she still had more classes than anyone else in her class.She was usually the last to leave the common room at night and the first to the library the next morning.She had dark circles under her eyes like Lupine's, and she was always sullen.
On the day Hermione hit Draco, after Harry and Ron stepped forward, the two had reconciled with Hermione, and Ron also forgave Hermione for Scabbers, but they hadn't seen a smile on her face for a long time, as if the arrogant and innocent girl back then no longer existed.
Harry had to juggle homework every day between Quidditch practice, not to mention endless tactical discussions with Wood.
The match between Gryffindor and Slytherin will be held on the first Saturday after Easter. Slytherin has a full two hundred point lead in the league, which means that Harry and the others need to win by more than two hundred points to win the cup .In this case, Harry's task becomes, he must first prevent Draco from catching the Snitch, and wait until the team leads by 60 points before he can catch the Snitch himself, which is several times more difficult than before.
Schelling was the most leisurely person: he had already finished his holiday homework and didn't need to participate in Quidditch training.The day after Easter began, he moved from the Floo network that Hogwarts had connected specially for him to Sardinia, Italy.
Sardinia is an island located in the southwest of the Italian peninsula and is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Sardinia can be said to be a large collection of cultures, and Sardinian, a language derived from Latin, is still spoken on the island.But in the north of the island, the Catalan language from the Iberian Peninsula is spoken.In the southern part of the island, the "Lycian" dialect is used again.Therefore, even native Italians may not understand the meaning at all and cannot communicate.
In Muggle history, Sardinia has always been a battleground for military strategists, successively invaded and colonized by Phoenicians, Romans, Vandals, Goths and Byzantines.
However, in the world of wizards, this has always been the headquarters of the European Federation of Wizards in the Middle Ages. Before the establishment of the International Federation of Wizards, the International Conference of Wizards was held here.
Even today, the International Federation of Wizards has completely replaced the former role, and has been widely recognized by the international wizarding community. The European Federation of Wizards in the Middle Ages still has considerable influence.
This is because there is still a collection of books handed down from the Middle Ages, many of which are precious and rare studies and records of ancient runic magic, and this organization is also closely related to Silver Spear, which is in charge of organizing the "All-European Duel Tournament".
When Xie Lin walked out of the fireplace, although his body was covered with ashes, he didn't feel any dizziness or discomfort. He looked at the intact anti-stun bracelet on his wrist with satisfaction - after countless improvements, the anti-stun bracelet can already withstand such a long-distance transmission without breaking.
[The invention of the anti-dizzy bracelet is complete! 】
Xie Lin released a descaling spell on his body, and then observed the tall and spacious auditorium he was in.
The decoration and engraving patterns of the auditorium are all in medieval style. The walls are covered with portraits of well-known European wizards in the Middle Ages. Among them, Schelling can recognize many—German magic theorist Cornelius Agrippa, Swiss alchemist Palaser, famous Irish woman Troy Cliona, etc., and of course the most proud representative of Slytherin—Merlin!
These portraits have inherited most of the memories of these characters (from birth to the period of painting), and when they saw Schelling coming, they gathered together in small groups to discuss Schelling's identity in a low voice.Xie Lin couldn't help showing a smile. It seems that there are very few visitors here on weekdays, making these portraits very boring.
Schelling walked to the reception desk. The table at the reception desk was covered with all kinds of silverware. There was a middle-aged witch dressed in the middle ages sitting there. The neckline and cuffs of the wizard robe were full of fluffy and exaggerated lace ruffles. Seeing this, Schelling couldn't help laughing inwardly. He could appreciate this design again on Ron when he was in the fourth grade.
Xie Lin revealed the perfect cultivation of the nobleman, and asked politely: "Hi, ma'am. I'm Malfoy, from Great Britain. Today I have an appointment with your chairman, Ms. Cropatra. Please pass it on."
Seeing Schelling's impeccable etiquette, the witch knew that he must be from an ancient European family. She didn't dare to neglect her. She only asked Schelling to wait a while, then hurriedly wrote Schelling's name on a small piece of paper, rolled up the small piece of paper, and put it into the mouth of a mouse-shaped silverware.
