Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 171 Daily Life
McGuffin lay upright on the bed, and it took a long time to realize that he was in [The Burrow], not in his hut in his previous life, nor in the room on the second floor of 240 Union Street, Manchester.

He just woke up from a very realistic nightmare.

Then he immediately...

McGuffin stuck out his tongue like a fool, rolled it up, and stretched it to the tip of his nose.

— out of reach!

There is no Nobuko who turns into a snake.

Thank goodness!

He sat up and rubbed his temples with his hands to relieve the dizziness caused by waking up from the nightmare.

The scene in my mind is as real as it is illusory, constantly churning...

McGuffin dreamed that he had returned to the original world, which happened to be the time when his friends were bragging and playing barbecue.

Suddenly the [Blood Curse] was activated, he swallowed the letter first, and then gradually turned into a snake.

In a daze, the owner of the barbecue stall turned into Voldemort, saying that he wanted to roast a whole snake for everyone present.

then……

Your uncle's!

McGuffin opened his eyes and stared hard at the surroundings of the room to divert his attention to other places.

This was originally the room of Charlie and Bill. Since the two of them graduated and often did not return to [The Burrow], the Weasley family combined their rooms into one, and things were piled up in this room.

The wall directly in front was occupied by bookcases, filled with the things of the two of them.

Most of them got prefect badges at Hogwarts, Quidditch trophies, Boys' Council representatives... all kinds of trophy badges, honors and stuff like that.

Of course, there are also some gadgets they collected, such as Bill’s books on ancient Egypt, books on various ancient ruins, atlases... Charlie’s collection of specimens of various magical animals, and even a skeleton specimen of an unknown type of young dragon, as well as various hand-made dragon models (McGuffin learned from Mrs. Weasley that these were made by Charlie himself).

MacGuffin was very interested and...

How did this bookcase fit so much stuff.

——This must have been casted with the [Infinite Stretching Curse], which subtly enlarged the space, and I don't know how Mr. Weasley fixed this spell on it.

Ever since I knew I had seen Dumbledore's magic snuff bottle, and I had seen this spell in Weasley's house.

McGuffin was very concerned about this spell.

——It's so convenient.

Unfortunately, Mr. Weasley said the spell was too dangerous for the current McGuffin to teach him.

The words are a bit far away, and now I will look back at this room.

The room was not big, and there were two brown cardboard boxes in the corner, with the names of Bill and Charlie written on them in purple paper, and the seals were sealed, and it was said that they contained their belongings.

Don't think about it, Mr. Weasley must have added the [Untraceable Stretching Curse].

There are two beds on the left and one on the right in the room, and McGuffin sleeps on the side near the door.

There was also a bedside table between the two, and on it was just a strange light bulb, although it seemed to be an old model of incandescent lamp.

But... the big one is kind of amazing, almost bigger than a MacGuffin's head.

This big, bare, transparent arc-shaped light bulb was plugged upside down on a metal shelf.

According to Ron, this was a by-product of his father's attempt to study electric lights, which incorporated the magnification spell, and added a lot of strange spells according to Mr. Weasley's own understanding of electric lights at the time.

But this thing is purely tasteless, although the light it emits is in line with its identity as a big man, it can almost turn the entire room into daylight.

But you have to touch the 'top of your head' three times every 5 minutes.

What the hell is this setting?

Apart from these things, the only thing that is the same as Ron's in this room is that the posters of the Charlie Cannons are also plastered on one wall.

——It seems that Ron's liking for this team should be influenced by his two big brothers.

Speaking of Ron,... only two people could fit in his room, so McGuffin took this room under the arrangement of Mrs. Weasley.

But McGuffin was also so happy. After getting Mrs. Weasley's permission, he could check some of Bill and Charlie's reserved study notes, which greatly improved his own magic level.

For example, through a research record that Bill began to study silent casting and casting spells without a wand when he was in the seventh grade.

McGuffins can now...

He pointed his palms at the two small nipples, and then chanted the incantation of [Levitation Curse] aloud.

Without using his wand, he wobbled the little house up slightly.

【Levitation Curse (5%/Extraordinary)】

This is how the spell is displayed on the system.

This is how much he has mastered this spell now.

After the mastery of a certain spell reached the [Extraordinary Stage], McGuffin found that the original experience points had been cancelled, and pure mechanical practice, repeated clinker casting, was completely useless.

The most important thing now is the degree of feeling for the spell, and every time Shi Fan continues to correct it according to the feeling, it can be improved.

McGuffin only now knows that the magic spell reaches the stage of [Supernatural], which is the beginning of magic.

Compared with the original, this does not belong to a class at all.

With the deepening and progress of casting spells without a wand and reaching the level of [Supernatural] wands, he felt more and more vaguely that all spells lead to the same goal by different routes...all pointing in the direction of ancient spells.

