The Daily Life of a Hogwarts Terrorist

"Hey, you with a cold! Can you be any more shameless?!" Louise was furious. How could this guy do this? Knowing that Seamus was in the same boat as her, he still made this challenge. What happened to the duel? Can you even call this a duel?

"What, are you scared? How about you join in, Louise Zero? I don't mind. Besides, my title is 'Wind Above,' not 'Cold.'" Marikrum looked smug. Why should he fight this guy to the death? He didn't have any particular hobby of being beaten to the ground.

Maricrum thought he was incredibly clever; he could tell at a glance that Louise Zero's familiar was still a zero.

"So what if it explodes? So what if you can fix things? Can you turn dirt into brass? Can you?" Maricrum looked at Seamus with a defiant gaze.

Kishu, who was watching from the sidelines, shook his head silently. He couldn't help this time either, but it was said that failure would inspire creative ideas.

Kisch said: I'm really looking forward to the poems Simmos writes after he's defeated. Hmm, it would be best if he wrote more about love, but Louise needs to step up her game in that area.

As for Seamus himself, he felt he was in pretty good shape today, using the healing spells with great skill. But he really hadn't studied alchemy at all. Although Lady Sibrutz had previously said that he could just think about it.

"Imprint the metal you want to forge deep in your mind." This sentence made Seamus scoff inwardly. If alchemy were really that simple, why is Nicolas Flamel the only one throughout history to have forged the Philosopher's Stone?

(Second update)

21. A hastily trained State Alchemist? How is that possible?

Simo certainly knew what brass was and that it was an alloy metal, but he had no idea exactly what it was an alloy of, or even which element copper was on the periodic table.

Although he knows the periodic table and the element copper, he doesn't consciously memorize it or try to understand its properties. Hogwarts is a magic school, not an alchemy school, much less the Oxford School of Chemistry.

What puzzled Simo even more was that this world was still in the classical four-element stage of wind, fire, earth, and water, so how could there be such a high-level magic as turning earth into brass?

Even though copper isn't worth much in the Muggle world, it's still more valuable than dirt, and copper knuckles are the basic currency unit for wizards.

29 bronze knuckles equal 1 silver sieko, and 17 silver sieko equal 1 gold galleon. If we could mass-produce bronze, paying off Hogwarts' debts wouldn't be a dream.

Ximo once again expressed how wonderful it was to have the opportunity to travel to this world, although he was currently facing a small problem and couldn't solve it in the short term.

Do the otherworldly magicians know the specific properties of copper? Do they know about the existence of elements and atoms? If not, how did they manage to perform alchemy?

At this moment, Simo felt that one really shouldn't know too much. Could it be that she really had the personality of a literary girl, as Professor Verne said?

"Well, have you thought it through?" Just as Seamus was deep in thought, Marikrum continued to taunt him. He seemed certain that Seamus wouldn't dare to accept the challenge, and that remaining silent now was a further trampling of Seamus's reputation.

"How about I compete against you in his place?" The speaker caught Simo off guard; he never expected that Chuluk, who had been watching from the sidelines, would speak up to help him.

Chuluk thought that although he was unhappy about standing up for the Valiel family, it would increase Simo's favor towards him, which seemed like a good deal.

Louise, who already knew the family secrets from her sisters, widened her eyes and loudly retorted, "No way! Seamus is my familiar, so if anyone's going to go, it has to be me!"

Reputation can be lost, competition can be lost, but ownership of Simo cannot be relinquished! Louise was particularly insistent on this point, and looked at Chuluk with a wary expression.

Maricum remained calm amid the two girls' argument: "I don't care. You two just need to decide who I want to compete against."

In reality, Mariklum was thinking: "Let Louise take her place. Ha, if Louise succeeds, she won't be Louise Zero anymore."

As for Chuluk, if he wins in place of Simo, Maricrum will use his connections to spread the name "gigolo" throughout the entire school the next day.

So Maricrum wasn't in a hurry, wasn't worried, really wasn't worried at all.

“I’ll do it myself.” Although he didn’t know what Chuluk was planning, Seamus didn’t like hiding behind girls. Asking Hermione for help with tutoring was one thing, but it was Seamus himself who was going to have a verbal battle with Pansy using Shakespeare.

Simon smiled and thanked Chuluk for his kindness, which made Louise both happy and jealous.

It's good that Simo rejected Chuluk, but what's the meaning of your being so polite to her?

【Do you know what kind of scheme this cow is plotting?】Louise was furious, but because it involved family secrets, and because she should be more worried about the final match between Seamus and Maricrum, she couldn't lash out.

[Hmph, I'll teach you a lesson when we get back. Don't think I didn't see where your eyes were fixed on.] Louise clenched her fist secretly.

The clever Louise knew what to do in what situation. Some things, such as teaching Simo about his eyes, could be done when the two of them were alone. There was no need to embarrass Simo in front of "outsiders".

