The Magical Principles of Natural Philosophy at Hogwarts

"So this is...Azkaban Redemption?" Erwin said.

"What is that?" Riddle obviously didn't understand.

"There is a Muggle movie called The Shawshank Redemption," Erwin said, "It tells the story of a framed man who endured it for decades and successfully escaped from prison..."

He stopped suddenly.

"The Shawshank Redemption" was released in 1994, but it's only the summer vacation of 1993.

Of course he won't have the ability to predict the future. This movie only exists in his memory and will probably not appear in this world.

It seems that as his understanding of magic becomes deeper and deeper, he has no time to doubt the authenticity of this world.

That's not right. It is precisely because he wants to understand the fundamentals of this world that he chooses to start with magic. The path he is taking is also the way to solve his doubts.

He came to his senses.

"Are you saying that this Black has been holding back for more than ten years and finally found the loophole in Azkaban?" Riddle said: "If this is indeed the case, his perseverance is really amazing."

"Anyway, what does this have to do with us living in downtown London?" Melanie, who had been silent before, said in a very leisurely tone: "As long as this fugitive is in his right mind, he will never

What kind of trouble would it cause in normal society?"

"But he is probably a madman without any mercy. Since he has followed the Dark Lord, he must have malicious intentions towards Muggles." Hermione retorted.

"Wouldn't it be better if he really showed up around here?" Erwin said jokingly: "As long as you provide information, you can get a reward of one thousand galleons. If the report is successful, Hermione, you don't have to worry about your expenses before graduation.

Already."

To be honest, he was really looking forward to running into Sirius Black, because after his significant improvement in strength, he had never had a chance to test his combat prowess.

The British magical society is safe and orderly. In such a society, it is basically impossible for second-year students in school to face dangerous situations that require them to fight on their own.

The battle in the secret room can only be said to be an accident. He used Quasimodo to kill the basilisk, and Erwin himself had no chance to take action.

This fugitive seems to be a pretty good enemy, with decent strength. A long life in prison will weaken him to a certain extent. There is no need to hold back when dealing with him, and the victory profit is guaranteed to be 3,000 galleons.

Erwin's magic level is now roughly equivalent to that of an adult wizard evaluated by elites, but this rough evaluation cannot intuitively represent combat effectiveness. There are bound to be many variables in actual combat.

Erwin even felt that he could compete with a high-level wizard of Professor Snape's level, because if the opponent despised him and used powerful magic without taking the initiative, there was a high probability that the first round of attacks would be defeated by Erwin's regular attacks.

The armor's protection was offset, and then he had to face the double blow of Erwin's curse and the magic gun.

If the high-level wizard reacts slower, doesn't arrange any life-saving means for himself, and doesn't have any powerful magic items, then Erwin can gain a huge advantage or even win directly in one face-to-face encounter.

Isn’t this how Marduk died? Dipper told Erwin that the noise Marduk made while chasing him inevitably alerted the Ministry of Magic (this was obviously Dipper’s intention), leading to

He spent a lot of effort to deal with the Aurors who were chasing him, so that night Marduk himself was in a state of mental exhaustion and consumed a lot of his magic power.

When facing Erwin, a "seemingly harmless" bastard, he relaxed his vigilance and felt that the gun pointed at him was just a toy.

Then the bastard suddenly showed his fangs, and Marduk was in tragedy.

Erwin now has the help of Quasimodo, and if it doesn't work, he can even use the half-expanded Flamel's hut as armor - as long as he doesn't mind that it may be damaged.

So Erwin felt that dealing with the fugitive wouldn't be a problem for him.

The premise is that you are lucky enough to encounter it, and the chance is much lower than winning the Golden Galleons Award from the Daily Prophet.

But Hermione felt that Erwin was joking regardless of the occasion, so she glared at him angrily, then walked back to her room and closed the door with a bang.

"Actually, if I come into contact with his blood, even if it's dried blood, I can find him accurately." Melanie leaned into Erwin's ear and whispered softly at this time, and the airflow she exhaled made his ears tingle.

itch.

