Two Worlds: I studied abroad at Hogwarts

Chapter 383 Heading to the New World

Harry was highly regarded by Headmaster Dumbledore.

This is no secret among Gryffindor students.

However, it's still somewhat hard to accept that Harry said it like that.

After all, no matter who you look at it, the gap between Harry and Voldemort is just too big.

It would be more appropriate to let Dumbledore deal with Voldemort himself.

In fact, Dumbledore knew in his heart that this plan should not be revealed so early.

The main reason for making such a risky decision was the appearance of Moon.

After Moon went to school, the prophecy seemed to be broken.

Especially last year, Moon displayed extraordinary magic, repelling Voldemort's attack.

This further convinced Dumbledore that he could completely change the original strategy.

Of course, whatever the specific reason may be.

Ron clearly couldn't accept it.

In the British magical world, the pure-blood wizarding families probably have the clearest understanding of Voldemort's power.

The Weasley family had fallen on hard times.

But they truly experienced the despairing reign of the Dark Lord.

They also believed that Harry was destined for greatness, but Harry was clearly too young at the moment.

“Harry, this is too dangerous. I don’t think you should agree.”

Harry didn't refuse outright; instead, he buried himself in practicing the defensive spells Moon had taught him.

Harry was never actually afraid of Voldemort from the beginning.

Or perhaps Harry has the fearlessness of a newborn calf.

Now that he has learned the true cause of his parents' deaths, Harry's desire for revenge has been completely ignited.

“I have to do this, both for myself and for my parents.”

Harry had asked Dumbledore about the prophecies in the headmaster's office.

Although he did not receive a clear answer, he had a vague feeling that he was Voldemort's destined nemesis.

Since fate had already laid out this path for him, Harry chose to accept it.

Actually, last year, after witnessing Moon use a spell to thwart Voldemort.

Harry no longer believed that Voldemort was invincible.

Hermione had originally intended to come up and persuade him, but noticing Moon shaking his head in dissuasion, the little witch stood by the wall.

"Professor Dumbledore said that Harry is somewhat special, and I think it's better to leave this decision to him."

Hermione is clearly more comprehension-oriented than Ron.

After learning that this matter could not be changed, she also joined in the practice of defending against the spell.

"We encourage each other to study, and that way we'll make progress faster."

Seeing Hermione's spell made the terracotta Snape's face even uglier.

A fighting spirit suddenly ignited in Harry's heart.

"Alright, let's have a competition!"

Ron was a beat slow to react.

After watching the two young wizards cast a few spells, he also pulled out his wand and joined in.

"We're good friends, so we'll face any difficulties together."

Although Ron only cast minor curses, the other two did not laugh at him.

The three of them cast spells one after another, slowly pushing the terracotta figure back into the corner.

Moon did not join in.

Or rather, these three people didn't allow Moon to join.

Since Moon participated in a spellcasting competition during the summer vacation.

The three young wizards then fully realized the difference in strength between themselves and Moon.

Hermione once said something that was relatively fair.

"Even if the three of us were put together, we still wouldn't be a match for Moon."

To avoid being discouraged, the three young wizards stopped coming to the small classroom with Moon to practice after the start of the new school year.

Hermione and Ron wouldn't have been here today if it weren't for Harry's situation.

Moon had no interest in joining that level of practice.

The changes in the terracotta figurines have made it difficult to determine the strength of Moon's curse.

However, looking at the way the three young wizards practiced together, Moon felt that perhaps it would be more appropriate to give them a different opponent.

The giant squid in Black Lake is quite good.

"I'll upgrade your opponents tomorrow."

Magic can never be learned in a day.

Besides practicing with his good friends, Moon also kept a close eye on Professor Frivi's experiments.

Most importantly, Moon also wanted to know what level his current magical power belonged to.

Wednesday night.

The first selection for the spell ranking experiment began in the Great Hall.

The selection process proceeded from easy to difficult and from low to high.

The contestants on the first day were all first-year students.

This is also the selection process that Moon referred to as the "fluorescent flashing special".

The first-year students, who had not yet learned to control the magic within their bodies, were suddenly thrust into the arena.

[Fluorescent Flash] is already their most effective spell.

Selecting such a curse was not difficult for Moon.

