Chapter 15: The Illusion Spell

When the morning sun shone on the tower of Hogwarts, a new day began, and the students came to the dining hall in twos and threes, sat down at the tables of their respective houses, and talked and ate breakfast, which was no different for them.

The three of them also mixed in with the crowd, gathering in a small group at the Slytherin table, with Ning An sitting in the middle, Daphne and Carly sitting on either side. Ning An was taking a sip of a steaming cup of coffee, and there were a few sugar-free cake snacks on a small plate in front of him.

"You say—'they' won't know we did it?" Daphne muttered a bunch of incomprehensible words, believing that she was referring to the Hogwarts professors.

"I don't know about the other professors, but I'm not surprised at all if Dumbledore knew that we had infiltrated the forbidden section."

Ning An blew hard into the cup, took another sip of coffee and said, "You know that old man is always mysterious, and he is very powerful!" Well...... It's amazing. ”

"Huh? So what do we do? Daphne put down the puff pastry pie in her hand, looking flustered, but Caridora silently ate the sausage and cheese in the bowl, and seemed unconcerned about it.

"Haha, peace of mind, Daphne." Ning An smiled and shook his head and said, "This is Hogwarts, this is Dumbledore's school, if he wants to punish us, we may be caught before we get to the library." ”

As he spoke, he raised the cup in his hand, tilted his head, drank the last few sips of coffee left at the bottom of the cup in one gulp, pursed his lips, and stuck out his tongue as if he had been burned, and then said slowly:

"So the current situation, either Dumbledore doesn't know what's going on, or Dumbledore is still watching us."

“……”

After listening to Ning An's analysis, Daphne fell silent, she swallowed and said:

"Oh...... I don't think it's a good thing to be targeted by Dumbledore......"

"That's because you didn't do anything good." Calydora said suddenly. Although she is now active with Daphne and Ning An every day, she still doesn't say anything, in this small group of three, she is the most silent, only occasionally choking Daphne a few words, but she doesn't often talk to Ning An, and I don't know if she's shy or what.

"Please, Carly, you were lying on the floor with me copying books." Daphne said with a gesture of holding her forehead.

"That'...... That's because I happen to be a little interested in magic. ”

"Hey, girls, we'll be late if we quarrel again." Ning An interjected and said, there were indeed not many people left at the table at this time, their first class this morning was the history of magic, and they didn't want to be nagged by Professor Binns for being late.

They hurriedly finished their breakfast, and just as they were about to leave, they saw Filch, Snape, and Professor Quirrell hurrying across the hall and up to the upper floor.

"Scared, they should be going to the library in this direction, right?" Daphne muttered, "And called Professor Quirrell, Filch wouldn't think it was some evil creature in the Forbidden Zone." ”

"If that's the case, it's fine." Ning An looked at Quirrell's back and said softly. If he remembered correctly, Voldemort should have been possessed by Quirrell at this point.

Ning An also thought about the idea of whether to fight the Philosopher's Stone, but after thinking about it, he felt that the Philosopher's Stone could not really achieve immortality, and it would not be of much use to him, at least it had to be a prop like a Deathly Hallow, which might be more attractive. And this thing has been under Dumbledore's close attention, and he may not be able to get in on it now.

After waiting for a while, seeing Filch and the others disappear from view, the three thieves also followed up the stairs to the fifth floor where they took the history of magic classroom.

For Ning An, this is naturally an extremely boring course, but he has a way to kill time, he took out a roll of parchment from his body, gently spread it out on the textbook, and read it carefully, Professor Binns is intoxicated with everyone to tell everyone about his memories of life, of course, he will not find his "small movements".

"This is? The spell you copied last night? Daphne sat next to Ning An, she leaned over, looked at the parchment and asked quietly.

"Yes, the Illusion Charm, a spell that can be used for invisibility."

After listening to Ning An's words, Calidora, who was sitting on the other side, also leaned over curiously, but it seemed that because she was too close to Ning An, her face gradually turned red again, and her body swayed from side to side as if she was not suitable for this distance, and after a while, she returned to her original position, just stretched her neck over and watched.

"Stealth? That's great, where did you find that? Daphne said quickly.

