Chapter 70: Back to School
Sitting on the Hogwarts Express, Li Lin was looking at a map of the world, and he had drawn a red circle on the current map of Russia, representing a vast area of Siberia, and a red cross on the relatively small area of Hungary.
There are no wizarding vampires in Hungary now, and those who remain there are those Muggle capitalists who are nominally loyal to Li Lin, although they are also vampires, but they have no magical powers, and they don't know much about the affairs of the wizarding world, Li Lin doesn't need the power in their hands, just their channels.
Through the union of these capitalists, as well as the consolidation of production capacities. A variety of electronic products, which will take several years to develop, have already appeared as finished products with a monopoly position.
This also means that this Hungarian capital consortium will reap a lot of wealth in the entire European and even American markets, and they don't even need to worry about the monopoly bill, because those wizard vampires in Siberia will give them some support, and they don't need much, just a confusion spell.
Of course, harvesting wealth still takes time, and it also needs to operate, and for Li Lin, the biggest gain of this trip to Hungary is that those who have the ability to oppose him among the wizard vampires have returned to the embrace of dust.
Like the vampire elder, like the English gentleman. In fact, there are a total of 13 vampires in the Nofele clan, excluding these capable ones, and some of them are relatively weak, and they are dissatisfied with Li Lin's rule, but they are hidden in the shadows, but Li Lin doesn't care.
Because to put it bluntly, through Emily Night, Li Lin has controlled a large number of wizarding vampires, and even he has the allegiance of the wizards in the Siberian region. The vampires of the Nofele clan no longer have a significant role in his eyes.
The reason why he wants to get rid of the vampire elders is because he does disobey Li Lin's orders, and on the other hand, the vampire bloodline inheritance and tradition make the vampire elders at the top of the entire vampire class, and he can even give mandatory orders to some vampires. This is also what Li Lin cannot tolerate the most.
Another gain is the silent master, although the long-term transformation of the silent beast has caused her mind to be greatly damaged, but Emilya is teaching her carefully, and she has a strong dependence on Emilya. The ability of the silent master is extremely strong, but because of the powerful dark power in his body, the silent master generally does not live to adulthood, in fact, they are rarely more than 12 years old.
In order to avoid this from happening, Li Lin has ordered the troops in Siberia to conduct field training, targeting those alien dragons that live in ice, snow, or dense forests, because the fire dragons native to Siberia have long been extinct. In the future, there will be an endless stream of dragon blood sent to Master Moran. Because of the characteristics of vampires, absorbing blood can alleviate injuries, so after the dragon's blood can supply the silent master, the breeding of fire dragons will also begin.
Closing the map, Li Lin leaned back in his seat, he arrived very early, because there would be an extremely annoying house-elf blocking the train station and entering the platform passage to stop at the Hogwarts Express. Li Lin didn't want to be blocked out of the platform, he looked out the window and saw a sea of people.
After all, it is the whole of the United Kingdom, and even the little wizards from other regions come to enroll, so as the official transportation designated by the school, the Hogwarts Express is also very hard, with the identity of a steam train, even if it is magical, it has been overage for many years.
"What are you looking at? Sister Granger? ”
Luna, who was sitting across from Li Lin, shook her head slightly, shaking her blonde hair and said.
Li Lin glanced at her angrily.
"Luna, I think you should temper your curiosity, it's not for your age."
"Okay."
Luna picked up a thick book from the table and scanned the catalog, looking for something she was interested in, but she quickly gave up.
"Brother, which academy will I be assigned to?"
Her eyes widened, her eyes full of curiosity and, of course, concern.
"Hufflepuffs, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw are all possible."
Li Lin thought for a moment, after all, Hermione can be assigned to Ravenclaw, so it is not surprising that Luna will have other choices, when the traits of a house and the traits of a little wizard coincide, the sorting hat will assign the little wizard to this house, but this does not mean that a person will only have one trait.
In fact, the characteristics of Hufflepuff are present in everyone, because all people always have a mediocre side, in fact, the characteristics of Hufflepuff should be inclusive, in order to ensure that all young wizards can successfully study, recruit wizards that are not recruited by the other three houses. Probably because of this, Hufflepuff's edge was overshadowed by Gryffindor's bravery, Ravenclaw's intelligence, and Slytherin's indifference, and was regarded as mediocre.
Therefore, Li Lin felt that there was at least a certain chance that Luna would be assigned to Hufflepuff, and there was also a certain possibility of Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. After all, Luna is smart in her own right.