However, first-year wizards are also the group most prone to magical accidents.

For example, Little Colin used [Fluorescent Blink] to print his own shadow in mid-air, which startled him.

A young Hufflepuff wizard made his wand shoot out a beam of light that was half a meter long.

Some of the young wizards even misused the "Fluorescent Blink" spell as the "Lights Out Charm," extinguishing more than a dozen candles in the hall.

Of course, besides these accidents, there were also some outstanding young wizards.

For example, Ron's sister Ginny's spells are more powerful than those of her classmates.

With just a single [Fire-starting Spell], the grand fireplace in the auditorium burst into a dazzling display of fireworks.

There's also Luna Lovegood, who wears strange glasses.

She cast a strange detection-type spell.

Then silver smoke began to drift from the tip of her wand, eventually leading to a strange green beetle under a table.

Moon did not understand the principle behind this spell.

Professor Flitwick, sitting next to me, seemed quite interested in the detection spell.

I asked Luna a lot of questions.

Of course, Professor Flitwick was interested in more than just this one spell.

After each young wizard casts a spell, Professor Flitwick provides guidance and records the spell's corresponding power.

After the evaluation was completed.

Moon took the list of 30 people who had advanced to the next round to Flitwick and found that the parchment in front of the professor was covered with dense writing.

"Intensity, duration, range, cost, limitations... Professor, are you already rating spells?"

“That’s right, because no one has ever done this before, so I want to test it on a first-year wizard’s spell first.”

As Professor Flitwick spoke, he continuously optimized the parameters of the spell rating system.

Moon glanced at it and noticed that Professor Flitwick had given today's spells very low ratings.

Almost none of them met the first-level standard.

But thinking about it, it makes sense, considering that these young wizards have only had a very short time to learn how to wield a wand.

"Has that detection spell already reached level one?" Moon asked curiously, seeing a number on the second page.

“That’s right. Although the spell this little girl used was rather unorthodox, the magic range exceeded one meter, and it lasted for more than 10 seconds. She was also able to find the target with ease. So it seems to meet the standard perfectly.”

Professor Flitwick said, putting a checkmark after Lunalovgood's name.

He was prepared to carefully observe the young wizard's spells.

"Didn't you record her too? It seems we have the same taste."

Moon did indeed give Luna a spot in the next round.

Of course, the main reason is that the other junior wizards are just too weak.

Also rated as a Level 1 spell are Ginny's "Fire-Starting Charm," a Slytherin wizard's "Unlocking Charm," and a Hufflepuff wizard's "Orchid Blossom."

According to Professor Flitwick, this was only his preliminary judgment and could not be considered a final conclusion.

For the next period of time, he will continue to observe the spells of the thirty young wizards selected by Moon to ensure that the ratings do not deviate too much.

Thursday night.

All the wizards participating in the selection were second-year students.

The curses they brought were more varied, but the unexpected ones were also more numerous.

The biggest disaster was Simo's [Thunder Explosion].

The wooden podium was blown open, leaving a large gap.

This unexpected event startled the young wizards watching, and several of them even cried.

Professor Flitwick, however, was quite pleased with Seymour's unexpected turn of events.

Even at the very end, Moon saw Flitwick add the number "2" to Seamus's [Thunder Explosion].

Besides Seamus's spell being rated as a Level 2, Harry's Disarming Charm also received the same treatment.

Of course, the most powerful one is Moon.

Professor Flitwick immediately stopped the attack upon seeing the blazing flames emanating from Moon's wand.

“Mr. Scarlett, you should wait until next week to do the assessment with the fifth-grade students.”

This minor incident didn't have a significant impact on Moon, and the review continued late into the night.

Friday night is the assessment day for third graders.

Most of them were rated "Level 1", and very few were rated "Level 2".

After three consecutive days of evaluation, Moon handed over a list of ninety people to Professor Frivi.

They will participate in the first experiment led by the professors a month later.

When Moon returned to the common room on Friday night, he heard strange noises coming from the walls again.

Thinking it was probably the work of the gray rats, Moon took Bouncing to visit Hagrid on Saturday.

After all, of all Moon's friends, only this Forest Keeper truly understood animals.

"Are you looking for a rat that crawled into the sewer?"

