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

Dumbledore looked at Draco, whose cheeks still had a childish look, and said with emotion: "Now I finally understand why Ariana likes you. You are indeed a very qualified boyfriend."

Ariana was much better than him at judging people. Back then, he only saw Gellert's talent and high spirits, but failed to see the madness hidden behind it.

"Of course, we are super good friends." Draco was very confident.

Although he and Ariana have different preferences, their personalities are very compatible and they are the kind of people who can be friends for life.

Dumbledore didn't want to hear that, so he changed the subject and said, "It looks like the two of them are going to have to fight it out."

The fight had been going on for nearly an hour, and it had been mostly just a backfight.

Draco stopped showing off his friendship with Ariana and couldn't help but ask the Gryffindor next to him.

“Who will win and who will lose?”

Dumbledore had already seen through Ariana's plan. Although Snape still had a lot of magical power, if he was really led into a specific position, he would definitely be defeated.

"Ariana, she's already mastered magic, and she's incredibly smart. If her magic power were equal to mine, I wouldn't necessarily be able to defeat her."

Dumbledore is very good at calculating people's hearts, but when it comes to magic and intelligence, he actually prefers magic.

It’s not that I think so, but it’s a subconscious behavior. Many wizards have this habit. After all, magic is so useful, isn’t it?

Today's duel made Dumbledore realize once again that it is people who learn magic, not magic that controls people.

Although there was no assistance from eye magic, Dumbledore had already seen through his years of experience that Ariana had set up a magic circle on the ground when she and Snape were confronting each other.

Because the formation was so large, Dumbledore could see that there were traces of the curse on it.

At Dumbledore's level, of course he wouldn't think that all curses are evil the moment he hears them.

Although he did not judge the intention of the curse, he was not too worried. After all, there was no sign of either of them using black magic.

The situation became tense again, and Snape said gloomily, "Even if you try to save your magic power, you're only in your first year. I'm afraid you're running out of magic power now. Just admit defeat."

He felt that after fighting for so long, the spell Ariana wanted to verify should be almost over, and giving up was her best outcome.

Ariana said calmly, "It's still unclear who will win or lose."

Snape wanted to confirm what tricks Ariana had. When they looked at each other, Ariana used hypnosis and tried to guide Snape into the range of the magic circle.

Of course, her hypnotic power is not strong and requires environmental assistance.

Ariana pushed the strongest magic, as if to create a life-and-death struggle for Snape, forcing Snape into the direction of the magic circle.

Snape thought she was going to fight to the death and roared, "What are you doing? Are you crazy?"

After dragging Snape to the center of the formation, Ariana shouted, "Set up the formation."

The magic circle trapped Snape. At the moment when the other party was stunned, Ariana was quick-eyed and quick-handed. She used the disarming spell and the other party's wand immediately flew into her hand.

She was the one who planned this magic circle. Although she was in the circle, she was at the center of the circle, so she was not trapped.

"Professor, you lose." Ariana announced the result of the duel.

Although she won, Ariana's magic power was exhausted at this time, but everything was within her calculations.

Snape reacted quickly, looking at Ariana, and asked in shock: "Have you learned the Imperius Curse?"

Just now, for a moment, he wanted to do something that was not in line with his own intention. Although he quickly reacted, he still fell into the position of this magic circle.

Ariana shook her head and said, "This is a kind of hypnosis. I learned it when I was a child, and later studied psychology. I can use it freely at any time. I just gave you an idea, and I didn't control it. You should be able to feel it."

As a former Death Eater, Snape had experienced the Imperius Curse. When he heard Ariana introduce hypnosis, he couldn't help but want to curse.

Chapter 120 You won’t even monitor me while I’m taking a shower, right?

"Your technique is even more powerful than the Imperius Curse. The Imperius Curse commands others to do things, but only takes away control of the body, while the mind still belongs to them. Your hypnosis allows others to do things on their own initiative, silently and without them being able to react at all."

Does this kid even know what he is researching?

Ariana grumbled speechlessly, "Professor, don't bully me for not understanding the Imperius Curse. It's one of the three Unforgivable Curses. The Ministry of Magic has designated it as a forbidden spell, making its use a crime. That's because it involves the soul, but my hypnosis only touches the mental level."

At first, it could only be used on children of a few years old, and could only be used on adults after completing psychology courses. Ordinary people like Thompson could only persist for more than two months.

However, Snape was right about one thing. Her hypnosis was a kind of thought implantation. Even if she realized it, she would not feel disgusted. After all, it is impossible for people to oppose their own behavior.

