Chapter 21: Almost a Fight with Eagle Lion Prophecy (Two in One)

"Voldemort, you are really too despicable."

Grete's eyes were obsessed, but it did not prevent him from spitting wildly in his heart.

Tom Riddle is definitely a genius who has never appeared in the world.

He did it by himself in just over ten years.

Not only could he compete with Dumbledore head-on, but he also developed the Death Eaters organization that made the entire wizarding world feel insecure.

In the end, even after his death, people dared not call him by his name.

It is even said that if it were not for that counterattack, it would be hard to say who is in charge of the wizarding world now.

Admittedly, from a personal perspective, Voldemort is probably not as good as Dumbledore, who has been immersed in magic for many years.

It is even said that if Voldemort competes in the existing magic system, Voldemort will still be beaten by Dumbledore.

However, judging from today's lectures, Grete probably guessed how Voldemort became stronger.

That is to start with the magic configuration, and then supplemented by those powerful but unstable ancient magics, Voldemort finally succeeded in finding another way.

Compared with people who have lived in the wizarding world since childhood, Voldemort lacks the necessary common sense.

But this is not a bad thing, Voldemort is the same as Gretel.

Although he lacks the life experience of the wizarding world, he also lacks the kind of thinking confinement that has been passed down from generation to generation in the bones of wizards.

After more than a month, Gretel found that whether it was from the records of ancient documents or the information deduced from the words of young wizards.

In the existing magic system, as long as ancient magic is mentioned, danger is generally mentioned.

The development of ancient wizards was very barbaric. Because of the lack of unified cognition, the spells they used were mostly deduced by themselves.

Researching configuration combinations or modifications was just commonplace in that era.

And what's more barbaric is that they first boldly put their ideas into practice, and then reversely deduce them after they have achieved results.

By querying all the recorded documents, it can be found that the death and injury rate of research wizards is much higher than the average level of other wizards of the same era.

This has also created a kind of thinking that has been formed since that barbaric development era: research is approximately equal to death and injury.

Later, because of the fear of wizards by ordinary people, they began to spontaneously form organizations to persecute wizards.

The wizards who were originally scattered and lived alone gradually gathered together.

But whether they were Muggles or wizards, since they were human beings, they could never go against their nature of tending to safety.

Those dangerous spells that might cause harm to themselves were gradually abandoned.

Only those safe and practical spells were passed down with records.

So that later, the exploration of magic configuration became a niche, and even gradually disappeared with the development of time.

Niche, dangerous, and unknown results, under the interference of these keywords, there will be fewer and fewer wizards who devote themselves to magic research.

It has never been a new thing for individuals to succumb to the whole.

In addition, those enough safe spells have long been able to ensure that wizards can protect themselves and even live comfortably, and no one is willing to take the risk of research.

Voldemort is different. He is ambitious. From the moment he saw the magic of magic, his heart couldn't help but get excited.

For him, danger is more of an accelerant than an obstacle.

For Voldemort at that time, replicating the path of ancient wizards was a smooth road to becoming powerful.

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To some extent, Dumbledore's evaluation was indeed correct.

Gretel and Voldemort were indeed the same kind of people.

The difference was that Voldemort's ambition was to dominate the wizarding world and become the supreme king.

Gretel wanted to use magic to build his own business empire, which would span wizards and Muggles.

No one knew Gretel's deepest sense of crisis, because no one except him had ever seen the new era that could be called a rapid change in just a few years.

The first generation of the Dark Lord, Grindelwald, may have seen the development potential of Muggles, so he wanted wizards to rule over humans at all costs.

As for the second generation, Voldemort, who is now speaking on the stage, is not a qualified Dark Lord in Gretel's opinion.

Whether from the perspective of emotional intelligence or purpose, he cannot be regarded as a Dark Lord.

At most, he is a research genius who has gone astray, a person with zero emotional intelligence who wants to be crowned as the wizard king by terror.

Gretel roughly knows why Voldemort is entangled with him.

To be fair, anyone who has been walking alone on a road destined to be lonely for decades, and suddenly sees someone who seems to be the same kind, will not be able to help but step forward to show closeness.

In Voldemort's eyes, Gretel is the Tom No. 2 who lives in Hogwarts.

With the same outstanding talent, he was born in an orphanage, and finally chose the road destined to be lonely.

The only difference between him and him is that he chooses to develop quietly in secret.

