Harry Potter: This senior is pretty strong

"Ding! Greetings, host. A great adventure often begins with a seemingly insignificant event or an ordinary person. You've encountered Quirinas Quirrell, a man with a hidden identity, in the chaotic Leaky Cauldron. Please make the following choice—"

[One] Reveal Quirrell's identity and you will be rewarded with a five-draw S-rank treasure chest;

[Part Two] By not revealing Quirrell's identity, you'll be rewarded with a 10-pull S-rank treasure chest!

This was the choice the system suddenly presented to Qin Yu after he entered the Leaky Cauldron and noticed Professor Quirrell.

That's right, Qin Yu met Professor Quirrell for the first time in this world. He knew that Voldemort was currently residing on the back of Professor Quirrell's head.

Without the system's appearance, Qin Yu certainly wouldn't have agonized over whether or not to expose Quirrell's identity, but rather considered how to do so—he would at least need a capable accomplice by his side, such as Professor Dumbledore.

However, the system presented two different options.

"Ding! Special reminder: Life is like alchemy. Nobility is not innate, nor is courage born naturally. Those tender seedlings will never grow into towering trees without experiencing wind and rain. You can shelter them from a storm, but you cannot grow up for them."

Next came the so-called "special reminder" from the system.

The system's reminder was the reason Qin Yu was having such a difficult decision.

Because he understood the system's subtext.

That is, if he exposes Professor Quirrell's identity this time, it will certainly make the whole thing simpler, but it will also deprive those "seedlings" of a chance to grow.

Those seedlings, besides Harry, should also include Hermione.

"I can shield them from a storm, but I can't grow up for them," Qin Yu murmured to himself.

Yes, Qin Yu could certainly find a way to kill Quirrell, but Voldemort would be difficult to kill in the short term.

If Voldemort were to eventually return, would the children he protected be able to face the future crisis?

Qin Yu was skeptical of this, because how could someone who had never experienced hardship have the courage and ability to confront such a situation?

Don't say anything, I'll shoulder it all alone. Qin Yu didn't think he was arrogant enough to be that arrogant, because even he himself was carefully fighting against the Obscurial power and working hard to improve himself through training. With his current abilities, he could easily defeat Professor Snape, let alone catch up with Dumbledore.

Will he be able to handle it then?

So, should he shield them from this storm?

At that moment, Harry was nervously and excitedly shaking hands with everyone in the pub, because everyone wanted to get to know the boy who had driven Voldemort away (or rather, disappeared) and express their excitement.

As Qin Yu watched this scene, he faced a difficult choice.

Soon, most of the people in the Leaky Cauldron shook hands with the legendary Harry Potter, and the crowd gradually dispersed.

Professor Quirrell, who had been sitting in the corner, slowly stood up and nervously approached them.

“Ha-ha-Harry, Potter! It’s so nice to meet you!” Professor Quirrell stammered.

"Oh, Harry, this is Professor Quirrell from Hogwarts. You'll be learning Defense Against the Dark Arts from him when school starts!" Hagrid introduced Harry.

Harry quickly and politely replied, "Hello, Professor Quirrell, it's a pleasure to meet you! I look forward to taking your class..."

Harry had assumed that Professor Quirrell would shake his hand like the others, but the latter kept rubbing his hands together nervously and showed no intention of extending them.

“I… I think you don’t need to take this course, Mr. Potter?” Professor Quirrell said with a slightly nervous twitch of his mouth.

Just as they were talking, some newcomers to the bar, knowing that Harry Potter was there, rushed over in a hurry.

As he approached, Qin Yu stuck out a foot and tripped the man.

The man stumbled and bumped into Professor Quirrell, who was speaking. Professor Quirrell then leaned forward and bumped into Harry, who was standing right in front of him.

At the moment the two made contact, Professor Quirrell's hand touched Harry's hand.

He recoiled as if he had touched a hot coal.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry! I was just too excited!" the newcomer apologized repeatedly, then shook Harry's hand and said, "You're Harry Potter? I'm so, so excited to see you! How long are you going to stay here? I'll go get my friend right now!"

“I…I’ll be leaving soon…” Harry said with a grin.

“Alright, my friend, we have important business to attend to and can’t linger here,” Hagrid said, shoving the man’s hand away.

Then, he turned to Qin Yu and said, "Qin, let's go."

"Okay, sure." Qin Yu nodded.

Then, before leaving, Qin Yu glanced at Professor Quirrell, whose face was pale.

Then, he pulled Harry Potter toward the courtyard behind the bar.

"Choose [two]." Qin Yu made his choice in his mind the moment he left the bar.

"Ding! You have made a careful choice after much deliberation. This reward will be issued after the key figure's death. Special reminder: Before the mission is completed, the host will not be able to reveal Professor Quirrell's hidden identity to others," the system responded.

One important reason why Qin Yu made this choice was that, relatively speaking, the "difficulty of the level" was not too high.

The first hurdle can be given to these "seedlings" to experience; if all else fails, he can help them overcome the remaining obstacles one by one.

Just as the system said, if he had shielded them from all the storms from the beginning, they might have ended up dying under the Death Eaters' wands.

Qin Yu would rather they go through the ordeal, or at least some of the trials, than face such an outcome.

"When it's time to be ruthless, you have to be ruthless," Qin Yu thought helplessly to himself.

Then, he noticed another "special reminder" from the system: the host will not be able to reveal Professor Quirrell's hidden identity to others before the mission ends.

The system uses "cannot" instead of "cannot" or "not allowed" here, which means that even if Qin Yu wanted to reveal Professor Quirrell's hidden identity to others, he couldn't.

So, what would happen if he revealed it?

With these thoughts in mind, Qin Yu followed Hagrid and Harry into Diagon Alley, and then headed straight for Gringotts.

They were going there to help Harry get the money, and Hagrid was also going to retrieve something stored there.

——Dimensional wall——

This was actually a concept I had in mind before writing the book, but I found it really difficult to handle when I started writing.