The Rune Mage Starting at Hogwarts

Although Snape had a terrible personality, he was at least relatively trustworthy.

He agreed to sign up as soon as I told him to.

Of course, it is foreseeable that Snape will continue to "make things difficult" for him in various ways in the future, and will directly remove him from the registration list if his performance is not up to par.

However, now that he has a juicer, his talent in potions should have improved considerably.

Even when faced with Snape's difficult questions, they wouldn't have to go to such lengths to obtain answers through divination as they are now.

Ryze rubbed his tired head.

The side effects of using the Sense Charm and the Energy Potion together began to appear, and he no longer had the energy to study the effects of this newly acquired Hextech Rune.

All I want to do is go to the infirmary, drink a bottle of tranquilizer, and get a good night's sleep.

When Mrs. Pomfrey saw Rhett's listless appearance, she knew that he must have used the Psychic Charm on her again.

Previously, his roommates Terry and Anthony were exactly the same as Ryze now. In the past two months, Ryze has occasionally come to the infirmary to test whether getting himself out of mana would increase his mana cap.

"Why did you get yourself into this state again? Is the academic pressure in first grade really that great? I've told you so many times that your health is the most important thing."

Mrs. Pomfrey grumbled, but she was actually quite easy to talk to. She rarely asked the young wizards what they had done and only tried to heal the young wizards who came here seeking help.

She had Reese lie down on an empty hospital bed, while she went to get some sedatives and other medications to relieve brain fatigue.

In addition to the medication, she also brought some bread so that Ryze, who hadn't eaten dinner yet, could have something to eat to fill his stomach and avoid waking up hungry at night.

As soon as the tranquilizer entered her mouth, Ritz felt her brain subconsciously begin to analyze the taste and ingredients of the medicine.

It's just that tranquilizers are advanced medicines that only sixth-grade advanced students need to master. Although Ryze could barely analyze a few of the common materials he had already encountered, he couldn't analyze the vast majority of the materials at all.

However, Rez thought that if he spent more time researching, he should be able to create a special drink that tastes very similar to a tranquilizer.

“This silver rune seems to have something…” Ryze looked at the calming potion in his hand. In his previous life, he could cook, and his stir-frying skills were not bad. However, if you asked him to evaluate the specific taste, he could only roughly tell whether it was delicious or not.

If you go into even more detail, you can describe the specific flavors of the dishes: sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty.

But to be able to analyze the specific amount of seasonings and cooking methods in a dish just by taking a bite, like those master chefs in videos, was something he definitely didn't have before.

Now, he has already developed a talent for mixing drinks. As long as he becomes more familiar with the "taste" of the ingredients, he will be able to replicate the flavors of the drinks he has had.

Once he has studied potion-making more deeply, he will probably be able to deduce the ingredients and proportions used in this potion little by little.

But now he was thinking so seriously that his head started to throb slightly again.

He shook his head, then drank the rest of the tranquilizer in one gulp, which made him feel a little better.

Let's not analyze it now, let's wait until tomorrow.

Although his sleep quality wasn't very good, with Mrs. Pomfrey's help, he managed to get through the night relatively peacefully.

Then, on Saturday morning, he saw the Iron Triangle, who had been eagerly waiting for him, at Ravenclaw's long table.

“Oh my god, I’ve finally found you! We’ve been looking for you since yesterday afternoon, but your roommates all said you’ve been brewing potions in the Potions classroom,” Hermione said as she approached, launching into a long, rapid-fire sentence.

"First we went to the Potions classroom and didn't see you, and we got a severe scolding from the injured Snape, which deducted five points from Gryffindor. Then Ron was worried that you had been tricked by Snape, so he went to see Professor McGonagall, but he got scolded by Professor McGonagall as well. Fortunately, we didn't lose any more points this time."

"It wasn't until this time, when Alley found your roommate and explained the situation, that we realized you had gone to the infirmary to rest. Otherwise, we probably would have gone to see Professor Barbling and Professor Flitwick."

"So how are you recovering now? Snape didn't do anything to you, did he? I was going to come over yesterday, but Harry told me to wait until you were rested before asking you, so I didn't come over to bother you yesterday."

Ryze listened carefully to Hermione's words the whole time in order to understand what she was saying.

"Okay, I can tell you have something important to discuss with me, but by the time I finish this oat milk, you probably won't have had breakfast yet."

Rizz held up his oat milk and told them to eat breakfast first before they talked.

He found that the scope of "self-made drinks" was quite broad.

Even if he just adds a little sugar to a glass of water, he still makes a glass of sugar water.

Meanwhile, as he mixed a cup of sweet soup to his liking, finding the sweetness just right, he discovered that he had actually consumed 1 point of mana and enchanted the cup of sweet soup with an extra 3 points of mana restored within 30 minutes (buffs of the same type cannot be stacked).

Even the oat milk he's drinking now was made using his family's magic, and he added an effect that increases his maximum health by 5 points for 3 hours.

Although these additional effects are not very obvious yet, the same effects cannot be stacked.