"Why not Slytherin?"
Luna was a little confused.
"We're pure-bloods, too."
Li Lin smiled and twisted the variegated color in his hair.
"We just have a long tradition of surnames, but in reality, we are not pureblood. Of course, Slytherin's admissions criteria are not limited to pure-bloods for a long time, as far as I know, it admits quite a few mixed-race students, but Luna, I don't think you have a talent for dark arts, so the chances of Slytherin outperforming you are slim and basically negligible. ”
Luna nodded confusedly.
"Bang, bang"
There was a sudden banging sound on the table, which was previously agreed, when Hermione entered the Hogwarts Express, Godot, who was in charge of monitoring outside, would bang on the table, and Li Lin immediately got up.
"Luna, I'll go back as soon as I go."
He opened the door and walked towards the entrance where Hermione entered the train, and to be honest, there were several carriages in between, which made Li Lin a little impatient.
"Godot, Apparition."
So the house-elf who followed behind him immediately grabbed Li Lin's clothes, and then, in the next moment, Li Lin appeared close to the carriage. Because here is the only one that can stand. At the same time, he also saw Hermione not far ahead.
Enduring the slight discomfort after the phantom shift, Li Lin took two steps forward.
"Hi Hermione."
Miss Granger, with her shaggy brown hair, looked back in surprise. When she saw Li Lin, a smile immediately appeared on her face.
"Hi Lin, it's been a few days, how is the preview of your new textbook? Oh no, sorry, I mean did you buy some books about ancient magic scripts? I've noticed that there are very few books on this at the Blotted bookstore. But there's only one bookstore in London that sells magic-related books. ”
Li Lin naturally took the shrinking box that Hermione carried. He smiled as he listened to Hermione's gushing concern, and when Hermione paused, he took Hermione's hand.
"Why don't we talk as we go? I've got a seat. ”
On the way back, Li Lin was naturally not stupid enough to use Phantom Shifter, so he and Hermione squeezed through the crowd all the way. Communicating with each other.
In fact, Li Lin's bookshelf has a lot of unique magic books, most of which are Siberian trophies. Some of them were something that Li Lin could understand, and the other part of the text used was simply a book of heaven for Li Lin, so this part of the book was shelved until the wizards under his command cracked the words on it.
Li Lin was originally quite happy to read these books that were different from British magic, comparing the differences between them and British magic. Or try to cast them, Li Lin even turned over a few spells that could be cast without a wand, because these spells were too old, and wands were not yet popular at that time.
Of course, the conditions for casting spells are more demanding, and human blood is the most common material. There is no doubt that this is all black magic.
But black magic has an effect on people, even just by reading. Moreover, unconsciously, Li Lin's hands were already stained with blood. Even if he scoffed at some of the theories of Dumbledore, the White Wizard, it didn't mean that he could easily accept the fact that the living life disappeared in his hands.
So when his mind is no longer perfect, he may not be able to resist the temptation of black magic. So he kept the books at the bottom of the shelf until one day he could resist the temptation, or when he needed them, he would open them.
After returning to the carriage, Hermione and Luna sat together, and Li Lin consciously went to buy a lot of snacks and watched the two little girls communicate enthusiastically. Although they are basically not chatting on the same beat, they still enjoy it.
Li Lin was eating a brioche bread, saying that it was bread, but in fact it was very similar to a cake, and the cream wrapped in the bread would roll on its own, sometimes gathering together to form a portrait, and sometimes it would spread out and become a painting on the bread. But when you eat it, they return to the form of cream and no longer move. Otherwise, Li Lin was really afraid that they would fight in their throats.
It's been a while since the train started, and the chat between Hermione and Luna has finally come to an end, and Luna has chosen to continue flipping through her book, she doesn't usually have so many words, in fact, she has almost finished the words of the previous few days, in a period of time. After all, the only peer Luna can contact is Li Lin, although the relationship is very good, but after all, it is not the same gender, and there are many things that Luna does not want to talk to Li Lin.
Hermione took out a thick book of exercises, because the final exam subjects were worse there, Hermione had a great interest in alchemy, and she had practiced in the Room of Requirement, and Hermione also read some alchemy books during the holidays, but after all, the conditions were limited and could not be practiced, so she accumulated a lot of questions.
Now I am spreading out these questions and discussing them with Li Lin. After all, Li Lin only knows a little about this, and his level is not necessarily as superb as Hermione.