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

Draco thought for a moment and replied, "There are quite a few. If you ask me that, I won't be able to think of them for a moment."

"What about the one related to Hogwarts?" Ariana gave a hint.

Draco thought for a long time, and finally his eyes lit up.

"There really is one. I heard that when the Dark Lord graduated, he applied to the school for the position of Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, but was rejected by the then-Principal Armando on the grounds that he was too young." This must be a household news, but unfortunately it does not include Ariana's family.

"And then?" Ariana looked at him.

Draco continued, "Then he disappeared for a while. When he came back, his magic was very powerful. He applied to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts again, but was rejected by Dumbledore again. The reason was very perfunctory, just saying that he was unsuitable."

"That's all?" Ariana thought he was being too slow.

Draco continued to explain science to her calmly.

"Of course not. The Dark Lord was very angry at the time and cursed the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. From then on, no professor could teach a full school year, and everyone ended up either dead or injured."

After he finished speaking, he suddenly realized something and added, "Last time, you were surprised that Professor Quirrell looked weak despite his high magical power. It might be because of this curse."

"You mean the curse is still in effect?" Ariana's face was serious.

"Yes, Professor Quirrell was also a professor at Hogwarts before, but he taught Muggle Studies and only switched to Defense Against the Dark Arts this year. I heard from other seniors that he became so listless this year." Draco thought this explanation was very reasonable.

Ariana sneered and came to the final conclusion.

"The Dark Lord is not dead."

Draco didn't look around this time, but pulled Ariana into a narrow corner where no one could get close to them.

"What are you talking about?" Draco looked at her seriously. Matters concerning the Dark Lord were no joke.

Ariana thought Draco was making a fuss.

"Even if he's not dead, he can't jump out. Why are you so scared?" She looked at Draco with a puzzled look.

Draco explained, "This involves a question of stance. Don't talk nonsense outside. Dumbledore originally wanted you to stand on Potter's side. If he heard you talking about the Dark Lord, he might call you to his office again."

Draco is still in the fantasy of misunderstanding Ariana and being threatened by Dumbledore's magic.

"Then can we talk now? There's no way anyone can come here." She looked at the young master in front of her speechlessly.

"How do you know he's not dead?" Draco was still curious.

Ariana explained, "I've read a fifth of the books in the Room of Requirement, and among them are several about the principles of curses. While this type of magic is somewhat unconventional, it's essentially the same as a normal spell. Once the trajectory disappears, the spell's process naturally ceases."

Seeing Ariana talking nonsense again, Draco reminded her unhappily, "Don't tell me things I can't understand. Tell me things I can understand."

This is what happened in the Room of Requirement. Ariana could relate a very basic spell to various mathematical models.

Draco's face was full of questions when he heard this. When he raised objections, she retorted that Hogwarts' teaching method was just knowing the results but not the reasons behind them.

To put it bluntly, it is imitation learning without knowing the principles at all.

Draco couldn't even imitate, so it was naturally difficult for him to learn anything that involved principles.

Seeing that Draco didn't understand, Ariana could only simplify her explanation.

"To complete a spell, do we use magic power to run the program in the spell?" she asked.

After being bombarded with Ariana's magic theories for two weeks, Draco was already able to understand theories such as zoning, spell procedures, and magic density, which he had never heard of before.

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Draco nodded.

Seeing that Draco could understand, Ariana began to talk about the next step.

"The curse works the same way, but its execution is special. It can automatically absorb magic power. It can come from wizards, magical creatures, or even alchemical items. Even the magic power in the air can be used."

Spell programs require human intervention and control, while curse programs can run automatically.

"I understand what you said, but what does this have to do with the Dark Lord being alive?" Draco still didn't quite understand.

Ariana continued to explain, "Think about it. A spell is a program created by a wizard. The same is true for a curse. A spell can only absorb the wizard's magic power. If you ignore it, once the magic power dissipates, the magic will naturally become ineffective."

Draco's eyes lit up, and he said with sudden enlightenment, "I understand. The curse can absorb the magic power of any substance. So if the Dark Lord who cast the spell is not dead, the curse program will continue to run."

That means they have a good relationship. If it were just an average relationship, Ariana would have been impatient long ago. Why can't Draco be smarter? It's really a bit tedious to keep saying this.

Chapter 66: Just Be Tolerant of Each Other

"Yes, in the era when curses were prevalent, wizards who were cursed would usually go looking for the caster of the curse. As long as the source was killed, the curse would be automatically lifted." This was what she saw in wizard history.

But Draco's thoughts were elsewhere. He said with a grim expression, "Dumbledore wants you to stand on the side of the Savior and fight against the Dark Lord in the future. So he has to take care of your feelings now, so that you don't feel disgusted with Potter."

