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

At most, it was like before when she didn't want to talk to Dumbledore and let her hide on his back.

Ariana looked at Draco, a hint of tenderness in her eyes, and said, "Okay, I repeat, no matter how high I reach in the future, I will always stand in front of you. As long as I don't fall, no one can hurt you."

In fact, this seems a bit redundant. As Malfoy's heir, how could Draco be in danger?

Draco's confident smile returned and he said, "With the speed-increasing spell you improved for me, my fencing skills are steadily improving. I should have no problem protecting myself."

Not only that, he could also shine in the duel competition. He felt great being watched with envy.

Hearing this, Ariana jokingly said, "There's no one else here. It's okay to admit that I'm protecting you in front of me."

Draco blushed and whispered, "Well, I'm not afraid of losing face in front of you. Do you still need Professor Snape to referee your duel with Professor Flitwick?"

They are related, otherwise he wouldn't have changed the subject immediately.

Ariana said indifferently: "Even if I don't invite him, won't he go on his own?"

The Black Bat is very aggressive. Even if he can't play in the arena, he can improve his strength by watching the fierce battles.

Draco nodded in agreement. "That's true. I've noticed that you and Professor Snape are quite similar in some ways. You're both obsessed with magic and want to improve your combat skills."

The way they speak has become similar recently. This is only the first year, and there will be more interactions in the future. I hope Ariana won't become the second Snape by the time she graduates, right?

Mentioning this, Ariana couldn't help but complain about Dumbledore again.

"It can be said that all rising wizards have this need. Previously, they were intimidated by Dumbledore's slogan, and no one dared to take the first step. Now that someone has taken the initiative, why don't you quickly accept this invitation?"

Although Ariana understands Old Bee, she does not agree with many of his practices. As the world's number one person, he really shouldn't be too biased, otherwise why would there be such a thing as a hermit master.

Draco tilted his head, thought for a moment, and said, "If that's the case, you can invite any professor you want."

Ariana raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile, "Do you think it's okay for me to invite Professor McGonagall?"

Draco also realized that the reason why Professor Flitwick agreed to the duel was because of Snape's suggestion. If Ariana alone said it, it would not work.

"Well, you can't go by yourself. You still have to ask Professor Snape to ask for you. Besides, among all the professors at Hogwarts, Professor Flitwick is probably the only one who would agree," he said.

Professor McGonagall is so serious that it would be more like a dream to challenge her to a duel.

Professor Flitwick acted quickly and called Ariana over during class the next day, telling her that the best time for the duel was in the evening.

Ariana nodded in understanding, looking forward to the evening.

The scenery of the Forbidden Forest was the same as the last time I came here. It was filled with a light mist, and the moonlight shone through the gaps between the leaves onto the ground, forming patches of mottled light and shadow.

At half past eight, Ariana, Snape, Draco and Professor Flitwick were already standing in the empty space where they had fought last time.

Looking at Professor Flitwick, who was only as tall as her chest, Ariana was filled with curiosity.

As Snape's classroom shouted, the two began to move.

Ariana did not use the flying spell right away like she did against Snape, but instead used the super-speed displacement spell that was still in the design stage. Her figure flashed like a ghost and instantly appeared behind Professor Flitwick.

Chapter 180 Ariana starts drawing the formation

Flitwick was an experienced wizard after all. He immediately noticed Ariana's attack and quickly cast the Iron Armor Spell. A silver light flashed and blocked Ariana's sword strike.

His attention was not on the sharp steel sword, but on Ariana's body movements.

"What kind of spell is this? It's too fast." He couldn't help but ask.

During the duel, Ariana didn't feel like talking, so she didn't answer the other party.

After all, he was a professor, so Ariana would not refuse to answer. As for the analysis of the spell, she would wait until the battle was over.

While casting spells, she attacked Flitwick with her sword. The spells shot towards him like meteors, and there were various ice cone attacks around him.

Flitwick dodged nimbly, casting counter-spells at the same time.

Gradually, Ariana felt Flitwick's strength, and she found that she had always underestimated his fighting ability.

Professor Flitwick is short in stature, so the area affected by the magic attack is small, and the Armor Spell he casts does not require that much magic power to operate.

But this advantage is not very big for Ariana, because her magic power is not as good as that of an adult wizard, and her victory depends entirely on her skills and the application of spells.

Ariana has been designing a super-speed displacement spell these days, but she has to cope with Draco's weak magic power, and Draco's control over magic is not enough, so her design ideas have been bumpy.

After almost figuring out Flitwick's fighting style, Ariana was no longer in a hurry to defeat him quickly, but instead began to experiment with the application of various spells.