I almost forgot that this female vampire has regained her full strength.

Erwin shook his head, "There is no need to wade into this muddy water."

There is indeed no need, because it is impossible to take the initiative to expose his own strength and Melanie's identity for a mere three thousand galleons.

Of course, if we really bumped into each other, Erwin wouldn't mind being an anonymous and enthusiastic citizen for a while.

Erwin thought that the discussion about this Azkaban fugitive would only happen once, but a few days later, British national television actually began to broadcast the wanted notice.

It's still the same Sirius Black, but the description changes to him holding a gun with a lot of bullets.

Erwin couldn't help but frowned. The British Ministry of Magic was enforcing the Secrecy Act, but he was violating the Secrecy Act? It seemed that the evaluation of the Ministry of Magic's governance level was about to drop to another level.

The editor of the "Daily Prophet" seemed to be in a state of high spirits because he finally found out about the hot topic. There were reports on this aspect for several days in a row. For example, it was reported that a certain parent believed that the safety of his children was seriously affected.

Threat... If you just read the newspaper, you will feel that the entire magical world is in panic because of this fugitive.

Erwin just watched it for fun.

In late August, the editor of the "Daily Prophet" probably could no longer write nonsense about fugitives to make up an article, so he reluctantly gave up the topic. At this time, it was not long before the start of school.

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Only then did Mrs. Granger find out that Erwin was going to the United States as an exchange student. Everyone, including Hermione, had forgotten to tell her before.

"How can you book a flight just for Erwin?" Mrs. Granger felt that her father was unreasonable, "He is still so young!"

"Is it possible that I have to take him to school by plane and then fly back to the UK?" Professor Stewart was also very depressed.

"Don't worry," he comforted his daughter, "the exchange student program is a cooperation between the two schools, and both parties will definitely arrange transportation."

In fact, it didn't. In Dumbledore's opinion, Erwin was already able to take charge of his own business.

Mrs. Granger still felt uneasy, but at this time it was no longer possible to book a flight.

From Erwin's point of view, there is not much difference between going to the United States and staying in the UK, because he is a wizard, a wizard who has mastered Apparition.

Intercontinental teleportation is generally so dangerous that it is strictly prohibited by the Ministry of Magic of various countries, but for Erwin, this is just one more step than ordinary Apparition.

First teleport to the second-layer subspace of "Novin", and then teleport to the target location.

Now when he Apparates back and forth between Frost Manor and Stewart's house, he will add such a stopover step to make himself gradually familiar with this method.

After a few times, Riddle keenly discovered the anomaly, "Where have you been?"

"We're far from completely trusting each other, right?" Erwin asked.

"..."

"You've also hidden a lot of things from me, right?"

Riddle then stopped asking questions.

Regarding Thomas, the modification of the classic Anglia car is almost completed.

Improved defense capabilities, flight speed and concealment capabilities.

Its appearance has not been changed, because this classic car seems to be a living body. Before Erwin is sure that the inferior soul attached to it can be preserved intact, it is best not to change its internal structure.

So the appearance still looks like a slightly worn-out classic car from the 1940s and 1950s.

Erwin looked at it and felt that something was missing. Maybe it lacked offensiveness?

How about adding a collision angle? That would be of no use.

Wouldn't it be more fun if it could transform into a robot?

Thomas Transformers!

This seemingly unreliable idea is still too early to be realized, and I don’t even know when the next upgrade of this classic car will be.

You can't take it with you to Ilvermorny. Erwin would be worried about leaving it with his uncle. The best way to settle it is to let Melanie take it back to Hogwarts.

One week before the start of school, Hermione went to Diagon Alley to buy the textbooks and supplies she would use for the next school year.

When the family of three got into the car, Hermione was surprised to find that Erwin was also there.

"Could it be that Ilvermorny's textbooks are also bought in Diagon Alley?" she asked pointedly.

"I'm just here to do something." Erwin shrugged.