Upon hearing Moon's purpose for coming, Hagrid looked embarrassed.

"Yes, I think it might be doing something bad."

Consider those strange sounds; no one else could hear them, and Moon didn't explain them directly to Hagrid.

“This is not a good problem. The underground passages of Hogwarts are very complicated. I think even Dumbledore may not know where these passages lead.”

"Of course I know it's difficult, but Hagrid, don't you know a lot of small animals?"

Moon hadn't actually intended to send people to find the hidden rats.

But if you ask an animal to do this, the difficulty is completely different.

"You mean to let the animals run into the pipes to catch the rats?"

"That's right. Even if we can't catch them, as long as we spot a mouse, we can come back and tell Bouncy."

"That's it."

As Hagrid spoke, he stroked his chin thoughtfully.

"The pipes under the school are long and complicated, and it would take a large number of animals to catch a single rat."

Hagrid glanced at Moon beside him as he spoke.

Hagrid smiled helplessly as he watched Moon staring intently at the bamboo basket hanging on the wall.

"Have you been eyeing my spider for a while now?"

"hehe."

Moon scratched the back of his head and looked at Hagrid with an embarrassed smile.

Moon knew perfectly well that these spiders were materials Hagrid was going to use for his spell experiments, so he didn't speak rashly.

“Using spiders is no problem; there are plenty in the Forbidden Forest anyway.”

"However, I need to tell Aragog about this first. Only with its orders will these little guys work hard."

Hagrid stroked the newborn, transparent spiderling, a look of enjoyment on his face.

Who is Aragog?

"Oh, it is my friend, and these spiders are all its children and descendants."

Watching the little spider scrambling haphazardly in his palm, Hagrid suddenly remembered something important.

"By the way, I can't guarantee that Aragog will agree to this; it actually dislikes the environment in the castle very much."

“It’s alright, you can talk to it first. If Aragog doesn’t agree, I’ll think of another way.”

Seeing Moon's very firm attitude, Hagrid pondered for a moment.

He then took an empty glass bottle from the box, grabbed it, and stuffed the little spider inside.

"You can try these little guys first. If Aragok agrees, I'll find you an army of spiders."

"Okay, thank you so much."

Before Moon could finish speaking, Bouncy, who was perched on his shoulder, had already taken the glass bottle.

"Chirp chirp~" (I'll command these little guys; this time we'll definitely catch the big bad guy!)

After returning from the Forbidden Forest Hut, Beng Beng began giving the spider in the glass bottle a pre-job training.

Similarly, Mrs. Lorris, the "vice-captain," also participated in the training.

With the addition of these underlings, the "Rat-Catching Alliance" was re-established.

As for the original elder, Toad Raifu, he has been ousted from the upper echelons of power.

When Laifu saw Bouncy take out a bottle of spiders, he wanted to join in, but was immediately rejected by Mrs. Lorris.

"Meow~" (You want to eat these little spiders, don't you, Bouncy? You can't agree to that.)
"Chirp?" (Laifu, you're actually going to eat your teammate?)

"Croak!" (Actually, spiders smell delicious, especially baby spiders that have just hatched; they're the tastiest!)
Seeing that Lai Fu instinctively wanted to spit out the snake's head, Beng Beng's little paws immediately pressed down on Lai Fu's nose.

"Chirp!" (No! They have an important mission!)
With Raph's offer rejected, the "rat-catching meeting" proceeded as planned.

That evening, after a rushed training session.

Bouncy aimed the jar at a hidden pipe opening, and then the little spiders crawled inside one after another.

Moon didn't worry about it too much.

Because Harry became completely attached to him over the weekend.

"What should I bring if I'm going on an adventure?"

"Do we need food? And a compass and a map?"

"How are the accommodations? Do I need to bring my own blanket?"

Sunday evening.

There were only Harry and Moon in the dormitory.

Since it was his first time traveling far from home, Harry was so nervous that he kept asking Moon all sorts of questions.

"You don't need any of that. Just bring your wand and flying broom."

"Oh, and bring your invisibility cloak with you too."

After helping Harry pack his things, Moon led him to a small classroom on the second floor.

He had been instructed by Dumbledore to conduct the first time leading people through the portal here.

Phoenix Fox will always be there to protect the small classroom.

(End of this chapter)