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"I think you don't need Mr. Lockhart. I'm afraid you won't be my nominee." Ivan shook his head and refused without hesitation.

"What? You have found a candidate?" Lockhart raised his eyebrows, somewhat surprised, but didn't mean to give up, but continued to speak.

"You know that I am the winner of the Merlin Medal of the third level, a well-known figure in the magic world, and there are very few people in the Merlin Knights that I don't know..."

Harry couldn't help but interrupted while Lockhart was bragging about himself.

"Ivan's nominee is Professor Dumbledore! Sir!"

Lockhart's continuous words stopped, no matter how arrogant he was, he would not dare to say that he was more famous than Dumbledore.

At this moment, Harry remembered what Ivan had said before, and made up again.

"And Ivan got the second-level Merlin Medal!"

Lockhart's confident smile froze on his face.

He is a third-level Merlin Medal winner, but he is not eligible to nominate a second-level Merlin Medal winner!

This is also why Ivan said bluntly that Lockhart could not be a nominee...

"Ah...this...that's it." Lockhart was embarrassed, but the cheeky he had honed over so many years made him quickly adjust, and said with a regretful expression.

"It's a pity, I was about to say that I had a great conversation with the Grand Captain of the Merlin Knights a few days ago. I wanted him to nominate you. I didn't expect Dumbledore to be the first."

"Then I really want to thank..." Ivan said silently, thinking that Lockhart is really a talent, and he can come back on his own, and even climbed up to the head of the Merlin Knights. Not afraid that the other party will expose his lies.

"No thanks, it's something I should do to help the younger generation!" Lockhart shook Ivan's shoulders, taking Ivan's ironic words as thanks to himself.

Perhaps due to the successive deflations in front of Ivan, Lockhart did not dare to show off his words next.

After the public announced that he would become a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts in the next school year, Lockhart went away amidst the applause of the crowd and the skepticism of a few people.

This made Ivan have to sigh with the lack of brains of these enthusiastic fans. Obviously Lockhart's words were full of loopholes just now. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this guy wanted to rely on himself for his life, so as to get a wave of heat, but these fans But he insisted on believing that Lockhart planned to support his younger generation out of good intentions.

"I think the Defence Against the Dark Arts class next school year must be terrible." Harry grumbled dissatisfiedly as he looked at Lockhart's going away figure.

Although he and Lockhart had only been in contact for less than ten minutes, the other party's performance was like a funny and absurd clown, showing off on himself all the time, which really made him unlikable.

"How can this happen? Professor Lockhart is still very good. He has performed so well in the book. Maybe he was just a little impatient today!" Hermione softly defended Lockhart, her eyes were a little red and swollen. After Lockhart pushed away, it was very sad.

Ivan shook helplessly, not knowing how to tell Hermione that Lockhart was a liar. After all, he didn't have any evidence in his hands. It would be better to wait for this guy to reveal himself next school year.

The difference with Hermione seemed to think Lockhart was a good person, and Mrs. Weasley.

She was in a hurry to get Lockhart's autographed book, but was blocked by the crowd in the bookstore. Now when she came out, she talked about Lockhart's charming temperament, which made Mr. Weasley a little jealous. .

"Hals, do you have anything else to do after you buy the book? If you have time, how about coming to the Burrow as a guest?" Mr. Weasley then handed a complete set of old books to Ginny, turning his head to face Ivan said.

"Yeah, Ivan, come to our house to play," George and Fred also looked expectant.

"No, I still want to read more books here." Ivan hesitated for a while, and finally shook his head and refused.

Although he wanted to take a look at the legendary Burrow, he had already planned for the next time and didn't want to change his mind temporarily.

The most important thing is that if he goes to live in Shao for a few days, Aysia will be left alone.

"All right." Arthur looked disappointed, but didn't force it.

Mrs. Weasley took the opportunity to teach the little ghosts in the family.

"Look, look all! You all know how to play all day, when do you want to come to the bookstore to read books? Especially you George, and you Fred! If you have the learning spirit like Ivan, I too I won't object to your research at home!"