Ariana nodded and smiled, "Okay, that's a very good analysis, but it's a pity there's no reward."

Seeing his good friend laughing so happily, Draco said in shock: "The Dark Lord is not dead, and you can still laugh."

Ariana looked at him speechlessly.

"Do you still want me to cry? If he's not dead, then he's not dead. It's just like dealing with Dumbledore. If you can reason with him, then reason with him. If you can't reason with him, then use your wand to talk. That's how it is in the wizarding world anyway." She thought it was no big deal at all.

Draco asked hesitantly, "That's the Dark Lord, aren't you afraid?"

Ariana said nonchalantly, "I'm not afraid of anything. Whether it's the Dark Lord or the White Lord, in the end, strength is the deciding factor. Didn't you say that? My magical talent is about the same as the Dark Lord's, and I'm even richer than him. I'm no worse than him."

And if you keep worrying about things that haven’t happened yet, how can you live like this?

Draco couldn't help but grumble upon hearing this: "Would he be willing to compete with you to see who's richer? And didn't you also say that while the gap in spells can be widened, magic power is difficult?"

Not only is Dumbledore older and has more accumulated magic power than Ariana, but the same is true for the Dark Lord.

Ariana admitted that she was a little overwhelmed by the difficulty of accumulating magic power.

The truth is that she has an impetuous personality. Now she has no way of studying wizard blood and has no idea where the magic power is stored.

It was like doing a math problem. She knew the formula, but the values ​​she had to substitute were not at home, which made her feel bad.

Although she was a little hit by the difficulty of accumulating magic power, Ariana did not lose confidence. It can be said that she is confidence itself.

"Just like when you learn a spell, should you just give up if it's too difficult? Others' progress is theirs, but increasing your strength is the real deal. Don't worry, even if the sky falls, I'll still be there to hold it up."

Even if Ariana was slightly hit, she would recover quickly, but she was afraid that Draco would not be like her, so she gave him some chicken soup, but unfortunately she thought too much.

Draco was very open-minded and had a very thick filter for Ariana, so naturally he believed everything she said, not to mention that what Ariana said made a lot of sense.

The Dark Lord has disappeared for 10 years, and no one knows when he will return. With the speed at which Ariana learns magic, perhaps when the Dark Lord comes back, she can kill him in minutes.

Draco simply put the matter behind him. At this time, he had no intention of giving his father any information.

The next day at breakfast, Draco's adorable owl brought Ariana a bag of Gringotts money.

"Gringotts sent me a thousand Galleons. Didn't you want the Memory Ball? You can order it now." Ariana placed the purse on the dining table generously and pushed it towards Draco.

Draco didn't show any excitement, but said to her seriously: "When did I want a Memory Ball? Those are magic props that only fools would buy."

They are now in the auditorium, surrounded by arrogant pure-blood classmates. Why doesn't this person pay attention to the occasion? Does he still want to stay in Slytherin?

Ariana stared at Draco for a second, instantly understood what he meant, and nodded in understanding.

"I didn't even have a chance to look at the Memory Ball you and Potter fought over last time. You know I grew up in the Muggle world, and I'm quite curious about this kind of magical item. I bought it and wanted to study it. Do you know which store sells it?"

Ariana deliberately raised her voice by two degrees, trying to let the students around her hear that it was she who wanted the memory ball.

Although this friend is a bit childish, they have similar interests. Everyone has shortcomings, so they just need to be tolerant of each other.

Draco suppressed his laughter and introduced Ariana to several stores, recommending one with the fastest delivery.

"It will definitely be delivered before noon, and you can study it then. You want to learn alchemy, right? This is considered a classic alchemical item." Draco said.

Ariana nodded in agreement.

After she mailed the money, the memory ball arrived at noon. She didn't give it to Draco directly, but took it to study the operating program on it.

With the eye spell, Ariana was able to observe the operation of magic more easily, and soon studied the program on the memory ball thoroughly.

"The program of this thing is too simple. I thought it was embedded with the principle of Legilimency or Imperius Curse. I was excited for nothing." Ariana felt that this thing was useless.

Today is Sunday. Except for going to the Great Hall for dinner, the two of them almost stayed in the Room of Requirement. Now there were no other classmates around, and Draco did not hide his childish nature at all.

"Don't you think it's interesting? Use magic to input what you should do every day, and if you forget something, it will show up in red." Draco completely disagreed with his good friend's point of view.

Ariana complained speechlessly, "It can't even remind you what you forgot, and you forgot something yourself, and you need something else to remind you. That's really stupid. No wonder Pansy said this is a magic item only a fool would buy."