The witch saw Xie Lin staring at the silverware with interest, and explained: "This is a teleporter, which can directly send the note to another silverware that is docked."
Not long after, a note spit out from Silverware's mouth with a spark.
The witch glanced quickly, then got up and led Schelling to a side hall, and then walked up a long spiral staircase from the side hall. This spiral staircase was released with the magic of automatic rotation, just like the escalator in the Muggle world. As long as you stand on it, you will automatically go up step by step.
When they came to a door that read "Gulana Cropatra", the witch bowed and left Xie Lin to leave.
Schelling opened the door and saw Ms. Cropatra, who had been in frequent correspondence with him this semester.Contrary to Schelling's expectations, Cropatra was very young, according to Schelling's guess, it was about 29 to 32 years old.
She wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, but she couldn't hide the shrewd and sharp eyes behind the lenses.
However, what attracted Xie Lin's attention more than her intellectual and elegant facial features was that each of her fingers wore rings of different shapes, each of which was engraved with a Guruni charm without exception.
Clopatra smiled, "Schelin, don't you mind if I call you that? Sure enough, you are a hero born into a boy, and you are a good-looking talent."
Xie Lin said in his heart that very few people would abandon etiquette and directly address other people by their names. If it were another person, it would definitely be very rude.
However, for some reason, it would only flatter people to say it from such a beautiful and prestigious lady. In addition, the age difference between her and Xie Lin is not too big (a difference of more than ten years is not too big in the wizarding world), and calling them directly by name will create an atmosphere between siblings of the same generation, which makes people feel more cordial.
Schelling carefully worded his words: "Thank you for your kindness, Ms. Cropatra. Your demeanor and achievements are admirable. You are in such a high position at such a young age, and you are so beautiful."
Clopatra covered her mouth and let out a chuckle, lazily raised a jade hand and gently brushed her hair by her ear, and gave Xie Lin a flirty look, "Oh, your mouth is so sweet. But, you should call me Sister Gulana! It's more kind."
Xie Lin obediently called "Sister Gulana".
Cropatra showed a satisfied smile, "Okay, I won't tease you. I believe you have read the proposal I made in the letter. Sister, I have taken a fancy to your potential. On behalf of the parliament, I would like to invite you to join the Medieval European Federation of Wizards and become a youth representative of the parliament. Simply put, it is to become our spokesperson. This spokesperson does not have many practical obligations, as long as you link all your personal achievements with the parliament. In your name, but you must add the prefix 'Youth Representative of the Medieval European Federation of Wizards' in front of your name."
"Of course, correspondingly, the council will also give you corresponding benefits - knowledge, power, wealth, status, and honor. We have never opened the Library Pavilion that is never open to the public. We will also give you convenience at the Silver Spear, so that you can enter and participate in duels at any time. As for wealth and status, I don't think you need it for the time being. As for honor - about this point, I have to explain that behind the "Daily Prophet" is your British Ministry of Magic. Behind the scenes, we can't reach there, but—"
Kropatra's sharp eyes shined brightly, "At least 70.00% of the media in Europe is our industry, including the French "Gargoyle", the Scandinavian "Viking Daily", the gossip magazine "Misunderstanding", the women's magazine "Witch Weekly", the hunting magazine "The Quidditch", the sports magazine "Quidditch Times", the broom guide magazine "Broomsticks" and so on. As you can imagine, these media controlled by us are all Standing behind you, saying good things about you, building momentum for you, what kind of fame will it create for you in the public opinion..."
(Note: Le Cri de la Gargouille is translated by the author himself. The complete French meaning is "the call of the Gargouille". The translation of Gargouille in the People's Association is a stone monster, which is the statue guarding the door of the principal's office.)
Extra-curricular knowledge: The so-called "smart drugs" in the Muggle world, such as amphetamine, Ritalin, and Vyvanse, are actually like intelligence enhancers, which can only make the mind more focused and increase "short-term memory" (Short-term Memory).These drugs cannot increase people's IQ, nor can they be used for learning, because the learned knowledge cannot be transformed into "long-term memory", at best it can only be used for exam preparation.
In contrast, Buffy Brain Refreshing Agent is a real and permanent improvement of the ability of the brain in all aspects, that is, a permanent increase in IQ.
(End of this chapter)