After some scolding, Ron, George, and Fred looked at Ivan with resentment. The latter said that he was helpless with the gun, but he couldn't help.

After everyone had bought the textbooks for the next school year, Ivan waved goodbye to everyone. Hermione wanted to stay and read together, but unfortunately, Mr. Granger would have other things for a while, and she was not relieved that Hermione was alone. Stay here.

"Strange, why didn't I see Malfoy and his father?" After leaving the Weasley family, Ivan looked around and didn't see the Malfoy family.

Then I realized that it might be because of him that the old Malfoy didn't go to the Bojinbok shop to discuss the sale of dark magic items, so maybe he had already bought the book and went home.

It's not bad that Old Malfoy came to make trouble, Ivan thought so, turned his head back to the Lihen Bookstore.

After Lockhart left, it was obviously deserted, and only a few parents who brought their children to buy books stayed here.

The owner of Lihen Bookstore is a very kind middle-aged witch with a pair of round-frame glasses. She is turning over a book in her hand, and she seems to be an intellectual lady.

But after Ivan got closer, he saw Lockhart's big smiling face on the cover of the book he was holding~www.mtlnovel.com~The white to shining teeth were clearly visible.

Obviously, this is another Lockhart fan, and Ivan is rather helpless. No wonder Lockhart will be invited here for autograph book sales activities.

"Madam, can I read books with you these days?" Ivan asked, considering the importance of magic knowledge, and added another sentence.

"If it is inconvenient, I can pay a certain reading fee!"

"Do you want to read a book here? Of course! I mean you can read it if you want. There is no need to pay extra. You are welcome to come here anytime." The shopkeeper witch put down the book in her hand, and she looked at Yi in surprise. Fan responded with a happy glance.

"Thank you!"

Ivan nodded politely, and then strolled around the bookstore.

"Basic Curse Level Four", "Anthology of Ancient Magic Essays", "Curse and Anti-curse"...

Ivan walked by the side of the bookshelf and looked around at the books on it.

The entire Lihen Bookstore does not look big, much smaller than the Hogwarts library.

And there is no banned library, or it will not be open to ordinary people, resulting in the lack of many advanced magic books on the bookshelf.

Ivan doesn't care about this, anyway, these have been enough for him to watch for a long time.

Randomly took an "Anthology of Ancient Magic Texts" from the shelf, and Ivan found a remote corner and sat down and looked through it alone.

The wife of the shopkeeper in front of the counter would occasionally pay attention to Ivan's movements. It was a little surprising to see him sitting in the corner for a few hours. She had rarely seen a little wizard with such patience.

Ivan kept seeing the bookstore closing, before getting up and leaving. At the same time, he saw the bookstore manager, the husband of the intellectual lady.

It's just that the wizard manager doesn't look like the manager of a bookstore, and he doesn't look elegant at all. When I came in, Ivan almost mistakenly thought that this guy was from the bookstore.

For several days, Ivan soaked in Lihen Bookstore and improved his knowledge at the speed of reading three to five books a day.

At the same time, he was also perfecting his understanding of the magic world.

This speed is obviously difficult to satisfy Ivan. The basic magic books are okay, but the more advanced ones are mostly obscure, and it is difficult to push the reading progress to 100% even after repeated reading.

After consuming an excessive amount of academic points, Ivan finally remembered the learning accelerator that he had left at home and didn't know how many days he had left—the Horcrux Tom's diary.

On the third day, Ivan took it over and used it as a study notebook, and asked if he didn't know it.

During the entire summer vacation, Ivan also had a rough estimate of the level of Tom Riddle's basic spell theory, which was about level five.

The level of black magic is higher, and the others are slightly lower. As far as the little wizard who taught him this basic magic theory is still at level 4, it is still no problem.

With the further improvement of Ivan's knowledge system, the relationship between the two parties gradually moved from teaching to discussing with each other.

[Ding, after a period of study, your proficiency in basic magic principles has improved, the current level 4 (916/1600)]

[Ding, after a period of practice, your Occupational Cerebral skill level will be raised to level 4, and 20 student status points will be awarded. ]

Two consecutive system prompts sounded in his mind, and Ivan closed the "Detailed Explanation of Basic Curses" in his hand, put it aside, and looked at the Horcrux diary with more satisfaction.

