People are in Hogwarts, and werewolves block the door at the beginning.

Chapter 49 Ron's Goal

The thought of wasting my money on a man like Lockhart made me feel really bad.

Bagir, who had just escaped poverty by selling unicorn tail hair, felt very uncomfortable.

He also suddenly remembered that he had a goal for this school year: to expose the truth about Lockhart!

Ron also made up his mind because of this.

But his goal is different from Baqir's.

"I've made up my mind! I want to make sure Professor Quirrell has a smooth school year!"

"I'm going to make him the longest Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher in his career!"

Hermione, who still wanted Lockhart to take the position, poured cold water on him: "You decide? Even Dumbledore can't do anything about it, so how can you decide?"

Then, she saw Ron looking at Basil with hope.

Basil spread his hands. "I can't help it. Let me give you a suggestion. I've heard a rumor. Although the content written in each of Lockhart's books has happened in the real world and is consistent with his personal travel trajectory, every time he leaves, a wizard who has lost part of his memory and looks dazed will appear in the local area."

"You mean, the stories in Lockhart's books all come from other people?" Harry was shocked.

The same is true for Hermione. She did not get hysterical when she heard the doubts about Lockhart like in the original book.

Maybe it was because she hadn't read Lockhart's book yet, and also because it was Badgill who said it.

Ron rubbed his hands excitedly, "If this is true, haha! I'm going to investigate it thoroughly!"

"How did you investigate? You're at school?" Hermione asked curiously.

Because she noticed that neither Harry nor Basil were very surprised by Ron's words.

It seemed as if Ron could really investigate this information in school.

Faced with this, Ron just smiled mysteriously, "Lockhart has more fans than you think."

At the same time, he said to himself, "My mother is one of them. Some of them even know what underwear Lockhart wore to sleep last night. As long as we know the direction, the rest is investigation."

"What's going on?" Seeing that Ron was unwilling to say more, Hermione stared at Bagel again.

"I don't know if you have heard of the theory of six degrees of separation." Bagir pretended to be profound.

Because news was coming from Riddle, who was in the secret room far away under Loch Ness.

He was going to find a theory that was authoritative enough in Hermione's eyes to fool her.

“You’ve heard of Harvard University, right?”

"Yeah. It's considered one of the top schools." Hermione's ears immediately pricked up.

"This theory was proposed by Stanley Milgram, a famous psychologist at Harvard University, decades ago. Simply put, there are no more than six people between you and any stranger. In other words, you can get to know any stranger through at most six people."

Baqir stated the theory directly.

Because as long as the person speaking is authoritative enough, Hermione will always convince herself to accept theories that sound fantastic.

And Hermione accepted it smoothly and began to think seriously.

"And the distance between Ron and Lockhart is obviously not as wide as six. Lockhart is an outstanding graduate of Ravenclaw. And there are so few wizards in Britain. Among his fans, there might be someone Ron is familiar with!"

Baqir nodded.

At the same time, he replied to Riddle in his heart.

"You can start now."

In a luxurious room, the ceiling and walls were inlaid with emeralds, the gems were connected by flowing mercury, there was a huge mercury pool and a statue of a snake.

Riddle replied: "My Lord, please check. This room is the most valuable place in safe house No. 7."

"The flowing mercury and emeralds form a magic circle, connecting the magnetic field of the entire safe house to Loch Ness. This makes the safe house blend in with the light and dust, and it is difficult to detect any trace of magic."

"Also serves as a power source for the magical traps in the safe house."

"The mercury pool also absorbs the essence of water. As long as a wizard who has passed the verification enters it, the physical injuries and mental fatigue can be healed and dispelled."

"So," Bagel's face fell, "there's no cash here."

"Yes," Riddle nodded, "Does Voldemort need gold Galleons to buy things?"

"And the horse-shaped water monster?"

"It never showed up." October came to an end quickly.

That’s Halloween Eve.

Today is Thursday.

When Bagir woke up in the morning, he smelled the sweet and greasy smell of pumpkin.

Remember, this is in the tower.

Until now, he still couldn't understand why there were so many pumpkin elements in the Hogwarts menu.

Pumpkin soup, pumpkin pie, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin juice.
Even to this day, he still can't accept it.

He took the risk to face Voldemort, but in the end all he got was a house-elf that belonged entirely to him, and a property.

And this property can only be used until the fourth grade.

If Voldemort was resurrected in the fourth grade.

In the Charms class that day, Professor Flitwick announced that today's topic would be the Levitation Charm.

This made the other students very excited.

They had been eager to try out this skill ever since they saw Professor Flitwick sending Neville's toad, Radford, flying around the classroom.

But Bagel didn't.

He already knew how to perform a mere levitation spell.

Now, his first target was the Killing Curse.

It's not like he hadn't thought about getting started through the monkey version of Voldemort, the Boggart, or by directly experiencing the young version of Voldemort casting the Killing Curse.

But Riddle warned him that in the initial stages, it was best to rely on himself.

Make the entire framework of the spell your own.

It's like laying the foundation.

The foundation was built entirely by myself, and it is flat and smooth.

However, the foundation laid by the influence of others will have an imperceptible tilt.

This 'tilt' is particularly noticeable as the spell progresses to its deepest realms.

So, to this day, he hasn't really gotten started with the Killing Curse.

It can only emit a green light that is barely enough to kill people.

But this is only because of his high magic power.

If it were an ordinary little wizard with magic power between 3 and 5.

This green light can only cause a nosebleed at most.

Therefore, he did not choose to create a spell card with this degree of Killing Curse.

Riddle said it's a mentality thing.

You can't learn the Killing Curse by killing someone.

Instead, one must have a genuine killing intent, without any hesitation or delay, and fully commit to the killing intent in order to truly get started with this spell.

This is why it is classified as an Unforgivable Curse.

Without exception, those who can successfully use this spell are all truly bad people.

In this regard, Basil was also puzzled, "Doesn't the Killing Curse driven by hatred and sense of justice count? I remember that during the First Wizarding War, Aurors were allowed to use the Killing Curse."

At that time, Riddle shook his head. "This spell can corrupt a person's soul. Its horror is not in getting started or using it. It is the shift in one's outlook on life and mind after successfully killing someone. And the high-quality, powerful magic that comes after the shift. A righteous soul will only be confused by using it. I'm afraid that the reason Mad-Eye is so crazy is because of the influence of this spell."

Although there is no holiday, I will still release one more chapter from my reserve manuscript.

I had originally planned to keep updating after the game was put on the shelves, and to have the confidence to occasionally have a small hit.

But it was pushed after all, and several people voted for it yesterday.

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(End of this chapter)