Ever since the last incident, Ariana heard about Neville from Pansy.

His condition is obviously a stress disorder, so it is normal for him to use this kind of auxiliary magic props.

Draco was a little unhappy after hearing Ariana's comments, and asked back: "Do you think I'm a fool?"

Ariana knew that if she dared to answer yes, the friendship would probably be overturned, because this was her only friend in Hogwarts.

With her current reputation, it would probably be difficult for her to make other friends, so she'd better not offend Draco if she could.

Ariana said flatteringly: "You are not a fool, you are a young master. Do you want me to modify this memory ball for you? At least let it remind you of what you forgot in text."

As a hacker, Ariana certainly knew how to write program code, and it was nothing more than the programming method of this memory ball using magic spells.

She has been learning magic for two weeks now, and Ariana can write a fool-proof program like this with her eyes closed.

Draco was always with Ariana, so of course he knew what she was doing. But when he heard her say that she wanted to modify her memory ball to present a concrete text prompt, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"You know alchemy?"

Draco liked the Memory Ball, mainly because of the rarity of this alchemical item. He was also quite interested in alchemy, which was not a simple technique.

Chapter 67 Ariana immediately smuggled in her own goods

Looking at Draco's shocked face, Ariana knew that he was a little shocked, but she couldn't bring herself to lie.

Ariana said conservatively, "Is it considered knowing it just because I know it in my head?"

"What do you mean?" Draco asked with a puzzled look on his face.

Ariana gave up, she's not the type to mince words.

"What I mean is that I already know how to change it, but I haven't actually done it yet. You know I'll do some calculations in my head when I study spells, and I can do that too. The probability of making the change is 99.9%. If you don't want me to, I don't have to change it," she shrugged helplessly.

Draco looked at her speechlessly: "Can't you just say yes?"

Ariana asked jokingly, "Would it shock you if I said that?"

"Haven't you hit me hard enough?" Draco complained to her.

Ariana didn't waste any words and asked directly: "Do you want to change it?"

The memory ball that can emit red light and the memory ball that emits red light with text are obviously more advanced. It is obvious which one to choose.

Draco's emotions came and went quickly. When he heard that he could have a different memory ball immediately, he immediately became happy.

"Of course I have to change it. That way, when I take it out to play with, they won't say it's a magic prop that only a fool would buy. Then they can say that you've studied it thoroughly and didn't want to play with it anymore, so you gave it to me." He had already thought of several scenarios for showing off.

Ariana looked at him speechlessly and jokingly said, “Okay, little master who loves face.”

Draco disagreed and immediately retorted, "You sound like you don't care about your reputation. Do you need any materials? I've collected some alchemical materials before, and I can ask my mother to send them to me."

It's just a matter of modifying the program, not re-manufacturing. Ariana's craftsmanship, which is accurate to 0.001 mm, does not require alchemical materials.

While revising, Ariana suddenly remembered something and asked Draco, "By the way, didn't you say last time that you wanted to reconcile with your dad? Why haven't I heard anything else?"

Draco replied nonchalantly, "Didn't Dumbledore punish you? If I go to my father to make peace, he'll definitely make me break up with you. You still have two punishments to announce. What if the parents are called in again?"

Draco felt a little strange. Why didn't Dumbledore announce Ariana's punishment yet? Was he using this to threaten her to stand on Potter's side?

Draco was worried about Ariana, and as a friend, Ariana was naturally worried about him too.

"Then your relationship with your mother has not been affected, right?" Didn't your relationship with both parents break down?

"No, didn't you see that she was still giving me candy?" Draco shook his head.

Speaking of candies, Ariana couldn't help but complain about him. She had almost finished all the candies she had brought for fulfilling every wish, not to mention the ones his mother had sent.

"Be careful of gaining weight if you eat so much sugar. Why do so many Muggles gain weight? It's because there is too much sugar in their food. There are quite a lot of obese people in the UK." It would be really unsightly if a good-looking person gained weight.

There is no weight loss potion in the magical world. Upon hearing this, Draco immediately looked at Ariana in surprise.

"Really? But what's the fun without candy?" He looked conflicted.

Ariana immediately suggested, "Why don't you play fencing with me? Look how pitiful I am. I don't have a computer to work with, and I worry all day about my wealth shrinking. Besides you, no one here wants to be my friend."

Not only did she describe herself as extremely pitiful, she also made a pitiful expression. Draco immediately couldn't stand it anymore.

"Okay, but you can't be like teaching a spell and get super impatient with me if you don't get it after two tries." He knew Ariana's temper too well.

Being accused like this, Ariana felt a little unhappy and immediately retorted, "But the spell learning task I assigned you is very simple. Just follow a certain procedure and input magic power."