Harry Potter: I started checking in from Diagon Alley

Often, the professor would ask a question, and while everyone else pondered, Eric would calmly answer, after which the professor would award Ravenclaw points.

Every professor could see that Eric's level was far above that of a first-year student, and based on this, they didn't want to give him too many extra points.

Others might get 5 or 10 points for answering the question, but for Eric, it only becomes 1 or 2 points.

Although the points for answering are few, the sheer number of attempts makes up for it.

Eric answered every question the professor asked.

Sometimes, even if the professor didn't call on him, Eric would speak up on his own initiative.

It's simply because I have nothing to do and classes are too boring.

Besides, I've already given you the correct answer. As a professor, how can you not give me points?

How dare you!

For example, Snape, who taught Potions, didn't give out any points.

In his class, only Slytherins get extra credit because he is the head of Slytherin House.

The other three colleges can basically go wherever it's cool and stay there.

It's good enough if we don't lose points, let alone want to gain them?

But Snape ultimately couldn't influence the overall situation.

Bad news: Snape didn't give any points.

Good news: There's only one Snape.

With a magical level far exceeding the standard for first-year students, Eric easily monopolized all the marks in class, both in theory and practice, except for Snape's Potions class.

There's nothing we can do about it; Eric doesn't have any competitors this year.

If Eric and Harry were the same age, then there might be Hermione to compete with Eric.

But Eric is two years younger than Harry, so the two students can't take classes together, and Hermione's workload is also heavier.

Moreover, Hermione can't just rack up points like that.

Although she was also a good student, earning about the same points as Eric in class, the other Gryffindor students didn't appreciate that.

Hermione earned 10 points for answering questions today, but tomorrow Ron's two brothers, George and Fred, will lose 20 points for breaking school rules.

After that back and forth, Gryffindor is now 10 points behind.

On the other hand, Gryffindor had won the College Cup for the past two years, and they were getting a bit tired of it. On the other hand, Ravenclaw, who hadn't won the honor in a long time, were now united in the face of this once-in-a-decade opportunity.

In comparison, Ravenclaw's score is practically unmatched.

Even though Snape worked tirelessly to add points to Slytherin's stats every day, they still lagged far behind.

As the head of Ravenclaw, Professor Flitwick was moved to tears upon witnessing this scene.

After years of being runners-up, Ravenclaw has finally stood up.

These past few days, when he talks to Professor McGonagall, the headmaster of Gryffindor, with his neck craned back, his back doesn't hurt anymore, his legs don't ache anymore, and he can even eat three servings of fish and chips in one go.

Eric could only accept it all.

Until a new check-in task is released.

[Ding! Check-in task. Please go to the Screaming Shack in Hogsmeade Village to check in.]

[The reward is an unbreakable vow.]

Chapter 55 As expected of the Quidditch Captain

With the arrival of the new mission, the Ravenclaw students had barely had time to rejoice at their house's significant lead in scores before they suddenly realized that they were slowly being caught up by the other houses.

Because Eric's scoring speed suddenly stopped.

For a while, Eric attended classes diligently for a simple reason: to fill in any gaps in his knowledge and avoid missing any information that he couldn't find in the textbook.

Adding points to Ravenclaw's score was just a side effect.

But after taking it seriously for a while, Eric realized he was basically doing nothing.

The first-year curriculum was of no help to him whatsoever.

It's better to let him read books on his own than to give him this kind of lesson.

Even the Transfiguration, which is generally considered the most difficult, is no exception.

Professor McGonagall asked them to turn a match into a needle. Eric activated his mental field, locked onto the match, and transformed it into a stick figure picking his teeth with half a delicate embroidery needle in his hand.

When Eric noticed Professor McGonagall staring at him as she came to check his homework, he had the stick figure roll over and lay down on the desk, continuing to pick his teeth.

Even the notoriously strict Professor McGonagall was speechless upon witnessing this, and from then on, she never interfered with what Eric did in her classes again.

Hogwarts allows auditors to attend classes.

In theory, Eric is now eligible to audit upperclassmen's courses.

However, that requires the principal's approval in principle, and it cannot delay the original course schedule.

Eric was new to the area and had even shown off his skills to Dumbledore. He wasn't sure if Dumbledore would allow him into the upperclassmen's classrooms.

Anyway, he wasn't in a hurry, so there was no need for him to go and hang around in front of Dumbledore right now.

