The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Chapter 316 Hogwarts Study Week

Moriarty was eating, and Violet pulled up a small chair and sat down next to him.

Moriarty was giving a lecture, and Violet sat beside him, listening in.

In the Transfiguration class, whatever Moriarty transformed into, Violet would follow suit, and it was always perfect. Professor McGonagall made an exception and allowed her to audit the class.

In the spell class, Moriarty learns a spell, and Violet learns one as well.

In Potions class, Moriarty would often brew the potion right after Professor Snape demonstrated the brewing process.

After Violet arrived, she followed in Moriarty's footsteps, and her potion was ready at the same time as Moriarty's.

Even when sleeping, Violet was willing to share her coffin with Moriarty.

After a week of classes, the young wizards discovered that Violet was just like Moriarty in the first year; she could learn anything except astronomy!

Whether she was in first grade or third grade, Violet felt no pressure at all.

As for her abysmal astronomical knowledge, Violet didn't care at all. What did the rotation of Mars and Saturn have to do with vampires?

Moreover, after several periods of confinement, Moriarty and Violet's relationship progressed rapidly. Moriarty privately called her by her real name, Violet, while in public he referred to her as "Ventra".

After being put in solitary confinement several times, the little snakes discovered that "Duwayne" in their eyes had become docile and had a better temper, attending classes and doing his homework on time.

But he remains aloof towards strangers, and will use magic to beat them up at the slightest provocation.

For Violet, the term "stranger" is very broad; apart from Moriarty, everyone else is a stranger!

This close relationship quickly attracted the attention of the Hogwarts teachers and students.

The unruly little vampire has been taken in as a servant by Mr. Moriarty!

This claim quickly gained popularity, overshadowing the "strange magical creatures in Professor Lockhart's class" and becoming the hottest topic at the time.

Since no one knew that Du Weien was actually a girl, people had various thoughts and made many guesses.

Tonks has said more than once that she gets jealous of Moriarty and Duveen spending so much time together.

The seat next to Moriarty was originally Tonks's, whether for meals or lectures.

Although the two only attended alchemy class together, Violet has now taken over even the alchemy class spot.

Tonks told Violet to leave, but Violet clung to Moriarty and wouldn't budge, getting angry if he said too much.

Nicolas Flamel smiled and glanced at Violet a few times, then asked Tonks a few questions. After she answered fluently, he added twenty points to Hufflepuff, finally managing to persuade Tonks to stop.

As an old man with a keen sense of wisdom, Moriarty always felt that Nicolas Flamel had seen through Violet's true gender, and perhaps he himself knew about vampires.

Moriarty glanced down at Violet, who was sitting obediently beside him, and pulled her hand that was being punished with writing, kneading the back of her hand. "Tonight's detention."

Violet suddenly thought of many things, blushed, glanced at Moriarty, and said in a soft, low voice, "Hmm."

Her well-behaved appearance was completely different from before. Fortunately, the little snake and the little badger were listening attentively to the lesson, and no one noticed Violet's change.

Violet wasn't paying attention in class either; her mind was filled with thoughts of tonight's detention.

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oops~

Violet's head was almost drooping to her chest when Nicolas Flamel suddenly called on her and asked, "In the last lesson we learned about the five material transformations in alchemy. By mixing the tail shed by a fire lizard, the red quills of a porcupine, and a broken candlestick together, you can create flames."

So, how many ounces of salamander tail and porcupine quills are needed?

The little snake and the little badger opened their mouths wide, forming an "O" shape. This question is way too difficult!

Not to mention Violet, even sixth or seventh graders wouldn't be able to answer this, because this is the question we're going to learn today.

The students were waiting to see Violet make a fool of herself, while several prefects were on guard. If Violet started causing trouble, the two six-hundred-year-old professors wouldn't be able to handle it.

Some classmates, judging from Moriarty's expression, knew this question wouldn't stump him.

Recently, Moriarty and Vandro have been getting very close, and people think Moriarty will give Vandro a warning.

In fact, Moriarty did know the answer.

The alchemy course was progressing slowly and hadn't yet covered the formulas, which posed no challenge for Moriarty, who possessed the Alchemy Matrix.