Snape reacted too quickly, so his attitude was so intense.

Seeing that Ariana still didn't understand, Snape roared, "Have you forgotten what I taught you? Any forbidden magic evolved from ordinary spells."

This is the case with the Fiery Flame and the Imperius Curse. How come this kid learned both of them on his own?

Ariana obviously thought of Lihuo as well.

She smiled awkwardly and said, "Well, it seems that the Imperius Curse and Hypnosis both fall under the category of mental attack magic, along with Legilimency, of course."

There should be a difference in level. Lexicon is reading, the Imperius Curse is controlling, and hypnosis may be implanting. It is hard to say which one is more powerful.

Seeing that he had convinced the little devil, Snape sighed and said, "I lose. You untie the magic circle."

He actually lost to a first-grade kid. Even though this troublemaker couldn't be judged by common sense, it was still embarrassing.

Ariana was chatting with Snape for a long time, not because she had nothing to talk about, but because she had no magic power to run the magic circle.

"Professor, wait a minute, I don't have any magic power at all now." Now she was really embarrassed.

At this time, Dumbledore approached with Draco and said, "Ariana, using up your magic is very dangerous. It may turn you into a Squib."

This voice not only made Ariana's face change drastically, but also Snape, who was trapped in the magic circle, had a gloomy face. They both had the same thought in their minds, why is this old honey here?

Snape was unsure of what to say, but simply glared at Dumbledore.

Ariana asked maliciously, "Is the principal sending ghosts to watch me again? Are they even going to watch me while I'm showering?"

Dumbledore was in a good mood and jokingly replied, "Hogwarts does have a ghost that likes to peek at people taking a bath, but she is a lady and only peeks at boys, so you can rest assured."

Before Ariana could say anything, Draco exclaimed, "What? There's a ghost peeping at boys taking a shower?"

How come he didn't know about this? Was he spied on before?

Dumbledore looked at the horrified Draco and said with a malicious smile, "She is a mature female ghost and doesn't like to peek at boys taking a bath."

It’s strange to say, why are children nowadays so precocious and start dating at the age of 11.

Although there doesn't seem to be anything ambiguous between these two children, they stick together all day long, so it's hard to say whether they think this is what love is like.

"I'm 11 years old, not a boy." Draco straightened himself.

Unfortunately, no one at the scene paid any attention to Draco's efforts to restore his male pride.

Dumbledore walked around the magic circle, examined it for a while, and asked, "Ariana, this magic circle of yours uses the principle of a curse, right?"

This formation is absorbing magic power to maintain itself and is not operated by the wizard's magic power at all.

In the past, magic circles were operated by items containing magic power, and the most commonly used ones were magic gems. However, those gems have long been exhausted, which is also the reason why this branch of magic circles declined.

There is still a magical Philosopher's Stone today, and it is man-made.

I didn't expect Ariana to introduce the principle of curse. If so, the branch of magic circle may be reborn.

However, the reason why curses are taboo is that their operating principles are unlimited and very dangerous.

For example, the magic power it absorbs is indiscriminate. If a wizard accidentally selects the absorption option, his magic power will be sucked away, and the lightest consequence will be a dud.

Ariana heard the other party's concern, and remembering Snape's previous reminder, a sarcastic smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"A program that can automatically absorb magic power is very convenient, isn't it? For example, I made a safety device in my memory. Once someone casts a forgetfulness spell on me, this device will emit a certain frequency, and then Hogwarts will cause a huge explosion."

To gain their trust, Ariana explained, "Because I activated the curse's program during Transfiguration, I don't need to replenish my magic power. The bomb hidden in Hogwarts remains transformed, and the device that receives the frequency is placed on the bomb."

"Professor Snape told me about this. I didn't think it would happen so soon." The smile on Dumbledore's face faded.

Ariana said coldly: "No matter how fast you take protective measures to ensure your safety, it's not fast."

In fact, she hasn't done it yet and it's still in the experimental stage. But it's nice to make some verbal threats to avoid being threatened all the time. She doesn't like this feeling very much.

Dumbledore certainly understood what Ariana meant. He said helplessly, "Ariana, I never thought of using the Oblivion Charm on you, or hurting you."

I don't know where she got this idea from. If she knew it was because of Snape's unexpected reminder, she would definitely be very angry.

This child is already so difficult to deal with, why are you still speaking alarmist words to her? Do you think she is not rebellious enough?

Ariana said sarcastically: "I don't know if you have thought about it this way, but what Professor McGonagall said makes sense. Although I didn't hurt others, I have this ability, don't I?"