"It's a spell used by the Aurors, don't underestimate it, it's not an easy spell to master." As he spoke, he waved his wand hidden in his sleeve and pointed it at a quill on the table.

I saw that the quill pen seemed to be poured from a basin of transparent cold water, and the entire upper part of the pen slowly disappeared into the eyes of the three people.

"Ah, failed......" Ning An said with a sigh.

"You're already able to use this spell?" Daphne exclaimed, and Calydora beside her was also full of incredulity.

"Don't make a fuss, you see I can't even hide this quill." Ning An said with a little frustration.

"Oh my God, be content, you just learned about this spell last night." Daphne said in a jealousy-sounding tone.

"Anyway, the Illusion Charm and the Regent Mind are not beginner or intermediate spells, and it takes a lot of energy for us to master them." Ning An looked at the two girls solemnly.

"Yes, yes......" Daphne nodded, "Aside from a pervert like you, I think if I learn both at the same time, I'm afraid I won't be able to get started at either by the end of the semester." ”

Ning An looked at Calidora again, and although the latter's face looked very reluctant, he still had to reluctantly nod his head, and he agreed with Daphne's statement.

"In that case, then I suggest that you two might as well practice the Dementor Mind, as for the Illusion Charm, it is just to facilitate our activities at night." Ning An spread out his hand and said in a low voice.

"Well, that's fine, but when will we start practicing with each other?" Daphne looked a little impatient and said:

"I'm tired of listening to lectures and doing homework every day, and I think my wand is about to rust."

"It's not going to be too far, trust me." Ning An looked directly at them and said:

"Recently, I think the patrol will be stricter, and when my illusion spell is practiced for a while, and the night patrol is resumed, we should be able to start training."

In the following class, with Professor Binns's lullaby, Ning An kept pondering, practicing the illusion spell with the quill, while Daphne and Calidora repeatedly read the Dementor Charm they had copied from the book, and how to use it.

Time flew by like this, and Ning An maintained his high standards in Charms, Transfiguration, and Potions, and not only did Flitwick and Professor McGonagall praise him, but even Snape treated him much better.

Now Nyan has also become Snape's weapon used to mock Harry in Potions class, and whenever Nyan finishes a well-made potion, Snape taunts Harry. Ning An could only smile bitterly at Harry.

Harry didn't really care about that, he was getting used to Snape's attitude. On the contrary, Ron was a little unfriendly to Ning An, who remembered that after a certain Potions class, Ron secretly came over and warned him in his ear

"Hey, Ning'an, I know you're cheating on Harry, you'd better be careful, I'm keeping an eye on you."

In this regard, Ning An could only express his helplessness, he knew that Ron simply regarded Harry as his good friend, and this feeling of wanting to protect his friend made Ning An appreciate it very much, let alone want to teach Ron a lesson or something.

The other Hermione's attitude towards Ning An was a little more subtle, in fact, given that Ning An basically spent the whole day with Daphne and Calidora, he actually didn't communicate with Harry too much, and the two could only meet in Potions and Flying lessons.

However, Hermione always showed a very fierce attitude when facing Ning An, and in some ways was even tougher than Ron, such as whenever Ning An answered a question correctly in Potions class, Hermione always raised her arms high, eager to answer the next question, as if to complete Ning An's riposte.

For example, when a few people met on the road, Ron always couldn't help but choke Ning An, or have a few words with Daphne, but Hermione directly approached Ning An and directly threw out a few magic or herbs or other questions.

Ning An remembered the last time she hadn't answered a question about the history of magic that Hermione had breathed a sigh of relief.

"I think she's seeing you like a competitor." Daphne said:

"After all, the students who are most praised by Professor McGonagall are the two of you, and I even heard others say ......," Daphne said, deliberately lowering her voice:

"I don't know who brought it out...... Professor McGonagall had privately stated that you had a talent for Transfiguration that she had never seen before, even Hermione. ”

Ning An can't say much about this, competitors? It's not bad, at least it's a special friendship, but he probably still has his Slytherin status, which has reduced him a lot of points, and if he was from Ravenclaw, maybe he would have become good friends with Harry and the others.