The Rune Mage Starting at Hogwarts

This also means that there is a chance of special crows appearing in ordinary crows.

However, more than half a month has passed since then, and Halloween is almost here, but Rizz still hasn't found a third special raven.

"I hope I won't encounter a single special crow throughout the entire month of October?" Rizz muttered to himself, then glanced at his current total number of ravens.

"I've collected a total of 48 so far. If I keep that up next month, and with the +3 effect on the number of ravens, I should be able to get 75 ravens. I wonder if I can exchange them for a Prismatic Rune then?"

Ryze muttered to himself, and then early on the morning of Halloween, he put on his shoes, activated his speed boost, and sped all the way to Hagrid's cabin.

It wasn't to help feed Luwei, nor was it to rush to collect curse energy.

Instead, Hagrid wrote him a letter yesterday saying that he had made a lot of pumpkin cakes and asked him to come and pick up some tomorrow.

The letter also confidently stated that his pumpkin cakes were definitely sweeter than those made by the house-elves at Hogwarts.

To be honest, just looking at this letter, Ritz could imagine how much sugar was in Hagrid's pumpkin pie.

But Hagrid was his buddy, and seeing that he was planning to personally take him for a walk around the edge of the Forbidden Forest soon, he had no choice but to eat this pumpkin pie.

Fortunately, the wizard doesn't need to worry about diabetes, and as a young wizard who is still growing, occasionally consuming more sugar shouldn't cause him to gain weight.

Chapter 56: Hard-won Rice Seeds

"How do you like my pumpkin pancakes? If you think they're good, you can take some back to share with your roommates. I harvested a lot of pumpkins this year. Even though I gave most of them to the cafeteria, I still have enough left to last me a month or two, so feel free to take them and don't be shy."

Hagrid, a good friend, warmly welcomed Ritz. Ritz, whose roommates both preferred milder flavors, could only symbolically take four pumpkin pie, intending to eat two himself and have Hagrid's other good friend Harry finish the remaining two.

Although Hagrid was somewhat disappointed that Ryze only took a few pumpkin pie, he could understand the young wizards' preference for milder flavors these days, and said he would make them some milder pumpkin pie next time.

Then he seemed to remember something, and pulled Rhys to the back of the cabin.

Rizz was a little curious as he looked around the harvested pumpkin patch and it seemed that Hagrid had cleared a new piece of land.

"Hagrid, are you planning to plant something before winter?"

Hagrid laughed heartily, "That's right, didn't you mention before that Hogwarts is all potatoes and bread every day, and you were craving rice? These are the rice paddies I just cleared!"

Upon hearing Hagrid's words and seeing the small bag of rice seeds that Hagrid had pulled out of his pocket, Rez immediately perked up.

They had indeed discussed this topic before.

Hagrid also said that the current season and the environment at Hogwarts are not suitable for ordinary rice, and he would have to wait until the Easter holidays next year to make another trip to East Asia to get some magical rice seeds.

Now that Hagrid has suddenly started cultivating rice paddies, it clearly means that the other side has obtained suitable rice seeds.

Hagrid is such a good friend; he really takes this to heart.

"You mean you bought magical rice seeds?" Rizz looked excitedly at the rice seeds in Hagrid's hand, then seemed to realize something. "Magical rice seeds must be very expensive in England. I only asked you to help me because I wanted to eat rice. I definitely have to pay for the rice seeds."

Hagrid quickly waved his hand: "No need, no need, I didn't spend much money. I got this from someone yesterday when I was drinking with them in Hogsmeade. I bought them a glass of Lady Rosmerta's mead!"

Upon hearing this, Ryze immediately felt that Hagrid's words sounded somewhat familiar.

Hagrid seems to frequently get his hands on all sorts of random things at the pub.

For example, the current Louis Vuitton was bought by him from a Greek in a tavern.

Later, Quirrell gave him the dragon Nob, which he gave him in order to get information out of him.

The giant eight-eyed spider he got during his school days might very well have been obtained from a tavern.

Now he can even get his hands on magical rice seeds from the East right here at the tavern.

I don't know whether it's the tavern that's amazing or Hagrid that's amazing.

Just to be on the safe side, Ryze asked about the other person's situation, lest Hagrid, in the heat of conversation, reveal some school secrets to other dark wizards.

Fortunately, Hagrid's words reassured Rhett.

"Don't worry, that's the Potions Professor from the School of Magic. He's here to discuss potions with Hogwarts. We just met with them yesterday."

"The magic shop...and also potions, the magic potion ...

He had heard of the Magic Academy; it was one of the 11 largest magic schools in the world, and the only magic school in Japan and even Asia. It was said to be a magic school built next to a volcano.

Of course, other major countries certainly have similar places, but they are not called magic schools, and they basically have no contact with the international wizarding world, and they have a relatively closed system.

