The sickly, iron-fisted beauty in Harry Potter

For Hermione, spending time with Dolly, or rather, spending every day with Dolly, has become the second most important thing at Hogwarts.

If it weren't for a conflict with her most important matter, she would definitely stand by Dolly's side without hesitation.

So what is the most important thing?

Academic performance, of course.

This is not surprising.

If Dolly and Quidditch were to clash, Cho Chang would most likely hesitate and be conflicted.

They were originally little witches, but as their bodies grew, they occasionally experienced emotional stirrings.

But I'm still three to five years away from the age where I consider love to be everything in my life.

"Actually, I originally wanted to study with you, and I even made a study plan."

Hermione sighed, but Dolly shivered.

She quickly replied, "My dear Hermione, we are not the same type of people. We have different learning methods and goals. I definitely can't keep up with you."

"Why don't you try promoting it to the other girls in our college?"

Hermione refused without hesitation, saying, "They certainly wouldn't be happy either, and probably no one in the entire Hogwarts would accept it."

Dolly laughed after hearing this, as if to say, "So you actually have this kind of self-awareness?"

Hermione glared at Dolly angrily. She knew all too well that the amount of effort she had put into her studies was beyond what others could bear.

But she's just so passionate about it, what can you do?

In fact, Dolly knew very well that Hermione's current enthusiasm for learning was not even at its peak.

Hermione's true peak was after she received the Time-Turner from Professor McGonagall, where she spent more than 12 hours a day studying all the lessons.

Hermione eventually collapsed from exhaustion, and it was after that incident that she began to curb her enthusiasm and realize that some courses were indeed not worth studying seriously.

Pursuing a perfect score for the sake of a perfect score will only result in a bunch of worthless perfect final exam papers. It will have virtually no positive impact on Hermione's life and may even harm her health.

Dolly was well aware of all this, so she never tried to dissuade Hermione. Given Hermione's personality, no amount of persuasion from anyone would have much effect until she truly regretted it.

"I can agree to let you handle these things yourself, but you still need to show up at your normal work hours, otherwise I won't let you off the hook."

Ultimately, tempted by the prospect of learning, Hermione relented.

However, rules were still set for Dolly, forbidding her from overworking.

Dolly outwardly thanked Hermione for her concern, though inwardly she was secretly delighted by this moment of freedom, but she truly cherished Hermione's care even more.

After all, how many people in this world, besides your parents, can care for you unconditionally?

Although Dolly has gained her freedom, she is basically unable to handle this matter on a daily basis, because moving these large items requires not only Spot's help.

More importantly, Dolly didn't want to attract the attention of her classmates.

In the end, Dolly chose to have Spot help move these things to the front of the House of Requirement one weekend.

Dolly paced back and forth in front of the Room of Requirement, her mind filled with images of a room where she could brew potions and also have a spacious area to assemble large equipment.

As expected, a smooth door appeared in the wall.

Dolly pushed open the door and entered; what she saw made her eyes light up.

The first thing that appeared before her was a huge circular platform with ancient metal rollers underneath, indicating that the platform could rotate.

In other words, Dolly can place equipment on it and adjust its position and connect it to other equipment around the platform whenever needed.

At the other end of the house, there is a platform that is one meter higher than the ground and requires steps to reach.

The container on top was filled with bottles, jars, and even a crucible, clearly indicating that it was used to brew potions.

"Perfect."

Dolly couldn't help but sigh; she hadn't expected a real Muggle science lab to appear in the Room of Requirement in the magical world.

If something like that were to appear, that would be truly shocking.

The current structure is sufficient; at least for now, Dolly doesn't have any further needs.

Dolly entered the House of Requirement, continued to look around the house, and then subconsciously looked up.

The next second, Dolly's pupils contracted slightly because she saw unexpected characters.

[The House of Requirement carries self-blessing magic: Seamless Stretch Charm lv5, Transformation Charm lv7, Solidification Charm lv6.]

This Requirement House actually has attributes?

Moreover, its attributes are no less than those of an invisibility cloak?

Dolly gasped. So, this Room of Requirement was a man-made creation?

Well, there's really no need for this surprise.

Since the entire Hogwarts complex is man-made, the Room of Requirement is naturally also man-made.

What Dolly should really be surprised about is the existence of the Unseen Stretching Charm.

Since this spell exists, it means that the House of Response might actually be a small house, or even a small box.

In contrast, Newt's suitcase was subjected to a seamless stretching spell.

A suitcase can house dozens or even hundreds of magical creatures, each with its own living area. Newt even thoughtfully uses weather charms to create a comfortable environment for them.

In this sense, Newt also created a rather advanced magical item.