Therefore, Eric, who possessed strong mental fortitude, chose the method that best suited him—reading.

Having gradually become familiar with Hogwarts, Eric, without needing reminders, fully recognized his shortcomings after the start of the school year.

He had already read through the first-grade textbook, but after all, it was only the beginning.

The secrets hidden in the real-life Hogwarts are simply everywhere.

Secret passages leading to various areas, various secret rooms, the Room of Requirement, the ingredients and components of potions...

Eric had very little knowledge of anything other than magic.

Even though his knowledge far exceeds the standards required of first-year students, when did Eric ever consider himself a true first-year student?

No one dares to claim they know anything about the wizarding world, let alone Eric.

No matter how powerful his magic is, without the aid of other knowledge, it will ultimately remain a castle in the air.

Knowledge is power, and this applies equally to the magical world.

Battles between wizards sometimes have nothing to do with magic, and they can't just be a back-and-forth exchange of spells.

Potions, plants, magical creatures, unknown spells...

These things can all be key factors in determining victory or defeat.

At that time, the competition will be based on the overall abilities of the wizards.

For example, if the other party uses a dark magic spell you don't understand, and you don't know how to break the spell, bam, you're going to meet Merlin.

This situation abounds.

Without wasting a single moment, Eric's understanding of magic began to grow at an incomprehensible pace.

Just like the previous Ravenclaw scores.

The person who felt all of this most deeply was none other than Cho Chang, who was in the same college as Eric.

Cho Chang became captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team this year, and he's a well-known figure in Ravenclaw.

With the start of the new semester and the graduation of many veteran players, Ravenclaw's team has officially become the worst-performing team.

They used to be able to compete with Hufflepuff, but now they can't even beat Hufflepuff.

So these past two days, Qiu Zhang, who has been suffering from headaches, has been staying in the common room, looking for fresh blood for the team.

Then she saw Eric, who was also having a headache, sitting on the sofa in the common room with a wand in his right hand and a book in his left, his brow furrowed.

Qiu Zhang asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

"I saw a spell that really interests me."

"What is it?"

Qiu Zhang looked at the "Complete Book of High Magic" that Eric had borrowed from the library. He turned to the page that recorded the Binding Spell, which was densely packed with text. Qiu Zhang felt dizzy just looking at it.

"If I remember correctly, this seems to be a supplementary reference book for sixth grade?" Qiu Zhang thought for a while and asked doubtfully.

"Yes." Eric nodded.

Qiu Zhang sat down, patted Eric on the shoulder, and said seriously, "Eric, I know we've put too much pressure on you, but you don't need to do this at all."

Eric put down his book and looked at Qiu Zhang with a questioning expression.

“You don’t need to take your grades too seriously. This isn’t your sole responsibility. Trying to learn advanced spells beyond your grade level won’t earn you extra points from the professors, and Hogwarts doesn’t encourage students to do that either,” Cho Chang explained. “It’s good for young people to have ideas. Although you’re a recognized genius, it’s impossible for you to understand sixth-year material right now. It’s normal that you don’t understand it.”

Eric looked at him strangely and said nothing. Instead, he picked up his wand and whispered a spell.

The next moment, the curtains behind Qiu Zhang flew up rapidly, tearing into strips and binding Qiu Zhang tightly from top to bottom.

Cho Chang was shocked and instinctively reached for his wand, only to find that he couldn't move his upper body. He struggled and fell onto the sofa in the common room.

“I’m wondering what the solution to this curse is; it’s not written here,” Eric said, waving the book in his hand.

Qiu Zhang's face turned red. There were other people watching in the common room, not just the two of them.

"Untie me..." Qiu Zhang said anxiously.

Eric helplessly shrugged: "I really don't know how... Okay, I'll try, Curse Stop!"

The curtains covering Qiu Zhang loosened slightly. Zhou Liting was clearly not a specific antidote for this curse, but as a general basic antidote, it still had some effect.

So that afternoon, everyone in the Ravenclaw common room witnessed the bizarre scene of their Quidditch captain Cho Chang being tied up like a dumpling, while a freshman cast a dozen or so spells on her.

As expected of Quidditch captain, he remained completely calm.

Chapter 56 Before Halloween

Before he knew it, it was the weekend before Halloween, and Eric had finally gotten everything sorted out.

He had to prepare to go to Hogsmeade.

Before officially starting the operation, Eric had to at least ensure that he had enough ability to protect himself.