Since others can be on guard just because she is capable, why can't she do the same? Everyone is just the same, so the eldest brother shouldn't talk about the second brother.

How could Dumbledore remain indifferent when Hogwarts had such a huge hidden danger of explosion? But he tried both soft and hard methods, but Ariana just couldn't let her guard down.

"You once said that you grew up in a society ruled by law. How could you want to hurt others? Is this explosive device necessary?" Dumbledore reminded her of what he had said.

Ariana stared at the old man speechlessly and questioned, "I have to have a trump card to save my life, right? If you were the Dark Lord's reserve, being watched all day long, would you remain indifferent?"

Dumbledore defended himself, "I want to make sure you are growing in the right direction. Whether you believe it or not, that was my original intention."

If she hadn't become the Dark Lord, no one would have done anything to her, right?

Ariana felt that Dumbledore was just talking without any consideration for the consequences. Even prisoners in jail would not like to be monitored.

And if they said it was just surveillance, then why did they block her and Draco at the door of the Room of Requirement and interrupt them when they went to ask questions to the professor who was related to the mysterious man?

Ariana reiterated: "I made up my mind after leaving your office. You have no right to control what I do. If you want to stop me, then do it with your own ability."

Chapter 121 The principal still wants to duel with you

Thinking of the reason why the other party appeared here, she snorted coldly: "As for surveillance, Hogwarts is your territory. I have no control over it and I can't do anything about it. But if those ghosts are hurt because of this, it is my responsibility."

If there was someone who could control this old man, Ariana would definitely write ten letters of complaint every day. It was really lawless. He used such a high-sounding reason to monitor others.

Snape could no longer bear it and yelled at these two hateful troublemakers.

"Can you two find a way to break this formation and then confront each other?" Do you think he is comfortable being trapped?

Knowing that Ariana's magic power was exhausted, Dumbledore took the initiative to examine the magic circle. After a while, he shook his head helplessly.

"A magic circle is a very complex magic. Sometimes even the person who created it may not be able to decipher it."

If he were asked to rescue people, he would have to break the formation by force, but Snape was inside and might get hurt.

Seeing Dumbledore take out his wand, Ariana knew what he was planning and said hurriedly, "Professor, give me another 10 minutes to recover my magic power and I can break the formation."

This is a forest, it would be terrible if a fire broke out.

Ariana cast a curse on herself, which was a running program to speed up the absorption of magic power.

With the help of this curse, the magic power needed to unlock this magic circle only needs to be absorbed for another 10 minutes.

Watching Ariana curse herself, Dumbledore didn't know what to say.

Everyone avoids curses, but now she uses it as a tool to merge any spell at will, and no one knows how she achieves the fusion.

"Ariana, is your research in the field of curses?" Dumbledore asked.

Snape had asked this question, but he did not report everything to Dumbledore. It can be said that he only reported what he wanted to say, showing his ability as a double agent to the fullest.

As soon as Ariana heard it, she knew that Snape didn't mention this, and glanced at the black bats in the formation.

She replied again: "As long as it is about magic, it is my research direction."

Seeing that Ariana was not as sharp as before, Dumbledore became more aggressive and planned to ask more questions.

"By the way, I heard that by joining your dueling club, one can share your research results. I wonder if I have this honor." He ignored what Draco had just said that only Slytherins could join.

Dumbledore was intrigued by the way Ariana combined the curses.

Draco was speechless upon hearing this, and immediately reminded his good friend: "The headmaster still wants to duel with you."

The duel with the professor before was already exaggerated enough, and now he has to duel with the principal again. I hope he will win again, right?

If that were the case, Ariana could really do what he imagined and one day defy Dumbledore.

Although Ariana didn't know that Draco had refused, she could only say that the two of them were indeed best friends, because her answer was also no.

Ignoring her friend's excitement, Ariana said calmly, "I'm sorry, only Slytherins can join this dueling club. Other houses are not allowed."

Are you kidding? She was planning to use this club to change the atmosphere at Hogwarts. If Dumbledore joined, would she still be the one in charge? With Old Honey's personality, I'm afraid any plans she had would be ruined.

Dumbledore asked unwillingly, "But your usual attitude is that once magic is developed, anyone can learn it, right?"

Ariana looked at him speechlessly. This old man really showed his double standards clearly. How could he have the nerve to question her like this?

"You didn't open the restricted section to all students, did you? You even asked me to return the magic book I found in the Room of Requirement immediately, as if it were school property. When you asked me to do that, did you think about whether you could do it yourself?"

If all the books were open to her, would she be so shameless as to take them for herself?