Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 265 Magic Research and Appeasement Plan: Progress Details!

Also making progress is the creation of super keychains using phoenix blood and house-elves blood, combined with other materials.

Dudley, through communication with the Hogwarts superconscious, located the Vanishing Cabinet hidden in an abandoned room on the second floor of the castle, and dismantled it to use as a material for creating the Super Portable Key.

Like a two-way mirror, a vanishing cabinet consists of two identical matching items that are related to each other.

The function of the two-way mirror is to transmit images and sounds, while the function of the vanishing cabinet is to create a spatial passage connecting the two places.

The vanishing cabinet in Hogwarts Castle is connected to another vanishing cabinet inside Borginborough Shop in Knockturn Alley.

This is a secret passage leading into Hogwarts. Its origin is unclear, but it is estimated to be related to the old wizard Karaktakus Burke, the owner of Borgin Burke's shop.

In the original story, the Vanishing Cabinet in Hogwarts Castle was first broken by Peeves, and during its period of damage, it was used by the Weasley twins to deal with Monta, the captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team, as a tool to imprison people.

Monta was locked in the broken vanishing cabinet for almost a day, during which time he could hear sounds from both Hogwarts and Borginborough.

Later, he managed to escape and told Draco Malfoy about the Vanishing Cabinet, letting Draco know that it was a secret passage into Hogwarts.

Later, Voldemort from the original story was resurrected, gathered the Death Eaters, and forced the Malfoy family to work for him under his tyranny.

For the sake of his family's interests and his parents' safety, Draco had no choice but to work for Voldemort somewhat reluctantly. He repaired the Vanishing Cabinet in the castle and helped a group of Death Eaters infiltrate Hogwarts to assassinate Dumbledore.

Now, with Dudley as a variable, Peeves was caught in the surveillance mission before he could destroy the Vanishing Cabinet, and none of the events that happened later in the original story occurred.

Dudley completely dismantled the Vanishing Cabinet and used it as raw material to create the Super Portable Key. This not only benefited himself but also eliminated a potential destabilizing factor for Hogwarts, achieving two goals at once.

The Vanishing Cabinet was imbued with numerous spatial magic spells. During the disassembly process, Dudley, with his current level of knowledge, thoroughly studied these spells, laying the foundation for creating the Super Portkey.

Once the space teleportation factor contained in the Phoenix Blood and House-Elf Blood is refined and integrated into the vessel modified from the Vanishing Cabinet, the Super Door Key will be complete.

Dudley also improved his level of Love Protection Magic while studying Love-Side Magical Creature Contract Magic.

He could sense that the four love power collectors permanently set up in the castle hall, which were also the emblems of the four academies, had already stored a considerable amount of love power.

The progress is very encouraging.

It is expected that by the end of this academic year, it will be fully charged, enough to imbue the Relic Soul Vessel with the magic of loving protection.

Snape and Professor Slughorn have also made some progress in their research on the Soul-Sedating Potion.

Compared to Snape, Professor Slughorn had a more stable mindset when conducting research, and was basically free of distractions.

Snape, however, showed signs of being overly concerned, and after Dumbledore reminded him, he said he knew what was going on.

In addition, after Professor Slughorn arrived at Hogwarts, Snape also had some thoughts of competing with him.

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, Dudley could tell that the old bat was extremely eager to develop the Soul-Anesthetic Potion before Professor Slughorn could.

It's hard to say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.

Desire can drive people to progress, but it can also cause them to stumble.

Whether it's success or failure also depends on luck.

With Professor Slughorn as a concurrent alternative, Dudley and Dumbledore didn't interfere too much with Snape's ideas and chose to let things take their course.

During this time, Voldemort's main spirit inside Ecclesia's belly was relatively quiet and showed little unusual activity.

She herself kept ordering Snape around, but Snape's ability to do things never satisfied her.

Snape continued to stall Ecclesia as planned. When Ecclesia asked him to retrieve the Philosopher's Stone, he would wait for many days, then claim that the giant spiders had already spun a web over the entire labyrinth and were very hostile to wizards entering.

The theft of the Philosopher's Stone couldn't be done openly, so they had to wait for the right opportunity, until Dumbledore came up with the idea of ​​continuing to develop the Labyrinth of Trials, before taking action.

Ecclesia had no choice but to send Snape to fetch unicorn blood.

Snape agreed again, but after many days, he claimed that the unicorns were now gathering in groups all the time, and he alone could not fight against the unicorn horde. He also had to be wary of Hagrid, who was guarding the Forbidden Forest, so he had no choice but to give up.

Ecclesia then asked Snape to prepare some potions to replenish her life force.

Snape said that this potion was almost impossible to make without the Philosopher's Stone, but he could think of a way to brew some more potent potions that would nourish the body and enhance bodily functions, which would also have a good effect.

Ecclesia had no choice but to agree. As a result, Snape brewed her some potions with special ingredients, but she didn't taste any difference. She felt that the pain in her body had subsided, and thought it was really effective. She even praised Snape a couple of times, which was rare for her.

Little did she know that what she was drinking was actually a painkiller drug laced with a slow-acting, debilitating poison.

In conclusion, the monitoring and reassurance of Ecclesia and Voldemort's main soul are progressing well, in line with Dudley and Dumbledore's expectations.

Some progressed smoothly, while others did not.

Dudley struggled to create alchemical artifacts that could absorb soul fragments, drawing inspiration from the Dementors' ability to do so.

Magic in the realm of the soul and spirit is indeed profound and extremely difficult to study.

From the perspective of mental attack and defense, the research on exclusive inherited magic for the four houses of Hogwarts is progressing quite slowly and will take much longer to complete.

Of course, this may also be related to the fact that many things distracted Dudley's attention.

However, thinking about how long it would take for alchemists like Nicolas Flamel and Albus Dumbledore, the greatest wizard of the 20th century, to study these things, Dudley's mood improved considerably.

As for Dumbledore's doppelganger magic, it wasn't a high priority, and Dudley hadn't had time to study it much, so naturally, he hadn't made any progress.

The above is a summary of the major and minor events that occurred at Hogwarts up to mid-to-late November.

It was the morning of November 25, 1991, a full month before Christmas.

Students and teachers at Hogwarts gathered at the Quidditch pitch outside the castle to watch or participate in the Quidditch match between Gryphon and Slytherin this academic year.