HP: I'm not going to rule the wizarding world

For others, changing their magic power requires a major change in temperament and they have to maintain it all the time. However, lovely Lianna felt that it should not be difficult for her to change. This was her hunch.

Snape thought of Ariana's behavior after entering Hogwarts, and it seemed that it was just as she said. Others were questioning her way of doing things, but in the end she always achieved what she wanted.

"In that case, then be prepared to face the storm from the most powerful white wizard in the magical world, you stupid little troll." He was indeed not a person who meddles in other people's affairs. Anyway, he had said what he needed to say.

Looking at the slightly indifferent Snape, Ariana suddenly said cunningly, "I originally wanted to challenge the professor to a duel on Christmas, but after hearing this nickname, I'm a little unhappy. Let's forget it."

This was of course a joke, and she was very confident that the Black Bat would agree to duel with her.

Snape's lips curled up slightly when he heard this, but his words were still full of sarcasm.

"You're going to spend Christmas feigning favor with the heads of those magical families. Do you have time for a duel? If you schedule it before Christmas, it will be more credible." He really wanted to fight Ariana again.

It's not that Snape couldn't afford to lose, but he felt that he underestimated his opponent the last time. This time, he would definitely not let the little devil cast a single spell, and he would also seize the opportunity to strike first.

Ariana smiled slightly and said confidently, "Since I said so, there must be time. Professor, just tell me whether you agree or not, right?"

Of course Snape wanted to agree, but he still had to ask clearly.

"Underage wizards are not allowed to use wands outside of school. How are you planning to duel with me on Christmas?" He looked at the brat in confusion.

Ariana had already made arrangements for this. When she heard Snape's question, she was a little speechless and said, "Doesn't this rule say that it is invalid if there are adult wizards nearby? When we duel, you will definitely be by my side. Besides, the duel will take place at Malfoy Manor, and you will not be the only adult wizard present."

Chapter 225 It’s Too Early to Worry About Death

Farley told her this, and said that if she used magic outside and there were no adult wizards around, she could say it was her father.

Afterwards, she would send an owl to tell her that her father would use the spell that Ariana used, and then she would just need to write a letter to the Ministry of Magic.

It can be said that Slytherin has put a lot of thought into helping Ariana. In their opinion, it would be best for Ariana to focus only on magic research and become stronger as soon as possible.

Snape thought for a moment and immediately understood the brat's intention. His expression became even colder as he confirmed, "You challenged me to a duel at Malfoy Manor. The people watching should not only be members of the Malfoy family, am I right?"

Ariana's strategy towards Snape was to be as honest as possible, so she nodded and replied, "Yes, Draco went to great lengths to help me borrow some magic books. I can't always rely on him for help, so I plan to show off my strength to the heads of the magic families to see if anyone is willing to invest in me with magic resources."

She is not short of money and only accepts magical resources for investment.

Hearing Ariana's affirmation of his idea, Snape growled, "Foolish little troll, you are not only challenging Dumbledore's bottom line, but also challenging the You-Know-Who. He is not as well-mannered as Dumbledore. You'd better put this matter off until next year."

If the mysterious man returns and finds that all his subordinates have been poached by others, not only will he not let the poachers go, but even those who were poached may suffer.

Hearing the time point of next year again, Ariana asked speechlessly: "Can Dumbledore really get rid of the You-Know-Who this year?"

Even God wouldn't dare to make such a guarantee, not to mention that he is just one of the well-known strong men in the magic world. There are two others who have been defeated. Failure does not mean that one is not strong, and there is also another one who is growing.

Snape tried to persuade Ariana: "If he can't do it, then no one can, so it won't make any difference if you wait until next year, right?"

By the time the mysterious man dies, Ariana can poach him at will. As for Dumbledore, she has already offended him anyway.

Moreover, as long as Ariana doesn't follow the mysterious man's footsteps and go on a killing spree, Dumbledore will have no legitimate excuse and will not deal with her.

Ariana sighed as she walked down the stairs and said helplessly, "Okay, then we'll duel the day before we leave school. The location will still be the Forbidden Forest. I have a lot of magical applications I want to experiment with."

Snape's eyes flashed with doubt when he heard this, and he asked, "You must have spent most of your time recently researching the storage location of magic power. What spell do you want to experiment with?"

Because he was paying attention to Ariana's movements, Snape knew what she was busy with all day long. Apart from reading in the lounge every night, she basically only did magic storage research in her office.

I haven't even been to the Room of Requirement for a long time.

