Hogwarts: From Luna's House to Godhood Through Intense Competition

"So you can make magical items like this?" Fred stroked his chin. "This is truly eye-opening!"

"Replacing this material with willow twigs to increase the teacup's flexibility is a brilliant idea!" George exclaimed. "Vizet, where did you get all that information from?"

Vizette summarized simply: "The sources are quite numerous, including all sorts of notebooks and even the forbidden book section..."

"The forbidden book section?" George scratched his head. "We've been there a few times before, but the books there are so varied... it's really troublesome to find anything!"

“That’s the difference between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw,” Fred said with a smile. “Anyway, Vizette is one of us now, so we can just ask him if we have any questions!”

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The "Rubik's Cube theory" provided by Wizette, combined with the production method from that memory and Fred and George's ancestral production skills, significantly reduced the production cost of the biting nose teacup.

The Weasley twins understood the principle of low profit margins and high sales volume, so they lowered their prices accordingly.

Their focus is on opening up the market so that when other students want to buy a nose-biting teacup, they will think of them first; this is the long-term solution.

Vizette will also participate in the creation of magical items to gain experience and, incidentally, wait for the full moon to arrive.

Before we knew it, a week had passed.

Vizette arrived at the Astronomical Tower with a leaf of mandrake.

He was lucky; the night sky was clear, the bright moon was extremely round, and he could even see Europa through the telescope.

When he took out the mandrake leaf, the surface of the mandrake had an extra layer of soft, gauze-like luster.

It's as if the moon is drawn to the light, casting its glow upon the leaves of the mandrake...

Chapter 123 The Wonderful Mandrake Leaves

Vizette glanced at the Animagus notes again, making sure that every detail matched what she had written down.

He then began to relax, choosing a more comfortable standing posture, and reorganized the soul maze, transforming the original maze into a city wall, making way for a wide road leading directly to the depths of his soul.

Animagus's complete cycle is rather long, and he doesn't want to make a mistake halfway through due to minor oversights at the very first step, which would affect the entire process and waste time.

Taking a deep breath, Vizet picked up a mandrake leaf, examined its luster, and put it directly into his mouth.

According to the Animagus notes, when a mandrake leaf comes into contact with the mouth, an extremely slow process of change occurs.

First, you will smell the scent of grass, followed by a very slight feeling of dizziness, similar to the sensation of "a blur before your eyes".

However, Vizette did not experience any of the sensations mentioned above.

He experienced a rapid loss of weight, similar to entering the Pensieve.

It was as if I had become that mandrake leaf, appearing on the outer edge of the soul's city wall, then drifting along the wide road until I reached the depths of my soul.

Everything around seemed to have changed, somewhat similar to the scene seen through the Eye of Magic, yet possessing a unique and wondrous feeling.

Vizette felt as if a painting appeared before her, an extremely famous painting—"The Starry Night".

The moon and stars in the sky became extremely exaggerated, displaying a bright yellow hue, and seemed to be constantly rotating and twinkling in rhythm.

The once pitch-black night sky has changed, as if it were a collision of deep blue and crimson, slowly rotating back and forth around the swirling stars and moon, sometimes forward and sometimes backward...

Vizette studied under Professor Snape and thus saw quite a few kinds of potions;

Under Professor Snape's supervision, they would also taste the effects of potions and deduce the possible ingredients used.

In this process, one would naturally come into contact with hallucinogenic drugs, so Vizette knew very well that the scene before her eyes was not the result of taking hallucinogenic drugs.

Based on his knowledge, it is speculated that the young mandrake leaves helped him increase his perception of the surrounding environment, thus achieving an effect similar to the Eye of Magic.

Related content is actually mentioned sporadically in Lockhart's works;

Lockhart seems to really know about mandrake, but only at a theoretical level.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so careless as to faint because of the cries of young Mandrake and be taken to the school hospital.

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Besides the visual changes, the leaf that seemed to drift into the depths of the soul was also changing.

It drifted down onto the Soul City Wall, which loosened and a sprout emerged, quickly merging with the leaves of the Mandrake.

When the two combine, a strong vitality is born, and it continues to grow upward, extending branches and growing new leaves...

Eventually, the mandrake leaves and buds grow together to produce a new mandrake.

Vizette could clearly sense that this newly sprouted mandrake contained not only the original mandrake leaves, but also his soul.

However, the line between the two is somewhat blurred. As the mandrake reaches true maturity, it quickly loses its leaves and withers, its branches and leaves disappearing into the soil without a trace.

As the branches and leaves disappeared into the soil, the starry sky in the field of vision returned to normal;

Not only did the mandrake in his soul disappear, but the mandrake in his mouth also disappeared, turning into a slightly grassy liquid that slowly spread in his mouth and merged into his body.

