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

Guided by the fairy, Vizette and her companions boarded the minecart.

With a sharp, screeching sound, the mine cart sped along the winding track, blurring the surrounding scenery.

Guided by magic, the minecart seemed to find its way on its own, turning left and right among the forks in the road without the fairy's command.

With the help of the Eye of Magic, Vizet absorbed the ancient magical power around him and infused it into the Wizarding Manual.

The Wizarding Practical Guide was becoming increasingly agitated, and as the pages flew by, one page revealed its contents:

Basic Magical Forging: Master ancient magical powers... Enhance the effects of metals with ancient magical powers... Imbue metals with special properties...

Fairies have a deep understanding of magical forging and metalworking, and possess extremely high levels of expertise in these areas.

Wizards usually need the help of fairies, and only with the help of the metals processed and forged by fairies can magical items be preserved for a long time.

Godric Gryffindor, one of the founders of Hogwarts, once commissioned a goblin to forge a longsword for him, which became the famous Gryffindor sword.

According to "Hogwarts: A History of the School", after the goblin completed the commission, he coveted the sword, unilaterally reneged on the commission, and wanted to steal the sword back.

As a powerful wizard, Godric Gryffindor warned the goblins after defeating the thieving goblins that if they tried to steal the sword again, they would face a war.

Faced with Godric Gryffindor's immense power, the goblins had no choice but to give up and never again coveted the Gryffindor sword.

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Along with "Elementary Magical Forging Techniques," there was also a considerable amount of knowledge related to forging.

There are certain similarities between different spells, even between blacksmithing and other spells. However, to connect them, one needs a wealth of knowledge as a foundation.

For Vizet, this knowledge of forging was quite interesting, involving alchemy and the delicate manipulation of fire.

Magical forging is similar to potion-making, except that it lacks the crucible as a barrier and directly uses fire to fuse metals with various materials.

During the process of fusing materials with flames, the properties obtained through alchemical techniques are incorporated into the metal, which is why it can be preserved for a long time.

After understanding these things, Vizette suddenly became quite interested in the fairy's forging techniques.

He wanted to know if there were any common characteristics between "Elementary Magical Forging" and Fairy Forging.

However, due to the nature of fairies, if you ask them for this knowledge, you will be seen as trying to steal their secrets and will be attacked by them.

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The minecart slowly came to a stop in front of a metal door, and the goblin immediately called out in a shrill voice, "Ladies and gentlemen, we have arrived."

"Ugh!" Xenophilius was the first to jump off the minecart, his face pale and his steps unsteady.

Some staggered to a corner, bent over, dry heaving and coughing violently.

Luna quickly followed, gently patting Xenophilius's back to help him catch his breath and prevent him from choking.

"Sir, I'll unlock the door for you now." The fairy unlocked the door, and inside the vault were piles of metal coins, including gold Galleons, silver Sickles, and bronze Nats, which looked quite impressive.

"Cough cough cough..." Xenophilius's complexion finally improved a bit, and he pulled out an account book with trembling hands. "You can count it... I've written everything down... and you know the prices too."

Vizette looked at Xenophilius. Although Xenophilius still looked pale, his eyes did not flinch at all, and one could see the seriousness in them.

Seeing that Vizet hadn't taken any action, Xenophilius urged again, "You need to be careful! Although I won't lie to you, I might have miscalculated! You should at least double-check."

The fairy suddenly interjected, "Sir, Gringotts offers accounting services. If you're worried about making mistakes in your accounts, we're willing to provide you with a complete service, it just requires..."

Its mouth was stretched into a fake smile, and its hands were clasped together and rubbing them together, making it look like a shrewd and cunning merchant.

"Oh! I remember now!" Xenophilius slapped his forehead. "I really forgot to write that down! Gringotts charges a storage fee for storing Galon!"

"When you talked to me about it... how many Galleons was it again? Anyway, you do the math! If it's less than that, that's the storage fee the fairies were charging!"

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Before we knew it, it was already December 24th.

The weather in the village of Autri Saint Cachipol was gloomy, and a slightly damp, cold wind whistled and whistled among the houses like a ghost.

A hazy gray cloud spread out, enveloping the entire village, but there was no sign of snow.

Fortunately, a goal set last year has finally yielded results this year.

Vizette stepped out of the garden, pulled her wand from her pocket, and pointed it to the sky. "Fine Snowflakes!"

As he chanted the incantation, he began to twist his wrists as if he were stirring up clouds.

The gloomy clouds rolled gently, as if they had been churned by a washing machine, and their color changed from gray to milky white.

When the clouds stopped churning, the first snowflake drifted down lightly and slowly settled into Vizet's hand;

Vizette looked around, and then a second and a third snowflake appeared, and soft, feather-like snowflakes danced in the air.