With the help of Tom Riddle, his learning efficiency has increased several times!

You must know that after the skill level of the spell reaches level 4, it will be more difficult to improve. The progress bar of the proficiency is simply desperate!

If you just rely on reading and learning on your own, you can't even think of making any big progress in a year or two.

What's more, the "kind" Tom will help him brush his Occlumency level in the process of learning, which is quite rare!

If it weren't for Ivan who knew the danger of Horcrux diary, he wouldn't want to destroy it.

Of course, Tom's "selfless" contribution is not unrequited, at least he also got a lot of information he wanted from Ivan.

Just after getting this information, Tom couldn't believe it at all, and even felt that he had heard it wrong.

[You said that the savior of the magic world who killed the Dark Lord twelve years ago was a newborn baby? How is this possible? ]

The black ink marks covered most of the paper in a short time, and the handwriting was scribbled. Obviously Tom couldn't restrain the consternation in his heart.

This could not help but he was not surprised. Anyone who heard that he was killed by a newborn baby after he painstakingly cultivated in the future and became a great existence in the magical world would be ridiculous.

If Ivan said that the Dark Lord was defeated by Dumbledore or some powerful wizard, he would be more accepting.

For Tom's question, Ivan became more tolerant, anyway, he planned to destroy the diary before going to school, so it didn't matter whether he answered or not...

Not long after, Ivan talked nonsense in the diary.

[Correct! I heard that because the Dark Lord killed the Savior's parents, the Savior killed the Dark Lord in his anger... Every wizard in the entire British magical world knows this! ]

Tom Riddle was silent.

He really couldn't imagine how a baby who was just a few days old destroyed the Dark Lord in anger. Even in the Muggle orphanage, he dared not write it like that on the collection of fairy tales he had read!

But under the search for the mind and mind, Tom clearly understood that the little wizard in front of him really thought so in his heart, and did not deceive himself.

Because of this, Tom became more and more confused. Did he think something went wrong in this world?

Ivan didn't know that Tom almost began to doubt the world because of his words.

But Ivan didn't think he had deceived Tom. After all, many rumors about Harry in the magical world did have similar claims.

Isn't it normal for him, an eleven or twelve-year-old wizard, to believe the rumors?

Because of this, Ivan continued to pretend to be his little wizard and wrote in his diary.

[You also think that the savior Harry is very powerful, right? He killed the powerful Dark Lord so easily just after he was born...]

[Ah... Yes, it's amazing! ! Tom was silent for a while, and replied very aggrieved.

Being shocked by Ivan's words, Tom did not continue to inquire about the magic world for a long time after this conversation.

This makes Ivan somewhat disappointed.

Mocking Tom Riddle has become his pastime to relieve the boredom of reading, and it usually has the effect of pleasurable body and mind.

Ivan felt that if Voldemort learned that the Horcrux he had worked so hard had developed so many functions, would he feel so relieved...

Seeing the setting sun, taking into account Ivan, who is about to start school in two days, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com brought the unfinished books to the front desk. He didn't plan to come here again.

"Madam, how much does this "Advanced Transfiguration" cost?"

"Three gallons, eleven Sico." The shopkeeper's wife took a look and said, then hesitated for a while and continued.

"This book is not what you should read now, boy, it is a good thing to love knowledge, but sometimes we have to know how to make progress step by step!"

"Yes, kids as old as you should read storybooks. For example, the story of "Muggle Princess and the Seven Goblins". I just bought today only nine Sikors. I heard that Muggles The children at home love this most." The manager also came over to join in the fun at this time, holding some books in his hand.

He thinks that Ivan pretending to be an adult and reading some esoteric books is better than reading a few fairy tale books, just like this one in his hand, although the Muggle Princess abandoned the seven little fairies who took care of her, and finally chose The ending of the story of living with a giant is sighing...

Ivan looked at the dynamic picture of seven goblins and giants robbing the Muggle Princess on the cover of the book, feeling very hot.

