Hogwarts: A Chinese-Style Professor

Chapter 30 Filch's Request
Halloween hasn't arrived yet, but the festive atmosphere has already been set up, with bright and cheerful lights inside the castle.

If students can clear their minds and stop thinking about the assignments given by the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, they should be able to relax and enjoy a few pleasant days.

Unfortunately, reality is often cruel.

There are many students who haven't finished their homework by the eve of the holiday.

They can't forget their homework, but they also can't bring themselves to cram for it during the holidays.

So they decided to celebrate the holiday with a tense mindset!

Yes, there's no end to the homework.

However, Halloween only happens once a year.

Except for a few Ravenclaw students, no one will give up.

Li Wei was still responsible for helping Filch decorate the auditorium, and quickly completed his task.

During this time, Filch struck up a conversation with him again.

"Professor Li Wei—"

His expression was somewhat hesitant as he pulled out a pistol with a rather familiar design from his pocket.

"I heard this is an alchemical weapon you made?"

“Yes.” Li Wei’s expression was even colder than usual. “And I don’t think it belongs to you.”

Filch's face flashed with disdain, but when facing Levi, his attitude immediately became respectful.

“I know, I confiscated it from a naughty little wizard—don’t worry, I’m only keeping it for a while, and I’ll return it to him once he’s repented.”

The male wizard, who could be captured by Filch, was it that fourth-year student who played Ryan?
Levi stared at Filch expressionlessly.

"Yes—that's how it is."

Filch seemed a little nervous when he met Levi's gaze.

He saw a glimmer of hope in Li Wei, and he was afraid of being rejected.

He carefully chose his tone, trying his best not to offend Li Wei.

"Your alchemical weapon seems to be able to directly guide students to cast fixed spells? I—I think this kind of guidance might be somewhat useful to me, but it requires too much magic power; I can't do it."

Filch stared expectantly at Levi.

Li Wei understood what he meant, but didn't rush to say it.

Then, seeing that Levi didn't respond, Filch was somewhat disappointed, but still continued:
"I hope you can make me a simple alchemical tool—the guiding spell should be as simple as possible, such as a flashing light or something similar, would that be alright?"

He looked at Li Wei with an expression that was almost pleading.

"Anything I can do, please feel free to ask me. I'd be willing to be your servant if you could help me!"

"We're all colleagues, you don't need to be like this."

Looking at the old Squirrel who had longed for magic for many years, Li Wei shook his head, stopping him from bending his knees.

"I can design an alchemical tool that meets your requirements. You only need to promise me one thing—that this alchemical toy in your hands must be returned to its owner before the end of today. Can you do that?"

“Yes! Absolutely! Thank you so much, Professor Levi—you don’t know—I—I’ve dreamed of learning magic—”

Filch was incoherent; his lips were trembling violently, his teeth chattering, and he couldn't utter a single complete sentence.

But after confirming that Li Wei had agreed, he became anxious and uncertain again. Before leaving, he couldn't help but confirm once more:

"Is it really possible? I've done almost nothing for you."

“No need, Filch. If you can really help me someday, I believe you will.”

Seeing Filch's anxious expression, Levi gave him a mysterious smile. If Filch had indeed gained the ability to cast spells in this way, it would mean that Filch had officially become a wizard.

Li Wei's help to him was tantamount to giving him a completely new life.

Legend has it that in the magical world, when one wizard saves the life of another, a certain connection is formed between them.

Li Wei was quite curious to see whether this connection was a coincidence or truly predestined.

However, if possible, Li Wei would prefer never to use this connection.

As he watched the pathetic and hateful middle-aged man leave, another thought popped into his mind.

If his alchemical weapon could truly grant Filch, the Squib, the ability to cast spells, it would be tantamount to a revolution in the magical world.

In the field of alchemy, he should also gain considerable fame—making connections with Nicolas Flamel might be a good way to do so.

Well—in order to avoid war, he had always lived in anonymity and kept a low profile, so he was not well-known in the magic world.

Now that there's no way to avoid it, shouldn't we consider changing our approach?
However, if I choose to do this, I'm afraid that my only weekends, which I can spend focusing on studying magic, will be completely taken up.

Moreover, Li Wei is still hesitant about whether to promote this alchemical weapon.

If this alchemical weapon is confined to schools, it will only be a toy for students.

Even Li Wei himself couldn't predict what the consequences would be if this were to become widespread in society.

Well, there's no use thinking about it too much. Everything still depends on whether Filch's squib symptoms can really be cured through this intervention.

On the day of the Halloween party.

Camille reluctantly left with Jowell, with Cedric following beside them, looking somewhat strained.

As for Li Wei, he wasn't interested in Halloween.

On Halloween, he locked himself in the basement and quietly studied the Fiendfyre spell.

Based on their previous research, they have established the emotional hypothesis of the Fiend Curse.

Satisfyingly, the Fiend's emotions do not depend on the user; rather, the spell itself possesses a spreading characteristic.

In other words, to use this magic freely, what is needed more than strong emotions is the ability to control it.

Rather than using Fiendfire on a large scale for attacks, Li Wei wanted to explore the spell's potential in close combat.

Their main focus for the past month has been on how to utilize the properties of the Fiery Inextinguishable and Adsorption to achieve the effect of small tracking missiles.

Instead of focusing on igniting large areas of objects, the goal is to create a tiny Fiend Seed, about the size of a grain of rice, instantly at the tip of your finger or wand.

If a shapeshifting ability could be added to transform the Fiend Seed into a miniature creature, it would likely significantly increase the power of the flames and its flight speed.

However, we are far from being able to do that at present.

For some reason, it's easy to transform large Fiendfires, but not small ones—and similarly, miniature Fiendfires have reduced power and spread rate.

The result of a month of studying in his spare time is the small flame seed that is quietly burning in Li Wei's hand at this moment.

The test did not go as Li Wei had expected.

Although the flames have the characteristic of spreading, their initial momentum was too weak, resulting in both an unsatisfactory spread speed and power.

This month of research seems to have yielded nothing except for a better understanding of the characteristics of the Fiery Blaze.

However, this is the norm.

Li Wei was already used to it.

If small tracking missiles aren't working well, let's try a different approach.

(End of this chapter)