Chapter 46 Harvest
Shaking his head to get rid of the distracting thoughts in his mind, Mike continued walking towards the depths of the forbidden book area.
Mike didn't find any restrictions on the next section of the road, which made him even more vigilant. The passage warning restrictions at the entrance are so dense, there is no reason why this place should be undefended.
What Mike didn't know was that there was indeed a restriction here, and it was an attack-type restriction that would cause death upon contact. However, these restrictions were removed by Dumbledore's order.
Dumbledore is definitely one of the kindest headmasters in the history of Hogwarts. Before he became the headmaster, the school rules at Hogwarts were very cruel. Just as Filch told Mike and the others that night in the Forbidden Forest, Hogwarts treated students who violated school rules very severely in those days.
The instruments of torture are still preserved in Filch's office, not only the chains used for hanging, but also soldering irons, steel drills, weird-shaped knives, etc. These torture instruments were carefully preserved by Filch for future use.
After Dumbledore became the headmaster, he ordered the abolition of all excessively cruel punishments, including those dangerous restrictions in the forbidden book area.
After passing the second section of the passage without any danger, the true face of the restricted book area finally appeared in front of Mike's eyes.
The area of the restricted book area is not large, and Mike can see through the entire restricted book area at a glance.
There are about thirty bookshelves scattered in the dark restricted book area. These bookshelves are completely different from the bookshelves in the library outside. In Mike's vision of magic perception, they are like walls of light, exuding a faint magic power. It is obvious that some kind of magic has been released.
Mike walked around in a rough circle and found that the books in the restricted book area were not only sorted into categories, but also all spotless, as if someone had been cleaning them frequently.
Now Mike knew what the magic was attached to the bookshelf, which was cleaned to protect these precious books.
The innermost bookshelves in the restricted book area contain books that are clearly black magic, such as "Advanced Black Magic Revealed" and "Soul Cultivation Notes". The magic power fluctuations on these bookshelves are much stronger than the other bookshelves. In the magic perception field of view, they are no longer walls of light, but completely walls of fire.
Looking at the strong magic waves on these bookshelves, Mike decided to give up on them and look at the bookshelves with weaker magic waves. Who knows what weird magic was added to those bookshelves with black magic books. .
Walking to the bookshelf with the weakest magic wave, Mike took out a Muggle camera from the bag of traceless stretching spells and started taking pictures.
Judging from the titles of the books, this should be a bookshelf that stores advanced magic spells, "Seal Your Brain", "The Path of the Legilimency Master", "Detailed Explanation of Advanced Charms", "One Hundred Uses of Fire Curse"...
As the rolls of film were filled up by Mike, a large amount of advanced magic knowledge was collected by Mike.
Mike originally planned to use a magic quill to copy these books, but he decisively gave up the idea after discovering that Muggle cameras could be used in Hogwarts. The efficiency of the two was simply incomparable.
Each of these high-end magic books is getting thicker and thicker. Just taking a picture of the first bookshelf, Mike used up more than half of his film. Mike had no choice but to pause and select books that were useful to him for photography.
By the time Mike finished shooting all the magic books he had selected, he had very little film left. What's worse is that he has spent too much time, and it will be dawn in a few hours.
The remaining bookshelves in the restricted book area are filled with historical materials on magic and recipes for potion tips.
Mike has no desire to understand the historical secrets of the wizarding world. On the contrary, the huge sales of Dolphin's Magic Drink made him very interested in potions.
He quickly walked to the rows of bookshelves with potion recipes and began to look for the books he needed.
"Elixir of Fortune"? Okay, take a photo of this.
"Wolfsbane Potion"? Rubbish! don't want.
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Before I could even shoot many recipes, Mike ran out of film.
The complexity of these magic potion formulas is far beyond Mike's imagination. The thickness of cutting-edge formulas like "Elixir of Fortune" is no less than that of magic books like "Detailed Explanation of Advanced Magic".
Seeing that most of the bookshelf in front of him was still unfinished, Mike let out a deep breath.
I have no choice but to find an opportunity to come back next time. The harvest this time actually exceeded Mike's expectations. He originally planned to take pictures of a few important magic spells, but this time he also took pictures of several cutting-edge magic potion formulas.
It was getting late, and Mike had no choice but to leave.
By the time Mike returned to the Ravenclaw lounge, it was already dark outside. The eaglets who had been partying in the lounge had all returned to their dormitories to rest, leaving only a mess.
Surprisingly, there was one person who didn't take a break, and that was Franklin.
Mike carefully avoided Franklin, who was dozing on the sofa, and prepared to return to the dormitory without anyone noticing. But seeing Franklin shivering on the sofa, Mike softened his heart, took out a blanket from the dormitory and gently covered Franklin.
The moment the blanket was covered, Franklin grabbed Mike's hand with a horrified look on his face. Mike was startled and tried to take his hand out but failed. He had no choice but to lift the phantom spell.
Seeing Mike appear in front of him, Franklin opened his mouth in surprise, and the atmosphere became a little awkward for a while.
"Um, would you believe me if I said I just went out to use the bathroom?" Mike scratched his nose and said.
Franklin, who finally reacted, slowly let go of Mike's hand and weakly said to Mike: "I've been looking for you all night. Tell me honestly where you have been? Why don't you fuck me? Aren't we friends?"
These three fatal questions made Mike extremely embarrassed. He really didn't expect that Franklin, a fool, would stupidly wait for him in the lounge all night, but he was still a little touched deep in his heart.
"I went to a dangerous place. I didn't take you there because... I was afraid you would get hurt."
"To put it bluntly, it's because I'm too weak and I'll hold you back, isn't it? I'm so stupid, I thought we were friends who talk about everything."
Franklin slumped down on the sofa, looking at tears.
After a long silence, Mike stepped forward, gave him a big hug, and whispered in his ear: "Hey, brother, listen to me. I promise you this is the last time, okay? I will definitely take you with me next time. .”
Franklin clenched his fists tightly and replied with a choked voice: "Yeah!"
Mike did not deny Franklin just now, which undoubtedly acknowledged Franklin's words in disguise.
The tears finally couldn't help but flow down. Franklin hugged Mike tightly and vowed in his heart that he must study hard and improve his strength as soon as possible. Otherwise, he might never be able to help Mike.