——As your heart moves, you call for magic power to change the world with the will in your heart.

It is estimated that Voldemort, Grindelwald, Dumbledore... most of the spells mastered by these top wizards have reached this stage.

The wand could not be used now, otherwise he could be sure he would find something.

Casting the [Levitation Curse] in the [Extraordinary] stage with a wand will definitely be different.

If you use a wand to cast a spell, you will definitely be discovered by the Ministry of Magic.

Although McGuffin is now secretly practicing wandless spellcasting by himself, the Ministry of Magic cannot rely on Zongsi to determine whether he is casting spells.

Because traces are fixed on each little wizard's own wand, Harry puffed up his aunt when he was in the third year, when he ran away from home.

Cornelius Fauci also relied on this hand to determine Harry's position.

Every time she casts a spell through her wand - Zongsi will transmit the location and the cast spell to the Ministry of Magic.

Zongsi is actually equivalent to the magic contract signed between the little wizard and Hogwarts, as well as the Ministry of Magic. It can automatically collect the magic spells around it to ensure that the little wizard will not cause disasters in the Muggle society or without supervision.

But this also presents another problem. If someone casts a spell near the little wizard's wand, the trace thread attached to it collects information and transmits it to the Ministry of Magic as well.

So that's why Dobby cast a spell not long ago, and Harry McGuffin was warned in front of him.

The Ministry of Magic couldn't tell who was casting the spell. Bureaucracy and formalism prevailed in the Ministry of Magic, which would only assume that the young wizard who was closest to him was the culprit.

The MacGuffin doesn't get mad at these things, because that's how the world works.

All he wanted was to find a loophole in it for his own convenience.

McGuffin was now at the Weasleys' house, and if he hadn't cast the spell directly from his own wand, such as that of another adult wizard, the Ministry would have been unable to determine who cast the spell.

In the same way, he will naturally not be supervised by him when he casts spells without a staff.

——Because the spells not cast by their own wands naturally cannot be accurately reflected in the Ministry of Magic, and those staff will only classify them as spells cast by other adult wizards according to the process.

It's suspicious even at first sight.

——There is no adult wizard who keeps casting a simple spell [Levitation Spell].

No one will be meddlesome by themselves, nosy employees who are full of enthusiasm for work only talk to their bosses and TV shows, no matter in the past life or now, it is the same in any world or country.

Most people just deal with it perfunctorily. They will follow the process and send warnings to Muggle half-breeds without thinking. Students living in a Muggle living environment can naturally ignore the students from magical families who have no obvious illegal rules.

— This rule!
In itself, it is convenient for little wizards from pure-blood magic families to gain an advantage, just like some capitalist admission procedures in Western Muggle universities.

Otherwise, why are young wizards from pure-blood magical families generally far stronger than those born in mixed-race families living in the Muggle community and some Muggle families?

Is it really due to some magical talent?

In terms of talent, only the know-it-all lady is the real boss.

As for the rest...

Gore and Crabbe, those two idiots, Harry, they always thought they would repeat the grade, but unexpectedly they passed the exam. McGuffin thought darkly, this is probably because the Hogwarts professors knew that they would be forced to make up lessons by their parents when they returned home, so they let them go.

So in the last year of the original plot, Goyle was even able to cast the Fierce Fire Curse, although he still failed and was backlashed.

But McGuffin, who has studied ancient magic, knows the difficulty of this spell. According to the current IQ of this guy, McGuffin deeply doubts how he learned to cast it!
Why did Voldemort always stay at Hogwarts in the first place? I'm afraid he also discovered these things!

Pure blood and the like... The rich and powerful families of magic are also deeply hidden behind this magic world.

If you think about it carefully, it's just bullshit and fairness!

McGuffin sneered again and again.

But he couldn't say anything.

Even the Weasleys, who are very friendly to Muggles, probably know the rules of the game.

This is probably one of the reasons why [The Burrow] was built away from Muggles.

Moreover, Charlie, Bill, Percy and the three brothers all won the honor of prefect or student representative, which has a lot to do with this kind of family education.

Of course, McGuffin respects these unspoken rules, after all, he is also the one who benefits from this loophole this summer vacation.

……

McGuffin couldn't help but put his hand down, and the mini house immediately fell to the ground.

Inside, with their stomachs on their backs, Garen and Sick, who were sleeping soundly on the 'mattresses' made of golden straw piles and some metal decorations, were immediately taken aback, and quickly ran out of the inside with eight short legs.

——These two guys pretend to be cute because they are cute, but they are not as destructive as other snuffers (in fact, they are bound by that brand).So after being warmly treated by Mrs. Weasley, he gained a little weight.

