Chapter 818: Hogwarts Express
Take the three most powerful unforgivable spells in the wizarding world as an example, the Avasasso Curse can kill, but bullets can also kill, and the power is much greater; It's not surprising that the Heart-Piercing Curse can inflict great pain; The Imperius Curse is somewhat interesting, and when used on a person, it will cause the other person to lose their minds, and do exactly what the caster intended, but it has no effect on people with strong willpower.
If you put it in the ancient Middle Ages, maybe wizards could still use these magic to run amok, but with the development of science and technology, as the weapons in the hands of ordinary humans become more and more lethal, the deterrent power of wizards will inevitably continue to decline, and after the appearance of bows and crossbows, wizards will not be able to rule the world.
After the invention of guns, they need to worry about the hostility of humans, and the wizarding world prohibits wizards from using magic in front of ordinary people, perhaps not because they are worried about the safety of ordinary people, but because they are afraid of the destruction of the wizarding world.
So it's not unreasonable for many people to jokingly call Voldemort a village-level terrorist, don't look at how awesome he behaves in the movie, but the actual damage caused is not very good.
But magic is not useless, at least Shen Long has seen a lot of magic that can shine in the ordinary world, such as the spell of expanding space, the use of this spell is simply too great, when traveling, you can carry more things with a smaller bag, and you can build a large space building on a small land.
If this technology could be popularized, the transportation industry would have been monopolized by wizards long ago, and ordinary people would not be able to compete with them at all, think about Newt's box in "Fantastic Beasts There", how many things can be contained in it!
How much does it cost for ordinary people to spend a lot of money on things transported by train, on large freighters, on transport planes, and Newt Scamander slipped away with a box, and then flew with a broomstick, or rushed to the destination with props such as Floo powder and portkeys? How can the transportation industry of ordinary people still compete with them?
There are also spells that penetrate space, which are also very effective in various fields such as exploration and exploration; There are also all kinds of potions, if the potion that Madame Prim Peniel Beauty Potion uses to treat spots and acne can be sold in the world of ordinary people, I am afraid that it will have replaced companies like L'Oreal and become the overlord of the beauty industry long ago.
These wizards are really in Baoshan and don't know it, but then again, they have good things, but they don't have the ability to protect these things, so hiding their tracks is not the right choice.
Business competition is not as simple as it is said in ordinary business war TV series, the Morgan family likes to let people ride dirt planes, and the Rockefeller family directly owns the army, if the ability of wizards is targeted by them, it is not good that these wizards will become slaves of these capitalists, and they will be controlled to earn huge profits for capitalists day and night.
Of course, this is just an extreme imagination, in the case of ordinary people who are defenseless, magic is still very useful, the Imperius Curse and the Oblivion Charm alone can control many people, if Voldemort's brain is a little more useful, and some key people are controlled, maybe it can really destroy the world.
Since these things are so useful, how could Shen Long let them go, from this day on, he has almost always stayed at home, studying these books every day, quickly mastering one spell after another, and often asking Erin for some knowledge about potions, Erin Prince was born into a family of potions, and Snape was able to become a master of potions, perhaps inheriting her knowledge and talent.
Occasionally, when he was resting, Shen Long would go to Lily, and now that their family was considered middle-class, he could generously visit Evans' house without worrying that the other party's parents would be unhappy.
Lily and Penny would also frequent his home, and through Erin Prince, Lily had no doubts about the wizarding world, and in July, the owl from Hogwarts finally sent them an admission letter.
Petunia is upset that she doesn't receive the notice, and she even secretly writes a letter to the school, asking the principal to take her in, but all this is useless, she has no talent for learning magic.
Shen Long and Lily comforted her for a long time, in the original book, Lily didn't behave well enough when Penny was lost, which led to a widening rift between the sisters, and since Shen Long came, of course he wouldn't let such a thing continue to happen.
Shen Long described a bright future to Penny, such as her body becoming more flexible after learning martial arts, and she could become a ballet dancer, or a world champion in a certain competition, etc., which Penny reluctantly accepted.
I don't know what Hogwarts used to make Lily's parents accept the reality that she was about to become a witch, and the Evans family began to prepare to buy school supplies for Lily, Shen Long took the role of a tour guide and took them to Diagon Alley for a walk around and bought all the necessities.
After more than half a year, the relationship between the two gradually improved, and they even used their respective pets to go back and forth between each other's bedrooms at night, exchanging various small notes and chatting, this novel feeling made Lily very addicted.
Finally, when it was time to enroll, the two families headed to London's King's Cross train station together, and through the wall, they came to the platform of nine and three-quarters, Erin put her arm on Shen Long's shoulder, occasionally greeting her acquaintances in the wizarding world, while Lily's family stood there a little restrained, slightly out of place with their surroundings.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of Lily!" Shen Long walked up to them and said to the Evans couple.
"Please, Sever, then!" During this time, through a visit to Evans' house, Shen Long left a pretty good impression on them, and hearing this, the Evans couple breathed a sigh of relief.
Penny was a little sad, this sadness was not only the regret that she couldn't be a wizard, but also the sadness of being reluctant to part with Lily and Shen Long, Shen Long and Lily went to comfort again, and finally there was no scene where Penny slapped Lily.
The train was about to leave, Shen Long took Lily to the Hogwarts Express, waved goodbye to Erin, Penny and the others, and then found an empty carriage to sit down, while enjoying the magical scenery outside the window, while chatting about some things after entering the school.
"Seaver, have you figured out which house you're going to enroll? You're saying there's going to be a hat for us to have an academy for? "That's what Lily cares about the most.
This is a crucial question, and the failure of Snape and Lily to get together is inseparable from the Gryffindor-Slytherin feud.
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