[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring":3,"chapter-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-126":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Starting at Hogwarts, Logging into Elden Ring",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1496300,1944,"Chapter 126: Ranni’s Mutation Elixir, and the Idea of Raising a Dragon","starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-126",126,"\u003Cp>Arthur gently pushed the sapphire-blue dew back toward Hermione.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This isn't rare,\" he said casually. \"The Erdtree produces one of these droplets every so often.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, it barely does anything for me now. I prepared this one for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Hermione accept the orb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after a moment she frowned in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cousin… how do I use it? I'm not supposed to… eat it, am I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stared at the fist-sized bead with visible distress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once the droplet touches gold, it dissolves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come—I'll show you another plant I've acquired.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He led Hermione down to a separate chamber beneath the Erdtree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, in the quiet golden light, sat a single enormous white blossom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around it lay scattered piles of gleaming wizarding coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Marigold!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" Arthur nodded. \"A golden marigold. It produces one Galleon a day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione's eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One a day sounded small—until she remembered Arthur's Zen Garden could accelerate time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the time dilation active, a single day inside the garden could produce dozens of Galleons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her cousin's passive income was… monstrous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He made more in a week than most Hogwarts professors earned in a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder he never looked at price tags.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Ranni appeared from who-knew-where. She poked the marigold thoughtfully and turned toward Arthur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No wonder you hesitated when I asked for plants,\" she said. \"You only have a single marigold.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur laughed awkwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, yes… It's basically the core of my income. Can't have it dismantled.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all—Ranni had once dissected his pea-shooter seed into eight pieces in the name of research.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur turned to Hermione.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I also had one last pea-shooter seed. I gave it to Ranni to study. Let's see how she's doing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ranni's eyes sparkled. \"I've made some progress. Want to see?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course. But first—let Hermione drink the droplet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur grabbed a handful of Galleons, transfigured them into a golden goblet, and passed it to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione stared at him, speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that's what he meant by \"touch gold.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She dropped the crystal orb into the cup and it melted instantly into shimmering liquid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a breath, Hermione drank it in one go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warmth surged through her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mind grew clear—troubling problems she'd struggled with in books snapped into place like puzzle pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur extended his spiritual sense and scanned her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione's spirit power now rivaled Li Xuanjian's, just a little below him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her magic reserves were still small due to her age, but in actual combat?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be far more complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizarding magic favored trickery, strategy, and specialized spells—very different from the more straightforward Taoist arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione also had far more combat exposure, especially after all the dueling lessons and practice bouts she'd done with Ranni.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xuanjian, by contrast, mostly guarded Chinatown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur doubted he'd been in many life-or-death fights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright. Let's go see Ranni's results,\" Arthur said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He missed the sight behind him: Hermione, red-faced, head bowed, fidgeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was simple—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had felt his spirit sense sweep through her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That moment felt…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>like standing unclothed before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her heart thumped wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ranni's research room sat beside Arthur's alchemy workshop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, the first thing Arthur saw were rows of pea-shooters—the familiar green stalks, shiny round heads, and leaf-collars exactly like in the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur reached out and tapped one on the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plant jolted—then immediately launched ten fist-sized peas at him in rapid fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't float lazily like in the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They flew like high-caliber bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur caught them all, though the impact stung even his god-tier physique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione quickly retracted her hand, which she'd started to raise to touch the plant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No thank you—she wasn't as indestructible as her cousin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur stared at the panting pea-shooter in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pea-shooter?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More like pea-cannon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this their natural power, or did you modify them?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ranni shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No modifications. That's their base strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They simply can't fire endlessly like in the game. Reality behaves differently.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So even the basic pea-shooter is this strong… then what about later plants?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur's mind jumped immediately to Doom-shroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would that thing be a portable nuclear device?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We'll find out soon,\" Ranni said. \"I've isolated the mutagenic substance that causes plant evolution. I only need new subjects to test.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn't been studying reproduction—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she'd reverse-engineered the mutation catalyst?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione, far less burdened by scientific despair, clapped her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then let's get more plants!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She dashed into the produce section and returned with floating piles of vegetables: potatoes, corn, cabbages, cherries, melons, peppers—everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur sighed and stepped outside into the real garden to pluck some ordinary marigolds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he returned, Hermione rolled her eyes at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her cousin really was hopelessly plain in his plant preferences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ranni examined the piles of produce and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since we have limited mutation elixir, I choose… sunflowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their ability to produce sunlight will be the most useful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur summoned sunflower seeds with a thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione smacked her forehead—she'd forgotten he could conjure anything in the garden with will alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ranni dripped pale green fluid onto the seeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within minutes the liquid was fully absorbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright. Time to test.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur sowed the mutated seeds, then maxed out the time acceleration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seedlings sprouted, grew, and bloomed in minutes—giant sunflowers, each a meter in diameter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kept the time flow accelerated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within fifteen minutes, each sunflower glowed bright orange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light condensed into small thumb-sized crystals that plinked onto the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur scanned one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sunflower Sunlight Crystal: Instantly matures any plant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Note: Nice try. Doesn't work on the Erdtree!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The System actually joked this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for the disclaimer, the crystals would've been immeasurably valuable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now they were… mildly useful, at best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur told the girls the result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both sighed—his Zen Garden made plant growth trivial anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur had another idea: grind the crystals into powder, dilute, and turn them into fertilizer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect for the Weasley twins' future shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was a plan for later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the sunflower experiment, Arthur lost interest in testing the rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mutation elixir worked only on seeds, so his marigolds weren't ready.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Ranni had only a little elixir left, which he left for the girls to use as they saw fit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waved goodbye to them and returned to his alchemy workshop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There he drew a rune-carving knife and began engraving dragon-summoning runes onto himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing Gransax's colossal form, Arthur had developed a new ambition:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted a dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was something deeply satisfying—primally so—about raising a massive beast of his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The runes were completed quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He engraved them onto his left hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A god-body could host runes anywhere without loss of function.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he finished, Arthur was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The runes' power worked perfectly on him—full amplification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had expected the runes to be weakened by his divine nature, or not work at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most ordinary buff spells hardly affected him anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect synergy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>System-grade quality never disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To read 90+ future chapters, head over to Patreon:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>patreon.com\u002FWhiteDevil7554\u003C\u002Fp>",1169,"2026-06-06T04:19:46.381Z",1,"novelbin.me","4104756163e92f90f56d7c6c9a5d2ad4f3fdff038fec627ef4294a9037390523","starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-127","starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-125",281,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-cover.jpg"]