Drink Black Tea Calmly at Hogwarts

"You said that you contacted the mysterious person again during the Christmas vacation. At that time, you saw the list of targets they were about to attack, and then you told Scrimgeour about it?" Zhang Xu said in disbelief. asked Harry.

Harry nodded, then glanced at an ugly half-finished leather hat on the shelf next to him, and then said: "I think, as long as I empty my mind at that time, don't think, and just watch quietly, The mysterious man probably won’t notice. I think this kind of thing is still very useful to us. So, it doesn’t matter if I don’t wear that hat.”

Harry's reason almost made Zhang Xu's heart flutter. However, after weighing the pros and cons, he rejected Harry's idea.

"When you were staring into the abyss, the abyss was also staring at you, and then you took off your pants." Zhang Xu said to Harry seriously, "I told you about this a long time ago. Could it be that Aren't you afraid that the mysterious person will see what happened when you and Ginny were together?"

"Don't forget, the mysterious man sent you false news back then, and you almost fell for it. If I hadn't stopped you, all of you would have gone to the Ministry of Magic and thrown yourself into the trap."

"So now as soon as I have new information, I will report it directly to Lupin and the others." Harry replied, "I will no longer act on my own initiative."

It seems that after being locked up in the dungeon for a while last time, Harry learned his lesson.

"Leave this matter to Professor McGonagall and others. My task is just to make this hat together with Professor Babuling." Zhang Xu thought for a while and said, "Anyway, it will definitely be looked down upon. not me."

At breakfast a few days ago, Harry fainted again because of Voldemort's anger, so Professor McGonagall ordered Zhang Xu and Professor Babling to use Voldemort's paper published in "Magic" magazine as a reference to make a canopy that can isolate The hat that connects Harry and Voldemort.

Zhang Xu estimated that the main reason why Harry resisted wearing this hat was that the shape of the hat was too ugly. After all, when Zhang and Professor Babuling make magic items, aesthetics comes last.

When Harry was caught to measure the size of his head, when he saw the renderings of the hat that would be with him for a while, he complained that wearing this style of hat was not as good as the one that Grandma Dynaway often wore. kind.

When Zhang Xu was about to drive Harry away, he suddenly remembered something and asked, "Harry, how are you studying with the things I gave you?"

It was okay that Zhang Xu didn't ask about it. After hearing his question, Harry's whole face fell.

"I can barely understand what's written in the book.

But common sense failed a few times. " Harry replied.

Wizards are always looking for ways to enhance their magic, from powerful wands to various potions, and even body modifications like Voldemort's.

However, these methods all have their own shortcomings.

A powerful wand can be found but not sought. Over the years, the only wand that has left its name in history is the Elder Wand.

Moreover, the wand functions more like a tin trumpet. The sound it makes depends on how loud the user's voice is. If a first-year student holds the Elder Wand, a veteran like Professor Flitwick can kill him with a piece of sugar cane.

Potions that increase magic power require extremely high material costs, especially when the potions must have no side effects.

Many materials can no longer be found. Either the overhunting and collection over the past millennia have caused the extinction of those magical creatures, or the non-renewable resources have long been exploited. Often such materials cannot be replaced by other materials.

It can be seen from the appearance of Voldemort that the side effects of increasing magic power through human body modification are extremely huge. Moreover, the process of transformation is sometimes accompanied by great pain and a very high failure rate.

Zhang Xu once asked Grindelwald about this issue, and the boss's answer was that people who can torture themselves into such a state are either madmen or extremely determined heroes.

In addition to these methods, due to the different development directions of the magic tree, Dongfang Lights a relatively simple spell to temporarily enhance magic power, which is the magic power bank spell that Zhang Xu uses from time to time, which makes Harry envious. .

"Power bank", which also relies on external objects to temporarily enhance magic power, is cheaper than other methods of permanently enhancing magic power, but it is not very convenient.

After all, increasing the power of the mobile phone and enhancing the energy density of the battery are more important than tying a power bank to the outside of the mobile phone. But when it is impossible to upgrade the power density of the mobile phone battery, a power bank is the most affordable option.

It is not easy to use external magic for one's own use, otherwise Dumbledore would have passed on nearly two armors of pure Yang magic to Harry.

Thanks to the concept of "meridians" in traditional medicine, external magic is transmitted through the "meridians" of the caster's body, and then released by the caster through magic. This is the basic principle of "power bank".

However, in terms of specific use, there are still many restrictions. For example, if the magic power that enters the body is not properly guided, it will turn into a human-headed dog if it wanders around, which is considered a good fortune. Also, the feeling of external force entering the body is not always very pleasant.

In addition, learning this method requires 30% hard work, 70% wisdom, and 90% talent, which means that this method has not been popularized.

So Mr. Zhang used to use it whenever possible.

However, for the upcoming decisive battle between Harry and Voldemort, in order to reduce accidents and increase Harry's chances of winning in the battle, Zhang Xu taught this method to Harry in the form of a Christmas gift after discussion and approval by the party committee.

Fortunately, Harry has the halo of the protagonist after all, and there is no problem with his talent. The rest will be solved by his own wisdom.

It is normal to fail at the beginning when learning from scratch, so Zhang Xu encouraged Harry and answered a few questions about the problems he encountered during practice, then drove him back to the common room.

Zhang Xu, who had suffered many defeats, was ready at this time. After leaving the office, he walked to someone's dormitory and started to take back his salary bag.

I won’t go into details about the wage reimbursement war.

At this time, a new operation is unfolding in London.

A large cordon has been set up on the streets around the Ministry of Magic, armed helicopters are hovering in the sky, and groups of police, soldiers and people in robes have begun to take up their positions.

Not long after, several construction machinery drove around the red phone booth entering the Ministry of Magic.

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