Ariana didn't answer, but took out her wand. Without chanting any spell, lightning appeared on the wand, and it was controllable.

Before, she could only use the moisture in the air to perform ice attacks, but now she can use the strength of her magic to perform lightning attacks.

Snape looked at the little devil with a sharp look and asked, "How did you do it? Is this a new spell?"

Ariana shook her head and replied, "Didn't I tell the professor last time that my magic properties have changed a bit? I feel that there have been changes in the past few days. My magic power has become stronger."

Last time, I didn't pay attention to the changes in magic, which made Draco exhausted and caused a series of misunderstandings.

Snape looked at the purple lightning on the tip of Ariana's wand and was silent for a while before saying, "Okay, let's choose that day."

Coming out of Snape's office, Draco frowned and said, "Actually, I think it would be a good idea for you to duel with Professor Snape at my house. Most wizarding families admire the strong, so you should let them see your strength. That way, they will definitely be willing to lend you books. With all the magical resources of the wizarding families, maybe you can defeat Dumbledore when you graduate."

Not only was Snape surprised at Ariana's growth rate, but even Draco, who was with her day and night, was shocked. He was then happy and hoped that she could get the corresponding status as soon as possible.

Ariana raised the corner of her mouth and said with a smile: "You have such high expectations of me, and who said that the duel in your house must be with Professor Snape? You forgot that we planned to invite Professor Quirrell."

Hearing about the You-Know-Who's subordinate Quirrell, Draco shuddered slightly and said hesitantly, "I think what Professor Snape said just now makes sense. If Dumbledore gets rid of the You-Know-Who before the end of the school year, then these people from the magical family will definitely choose you firmly."

He wanted Ariana to become stronger, but he didn't want her to be in danger. Quirrell was obviously very dangerous, so it was better to avoid contact with him if possible.

Ariana said calmly after hearing this: "It seems that you also know that these Slytherin families will choose him between me and the mysterious man."

Looking at the cold Ariana, Draco held her hand and promised firmly: "No matter who doesn't choose you, I will definitely choose you. After all, we are boyfriend and girlfriend."

After saying that, he made a gesture of casting a spell. It was obvious that he was casting a spell when he said "Who makes us boyfriend and girlfriend?"

Ariana's heart warmed, and her face gradually became resolute. She smiled and said, "Having you support me is enough. Whether it's the magic family or even Snape, these are all external forces. It's best if we can use them, but if we want to be truly strong, we still have to rely on our own strength."

Ariana learned a lesson from her failure in the fight for the Philosopher's Stone, which is not to expect things from others, because no matter how good others say it, if they don't want to give it, no matter how hard she tries, it will be useless.

Moreover, Ariana was no longer obsessed with the Philosopher's Stone, mainly because she saw clues from the information sent by Goyle and the Crabbe family.

This black magic item is definitely a product of the Middle Ages. At that time, people pursued immortality and gold, so its main goals were these two aspects.

Although Ariana cherishes her life very much, she is only 11 years old after all, and it is too early to worry about death.

Moreover, she didn't want to live to be over 600 years old like Nicolas Flamel. Even if she lived to be Dumbledore's age, he would be so stubborn that it would be a headache. She couldn't imagine what a person over 600 years old would be like.

As for the Midas Touch function, considering Ariana's ability to make money, it will only be more exaggerated than the Midas Touch. These two functions of the Philosopher's Stone are quite useless to her.

Although she has lost some interest in the Philosopher's Stone, it does not mean that Ariana will not pay attention to it. After all, she is still waiting for the mysterious man or Professor Quirrell to steal the Philosopher's Stone so that she can take the opportunity to experiment with the Killing Curse.

In the blink of an eye, it was the third elimination round. At the scene, Draco looked at the longsword in Neville Longbottom's hand, approached Ariana and said, "Longbottom also brought a longsword. Is he planning to fight me head-on?"

Chapter 226 He Still Believes He Can Win

Ariana thought for a moment and guessed, "He's probably using the same duel strategy as you, but he's using the Iron Armor Spell to assist with his longsword attacks. Otherwise, he can't win the match with just defense alone."

Draco is assisted by displacement magic and attacks with a long sword. The two have the same idea, so this duel may be more difficult than expected.

After listening to Ariana's analysis, Draco gripped his wand tightly and said with a firm look in his eyes, "If that's the case, then we can only compete to see who has the deeper magic power."

With Ariana's previous encouragement, he still firmly believed that he could win.

Ariana looked at Neville in the distance, and seemed to have thought of something. She said to Draco, "Come here, I'll tell you a method."