I don't know which wizard has plagiarized the story of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", and then the magic changed it like this.

Are you sure that this kind of dark fairy tales and children's cults are for children?

But being able to sell it here obviously means that the content of the book is not out of line, and there should be nothing strange.

"I don't think I need this kind of thing, sir!" Ivan refused without hesitation, even though he knew in his heart that this was a kindly suggestion from the two.

In fact, this is not the first time the shopkeeper's wife reminded him. When he was reading, she would come over to persuade him to read some basic books from time to time when it was convenient for him.

In this regard, Ivan was also very helpless. After thinking about it, he drew out his magic wand and clicked on the spicy-eyed storybook.

In the surprised eyes of the shopkeeper and his wife, the book slowly turned into a toad under the magical force. It stayed there lazily, with bulging cheeks, and the unpleasant "gurgling" sound came from the toad. I heard...

Although the difficulty of transforming a magic book is very high, only the cover of this "Muggle Princess and the Seven Fairies" storybook has been given a shadow magic, so Ivan does not find it difficult to transform it.

"This is three gallons and elevens. If there is nothing wrong, I will leave first... Also, thank you for your care these days!" Ivan put the counted money on the table and said politely , And then turned away neatly.

Behind him, the manager and the shopkeeper's wife surrounded the toad with a weird look, because they found that they couldn't change the book back.

You can only wait for its magic power to dissipate automatically, and you have to lock it in a cage before that, so that the book will not run away by itself.

...

Back home, Ivan considered it for a while and decided it was time to deal with the trouble of Horcrux.

He needs a magic called Lihuo to help him destroy the Horcrux!

Put Tom Riddle's diary back in the room and hide it, Ivan turned to find Aysia who was busy preparing dinner in the kitchen, and asked aloud.

"Mom, can you teach me how to release Li Huo?"

Aysia stopped controlling the magic kitchen, and the kitchen utensils floating in the air fell from the air, but Aysia didn't care. She frowned and said to Ivan.

"Great fire? What do you learn from this?"

"I heard that fierce fire is a very powerful magic, and when I saw you use it last time, it burned all the dummy in the practice room at once." Ivan looked extremely interested. , Said softly that he wanted to learn this magic.

This is how Ivan learned the thunderbolt explosion last time...

To Ivan's expectation, Esiah did not agree to his request, but refused without hesitation.

In her opinion, fierce fire is an extremely dangerous black magic, and evil black magic is not something Ivan should learn now.

Ivan is very speechless. Isn't it dangerous that the Thunderbolt that I learned before is not dangerous?

"That's different." Aysia shook her head.

"Once Li Huo is not well controlled, there is a danger of running away and devouring the caster, causing great damage. The most important thing is that there are very few magics that can stop Li Huo from spreading, and I don't have it."

Ivan's heart shuddered, and he remembered the destroyed House of Request in the original book. It was because Crabbe who had released Fierce Crabbe couldn't control his magic, and finally Fierce ate everything and Crabbe as the spellcaster.

In Ivan's impression, the only high-level curse that can contain this horrible flame is the curse—all curses are the end curses!

Ivan didn't think he couldn't control the fierce fire, but what made him a little depressed was that no matter how he persuaded Esiah, he was unwilling to teach him this magic.

Coupled with the Horcrux diary, Ivan didn't intend to talk about it, and there was no reason to persuade Aysia.

So until the meal, Ivan was still frowning, thinking about how to destroy the Horcrux.

Do you want to go to the banned book zone of Hogwarts to teach yourself?

After dinner, Ivan was about to go upstairs to go back to the room, but was stopped by Aysia, and as soon as he turned around, he saw his mother threw a ring-like thing over.

Ivan took it in a panic, looking at her suspiciously.

With one hand in her waist, Aysia pointed at Ivan with a spoon in the other, and warned.

"This is a ring that can release a fierce fire curse. It can be used twice. Although the range of fierce fire released is a bit small, it is not easy to lose control. When you use it, be careful not to burn yourself."

"Can you tell me now what are you going to do to be fierce?" Aisia asked.