However, this also proves that the probability of the beverage producing additional effects is not that low, and can even be said to be controllable.

If he can achieve the same level of proficiency in brewing potions as he does in making sugar water and oat milk, he will likely be able to completely control whether his beverages produce additional effects.

And to be fair, the oat milk, with its precisely controlled ratio of oats and sugar and kept at the perfect temperature by magic, did indeed taste much better than anything he had ever had before.

Chapter 71: Nicolas Flamel

After Ryze finished drinking the oat milk that increased his maximum health, the three of them hurriedly ate a few bites of their sandwiches and then pulled Ryze to a secluded spot outside the castle to talk about their conversation with Hagrid the previous afternoon.

“Hagrid said he trusts Dumbledore’s judgment. Although Snape isn’t well-regarded by the students, all the professors think he’s trustworthy, and Snape wouldn’t dare steal Dumbledore’s things,” Ron said with a bitter face, repeating Hagrid’s words.

This answer was exactly what Rezs expected.

Hagrid may have been criticizing Snape, but he didn't think Snape would intentionally want to kill a student.

Moreover, he had absolute trust in Dumbledore.

He genuinely believed that Hogwarts was the safest place in the world, and that no one would dare to come to Hogwarts to steal Dumbledore's things.

“Actually, I think so too. I also think we need to observe Snape for a while longer,” Hermione continued. “But more importantly, Hagrid accidentally mentioned while chatting with us that the thing hidden in that room on the fourth floor is actually a secret between Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel.”

Harry then spread his hands toward Raz: "I feel like I've heard this name somewhere before, but we searched all night and still couldn't figure out who this Nicolas Flamel is."

Hermione immediately added, "I spent the whole night looking for it last night. You guys were already sleepy after just helping me flip through two books."

She continued looking at Reiz: "Anyway, we want to find out Nicolas Flamel's identity first, and find out what's hidden in that room. Do you want to come with us to investigate?"

Rizz looked at Hermione.

Two months ago, she was worried about him because he wasted a weekend, but now she seems to be enjoying it.

Hermione seemed to recall what had happened earlier, and her face showed a slight embarrassment as she tried to explain to Ryze.

"Back then, I wasn't used to life at Hogwarts, and I wouldn't do those things now... In short, I was quite arrogant back then, and only later did I realize my problems."

"Besides, I haven't actually wasted any study time. After all, I'm not just casually flipping through those books; I've been reading them carefully. Those books have also given me a better understanding of the wizarding world over the past one or two hundred years, which are all things that might be tested on the history of magic exam..."

Ryze raised his hand, interrupting Hermione's long explanation.

When we first met, she was quite arrogant, but as her true nature came out, she became more and more talkative.

“As you probably already know, I passed Snape’s test yesterday afternoon and was accepted into the Potions Challenge. Snape sent me a study list this morning via owl,” Ryze said, showing Hermione the list he had on him.

Hermione's attention was immediately drawn to the long list of book titles that looked like they were difficult to pronounce.

"Is this the study material Snape assigned you for this semester?"

"No, it's this month. According to Snape, what we've learned in Potions class is just the tip of the iceberg of Potions. To participate in the Potions Mastery competition, you need to..."

Even Hermione thought Rhys wouldn't finish reading these books until before the Christmas holidays, which gives you an idea of ​​how intense the study tasks Snape had assigned him were.

Harry and Ron, who were standing nearby, only glanced over at the unfamiliar and unfamiliar words on the page, and their expressions immediately turned horrified.

“Snape clearly didn’t want you to have an easy time. I feel like I could study through all these books up to fourth grade. How could I possibly finish them in a month?” Ron exclaimed.

"Besides that, every Saturday morning from now on, which is in a little while, I will be going to Snape's office for potion practice, so at most I can keep an eye on Snape's movements during those times. I'm afraid I can't be of much help with anything else."

As he said this, Rhett reached out to Harry, gesturing for him to come a little closer.

Harry walked up to Rez with some curiosity.

Two months ago, when they first enrolled in school, their physiques were quite similar; they were both equally thin.

But in these two months, they both have grown a lot.

Harry has joined Quidditch and has been undergoing Quidditch training for the past month and a half. He is much stronger than before and has grown a little taller.

Ryze was the same. He had never experienced what it felt like to be at full health in his life. In the past two months, he not only restored his health to full, but also automatically increased his maximum health by more than ten points due to his physical growth.

With the oat milk buff he just drank, his health will soon exceed 700.

Now that the two of them are standing together again, they no longer appear to be small in stature.

Rizzi then reached out and placed his hand on Harry's shoulder: "Didn't you say you seemed to have heard of Nicolas Flamel? Well then, I'll do a quick divination for you, at least to confirm if your feeling is right."

"Can this kind of thing really be predicted? And don't you need any other props to help?" Ron asked curiously from the side. "I've seen that when those fortune tellers do their divination, they usually need things like crystal balls and tarot cards to help them."