"Just turn the dirt into brass, right? How do we compare them?" Seamus, completely unaware of the trouble brewing in his backyard, replied calmly, which made Mariklum sneer.

"Your composure can only last until this moment." With that thought in mind, Mariklum said, "Let's take turns casting spells and see who can turn the clod of earth into brass first."

“What if we all finish in one round?” Seamus continued.

"Then let's see who can make the highest quality brass with the best design," Marikrum answered without hesitation, though in his mind he was thinking, [You? You've failed so many times before. Zero Louise's familiar—maybe we should just call you Zero's Familiar, because your chances of success are just as zero as your master's!]

Seamus nodded. He had gotten the answer he was looking for, which made him more confident. Although he still didn't think he could successfully perform alchemy, after all, Seamus wasn't named Granger, but that didn't mean Seamus really couldn't "turn" the clay into brass.

There's no other way, I'll have to cheat.

For victory, for Louise, and to never see Marikrum's foolish face again, Seamus was going all out, hoping no one would see through him.

【Oh, Your Majesty, King of Avalon, although I know cheating is wrong, but why won't the other party duel fairly and openly like a knight?】Simo didn't know if His Majesty could hear him, but that didn't stop him from praying to his idol, asking His Majesty to grant him victory in the contract.

"You go first? Or should I go first?"

“You’ve tried so many times already, let me go first.” With that, Marikrum raised his wand without giving Seamus any chance to interrupt.

Marikrum chanted the incantation softly, tapped his wand lightly, chuckled a few times, and looked at Seamus, saying, "Doesn't seem too difficult, does it?"

A bright, golden piece of metal appeared on the lectern.

Louise's face began to pale. She hadn't expected Marikrum to succeed on the first try, and at this moment, her worry for Seamus took over again.

Seamus took a deep breath, raised his wand as well, and whispered a word, speaking very quietly so that no one could hear him.

boom!

"Hahahaha! Uh..." Maricum's laughter was cut off halfway through, as if something had blocked his throat, and he froze, staring blankly.

Louise and Chuluk, who had just heard the noise, thought that Simon had really lost this time, but when the smoke cleared, it turned out to be a magnificent reversal.

Simo was also helpless. Why was he being given unnecessary light and flame effects even though he had successfully cast the spell? If the smoke hadn't dissipated so quickly, he would have doubted himself.

Simo picked up the item on the table and handed it to Marikrum, who stared wide-eyed in disbelief as he took it.

Then Simo patted him on the shoulder and said, "I always thought you guys had really loud voices, so you must have great lung capacity. Here's a tuba for you. Good luck, and try to form a band soon."

[Make sure to use it well, and use it as soon as possible. With my magic, the Transfiguration Spell can only last for two days.] Seamus added silently in his mind.

P.S.: There will be another update tonight, but it will be very late. You can check back tomorrow morning.

22. Afterwards

Afterwards, everyone, including Marikrum and others, looked at Simo differently. Labels like cunning, treacherous, despicable, and treacherous were used to describe Simo. Even Chuluk had an expression that said, "I almost fell for your tricks," which left Simo somewhat confused.

However, at noon that day in the cafeteria, Simo overheard Mr. Maricrum's conspiracy theory: "That bastard Simo must have already learned alchemy, but he pretended not to know it to lure me in. He's a complete fraud."

All those explosions and failures before, needless to say, were intentional! The purpose was to make me, the wise Marikrum, think that this bitch was a magical idiot like Louise Zero.

And this bastard deliberately let the debris from the explosion hit us, just to make us angry, to make us lose our minds and fight him, so that he could legitimately use magic to attack us instead of just disgusting us with dirt explosives.

Although I, the clever Marikrum, saw through his sinister intention to lure me into a duel and did not fall for it, I never expected that he would set up such a series of traps. His cunning made me think that this scoundrel could not use alchemy, but I never expected this.

It's not that I'm not smart; look at me, I learned alchemy and succeeded on my first try. So losing to him isn't my fault; it's just that this scoundrel was too insidious.

It's impossible to guard against! What do you think?

The henchmen around him chimed in, saying, "Boss, you're right. It's not that we're incompetent, it's just that the other side is too cunning."

Maricrum said he was very satisfied after hearing this.

However, Seamus could only smile wryly, for he truly did not know alchemy. Although the Transfiguration Charm could transform a lump of earth into whatever he desired, it was fundamentally different from alchemy.

Alchemy is the process of fundamentally altering things, such as turning base metals into gold, water into oil, or creating elixirs of immortality.

Once this transformation is successful, it is permanent and will not revert to its original state due to the passage of time or the loss of magic. In other words, once copper is turned into gold, it will not turn back into copper unless someone casts the spell again.

Of course, this classification is only a superficial one. In fact, the elements that make up an object are not pure. An object contains multiple elements.