"When I can tell you, I'll say it!" Ivan quickly put the ring away and replied casually.

Before Esiah was angry, Ivan slipped into his room as quickly as possible.

Outside the door, Aysia's roar faintly came.

At this time, Ivan had no time to pay attention, so he hurriedly called up the magic inventory of the system and took a look.

[Magic Item: Ring of Fierce Fire

Magic: higher

Effect: Summon Fierce Fire (2/3)]

"Has it been used once?" Ivan muttered to himself as he looked at the black-gray ring in his hand and the humble ring.

This reminded him that when he went home to play against Aysia, Aysia used fierce fire, which should be the effect of this magic item.

Ivan didn't pay much attention to the limit on the number of uses. After he cracked the magic text formula above, he could make a similar magic item by buying some materials from Jin Jialong.

However, this made Ivan realize that there are still things that Aysia hasn't taught himself in the making of magic items.

In addition to this dangerous magic related knowledge related to fierce fire, the method of making the Crescent Moon Pendant is also a little understood to him.

As early as after the alchemy reached the fourth level, Ivan tried to repair this pendant that could resist death, so as not to make it difficult for Aysia to ask questions.

It's a pity that when it was finally repaired~www.mtlnovel.com~ Ivan found that he had no way of starting.

With his current alchemy level, he can make exactly the same meniscus pendant, but the defensive effect is at most similar to the protective ring, and it is impossible to block high-intensity lethal attacks!

[Magic Item: Crescent Moon Pendant

Magic: low (stronger)

Special status: damaged

Explanation: This is a magical item made with a lot of precious metals. It has resisted a deadly attack for the bearer. It has now been damaged.

Note: It contains more than just magic power, your alchemy level is not enough to repair it...]

"Is it not only the power of magic?" Ivan looked at the explanation at the end of the crescent moon pendant and fell into contemplation.

Ivan remembered the protective magic that Lily Potter had set on Harry.

In the tone of the old principal, that is the power of love!

Ivan's current knowledge of magic cannot understand how this power works, and the curse he came into contact with called the guardian of Gods as magic that transforms emotions into power.

However, what Ivan can confirm is that this pendant was definitely not made in the past one or two years. This can be seen from the slight wear on the metal material.

Ivan's alchemy knowledge told him that the production time of the crescent moon pendant should have been more than ten years ago!

Putting away this precious pendant, Ivan took out the Horcrux diary that was deep in the closet, and left the house secretly without Esiah, found an empty place nearby, and put it in silence. magic.

It was approaching midnight, and the quietness in Knockdown Alley was a little frightening, and the surrounding area was gray. Only the moonlight in the sky brought a little light.

Ivan adjusted his state and planned to destroy Voldemort's Horcrux.

Perhaps it was sensing something was wrong, the Horcrux diary automatically flipped, and lines of ink on it gradually appeared.

[what happened? Hals, what are you taking me here for? ]

Ivan smiled and wrote in the diary with a quill pen.

[Of course I practice some magic, which is not very convenient at home! ]

Ivan didn't have the habit of being a narrator before the enemy died, and it was in line with his expectations that the enemy's death was unclear.

Tom Riddle in the diary fell into a short silence. Ivan's words didn't have too many loopholes, but he always felt something was wrong.

Especially since it's getting late now, is it really necessary to practice magic now?

The handwriting on the diary is shuffled and reorganized, and the black ink reappears on the white paper.

[Is that so? Then I am here with you. ]

The Horcrux diary was just opened and not closed again, and the pages of the book turned on its own from time to time, which looked very strange.

Ivan ignored it, sitting on the overgrown stone, and placing the Horcrux diary aside, activating the ring of fierce fire.

At this moment, a system sound interrupted his actions.

[Ding, the system update is complete, please check it in time! ]

Along with the prompt sound, there are a lot of updated information pouring into my mind.

After sorting out the information that suddenly appeared in his mind, Ivan paused the action of destroying the Horcrux.

Because in addition to the update, the system once again released a mission related to blood fusion, which happened to have something to do with Tom Riddle.

