Hogwarts: Dumbledore reigned over the wizarding world

Chapter 44 Ron's Courage

He poked Harry, who was in a daze, and wanted to talk to himself to get out of his depression: "Harry, what's wrong with you?"

Harry shuddered.

When I came to my senses, I found that I had already taken out my textbook and was ready to do my homework!
terrible!

He quickly forgot the magical voice of Hermione that was lingering in his ears and forced himself to divert his attention:

"I, I'm thinking about giving gifts on Halloween!"

Harry was shocked as soon as he said that. It was almost Halloween already? Time had passed so quickly?

Is this year almost over?

The sense of urgency Hermione instilled in Harry was almost desperate.

Ron, who was trying to shake off his depression, also wailed like a defeated dog.

Because he suddenly remembered something - gifts must be given on Halloween!
The problem is, giving gifts costs money, and I don’t have any money…

This is the real sadness.

……

Harry had nightmares for several days afterward.

I dreamed that time flowed away from me like waves, and I became old in the blink of an eye, and died before I had enough fun.

How is this possible?

He played like crazy for several days and finally forgot Hermione's terrible words. Then he received a notice from Wood that the first Gryffindor Quidditch game of the season would be after Halloween.

The opponent is Slytherin.

This made Harry's mood, which had just improved, fall into a state of distress again. What made him even more uncomfortable was that as Halloween approached, the conditions of his two good friends became increasingly abnormal.

Not to mention Hermione, her time anxiety is incurable.

Strangely, even Ron started to behave strangely. He began to be in a daze all day long, and occasionally you could hear him sighing in the bathroom.

This symptom was worst in the mornings, and Harry saw Ron staring after Vaughn several times, eager to try, yet hesitant.

Harry asked several times, but each time Ron hemmed and hawed the answer.

Vaughn naturally noticed Ron's abnormality.

But he was not in the mood to pay attention to it for the time being.

He put Dumbledore's inquiry that day on hold. His "interest" in magical creatures could be discussed later. Potion research and development was the top priority at the moment.

So from that day on, Vaughan spent all day buried in the rich storage of materials in Snape's office.

He continued to invest the 5 reputation points calculated by the system for the previous month into the "Scapin Apparition Spell".

Because of frequent use in the past month, driven by Vaughn's spell talent 7 and potion talent 10, the number in the brackets of Scarpin's Apparition spell increased by 1 point a few days ago.

Therefore, after investing 5 reputation points, the spell will naturally be promoted.

[Skarpin Apparition Spell LV3 (0/32)]

Vaughn closed the system panel in an instant, looked at the potion in front of him, and chanted a spell.

Soon, familiar light and colors appeared in his eyes, and as he waved his wand, the potion returned to its raw material state.

But what was different from usual was that today his mastery of the Scarpin Apparition Spell suddenly leaped to an extremely deep level.

He gradually began to be able to sense the working process of the spell, and when casting the spell, he injected some more magic power, causing some positive interference with the restoration result.

The result was that the curse-induced reduction of the raw material state did not further deepen into the material itself, but instead gradually began to fluoresce.

That is the magical light of the characteristic!

Noticing the changes in the room, Snape, who was correcting homework, raised his head and looked at the fluorescent lights flashing in the liquid balls floating in front of Vaughn.

He could barely maintain his cool expression.

"You used the Scapin Reveal Charm to restore the properties of a finished potion, instead of restoring the materials?" he asked in surprise. "How did you do that?"

Vaughn, equally delighted, gently directed the globs of liquid to fall into the vessels and replied cheerfully, "I added a little magical interference technique and unwavering faith when casting the spell, Professor."

But Snape, who was also familiar with the Scarpin Apparition Charm, did not think it was a "little trick".

The more advanced and mature the spell, the more difficult it is to change. Any rash change may cause the spell to become ineffective or even lead to unpredictable consequences.

Vaughan's success showed that he had mastered the Scarpin Apparition Spell to an extremely high level.

At least, surpass him!
Snape's mood was a little complicated for a moment. The first thing that came to his mind was jealousy, jealousy of Vaughn's talent. This was the emotion that anyone would have when they saw someone doing better than themselves.

More or less.

But what followed was joy.

It was a joy that contained many complex thoughts, both because as a teacher, he saw his students achieve something, and because the methods of extracting magic power and new potions had begun to show some light.

What's more, the one who accomplished all this was an "evil Slytherin".

Snape didn't forget Dumbledore's plan to train the famous Potter... Humph!

If he can train Porter, can I also train Vaughn, who will be more famous than Porter in the future?
This thought almost melted the coldness on Snape's face, and he couldn't help but raise his voice the next moment: "Ten points for Slytherin, Vaughn, well done!"

"This isn't a class, professor, or extra credit..."

"I'll explain this to Professor McGonagall."

The biased Snape didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did, just like when he left the office happily more than ten minutes later, he saw Harry's good friend, another Weasley, at the door.

He didn't hesitate to make up an excuse:

"Ron Weasley, because you snooped into the professor's office, Gryffindor will deduct two points!"

Then he lifted his robe and slid away like a bat.

Ron was bewildered, his hands and feet shaking with anger.

Can this world ever be better? When will honest people stop being bullied?
But when Vaughn heard the noise outside, he pushed open the door and asked him, "Ron? What are you doing here?"

Ron immediately felt like a deflated ball.

He picked at the corner of his clothes and stammered, "You, um... can you lend me some money? Halloween is coming soon, and I want to buy some gifts for my friends... Mom said I can use homemade candy, but I... I..."

By the end of his speech, his voice was so low that it was almost inaudible. He didn't dare look at Vaughn, but he couldn't help but look forward to it.

There was a light flashing in those evasive eyes.

Vaughn didn't say anything, but looked him up and down. Ron's hand on the corner of his clothes tightened even more. He tried to muster up his courage: "I, I can call you, brother... brother..."

Vaughn suddenly laughed out loud.

He didn't expect that this guy who had been stubborn and obstinate since he was a child would actually give in today.

So sudden, so...brave!
Not everyone has the courage to bow to the bully who has been bullying him just to give him a Halloween gift!

Vaughn, who had been trying to tease him, suddenly lost interest: "How much do you need?"

Ron was both delighted and suspicious, and said cautiously, "10...10 Sickles?"

Vaughan took out some money from his bag and gave it to him. Ron still looked dazed as if he was in a dream until the silver coins landed in his palm.

He couldn't help but ask, "You, you don't have any requirements? Are you just going to lend it to me like this?"

Vaughn was speechless.

But he thought of something and a smile slowly appeared on his lips:

"Since you're asking so strongly, I really do need your help..."

Seeing that familiar smile, Ron wanted to slap himself in the face!

(End of this chapter)