Gretel chooses not to shy away from asking all those who are better than him for advice.

...

"Mr. Gretel, is there anything you don't understand about what I just said?" Quirrell (Voldemort) put away his wand elegantly and cast an inquiring look at Gretel.

Even though he knew that the person speaking in front of him was Voldemort himself, Gretel still couldn't suppress his desire for knowledge.

“Professor, the nodes of the magic configuration are generally used to guide the flow of magic power and ensure the stability of the spell.

The shifting of the nodes usually causes the spell to fail, or simply cause the magic hedge to explode because of it. How do you determine the symmetrical third node, which can be moved three-quarters of an inch lengthwise. "

Hearing this question, Voldemort's eyes were filled with admiration. He really didn't expect Gretel to be so profound in the study of magical configurations.

You must know that it was him who only started tentative research on nodes near the year of graduation.

He thought it would be great for Gretel to be able to study the superposition of configurations now.

"For this question, you can go to the library's ancient history bookshelf and check out documents from the third century AD. One of them is "Summary of the Investigation into the Abnormal Magical Riots in Camp County," which mentions the configurational deformation of the Armor Curse."

"Then Professor, here's another thing. After transformation, the seventh node will coincide with the fifteenth node, which will make the direction of the magic run uncertain. How did you solve this problem?" Gretel quickly wrote down the answer and asked the question again. .

"This question can be found in "The Dangers of Uncontrolled Spells", written by Deniset and written in 107 AD."

The teacher and student asked and answered questions in a tacit understanding, and had no time to pay attention to the other little wizards who were dizzy.

It was not until the end of the teaching time that the little eagles and little snakes who were in the fog were relieved.

"Mr. McGarrett, I know you have no classes on Friday morning. I wonder if you would like to come to my office. We can talk in detail about the transformation and combination of magic configurations."

Through Quirrell's body, Voldemort smiled and invited.

"No, Professor, my roommate and I are going to Professor Flitwick's for tutoring on Friday morning. As you know, our dean always welcomes students."

Gretel decisively refused. Although he coveted the research results in Voldemort's hands, he would never gamble with his own life.

Only Terry glanced at Gretel in confusion, and cursed in his heart, "When did you receive counseling with me? You were obviously there to eat and drink."

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Two o'clock in the afternoon.

When Grete walked into the Transfiguration classroom, it felt like walking into a vegetable market.

Before Professor McGonagall arrived, the eaglets started quarreling with the lion cubs for some unknown reason.

Terry took the lead and stood in front of the group of eaglets, spraying wildly at the little lion in front of him.

As a popular figure among first-year wizards, Gretel naturally attracted everyone's attention when he entered the classroom.

Seeing that Gretel was also coming, Terry seemed to have found a supporter. He hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd and dragged Gretel over.

"Mike, please tell them quickly what Professor Quirrell taught in Defense Against the Dark Arts class. The Gryffindor people are going to make me mad to death.

Professor Quirrell is obviously a good professor, but they say that the professor is an idiot. As a Ravenclaw, I will never allow anyone to be so disrespectful to a knowledgeable professor. "

After speaking, Terry briefly explained to Gretel what had just happened.

It turned out that when Gretel didn't come, the eaglets were discussing with each other the armor protection that Voldemort taught in the morning.

The Gryffindor people heard it and came over curiously.

At the beginning, everything was in harmony. One side was discussing and the other side was listening carefully.

Until a sentence popped out from the mouth of a certain eagle, "You are wrong. I remember Professor Quirrell said that the main magic route of armor protection still preferentially runs in the transformed body protection configuration.

The accelerated configuration allows one to have a certain degree of evasion ability while ensuring body protection.

If, as you understand, priority is given to the acceleration configuration, although you can dodge faster, the original protective function of the armor will be greatly weakened.

So what's the point of casting armor protection? Wouldn't it be more efficient to use the acceleration spell directly? "

As the eaglets argued, the group of Gryffindors realized that the Quirrell in the eaglet's mouth was Quirinaz Quirrell from the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

The little lions immediately became furious when they understood.

If Ravenclaw believes that ignorance is the greatest sin of wizards, then cowardice is the first of all sins in Gryffindor.

Professor Quirrell, who usually seemed timid at all times, looked to the entire Gryffindor as a timid rabbit that could be scared to death by a gust of wind.

