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Thinking about Draco's previous letter about improving his strength, he thought he could give it a try.

"Lucius. What brings you here?" Dumbledore suddenly appeared in front of Lucius from somewhere.

"Oh, could this be my suspension letter?"

Before Lucius could answer, Dumbledore took the letter directly from his hand.

"Let me see, it really is! The reason is that they failed to act during the crisis at Hogwarts, which constitutes dereliction of duty."

"But the crisis at Hogwarts has been resolved, so it seems your suspension letter won't work."

Dumbledore smiled and handed the letter to Lucius.

Lucius snatched the letter and said with a forced smile, "It's best if it's resolved. I hope you don't mind. After all, as a member of the board of trustees, my biggest concern is the school's interests."

"Ah, of course I don't care. I hope the school board members' signatures on this suspension letter are voluntary; otherwise, I don't know if they mind."

Dumbledore subtly mocked Lucius.

He didn't believe that all the board members and Lucius would agree.

Lucius was momentarily speechless, because he had indeed used coercion and bribery against some of the school board members.

He snorted coldly and left Hogwarts without looking back.

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Hogwarts has seen a surge in the search for the Chamber of Secrets, as everyone wants to add a perfect score to their house.

What's more, it exempts you from the final exam, so why not?

Only a very small number of people did not participate.

This includes Zicomo, who already knows the location of the secret room, and Lani, who has no interest in it whatsoever.

As for Hermione, the clever little witch quickly deduced a crucial piece of information.

That was about the conditions for opening the secret room, and she boldly guessed that it was related to the snake language.

She went to Zicomo to verify her suspicions.

This time, Zicomo didn't hide anything and told her directly that her guess was correct.

"Then why didn't you tell Harry?" the little witch asked curiously.

"Actually, this was a test Dumbledore was giving Harry. Don't you think Harry's reasoning skills are really too poor?"

Zicomo told Hermione the truth.

Hermione nodded in agreement after hearing this.

Harry suspects people who are actually innocent, but his reasoning is always remarkably logical and well-founded.

It's good to train his deductive reasoning skills so that he won't lead his teammates astray in the future.

Since the Chamber of Secrets door requires Parsleyan to open, the 100 points are destined to fall on Gryffindor's shoulders, so there's no need for her to rush.

She then devoted herself to a topic that she was very interested in.

That was about developing magic for communicating with animals.

Ever since she saw that Zicomo could communicate with animals, she had been envious of her cousin's ability to communicate with all kinds of animals.

After learning that Harry could speak Parsley, she resolved to invent a magic that would allow her to communicate with animals.

In her opinion, she could even research a magic potion that could change gender with the help of her cousin.

This shows that she does have a certain talent in research.

If all else fails, she can always ask her cousin for help again!

So she began her research with great enthusiasm.

However, a month later she came to Zicomo dejectedly and asked him for help.

In order to study methods of communicating with animals, she consulted many people.

This includes Laya, Professor McGonagall, Harry, and even Lorice.

However, Laya told her that her ability to communicate with animals was innate.

Professor McGonagall said that she couldn't understand cats when she was in cat form.

Harry himself didn't even know why he spoke Parsley.

As for Lorris, Hermione tried to open up and fully accept her, and she was indeed able to communicate with Lorris, but it didn't help her at all.

In the end, she could only pitifully turn to Zicomo for help.

Zicomo smoothed her hair and explained to her:

"In reality, humans and animals cannot communicate. After all, their intelligence and language are different."

“Harry and Laya are both able to communicate with animals because of their innate talents. But everyone’s talents are different. For example, Harry can only talk to snakes, but Laya can communicate with Loris and even Irelia.”

“And what about you, cousin?” Hermione asked.

“My situation is different. The reason I can communicate with animals is because I have established a spiritual connection with them. Through spiritual communication, I can understand their thoughts and convey my consciousness.”

"This is also the direction you can take if you want to invent magic to communicate with animals, which is to establish a connection with animals."

With a direction in mind, Hermione finally stopped looking gloomy.

She then asked, "So what should I do?"

"It's very simple. Draw out a wisp of your spiritual energy and control it to try and touch the animals' consciousness. If they don't resist, then you've successfully established a preliminary connection. As for how to maintain stable communication with them afterward, that's up to you to research."

After all, if animals don't resist, you can only sense their simple thoughts.

Zicomo also had no experience in how to communicate his thoughts.

After all, he has special mental abilities that allow him to directly communicate with animals.

Just like breathing is something humans are born with, it's an instinctive behavior.

"But how do I draw out my mental energy?" Hermione's knowledge of mental energy was almost zero.

Upon hearing this, Zicomo took out a scroll and handed it to Hermione.

"Regarding this, out of curiosity about your research, I invented a magic that draws out mental energy. You can use this as a basis to create your magic that allows you to communicate with animals."

Zicomo's words left Hermione speechless. She had gone to great lengths to collect so much information, yet she hadn't even completed a basic concept of magic.

Her cousin, based on her ideas, easily invented a new magic.

As expected, her title of genius was a lie; her cousin was the real genius.

Fortunately, she had already gotten used to Zicomo's excellence.

She took the scroll and kissed Zicomo on the cheek.

Zicomo didn't seem to care much about this; he was used to being ambushed.

"By the way, the contents of this scroll must not be leaked," Zicomo said with some seriousness.

Although Hermione didn't know why, she nodded seriously, indicating that she understood.

Zicomo explained it this way because the scroll's contents were extremely simple, consisting of very basic information.

His so-called magic of drawing spiritual power is less of a magic and more of a technique for using spiritual power.

If it falls into the wrong hands, it could easily be used as a basis to develop magic related to mental power.

Chapter 102 "Animal Communication Spell", The Mysterious Forest

Zicomo named this type of magic "psychic magic," and he described it as dangerous yet powerful.

He had already tried it; taking advantage of the ability to project his mental energy, he developed a mental magic.

He named it "Mental Clash".

As the name suggests, it means to concentrate one's own spiritual power to directly clash with the consciousness of others.

Zicomo tested his power on the fish-men beneath the Black Lake at Hogwarts, and without exception, all those fish-men who suffered the "mental shock" became idiots.

There aren't many mental spells in the wizarding world. The more famous ones are probably "Oblivion," "Touching the Mind," and the defensive spell "Occlumency."

Zicomo's mental magic is different from that.

Because his mental magic is cast using his own mental power, these spells have a certain backlash effect.

Just like his invention, "Mental Collision," if the target's mental strength is stronger than one's own, then the magic will fail, and one's own mental strength will suffer a backlash.

In the end, he will most likely become an idiot like those fishmen.

The most basic requirement for Zicomo's mental magic is to be able to draw mental energy out of the body.

In other words, Hermione actually received the most basic part of a new magic system.

If this fundamental part falls into the hands of malicious individuals and they develop new magic, it would be a disaster for the magical world.

After all, wizards have very few spells for mental defense; in fact, they can be said to have only one spell: Occlumency.

Perhaps "Palmtophan" could also be included?

Zicomo hasn't tested this curse yet, so it's too early to draw conclusions.