Chapter 141

Outside the corridor, bullet-sized raindrops had been knocking for several days.

Minerva Marcus Maige keenly sensed a hostility, but she didn't know the reason for this hostility.

Her serious expression fluctuated slightly in some confusion, and then she accurately captured the half-bottle of potion revealed in the wide robes—it was exactly the Pepperup Potion for treating colds.

Seeming to have thought of something, she turned slightly to the side.

Sineipu knew what the other party had discovered by following that line of sight; he brushed past Professor Marcus Maige with a blank face:

"I said—it's my responsibility."

Then the wide black robes surged, and he rushed straight to the Great Hall elegantly and urgently.

The young wizards who were playing and watching the rain along the way all shrank their necks and made way.

In the Great Hall.

Jia Siting supported Xiang Xien steadily.

Hemin had just entered the Great Hall and was anxiously clearing the way before she could eat; she was indiscriminately scolding the two of them:

"Merlin's beard! So hot—Xiang Xien! You are really... in the matter of being stubborn!" "And there's an idiot who even needs a patient to tell you what to do!" "Professor Sineipu is right, you two should be hung on the wall!" and then she whispered self-reproach, "... it's my fault too, I should have noticed earlier, his face was very bad yesterday..."

Jia Siting's usually gentle face couldn't be read for expression; he answered "Mm" in a low voice.

Soon, they walked to the entrance of the Great Hall.

A loud sound of footsteps came, and a figure in black robes also slowly approached them. Jia Siting looked up and realized it was Professor Sineipu.

Jia Siting was not afraid or nervous; he and Hemin took a step to the right together, then buried their heads and were about to pass.

But unexpectedly, the shadow shrouded them again.

"Give him to me."

A cold voice came at the same time.

Jia Siting looked up, as if he had reacted to a stressor and took another step to the right; at this moment, only "go to the hospital wing" was echoing in his mind, even the professor's words he couldn't understand.

"He should go to the hospital wing, Professor Sineipu."

Hemin said bluntly.

"Heh—clever Miss Granger,"

Sineipu's sneer made a group of young wizards around tremble,

"Then you should know what potion should be taken when wizards have a cold in the hospital wing..."

Sineipu's face darkened completely as he spoke to the end; he had noticed that the young wizard being supported seemed to have heard nothing.

His emerald eyes were slightly open, unfocused, and every movement of his lips was accompanied by hot air exhaled.

"Give it to him, now! Immediately!"

He suddenly roared.

A bottle of potion fell into Hemin's hand.

Hemin was stunned, widened her eyes, and then without a second's delay, let Xiang Xien take it.

Pepperup Potion had an immediate effect; smoke puffed out from Xiang Xien's ears—it looked like the steam rising into the clouds from the Hogwarts Express.

At the same time, he gradually woke up; he saw the little Marcus Maige in front of him turn into big Hemin, and then saw something like a black bat fly away,

oh right, the big black bat also dropped a bottle of Pepperup Potion.

In the practice room.

Xiang Xien, who had recovered some spirit, opened the door from the inside nervously.

Amidst Mr. Owl's peculiar tone of "Filius, it's you again, for Ravenclaw's sake, hurry in—," a short professor with a smile on his face walked in from behind the door.

"So happy—Mr. Green, to see you are much better—"

Professor Fuliwei stood naturally on the log table; the squirrels in the room fled out the window in a panic after seeing his arrival,

"But my dear Mr. Green, sometimes rest is also for greater progress, are you sure you want to learn now?"

Xiang Xien thought for a few seconds; he remembered the description in "Dark Arts: A Guide to Self-Protection":

【I advocate that young wizards should at least learn the following spells to deal with the darkest part of magical power.

Green Sparks;

Red Sparks;

Knockback Jinx;

Smokescreen Spell;

Lumos】

Among these practical spells, he only had the Smokescreen Spell and the Knockback Jinx left to learn,

his Defense Against the Dark Arts notes were enough to deal with the theoretical part, but he was still lacking in the spells required for the practical part.

These two spells were the final puzzle pieces.

There were two days left until Friday, he had to grind them to Entry level, so he nodded firmly.

Professor Fuliwei sighed as if he had expected it, then returned to his enthusiasm:

"Alright, Mr. Green, I won't lower the standards because of this, especially for those children with excellent talent—"

Smokescreen Spell, a typical defensive spell for wizards; its function is to release a cloud of smoke to block the line of sight; this spell is relatively useful in duels because it makes it difficult for the opponent to aim.

Garrick Ollivander was an excellent user.

And Xiang Xien found that this cloud of smoke seemed... to be idealistic smoke.

"Fumos!"

【You practiced the Smokescreen Spell once with the Entry standard, proficiency +3】

Xiang Xien's wand waved, and black smoke that blocked everything was also produced around his body.

That's right, blocking everything.

When Xiang Xien needed it, not only could no sound come out of the smoke, but even light would be swallowed up.

Its usefulness far exceeded Xiang Xien's expectations, just like Lumos.

Lumos appears in the Defense Against the Dark Arts textbook; at first glance, it seems unreasonable, but an explanation is given in the book.

Besides being used for lighting, Lumos can be used to repel ghosts and other ghost-type enemies, such as Gytrash, a dark creature that looks like a dog, has a forked tail, and has pale skin and fur, which is fast and dangerous.

This creature lives in the forests of Great Britain; in fact, there are Gytrash distributed in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts.

Xiang Xien suddenly thought of a sentence from Ms. Miranda Goshawk in "Standard Book of Spells: Grade 1":

【When a wizard has a need, the spell will appear; those seemingly impractical spells have helped wizards a lot in magical history.

Therefore, I sincerely remind every wizard learning spells—there are no useless spells, only useless wizards】

When Professor Fuliwei left satisfied, Xiang Xien still had an ice pack on his head; the lack of energy did affect the use of spells; it took Xiang Xien an entire afternoon to barely unlock the Smokescreen Spell, and—

【Proficiency】

【Smokescreen Spell: Apprentice Level (150/300)】

But with a little effort, Xiang Xien would be able to enter the Entry level by night.

Friday, Friday...

Xiang Xien had been looking forward to this time of harvest.

In Xiang Xien's persistent efforts, time flew by and it was Thursday morning.

After getting sick, Jia Siting and Hemin paid more attention to Xiang Xien's situation.

And soon, they discovered a fact that was not hard to guess.