Not only Ariana and Draco were observing Neville's situation, but Neville's camp was also keeping an eye on their movements.

Neville's plan to bring a sword to the tournament was indeed inspired by Draco, but it was not his own idea.

Harry frowned, looked at Hermione who had given him the idea, and asked worriedly, "Hermione, Neville doesn't know how to use a sword at all, but Malfoy has obviously practiced. Can he still win in this situation?"

Although Draco didn't practice swordplay for a long time, he practiced for an hour every day. With the help of Ariana, a fencing expert, he made rapid progress.

Ron actually stood on Hermione's side this time, but he said helplessly, "Neville only had time to practice the Shield Charm. What spell did you expect him to use against Malfoy? Even my skillful magic attack couldn't hit him."

Although Ron was still upset about his last loss to Draco, he had to admit that unless he could learn the Shield Charm as quickly as Neville, he would still be unable to win.

Neville heard their conversation, scratched the back of his head, and said with a simple smile: "Didn't Fred and the others say that I would use the Shield Charm to drain Malfoy's magic power, and then knock him down with one punch."

Although his brain was not very bright, his magic power was unexpectedly strong. Otherwise, he would not have been able to learn the Armor Spell so quickly, which even senior students might not be able to master.

Hermione asked everyone to be quiet, then calmly analyzed, "This is the only way, because we are not sure whether Malfoy's displacement spell consumes a lot of magic power. If it is less than the Shield Charm, Neville will definitely lose."

Seeing that the faces of the friends present were not very good, she did not stop and continued, "And you have overlooked an important issue, that is, without magical attacks, Malfoy may not use spells to assist in displacement. In other words, as long as he has some magic power left and Neville's magic power is exhausted, the outcome will still be a loss."

The reason why Draco used the displacement spell last time was because Ron's spells were fired quickly and densely, but Neville didn't have any offensive spells, so how could he waste his magic power?

Harry nodded in agreement, but his worry grew even worse. He said to Neville, "Hermione is right, and Malfoy brought a longsword. If you didn't have a longsword, you would probably get hurt."

At Harry's conclusion, Hermione shook her head and said, "In the two duels in the elimination round, plus the internal ranking competition of the dueling club, Malfoy didn't hurt anyone. It's obvious that he knows his limits. There were also people whose necks were held to his sword, but no one attacked again."

Hermione said the last sentence while looking at Ron, and it was obvious that she wanted to teach him a lesson not to launch sneak attacks again in the future.

Ron quickly defended himself, "I attacked him without thinking much at the time. It really wasn't intentional."

In the past, he would have been angry at Hermione for holding on to this matter, but after Dumbledore's words, coupled with the incident of the troll, Hermione had already established her prestige among the three of them. Ron could only shrink his neck and argue, not daring to lose his temper again.

Hermione didn't ask as many questions as before. When she heard Ron's weakness, she just looked at him helplessly and explained why she brought up the matter again.

"After the second elimination match, the Duel Club came up with a new rule for winning: the winner is determined by subduing the opponent with an attack method that directly threatens his life. The organizer didn't declare your behavior as a violation before, but there was no such rule before, so Neville can't do the same thing as you did before." There was still a hint of blame in her tone.

As a brave and fearless Gryffindor, Ron's sneak attack was indeed unacceptable to them.

Ron lowered his head and whispered, "I won't do that again."

Harry was afraid that they would start arguing, so he immediately changed the subject. Pointing at Draco and Ariana whispering in each other's ears, he said with worry in his eyes, "I think Colin will definitely think of new fighting techniques for Malfoy. Neville, be careful."

Neville had been keeping an eye on Draco, and of course he saw what Ariana was saying to him, which made him look delighted. However, his good friends were all discussing what happened before with Ron, so he didn't want to say anything.

Looking at his Gryffindor companions, Neville took a deep breath, gripped the sword tightly, and said awkwardly, "I know you all don't want me to lose, but I'm not sure if I can win. But I will definitely hold on."

Although he had little confidence, his belief was firm.

Hermione had already done what she could to help. She could only encourage him, "Your fighting style is similar to Malfoy's. He hasn't trained in the Shield Charm, so his magic power is definitely not as strong as yours. You won't necessarily lose."

Ariana is so strong, it is impossible that she doesn't know the Shield Charm, but Draco doesn't know it, which only means that the other party's magic power is not enough to learn this spell. Hermione is still a little confident that Neville can win.

Not long after the preparation stage, as Adrian shouted the start of the game, Draco's eyes were sharp, like a cheetah ready to pounce. He first used a displacement spell, charged forward, and the tip of his sword went straight to Neville's neck.

