The Rune Mage Starting at Hogwarts

"Hagrid is too trusting of others, and he'd do anything to get his hands on such a dangerous creature."

“Hagrid is completely absorbed in the joy of being a ‘mother’ right now, and he has no idea how dangerous it is,” Ron spread his hands. “Keeping dragons privately is illegal in the UK, let alone in a school. If he gets caught, Hagrid will be expelled.”

"Riz, do you think this could be a trap set by the mysterious people?" Hermione stared intently at Riz, clearly hoping to get a verdict from him. "For example, could the mysterious people threaten to report Hagrid to the school to force him to work for them?"

Ryze looked at the worried trio in front of him. The trio hadn't yet realized that there was something wrong with someone giving Hagrid a dragon egg. Instead, they were worried that Hagrid, who was secretly raising a young dragon, would be forced to become the weak point.

“Don’t worry, Hagrid knows what’s important. Even if he loses his job as a gamekeeper or goes to jail, he would never betray Dumbledore. So if anyone really wants to use this to coerce Hagrid, they will only expose him to the principal’s watchful eye,” Rizz waved his hand, telling Hermione and the others not to be nervous.

He pondered for a moment before saying to the three of them, "I haven't sensed any danger yet, so nothing should happen in the next few days. Once I've finished my work, I'll have a good talk with Hagrid."

Chapter 222: Rita Skeeter, who was warned

Hearing Ritz's words, Harry and his two friends visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

They all had great faith in Ritz's divination abilities.

Before Rhett returned, they still had mixed feelings about the dragon egg in Hagrid's hut.

On the one hand, out of curiosity, they really wanted to know how a dragon hatches from a dragon egg and grows up.

On the other hand, as Hagrid's friends, they were even more worried that Hagrid's secret dragon-keeping would be discovered and reported by others, or even that Hagrid would be asked to do things against his conscience.

Now that Ryze has finally returned, they naturally hope to get an answer from him.

Since Ryze has already said so, then at least for the next few days, there's no need to worry about Hagrid having any problems.

After explaining Hagrid's situation, the group didn't exchange any more pleasantries, as a special interview awaited Reiz.

After saying goodbye to the trio, Ryze quickened his pace toward the interview location.

Tonight's interview was arranged in the prize display room.

However, to everyone's relief, Rita Skeeter, who stirs up a storm in the newspaper with a quill pen, was not among the interviewees from the Daily Prophet.

It seems Sirius's side is moving very quickly.

Otherwise, given Rita Skeeter's penchant for jumping on the bandwagon and riding the wave of popularity, how could she possibly miss out on Ryze and Sirius's massive following?

In fact, when Rizzi was playing in France, he and Sirius had already seen Rita Skeeter's description of the Black family in the newspaper.

Although Rita Skeeter embellished the Black family's story in the newspaper out of fear of Sirius's revenge, the problem was that neither Sirius nor Rizz, including Andromeda, had any goodwill towards the Black family's existence.

Rita Skeeter whitewashed the Black family in her reports, attributing their achievements to the Black family's upbringing. When Sirius saw these reports, he decided to teach her a lesson.

However, Ritz ultimately chose a different method that would make Rita Skeeter even more wary.

He told Sirius directly that Rita Skeeter was an illegal Animagus, explaining that her Animagus was a beetle that could eavesdrop everywhere.

Sirius clearly knew exactly how to use this secret to "advise" a journalist to maintain professional ethics, and he acted quickly.

Rita Skeeter was definitely going to come today.

But after seeing the threatening letter that Sirius sent directly to her, which was full of warnings, this female reporter who liked to make up stories finally backed down.

She didn't know how her illegal Animagus identity was exposed, but if it were, she would have to stay in Azkaban for at least a few years.

Although she regretted not being able to continue uncovering the secrets of Ryze, this sure-fire rising star, she was very satisfied with her current life and naturally dared not make a move against Ryze and Sirius again.

So tonight's interview has been replaced by another middle-aged male wizard who looks very composed.

The interview was much more uneventful than Rez had imagined.

This wizard will not ask questions that are too intense or offensive.

Although he did inquire about Ryze's background in the orphanage when asking about the youngest dueling champion, it was still within a normal range, and even had a hint of helping Ryze to debunk rumors.

In addition, they professionally inquired about their mental journey during the competition in France, as well as the details of their teamwork in multiplayer matches.

Rizzi then described some of the strategic processes involved in the main competition.

After all, the tournament is over, and some of the psychological tactics Hogwarts used can now be revealed.

To make the photos accompanying the interview more visually impactful, Ryze and the other members who participated in this duel tournament, at the photographer's request, performed a visually striking light magic spell together in the room.