Hagrid recounted what he had learned yesterday: "Anyway, I heard it has a long history. Several magic schools formed the Potions League hundreds of years ago and started holding Potions competitions every seven years, which continues to this day, except for a few interruptions during the wars."

"It was supposed to be the 77th Potions Festival this year, but a student from Vagado accidentally had half of his body corroded by his own potion while brewing it, and he couldn't get out of bed for six months."

"Then there was an accident at the magic house. They said they had carefully prepared the magic potion for this time. Then there was another tsunami, and the medicinal fields they cultivated were all destroyed in these two disasters."

"I heard that Cordostadt also encountered some problems, so after everyone got together to discuss it, they decided to postpone this year's Potions Tournament to another year. Now they've come to Hogwarts to discuss when this year's Potions Tournament will be postponed."

Hagrid weighed the bag of rice seeds in his hand: "After I found out about this, I thought that since they teach potions, I tried asking them about magical rice seeds. I originally wanted them to send a bag of rice seeds to Hogwarts, but I didn't expect them to actually have a lot of materials with them. After we chatted for a bit, they must have felt we clicked, so they just gave me this bag of rice seeds."

"He also told me how to plant it. If there are no problems, you'll be able to taste what the rice grown from these magical rice seeds tastes like in about a month!"

Seeing Hagrid's happy expression, Ryze still keenly noticed the key point in Hagrid's words.

He tentatively asked, "So what exactly did you talk about?"

"Hi, the other person is the Potions Professor. What else could we talk about? We just chatted casually about how Professor Snape never really wanted to teach Potions, and he kept applying to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts but was always rejected. We also talked about how Hogwarts hasn't had any particularly outstanding students in recent years. You know, while Percy and Penelope are indeed very good, to be honest, they're still a bit lacking compared to his older brother who graduated a few years ago and his second brother who graduated this year..."

Hearing Hagrid suddenly start talking without any frames and say that the students at Hogwarts in recent years have not been good enough, and even Percy and Penelope were innocently dragged into the criticism, Rizz tried his best to make his expression look more normal.

No wonder that professor from the magic institute gave Hagrid the magic rice seeds directly.

Although all three magic schools suffered unexpected setbacks, they still have the ability to compete for the championship once they resolve these issues.

In recent years, Hogwarts has not only lacked any particularly outstanding students, but the Potions professor has also become unmotivated and neglectful of his teaching, which is tantamount to abandoning this year's students.

The magic professor who could hold back his laughter upon hearing this news will be able to immediately participate in the "Don't Laugh" challenge when he gets back.

Unexpectedly, Hagrid obtained the rice seeds in this way. Once Hagrid grows the rice, he will cherish this rice, which was obtained at the expense of the reputation of several Hogwarts prefects, and will never waste a single grain of it.

Thinking this, Rizz coughed lightly, telling Hagrid not to say such things outside in the future, lest it get out and cause dissatisfaction among the older students at Hogwarts.

Chapter 57: The Floating Curse

When Rhett walked into the castle with a few pumpkin pie and saw Percy chatting with Penelope at the long table, he quickly looked away and tossed two pumpkin pie to Harry, who was having breakfast at the Gryffindor table.

"These are pumpkin cakes made by Hagrid. I brought you two; they're quite sweet."

Harry felt a pang of toothache when he heard that Hagrid had made it.

He now meets with Hagrid about once a week, not because he doesn't want to, but because Hagrid's crustaceans are just too hard.

He and Ron ate there once, and he almost knocked out his teeth.

But they were not good at refusing Hagrid's kindness, and basically every time they went there they would just stand there in a daze holding a rock crust cake.

When Hermione first saw Harry and Ron with their long faces, holding the rock bread she had seen at Rizz's, she genuinely thought Hagrid was punishing the disobedient little wizards.

It wasn't until she visited Hagrid's hut herself and was offered a rock crust by the hospitable Hagrid, seeing him happily munching on it, that Hermione finally realized how terribly wrong she had been.

At the same time, she also gained a new understanding of Ryze, who went to see Hagrid at least three or four times a week, rain or shine—no wonder Hagrid was willing to take her to feed Fulvi and knew so much about magical creatures.

However, Harry's expression relaxed a little when he saw that Rhett threw him pumpkin pie, and only two of them.

Pumpkin pancakes can't possibly be that bad, right?

He took one and tried a bite.

As Rizzi said, it's really sweet.

One bite and it feels like half of your mouth is filled with sugar.

It took him a while to get used to the cloying taste before he could swallow the pumpkin cake in his mouth.

He quickly drank a glass of water to suppress the overly sweet taste, then looked at Ryze with a hint of resentment.

Sure enough, expecting to get any normal food from Hagrid, a guy with an abnormally large appetite and teeth, was a bit of a stretch.

Ryze laughed and waved his hand, "Eat slowly. This stuff is actually quite filling when you're really hungry, but it gets cloying if you eat too much."