The Leaky Cauldron is almost unchanged from the first time it came here. The customers, who are a few years older, are drinking and chatting as usual, but the content of the chat is still about the fugitive.

"You haven't been caught yet?" Hermione was a little surprised. She suddenly saw a black-haired boy wearing glasses, "Harry! Why are you here!"

"I've been staying at the Leaky Cauldron these days," said classmate Potter.

When Hermione and Harry stood together, Erwin really felt that Hermione had grown taller during the summer vacation.

Harry seems to have not changed much and is still so thin and small. This may be related to his malnutrition in childhood.

Erwin really wanted to sponsor him a set of body strengthening potions, but after thinking about it, he decided against it. After all, Potter was a figure that attracted much attention.

However, you can guide him to go to the drugstore. They also provide "body strengthening" packages there, but they are a bit unreasonably expensive.

It is also because it is expensive, so not all wizards are in good health. After all, in the eyes of most people, since they have magic and basically don't have to worry about disease, their physical strength is not very important.

"Why do you live here?" Hermione asked, "Shouldn't you be living at your uncle's and aunt's house?"

One of Miss Nutria's iconic traits is that she likes to ask questions and is very blind.

"Nothing." Harry said vaguely.

While they were talking, Erwin walked to the backyard alone and entered Diagon Alley.

The crucible shop, the robe shop, the wand shop, the owl shop... are not his targets.

He is here to open the teleportation point.

The wizard must be familiar with the target environment in order to successfully disapparate.

There is a room at the end of Diagon Alley dedicated to Apparition, and Professor McGonagall took him there from Hogsmeade last year.

But Erwin's destination was not that room, because as a dedicated Apparition venue, the Ministry of Magic would send people there from time to time to check Apparition licenses.

Of course Erwin doesn't have this.

But it wasn't just that room that could be used for Apparition, Erwin walked straight into Flourish and Blotts Bookstore.

"What do you want to buy, dear?" the saleswoman asked.

"I'm looking for your manager." Erwin said.

"This..." The female clerk was stunned and blinked her eyes.

"Mr. Lockhart asked me to come."

The female clerk smiled, "Everyone knows Mr. Lockhart."

"So you think I'm using his name falsely?" Erwin sighed, "Then, Mr. Gelton, Alex Gelton, this name should not be known to everyone.

Bar?"

Gilderoy Lockhart once gave Erwin a piece of paper recording the members of his small interest group.

Among them were the manager of Flourish and Blotts, and Ministry of Magic official Alex Gelton.

The clerk's expression changed immediately.

Half an hour later, Erwin walked out of Flourish and Blotts Bookstore. He could now apparate directly into the secret basement of the bookstore.

In addition to Diagon Alley, another gathering point for wizards in the UK is Hogsmeade, and that village can also be regarded as the teleportation point of Hogwarts.

Getting there was easy. Erwin turned around and bought some Floo powder, then returned to Flourish and Blotts Bookstore and borrowed the fireplace.

After throwing this powder into the furnace, the fire immediately turned green.

"Hogsmeade!" Erwin shouted clearly.

Compared with Apparating, the experience of using Floo powder is much better, so most wizards would rather choose this mode of transportation than to spend a little trouble.

Ten seconds later, Erwin appeared at the Three Broomsticks pub in Hogsmeade.

This is actually his first time here. Because he is used to ordering with owls, even if he has the Marauder's Map, Erwin has never been here through the secret passage.

It is much easier to open the teleport point in Hogsmeade, because it is not as crowded as Diagon Alley, but has residential areas and is surrounded by wilderness and forests. You can find a remote and unobtrusive place.

Too easy.

Now, return to Diagon Alley.

He just used apparation, raised his wand, and after a breath, Erwin returned to the basement of Flourish and Blotts Bookstore.

In just a few minutes, he traveled back and forth between the two places, which were far apart.

This is what it feels like to truly master magic.

When he walked out of the bookstore, the female clerk looked at him in shock. Didn't this guy already use Floo powder to leave?