These reports will not be published directly the next day, but a special section will be dedicated to publishing the interview in detail over the next few days. Of course, to make them more interesting, the reports will also undergo some artistic embellishment. The middle-aged wizard has inquired about these matters to ensure that there will be no reports that would cause any embarrassment.

With that, the dueling tournament is considered over.

With only a little over a month left until the end of the semester, Professor Flitwick decisively suspended the Duel Club's activities for the semester. However, their light magic research groups will continue their research and development work on weekends.

But you don’t actually need to spend too much time on this.

Because of the reputation I gained in the dueling tournament, there are now far too many people interested in light magic.

Not only did many people in the school want to join the research group to master the magic as soon as possible, but even the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic wrote to Dumbledore, wanting to promote the magic to the Auror team as well.

Professor Flitwick also needed some time to deal with these matters, so now, on his second day back at Hogwarts, Rhett's attention was completely focused on potions.

He has indeed won the duel championship, but he is still far from mastering the art of brewing wolfsbane.

He had worked hard for this for half a year and didn't want to fall apart in the last two months.

So, after dinner the following evening, Ryze went to a classroom in the dungeon.

This was specially allocated to their Potions Contest team by Snape.

As soon as I pushed open the door, a strong smell of magic potion hit me.

In the classroom, Gemma Farley was frowning as she looked at the crucible in front of her, while Penelope was quickly taking notes of some data next to her.

“Welcome back, our dueling champion. I hope you haven’t completely forgotten how to brew the wolfsbane potion,” Jamie Farley looked up when she heard the noise. Although her tone was teasing, the dark circles under her eyes showed that she had been under a lot of pressure lately.

“It’s true that I haven’t touched the cauldron for almost twenty days. I might really need to get back into the swing of things. But don’t worry, the Duel Club has stopped all activities, so I can now focus all my energy on the Wolfsbane Elixir,” Ryze nodded apologetically, then greeted the others, “How are you guys doing?”

By the time Rhett left Hogwarts, the second batch of honeyfruits had ripened.

As the discoverer of the Honey Fruit, Rhett managed to snatch one from Snape and Madam Pomfrey, though of course the seeds had been removed.

They need to find an improved formula for the wolfsbane medicine before the fruit runs out, and then complete the preparation of the wolfsbane medicine when the third batch of honey fruit ripens.

“The situation is complicated,” Penelope rubbed her temples, pointing to the pile of parchment on the table covered with dense calculations. “We have confirmed that the juice of honey fruit can indeed neutralize the conflict between several highly toxic ingredients in the wolfsbane medicine, but the dosage and preparation method have not yet been confirmed. The amount of calculation involved is still too great.”

Chapter 223: Regaining the Feel

Hufflepuff prefect Gabriel Truman, who was standing to the side, also sighed slightly.

“While you were in France, the wolfsbane aconite we cultivated has matured. These wolfsbane aconite that we cultivated ourselves allow us to better understand the medicinal properties of this batch of aconite. But the problem is that the honey fruit you found is, after all, a new variety that was only discovered this year.”

"Jema has managed to obtain some of their research data from Professor Snape and Mrs. Pomfrey, but we still have many questions about the specific medicinal properties of this fruit."

Ultimately, it's because there are too few honey fruits these days.

The second batch only produced five fruits, and by June, there will be a maximum of twenty-five. To achieve true freedom in obtaining honey and fruit, we'll have to wait until at least next year.

Before the end of the academic year, even with Rizz's help, they could only obtain four or five more honey fruits for research at most.

This makes them even more cautious when using honey.

The reason they haven't given up on honey fruit yet is entirely because Jemma Farley previously used honey fruit to brew wolfsbane medicine and confirmed that adding honey fruit visibly reduced the difficulty of brewing wolfsbane medicine, which is why they have persisted.

Penelope then explained Jemma's attempt.

After four and a half hours of simmering, the final medicine did not fail.

Of course, it didn't succeed.

Because the method and the proportions of the materials were clearly problematic, even though Jemma had taken notes for over ten feet beforehand, she could only barely ensure that the medicine was not poison.

But the final medicine is at best a failed product that can't even be considered a semi-finished product.

It is indeed not poisonous, and it does have a tiny bit of medicinal effect, but according to Snape's assessment, this effect is probably only enough to make a werewolf hesitate for a few seconds when biting someone on a full moon, and it has no other effect.

However, this is a significant breakthrough for their potion competition team.

After all, if the traditional method of brewing is used, Jemafali, who has been training for more than three months, can only make it to the third stage at most, which is about 50% of the progress, before it is easy to fail.