Even though Vizette experienced such a magnificent and unique starry sky, she felt no fatigue at all after the whole process ended; on the contrary, she felt full of energy.

He closed his eyes and savored the moment, feeling as if he had drunk a soul-soothing tonic and then had a good night's sleep.

Vizette frowned slightly and picked up the Animagus notebook to review it again.

"It's completely different from the initial situation described in that notebook... But I found some similarities in the later descriptions... How could this happen?"

The night was long, and before the full moon had faded, he decided to give it another try.

Fortunately, Sprout cultivated enough mandrakes, and Wizette also carefully preserved a lot of leaves just in case.

"Mandrake leaf, come here!" He waved his wand and summoned another leaf into his hand.

The second attempt, still strictly following the steps in the notes, resulted in the exact same outcome.

As the two mandrake leaves merged into his body, he felt more energetic and his mind seemed sharper.

He wanted to use his previous knowledge to deduce why the mandrake was directly digested.

As Vizette went downstairs, she pondered the possibilities.

His first thought was about the soul. Animagus, as a form of ritual magic, requires a variety of materials and a long period of time to catalyze and protect itself in order to understand the soul.

Only by deeply understanding one's own soul can one ensure, to the greatest extent possible, that during the transformation of Animagus, one will not lose one's soul and thus become a half-human, half-beast being.

He returned to Hogwarts Castle and knocked on Professor McGonagall's office door.

"Professor McGonagall, are you there?"

Professor McGonagall was still wearing a dark green robe, with a hairnet tied behind her head.

The first thing she said when she opened the door was, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Vizette nodded. "Something strange has indeed happened, which is why I came to find you. I hope I didn't disturb your rest?"

“Of course not.” Professor McGonagall’s lips curved into a barely perceptible smile. “I told you before that you can come to me immediately if you encounter any problems.”

“It’s a full moon tonight…” She turned to look out the window behind her. “Does something feel off? The night sky is beautiful tonight; it should be perfect for the first step.”

“Yes, it’s perfect!” Vizette nodded. “There aren’t many clouds in the sky, so we can enjoy the moonlight as much as possible, and we can also see Europa.”

"Following the instructions in my notes, I first relaxed my mind and body, then let go of all my inner defenses. Only after everything was ready did I place the mandrake leaf..."

As Professor McGonagall listened to Wizette's description, her expression turned serious again, and her lips tightened.

Her eyes gleamed, and she would occasionally adjust her glasses, as if she were deep in thought.

After all, what happened to Vizette tonight, just like Vizette himself, was too unusual.

At least in Professor McGonagall's memory, no wizard has ever had the mandrake turn into liquid and melt in their mouth during the first step...

Chapter 124 Untimely Good Weather

Nevertheless, Professor McGonagall quickly offered an explanation based on her professional knowledge: "Vizet, you have already gained insight into your own soul through the Patronus Charm."

“This is extremely rare…it could even be said to be unprecedented. Very few wizards at this age would have a true understanding of the soul.”

"Furthermore, very few wizards would begin practicing Animagus at this age... You are definitely an exception!"

“I see.” Vezel nodded; Professor McGonagall’s words confirmed his guess.

Because I have acquired new knowledge, I make new conjectures, which are then explained by the professor, thus verifying my conjectures...

This is a process of learning and feedback going hand in hand, which allows you to demonstrate that what you have learned is not just rote memorization, but truly applied in practice.

He continued, "Because I understood the soul first, the mandrake leaf, for me, no longer had the function of protecting the soul, but instead transformed into nourishing the soul..."

“That’s right!” Professor McGonagall nodded. What Wizette said was exactly what she was going to say next.

“Professor McGonagall, shouldn’t we change our approach?” Vizette asked. “Do I need to rebuild a defense outside the soul to create the illusion that I don’t understand it?”

“Re-establishing defenses outside the soul?” Professor McGonagall blinked. “You learned Occlumency from Professor Snape…?”

Vizet shook his head. "It was Mr. Aberforth Dumbledore who taught me a simple introductory method."

"I'll only be taught the Occupation technique after I've mastered that method. I'm still practicing it."

“Aberforth…” Professor McGonagall adjusted her glasses, her tone revealing a hint of surprise.

Unexpectedly, Dumbledore asked Aberforth to teach the Labyrinth of Souls.

There are too many unspeakable grudges and entanglements between the Dumbledore brothers, so it's surprising that they were able to reach an agreement on this matter...

What is certain at least is that Vizet's identity as an Obscurial played a significant role in advancing the situation.