"Some fortune tellers may find it easier to use tools for divination, but I pick up divination quickly and can do it without those tools. All I need is a medium to complete the divination."

Of course, the divination effect is not as good for those mediums with magical properties.

The clashes between magics are complex.

Just as ordinary healing charms cannot repair a damaged wand, they are also difficult to repair items with powerful magical effects.

The same applies to divination. Unless it is an irrefutable true prophecy, the stronger a person's magic, the more difficult it is for divination to predict their future.

However, Harry's magic wasn't very strong at the moment, so Rhett just pretended, briefly using his divination abilities to glance at Peter Pettigrew's appearance before putting his hand down.

"Yes, no problem. You have indeed heard of Nicolas Flamel, and it should be the day we arrived at Hogwarts on the Hogwarts Express."

"Think back to what happened that day. Nicolas Flamel's traces are probably easier to find than you think."

Chapter 72: The Magical Potion Speed-Up

After giving the hint, Rhett seemed to remember something else and gave Harry a reminder.

"Also, you'd better get some rest this morning. If I remember correctly, this afternoon is your Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherin."

"I sensed something rather subtle while I was doing the divination just now. Perhaps you will encounter some trouble in this competition this afternoon."

“I’ve heard Michael say that Slytherin’s captain, Marcus Flint, always hits very hard when playing against Gryffindor. Last year, he knocked your Chaser Angelina into the hospital. He’ll definitely be keeping an eye on your ‘secret weapon’ today, so you’d better watch out.”

"Unfortunately, I have to go to Professor Flitwick's place for some guidance this afternoon, so I guess I can only come and cheer you on at the beginning."

Rhett patted Harry on the shoulder, then indicated that it was almost time, and if they were any later they would probably get a scathing rebuke from Snape.

After saying that, Ryze waved and turned to leave, heading towards the underground classroom.

Watching Ryze leave, Ron thought the ability to divine was simply too useful.

"The ability to divine is really cool. Ryze just patted you on the shoulder and saw so much. I feel like he'll definitely become a very good diviner in the future."

"It's a pity he promised Hagrid he wouldn't be curious about what's in the fourth-floor room. If he were willing to help, we'd probably find out what treasures are hidden there very soon."

As Ron reflected on this, he was also somewhat puzzled by Ryze's behavior: "If I had Ryze's abilities, I definitely wouldn't go out of my way to face Snape's sullen face."

In Ron's mind, Ryze, who was destined to become a fortune teller, already had a very high status and didn't need to work so hard.

Hermione rolled her eyes at Ron: "That's why Rhett is the best student in our class. He came to Hogwarts to learn more magic. He mentioned to me that potions are an integral and important part of magic. Although Snape's attitude in class wasn't very good, he was indeed a very powerful potions master."

Although Hermione wouldn't admit it to Rhett, she would still tell the Gryffindor students that Rhett was indeed better than she was now.

Aside from his mediocre performance in flying class, Hermione had a slight advantage over Rizz in the main subjects, particularly in history of magic, thanks to her better memory.

Herbalism and Astronomy were about the same level as Ritz, and although neither of them had been given too much trouble by Snape in Potions, Ritz was able to pass Snape's test, even using incredible methods like divination. Hermione admitted that Ritz was now better than her.

As for the three courses—Defense Against the Dark Arts, Shapeshifting, and Charms—she still hasn't caught a glimpse of Ryze.

All things considered, she is indeed far from being as good as Ryze.

Ron dismissed Hermione's assessment of Snape with utter disdain.

Snape's reputation at Gryffindor has never been good, to the point that the title of Potions Master has become less prestigious in Gryffindor's evaluation system.

Moreover, the incident of Snape being bitten by Fluffy the night before last hasn't been cleared up yet. To Ron, Snape is still a suspect who covets the treasure.

He stopped responding to Hermione and turned to look at Harry.

“Harry, I think Reese’s advice makes sense. Don’t worry about Nicolas Flamel. You can think about it slowly after the match. Right now, it’s more important to discuss with Wood how to deal with Slytherin’s malicious fouls against you. Whether Gryffindor can beat Slytherin in Quidditch this year depends entirely on your performance.”

Hermione sighed as she watched the two boys steer the conversation toward Quidditch.

Fortunately, there has been some progress regarding Nicolas Flamel. She just needs to wait for Harry to recall what happened on the day he arrived at Hogwarts tonight, and she should be able to figure out his identity.

She decided to go to the library first thing in the morning to catch up on the lessons she missed last night.

.......

Next to the potions office in the underground classroom, Rizz saw many familiar faces.

Almost all the prefects from the four colleges came, along with a few students who looked like fourth-year students, making a total of fourteen people.

Ryze greeted a few people he knew, and then learned that they were indeed also after the potion.

Snape had called over all the students who had excellent potion grades in fourth and fifth year and were eligible for the advanced class in sixth year.

“Riz, you really passed Professor Snape’s test,” Penelope exclaimed.

Having attended Snape's classes for four years, she certainly knew how difficult it was to earn Snape's high praise.