However, there's no need to remind Violet Ventura; it's perfectly reasonable that she couldn't answer.

Moriarty released Violet's hand, and Violet slowly stood up, the blush on her face quickly fading, her eyes turning cold.

"I don't know the answer, but why don't you let me try? Try using these materials to make fire."

After Violet finished speaking, she snatched the notebook from the student in the back row, flipped through a few pages quickly, and memorized the relevant information recorded on it.

"Here you go."

Violet tossed the notebook to the classmate behind her and looked down at the materials on the table.

Each alchemy class provides alchemy materials. Today's materials include four salamander tails, twenty-eight porcupine quills, and two broken candlesticks, one large and one small.

Violet glanced disdainfully at the fire lizard tail and the porcupine's red quills, her pupils turning from black to gold, a surge of magic suddenly appearing, and the surrounding air turning cool.

"brush."

Two small black wings appeared on Violet's back, delicate and exquisite, flapping back and forth. Moriarty had a bold idea.

Under the control of magic, the two fire lizard tails and sixteen porcupine quills floated up and were then shattered by the magic.

Violet manipulated the candlestick to float up again, then it broke into particles. The two things mixed together and flew for a while before "booming!"

A ball of flame burst forth and burned brightly in the air!

"Wow!"

The students exclaimed in admiration, and the way they looked at Van Tuo instantly changed.

Violet dismissed it, thinking it was nothing.

She then used the notes in her notebook to conduct the alchemy experiments she had done in the last few classes of the previous semester.

The alchemy classroom was converted from a secret room and was very spacious. At this moment, there were blue clouds and purple smoke rising in the air, sometimes flames shot into the sky, and sometimes clear water flowed backward.

Reality has proven that Violet's alchemical experiments were all successful without exception.

She then revealed a slight smile, as if to say, "Professor, look, although I don't know the proportions of the materials needed for the experiment, I can still make it!"

However, she did not notice that Nicolas Flamel and Perenel's attention was focused on her eyes, especially the moment her pupils turned gold, when the two elderly men were highly concentrated.

Violet's magic was as vast as the ocean, while the spiritual power of the two old men was like an aircraft carrier, sailing through the waves.

Only Moriarty noticed this.

Violet showed off her skills and earned praise from Professor Nicolas Flamel, which also earned Slytherin thirty points.

"Although you did a very good job, I have to point out that your choice of words was inappropriate."

You said you could "conjure" a ball of flame, but only Transfiguration can do that. In alchemy, there is no such thing as "transformation"...

Nicolas Flamel continued his explanation of Violet's experiments.

The students below quickly focused their attention on the lesson, but Jericho clenched his fists and gritted his teeth in resentment.

"Why? Why is even a freshman better than me?!"

Although he is not as magically gifted as Violet, Jericho can comfort himself by saying that Violet is a vampire.

However, Jericho was inferior to Violet in alchemy, and he could no longer find an excuse, feeling utterly ashamed.

Thinking about Soldaya last year, and Violet who has emerged this year, his ambition to become Moriarty's most capable assistant seems like a flashy but unrealistic dream.

"Get stronger, get stronger!" Jericho's fingernails dug into his palms, drawing blood, but he was oblivious, his mind made up. "I will become stronger!"

Jericho gritted his teeth and listened to the lectures, determined to get stronger, starting with alchemy, which he was least good at!

The other students also worked very hard, and Violet inspired all the students, even Moriarty was impressed by her.

After class, the little snake and the little badger spontaneously went to the library to study and to clubs to practice, feeling a strong sense of crisis.

A wave of ambition to become stronger spread from them throughout the school. When the professors learned that the source of it all was Violet, the vampire, they were speechless with surprise.

Dumbledore smiled and said that handing Ventura over to Moriarty was indeed the right choice.

He would use the students' grades at the end of the semester to shut up the Ministry of Magic and the wizards who were waiting to laugh at him.

At dinner time, Lockhart announced some news: in two weeks, students from the American Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry would be visiting Hogwarts for an exchange program!

(End of this chapter)