Therefore, given the amazing effects of honey fruit, they naturally wouldn't abandon this path.

Penelope showed Reese the failed drug that they had kept.

"That's pretty much it. So, take a look at everything we've researched over the past twenty days. Once you get a feel for it, you can start trying it out."

Rizzi took the crystal bottle from Penelope and examined it carefully.

The liquid inside had a dark gray color, but it was still much brighter than normal wolfsbane medicine.

Ritz opened the bottle cap and carefully smelled the aroma.

The taste is not as strong as the original wolfsbane medicine, which seems to be due to the neutralizing effect of the honey fruit.

Ryze closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, while also using his divination abilities on the bottle of wolfsbane medicine.

However, apart from vaguely seeing how Jemma brewed the potion, no other details about the potion's failure were directly presented to him.

This is normal, after all, divination doesn't come from nothing.

Ryze can use the power of divination to help him master an existing spell more quickly, but he cannot use it to help him directly learn a completely new spell that no one has ever mastered before.

For example, when it comes to the development of Ultimate Flash and light magic, Ryze can only use his divination abilities to confirm the danger.

Whenever he tries to check if his development path is going smoothly, all he sees is emptiness; he can't see anything.

After all, if he could see these things in advance, then most wizards wouldn't need to work hard to create new magical items and potions; they could just honestly wait for the fortune tellers to intercept the things of the future ahead of time.

After quickly reviewing the recipe for Jemma, Ritz sat down at the table and unrolled the long rolls of parchment.

He first carefully read Penelope's entire record of the four-and-a-half-hour cooking process.

This includes the techniques used by Jema at each point in time, as well as the color changes of the liquid inside the crucible at different times.

Later, there is Gabriel's account of the medicinal properties of the wolfsbane aconite they personally cultivated. He individually labeled and analyzed the medicinal properties of almost every wolfsbane aconite.

Of course, the longest part is the extensive analysis of the medicinal properties of honey and fruit, along with formula calculations, which takes up more than half of the document.

As Ryze gradually got into the zone, the arguing among the others in the Potions classroom seemed to quiet down considerably to him.

He rapidly simulated the drug's reaction process in his mind.

With the help of his genius as a scientific fanatic, those dry numbers and reaction formulas quickly transformed into clear lines of logic in his eyes.

About an hour later, after reviewing the data, Ryze finally looked up and rubbed his slightly sore neck.

Indeed, everyone's formulas are correct. Arithmetic divination is a very precise discipline, and as long as the conditions are met, you will definitely get an accurate answer.

Ultimately, however, the data on honey and fruit is insufficient. It's like having several uncertain unknowns at a crucial point in a formula. Even the most skilled person cannot directly obtain the answer; at most, they can only limit these unknowns to a general range and then make adjustments little by little.

However, since Penelope and her team have already organized the data and formulas to this extent, they can indeed try to make use of the juicer's capabilities.

Rizz glanced at the time.

It's only a little past 7 p.m. now, there's still a long time to go.

He stood up and walked to the experimental table: "Although I haven't touched the crucible for twenty days, I feel that my current condition should not be too bad, but I should still get a feel for it first."

Ritz took out the sage root and the sleep-inducing bean from the shelf, and then added the mugwort infusion to the narcissus root powder.

This is the first potion of life and death that students who join the potions advanced class after sixth grade learn.

The cooking time is relatively short, only 30 to 40 minutes.

The main difficulty lies in maintaining a consistent method for brewing the potion.

The "Life and Death Water" is a potent sleeping pill. Even a little too much or too little can easily weaken or strengthen its effects, preventing it from achieving its original purpose. Therefore, using it to regain the feel for brewing medicine is indeed quite effective.

Moreover, once it's cooked, it can be sent to the infirmary, which is very useful for students who are injured and can't sleep.

Chapter 224: An Attempt After Three Months

As Ritz began processing the medicinal herbs, the others quickly realized that he was using the "Water of Life and Death" to regain his feel for brewing medicine.

Seeing Rez's actions, Gabriel couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

He noticed that Ryze's movements were extremely fast, seemingly even faster than before the duel.

But his movements were surprisingly precise, without damaging the medicinal herbs at all.

"Was Reese really this quick to act before? I feel like he's become more mature after his trip to France and winning a championship."

He suspected that Ryze might have been secretly training in France, or that he might have obtained some magic potion notes from students or professors at other schools.

“He has indeed become faster,” Penelope, who knows Reese better, also noticed.

However, she was not surprised by this.

Because the period when a wizard's body and mind grow the fastest is roughly from now on.

This period of rapid growth will continue until after the age of 16, when it will gradually slow down, and then it will fully stabilize around the age of 20.