Hogwarts: A Chinese-Style Professor

Chapter 46 Helena's Vigilance
Whether during my student days or after arriving at Hogwarts.

Li Wei never went out at night.

During his student days, the campus environment was still in a wild stage. Not only did students often fight, but the school also had extremely strict punishments for those who went out at night.

Young wizards captured by Filch were often hung up all night and whipped by him.

Li Wei had absolutely no desire to experience such a thing.

Therefore, he had never viewed the castle where he had lived for seven years from this perspective.

After completely changing his mindset, everything he saw changed as well.

This change isn't necessarily a positive one, but it certainly made Li Wei feel different.
The surging, steady magic within him that he used to possess temporarily lost the precision that Li Wei had strived for. He became increasingly calm, increasingly relaxed, gentle yet full, like still lake water, rising and falling peacefully with his breath.

Li Wei stood in the middle of the third-floor corridor and quietly closed his eyes in the darkness.

He immediately sensed it.

The sound of the wind rustling through the lawn outside the castle, accompanied by the intermittent hooting of owls, and the constant falling of dust under the moonlight. Magic flowed quietly within the castle amidst this falling dust.

When he began to consciously experience and search for these things, his soul seemed to suddenly break free from some kind of shackle, and his mind became much clearer.

He even had a misconception.

At this moment, he only needs to wave his hand to immediately mobilize the magic of nature for his own use.

Instead of using the magic within his body to guide him, he directly controlled the light itself. This change alone was enough to allow him to take another step forward in Transfiguration. Once he mastered this power, no one could transform any object around him, unless the other party's magical skill was even higher than his.

Therefore, the goal is obvious—when he can do this completely, it means that his control over magic will reach a new level.

Even so, tonight's trip was worthwhile.

At that moment, Li Wei felt two "unfamiliar magical forces" invading the entire place, shattering the harmonious environment.

He turned his head, but saw nothing. He thought he saw a glimpse of a dark blue skirt flash by in the corner of the wall.

Is it a ghost?
It seems that during his student days, there was always a ghost secretly watching him.
In the past, Li Wei would have ignored this completely—he wouldn't care about things that didn't affect him.

What can the spying of a ghost do to him? It has no effect whatsoever.

Now, he does have the idea of ​​exploring.

The thought arose naturally in his mind. He couldn't say whether he was interested or annoyed; it was just a natural emotion. Li Wei noticed the change in his attitude towards life, and his eyes lowered. He couldn't yet discern this subtle feeling.

"Is this Ms. Gray? If you have something you'd like to say to me, please give me a chance."

Li Wei's voice echoed in the empty castle.

No response.

Don't you want to see me?

Not understanding what the ghost was thinking, Li Wei turned his gaze and glanced at the right-hand handrail of the second-floor staircase before continuing upstairs.

Two minutes later, Li Wei's figure completely disappeared.

Helena Ravenclaw's figure reappeared from the corner, and she was about to follow him again with unwavering determination.

But just then, two children's figures suddenly appeared in her line of sight.

"Hey, wait a minute."

Helena turned around slowly, her face showing no shame or fear of being discovered while following someone; it was as cold as ice.

Harry, oblivious to her beauty, whispered:
"Are you also following Professor Li Wei? We have the same goal, would you like to talk to us?"

"You are... that boy who survived the ordeal."

Helena frowned slightly, her gaze falling again on the invisible cloaks covering the two of them.

"The Deathly Hallows."

She murmured something to herself and then quickly flew to the two of them.

"follow me."

Her words sounded emotionless, yet carried an air of imperious command.

Harry and Ron exchanged a glance, then donned their cloaks and obediently followed. Helena led them through a maze of turns, eventually arriving at a hidden passage.

"Speak, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"What are you doing following Professor Li Wei?"

"What are you doing following him?"

Unaware of Helena's question-and-answer approach, Harry simply answered honestly:
"We suspect he's connected to the legend of the secret room."

He told Helena the whole secret of the secret room, and the calm expression on her face gradually turned serious.

"Your guesses are very likely true."

"what!"

Harry and Ron were astonished to receive such affirmation from a ghost!
“I’ve been following Li Wei since his student days, and I know far more about how terrifying he is than you do.”

"Student days? But I've heard from others that the professor was very unremarkable during his student days."

"Standing out of the public eye? Ha, that's probably exactly what he wants to show."

Helena's face showed a mocking expression, looking quite mean—there were two things in her life that she deeply regretted.

One thing is that she didn't get to see her mother one last time before she died—all because of that damned Blood Man Barrow!
Another incident occurred after her death. She was deceived by Tom Riddle and briefly lost the Ravenclaw tiara that her mother had left her.

Helena was deeply troubled by everything.

Therefore, when she discovered that another terrible fellow had appeared in Slytherin, she became extremely vigilant!

This actually has nothing to do with this unfortunate person, but rather with her struggle against her past self.

Last time, she was deceived by a scheming guy.

This time, she will expose the lies of the second person with ulterior motives.

And this person was Li Wei, who remained unnoticed throughout his campus life.

"I've never seen a little wizard like this before, not even one."

"What did he do?"

When Ron saw that Helena stopped halfway through her sentence, he couldn't help but urge her on.

Helena glared at him, interrupted, and continued:

"I get up at five o'clock every morning, go for a fifteen-minute run, do some physical exercises that I can't understand, and then go to eat and go to class."

After class, somehow he found out about the Room of Requirement and spent all his time there studying or practicing magic, without interacting with anyone, until it was almost lights out before leaving.

Aside from classes and meals, he spent all his time learning magic, but I almost never saw him fight with other young wizards.

For seven years straight, he did the same thing, without ever changing.

Helena paused here, waiting for their reactions.

"It sounds normal, is there a problem?"

Harry couldn't help but ask—actually, he was also interested in the Room of Requirement that Helena had mentioned, but the timing wasn't right, so he hadn't asked.

"Of course there's a problem, Harry!"

Ron let out a strange cry.

"Can you imagine this kind of life? You get up at five o'clock every day to participate in Quidditch training, then go to class after that, then eat and go to study magic. Every day is like this, and there is not a single day of rest."

I'd rather die than live like this!

"That silly boy is right!"

Helena nodded, affirming Ron's statement and ignoring his protests.

"I have met all sorts of people in my life, but I have never met a little wizard like him!"

What kind of perseverance and ambition does it take to reach that level? His words and actions are nothing like those of a child!
I even suspect that his body might contain the soul of some old wizard.

(End of this chapter)