——No, it's so fat that I can't see it!

Especially the golden-yellow Garen, whose fleshy body was even stuck in the doorway.

McGuffin was a little dumbfounded.

"If you eat any more, you two guys will become fat balls!"

He walked over, bent down, and lifted the guy out of it. Its four short legs kept kicking at McGuffin's elbows, chirping and screaming, looking very angry.

But McGuffin felt strange and looked down.

Thick lay on the leg of McGuffin's trousers, beating him constantly.

McGuffin was almost laughed stupidly by the two of them.

——This is really, enough!
It's the other way around!

"You two must exercise soon, exercise!"

……

When they went down for breakfast, McGuffin and the others received a letter from Hogwarts.

All three got the yellow parchment envelope with the same green writing.

"Harry, McGuffin, Dumbledore already knows you're here - he can't hide anything from him. And you two..."

Fred and George also walked slowly into the kitchen in their pajamas.

"Mr. Weasley, how did Hogwarts know our whereabouts, is it through traces?"

Taking this opportunity, McGuffin asked out the doubts and conjectures in his heart.

"Ah! This matter? Maybe?... McGuffin, the Ministry of Magic can't let little wizards who have not obtained a disregard registration certificate know about these things... I can't tell you." Mr. Weasley's eyes faltered.

However, McGuffin has already got the answer he wants, and it seems that his guess is correct.

——It is indeed related to Zongsi.

——I don’t know if separating the wand from the little wizard and buying a second-hand wand to connect with spellcasting can isolate this effect?

Then he opened the envelope, as he knew.

One of the writings of Gilderoy Lockhart.

Only one "Standard Spells, Level [-]" is considered new.

There was no comment for a while, and everyone read the letter separately.

McGuffin put down the unsurprising letter and sighed.

——I'm going to face Gerald Lockhart this time, maybe... there shouldn't be any troubles!

The corners of his eyes twitched when he thought of the things that Quirrell taught him in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

【Blood Curse】...

Forget it, don't mention it.

I feel a little sorry for Harry though.

But Gerald Lockhart should have focused all his attention on Harry, and he shouldn't have cared about a little transparent guy like him.

And this guy is one of the few professors who can be coaxed into borrowing books from the Restricted Section openly.

The most important thing is that Gerald Lockhart, who is about to become a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, is still a 'thigh', a 'golden thigh' in a sense.

In terms of marketing his own books, this guy is indeed a genius.

Becoming a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts to promote his book—this guy is making a lot of money!
perhaps……

McGuffin wondered if he could find this guy for a venture capital investment, of course in Harry's name, so...

Hee hee hee……

——Small goals can be achieved ahead of schedule.

"McGuffin,...wake up, you're drooling! What are you thinking?"

After reading his letter, Fred looked up and saw McGuffin falling into delusions and giggling constantly.

"Nothing, nothing..." McGuffin hastily denied with a guilty conscience.

At this time, Fred also saw the list from McGuffin.

"You're going to buy Gilderoy Lockhart's book too!" he said. "It looks like the new Defense Against Magic professor must be a witch."

"His admirer?" George replied, laughing.

It's a pity that the wild laughter caught his mother's attention, which made the two of them bow their heads to eat quickly.

Then they found the letter that poor Errol the owl brought Hermione.

——The letter promised to go to Diagon Alley to buy books next Wednesday.

Mrs. Weasley had also decided that it was time to go to Diagon Alley.

After eating, Ron and Harry wanted to play Quidditch.

There is a forest behind the Weasley family hill, which can block the Muggle's vision, and if you fly lower, no one will notice even in daytime.

Because of McGuffin's own magical talent for flying broomsticks, no one asked him to play with him.

It just so happened that he also wanted to exercise the two little guys, Garen and Sike.

——What if the light can’t get in.

If this continues, I'm afraid the two of them's hobbies will become... eat-eat-eat!
"Mrs Weasley, these two little guys can't eat any more..."

The corners of McGuffin's eyes twitched as Mrs. Weasley handed a large spoonful of mashed potatoes drizzled with cream in front of the two little guys.

The little guy who originally had a healthy vegetarian menu (roots, leaves, etc. as food) has changed into this peculiar taste since I don't know when.

After repeated persuasion by McGuffin, Mrs. Weasley finally released the two little meatballs.

He was followed by Harry's little fan girl, Ginny, who was obsessed with Gallon and Thicke.

In the absence of Harry, Ginny was perfectly normal, no longer making loud noises, fainting with sudden screams, or flushed and almost steamed.

After that, McGuffin brought the two little guys outside and asked them to drive away the goblins in the garden. Of course, the most important thing was to exercise them.

—It's for their own good!
Hmm...somewhat familiar words.

(End of this chapter)