[Task: The Mystery of Bloodline

Mission: Find a way to integrate multiple bloodlines

Current task progress: 5 percent

Task reward: legendary value*1

Task description: After experiencing the substantial increase in strength of the fusion ceremony, you are not satisfied with the current situation, and you are still tirelessly looking for more relevant information.

Note: Although the fusion of multiple bloodlines means more risks, this is not an unsolvable thing...]

Is the blood mystery? Ivan looked at the extra tasks in the taskbar, and thought in his heart.

It was the first time that he heard about the ability to integrate multiple bloodlines. It is important to know that even in the book "The Origin of Bloodlines", those bloodline families that are recorded on the record just choose to merge the bloodlines of a kind of magical creature. .

Blood fusion itself has a very high risk, and it is obviously more difficult to fuse multiple blood vessels!

Ivan felt that the missing part of "The Origin of Blood" might have relevant information.

This is why he suspended the destruction of the Horcrux diary.

Among Ivan's previous conjectures, among the few people who have the ability to hide "Origin of Blood" in the restricted area, Tom Riddle is the most likely.

Because when he used the bleeding magic for the first time, Voldemort instantly judged that he was not awakening, but completed the fusion of blood.

If that's the case, Ivan even suspects that Tom might have done what he did last school year when he was in fifth grade.

After all, with the Basilisk being able to control the basilisk at will, taking blood could not be easier for Tom, and the materials used to make the potion are not too difficult for him.

The only thing that can cause some obstacles to Tom is the difficulty of potion brewing. The level 6 potion level is not a potion master, but it is not something ordinary people can have.

Of course, this is difficult. Ivan didn't think he could stump Tom Riddle, who was good at rhetoric. He couldn't do it at the time when someone in Hogwarts could do it.

Thinking of this, Ivan looked at the Horcrux diary quietly lying on the stone,

The talent of the basilisk is likely to be related to death and soul. Voldemort is able to maintain his rationality even when the soul is divided one after another, and his strength is getting stronger and stronger. Maybe this is the reason.

[what happened? Don't you want to practice magic? ]

Under the silent night sky, Ivan stayed still for a long time, leaving Tom Riddle confused and reminded.

Only then did Ivan come back to his senses, and then another headache. I'm afraid he really has to practice magic for a night...

"Torn apart!"

"Faint!"

"A flock of birds!"

...

In the deserted, colorful spell rays flashed in the night sky from time to time, the small tree in the distance was broken into two sections, and the stones were shattered...

In order not to arouse the suspicion of the Horcrux diary, Yifan had to practice until the wee hours of the morning before returning home sleepily. He didn't even have time to check some details after the system upgrade.

Under Ivan's manipulation, Tom Riddle temporarily dispelled his doubts, but inexplicably felt that the little wizard in front of him might have a brain problem, so he would often do some inexplicable things.

...

The next morning, Ivan, who avoided the Horcrux surveillance, was eating breakfast while checking the changes after the system was updated.

Open the status bar!

Ivan said silently in his heart.

In the next second, a message appeared in front of him,

[Ivan Hals

Occupation: Blood Wizard

Magic scale: 64

Magic Bar: Fear Curse Level 4 (15/1600) Thunderbolt Explosion Level 4 (7/1600) Transfiguration Curse Level 4 (1560/1600) Calling God Guardian Level 4 (500/1600) Occidental Cerebral Level 4 (4/1600) ... [The remaining three levels are omitted]

Blood Magic: Shadow of the Unicorn

Theory of Knowledge: Alchemy Level 4 (710/4000) Basic Magic Principles Level 4 (916/1600) Potions Level 4 (1452/1600)

Magic Item: Circle of Magic

Magic: strong

Storage magic: 212/300

Effect: Concentrate magic power ~www.mtlnovel.com~ Repel objects within three meters of the body

...

Magic item: magic wand (yew wood, unicorn hair, eleven inches and three-quarters long)

Magic: strong

Mowen circuit: covert casting (passively reduce the fluctuation of magic power when casting a spell)

...

.....

Grade points: 575

Legendary value: 3/3]