Neville was frightened by the sudden attack and turned pale. He dropped his sword to the ground in panic, but he instinctively raised the Shield Charm to protect himself.

Draco's sword hit Neville's Shield Charm with a clang, but no sparks flew, which showed that he didn't use his full strength.

Draco did hold back. The previous sword strike was just a test. He wanted to see how good Neville's swordsmanship was and the strength of his Shield Charm.

It now seems that Neville's swordsmanship is really rubbish, but the strength of the Shield Charm is very high. Draco immediately adjusted his tactics, removed the displacement spell, and attacked with just the longsword.

After the initial panic, Neville gradually calmed down. He took the opportunity to pick up the sword on the ground and began to wave it around.

Because he had not received systematic training, Neville's swordsmanship was disorganized and he basically just chopped and swung his swords randomly. However, Draco's swordsmanship was very professional and each of his swords was fierce and powerful, which made Neville retreat again and again.

If it weren't for the Armor Spell, Neville would have lost from the start.

Chapter 227: Nothing Can Stop Her

The audience watching the match looked at the duel between the two with strange eyes and whispered to each other.

"It is said that Malfoy has a problem with his magic power. His attack spells are not very strong, so he learned to wield weapons with two hands. But Longbottom doesn't seem to be like that. Why does he also wield weapons with two hands?" Someone said with a puzzled look on his face.

"Look, he only knows the Iron Armor Charm. Isn't that obvious? That means he has no means of attack, so he carries a long sword." Another person echoed.

"Are we watching a wizard duel or a fencing competition?" someone else joked.

"Malfoy is dominating the game, the match should be over soon." Everyone was speculating on the outcome of the match.

But surprisingly, although Neville was struggling, he managed to hold out the Shield Charm for a long time, and Draco showed no sign of being exhausted.

As the game went on for a while, the topic of discussion began to change.

"What's going on? It's been so long, and Longbottom has too much magic power. Malfoy still hasn't broken his defenses."

"Did you notice anything unusual? Malfoy doesn't look tired at all. Even if he didn't use any spells, they have been fighting for so long, and his physical strength should have been consumed." Someone has already noticed that something is wrong.

Dumbledore, who was watching the game on the scene, narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Snape, and asked tentatively: "Severus, Mr. Malfoy went to your office to study healing spells, right?"

Dumbledore certainly knew that Ariana often went to Snape's office to do magic experiments, and even understood the progress of the experiments. As long as they did not involve dark magic experiments, he was not worried.

As for Draco who had been following Ariana, Dumbledore just thought he was accompanying his girlfriend. But now seeing how well he used the healing spell, it was obvious that he had done in-depth research. Considering his schedule, he could only be doing research during his time in Snape's office.

Snape snorted coldly and said sarcastically, "The Malfoy family prides itself on the dark arts, yet its heir's talent lies in healing spells. It's quite ironic indeed."

Snape was quite surprised by Lucius's supportive attitude, and even wrote to ask about it. Unexpectedly, Lucius did not support him, but did not dare to oppose it, fearing that his son would be abducted by Ariana.

Thinking that Ariana had not given up the idea of ​​immigrating to the United States, Snape's mouth curled up slightly. He was not actually worried that this kid would really immigrate.

Although it was shameless for Dumbledore to threaten Ariana with the subsidy from the British Ministry of Magic to let her drop out of school, he was right. Once she entered the British wizarding world, it would not be easy to change her territory.

Apart from anything else, she just wants to get the magical resources of the Slytherin magic family. They have invested in you. Will you have the nerve to ignore them and just walk away?

There is no need to talk about these things. With the character of this kid, she wants to change the environment after studying in Hogwarts for only 7 years. By then, she will become the most powerful wizard in the British wizarding world. The interests and factional struggles will be enough to drag her down.

Not to mention the opposition from the Malfoy family.

Dumbledore smiled softly at Draco's research direction and said with relief, "I used to be quite against Ariana and Mr. Malfoy being together, but now it seems like a good idea. People who are good at healing spells are soft-hearted. The previous duels and magical attributes have confirmed this."

Although he was optimistic about Draco, he still felt regretful. He wished that Draco was not the heir of the Malfoy family.

Snape raised his eyebrows and asked tentatively, "Aren't you afraid that Colin will integrate the power of the wizarding families?"

Dumbledore asked about Ariana almost every week, sometimes more than once, which showed that the little brat's growth rate had made the old bee very alert.