Harry Potter: This senior is pretty strong

Have you ever had this experience: when you get a very thick, straight, and hard wooden stick, you want to use it to smash something?

Or, when you hold a sharp fruit knife, you might feel an urge to stab a watermelon with all your might.

That's right, this is the influence of external things on people's emotions and mentality.

To paraphrase a famous saying: "He who possesses a sharp weapon will naturally harbor murderous intent."

When you possess immense power or an incredibly powerful weapon, your heart will also change, becoming either confident or tyrannical.

This is often depicted as a person's inner demon in literary works. In fact, everyone has this kind of "inner demon".

Take Dumbledore, for example. When he was young, he had powerful magical abilities and thought he could change the world and change the rules. At that time, he was confident because of his power, and he was even blinded and his vision was blocked.

Even if he is not inherently bad, his emotions are inevitably swayed by power until someone or something awakens him, and then he begins to be wary of power and guard his peaceful mind.

It is difficult to remain unaffected by external things or powerful forces.

So, when Qin Yu held that longsword that could ignite flames, freeze frost, and emit green light, how could he not want to cut something?

……

The first person he thought of was Professor Snape, because Snape had been teaching him how to fight for almost a year.

Of course, Qin Yu quickly rejected this option. Reason told him that provoking Professor Snape now might just be sending him to his death.

Then, the Whomping Willow... that's where George and Fred go looking for trouble, and he doesn't want to end up in the same group as those two.

Finally, he naturally thought of the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets—a dangerous serpentine creature that had been hiding in Hogwarts for nearly a thousand years.

In fact, when Qin Yu first gained the ability to speak snakes, he had an urge to go and see the secret room. However, at that time, he only knew one move, "Silent Rampage," so going there would only have made him a sitting duck.

Things are different now. At least he has been trained by Professor Snape for more than half a year, and he has a decent weapon that Professor Swinton gave him.

At this point, it's still worthwhile to challenge this hidden boss.

Of course, as it turned out, he was still a bit too confident.

"puff!"

Qin Yu knelt on one knee and spat out a mouthful of blood—this time it was real blood.

At this moment, he was in a slightly spacious hub within the secret room.

He had just dodged the serpent's sharp teeth and circled around to its back when the serpent's tail lashed out, sending him flying against the wall.

Then he fell off the wall.

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Qin Yu raised his two pale, lifeless eyes and "looked" at the snake monster.

Yes, to avoid being affected by the basilisk's eyes, Qin Yu used a spell to temporarily blind himself. — The basilisk's gaze is deadly; direct eye contact with it will kill a person (that's how the ghost Myrtle in the women's restroom died), and even indirect contact will petrify them.

Of course, he also used spells that enhanced his other senses so that he could clearly "see" the basilisk's every move.

In short, Qin Yu made relatively thorough preparations before coming here.

However, in the face of absolute power, no amount of preparation can make up for the gap in strength. Moreover, he did not have Phoenix Fawkes as an assistant, and the sword in his hand could not compare with the Sword of Gryffindor. Naturally, he could not kill the Basilisk like Harry Potter.

In other words, if Qin Yu were to give this serpent monster a health bar, what he's doing now is essentially scraping it.

However, the basilisk is a good choice for testing the sword and honing one's combat skills.

"Ding! The host is currently in danger. Please make the following choice—"

[One] Rely on yourself to face the basilisk alone, and you will be rewarded with one thousand Galleons;

【Part Two】Give your body to the Obscurial, kill the Basilisk, and be rewarded with the Basilisk's fangs!

The system's voice sounded again.

Yes, again.

Ever since Qin Yu jumped into this secret room, the system has appeared once a day.

"Are you trying to lure me with your power? Is that right, System?" Qin Yu asked the system in his mind while keeping a wary eye on the snake monster.

"..."

"I'm sorry, I don't want to entrust myself to Momo Ran just yet. At least, until it's a real life-or-death situation, I don't want to experience that feeling of losing control of my body again," Qin Yu said to himself.

"..."

"Therefore, I still choose the first option."

"Ding! The host has chosen to rely on himself and face the basilisk alone. This is a testament to courage. Reward: 1,000 Galleons!"

Upon hearing the system notification, Qin Yu couldn't help but raise an eyebrow—being able to obtain system rewards was one of the gains he had made from challenging the basilisk in the secret room over the past three days.

Now that we've made the choice, let's give it our all.

"Pong!"

Flames erupted from the longsword. Qin Yu's expression was resolute as he leaped up and slashed at the enormous snake king.

……

……

"Qin, your recent injuries seem to be quite serious; you have several broken ribs," said Madam Pomfrey, the school doctor, with a frown.

Qin Yu was a regular at the school clinic, and Mrs. Pomfrey was used to it. However, recently his injuries were noticeably more serious than before.

Fortunately, none of them were fatal; they wouldn't die from her.

"Was it Snape who did it?" Madam Pomfrey boldly guessed.

Because she had also heard that Professors Snape and Swinton were tutoring Qin Yu in private, and Swinton was obviously not the kind of person who would go to such lengths, that left Snape as the most suspicious person.

"Uh, no, Professor Snape. I've been playing with a big guy lately, and it's obviously not very good-tempered. But don't worry, I should be able to adapt quickly and won't get hurt so easily in the future," Qin Yu could only give a vague answer.

"Yes, be careful." Mrs. Pomfrey said no more.

After all, she knew that although the child had a lively personality, he was very mature and opinionated, and he was definitely sensible in his actions.

After leaving Madam Pomfrey, Qin Yu felt that most of his injuries had healed.

He had actually decided to suspend the trial program because tomorrow was the year-end banquet, and he didn't want to attend with his face covered in injuries.

Besides, the year-end banquet is followed by summer vacation, so I can't go back looking like a swollen pig's head, can I?

Hermione must have been terrified and cried.

Thinking of Hermione, Qin Yu found himself truly longing to return home.

I wonder if that girl has grown any taller in the past six months. Although I received photos from Hermione, they can't compare to seeing her in person.

Then he remembered his Christmas holiday with Hermione.

So, with such a long summer vacation, what should we do?

Of course, Hermione had already started listing her summer vacation plans in the letter a month ago and was constantly adding to them.

Thinking about the plans she mentioned in her letter, such as "going to XXX store for dessert", "going to XXX park to see fish", and "going camping by XXX river (requiring permission from parents)", Qin Yu couldn't help but smile.

Summer vacation, oh summer vacation, hurry up and come!

Qin Yu's thoughts had already left Hogwarts and flown to some place thousands of miles away.