"Just wait, when the magical rice seeds Hagrid got are ripe next month, I'll treat you to my fried rice."

Ravenclaw has a morning of Charms classes today, but no classes in the afternoon.

Before the Halloween party that evening, Ritz planned to explore the area around the castle in the afternoon, wondering if he could find a special raven before dinner.

"Alright, students, I can see how hard you've all worked over the past month."

In class, Professor Flitwick cheerfully informed the students.

After practicing the unlocking and locking spells for a month, they can start learning the levitation spell this week.

Immediately, the young wizards in the classroom erupted in cheers.

Over the past month, they have practiced to the point that they are getting tired of seeing locks.

Moreover, for first-year wizards, the spell they most want to learn is probably the levitation spell, which allows objects to fly freely in the sky.

But soon, Professor Flitwick, who was explaining the principles of the Levitation Charm, warned his students.

"The Levitation Charm cannot be used directly on people, but it can affect the clothes on a person's body, thus making them float temporarily. However, the effect is not good and it is very dangerous, so few wizards would try to fly in this way."

“But I know that after learning this spell, many young wizards will want to know the effects of the Levitation Charm on people. To prevent you from trying these dangerous things in private, I will now ask a student to come up and give a simple demonstration,” Professor Flitwick said from the podium, explaining the key points of the Levitation Charm, and then called on Ryze, the model student, to come up and demonstrate for us.

After all, Ryze had a high reputation in the first grade, and everyone trusted him.

Let him express his true feelings; the effect will naturally be better.

After Ritz stepped forward, Professor Flitwick told Ritz to relax, then took out his wand and pointed it at Ritz, who was standing in front of the podium.

"Yugardim, Leviosa!"

As Professor Flitwick clearly and slowly waved his wand, Ryze immediately felt a strong tugging sensation on his clothes after he had clearly demonstrated the spell's usage.

He controlled the Eli within his body, preventing her from emerging at this moment.

After all, Aery's shield in this world can also help block magical damage.

Moreover, unlike the levitation charms in the Hogwarts games, regular levitation charms cannot directly break through protective charms.

If Ariwan throws his shield down, Professor Flitwick will probably be embarrassed. Ryze doesn't want to lose the goodwill he's gained from Professor Flitwick for this reason.

Immediately afterwards, he was lifted up by the strong pulling force from his clothes, and his body floated uncontrollably about half a meter above the ground.

While maintaining the spell's effect, Professor Flitwick asked Rhett, "Alright, Mr. White, can you now tell everyone how you feel?"

Ryze touched his wizard robes, tried to move around a bit, and then told his true feelings: "Being half-suspended in the air feels a bit strange and restrictive. The clothes are also a bit uncomfortable. It's very different from riding a flying broom."

"To be honest, even though I don't float very high, I still feel a bit insecure. And because this spell is entirely based on the clothes I'm wearing to keep me floating, if the clothes aren't secure or the spell's effect isn't stable, I feel like I could easily fall down."

Professor Flitwick clapped his hands, then carefully put Reese down and gave him two points.

"Mr. White is right. In fact, using the Levitation Charm on someone without their consent is a very serious act of provocation, and it is indeed very unsafe. So please, even after you have learned this charm, do not use it on your classmates casually. If you want to experience the feeling of flying, please do so in your Flying Class."

"If we find someone using the levitation spell on others indiscriminately, even if no danger has been caused, we will punish them by deducting points and confining them."

Professor Flitwick had warned the young wizards about the levitation charm more than once.

Do not use fire-starting spells indiscriminately in areas with flammable materials, and do not use lock-picking spells to do evil.

Professor Flitwick would generally give a warning beforehand if there were any dangerous spells.

Meanwhile, Professor S continued his teaching on the levitation spell.

Chapter 58: The Wizard's Magic

After Professor Flitwick explained the core principles of the Levitation Charm, he spent half a class period leading everyone in practicing the casting gestures and incantations. In the second class, he divided the students into pairs for practical training.

The requirements for this lesson are not high; all you need to do is get a feather to float before the end of class.

Rizzi and Terry were grouped together.

The two had already mastered the spell, so they easily made their feathers float up.

Furthermore, under Rizz's guidance, Terry also tried lifting heavier objects.

The levitation spell and the illumination spell are different.

Ordinary lighting spells have limits; the brightness of an incandescent lamp is the limit of ordinary lighting spells.

Other spells need to be added after the illumination spell to further enhance its brightness; the spell is only truly unlocked when the ultimate fluorescent flash is achieved.

The levitation spell, however, does not have this restriction.

Once the theory is mastered, the stronger the magic and the firmer the belief, the stronger the levitation spell will be.

After two months of study at Hogwarts, Rhett Butler basically determined that a wizard's mana bar was roughly linked to their physical strength and energy, and that the willpower required to use a spell was the greatest drain on magic.

His mana value, based on his tests, is actually more like his stamina bar.

That's why he appears listless when his mana is low.