After more than ten minutes, Ariana had already determined that Flitwick's fighting ability was inferior to Snape's.

This is not to say that he is inferior in understanding spells, nor that his magic power is not strong enough, but in this desperate fighting style, he is definitely no match for Professor Snape.

Especially since Flitwick didn't use the flying spell, Ariana felt that the flying spell could play a decisive role in this kind of battle.

The spell experiment was almost done, so Ariana began to draw the circle. She waved the wand in her hand quickly in the air, and rays of light flashed, and a magic circle gradually took shape.

Then he used a binding spell to force Professor Flitwick into the formation.

Professor Flitwick knew what Ariana intended, but her binding spells were very powerful and dense in number, making it impossible to avoid them.

She could only slowly force him into a magic circle whose function he didn't know.

As soon as he entered the formation, Professor Flitwick found that his magic power was rapidly dissipating.

Professor Flitwick tried to break through the magic circle, but found that his magic seemed to be bound by an invisible force.

In this situation, Professor Flitwick had no choice but to admit defeat in order to avoid overloading his magic power.

"I lost."

Ariana nodded to accept the other party's surrender. This time she did not overdraw her magic power, so she naturally broke the formation quickly.

Professor Flitwick regained his freedom and felt the magic power in his body, only to find that there was not much left. This shows how fast this magic circle absorbs magic power.

He looked at Ariana with amazement in his eyes and said, "It seems that you were confident that you could defeat me. Our duel lasted for more than an hour, and you must have used hundreds of spells, but I see that your magic power doesn't show any signs of running out."

Normally, a young wizard shouldn't have so much magic power. Even though Ariana's talent is very strong, her body has not yet grown.

Ariana smiled, shook her head, and said, "If the professor intends to defeat me by draining all my magic power, he's wrong. I've cursed myself, and my magic power regenerates three times faster than usual. This curse is very suitable for a battle like this, which consumes a lot of energy."

Since the problem of magic storage cannot be solved in a short time, she will solve the problem of recovery. If the cup cannot be replaced with a bigger one, then she can at least add more water, right?

Professor Flitwick's eyes widened in surprise as he said, "You actually cursed yourself."

Ariana shrugged and said nonchalantly, "Professor, you don't think that curses are all malicious, do you?"

Adult wizards who have studied the properties of magic should know that a curse is just a type of spell.

Professor Flitwick knew that curses weren't always bad, but they also had obvious drawbacks. He frowned and said, "But controlling a curse is very difficult."

If it is not well controlled, it may absorb all the magic power in a certain area, including people and objects, because the curse automatically absorbs magic.

Although Ariana was absorbing magic power just now, perhaps the quantity needs to be conserved. Where did she absorb it from? The magic power in the air is not enough to sustain her huge consumption.

Ariana said confidently: "It's very simple for me. I haven't lost control yet."

There is naturally no magic in the air to sustain three times the absorption amount, but there is magic underground and in the plants in the forbidden forest.

It's the same principle as when she broke into the bank to steal money. She only stole one cent from each account, and no one would care about that one cent less.

She only stole it that once anyway.

After listening to Ariana's explanation, Professor Flitwick said with emotion: "Your talent is truly amazing."

Like Professor Snape, he actually didn't understand Ariana's analysis of the spell, let alone learn from it.

Thinking of the battle just now, Ariana looked at Professor Flitwick and asked curiously, "Professor should be good at those stage competitions. I feel that you haven't exerted your full strength."

The fight just now was too limited, not as open and aggressive as the duel with Snape.

Professor Flitwick nodded and said, "Perhaps you know that I once won a dueling tournament. Those competitions were actually held on stage. I participated to prove myself, and I made a lot of targeted preparations."

What he meant was that he was only good at dueling on the stage, and he didn't have any flying spells, nor would he fight for his life.

That kind of duel relies on the exchange of spells. When the spells known are not much different, everyone competes in the total amount of magic power stored.

The reason why Professor Flitwick studied the properties of magic was actually to increase his total amount of magic.

If they were to duel in the Forbidden Forest in this way, he would definitely not be able to beat Snape. But if they were to duel on that kind of stage, Snape would definitely not be his opponent.

Professor Flitwick looked at the traces of the magic circle on the ground and asked curiously, "What does this magic circle rely on to operate? It's definitely not a traditional Philosopher's Stone, nor is it some rare material, because I don't see any magical items in the circle."

He was good at spells and of course he knew about magic circles, but unfortunately due to limited materials, he didn't study them deeply enough.

Chapter 181 Understanding the Impatience of This Kid

Ariana explained, "It also relies on a curse. I used my magic power at the beginning. After Professor entered, did you feel the magic power in your body rapidly draining away?"

