The Admiral of Hogwarts

“The Patronus Charm is often regarded as a kind of defense, a spell specifically targeting Dementors,” Enterprise's voice echoed through the Admiral Network.

“Because of this perception, after the British Ministry of Magic brought the Dementors under its command, the dissemination of this magic began to be deliberately restricted, to prevent wizards from harming Ministry employees.”

“But in reality, the application of this charm is much broader than people imagine. It can be said that when facing most dark magic that can cause negative effects, the Patronus Charm can play a positive role.”

“So, what is the core of activating this magic? Is it happy memories, as Lupin said?” Hugo asked.

“Lupin is right, but not entirely,” Enterprise replied earnestly. “Accurately speaking, all positive and active emotions can be used to activate this charm.”

“However, compared to other emotions, the power from happiness is easier for people to grasp, especially since Harry was only in his third year when Lupin taught him. So, naturally, he chose the simplest method.”

“But in fact, the best emotion to activate this magic is the belief in protecting something. After all, the magic is called the Patronus Charm, so the most fitting emotion is naturally protection. Just like using Fiendfyre requires the emotion of destroying everything to drive it.”

“Okay, I roughly understand what's going on,” Hugo nodded. “I will learn this magic in the short time ahead.”

Following Enterprise's instructions, Hugo first borrowed a booklet about learning the Patronus Charm from the book list, and then practiced it bit by bit.

“Expecto Patronum!” After adjusting his mindset, Hugo filled his heart with the desire to protect his family and ship girls, and then recited the incantation.

As soon as he finished reciting the incantation, something suddenly spurted out of the end of his wand at a rapid pace, looking like a wisp of silver gas.

“Very good, this is a very good start,” Enterprise's voice rang out in the Admiral Network. “At least in Patronus Charm learning, it is very rare for someone to cause the wand to react on their first try.”

“This also shows that although the avatars used in the previous enhancements were not related to magic, simply stacking soul strength can significantly enhance your magical talent.”

“Expecto Patronum!” After recalling the problems he had discovered during the spellcasting just now, Hugo cast the charm again, only this time his target was the metal container.

More than twice as much silver gas as before flew out of the wand tip and merged into the container. Then Hugo felt the seal on the container loosen.

“That’s right, this problem-solving approach is correct, but the type of magic used must reach a certain intensity,” Seeing the magical protection on the container quickly recover, Hugo nodded and continued practicing.

Obviously, casting this magic in a safe and comfortable room is much easier than facing Dementors. In addition, Hugo could also use the entire Admiral Network internally to accelerate learning.

Therefore, by noon on the third day, he was already able to release a large cloud of silver mist, while also being able to keep this cloud of mist around him for a period of time.

“Now it should be possible,” Hugo thought as he watched the silver mist disappear into the air. Then he pointed the wand in his hand at the metal container and chanted: “Expecto Patronum!”

This time, the metal container, having absorbed enough silver mist, began to change. First, the magic cast on the container earlier disappeared one by one, and then the container itself turned into a cloud of golden mist and dissipated into the air.

And after the mist dissipated, a piece of paper that looked as if it was covered in some kind of grease appeared where the container had been.

“Count up five tiles, then count three tiles horizontally from the left, and then tap three times with the wand—” Looking at the piece of paper, Hugo was stunned for a moment, and then immediately took the paper and walked into the bathroom.

After all, these buildings in the magic academy were all carved directly from the rock inside the mountain. And in this situation, the only place with bricks or something similar to bricks was the tiles in the bathroom.

Sure enough, after he followed the instructions on the paper and tapped the tile on the wall facing the bathroom with his wand, a cracking sound came from the room.

Walking out of the bathroom, he found that the cabinet in the alchemy laboratory used to store various items began to slowly move to the side, revealing a small door that could allow one person to pass through.

“5 days, 12 hours, and 17 minutes, Hugo Granger from Hogwarts,” Following the signs along the tunnel with many forks, Hugo heard a voice from the side.

At this time, Hugo found himself standing in a brightly lit small auditorium. And on the platform in the center of this auditorium stood two Japanese wizards who looked expressionless and gloomy.

One of the wizards was holding a large gold watch, and the other was holding a scroll of paper and outlining something on it with a brush.

“Hello, what should I do next?” Looking at the several doors around the auditorium, Hugo politely asked the two wizards in Japanese.

“Just go out through that golden door. Your team leader should have been notified and is waiting for you in the outer auditorium,” After hearing Hugo speak Japanese, the two Japanese wizards' attitude immediately improved a lot.

“Thank you—” After thanking them, Hugo followed the path pointed out by the two wizards and walked into the golden door. After walking up and down and twisting and turning through the tunnel for five or six minutes, he finally arrived at the auditorium on the top of the mountain where the welcome banquet had been held before.

“You are the third one to come out. Before you, there was an Egyptian and a Beauxbatons student,” Enterprise was already waiting here at this time, and then told him about the previous situation.

“Besides that, a Durmstrang student was disqualified from the competition because he used Fiendfyre but couldn't extinguish it, resulting in a rather dangerous small fire.”

“That sounds pretty bad—” Hugo shrugged, and then asked a question. “By the way, what is the content of the next competition?”

“The event organizers haven't given any notice on this point, they just asked everyone to wait for notification after the process is over,” Enterprise took out a booklet from his body, glanced at it, and said.

“But I think in a few days, after the second game is completely over, we should be able to know what the content of the next game is.”

“Okay, got it, so what do we do for the next two days?” Looking at the more than one day of free time on the schedule, Hugo began to plan his next actions.

“We can go read some books. Although the magic academy hasn't opened their restricted section to us, we can read ordinary books as much as we want.”

Seizing any spare time for learning is a very good thing, and Hugo himself quite likes reading. So Enterprise's suggestion is a very valuable suggestion for him.