I don't know what their brain circuits were thinking, but the little lions instantly felt that the eaglets, who had always looked down on them, were preparing to join forces to deceive them, the Gryffindors.

They also took out what happened in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class one by one as evidence to refute the hawks' poor acting skills.

If time could be turned back to last week, Lacklaw would certainly agree with Gryffindor.

After all, the Defense Against the Dark Arts class at that time was not taught by Professor Tom Riddle.

But this week, since the substitute teacher came online, what he said has already conquered this group of eaglets who worship knowledge.

In order to restore the professor's image and maintain the dignity of knowledge, the uncontested eagles, led by Terry, launched a fearless charge against the little lion.

However, the intelligence on both sides was really very different, and no one could convince the other.

Even after a certain eagle said that if you don't believe it, you can ask Slytherin. This war has developed from a confrontation of public opinions to a class conflict.

After figuring out the ins and outs of the whole thing, Gretel felt dumbfounded.

But he did not intend to join this battle. After all, neither he nor Voldemort cared about Quirrell's reputation.

Even Quirrell himself may not care.

This war is an unprovoked disaster for both Gryffindor and Ravenclaw.

After all, the two sides have different perceptions. The little lions have never seen Voldemort substitute for a class, and the little eagles don't know that the professor who teaches the class is a substitute professor.

So the two sides will never reach a consensus in their arguments.

Unless dear Professor Tom Riddle is willing to open his heart to Gryffindor and give a vivid personal demonstration.

But it is obviously impossible.

Let alone the long-standing grudge between Gryffindor and Slytherin, where he was born.

Just talking about the savior Harry, Voldemort would never come out to substitute for a class.

Although he did not participate, he could not sit idly by and watch the Eagle-Lion War develop into a full-scale fight.

Gretel had to avoid the important issues and popularize the armor and self-defense modification that he had just learned to the little lions.

Anyway, Dumbledore will close the net in a few months, and Quirrell will become history by then.

Like all the professors of Defense Against the Dark Arts who did not work for the second year, he disappeared in the memory of a student.

When Professor McGonagall came to the classroom, she saw a harmonious teaching scene.

Gret stood on the podium and taught seriously, while the little eagle and the little lion sat below and studied seriously, and from time to time someone asked questions.

This harmonious and friendly scene made Professor McGonagall praise Gret severely, and by the way earned precious points for the House Cup for Ravenclaw.

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"Mr. Gret, please come to my office with me. I need to consult you about something."

Seeing that Gret was taken away by the professor again, Terry directly mixed into the team of other little eagles without looking back.

After all, since the beginning of the school year, it has become a routine for professors to keep Gret in class.

It would even be strange if a professor did not keep Gret.

And after returning to the tower that day, a group of people with nothing to do would gather together to discuss whether Gret had made a mistake and finally was not liked by the professor.

Having been to so many professors' offices, Professor McGonagall's office is Gret's favorite.

The hot flames of the red and gold fireplace brought warmth, and the slightly drooping sun sent sunshine through the large carved windows.

On the six-foot-long solid wood square table, various documents were neatly placed next to each other.

A feather pen that looked a bit old was inserted diagonally into the ink bottle.

"Come, have some tea first." A bronze teapot jumped in front of Gret, and the cup that jumped with it leaned forward to pour a cup of warm black tea for Gret from the mouth of the pot.

"Flitwick has informed us, so this is for you." Professor McGonagall took out a badge from the inside of the bookshelf and handed it to Gret.

Lion Badger Snake Eagle, it turned out to be a school badge. Gret held the school badge in his hand and cast a puzzled look.

"This is a special school badge. Flitwick asked us to make it specially. It has the goblin's secret protection spell and the perception spell of our four deans.

After wearing the school badge, as long as you don't leave the range of Hogwarts' spell.

No matter what kind of dark magic attack you are under, you can last for five minutes. Five minutes is enough for at least one professor to rush to your side."

Grete was stunned for a moment, but Professor McGonagall didn't give him a chance to be sentimental.

She just waved her hand and sent him out, "Remember, we can only sense it within the range of Hogwarts' spell. Don't sneak to Hogsmeade with those seniors."

After Grete left, Professor McGonagall sat back at her desk, recalling Dumbledore's words in her mind.

"Trelawney did a divination and brought the future into Hogwarts... He will bring integration... Peace will eventually come."

Two in one.

There is no small theater today, but the author still wants to ask for votes.

Grete rolled around and acted cute for everyone.