Professor Flitwick nodded, then asked, "Is it absorbing my magic to keep running?"

He looked at the little wizard in shock. If he hadn't handled it properly, he might have become a Squib by absorbing the wizard's magic power.

Ariana didn't care about Professor Flitwick's attitude, because when drawing the array, a threshold was set, and it was absolutely impossible to absorb his magic power beyond the load.

"Yes, this kind of magic circle can not only deal with wizards, but also magical creatures."

The reason why she was so confident was that this formation had been tested before, the last time she dealt with the three-headed dog.

Reduce Fluffy's magic power to the lowest level and don't exceed the load, otherwise the dog will not be a magical creature.

Seeing that Professor Flitwick was still frightened, she hesitated for a moment before telling him about it.

It was confirmed that everything was fine, so Professor Flitwick was just shocked and did not blame Ariana.

After hearing her explanation, Professor Flitwick looked at Ariana with admiration in his eyes.

"The flying spell you used later was even more advanced than the one Snape used, not to mention the speed-increasing spell you used earlier. Are these all your innovations?" he asked curiously.

Ariana nodded and said, "The flying spell above was carefully optimized based on Snape's analysis. As for the fast-moving spell I used earlier, I designed it for Draco. He participated in a dueling tournament, and his magic attributes are not suitable for combat."

Professor Flitwick seemed to have many more questions to ask, but Ariana was getting impatient.

She looked back at Snape and reminded him, "Professor Snape, it's getting late."

The implication is that you should go back quickly, otherwise Slytherin will deduct points if you exceed the curfew.

Of course Snape knew that Ariana didn't want to teach. After she had a basic understanding of math, physics and chemistry, he also understood the impatience of this little kid, because many answers really required starting from the beginning.

He nodded and said to Professor Flitwick, "This brat has been under Dumbledore's surveillance recently. We can't hide the fact that we brought them to the Forbidden Forest from our great headmaster. Let's hurry back to the castle."

Professor Flitwick saw the eye-to-eye exchange between the teacher and student, but since they didn't want to talk about it, he couldn't force them, so he could only nod and agree.

But he was unwilling to give up, so on the way back to the castle, Professor Flitwick still grabbed Ariana.

He asked curiously, "I heard that your magical research results are only shared with Slytherin students. Can't there be any exceptions?"

He also wanted to take a look, or maybe let Ravenclaw join the research, since they had a good relationship with Slytherin anyway.

Ravenclaw was indeed unhappy about having to be second all the time. He used to grumble that it was because of Snape's mindless bonus points, but now Snape has become much more normal, and he no longer has any reason to vent his anger.

The two colleges pride themselves on having smart people, and their relationship has become much closer recently.

Ariana's eyes revealed a hint of ambition when she heard this. She shook her head and said, "Not yet. Maybe after I become the Minister of Magic, I can do it."

In fact, she doesn't need to be the Minister of Magic. As long as she is above everyone else and has the capital to make the wizarding world a little more normal, then everything will be fine.

Professor Flitwick became even more curious and asked, "Why? Does it matter?"

Ariana looked up at the castle in front of her and said firmly, "Because I am not strong enough now, I want to use these achievements to change the atmosphere of the entire magical world."

It would be best if she could reach a level where even Dumbledore couldn't refute her. Otherwise, this old bee would forbid this and that, and even use moral blackmail. It's so annoying.

Just as the group reached Hagrid's hut, Draco suddenly pointed ahead and said, "Isn't that Potter and the others? Why are there so many Gryffindors?"

Ariana looked in the direction of Draco's finger, frowned, and said, "Since the dueling tournament, the curfew has been changed to eleven o'clock, and it's not time yet."

In fact, the time is almost up. According to their pace, Ariana and her group may not return to the castle until after curfew.

Draco reminded her anxiously, "Did you forget? The headmaster said that the curfew can be changed to eleven o'clock, but everyone must stay in the castle."

This was announced in the auditorium. Ariana was reading a book at the time and just heard it but didn't take it to heart.

Anyway, she has Draco to remind her of these things at any time, so it doesn't matter if she doesn't remember.

Looking at Draco who was eager to try, Ariana knew what he wanted to do and whispered to him, "But we are outside the castle now."

The implication is that they should find fault with others, but they don't have the right to do so. If they do, they will probably get into trouble.

Snape frowned and said to Ariana and the others, "You two go back to the castle from here. Professor Flitwick and I will go take a look."

He pointed to another road.

Since the dean had spoken, Ariana and Draco had no choice but to leave Hagrid's hut and follow the path pointed by Snape back to the castle.