The damp, cold wind disappeared silently, and the whole village fell silent, as if it were having a peaceful winter dream.

After a while, when the village and grassland were covered in a layer of snow-white cotton, Vizette called Luna out.

"Snowing!"

Luna put on a miniature unicorn hat and, at Xenophilius's request, wrapped a fluffy, off-white scarf around her neck before excitedly running to Vizet's side.

Although Luna had seen much more expansive snowscapes while at Hogwarts, they were still quite different from the snowscapes she saw after returning home.

Vizette walked ahead, leaving thin footprints in the snow;

Luna followed in Vizet's footsteps, but she walked faster and faster until she was walking alongside Vizet.

Let's build a snowman!

Luna excitedly suggested that they try to gather the surrounding snow into a small snowball, then crouch down and push it forward little by little.

"Okay!" Vizet nodded slightly, and like Luna, pushed another snowball.

Like Luna, he didn't use any magic at all; he simply pushed out a snowball and merged it with Luna's snowball.

Luna clapped her hands, her fair cheeks flushed, and her breath, as she panted, dispersed in the air, spreading her radiant smile along with it...

Chapter 23 Warm Crimson

Xenophilius called several times from the doorway before Luna, who was having a great time, finally stopped, put her hands on her hips, looked at the elaborately dressed snowman, and nodded in satisfaction.

Both snowmen were chubby. One snowman had two coal eyes and was covered with a sky-blue blanket. His smile was restrained, but you could still feel his joy.

The other snowman has blue glass beads in its eyes and wears an obviously oversized colorful polka dot hat at an angle, which makes its head tilt slightly to one side, giving it a playful and energetic look.

Luna took off her scarf again, wrapped it around the necks of the two snowmen, and waved to the sky-blue blanket snowman. "Vizet, Dad is calling me back."

Vizette couldn't help but chuckle, looking at Luna's flushed face, and waved to the polka-dot snowman, "Luna, I should go back too."

“Then let’s go back!” Luna smiled even more happily, squinting at the real Vizet. “It’s a pity we didn’t have time to build a dad.”

“Mr. Lovegood?” Vizette murmured. “I have an idea…”

He grabbed a handful of snow, picked up his wand, and gently tapped it. The snow stretched and elongated, turning into a pink and white parasol, the color of cotton candy.

Luna and he set up the parasol together, and with the parasol, the two snowmen had their own little world.

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Besides buying new clothes, Xenophilius, at Luna's strong suggestion, also bought colorful battery-operated light bulbs, stickers with bells, ribbons, balloons, etc. at the department store...

These are some of the common decorations that Muggles use during holidays.

After several days of hard work, the decorations such as light bulbs and ribbons have been hung up. As the three of them walk around the room, the breeze will cause the bells on the stickers to make a crisp and pleasant sound.

On Christmas Eve, after everything was set up, the three of them took out the balloons.

"Ho!" Xenophilius picked up the air pump and pressed a button, but was startled by the airflow from the nozzle and jumped up. "It sprays air when I press it?"

Vizette took out her wand. "Mr. Lovegood, if you're not used to it, you can try the Water Charm."

“Like this…” He poked the tip of his wand into the balloon’s opening. “An air pump works similarly; you insert the air outlet into the balloon’s opening and then push and pull.”

"A water-making spell?" Xenophirus asked疑惑地问道, "Isn't the goal to make the balloon fly? Why do we need to fill it with water?"

“The Water-Making Spell can be used for more than just holding water,” Vizette replied with a smile. “The so-called water-making is actually more like a kind of transporting.”

"Once we understand this principle, we can use it to release air through the water-creating spell, just like this... clear water flowing like a spring!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the balloon quickly inflated, becoming a round, bulging one.

"Clear water like a spring!" Luna chanted the spell in the same way, and after two breaths, the balloon was inflated.

Xenophilius took out his wand, pondered for a moment, and then tried it. "Clear water like a spring?"

puff!puff!puff!

His wand tip sprayed out bursts of water, as if water and air were mixed together and then pumped out by the wand.

"Dad, you're amazing!"

"Mr. Lovegood, that's remarkable for your first time!"

Luna and Vizette said similar things at almost the same time.

“Uh…” Xenophilius waved his hand, “You don’t need to comfort me.”

Vizette explained, "Mr. Lovegood, Luna and I have been trying to cast a water-making spell based on principles since the summer..."

"I only fully grasped it when I went home this time, but you only heard us explain it once and you already understood the principle. That's really amazing."

“Yes, Daddy!” Luna clung to Xenophilius’s arm affectionately. “You’re the best!”