That suitcase, apart from not being able to transform at will like the House of Requirement, is almost no worse than the House of Requirement.

This also seems to explain why the true form of the House of Requirement has never been found.

And the two things that happened were that someone released Fiendish Fire, which could burn everything, into the Room of Requirement, and the Room of Requirement disappeared permanently.

That is, the House of Requirement was actually a small object, and it was permanently destroyed by the Fiendfire.

Thinking about this, Dolly felt a little regretful.

If she could have such a portable, all-powerful house, she could truly lie down and do nothing freely in any environment.

Of course, given Dolly's current strength, she obviously can't do that.

However, whether it's the invisibility cloak or the Room of Requirement, the highest level of the spell is only level 7, which doesn't seem like an unattainable level for Dolly.

Even considering Newt's charm level, crafting a Newt-level suitcase might not even require level 7 charms; level 5 charms would be sufficient.

Maybe Dolly will be able to do this when she's in third or fourth grade?

Thinking of this, Dolly couldn't help but feel a little excited, which gave her even more motivation to take action.

After confirming everything was in order, Dolly began to bring the equipment into the site.

"DianDian, I'm counting on you for help from now on."

Dolly said casually, nodding, "It would be my pleasure to serve you, sir."

The family has become quite familiar with each other, and now when Dolly says something polite to Spot, Spot no longer gets upset and thinks it's an insult, but rather takes it as a natural part of Dolly's language.

Dotty's way of addressing Dolly also changed from "Master Dursley" to the simpler "Master".

Although the meaning remained the same, Dolly still sensed a degree of trust from it.

This is perhaps the most amicable relationship that can form between wizards and house-elves.

Dolly and Spot used the Levitation Charm to move all the heavy objects into the House of Requirement.

Dolly then took out the instruction manual for the suitcase.

Dolly felt dizzy after just one look.

This era clearly didn't prioritize user experience like later generations, especially the complete power supply system manual, which was obviously not intended for complete novices.

However, Dolly had no choice but to grit her teeth and continue.

Fortunately, Dolly still had the physics and math knowledge she learned in high school in her previous life, so now it wasn't about doing problems but about hands-on practice.

If you encounter something you don't know, you can write it down and think about it slowly. You can even write a letter to ask your father for help. You can use the rest of your time to study the potion called Bone Spirit.

Bone Growth Elixir and Hair Growth Elixir are completely different. The latter is a magic potion that can be bought freely in pharmacies, but the former is not so easy to buy.

According to Dolly's previous life experience, both blood tonics and bone-regenerating agents are prescription drugs, and bone-regenerating agents are among the highest-grade prescription drugs.

Although the magical world does not have a similar drug management system, the attribute of rarity objectively exists, so brewing Bone Spirit is undoubtedly a difficult task.

Most importantly, to learn how to brew this potion, one has to wait until fifth grade or even older.

However, Dolly decided to try it herself.

After all, Hermione had successfully brewed Polyjuice Potion in her first year, although the consequence was that she herself turned into a real catgirl.

Compound decoctions are high-level potions that are only learned in sixth grade, which means that as long as you follow the detailed steps, it shouldn't be a problem to brew a usable potion.

Dolly can now ask people to help her buy medicinal herbs, and there are many more channels for purchasing them.

Ms. Faye, the lawyer; Bill, Ron's brother; Mr. Charles, Hans' husband; and even Hagrid, whom Dolly could occasionally ask for help with—Dolly didn't want to develop a deep friendship with Hagrid.

Dolly felt perfectly justified in asking Hagrid for a favor, and then having Harry help Hagrid in return.

At worst, we can send Harry a Firebolt next year, making him one of the first people to use this broom. Harry will definitely be satisfied then.

The process of trying it out was not easy, because in Snape's Potions class, Snape actually helped everyone skip the step of identifying whether the potions were qualified.

This involves extensive knowledge of herbalism, which means Dolly needs to brush up on herbalism.

Unlike Hermione's one-time purchase, Dolly is someone who needs to use Bones multiple times, and if she doesn't learn how to identify potions, she'll inevitably make a mistake.

She didn't want to lose her bones, take substandard bone-regenerating medicine, and then die alone in the House of Requirement.

Dolly originally thought that she would waste a lot of potions during this process.

But Dolly later realized she was wrong.

It took her a considerable amount of time to learn how to process each potion, and she was doing it behind Hermione's back.

I only have a short time to do research each day; the rest of the time I have to pretend nothing is happening.

This caused Dolly's progress to be slow, and Bone Spirit itself is a potion that requires a long time to brew.

It wasn't until a month later that Dolly was ready to make her first attempt.