The simplest and earliest form of alchemy involves extracting a substance from one thing and transforming it into another. For example, extracting iron from ore to create iron ingots. More complex alchemy involves altering elements, such as turning a copper ingot into an iron ingot, or iron into silver.

According to the Muggle's academic classification, the former belongs to chemistry, while the latter is called physics by Muggles, with nuclear reactions being the most typical example.

In fact, both chemistry and physics originated from and were separated from alchemy.

Or to put it another way, throughout human history, the earliest thing to emerge was philosophy, which was the first step that ancient people took in exploring the world and themselves. After philosophy developed to a certain stage, alchemy emerged, and when alchemy developed to a certain stage, chemistry emerged, and when chemistry developed to a certain stage, it became physics.

The difference between wizards and Muggles is that wizards can use mental power and magic, along with certain materials, to accomplish things that Muggles can only do using chemistry and physics. This is alchemy.

However, unlike alchemy, Transfiguration only changes the appearance of things or some of their properties, but this change is only temporary and limited.

The most typical example is the "Five Exceptions to Gamp's Basic Law of Transformation". According to Miss Know-It-All, this principle was a major argument put forward by the famous wizard Sersigamp three hundred years ago after a long career of experimentation.

It mentions five exceptions to transfiguration, which are cases where it is impossible to achieve.

The first is the 'food transformation limit'. Wizards cannot conjure delicacies out of thin air, nor can they turn other things into food. Even if they eat them, they cannot absorb any nutrients; instead, they will suffer from indigestion. However, if some food already exists, wizards can transform it to make it larger, while retaining the same amount of nutrients.

The second point is that 'living and inanimate objects cannot be permanently transformed.' For example, a wizard can turn a button into a beetle, but it cannot live forever. Once the attached magic dissipates, it will revert back to a button. Furthermore, even if the transformed beetle has a life force, its essence is still a button. If you feed it to a bird, it will not be filled; instead, it will choke to death.

Third, Transfiguration cannot conjure magical items, such as automatic quills, temperature-controlled cauldrons, or even Galleons. The currency circulating among wizards is enchanted by fairies, so it does not oxidize, is not easily destroyed, and has the ability to automatically recognize and count.

Fourth, transformation cannot change quantity. That is, a wizard cannot turn a table into two deer or three quills into a shovel. However, there is an exception: if connected objects become a 'whole', then a 'total transformation' can be performed to change it, and even if it is turned back, it will not affect the original arrangement and attachment.

Finally, and most importantly, 'Transfiguration cannot create something from nothing.' Seamus had seen upperclassmen conjure up flocks of birds or bouquets of flowers with their wands, but Hermione told him that these were definitely not created with Transfiguration. Those things were probably just 'temporary physical projections' summoned by spells, or simply altered forms hidden in the palm of one's hand.

In fact, Hermione told Seamus about the "five exceptions to the fundamental laws of transfiguration" when they were in their first year. At that time, Hermione was busy researching a great alchemist named Nicolas Flamel in the library, and Seamus happened to run into her. So Seamus asked Hermione what the difference was between alchemy and transfiguration charms.

At the time, Seamus just listened to it as a story to pass the time. Later, when he was chatting with older students, he learned that it was actually part of the "Ultimate Exhausting Wizarding Tests" in seventh grade.

This gave Seamus a sudden feeling that "he and Hermione don't live in the same world." Of course, Seamus and Hermione are indeed not in the same world now, although this is only temporary.

In short, since that incident, Seamus has been convinced of one thing: "The only reason Hermione can not graduate from school immediately is her lack of practical experience and the fact that she has not yet read all the books in the school library."

Hmm, that seems to be two reasons now. Well, it's nothing to worry about.

In fact, after Seamus shared his thoughts with his roommates, Harry, Ron, Dean, and Neville all agreed and said that they would stick close to Hermione's leg for homework in the future.

Hmm, the phrase "clinging to someone's coattails" was something Ron heard Professor Jules Verne use, and Seamus thought it was a very apt description. Especially after last week's Transfiguration class, I really didn't realize Hermione had such great legs before...

"Well, I am a gentleman, I am a gentleman."

Upon realizing he was starting to have wild thoughts, Simo quickly closed his eyes to stop them and used an almost brainwashing-like method to stop himself from indulging in such delusions.

However, he did not notice that Louise, who was standing to the side, had already seen the many changes in his expression.

With a snap, the cutlery in Louise's hand broke.

P.S.: I personally think that Louise hitting Simo is a loving interaction and not really torturing the protagonist. What do you guys think? I feel a little dizzy, probably from being in the air conditioning too much.

23. Mr. Seamus's Melancholy

Seamus still remembers the first time he came to Hogwarts. He had never imagined that there would be such a magical, beautiful, and magnificent place in the world.

Students from other classes were already seated around four long tables, above which thousands of candles floated in the air, illuminating the dining room. Gleaming gold platters and wine glasses adorned the four tables. At the head of the table was another long table, reserved for the faculty.